Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-10-27


guson, daughter of ex-county treasur-
er, Walter Furgeson, since O'Clock
last evening, but are unable to locate
her, dead or alive. AS soon as her
parents discovered it the alarm was
given and general search made of
all the wells in the vicinity. The
river was also dragged. Dependency
from i'll health is given as the cause.
Bloodhounds have been sent for
Apple BIcssoms.-Apple trees near
Leavenworth are blooming for the sec
ond time this year. Nearly all the
trees at the home of Richard l. Nc
Cormick are in full bloom. Violets
are also in bloom in places. The
warm weather and the fact that there
has been practically no frost are sup
blossoms
Farmers Insttute.-A Farmers In
stitute is to be held at the court house
in Anthony Nov. Is and 16. The
program has been approved by the
committee on Institutes of the State
Agricultural College, and Professors
Poponoe and Kinzier and Mrs. Henri
eta w. Calvin, professor of domestic
science, have been assigned to the
meeting.
Not in Treasury.-State Auditor
Rowett in report to Governor Bail
ey covering an investigation of GER
foi mis- onnnI1ntinO
s1,402, says that the coupons were col
lected by State Treasurer Kelly per-
sonally, but that the money had not
been turned into the state treasury.
The report has been referred to At
torney General Coleman.
Oil at EIIsworth.-Oil has been dis
covered oozing out of the ground just
west of Ellsworth. This is the sec
ond time oil has been found in this
section of the state. Preparations
are being made to put down a pro-
pect hole to develop the property.
Found GuiIty.-Clark Edwin New
ton and Mark Morris Newton, the two
brothers charged with the murder of
Patrick King near the school house
west Of old Kiowa and robbing him,
were found guilty of murder in the
first degree.
Need Moisture.-Millet on flooded
lands in Lyon county is averaging two
and a half tons to the acre. 1t simply
shows that all the semi-arid lands
of central and eastern Kansas need
is moisture to be made productive
Ask observation-disclosures at a call
ed meeting have declared that they
will not hereafter trade in Lawrence
unless they are guaranteed protection
from the attacks of university stu
dents in the latter's celebrations
EIopers Arrested. C. Cannon, a
travelling man, and Miss Jessie Kel-
ley, an Atchison girl, were taken in
custody by the police chief at Topeka
on the request of the girls father, who
alleged that they were clipping.
Two Bad Boys.-Fred Cooper and
| Will White, two boys, were taken to
the reformatory at Hutchinson. One
/ is charged with assaulting an officer
and the other with Burning coal shed
| at Tecumseh.
/ Given up Search.-The father of
/ Guy Gardner, the missing Santa Fe
agent of Winfield, has given up the
search and has returned to his home
| in Indiana. He was accompanied by
his sons young wife.
Wealthy pioneer.-Word has been
received at Topeka of the death of
]. NJ. Davies at Los Angeles, Cal. Mr..
Davies was a native of Wales. He
was very wealthy. He came to To-
peka in 1874.
Is In Demand.-Anthony brothers
have invented machine for the dig
gin of pipe line bitches. 1t is called
the Cyclone Ditcher and does the
work of thirty-six men with picks and
shovels.
Apparent osPerity-Farmers com.
plain of a difficulty in getting help
In some parts of the state help cannot
be secured at any price. Talk about
hard times will never come up as long
as conditions like these exist. When
every man who wants a job gets one
at good wages rest assured the coun
try is in prosperous condition and
business will keep up a good lick.
Committed Suicide.-A. L. Arm
strong committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head. He was 40 years
old and leaves widow. III health is
given as a cause of his suicide.
Largest in its History.-The enroll
ment for the thirty-ninth annual ses
sion of the university of Kansas has
reached 1878, which is by far the
largest in the history of the institu
ton. Last year the attendance at this
time, including summer students, wa:
only 1882. In the last four years
there has been a notable annual in
crease of about is per cent. The
enrolment during this year is expect
ed to exceed the 1900 mark.
New Rural Route.-A rural mai
route is to be established out of Hoos
er, Cowley county, on November IL
Want War Ended.-The yearly
meeting of Friends has adjourned, at
ter being in session eight days a
Lawrence. A letter was ordered sen
to President Roosevelt urging him tt
continue his efforts for another Hague
court of arbitration, to the end tina
the war between Russia and japan
may be ended and such contention.
between nations avoided. The mex
meeting will be in Wichita
Sawed Out.-Frank Moore, in jai
at Emporia on the charge of poke
picking on the M. K. & T., sawed hi.
way out of the new jai,
Dphtheria in Schools.-Two dis