Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-06-22

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Illicit Still Located.-Deputy United
States Marshal Seeke Miller, of Alder
son. discovered an Illicit still near
Dow in the mountains.
Pinioned Under Engine. = At Che
topa while Art Finley was taking a
traction engine across Town creek
bridge it gave way. He was pinion-
ed under the engine and killed.
Convicts at lansing.-J. c. Brown,
chief clerk of the penitentiary, was
in Topeka to file his report for May.
The report shows that there are 1,200
convicts in the institution, the larg-
est number by thirty in the history
of the prison. The prison population,
Mr.. Brown says, is growing steadily.
A third of the convicts are from Ok
lahoma.
Struck by an Engine.-A boy giving
his name as Brown was struck by an
engine in the Rock Island yards at
| Caldwell and received injuries which
necessitated the amputation of one
arm and the probable loss of one foot.
Brown and another boy were walking
on the track, looking for chance to
steal a ride north, when the engine
backed into him.
Destroys La Harpe Liquor.-Sheriff
Richardson raided place in La Harpe
and found enough to convince him
that the prohibitory law was or had
been, violated in the building. He
found ten cases of beer, several empty
cases, between rs and 100 gallons of
whisky and small gambling outfit.
All the stuff taken was destroyed on
| the prairie east of town.
Ordinances Are Invalid. The SUI
preme court decided the liquor ordi-
nances of Topeka were not valid. This
was the decision of the case of R.
Van Joyle, jointist, VS.. the city of
Topeka. Over $50 cases of jointists
appealed from the city to the district
court will be wiped from the docket.
They are cases started during the
reign of F. NJ. Stahl as chief of po-
| lice.
| Killed His Wife. - William Myers,
son of Policeman Nick Myers, of Fort
Scott, shot and instantly killed his
wife on the street. He used the re-
volver belonging to his father, who
| was asleep. Five shots were fired,
| three taking effect Jealousy was the
cause After the shooting the young
man went to his fathers house and
| gave himself up. His father took him
to the Jail and turned him over to the
| sheriff.
Book-keeper Wanted. The State
Board of Control is looking around
for a book-keeper and for some funds
with which to pay him salary. The
legislature in creating the Board of
Control for the charitable institutions
failed to make any provision for a
book-keeper, apparently thinking the
board could worry along with a ST.
600 secretary and a 5000 stenograph-
| er. The members of the board think
however that a book-keeper is neces-
sary.
Murder at OIathe. - Jesse Ransier
of Excelsior Springs, Mo-, was MUIR
dered in Olathe He came from Kan
sas City on the Frisco train, and was
found two blocks west of the Frisco
depot on Keller street and only a
few feet south of Park street, the
main street leading down town. He
had been hit on the back of the head
with brick and his throat was cut
| -, ~
cations of struggle and when found
had been dead several hours.
To Test Sidetrack Law-The Har-
grave Grain and Live Stock Associa-
against the Missouri Pacific road be-
fore the state board of railroad com
missioners, the outcome of which will
be to test the constitutionality of the
state law compelling railroads to erect
sidetracks to elevators off their right
of way. The railroad refused to build
such sidetracks in Rush county. II
the commissioners decide in favor OF
! the grain company, the road will take
the case to the courts.
Can't Account for Bones.-None OF
the old settlers can explain how the
skeletons of five persons came to be
in grave within two feet of the sur
face on the farm of Ed Idol, who
lives northeast of Hiawatha. Idol
was digging postholes and unearthed
the bones. The farm he occupies was
entered in 1855 and there are no rec
| nd IF h1tY.i n 10 fhnro hot
Some think the skeletons those OF
passengers or freighters who travelled
over the old Pixies trail long before
the country was settled, but why five
should be inferred together is yet to
be explained
Shells Were Loaded. - A band OF
cowboys and Indians was secured to
give a Wild West show and broncho
bushing exhibition at the band re
union held in Inman. The cowboys
and Indians gave an exhibition of a
war dance on an elevated platform
and one of the Cherokee Indians used
a shotgun for shooting. In some way
some loaded shells were mixed in
with the ammunition. The Indian
discharged the gun into the crowd
and seven people were struck by the
shot.
Again Drinking Geuda Water. = A
temporary injunction has teen issued
against James Tuttle, owner of the
springs at Gueda, restraining him
from charging for the water. The
| people are now using the water as
they have for the past eighteen years
The hearing of the case will take
place on June Is in the district court
of Cowley county.
Reaches Rosedale.-The men who
have been laying the pipes for the