Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-11-16

Oe4~A 1900 Y1cJOOO.
US Licenses to Hunt.-At Wichita
County Clerk Cartwright has issued
725 hunters licenses since the new
game law went into effect July 1. 1t
is believed that Sedgwick county has
issued the highest number of licenses
of any county in the state. The high
est number issued in any one day was
twenty-three and the lowest number
issued was two in one day.
Y. M. C. A. Offers Prizes.-The local
Y. M. c. A. at Coffeyville is launching
plans to increase its membership to
1000 by January 18th. This means
the securing of at least three hundred
hew members between now and that
date. In order to keep each member
hustling the board of directors has
voted to give each man securing five
paid up members a IS gold piece.
Nothing in It. - ]. H. Osborn, OF
Neodesha, rented building he own
ed for saloon at $50 a month. 1t
was occupied two months and he re-
ceived 1920 all right, but after injunc-
ton proceedings he was glad to settle
with the court for s459, which includ-
ed fine of 800 against the joint
keeper, all costs, and 500 attorney
fee for Assistant Attorney General
Mikesell.
Wants Change of Courts. = The
Western Union Telegraph Company
filed motion in the supreme court to
have the suit filed against it by the
state removed to the federal court. 1t
and that the suit should have been
started against it in the federal court.
The suit is to GUST it from Going bust
ness in Kansas for failure to pay q
$4,000 charter fee.
Guardian for Drunkard. - Thomas
Rogers, wealthy resident of Arkan-
sas City, was tried in probate court on
charges preferred by his wife of hab-
itual drunkenness and a jury author
lied the appointment of guardian to
look after his person and estate. Rog-
ers was a prominent farmer of the
county until he moved to Arkansas
City, but the temptations of urban life
were too much for him.
Wisconsin Editors at Wichita. =
There will be sixty members of the
Wisconsin Press Association in this
city November 20. The party will
travel over Oklahoma and a part of
Texas, and will be on their way home
when they reach Wichita. Their itin-
erary is entirely over the Rock Island,
and they will reach this city at $50
the morning of November 20. They
will remain in the city all day, leav-
ing for the east at 1925 that night.
The party travels in two standard
sleepers.
Discouraged by Sickness. = Bring
the neighbors to see me die" was the
message given her 12-year-old daught-
er as Mrs. John Rokey drank a guam
tity of cattle dip liquid Mrs. Rokey
was conscious nearly all the time, ex-
pressing the hope that death would
come because she has had poor health.
The deceased lived with her husband
and three children on a farm nine
miles northeast of Usage City. The
family was prosperous and popular,
but prolonged sickness had discour-
aged Mrs. Rokey.
On Trial for Murder.-Albert Love
is being tried at Lawrence for the al
legged murder of Merle Barnes last
summer. The two were on a circus
train coming from Ottawa to this
place, and Barnes, who was only 16
years old, was thrown off the train
and so badly hurt that he died the
next day. Before dying he said that
circus employee who was drunk had
thrown him off. Love was the only
man on the train drunk and he was
arrested. The prosecution is being
pushed by Barnes father, who is a
Missouri farmer.
Medicine Lodge Votes Bonds.-The
election held in Barber county to vote
100000 bonds in favor of the D., K.
& NJ. railway resulted in GOO majority
strong in favor of the bonds. Ed L..
Feckham, president of the company,
is highly elated over the success of
the election and says that the build
ing of the new road will commence at
once
Boys Skeleton Found.-The skele-
ton of boy was found on the Fort
Leavenworth reservation, one-half
mile northwest of the target range by
Corporal William Garnott, company l.,
Eighteenth infantry. The boy was
about II or Is years old. 1t is believ-
ed that the skeleton is that of Adolph
Schrader, a lad missing from his home
since August
Lawrence Still Dark.-It now looks
as if there was to be more delay in
lighting the city. The committee of
the city council has decided to adver-
tise for bids before letting a contract
This will mean more delay. 1t will
take thirty days to get the lights after
the contract is let, and it will take ten
days to advertise. In the meantime
Lawrence is in darkness.
Compromised For Sc, coo.-At Wich-
tia the surprise of the October term of
the district court happened when, con-
trary to expectations, the two Grim
sley cases against the Missouri Pa
cific Railway Company were settled
out of court in the sum of $4,000 This
is the biggest settlement ever made
in "a district court. The original
suit was for $4,000.
Triplets at Topeka. = Mrs. William
Montgomery, wife of Santa Fe shop
man, gave birth to triplets. All three
were girls. The babies are all getting
along finely.
To Start Big Rancho. F. Rottke