Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-09
KANSAS COMMENT

To Represent Ottawa.-Miss Bessie
Stanard of Ottawa has been chosen to
represent Ottawa uniyersityN in the
state oratorical contest She speaks
On America as. World Power"
Tried to XIII Family.-carl Cattrell,
% years of age, living near Perth,
Cowley county, became violently in
sane and attempted to kill his mother
and sister with butcher knife. His
father came to the ruscue of the wo-
men. and, though thrown to the floor
by the maniac, managed to hold on I'M
til help came, and the young man was
1isarmed.
No Temperance Committee. - Lieu
tenant Governor Hanna forgot to
name a committee on temperance in
the senate This oversight was prob
ably due to the fact that there was
no agitation for any additional tenn
perance measures. Two or three bills
slightly amending the temperance law
have been introduced in the house
and if they reach the senate they will
be sent to the judiciary committee.
Made Assault. - Mrs. Leona Hustled
of Bushong. near Emporia, has been
arrested. after weeks of work by Kan
sas City detectives. She is charged
with making murderous assaults on
Mrs. Wesley Riley with a pitchfork,
while the latter was in the barn after
dark. The last time Mrs. Riley's hood
was pinned to the side of the barn by
the fork. There has never been a
peaceful feeling between the two fami-
lies.
To Aid Oil Producers.-The Kansas
Land Owners, Producers and Con-
sumers association, an auxiliary of
the Kansas Oil Producers associa-
ton, was organized at Chanute. 1t
was the sense of the meeting that
similar organizations be formed in
every township of the state, the pur-
pose being to lend moral and finan-
cial aid to the producers. A. Hickok
was elected president and w. A.
Tanksley secretary.
men, supposed from the character OF
their work to have been amateurers,
blew open the safe in the Office of the
Arkansas Milling Company at Peck,
in Sedgwick county, and stole notes
amounting to $4,000, besides some
papers which were of value only to
the owners. The robbery was re-
ported to Sheriff Schad by T. X.
Bell, manager of the mill. The rob-
bers escaped by taking Santa Fee
handcar.
Wants to Vote Bonds.-At a meet.
ing of the Hiawatha Commercial Club
it was decided to ask the state legis-
lature to give Hiawatha the privilege
Of voting $4,000 bonds for the pur-
pose of erecting a city building. At
present the city council rooms are
in one building, the library in another
and the jail in a third. The plan is to
build building large enough to ac-
commodate the council. fire depart
ment, library, all the city offices and
a city jail.
Church Dedicated. - The new
Christian church of Yates Center was
dedicated by Rev. L. L. Carpenter, of
Wabash. Ind. The building is the
handsorest in Southeast Kansas and
cost $4,000, and the balance unpaid
was $4,000. Before the morning ser
vices were over every dollar of this
amount was raised. The pastor, 1. G.
Slick, has labored faithfully and sue.
cessfully with his people and has a
large membership to worship in the
new church.
Cut In Refined Oil. - The Standard
Oil Company has dropped the price OF
refined oil in Kansas 1-2 cents a gal
Ion. 1t is now 9 1-2 cents. Last week
1t was 13 cents. The company says
the drop is due to a change in basing
freight rates. Formerly the Standard
based prices in Kansas on the price OF
oil at Cleveland, o.. plus freight rates
from there. 1t now bases prices on
the price of oil at Cleveland minus
freight rates from Kansas City. The
politicians don't think that is the rea
son of the drop. They think it is due
to the agitation for a state refinery
Child Scaded to Death.-Ruby, the
3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J
o. Munder, was fatally burned at Hart
ford. Death was caused by the child
falling backward into tub of boiling
water, which had been left to scrub
the floors. She had just climbed down
from her mothers knee and backed
into the tub before her mother could
catch her.
; With Much ReguIarity.-From re
ports it would seem that fighting de
legations leave Cowley county for To
peka with almost as much regularity
as trains.
For Drainage Bill. =. A big delega
ton of Wyandotte citizens was in To
peka to push for the drainage bill
They appeared before the committee
and urged the necessity of the legisla
ton to- protect Kansas City, Kan.
against floods. The committee is ia
vorably inclined and will report the
bill for passage.
Arrest Jointists. - During the pas
week ninety-seven saloonkeepers have
been arrested in Cherokee county fol-
selling intoxicating liquors. Severa
druggists were also arrested in Ga
lena and Baxter Springs.
Has Sold Out.-The Ruth Self eed
er Manufacturing company of Hal
sted. has disposed of its plant, &C
counts, patents and good will to tn,
Parsons Self-Feeder and Band Cutter
Company of Newton, la. The consid
Grafton was about 100000.