Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-11-17

the Emporia Santa Fe cleaning works
at the depot. 1t was made by George
| Bartel in the Topeka railroad shops i'll
1902 and is very nice piece Of work
manship. The engine itself is two feet
and seven inches in length, one foot
and three inches from the rail to the
top of the cab, a six inch drive
wheel and is made complete. 1t was
! fired up few days ago and is in per-
feet running order. Pete is thinking
of making a sale to the Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient railway company,
when their trains start to running
through Emporia.
More Wind Needed-Farmers in the
vicinity of Beloit who have stock
which require water complain that
there is not enough wind to run the
windmills. This makes it necessary
to pump the water by hand This con-
dition has prevailed several weeks
and is unusual in Kansas at this time
of the year. Usually there is too much
wind. However, there is some gain
with the loss, as the fine weather gives
the farmers a chance to rush their
corn husking and other fall work.
Y. M. C. A. in Session.-One hun
dred and fifty delegates were at Hol-
ton attending the state convention of
the Young Woman's Christian AsSo-
citation. DR.. Fiske, of Washington col
lege, made the opening address and
DR.. A. B. Buckner, pastor of the Hol-
ton NJ. E. church, preached the con-
vention sermon. Miss Kyle, of Chi
cago, represents the national asso-
citation, and Miss Amy Bruce, the state
secretary at Topeka, has charge of the
convention details.
Dancers Run Out.-At Peru, Kansas,
a crowd of more than a hundred men
and boys, most of them drillers and
tool bosses, tore down a tent in which
an alleged immoral dance was to be
| given, and ordered the entire company
out of town at once. Later the crowd
went to the Peru hotel and ordered the
negro cook to leave. He was the only
person of his race in the town. The
negro was also hung in efigy to tel
ephone pole on Main street.
Shot While Hunting.-Carl Davig-
non, a Santa Fe engineer living at
Newton, was taken to the Axtell hos
pital in that city in a critical condi.
! ton as the result of a gunshot wound
received while hunting with friends.
I The gun was accidentally discharged
while in Davignon's hands, the
charge tearing away one side of his
! face and inflicting a wound that may
prove fatal
Lost Two Fingers.-Clarence Par
cells, helper in the machine shop at
Lakin met with painful accident, los
ing two fingers and part of his thumb
/ from the left hand. In attempting to
stop the gasoline engine his fingers
were caught in the cogs of another
machine.
! Rob Observation-Disclosures enter
I broke into Isaac Covers restaurant at
/ Great Bend and secured a shot gun,
valise full of clothing and a small
amount of money. There is no clue
! to their identity.
! Plenty. of Pie.-The Meade Globe
| has just closed a pumpkin contest and
| finds istself well supplied. Two alone
/ will make 700 pies, two a day for a
| year, pie enough to satisfy even Mis-
! souri, legislator.
! Crazed With Paln.-Adolph Havel,
| Is years old, residing near Cuba, be-
! came crazed with pain after having
: fifteen teeth extracted, and killed him
! self with a shot through the brain
Not Enough War spirit.-The re-
cruiting Office has been closed at Cha,
mute. Chanute hasn't enough war
spirit to qualify it as a peace confer
ence town.
Third Paying WelI.-At Arkansas
City the Mountaineering company
brought in their third paying gas well
I 1t is located two miles north of the
town.
Fatal Accident.-Charles Gillespie
aged 81 years, died at Monroevia, in
Atchison county, as a result of acct
dental shooting. A gun fell off of a
wagon and the jar caused it to be dis
charged. Gillespie had just complet
ed a three years enlistment in the ar
my.
Worked on Sunday.-At Lakin ow
ing to the scarcity of cars and limit
ed time of delivery the work of load
ing sugar beets for shipment to the
Rocky Ford factory continued all day
Sunday. Two hundred tons are being
shipped daily.
Died of Wounds.-Carl DAvignon
Santa Fe conductor accidentally shot
while hunting, died at the Axtei hospi
tai in Newton, His wife, who was with
him at the time of the accident, and
drove Immediately to the hospital with
the injured man, is Frustrated by the
shock. D'Avignon had been in the
employ of the Santa Fe for nearly f1f
teen years, and was well known by
railroad men along the line.
Fell Through Trestle.-Eugene Put
ney, an old soldier at Leavenworth
fell through the trestle work of the
Third street bridge and was killed
Quarantine Rased.-The quaran
tine on the Harvey eating house at
the Santa Fe station has been raised
and meals are now being served as us.
ual. S. w. O'Brien, the cashier, whose
attack of varioloid was the cause of
the quarantine is reported getting
along first rate.
Excitement Subsided.-The oil ex-
element that was rampant at Pawnee
Rock for several weeks has subsid-
ed. The citizens have begun to sleep
at night since tramp confessed that
in getting drink he dropped a meat
rind into the spring.
For Selling liquor.-In the case of
Albert Heff, of Holton, Kansas, I'M