Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-22
KANSAS COMMENT

OOudHCuS @dHu anu SdJIie COnPdnS,
with capital of $4,000, has been
chartered.
Put in System. The Edwards
County Telephone company, capital
$4,000, has been chartered by the
state to put in system at Lewis.
On the Move.-Another Indication
that things do move in western Kan
sas is the fact that the real estate
transfers in Barton county between
November Is and December Z amount
10 $11S.O0O. Very little of this land
has been purchased by people living
outside the county, the latter having
been outbid by home people.
Requisition Granted. - Governor
Bailey granted requisition from Gov
ernor Vardaman of Mississippi, ask
ing for the return of William john
son, now in Jail at Oswego, Kan. In
1889 Johnson was arrested in Homes
county, Miss, charged with murder.
He was convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to nine years impris-
onment. A few days later he escap-
ed and has Just been loicated.
Big Mortgage Filed.-At lola a
mortgage of 100000 has been re-
ceived in the Office of the register of
deeds to be placed on record. The
mortgage is made by the Kansas
Natural Gas company to the Fidelity
Trust company of Pittsburg, Pa, and
involves leases on oil and gas lands
in Elk, Coffey, Neosho, Chautauqua,
Anderson Woodson, Allen, Wilson,
Labette and Montgomery counties.
OIL sand at Valley center.-At
depth of more than LOO feet, an oil
and gas company which is sinking a
prospect hole near Valley Center,
struck a two-foot vein of oil sand. The
drillers say the conditions are the
same as as those found at Chanute
and that oil or gas is liable to be
found in paying quantities at any
time. The drill is kept working day
and night. A black shale and slate
were found beneath the oil sand.
Buried Together.-From the Ca
thedral in Concordia occurred a
double funeral, that of Joseph Ma
deau. aged SO years, and his wife,
aged 20 years. who died within a few
hours of each other at the home of
daughter south of Concordia. They
came here from Canada in the '70s
and were among the county's wealthy
fQrnnrc nd hioh11r of
Mr.. Nadean spent thirty-five years as
a travelling salesman in Canada.
Corn Husking Story. Reflections
from the Kensington Mirror: Lee
Hobson says it will take $500 to pay
two boys for husking corn nine hours
on the 18th day of this month. Harry
League husked one hundred bushels,
leaving his wagon one-half mile from
the house at noon to go to dinner and
unloading three loads. Charley Weld
erman husked one hundred and thirty
bushels, going to the house a quarter
of a mile away with his corn and I'M
loading four times.
Guilty of Wife Murder.-At Troy
the jury in the case of Robert Hinch-
man found him guilty of murder in
the second degree after being out six
and one-half hours Hinchman shot
and killed his wife at her mothers
home in Severance, October IA, while
attempting to regain possession of his
adopted daughter, whom his wife had
taken to her mothers home. The pun
ishment for second degree murder is
from ten years to life Imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
leaped From Train.-Oliver Pick
EFT, charged with violating his parole,
was being brought back to the State
Reformatory at Hutchinson from To-
peka, when he leaped from a Santa
Fe train inside the city limits, dur
ing the absence of Officer ]. w. Lib
engood, who thought his prisoner
safe with handouts on. He made
good his escape.
Don't Need lt.-A Harper man de-
clares that the Kansas Colorado suit
is useless. He AYERS that Kansas
doesn't need the waters of the Arkan-
sas river.
Throwed Red Pepper.-Mrs. ]. NJ.
Horton, wife of the landlord of the
Grand View hotel at Arkansas City,
drove some Santa Fe strikers, who
desired to talk to strike breakers,
from her husbands place by throw
ing red pepper in their eyes after
commanding them to -eave.
Right-of-way Secured.-The survey
has been made and the right-of-way
for 125 miles secured for the Gulf,
Hutchinson and Northwestern rail-
road. and it is reported that the work
of throwing dirt will begin in the
spring.
Leavenworth the verdict returned by
a jury in the case of the state versus
Walter Kyle, was that Kyle is guilty
of murder in the second degree. The |
young man killed a gambler named
Walkenwitz, in trying to defend him
self against another, so he alleges.
Wreck Delays Traffic. - A freight |
wreck on the Santa Fe eight miles |
west of Newton destroyed several box |
cars and caused considerable property |
loss. but no loss of life. The through |
passenger trains were five hours |
late.
Against Hunting. A large number |
of farmers in the vicinity of Junction |
City have organized an anti-hunting |
association. The associations men, !
bership was started with thirty-one |
names and is growing daily. All |
hunters found on the land of any
member of the association are to be |
prosecuted.
look Good Aim.-As soon as IL was