Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-12
KANSAS COMMENT.


$50, 900 high school.
FIRST HALF 721S PER CENT.-The
collection of the first half of the taxes
of 1902 in Shawnee county resulted in
balancing off 72H per cent of the total
for the year.
To CUBA TO WED.-Miss Minnie Cook
is about to start for Havana, Cuba,
where she will be married to Raymond
Holding, missionary. Miss Cook is
the eldest daughter of Wiley Cook, for
four years assistant auditor of state.
KILLED BY ENeINE.-Roy Dunlap
was run over and killed in the Santa
Fe yards at Newton. He tried to jump
aboard an engine but slipped and fell
under the wheels. Dunlap was the
1S-year old son of Santa Fe brakeman.
ELEVATOR Decentralization ga"
of the ]. K Davidson Grain Co., the
largest structure in Parsons, was dis
covered to be on fire during a high
wind which, luckily, was blowing in a
direction to aid the firemen who saved
the building, but there was consider
able damage done.
WESTERN UNIvERsITY.-Increased
appropriations are asked for the West
ern university at Quindaro, a school
for negroes. Chancellor w. H. Yer
non wants: for maintenance, ST, 500;
agricultural implements, $4,000; water
c.
of board of regents, $500.
JACKSON COUNTY LANDs.-During
the past sixty days real estate has been
in great demand in Jackson county
Several farms in the vicinity of Holton
have changed hands within the past
two months. Fred Myers, who resides
west of Holton, has just sold his farm
for SIS per acre, and the improvements
are only ordinary.
REMOVE DIVISION OFFICERs.-It has
been unofficially announced that the
Offices of Division Superintendent Nc
Clellan and Trainmaster Austin with
the clerks and dispatchers necessary to
run the Offices, are to be moved from
Topeka to Emporia in the near future.
The number of employees in the two
Offices is about twenty-five.
CASH ROAD TAx.-So many road tax
bills have been introduced that the
House committee on roads and high
ways has abont reached the decision to
prepare a committee bill on the sub
ject. 1t is probable that the cash road
tax system will be established by the
bill and the employment of none but
competent road overseers provided for.
LARGEST CASH BoND.-The largest
cash bond ever put up in Kansas in
criminal case was fled with the dis
trict clerk of Smith county. Albert
Jordon, farmer, and his wife were
arrested charged with beating an
adopted son to death. Nobody would
go on their bond, which was fixed at
$4,000. They put up the cold cash
and were released. Jordon said he
could have put up $50, 900 cash bond
If it was required.
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS. This COM
mittee is: John Francis, Allen, chair
man; C. Leland, Doniphan; w. r.
Stubs, Douglass; J. B. Sims, Shawnee;
T. NJ. Simmons, Riley; T. H. Brown,
Labette; j. Evans, Lyon; W. S. Finley,
Franklin; William Murdoch, Washing
ton; ]. o. Taylor, Osborne; L. NJ. Lin
ton, Smith; w. S. Speer, Johnson; E.
R. Watkins, Reno; C. M. Beeson, Ford;
F. w. Laughlin, Atchison; P. w. Goe-
bel, Miami.
CONCEALED WEAPONS.-Contrar Ito
the general impression there is now no
state law against carrying concealed
weapons. The house of representatives
in committee of the whole has recon-
mended for passage bill making the
carrying of concealed weapons INSIDE
meanor.
The COUNTY SYsTEM.-The postmas-
ter at Topeka has been ordered to pre-
pare to install in Shawnee county the
county system of rural free delivery.
This system will reach every house in
the county.
WOULD PASS IF.-Bailie Waggener
after canvassing the house on his con-
stitutional convention resolution, said
that if there could be secret ballot
there would be two-thirns vote for it
but that there were many who would
vote against it because of the fear in
the state that the measure might de-
stroy the prohibition amendment.
DIED FROM RUPTURE.-T. 1. McCui-
Tough, Butler county farmer, died at
the Wichita hospital after being opera
ted upon for rupture. Eight minutes
before he died he made his will.
ELEVATOR BURNED.-The Hoffman
elevator at Abilene, used for corn,
caught fire from the dynamo and was
burned. The loss is So 1000 with 81, 900
insurance.
A. o. U. W. GRAND LoDGE.-At
Wichita the local committee for the
grand lodge of the A. o. w. is MAX
ing big preparations for the meeting
which will be held there February %,
"a, 25, and 26.
STATE LABOR SocIErY.-The annual
meeting of the State Society Iof Labor
is held at Topeka this week.
WAS A KANSAS BoY.-John Bruce
the engineer who was killed on the
Sunset Limited in Arizona, was Leav-
enworth county boy. He is son of
William Bruce. farmer residing near
Reno. William Bruce, the father, is
an old railway engineer
BROKE OPEN EXPRESS OFFIcE.-The
sheriff of Meade county. with a justice
of the peace, went to a railroad depot
70 seize linnnr-s and heinr refused en-