Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-02-04


the 22nd annual convention of the
Kansas Y. NJ. c. A, states that Kansas
has fifty organizations, with mem
bership of $3.50. The total value of
buildings opened last year is s6s.so0,
as follows: Winfield, $4,000; Hoising-
ton. 3d. 500; Parsons, 1880; and To-
peka Railroad, $4,000 Lawrence also
reports progress on its building fund,
there now being pledged for thai pur-
pose $3.50 on $4,000 or 100000
expenses paid.
PRIZES FOR BUTTER.-At the meeting
of the State Dairymen's association in
Topeka A. C. Tannehill, of Topeka,
won the S75 silver cup for the highest
scoring butter. His score was 1917.
L. Larson, of Topeka. was second with
s616. John Compton, of Carleton, car
ried off first prize for the best cheese
exhibit C. b. Merry, of Nortonville,
was second. The meeting next year
will be held at Parsons.
Col. WELDY BURIED.-The funeral of
the late Colonel L. C. Weldy was held
at Sapps theater, no church in the city
being adequate to accommodate the
throng. All places of business were
closed and business men generally at
| tended the services. The Knights of
Pythias uniform rank had charge of
! the funeral
FINED FOR ISLANDER. - Reinhold
Meyer, farmer, confessed Judgment
! in court at Abilene for 81 900 for SLAM
derous expression regarding Robert
! Teller. Mrs. ]. w. Coulson, another
! neighbor, whose name was connected
with Telfer's in Meyers remarks. Sc
cured Judgment for So, 900 last fall.
| WAS IN SALooN.-An Austrian
| miner named Joe Teotta was frozen to
death in the main street of Chickopee,
a Mount Carmel Company mining camp
south of Pittsburg. He was found by
an Italian miner on his way to work.
When last seen alive Teotta was in a
saloon.
HUMANE SocIETY.-Numerous in
stances of cruel treatment and neglect
of horses in Winfield has prompted the
organization of humane society. The
local A. H. T. A. has taken up the mat
ter. The society proposes to prosecute
all offenders in vigorous manner.
I don
tor claims that nine-tenths of the win
ter coughs are caused by eating buck
wheat cakes and that all that is neces-
sary to stop the cough is to quit eating
the cakes.
Nor DECIDED YET.-The organs of
the opposing candidates for governor
do not count alike. Both sides con-
tinued to claim a majority of the dele
gates to the state convention almost to
the last.
LAFAYETTE YoUNG.-This gentle
man, who is editor of the Des Moines,
Iowa, Capital, made speech at the
banquet of the Kansas Day club which
is generally eulogized in the reports.
DIAMOND RING.-A jeweler at Salina
is displaying 81, 900 diamond ring be-
longing to a private party not named.
He does not tell what the pawn check
| calls for.
A HEATED SPoUT.-A mechanical
continuance in a mill at Atchison, a
spout, became heated and caused a fire.
MARY ELLEN LEAsE.-This historic
Kansas lady is to chaperone a party OF
young ladies on a tour of Europe.
RACING CIRCUIT.-The Arkansas Val
ley racing circuit held its annual
meeting at Hutchinson last week.
GARDEN SEEDs.-People of Kansas
are calling for and buying garden seeds
these early February days
CLUB TO BUILD.-The st. Cecilia club
of Arkansas City, proposes to build a
library.
COLD SToRAGE.-El Dorado is talking
about having a cold storage plant.
FRUIT GRowERs.-At a meeting in
Wichita on February 6. the Arkansas
Valley Fruit Growers association is to
be organized. The object is the pro-
motion of fruit growing and the en-
forcement of laws relating to the pro-
lection of trees and shrubbery. and the
transplanting of diseased plants.
FATALLY SHor.-Will Gibson, con.
stable, shot John Rice, a well drillel
about five miles west of Thayer. Rice
will probably die. Rice was resisting
arrest and is said to have attempted
to shoot the constable.
A MILLION For BAKER.-It is now
said that, if the people at large will
contribute the $500, 900 for endowment
of Baker university at Baldwin, there
are ten Kansas Methodists who pro
propose to duplicate the gifts of the
people, thus making a 81, 900, 900 en-
dowment.
75-PoUND RAILs.-The Frisco system
is replacing its old rails on its Kansas
lines with 75-pound rails. The work
is completed between Neodesha and
Beaumont and has been commenced be
tween NeodeSha and Wichita
PROMINENT LAWYER DEAD.-B. A.
Seaver, one of the most prominent
members of the bar in that judicial
district, is dead at Highland. His
death was the result of heart disease
though he has been in failing health
for the past three years.
INDIAN BAND ENGAGED.-The Has
kell band at the Indian school at Law.
renee, has closed contract for a
weeks engagement July 10 to 16 fol-
concerts in one of the big parks in
Philadelphia For this services the