Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-03-17
KANSAS COMMENT.
KANSAS

lars, or over $50 per capita.
In TEN MINUTEs.-A Newton tele-
graph operator received four messages
of death in ten minutes and sent one.
THAT SHowER.-The heavy, though
short rain on the night of March 9,
was general over Southwestern Kansas.
CAME From JoINTs.-The Leaven-
worth police department collected for,
the month of February s6,e27.so and
most Of it came from joints.
DIAMONDS Nor ExEMPT.-Judge
Enoch, of Wichita, decides that dia-
monds are exempt from attachment,
as they are not wearing apparel
ORDER HATS OFF.-The official board
of the First NJ. E. church at Ottawa
has issued an order for women to re-
move their hats at service hereafter
LEAP YEAR-The probate judge at
Independence recently issued three
marriage licences on the application OF
women who came unaccompanied to
his Office.
BAPTIZED 25O.-In very bad weather
Rev. Charles F. Parham, formerly OF
Kansas City, baptized $50 converts In
Spring river at Lowell, three miles
southwest of Galena-
$500 WORTH OF PLUSDER.-A gang
of negro thieves were arrested in Pitts
burg, two of them women and $500
worth plumber, consisting of women
and mems wearing apparel and jewell
~ was found in the house occupied
by the trio.
STATE s. S. CoNvENTIoN.-Clay Cen
ter is preparing to entertain the State
Sunday School convention which will
meet in June. J. H. Engle, state sec
rotary, of Abilene, has been looking
over the conditions and starting the
machinery in motion for the enter
tainment of the guests. 1t is expected
that 700 visitors will be. present to at
tend the session.
SEVENTH Observation-Disclosures shad-
ow of discord the Seventh District
convention re-nominated Victor Muir
dock to represent the district Congress.
For presidential electional Geo. H.
Hunter of Sumner county was chosen.
For national delegates were named
w. J. Fitzgerald of Ford County and
Oscar Smith of Sedgwick County; with
A. C. jackson of Rice County, and
Thomas Jackson Harvey County.
Two BURGLAR GANes.-Morton AL
baugh, state bank commissioner, says
there are no less than twenty robbers
operating in the state. They are di-
vided, he believes, into two gangs.
Within the past eighteen months more
than twenty state and private banks
have been robbed and also railroad
stations and big mercantile establish
ments. But they steer clear of national
banks and postoffices in order to keep
out of federal courts.
LOSE APPROPRIATION Atchison
Globe says that the city has probably
lost the $4,000 appropriated by the
last legislature to aid in building a
road to the orphan asylum. The ap-
preparation stipulated that the city
and those living along the road should
do a certain amount of work. The
farmers agreed to do 800 days work.
They have gone back on it and moth
ing has been done The state money
will not be available after July.1 next.
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passenger train from st. Joseph to
Kansas City passed a motor car while
it was moving slowly. The motor car
was put at full speee on its track along
side the railroad when the race began
at the Pope station. The motor car
reached Wolcott several lengths ahead.
Ice PLANT BURNED.-The Crystal Ice
plant in Wichita is destroyed by fire.
The loss is about S25,oOO The plant
had been closed for some time while
improvements were being made. Two
Missouri Pacific cars also were burned.
HIS HORSE FELL.-Charles Gait,
sheriff of Grant county, was injured
and will die. While driving a bunch
of. horses across the prairie his horse
stepped into badger hole and fell.
Mr.. Gait was found by the stage driver
several hours later lying on the ground.
apparently dead.
OLDEST MEMBEB.-S. A. Getty, who
died last week at Downs, was the Oldest
member of the A. O. U. w. lodge in
Kansas in point of continuous mem
bership. He joined the order in the
East when it was first organized.
A MILLERs' TRUsT.-It is published
that the Topeka millers have served
: notice on the local grocers that they
must not handle outside flour under
penalty of having no Topeka Hour to
peka millers will advance the price
The grocers met to decide upon plan
of action.
MANY MARRIAeEs.-Leaven is
called the ''Gretna Green" of Kansas
City. In the past IA months 233 Kan
sas City couples have been married
there
FROM INDUSTRIAL ScHooL.-Mrs
Dassler, superintendent of the Kansas
art exhibit at the worlds fair, has
made arrangement with Mrs. Perry,
superintendent of the Industrial school
for Girls at Beloit for an exhibition of
needle and art work at the exposition.
Mrs. Dassler considers. the work of
these girls above the average.
SOLD For 81, Oo0.-The black horse
which Col. j. w. F. Hughes, of Topeka,
sold to j. F. Bell last fall for $500 has
been resold by Mr.. Bell to Secretary of