Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-09-21

second degree, by a jury, at midnight,
on September 9.
Equipped for Business.-In order to
make wedding in the Troy court
house seem home-like, the probate
judge has purchased a barrel of rice,
and every time he marries couple
the other officials and clerks douse
them with rice
Nine Sentenced at Salina.-The Sep
TENDER term of the district court clos
ed at Salina. Judge Rees sentenced
nine persons. Three jointkeepers,
each given thirty days in the county
Jail and 500 fire, were w. ]. Storm,
B. McCorkle and Cutler.
Tests of High Explosives. = The
field artillery drill regulations board
has been ordered to Fort Riley again
by the War department to make fur
Their tests of high explosive shells
which was commenced here in July.
The boards work will be in connec-
ton with the maneuvers and target
practice of the first provisional regi-
ment of artillery encamped at Fort
Riley and the second provisional regi-
ment at Fort Sill.
AbiIene's New Church. - The new
plans for the Methodist church recon
struction as prepared by a Kansas
City architect and adopted by the
board of trustees are on exhibition.
They show a very handsome design
and one that will be a credit to the
city. The Methodists greatly need
new church to accommodate their
large congregations and growing mem
bership. Rev. R. v. Mahoney, the pas
tor, has awakened much interest in
the matter.
Morton County Land. - The public
sale of the 500 quarter sections of
land in Morton county is now on.
About seventy-five capitalists are at
Richfield bidding for the land. The
average price being paid is now $210
a quarter 1t is estimated that about
one quarter out of five goes to the
county. The crowd in attendance con-
sists only of purchasers who desire
large quantities of land. One or two
millionaires are present and will
make investments.
Chanute's Carnegie Library. - The
workmen employed on the public IL
brary building have been delayed on
account of rain. The second of the
engraved tablets, the one bearing the
word Carnegie, 1906" which belongs
south of the main entrance, has been
set in place, and the front is in a
A request has been sent to the man
ager of Carnegie's library fund ask
ing for $4,000, this amount having
been spent already for material and
labor.
Compromise Defaulted Bonds. =
Assistant Attorney General John
Dawson left for Stanton county to
compromise about $4,000 in defaulted
school bonds held by the state school
fund. Most of the school districts
which issued these bonds have been
consolidated with other districts, and
it is a hard task to get a settlement
Mr.. Dawson will get hold of all the
cash he can and take new bonds bear
ing low rate of interest for the bal
ance. The territory in the original
district is held good for the bonds.
the 16-year-old son of w. H. Webb,
deputy sheriff of Labette county, at
tempted suicide about midnight by
shooting himself with his fathers re-
volver. Deputy Sheriff Webb, who
had been out during the day sub
just before midnight, placed his re-
volver on table downstairs and went
to bed. Shortly after his son went
downstairs, secured the revolver and
shot himself, the ball going through
the lungs. Dependency was the
cause. He may recover.
Experts Report in a Month.-The
expert accountant and his corps of as
sistants are now gathering up the flag
ends of their work in connection with
ury. 1t will take them a couple of
weeks to complete the work and an
other two weeks to write up their find
ings. So it will be a month yet be-
fore the public gets hold of their re-
port
Death of Rich Veteran. - William
Vanbrimer, an inmate of the Soldiers
Home, died suddenly at the Burling-
ton Hotel at Leavenworth. He call
ed at the hotel and said that he de-
sired to rest He laid down on a bed
and half an hour later was dead. The
coroner found that he died from heart
disease Vanbrimer is the veteran
who announced September that he
had fallen heir to half million dol
lars, left by Dutch uncle in Holland.
Vanbrimer did have notice that he
would receive an inheritance, but the
amount was not as large as he stat
ed. 1t is said that it was to be about
100000. Vanbrimer served in COM
pany H, Fourth Ohio infantry, during
the civil war.
Jewett's coachman Free. Fred
lobe has been released from the state
prison. Jobe was the carriage driv
er for Warden Jewett during his term
as warden and through his faithful
service he secured his release from
the prison.
Tried to Roast Him Alive. - Two
Italians working with a railway gang
at Independence set upon comrade,
robbed and bound him and endeavor-
ed to burn him in a brick roasting
oven used by Greeks and Italians for
cooking purposes.
Winfield Joints closed.-The county