Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-10-26
KANSAS COMMENT

Santa Fe earned his first money, al
ter leaving farm east of Usage,
as clerk in the Usage City postoffice.
Mr.. Bailey's people still live in the
country, east of this city. He work
ed later here at the Santa Fe depot
with D. e. Cain who after going to
Topeka obtained place for Mr..
Bailey in the auditing department at
the general Offices.
Cut Out of Jail.-George Durbin and
Joseph Clouse escaped from the Har-
vey county jail at. Newton, and have
not been recaptured The sheriff's
daughter lent the prisoners Ratchet
with which to chop kindling and with
this tool they cut hole in the wall
of the Jail through which they escap-
ed, lowering themselves to the ground
with blankets. The opportunity to
escape was refused by three other
prisoners in the jail
Woodmen Celebrate. Oak Leaf
camp No. 957, Modern Woodmen of
America, held its sixth successful log
rolling at Hiawatha One thousand
Woodmen from all over Brown county
assisted the crowd of 10000 people
to celebrate. There was big parade,
several hundred dollars in cash
prizes being given for features, and
various contests in the afternoon.
Head Consul Talbot, of Minneapolis,
was the principal speaker.
Usage County Product. A. H.
Connell another Usage county pro-
duct has been appointed trainmaster
for the Rock Island at Kansas City
and has resigned as agent for the
Santa Fe company at Amarillo. Tex,
to take the new position. When H.
U. Nudge was pushing trucks and
putting out switch lights at Scranton,
Mr.. Connell was his understudy Con-
nell was born in this county but his
parents are now residents of Kansas
City, Mo.
After Liquor Sellers. court
is in session at Bellcvillc. and this
term of court is a severe one for the
''jointists." Frank Barnett OF Cuba,
was convicted of maintaining nuis-
nnce; Dr. Fred c. Hall, Jr.. of Cuba,
was convicted on two counts of viola
ting the prohibitorv liquor law: and
the jury has returned a verdict of
guilty on all three counts charged
against Chas. Hallowell, who has been
running joint in the town of Belle
vile for years.
Toronto Wants a Pipe Line.-Local
oil men feel confident that a pipeline
will be secured TO the Toronto oil
fields, which now have more than
twenty producing wells. James
O'Neil. president of the Kansas Nat
ural Gas Company, is securing leases
here through a local representative
and expects to file on 10000 acres of
Verdigris valley land. More than
une-fifth of the amount was secured.
O'Neil expects to commence opera
tions here as soon as rigs can be put
in the fields.
Fewer Sumner Co. Routes. - At
Wellington Postmaster Ferguson has
received notice that eleven of the
ffty-seven rural free delivery routes
in this country are to be abolished,
and one new one established out of
this city, a net reduction of ten. The
existing routes will be extended to
cover the same territory The post
office at Blackstone is to be abolish
ed. The new order becomes effec-
tive November 1. 1t is claimed as
good service will be given it as by
the old arrangement, and at a very
material reduction in expense.
Immigration Congress Delegates. =
Governor Hoch has appointed these
delegates to represent Kansas at the
national immigration congress to be
held at New York on December 6-S:
+. d. Coburn, Topeka; H. ]. Smith,
Ottawa; Lee Johnson, Topeka; ]. A.
Orr, Weir City; C. C. Carver, Pratt;
A. E. Case. Marion; j. E. Frost. To-
peka; ]. H. Stewart, Wichita. Dick
inson county failed to score.
Says Jury Knows Best. = Governor
Hoch refused pardons for Marion As
bell, the Labette county murderer,
and DR.. ]. C. Brownfield, the per-
his wife and sentenced to hang. He
claimed she committed suicide. Par
don was asked on the grounds of inno-
cence. Governor Hoch said he would
not put his own Judgment in the mat
ter up against the jury who tried As
bell Brownfield gave some false
testimony in the Jessie Morrison MUIR
der case at Ell Dorado, and was sent to
prison for seven years. He has been
in two years. The governor said that
he would not grant Brownfield par
don, but later on might entertain an
application for parole.
, British Attache at Fl. Riley.-Lieu.
tenant Colonel Foster, British mill.
tary attache at Washington, arrived
at FIT. Riley to witness the artillery
work that is being done there. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Foster.
Dies in Auto Accident.-Mrs. Wal.
ter G.. Cowles, wife of the former
Kansas manager of the Travellers In.
surance loan department, died last
week at Hartford, Conn, the result
Of an automobile accident Her son
was killed in the same accident and
her sister seriously injured.
Sehaeffer Will Come. = Nathan
Schaeffer, president of the National
Educational association and state SUI
perintendent of Pennsylvania educa-
ton, has accepted an invitation to de-
liver an address at the meeting of the
Kansas State Teachers convention. to
be held in Topeka from December 26
to 2S
Rock Island Improvements.-Local
officials of the Rock Island state that