Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-06-23

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Atchison and Topeka, but has said
nothing about crossing the Missouri
river. Members of the company own
land and leases at Chanute and indie
pendence.
E. J. NuGEST.-He is dead at the
age of 90 years. He was the only sur
viving member of the original Ottawa
TOwnsite company by which the city
of Ottawa was created. With others
Nugent erected suspension bridge
across the river at the site of the press
ent main street bridge and for long
time conducted it as a toll enterprise.
KILLED By Ii GHTNING.-SecondL Lieu
tenant Nathaniel E. Bower, of the en-
gineer corps, was instantly killed on
the rifle range at Fort Leavenworth
by a bolt of lightning. The lieutenant
was in the firing line with hfs men
and was on the ground watching the
distant targets through field glasses.
when the lightning struck out OF al
mostsa clear sky.
To FIGHT GAS PIPING.-The execu-
tive committee of the Kansas Gas Pro-
tective association met at Cherryvale
to appoint a committee to attend the
state charter board meeting TO act on
the application of the Kansas Natural
Oil and Gas company on that date. In
n few minutes time $50, 900 was raised
to fight the piping of gas from Kansas.
NEW Elk LoDGE.-The Ottawa herd
of Elks, to the humber of eighty.
headed by the Gormly band, went to
| Osawatomie and instituted a new
lodge. Among the members of the
Osawatomie lodge are Editors eleven
ger and Mills, of the Graphic and Globe
respectively, and nearly all the division
officers of the Missouri Pacific.
ANOTHER Two INcuEs.-On June IL
two inches of water fell south of Chan
ute, and the Girard branch of the Santa
| Fe was submerged for several hours.
Water ran over the tracks but not deep
enough to stop traffic. At Winfield
the rain brought the rivers up again,
but not high enough to wash out the
railroads.
KINDLY RECKIvED.-Since the depor-
tation of miners began from the Colo
RADIO strike district, district board No:
IA, with headquarters at Pittsburg, is
anticipating the arrival of many of
them. The Colorado miners will be
kindly received by the miners and dis
trict board.
A FLOOD HERo.-"One of the heroes
of the late flood" says the Ottawa In
dependent, sis David Flaherty, a young
farmer, who, with watering trough
for boat and a board for paddle
was successful in saving many lives
and in rescuing many people.
No THEoLoGY.-During the COM
mencement exercises at Washburn
President Plass stated that the report
that Washburn was contemplating in
stituting Theological department i'll
the college is without foundation.
SOME LODGED WHEAr-Wheat har-
vest has commenced in the portion of
the wheat belt centering at Salina.
Heavy rains have caused some of the
wheat to lodge badly and will make
harvesting difficult.
APPENDICITIS EPIDEMIc.-The wife
of Postmaster Frank Harlow was sue
cessfully operated on ut Kinginan for
appendicitis. Thirteen cases of ap-
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the past six weeks.
OLD SETTLERS PIcNIc.-About three
thousand persons attended the Ed
wards county old settlers picnic at
Kinsley.
HIT 143 PHoNEs.-An electric storm
at Stockton put 143 phones out of use
at one swipe.
FARMERS WANrED.--For the second
time this year the civil service commits
sion announces farmer examination
to be held at the Wichita postofflce on
July 6. The commission is in need of
farmers for the Indian service. Con-
siderable difficulty has been expert
enced in securing list of eligibles for
appointment to Office in the Indian |
service.
FROM KANsAs.-General Bell, the |
militia officer who is doing things in |
Colorado, was formerly n newspaper |
man and real estate agent at Emporia. |
f, NJ. BAKEB.-The most prominent |
grain dealer, f. NJ. Baker, of Atchison, |
is dead. He operated string of Gle
vators in Northern Kansas and South |
ern Nebraska and has been in the grain |
business for about 25 years in that part |
OF the country. He also owned q ranch |
OF IL, 900 acres in Norton county.
WINFIELD PosrPoNEs.-The Chau-
tauqua committee at Winfield decided |
to postpone the assembly two weeks, |
the new dates being June 90 to July 8.
This action was taken on account of |
continued rains and high water.
B. & L. AssocIA rIoNs.-The bank |
commissioners report about building |
and loan associations shows forty local |
and three general loan associations in |
the state, and their assets aggregate |
SIS, 133. e77. II, an increase of $40, 162. 90,
in year. They have undivided profits |
amounting to s104, 40. So.
THREE PAssED.-Of the three Kan |
sans who successfully passed the Cecil |
Rhodes examinations, Earle Murray |
and George Nutting are of the Univer-
sity of Kansas and A. NJ. Ebright is of
Baker University.
FINED JoINTIsrs. court at
Dodge City fined the ''jointists" 500 |
each and sentenced them to thirty |
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