Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-10-13
KANSAS COMMENT

Falls the street car company is lay
ing a new track. They expect to
make the track much heavier and
when it is completed they will put
On larger car, which will be run by
by gasoline motor.
Goes to Pen.-Robert Romaine, who
confessed to completely in the indie
pendence and indicator outrages in
Colorado, was taken to the Kansas
penitentiary from Topeka He will
serve an interminate sentence for
robbery.
Five Years Sentence.-A. E. Ferris,
charged with forgery through which he
defrauded the First National bank was
convicted, and, under five years SEN
tence, taken to the penitentiary. Fer
ris is said to be wanted at points in
Iowa and Nebraska.
Broom Factory Burne.-At Leav-
enworth the Simmons broom factory
burned The place was nearly burned
before the firemen reached it. Ad-
Joining buildings caught fire, but the
flames were soon extinguished. 1t
is not known how the fire started
The loss on the building. machinery
and stock is about $4,000 and the in
surance is $4,000.
Crushed Under SIate.-John Wall
ner, an Austrian miner employed in
mine No. 6, of the Mount Carmel Coal
company at Frontenac, was instant
ly killed at Pittsburg by fall of slate.
He was alone when the accident &C.
Cured. The heavy mass of slate and
rock had broken his neck and back
and otherwise crushed him and he
was dead when found. He was Al
years of age and had a wife and fam
lily at Frontenac.
Weather Report-Dr. F. II. Snow,
of the University of Kansas, has COM
pleted his weather report for the
month of September. The warm
weather, with an absence of frost has
matured the late corn and other agri-
cultural products that were planted
late on account of wet weather The
extreme heat of the last week came
at time when it was most needed
and the rain of the last three days
days has put the ground in excellent
condition for the wheat.
Certificate Forgery.-Kansas edu-
cational circles are much stirred up
over the discovery made recently that
A. H. Schoenfield, an Atchison county
teacher holds forged teachers GER
tffcate, which he purchased from the
manufacturer, Riley county printer.
The discovery was made after some
very shrewd detective work on the
part of |. L. Dayhoff, state superintend-
ent of school, and o. o. Hastings, sup
erintendent of the Atchison county
schools. The state superintendent has
now begun an investigation for the
purpose of ascertaining to what extent
the forgery has been carried on.
Riot in Football Game.-The foot
ball season opened at Manhattan with
a game between Holton University and
Agricultural college second team.
The game ended after twenty minutes
of playing because Holton refused to
abide by the umpire's decision and
forfeited the game. The ball was in
Holton's territory during the entire
game, but neither side had scored. AT
ter the umpire blew the whistle for a
foul, the visitors grabbed the ball and
carried it sixty yards to Manhattan's
ona1 riot followed
Quelled by policemen.
Public Ownership Lost.-At the spe-
cial election at Paola to vote on the
proposition of issuing $4,000 in per
cent bonds to purchase the water
works plant, III votes were cast in
favor of it and 179 against it. The
women were not represented in this
election.
Saved His Life.-George Dunlap,
laundry driver, "a years old, at Cher
ryvale, attempted suicide by taking
chloroform. Fearing the chloroform
would not have the desired effect he
took strychnine. The counteraction
of the two poisons saved his life
High as July FIood.-At Hutchin-
son the Arkansas river is as high as
at any time during the July flood and
still rising. River observers for the
government say that another rise is
coming. This will not flood Hutchin-
son as only a portion of the city can
be reached by the river.
Brief Liberty.-Walter Wallace sent,
to the reformatory from Butler coun-
ty, escaped and was caught in ten
minutes. An officer followed him
across the Rock Island tracks and took
shot at him. Wallace gave up when
he heard the gun.
CRATER Returned Notes.-B. F. Ed
wards, the fence machine man from
Hartford, Kansas, who was arrested
at Junction city on the charge of
having defrauded two farmers out of
$3.50 each, has been released. The
manager of the company for which
Edwards was agent arrived and made
q settlement with the farmers by CIV
ing back the notes.
To Open Cooperative stores.-The
miners of district IA have voted in
favor of the proposition to open in
Pittsburg and other places in the dis
trict cooperative stores.
In Paying Quantities.-In an en-
deavor to test the capacity of the
Brewer gas well. recently brought in
near Arkansas City, 1O-inch mercury
guage that is warranted to record a
pressure that will produce 1,744,S
cubic feet of gas every twenty-four
hours. was blown to pieces. The
drillers claim that this shows beyond
doubt that Arkansas City has gas and
oil in having quantities