Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-12-28
Charged With Beating Baby.

at Wichita on a state warrant, sworn
out by the police matron. When the
police matron made an effort to ex-
anime the child, its mother jerked it
away from her and would not let 1t
be seen.
Gas at 81 cents.-Natural gas was
turned on in Leavenworth at 81 cents
per thousand. At the same price it
Is to reach Atichison and st. Joseph
by the first of the year. For St. Jo-
seph mains have been extended across
the river at Weston. The Atchison
line follows the west side of the river
up from Leavenworth.
Land Held Too Hish.-A misunder-
standing between the citizens of XII
owa, Kas., and the officials of the
Denver. Enid & Gulf railroad has tied
up work for the present on the extern
sion to Kiowa. The road is now
building toward Kiowa, and is con-
structed as far as Coldwater, o. T..
within forty miles of Kiowa.
Kansas Pipe Line Runs.-For the
first time in the history of the mid
continental field the runs have ex-
ceeded $4,000 barrels a day for a
period of two weeks. Several times
during the past three months they
have reached $4,000 for a few days
the first of each month, only to drop
back below that point the rest of the
month.
Mixed Mortar for Lincoln. - H. D.
Sally, Of Wetmore, says he mixed the
mortar for the law Office of Abe Lin
coin at Springfield, ILL.,, and afterward
went to war and fought for him. Mr..
Sally says he knew both Lincoln and
Douglas and that he voted for Doug
las in 1860, but began voting the Re
publican ticket in "a and has kept it
up since
Mrs. Anderson Sentenced.-The dis
trict court at Winfield sentenced Lee
Krebs and Mrs Ella Anderson, found
guilty of the killing of her husband,
Harry Anderson, at Arkansas City,
July rs. Krebs was given from two
to ten years for manslaughter in the
second degree and Mrs. Anderson from
one to two years for manslaughter in
the fourth degree.
Portrait in State House.-A fine oil
portrait OF Ex-Governor w. E. Stanley
now adorns the wall in the executive
office at the state house. 1t was sent
to Governor Hoch by Mrs. Stanley.
This leaves only one picture of past
governors yet to secure to have the
list complete. Ex-Governor w. ].
Bailey hasn't yet come up with his.
He will likely do so in a short time
Fire at Aitamont. - A fire at Alta
mont, town on the st. Louis & San
Francisco railroad, twelve miles west
OF Oswego, destroyed the elevator of
j. H. Rust, together with $4,000 BUSH
els of shelled corn, 5000 bushels of
ear corn, 5000 bushels of wheat and
two nearby residences. Mr.. Rust had
$4,000 insurance ON the elevator and
$4,000 on contents. all in mutual COM
panies. His loss will exceed $4,000.
How the fire originated is unknown
Building "katy" Shops.-At Parsons
every one of the eighty-six houses
which were on the ground purchased
by the city for the location of the
Katy railroad shops have been moved
to other parts of the city and the rail-
road company will let the contract
for the erection of the buildings.
Graders have been at work for the
past two weeks and the contract calls
for the completion of the shops with
in two years. The shops are to cost
$1,0O0,O00
Million Dollar Factory.-The Santa
Fe construction outfit is in Garden
City and will at once begin work on
the switches to the $1,0O0,0OO sugar
factory to be constructed at this place.
The building of this factory has given
an added impetus to the already rapid
development of this county, and 1000
acres Of sugar beets will be put out
in the spring within a radius of ten
miles from the city. Even under cir
cumstances as unfavorable as they
were this year will yield $4,000 tons
with value of s1S0.000. The people
of Finney county feel that prosperity
has come to stay and are not slow
to take advantage of the things they
have worked so hard to bring about.
Building Owner Must To I'm the |
trial of whisky case in Salina Judge
Rees made an important ruling,
which, If affirmed by the Supreme
court, will make it an easy matter |
Hereafter to enforce that section of |
the prohibition law which declares |
that places where liquors are sold
contrary to law may be declared a |
nuisance. A ''iointist" named Storms
is on trial for maintaining a nuisance.
The owner of the building was call
ed and refused to answer the question |
as to whom he rented that part of the |
building in which the 'joint" was |
kept. --e refused to answer the Ques-
ton on the constitutional ground that |
it might incriminate him. Judge Rees
held that he must answer the ques-
tion
Newton Defeats X. U.-Kansas uni
versity was defeated by the Newton
Club in a hotly contested
game of basket ball. The score was
% to II. Both teams were in fine
form and the game was one of the
best ever played here.
College for coneordia. There has
been a meeting Of business men to
discuss the proposition to reorganize
the Business College on a broader
basis and to consider the matter of
raising funds to the amount of $4,000
for the erection of permanent build
ings for the same.