Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-05-12

re, was killed lew miles north OF
Olathe while trying to save the hand
car on which he was riding. Lowry,
in company with another hand and
their foreman, while going over the
track on their hand car discovered the
second section of freight train No. 3s
and they made swift run from a cut
and then alighted from their handcar
and were trying to take it from the
was instantly killed.
MORE ABOUT ORIENT.-The Orient
railway is now pushing its Kansas line.
1t has let the grading contract from
Cottonwood Falls to the Usage county
line through Lyon county and graders
are now at work. The company has
finished paying for its right of way
through Usage city, and buildings are
now being moved off. 1t is the opin-
ion of business men there that the
| Orient will connect with the Missouri
Pacific at that place and run into Kan
sas City.
CLOSED SHoPs.-The city council of
| Concordia has passed an ordinance
closing barber shops on Sunday and
imposing fine of not less than SIS nor
more than $50 for violation of said or
dinance, the petition being signed by
all of the boss BARRIERS but one, and by
all journeymen but three.
FRUIT JARs-A train load of fruit
jars left Coffeyville for Texas points.
each car being decorated with the
words made in Coffeyville." Each
car will average 125 gross of jars
or something like $40, 900 jars to the
train.
KEPT WOMEN TEACHERS move
ment in Leavenworth to supplant the
women principals in the graded schools
by men came to a close when the school
board voted to retain the women.
REUNION AT DoUeLAs.-The fourth
annual reunion of the Walnut Valley
Association of Old Soldiers of Kansas
and Oklahoma will be held at City
park in Douglas, August % to &c.
WELL ABANDoNED.-The second gas
and oil well at Emporia has been aban-
doned. A piece of steel was dropped
in the well by unknown parties and
could not be pulled out.
LIGHTNING AT WINDoM.-During a
thunder storm at Window lightning
struck the depot, knocking out the
keys on the operators table and also
injuring his fingers.
PENsIoNED HoRsE.-Old Bill, who
has served the Ottawa fire department
for thirteen years, has been pensioned
and his future home will be green pas
lures.
FROM HARD STUDY.-Stanley Davis,
a Topeka high school student, is in
sane from hard study. He has been
sent to private asylum for treat
ment.
PLATINUM CHAIN-A Kansas news
paper man is wearing a watch chain
made entirely of platinum, which is
worth three times as much as gold.
PRIVATE LIGHT PLANT.-C. A. Sea-
man and G.. w. Kanavel, of Sedgwicl<,
have installed private electric light
plant to light their residences.
KANSAS EGGs.-St. Louis merchants
have men in this state buying eggs to
supply the demand in that city during
the worlds fair.
COYOTE ScALPs.-A scalp hunter
found 90 scalps around Williamsburg
which he will deliver to the county
clerk.
FROM RICE CoUNTY.-A Rice county
man was killed on the battleship Mis-
souri,. His name was James E. Wright.
RAINS AT ABnENE.-Heavy rains
on the night of May filed streams
and stopped spring work.
SUMNER AT HoME.-Senator and Mrs.
Burton are at their Abilene home for
the summer.
S. S. AssoCIATIoN.-The executive
committee of the state Sunday School
association has issued the program OF
the coming state convention of the
Kansas Sunday School association tc
be held at Clay Center June 7, and g.
A thousand delegates are expected.
WAS ScARED.-A Pawnee county
man was so sure that his wheat was
to be failure this year that he traded
off 400 acres of it and forty acres o.
barley for a team of horses. The mar
who got the wheat has refused 81, OO(
for his bargain.
HISTORICAL STORIES. W
, Martins collection of historical storie.
, now in the state printers hands is sale
to be the best collection ever issued by
!: ! the state historical society. The book
will be ready for distribution within
| the next thirty days. They are pub
lished at state expense.
CONNECT THREE CITIEs.-It is de
clared that work will begin by tn,
middle of May on the proposed cleo
, trio line to connect Hutchinson, New
} ton and Wichita; making SIS miles o
interurban road.
BOILER ExPLoDEs.-The Missouri
l Pacific Colorado express was wrecked
! at Bushong, south of Council Grove
/ The boiler of the engine exploded
t Patrick Glynn, the engineer, and A.
Taylor the fireman, were thrown 5
5 feet They were badly scalded. TIL
steam scalded vegetation 200 feet away
A few pass engers were slightly bruised
, The engine is a scrap heap.
E GOOD RAINs.-A soaking rain fell a
: Goodland on the night of May 1. Tn
< rain was general throughout Western
Kansas and Northern Oklahoma