Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-03-31
KANSAS COMMENT.

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AGAIN A PAsToR.-The Rev. Bernard
Kelly will become the pastor of the
Kelly is retired army chaplain. He
served in the Philippines since the war
with Spain.
NEMAHA CoUNTY's RECoRD.-The
monthly report of the county shows
that there were &C births reported be-
tween February 10 and March 10, and
only 25 deaths. OF the number of
births "a were girls.
LOST AT HoME.-Captain Jennings,
founder of Anthony, president Of the
townsite company and once mayor of
the city, got lost the other day in his
own town. The growth of the city is
charged with this.
CLARK SELLS OUT.-State Printer
Geo. A Clark has sold his interest in
Concordia newspaper to Seward A.
Jones of the Beloit Call. ClarlS's part
ner, George Burrows, retains his in
terest in the business.
WORLDS FAIR BOoK.-Two carloads
of paper were received by State Printer
Clarke for use in the publication of
the worlds fair book. George w. Mar
tin, editor of the book, already has
turned his copy in. The book will be
ready for distribution April l.
EIGHT HOUR DAY.-The Santa Fe has
announced a cut in the working hours
at the Newton, Arkansas City and AL
buquerque shops. Bulletins have been
posted in the machine shops, black
smith shops and repair yards notify
ing TIE employees that until further
orders eight hours would constitute a
day.
HANGED IN EEFIGY-The twelve
jurors in the Dewey, Mcbride and Will
son triple murder case who returned
verdict of not guilty, were hanged in
efigy at Norton. Those who came
down town early in the morning found
twelve figures hanging from the diff
ferent trees in the courthouse yard,
edcn OSdrIHS ii CdTu Will inc ndne Oh
a juror upon it.
DIED WEALTHY.-Nearly forty years
ago Stacey Klymenshuski settled on a
forty-acre farm in Leavenworth county
near McLouth, having served fonr
years in the Russian army. He was as
poor as the average of Polish emf
grants who come to this country. He
died this month leaving a farm of 76O
acres and enough other property to
make his fortune about SIS, 900.
GRAIN INsPECTIoN.-Stat Grain In
to the state treasury as fees collected
by his department for the month of
February. Since July 1, the beginning
of the fiscal year, the receipts of the
expenses by $4,000. The state in
spector says there will be balance to
his credit at the end of the present
year.
For AGED PREACHERs-The Metho-
dist conference at Baldwin considered
a proposition to purchase the John D.
Knox place in Topeka and turn it into
a home for superannuated preachers
The house cost $50, 900 and it is one of
the finest in the state Knox lost his
money when the boom collapsed, and
is ready to sell his place which he has
been holding as homestead 1t is
sad that he offers it cheap, providing
it will be turned into a preachers
home.
CITIZENS OFFER REwARD.-In Barber
county forty-one prominent citizens
have united and have agreed to pay
$3.50 reward for evidence that will lead
to the conviction of any party in Med
icine Lodge who is guilty of violating
the prohibitory law. The offer is
good for twelve months
FIRE INsARANCE.-At the close of the
year there were 121, 225 policies in
force, the insurance aggregating S97,-
492, s43. The premiums paid in 1903
amounted to S3.lOs, 679; the losses
SS35, 959.
STATE EXAMINATIoNs-T state
board of education has authorized an
examination in manual training and
domestic science and art to be held
May IS and 10 at such of the follow
ing places as the board may select at
their meeting to be held April 90: EN-
poria, Pittsburg, Manhattan and Law
renee.
For WAsHBURN LIBRARY.-President
Plass has announced that he has Sc
cured for Washburn college a new Ii
brary building to cost $40, 900, the gift
of Mr.. Andrew Carnegie.
COAL OPERATORS coal opera
tors of District 16 held a meeting at
Kansas City with about fifteen opera
tors present The district includes
most of the coal mines of Kansas. One
of the operators stated that when the
miners met in July to sign new scale
of wages the miners would be asked to
accept reduction equal to that made
in the east.
JASNCSc <ANhA-NO lsANI-An lnue-
pendent packing plant proposition will
be discussed at the cattlemen's con-
vention at Dodge City, March 81
AN'ELLswoRrH BoY.-Merle Thorpe.
an Ellsworth boy, has just won the
prize at Stanford university for the
best farce written. The title of Thorpes
effort is 1.-The Man From Mizzoury."
He also won the prize for farce last
summer. Thorpe is leader of the col
lege bond.
FROM K. U. TO YALE-Professor e.
L. Taylor, member of the faculty of
the school of engineering of the uni