Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-02-11

Topeka discussed a proposition to es.
| tablish state agency to dc all the
buying for the ce-oBerative stores
throughout the state It is estimated
that an agency of this kind would do
at least So 900, 600 worth of business
every year. and would prove great
saving to the retail concerns, It ne
quires no capital. All that is needed
is purchasing agent, who could order
the stuff needed by the stores over the
state from the eastern firms and get it
cheaper by buying in large quantities.
Some of the stores in the union do an
| immense amount of business.
A RESIDENT so YEARs.-Sa Samuel
Long. for nearly fifty years resident
of Manhattan, and one of the most
widely known citizens of Riley county,
died Feb. 2nd. He had lived in Riley
county since 1857; was sheriff for two
| terms, and then enlisted in the 18th
Kansas regiment and was promoted to
lieutenancy in 1864. After the war
| he married and lived on farm but for
many years was a merchant in Man
haitian. He served as county commits
| sioner and was a member of the city
council for several years.
SOCIALISM State Labor society
meeting at Topeka moved on without
friction until resolution was offered
asking that the society as u body should
endorse socialism. Half dozen speak
ers We're on the floor at once when a
debate ensued which took whole ses-
sion to dispose of. The resolution was
| finally tabled on motion of F. Curry,
who declared himself strong Socialist
but believed that the meeting was not
the proper time or place to bring in
such question.
CAUGHT IN IowA-Sheriff Lucas, of
| Shawnee county, has returned from
Red Oak, Iowa, with E. Wilson, a self
confessed forger of checks. Three
weeks ago Wilson gave bad check for
SIS to Topeka merchant, received the
cash and disappeared. When he gave
himself up to the Iowa officials he said:
Il can't stand it, can't sleep, every
want to go back and pay the penalty"
K. U. CADET CoRPs.-There is a
movement in the University of Kansas
among members of the national guard
attending the university to organize a
! cadet corps in the school. There is a
state law permitting such an organiza-
ton. 1t is proposed that this branch
of work be substituted for the fresh
man physical training work in the
gymnasium, which is now compulsory.
| New MASONIC LoDGE.-Iowa lodge
No. 254. A. +. & A. NJ, of st. John,
| chartered a special train and seventy
| five of the members accompanied Wor-
shipful Fred S. Venner to Hutchinson
where the officers of the grand lodge
exemplified the work in the third de-
gree.
| BACHELORS WILL.-Fred Tanner, a
resident of Hamilton county for TWEEN
| ty-fve years who died last week, was
a native of Canada. Being a bachelor
he left his property by will to Mrs
! Clarity, of Coolidge.
INTERURBAN LINE.-Owing to the re-
cent visit to Topeka of electric railway
magnates from the east. the rumor of
an electric railway line to Kansas City
from Topeka has again been revived.
| MYSTIC SHRINE.-A ball was given by
the mobiles of the Mystic Shrine of Osa-
/ watomie at the opera house. A large
crowd attended and many guests from
neighboring towns were present.
MORSE WITHDRAws.-J. C. o. Morse,
of Hutchinson, his withdrawn from
the race for railroad commissioner. j.
s. George was Endorsed by the Reno
county convention.
GRANITE AT MARvL-At Marvi.
Phillips comfy, there has been re-
Gently discovered fine quality of
granite.
A Mo. PAC. WRECK.-One person was
killed and fourteen injured in Mis-
! SOu1A ehSihS NACCh- SouoCN ny d OIOhCA
rail, near Miller, Kas. The engine and
rear car, Pullman, did not leave the
track, but the baggage car, mail car,
smoker and chair car were ditched and
| badly shattered. 1t is believed that
the wreck was caused by the swapping
of rail because of frost.
CIVIL SERvIcE.-The civil service
commission commenced examinations
at Salina for clerks and carriers in the
mail service February 3.
BROWN COUNTY MINEs.-A company
has been organized at Sun Springs in
Brown county to employ oil drillers
and capable miners to prospect and see
what lies under Brown county In
several places under the county there
are outcroppings of coal and at these
places farmers dig it out for their own
use. There are many mineral springs
in the county.
DEATHS AND BIRTHs.-Crawford
county reports 1900 births during 1908.
In that year there We're IS violent
deaths in the county.
CHURCH DEDICATED.-The Catholic
church completed recently at Newton
at cost of $40, 1000, was dedicated with
elaborate exercises by Bishop Hennes-
sy, of Wichita, assisted by clergy OF
many nearby towns. A fine musical
program was feature.
OPERA CHAIRs.-A contract for 1850
opera chairs for the new auditorium
has been let by regents of the Agricul-
tural college at Manhattan The
chairs will cost over $4,000. The new
building will be completed by next
September.