Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-05-04


Missouri Pacific railroad company
served notice on the railroad board
that it had made a 25-cent per ton re
duction freight on coal from the
mines at Leavenworth to all Kansas
points. This was done, it says, to
equalize the rates.
Productive Oil Leases.-The princi-
pal development of the week in local
oil circles was the securing by the
Uncle Sam Refinery Company of over
1000 acres of productive oil leases
with a number of good wells. pumping
plants and piping. Some of this prop
erty is in the independence field and
a portion is in the Coffeyville dis
trict.
Milling Rates For Topeka. = The
Missouri Pacific has served notice
that it will re-establish milling in
transit rates for Topeka. The Topeka
millers had rate of this kind some
time ago, but the railroads abolished
it because it was a form of discrim-
nation. The local millers made big
fuss about it and now the Missouri
Pacific has agreed to reinstate the
rate. Other roads will likely follow
suit.
Work Will Be Thorough. - Judge
Clark, Judge Benson and S. T. Howe,
the advisory board named to investi-
gate suspected state house records,
arc in session with Governor Hoch.
They refuse, to state what depart
IGent will be overhauled but they de-
clare that the work will be begun at
once and be thorough and far-reach-
irg. 1t is generally understood in
Topeka that the state treasurer's
office will be the first on the pro-
gram.
Bethany Cleared $a,3oo.-At Linds-
borg the Messiah concerts for
this season have closed. lines and
his band had given eight concerts,
all of which were well, attended. The
oratorio chorus comprised 5S5 voices
and the orchestra sixty pieces. The
Bethany Oratorio association cleared
$1,000, which will go into the college
treasury Mr.. lines said he had new
er heard another chorus sing The
Messiah so well as the Bethany
chorus sang it.
James oliver Acqutted.-The jury
in the case of James Oliver, on trial
for the Murder of Joseph Q. Casey in
Wichita, March 10, returned verdict
of not guilty. The charge was MUIR
der in the first degree. The case has
been on trial for a week and has been
| hard fought. The defense entered
plea of temporary insanity. Two bal
lots were taken in the jury room. The
| first stood II to 1 for acquittal. On
the next ballot all were in favor of &C
quital.
viii Be An Open shop.-T. A. Nc
Neal, the newly elected state printer,
says that under his administration
the state printing plant will be an
"open concern and the Topographic
cal union will not be recognized Off
cially. The Office will run on the
eight-hour plan, however, and the
union scale will be paid. Charles S.
Sutherland, president of the local
! typographical union, says this ar
rangement will be satisfactory. At
present the state printing Office, I'M
der George A. Clark, is a union shop.
The new plans will make it the only
"open' plant in Topeka.
Oil Prices Tumble. - The price of
western oil was reduced four cents a
barrel. The price now ranges from
81 to 81 cents per barrel. Heavy oil
of % degrees of gravity, which last
year at this time brought $1.1S per
barrel, is now worth II cents per bar
rel, but the Standard Oil Company is
buying nothing even at these prices.
The recent cut makes a reduction of
ten cents a barrel in the price of
Kansas and territory oils in a week.
for the top grade will go to so cents
a barrel and the price of Kansas
heavy 2S degrees oil will go to 10
cents barrel.
Burned in Their Home. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Pfeil burned to death
in their home in Riley, small sta
ton just west of Manhattan. The
couple were the only occupants of
the house. 1t is believed by many
that the fire originated from an in
cubator in the cellar, although the
fire was first discovered upstairs in
a room adjoining one occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Pfeil. All efforts to
| arouse tho c1aaparc uaro IN voin opd
the circumstances point to a posi-
bility of murder. The coroner left
here this morning to hold an inquest.
Mr.. Pfeil was a retired farmer He
was elected a member of Rileys city
council at a recent election.
Farmers Elevator Burns. - The
Farmers elevator at vesper, eight
miles west of Lincoln Center, together
with its contents, twelve or fifteen
thousand bushels of wheat and six
thousand bushels of corn, was de-
stroyed by fire. The fire is supposed
to have originated from a hot box.
The loss was about twenty thous-
and dollars and falls upon farmers
in the vicinity who were interested
in the enterprise.
Spanish Veterans Recognized.-Af-
ter this the Spanish war veterans will
maintain headquarters in the state
house, along with the G. A. R. Per
mission for the association to have
desk room in G. A. R. headquarters
has been granted by the executive
council.
Brady Admits 1.-THE politicians at
Topeka feel positive that Representa-
tive Brady, of Douglas county, will
soon enter the race for the Republi-
can nomination for congressman in