Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-01

stunned ana DrOWnSd.-Ine QedQl
body of Harve Lindsey of Eufaula, l.
T., was found lying in six inches of
water in Rockford On the North Can
adian river. He had evidently fallen
from his horse and was drowned
after becoming stunned, as tie water
was not deep enough to cover his
body. Lindsey was a farmer, about
As years old. He was a son of DR..
H. L. Lindsey, one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Eufaula.
Passed Sentence.-At Lawton al
the last day of this session of the
district court Judge Gillette passed
sentence upon the following: Jim
Nicholas, an Apache Indian, con-
victed of shooting Felix Crow with
intent to kill, was given five years
in the penitentiary; William Ridley
four years for killing Munsey
Vaukhn.
Important Question.-A very i'm
| portant question now being generally
discussed by the citizens of the five
civilized tribes is that of permitting
Indian children born since the rats
fication of the recent treaties and the
/ dates named therein to participate
in the distribution of the tribal funds
and receive allotments.
Lost His Money. William j.
| Twombs, living in Garfield county,
was declared insane by the board of
insanity and ordered taken to the
hospital for the insane at Norman
for treatment. His insanity was
caused by the loss of money in the
failed Citizens bank at Enid
Wanted to Die.-Richard Coon, OF
Enid, attempted suicide by taking
morphine. There is no hope for his
recovery. He is a saloon man and
came to Enid three years ago from
Missouri. He has a wife and two
children. The cause of his deed is i'll
health and financial troubles.
Forgets Originality-A citizen OF
Coyle has invented a patent for the
display of hosiery. He claims that it
is an improvement on anything that
has gone before, but has evidently
forgotten the original made on the
sixth day."
Cold Winter.-It is a Logan county
correspondents idea that the only
man outside of the legislature who
is going to have a warm time this
winter is that one who puts a stone
do ,1ndar bic hOnSp
Retaining WaII.-The bids fol
building a large retaining wall in
front of the cavalry stables at Fort
Riley were opened The lowest was
from ]. B. Belts of Topeka, whose bid
was $6,475.37. ~
Chances Are SIim.-At Coffeyville
the chances for the recovery of John
Nunemaker, who fell down the ele-
vator shaft at the Rae-Patterson mill,
a distance of 81 feet are still very
slim.
Urge Appropriation.-The regents of
the state university will urge the leg
islature to make an appropriation of
about $4,000 to buy fifty-five acre
tract of land adjoining the university
for campus.
For New System.-At Arkansas City
the city clerk is receiving bids on the
new sewer system, that the city pro-
poses to install. All bids must be in
by December 6.
Bearing Fig.-W. ]. Jones, who
lives near Wellston, has a bearing
fig tree that is drawing as much at
tention as a night-blooming cereus.
Oil Man Died.-John Logan, a well
known oil man of Bartlesville, l. T.,
died very suddenly in his Office at
Coffeyville, Kansas.
Postoffice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES post
Office at Palermo, Doniphan county,
Kas., has been dicontinued.
Statue Receved.-The John j. In
gals statue has been received in
Washington
Madden May Get It.-John Madden,
of Emporia, one of the best known at
torneys and orators in Kansas, will
likely be appointed Governor Hoch's
private secretary. 1t is stated that
Hoch has rendered him the place.
Hoch and Madden have been warm
personal friends for many years.
Bore Another Well. - The Morton
lowering company has packed the well
on the Arkansas City Land and I'M
provement company's property and
will next drill on the G. w. Newman
farm, about quarter of mile north
west of the last we'll
Made Tests.-The Seventh battery
of field artillery made a test of the
Semple tracer on the Fort Riley re-
servation just north of Junction City.
The tracers and sharpnel were thrown
from the Republican river bank into
with the new rapid fire guns, which
the government recently adopted for
its field artillery.
Stay in Marion.-E. w. Hoch, gov
ernor-elect, says that he will stay in
Marion most of the time before his
| Inauguration, because he can accomp-
lish more work there than he could at
Topeka.
Embalmers' License.-Miss Mary C.
Bloomfield took the examination at
Kansas City, Kans., before the state
board for an embalmer's license. She
passed the examination with an aver
age grade of 95 per cent. This is
said to be the highest grade ever re-
ceived in Kansas by a woman appli-
cant for such license.
Prospect for Gas.-At Leavenworth
interest in gas has reached such an
enthusiastic point that committee of
citizens raised by popular subscrip-
ton $4,000 for the purpose of prospect