Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-11-02
KANSAS COMMENT

Fought About SwilI BarreI.-James
Halloren and Henry Schroeder, neigh
bors, got into a quarrel over the own
ership of swill barrel at Topeka.
Halloren seized a neckyoke and hit
Schroeder over the head. inflicting a
to the hospital and Halloren was ar
rested.
Death of Noah PixIey.-Noah Hum
phrey Pixley. aged IS years. died at
his home near Wabaunsee. He came
to Kansas in 1868 and settled on the
farm where he died He was Mason
and distinguished farm gardner and
horticulturist, establishing the sweet
potato industry here. He leaves a
widow and four children.
Miner Crushed to Death. - Martin
Vouck, an Austrian miner employed
in mine 81 of the Central Coal and
Coke company. northeast of Pitts
burg, was killed while at work in his
room" in the mine. He was engag-
ed in mining out a 'shot" when the
roof of the room caved in and a mass
of rock and slate fell on him, crush
ing him to death.
Fire at Leavenworth. = The Leav-
enworth Laundry company's plant at
221 Delaware street was destroyed by
fire. The fire started in the boiler
room in the rear of the building. All
of the machinery was ruined and a
two-story brick building badly dam
aged. The loss is estimated at near
1y $4,000, three-fourths covered by in
surance
Many Girls at Banquet.-The Con-
gregational church is filed at every
meeting of the Kansas Young Wo-
mems Christian association, IN con-
vention at Manhattan. Girls from all
the prominent colleges and high
schools in the state are there and
more delegates are present than at
any previous convention in years
past.
Towns Founder a Suicide.-Leslie
Patterson, an early settler of Chero-
kee county, an ex-Union soldier and
the father of Mineral committed sui
eide in his home by shooting with a
shotgun. His body was found in the
barn. No reason has been assigned
for the act. Mr.. Patterson was among
the wealthiest men of the county and
his financial affairs are free from en-
tanglement.
Masons at Topeka. - The grand
master and the other grand officers
of the grand lodge of Kansas will pay
an official visit to Topeka lodge No.
IT on Tuesday evening, November 3d.
This will be an important event in
the history of Blue lodge Masonry in
Topeka, and the members are looking
forward to it with pleasurable antici-
patton. The officers of No. II will
exemplify the Master Mason's degree,
and are planning other arrangements
to make the occasion one of unusual
interest 10 the members of the order
Would Abolish Spanking.-The City
Federation of Women's clubs has pc
titioned the board of education to
abolish corporal punishment in the
Newton schools. The question has
been discussed in nearly every home
in the city as the result of punish
ment administered to five boys by a
woman teacher. The boys were whip
ped with a small rubber hose. The
teacher together with two men teach
ers, who were in the room when the
Whinnincr
tried for assault and battery. The
trial lasted five days and the court
room was crowded. The jury was I'M
able to arrive at a verdict, standing
nine for acquittal and three for con-
viction.
Women Suffragists Meet.-The state
equal suffragists are holding their an
nual convention at Topeka. That
sentiment for woman suffrage is in
creasing they point to the fact that
while the state association never had
more than 400 members up to last
year it now has 934. The women will
quit waiting until the legislature as
sembles to start their fight for full
suffrage laws. They will do some
campaigning among the grass roots
after this.
Kansas Pastor Ousted.-The mem
bers of the First Baptist church at
Sabetha have excluded their former
pastor, Rev. c. L. Taylor, from their
fellowship, have deposed him from the
Baptist ministry and demanded his
papers of ordination. In a printed
statement issued by the church clerk
he is chargtl with lying, threatening
to shoot and kill and giving a worth
less check to the church for indebt-
edness amounting to $69537 The
church members claim that the action
of IL r pastor has left the church with
an indebtedness of 50 200 and a mort
gage on the church property of
$500.
County Attorney Named. = ]. A.
Brubacher was appointed county at
torney of Sedgwick county by Judge
Thomas C. Wilson to succeed the late
Otto G. Eckstein, who died of appendi-
citis. Mr.. Brubacher will assume his
duties at once
New State Banks. - In the past
three months the Kansas Bank com
missioner's Office has instituted 81
new state banks with total capitali-
cation of s359,000. And most of this
money was put up by Kansas farm
ers.
Y. -. C. A. at Manhattan. - The
state Y. w. C. A. convention is being
held here. Over 200 delegates are
present, representing twenty-six col.
leges of the state. DR.. Stephen S.
Estg, of Topeka, delivered the open
ing address. The convention will ad-