Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-22


gas question. Governor Durbin says
that Kansas should adopt the Indiana
laws in regard to the control of nat
ural gas. Indiana doesn't try to pro-
hibit the piping of gas out of the
state, but it throws strong regulations
around the handling of gas. Govern
or Durbin says that the piping out of
gas doesn't count SO much as the
waste of it. Governor Bailey says
that it is ridiculous to think of pre-
venting the piping of gas out of Kan
sas.
Mules Burn to Death.-At Pittsburg
cred in the mule stables of No. s
mine of the Mount Carmel Coal Com
pany and before it could be extin-
guished fifteen mules were suffocated
by the smoke and a number of 9TH
ers so badly affected that they will
die. The stables are, as is custom
airy in deep coal mines, located in the
mine. They contained sixty head of
mules. All of these were more or less
affected by the smoke, but none of
them was burned to any great ex-
tent
Cheney Is Confirmed. The ap
pointment of o. A. Cheney as post
master at Fort Scott has been con.
firmed by the United States senate
Cheney's appointment was demanded
by Senator Burton in return for work
done for him. Congressman Bower
sock compromised the matter by di-
viding the term between Eldon Lowe,
who was an applicant for reappoint.
ment and Mr.. Cheney.
Offered Position at Baker. - The
trustees of Baker university have Of
fered the place of financial secretary
of the institution to Rev. C. S. Nus
baum, now presiding elder of the
Methodist district at independence
and secretary of the Ottawa Chautau-
qua assembly Rev. Mr.. Nusbaum has
not decided whether or not he will &C.
cept.
Fire at Y. M. C. A.-Fire, caused by
defective electric wiring. broke out
in the new Railway Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing at Topeka and for a while it was
threatened with destruction. The
department put out the flames after
500 damage had been done This is
the building of which President
Roosevelt laid the corner stone.
Gasoline Stove ExpIoded.-Mr. and
Mrs. E. l.. Myers were badly burn
ed by a gasoline explosion at their
home in Topeka. While preparing
breakfast the stove exploded and set
Mrs. Myers clothing on fire. Her
husband succeeded in putting out the
flames, but both were badly burned
about the hands and arms.
Implement Men Meet.-Implement
and hardware dealers from all over
Kansas and Oklahoma. as well as
manufacturers from other parts of
the United States, are in Wichita to
attend the fifth annual convention OF
the Southern Kansas and Oklahoma
Hardware and Implement Dealers
association.
Charged With Forgery. - Ben
Woods of Lane has been lodged in
Jail at Ottawa charged with forgery.
Woods is accused of passing bogus
checks on Ottawa and Lane parties.
The complaint against him is made
by Lane parties who took up his pa
per.
Very Much Disturbed. - George
Peace, a Coffeyville negro, disturbed
it and his white wife shot him. He
was probably a bad character for a
Coffeyville paper closed his obituary
with the words, Peace to his
ashes"
Increased Population. - Sedan
claims $500 inhabitants. This is an
increase of about 1000 over last
years population, and due to the oil
and gas development in Chautauuua
county.
Short on Cattle. - The packing
houses at Wichita are having a hard
time to get enough cattle to fill their
orders. Every day the buyers at the
stock yards have larger orders than
they are able to fill The packing
houses are having heavy orders for
butcher cattle and are killing large
numbers daily. In spite of this they
are unable to secure the number of
cattle necessary to supply their
trade.
Home Talent Show.-Liberal will
close the old year with home talent
show.
Challenge BY cornhusker.-Frank
Davis, a farm hand at Smith Center,
has issued a blank challenge to any
man in Kansas and Nebraska for a
corn husking contest. He wants the
contest to run ten days. He wants
the wager to run 81 for the first day,
81 for the second 81 for the third and
so on, doubling each day. That would
make the prize $50 for the ten days
contest. He bars no one.
Real Estate changins.-Real estate
men and not wind are causing farms
to change hands in Dickinson
Killed BY a FaIl.-At Leavenworth
Mrs. Wilhelmina Wederbrook. 80
years old, fell down a stairway and
injuries from which she died
almost Immediately, at the home of
her daughter Mrs. John Schneider.
Mrs. Wederbrook had lived in Leav-
enworth since 1862
Died From Injuries. - William
Bunk, a lineman, fell from a tele-
phone pole at Great Bend, receiving
INJURIES from which he died. He
caves a widow. their only child dy-
ng last week, just before the acct
lent befell the father.