Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-12-14
KANSAS COMMENT


killed by leaking natural gas and the
father mother and sister and John
Martin. boarder in the Brown fami-
ly, are In critical condition.
Browns sister, who came to help pre-
pare the family Thanksgiving dinner.
at lola, found them
Sues Mayor for Salary. Elmer
Weber. special policeman. appointed
by Mayor Page to secure evidence
against the joints at Winfield. sued
the mayor for S222 back salary. The
council has refused TO approve TIE
mayors appointment or allow the
salary. The city is not a party to the
suit.
May Own Water Works. = BY the
dissolving of an Injunction in the fed
eral court at Wichita the city of Win
field wins in the water works case,
wherein the old water works COM
pany enjoined the city from issuing
$4,000 worth of bonds voted to con-
struct a municipal water works sys-
TEN.
Thankful for Confinement.-Rober
Jackson, an inmate of the Hutchinson
reformatory, has issued card of
thanks TO the people OF Wilson county
who were instrumental in having him
sent there for some crime. He says
it has made a man of him. and that
when he gets out, in February. he will
become a useful and hard working
citizen.
Kansas Miner a Suicide. - John
Upton, coal miner living at Litch-
field, committed suicide recently by
taking poison. Domestic trouble is
said to have been the cause. Upton
had lived for twenty years near En-
glevale and Litchfield. and had been
working for some time at one of the
mines near Litchfield. He leaves a
widow and several children.
Danced While Dormitory Burned.
Indian children at the government
school for Pottawatomie Indians at
Nadeau. danced and shouted with
glee while the dormitory was being
destroyed by fire. Ninety-siX child
rem and fourteen teachers escaped
from the burning building. The loss
is estimated at $4,000 on the build
ing and $4,000 on the contents.
Finds Wedding Ring. - While try
ing on gloves in dry goods store at
Paola, customer found a solid GOLD
ring in one of the fingers. Miss Muir
ray, the book-keeper. sa:s she re-
membered that a woman came into
the store short time ago and report
ed that she had lost her wedding ring.
The woman had been shopping in the
store and among other things had
bought pair of gloves.
Must Hold Another EIection.-The
board of district auditors of the Uni
ted Mine Workers Association. which
has been in session at Pittsburg all
week, canvassing the returns of the
recent district election, completed its
task. All of the candidates will have
to go back for second election with
the exception of John p. Hoye. of
Frontenac. who is elected district
statistician. The next election will be
held on Tuesday. December 10.
Rural Route Carrier Arrested. -
David Frederick, rural route carrier
out of Winfield for two years. wa ar
rested on complaint of United States
Mail Inspector Leonard, charging him
with opening mail Frederick is said
to have confessed to the officer that
he opened letters addressed to Kan
sas City paper and took money sent
for subscription. He will be taken to
Wichita for trial in the federal court
lola Factories Want Men.-In addi-
ton to the freight car famine the
lola manufacturing plants are con-
fronted with shortage of men that
is assuming serious proportions. An
army of 500 men could find employ
ment with the plants there in a very
few hours. but no army has applied.
one OF the plants has started a want
ad campaign among the newspapers
of the state after men, hoping to re-
lieve the situation that way. The
Kansas Portland alone needs over
200 men at their local plant and the
Hunt Engineering Company is adj
vertising for 800, while the managers
of several other of the lola plants are
using much of their time in an effort
to secure help.
Street Car improvements. The
Fort Scott Electric Street Car Com.
pany is completing some fine improve
ments. The new trolley wire on the
Crawford street line. the largest on
the line, is up and the circuit is now
regularly made. The track is being
lined up and leveled and ballasted
and altogether things are getting in
to first-class shape
Divorce for Squaw-Mrs. Roubi- |
doux. an Indian squaw, filed slut
against her husband for divorce in |
Brown county. She charged him with |
extreme cruelty and gross neglect of !
duty.
Major Young to be Warden.-Geo. |
S. Young is to be warden of the pris- |
on at the fort, which will be turned /
over to the war department by the
department of justice on January /.
Major Young is now stationed at Fort !
Leavenworth. There were several |
candidates for the position, which is
one of great responsibility.
Jail Heating Plant Froze Up-The
steam heating plant at the Shawnee
county Jail froze up and the twenty
eight prisoners were transferred to
the city prison, where they could be
Kept comfortable. For fear of an out
break the sheriff appointed some ad-
ditional deputies to guard the CITY
Jail.