Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-04-02

ings of the anthracite coal strike COM
mission. The stenographic record con-
stitutes over 10000 legal cap pages and
stands six feet high in the office of
Hanna & Budlong, in Washington.
Forty-six days sessions were reported
at an average of 44,643 words per day.
The record, if printed would fill seven
teen newspapers of twelve pages. Over
forty duplicates of the whole record
were made, for which the stenogra-
pliers received about $1,000 extra for
each copy.
No LAND LEFT.-Not an acre of pub
lie lands in the Topeka district is SUBJ
ject to homestead entry. 1t has all
been taken. Until couple of months
ago there were about $50 acres of land
in the Flint Hills in Chautauqua and
Elk counties. Some Fasteners came
out here looking for cheap lands. They
found this land on the books and en-.
tered it. Now all the land Office Off
Gals here have to do is to look after
final proofs These will all be cleared
up within two years and the books
transferred TO one of the other land
Offices
MAKES New LAW PLAIN.-Superin-
tendent Dayhoff will publish a pamphlet
explaining the new educational law
especially the truancy law, which he
regards as very important piece of
legislation. About 81, 900 copies of the
pamphlet will be distributed through
out the state 1t will contain the tru-
ancy and professional certificate laws
in full; as well as synopsis of all other
educational laws, and will try to an
swer all sorts of questions about them.
COMMON LAW MARRIAGE.-A case
has just been decided by the Sedgwicls
county probate court. A married
couple were divorced, and sometime
after went to living together again.
They removed to Texas and the hus-
band and wife both told their neighbors
that they were husband and wife. The
decision gives the wife her rightful
share in the husbands property, the
husband having died.
LABOR UNIONS INCREAsING.-Labo
unions are rapidly increasing in Kan
sas as well as in eastern states. The
increase in the number of unions dur
ing the past year, according to the re-
ports of State Labor Commissioner
johnson, is 3315 per cent, while the in
crease in membership is about 40 per
cent. A year ago there were 80 diff
ferent local unions in Kansas. Now
there are about 43O.
Snow AND STARvATIoN.-State Vet
erinarian Mayo has been to Hamilton
and other western counties to investi-
gate a ''new disease" which was killing
many cattle. He says that the cattle
are dying of starvation. They failed
to get enough to eat during big storms
and became weakened by lack of for
age, and it is estimated that at least
., 500 cattle have died during March in
consequence.
OLD SOLDIERS CoLoNY.-A. E. Coop
er, division passenger agent of the
Rock Island railway, recently located
party of war veterans on quarter sec
tions near Liberal, Kansas, lying in
Beaver county, Oklahoma The colony
comes from South Bend, Indiana.
There were IS homesteads taken with
in six miles of Liberal. The settlers
got them by demonstrating on soldier
filings.
PAVE WITH HOME BRICK. The city
of Ottawa is preparing to let contracts
for paving several streets and home
men will furnish the brick. A good
shale deposit has been found near the
town.
To BE BALLAsTED.-It is reported
that the Hutchinson cutoff, 81 miles
from Hutchinson to Kinsley-is to be
ballasted with rock this spring.
MARTIN MOHLER DEAD He died at
Topeka on March 20, his 73rd birthday,
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Kansas 81 years. In 1883 he was cho-
sen secretary of the state board of ag-
riculture and filed that position for six
years, when he was succeeded by f. d.
Coburn. Since then he has been en-
gagged in fraternal lodge work.
RAILWAY MAIL CLERKs.-Robert An
derson, of Minneapolis and Leslie Cor
don, of Concordia, have been appoint
ed to that dangerous but well paid
work.
STRIKE AT EMPoRIA.-All the work
ing men on the excavation for the gov
eminent building struck because two
teams were put TO work that did not
have union labels or have drivers who
belonged to the union. The teams be-
longed to the contractor. All the men
digging also stopped work and joined
the strikers.
MORE RURAL RoUTEs-Sallne county
is to nave free rural mail delivery
routes from the towns of Assaria,
Broolville, Bridgeport, Falun, Smolan,
New Cambria and Salina.
STATE S. 5. CoNvENTIoN.-Arran
ments have been made for temporary
auditorium seating 1000 people, for
use of the state Sunday School conven-
ton, called to meet in Parsons May H.
| II. There will be 1,OOo or 1000 dele
gates present.
TROLLEY LINES MERGED.-The To.
pelza street railway company and the
Vinewood line merger throws 25 miles
of track under one management Pres
ident c. C. Baker, of the former, will
remain as manager of the consolidated
properties
SUPERINTENDENT Fox.-J. II. Fox,