Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-09-28
KANSAS COMMENT

Killed on Curve. James New
man, prominent farmer living two
miles west of Cummings, Atchison
county. was struck by fast Santa Fe
stock train and instantly killed. He
was walking on the track when the
train rounded sharp curve and
caught him.
Frats Drop Behind.-An investiga-
ton of school records at Lawrence
shows that members of the high
school fraternities are inferior in
scholarship to those who are not mem
bers This is the basis for the fight
the teachers are making to abolish
high school frats.
Suicide Smashed Furniture. - Jas.
Dougherty a laborer, broke into
physicians Office at Newton and took
a quantity of atropine. He was found
in a dying condition after he had de-
molished nearly all the furniture in
his struggles. No cause for the sui
eide is known.
Carnival at Lucas. = The business
men of Lucas are laying plans for
big celebration to be held within the
next sixty days. 1t is to be ''Kurious
and Komical XII XII Karnival' and
though probably the last amusement
carnival this season in this section
of the state will be the best of all
To Have Sewer Systematic city
council and the Commercial Club
have adopted plans for the immediate
construction of a sewer system in
Usage City The preliminary topo-
graphical surveys have been made
and plans completed for the work
The actual work will begin as soon as
practicable.
Arkansas City Reunion. - There
were over $4,000 people in attendance
at the reunion here. Congressman P.
P. Campbell delivered the address
and was heard by one of the largest
crowds he ever addressed. In the
morning Congressman Campbell visit
ed the ChiloccO Indian school with a
party of business men of this city and
made thorough inspection of that in
stitution.
Binding Legislative JournaIs.-Fred
Knapp, chief clerk of the house. and
w. S. Kretsinger, secretary of the SEN
ate, have completed their indexes to
the legislative journals. The state
printer is now binding the books. They
are about two-thirds the size of the
nj LOT will
cost the state much more than half
what the old ones did. All superfiu-
Gus matter was cut out
Build New Cement Plant.-George
E. Nicholson, president and general
manager of the Kansas Portland Ce-
ment Company, of lola, announced
that arrangements had been complet-
ed for the building of plant at indie
pendence. This plant together with
the lola plant of the Kansas Portland
Cement Company, will give a COM
bined output of $500 to 5000 barrels
daily. The capital stock of the hide
pendence plant will be 100000.
Surplus of Binder Irvine. The
pounds of binding Irvine on hand. 1t
was unable to sell all of its product
this year. Ex-Warden Jewett says
several things contributed to the mat
ter One was the advance in the
price of Irvine. The trust gave very
liberal terms and the farmers bought
more of it than usual Another was
ho+ 20 &c
year. Still another was that the
board refused to sell Irvine outside of
the state. The plant is sure it will
be able to dispose of the product next
year without trouble.
Drowned Herself in cistern.-Mrs
Sartio, young Italian, living in West
Chicopee, a suburb of Pittsburg, COM
mitted suicide by jumping into a els
tern in her husbands yard, The body
was recovered shortly after the act
was committed, and it is thought that
she had not been in the water more
than ten minutes. Mrs. Garlic was
the mother of a child about week
old and she was badly frightened by
a shooting affair that occurred in
West Chicopee. Since that time she
had been almost insane with fright
She slipped from her house unnotic-
ed and jumped into the cistern, which
contained about six feet of water
Attorney to Stand TriaI.-E. He'd
rick, county attorney of Stevens
county, has been arrested on the
charge of attempting to kill Eli Bow
er. Inasmuch as Hedrick can't prose
cute himself, Attorney General Cole
man appointed A. w. Lamkin, of
Hugoton, to sign the complaint and
prosecute the case. If Hedrick is
found guilty his Office becomes va
can't He will be tried next month by
Judge W. E Hutchinson.
Game Law in Force.-The first case
brought under the game law has been
decided by district judge at Wich-
ita. He held the law constitutional
and held further that a man with a
hunters license must have the writ
ten consent of the land owners on
both sides of road before he can
even hunt in the road
Riding on Passes. = Governor Hoch
reiterated his statement that the rail
road pass evil should be abated He
doesn't believe that public officials
should ride on passes.
Winfield College Opening. = The
Southwest Kansas College opened at
Winfield with large attendance. DIR.
c. B. Spencer of Kansas City. editor
of the Central Christian Advocate,
spoke in the college chapel and Gov