Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-03-09


violating the fish laws. He had cap
tured a wagon load of carp as they
were passing over the rifles. Nog-
gle pleaded guilty, claiming he did not
know he was violating the law. He
was fined s25 and sentenced to thirty
minutes in the county jail. He paid
his fine. served his sentence and was
released. 1t is the first prosecution
under the fish law in Fort Scott.
Killed The Observation-Disclosures of
the senate has been killing amend
ments on the insurance trust bills in
troduced by Senator Wagner, or
those tackled on other bills. Wag-
gener's last effort was to introduce
bill instructing the attorney general
to be authorized to act in the anti
trust insurance matter as soon as the
bill he introduced became law. The
senate has not yet taken action on
this last move.
Died From SIugging.-Leon Jodrey,
jeweler, was slugged near his place
of business in Topeka by an unidenti-
fed person and died in hospital.
Jodrey went to the back part of the
lot on which his store stands near
Fifth street and Kansas avenue about
midnight and was struck in the head.
His pockets were rif1ed and the con-
tents taken. In a semiconscious con-
dition he crawled to the street where
he was found.
Preacher For Mayor. = At Salina
the Good Government league nomi.
mated Rev. David H. Shields for
mayor. Rev. Mr.. Shields is pastor
of the Christian church and head of
the Good Government league. The
other candidates are Taylor Miller, a
Socialist, and Joe T. Ollinger, placed
in nomination by the business men.
The Good Government League also
has candidates for police judge and
councilmen.
Shot by Tramp.-Clyde Spencer,
a brakeman on the Southern Kansas,
was brought to the Santa Fe hospital
at Ottawa suffering from a revolver
wound in the jaw. Spencer was shot
by tramp whom he tried to put off
the train at Richmond, this county
The tramp is believed to have rid
den through to Kansas City. Spen-
GERS wound is not believed to be fatal,
though the bullet has not been re-
moved.
Annual Military Smoker. = The
regular annual smoker and banquet
given by Company F and the First
Regiment band. Kansas National
guard, was held in Hiawatha at A. O.
U. w. hall. Captain A H. Herman
acted as POSTMASTER and those who
norman, R. v Brokaw, Charles H.
Browne, P NJ. Smith and ]. B. Mil
Ter.
EIks' Charity Benefit. - The EN-
poria lodge of Blks gave it's annual
entertainment for the benefit of the
charity fund. After paying for cos
tunes and other necessary expenses
over $500 will be paid into the fund
The lodge, although organized less
than five years. has nearly 800 mem
bers. and is one of the strongest
lodges in the state.
Prison Trusty Escapes.-George S.
Gray, trusty at the Kansas peni-
tertiary, escaped. He was working
at the home of DR.. Grigsby and it
is reported that an ex-convict fur
nished him with a suit of clothes.
Gray was sent to prison in Deem
Der to serve years sentence for
larceny. His home is in Reno
county.
May Be 100000 easser. - The
Arkansas City Gas, Oil & Improve
ment Company brought in another
gas well Just north of Arkansas City
near the city limits. 1t is claimed
this is the strongest of the five wells
now in, and drillers claim it will test
100000 cubic feet per day.
Switchman Killed. - At Emporia
Edward Kelly, a switchman, was in
stantly killed in the East End yards
by being run over by a switch en-
CINE. Kelly was foreman of the night
engine crew, and was just ready to
quit work when the accident happen
ed. He and the other members of
the crew were making up a train, and
he was forced to step on another
track to see the signal from the rear
brakeman. A switch engine was
hacking fhic f,-ao nd hn
fender knocked him to the ground,
the engine cutting his body almost
to halves.
To Break Mothers WiII.-John T.
brought suit to contest the will
of his mother. Mrs. Margaret Burke,
who died in March, 1908, and left
$5,1S9 to Catholic charitable institu-
lions at Leavenworth and clergymen
of one church to use for the poor.
The son alleges in his petition that
undue influence was used upon his
mother. Mrs. Burke owned a farm
of 500 acres in Marshall county and
he asks that this and the money she
bequeathed be awarded to him.
charivari Was Fatal. = Last week
a party of young men appeared at a
farm house in the southern part of
Atchison county to charivari a couple
just married. They were invited in
and given refreshments. One of the
number, man named Nick Lummix,
was taken sick while at the house and
could not be removed. He continued
to grow worse and died at 10 o'clock
at night.
Public Reading Room.-F airview is
one of the smallest towns in the
state to have established a public
reading room.