Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-05-18


pany, of Fort Smith, Ark. 1t has a
capital of s1,S65,O0o and is building
a line of railroad from Fort Smith to
a connection with the Choctaw. Okla
homa & Gulf, in Indian Territory.
Can't Operate in Kansas. = The
state charter board revoked the Ii
cense of the Burial League of the
United States, Camden. N. j.. con-
Germ. The license was issued few
days ago without due consideration.
An investigation Of its objects show
ed that it was 81 all turkey for the
company and crow for the in
vestors.
Steam Flowing Exhibition. The
big steam blowing exhibition that is
to be pulled off at Wichita on the 18th
an;' Goth of May is expected to be the
biggest thing of the kind ever. A
large crowd is expected and everybody
who attends will be able to say that
Wichita is the town that does things.
Don't miss it if interested. An so
acre tract on edge of city close in has
been secured
Fine Fruit Promised. Prospects
I for fruit crop in Doniphan county
are much better than in most parts of
| the state. The peach crop, from pres
! ent Indications will be short, but there
is every promise of an abundance of
small fruits. The condition of the
apple orchards is such that it would
seem safe to predict a bumper crop
of this fruit. However, conditions
| may intervene which will nullify pres
! ent prospects.
Acquitted of charge.-Joseph Cap
rez, who struck and killed John Nor
ton in row at Waldo, Kan, eighteen
miles north of Russell, early in Feb
ruary of this year, was acquitted in
| the district court of Russell on the
plea of self defense. County Attorney
| w. G. Eastland was assisted by
Charles Nichols of Osborne county.
The jury was given the case and
rendered verdict in six hours.
Involves Valuable Land. - The re-
versing of the Kansas supreme court
the United States supreme court in
| wolves the title of 200 acres of very
valuable land in the heart of Argen-
tine. According to this reversal
hundreds of people in Argentine will
lose their homes and they will be OBJ
liged to either get off or buy their
property, which in many instances
they have paid for once.
$4,000 Church For Parsons.-The
board of elders of the Presbyterian
Church of Parsons met and decided
to build a $4,000 place of worship.
This will be one of the finest churches
in the city. The Presbyterian con-
gregation is one of the largest and
wealthiest. Colonel William Busby
of South McAlester, formerly mem
Der, has made a donation of $4,000
pipe organ for the church. Work on
the building will begin this month.
Smiley Must Stay It out.-Govern-
or Hoch announces that he will not
grant a pardon to E. ]. Smiley, now
serving sentence of ninety days in
the Rush county Jail for violating the
Kansas antitrust law. Smiley hoped
when he went to Jail that the govern
or would at least shorten his SEN
tence, but the governor refuses this.
Smiley's offense was committed as
the secretary of the Kansas Grain
Dealers association, which was de-
clared illegal by the courts.
! Wanted to See Joint. - DR.. w. c..
Evans, the new Methodist preacher of
Topeka, threatens to cause jointists
as much grief as did DIR. Mcfarland,
into the front end of a joint and tried
to get through the door to the bar
The lookout spotted him and
declined to open the door. The preach
er heard the glasses clinking and
men talking, but he didn't get in to
see what a real Kansas joint looked
like. He says it is the first time he
ever tried to get into a joint, but it
will not be the last
Smiley Placed in JaiI.-E. J. Smiley.
secretary of the Kansas Grain Deal
ers' Association, was placed in Jail
at Lacrosse, Kan, to serve a 80
days sentence of the United States
supreme court for the violation of
the antitrust law. This case is a
noted one and has been fought
through all of the courts to the high
est tribunal in the last four years.
This is the first instance of a mem
Der of trust - being sent to jail
in Kansas.
Blew His Wife's Head off.-Glenn
Munroe, prominent young farmer
residing near Douglas, thirty miles
east of Wichita, shot and instantly
killed his wife, Rebekah Munroe
with 12-gauge shotgun. Mr.. and
Mrs. Munroe were entertaining a
: number of young friends, and had
gone into the chicken yard to kill
chicken for dinner. Munroe, with
the gun under his arm, called his
wife to him to ask her which chick.
en- he should shoot She was in the
act of pointing out the chicken, when
the gun was accidentally discharged
The shot literally tore Mrs Munroes
head from her shoulders.
WIN voc tNd"SdS VII. II is al
nounced that the Santa Fe railroad
is intending to begin experiments at
once to determine whether or not
Kansas petroleum is suitable for use
as fuel for locomotives. An oil burn.
ing engine from the Santa Fe lines
in Texas oil fields has been ordered
sent to the southern Kansas division
| and accurate records of the tests will
be made for comparison as to the cost
of oil to generate sufficient steam to
accomplish the necessary work, as
compared with the cost of general
ing the steam by coal