Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-04-21

0bIOAR SAbJ VI ldlLuIC, was ACAo
at the Catholic church in Strong City.
All his crushers and grading outfits as
well as those in San Francisco which
are filling the China basin for the
the funeral.
EIGHTY AND AT WoRK.-Judge ]. B.
Frost, a Kansan for more than gen
Grafton, recently celebrated his eight
ieth birthday at Chapman. He gets
his titlef from his Office of justice of
the peace, which he has filed for more
than thirty.four years He is still en-
gagged in active business and as a store
keeper.
A WINFIELD MAN-R R. Hammond,
who has just been made vice president
of the Frisco, was formerly of Win
field" man. In 1ssO-'S1 he was opera
tor and clerk at the Southern Kansas
station at time when the agent and
clerk handled all the business of that
now busy depot.
OF LYMAN FIELD.-Lyman Field, of
Solomon, one of the pioneers of Dick
inson county died at a hospital in
Kansas City. lie was one of the
wealthiest and most prominent citizens
of the county and had been closely
identified with its history since 1867.
AFTER FIFTEEN YEARs.-Harry Nc
Aleer, who in 1889 murdered Frank
Evans, Horton, Kas., news
paper man in saloon at Horton, was
arrested at Fort Scott and made full
confession. Remorse of conscience
caused him to confess, he said.
STRINGENT CONFERENCE.-The Con-
cordia city council adopted by vote
of to 8, very strict anti-saloon or
dinance The saloon men at once be-
gan packing up their goods. They
have been running openly for some
months.
Nor ENOUGH OATs.-M. A. Carleton,
cerealist of the United States bureau
of plant industry, says that Kansas
does not produce as many oats as are
needed to feed the stock of the state.
FROM 20 TO 2s7.-Two years ago not
over twenty oil companies were doing
business in the Kansas field. Today
there are 2s7 companies and more are
forming right along.
GETS TRANSIT RATES. Through the
efforts of the state board of railroad
commissioners the Union Pacific has
granted milling-in-transit rates to the
millers of Gypsum.
A CoUNrERFEITER.-W B. Lockett,
of Atchison, was sentenced by Judge
Pollock to two years in the peniten-
tiary for counterfeiting dollars. He
pleaded guilty.
| HERE'S RECoRD.-Ed James an en-
ploye of the Mcpherson Light & Water
company, has worked 1000 days with
out missing day for any purpose.
OLDEST FROM YALE.-It is claimed
DR.. f. R. Lincoln, of Logan, is the
oldest Yale graduate in the state. He
| graduated in 1854.
ROOF BLEW OFF.-At Haven the
wind blew the roof off the East store
and sent it through the Miller drug
store wall.
SPOTTED FEvER.-Three cases of
spotted tever or cerebro-spinal menin-
gifts, are reported in Hodgeman county
IoLA's CHURcHEs.-That booming
town has spent $780, in three years
for places of worship.
To PREVENT FEvER-The large dip
ping plant at Grainfield is being used
as fever preventive.
A HARPER CLUB.-A grandmothers
club is one of the old clubs at Harper.
GOOD SHowINe.-The only vacant
building in Ness City is the city Jail.
EARLY CORN PLANTINe.-James
Dobbs, of Barber county, has planted
$50 acres of corn.
MOTOR CYCLE FoR MAn.-George Po-
cock, one of the rural carriers of Wake
field has motor cycle which he bought
to use on his mail route instead of his
wagon. He has rugged up the machine
to carry his mail and parcels With
dry roads he calculates to make the
trips over dis route in about half the
time We're he to use a team
A LABOR TEMPLE.-Union labor or
carnations Of lola are planning to
erect labor temple to cost from S15,-
900 to $40, 1000 lola has about twenty
five unions.
GRAND JURY.-Judge Hazen, of the
Shawnee district court, has announced
that, if petitioned, he would call a
grand jury to investigate the charges
of corruption made against the Topeka
police in connection with the operation
of joints. The grand jury will also
get after the tax dodgers.
GOES TO ST. LoUIs.-Miss Nellie
Tucker, of Topeka, has been appointed
stenographer for the Kansas worlds
fair board. She will have an Office in
the Kansas building at the worlds
fair.
CoFFEYvLLE GLAss.-Coffeyville is
now supplying most of the country
west of the Mississippi with window
glass, prescription bottles and glass
fruit jars. Within the next thirty
days 1t will begin to supply glassware
for the table. Six large glass factories
now in operation and the seventh one
to manufacture table glassware, is in.
stalling its machinery. Coffeyville is
now referred to as "Glassville."
SUMNER EQUIPMENr.-Iola's street
railway system has purchased -four
new trailers for summer equipment