Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-12-07
KANSAS COMMENT

d PROMINENT physician VI WlhhCAu'
died of Bright's disease. He was for
five years partner of DIR. George EN-
erson, well known surgeon of south
ern Kansas and Oklahoma
They Visit Lawrence. - More than
one hundred students of the Rosedale
branch of the University of Kansas
medical school visited the university,
accompanied by fifteen members of
the faculty. The visitors attended
chapel and heard a talk by DR.. v. C.
Vaughn of the University of Michi-
gan on Modern Medicine"
Consumption Death Rate Leads. -
Vital statistics issued by the state
board of health for the month Of Oc-
tober show that there were 50 cases
and Al deaths from consumption; 22S
cases and 80 deaths from typhoid
fever; 364 cases and Al deaths from
diphtheria 141 cases and no deaths
from scarlet fever; "a cases and 1
death from smallpox, and So cases
and deaths from dysentery.
Brakeman Killed by Car. - Joseph
F. Click, a Union Pacific brakeman,
was killed by falling under the wheels
Of moving car at Lincoln Center. He
stepped from the car to open switch
and his foot caught in the frog, throw
ing him upon the track. The car
crushed one leg and then passed over
the body at an angle from hip to
shoulder. Click was single and his
home was at st. Mary's, Kan.
Sunday Eggs to the Church. -
Methodist women at Louisville have
evolved a new scheme to aid their
church financially. They have agreed
to give the church all the eggs their
hens lay on Sunday. This not only
helps the church, but saves the life
of many a hen, for even Methodist
preacher would not ask his host to
kill for a Sunday dinner the hen that
lays the golden egg. But it will be
tough on the ROSTERS.
Inspect Topeka ROUTE. H. Rich
ardson, superintendent of the Kansas
City Western Electric Railway Com
pany, and Frank Monks, representing
eastern capitalists, have returned
from an automobile trip through the
southern part of Leavenworth coun-
ty to inspect route between Kansas
City and Topeka for a new electric
line. They travelled over the old Nc
Daniels route between Bethel and
Bonner Springs. Part Of this route
is graded.
Will Build Interurban. - Arkansas
City's commercial club, at a meeting
held recently agreed to accept the
proposition made by Heahern &
Brother to finance the interurban road
if the city will issue $4,000 worth of
bonds for the roads aid and give it
site for depot. The site for the
depot has already been selected. 1t
is announced that work will begin as
soon as bonds are voted. The road is
to connect Arkansas City, Winfield
and Chilocco.
To Run a Dairy Train.-The Kan.
sas Agricultural College has com.
pleted arrangements for a dairy and
poultry special train over the Central
Branch. Prof. Oscar Err of the col
lege, Major Theodore Sternberg OF
Ellsworth and S. r. Young of the
agricultural department of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway will be three
of the five speakers. An agricultural
exhibit car will be a feature of the
trip, this car containing specimens OF
grains, grasses, vegetables and fruite
from along the entire system.
Accounts Found Correct. - The
treasury examiners, comprising the
governor. auditor and secretary Of
state, made their monthly examina
ton Of the state treasury. They found
the accounts correct. The treasurer
still has little money on hand in the
general fund. He doesn't expect the
fund to go dry until about the middle
of December. By that time the re
ceiver of the defunct First Nationa
Bank of Topeka may declare a divi
dend. That is the only thing that will
save the treasurer from stamping war
rants unless he carries a big batci
of uncancelled warrants as cash unit
the January tax payment is made.
Southern Gets New Cars. - A con
signment of 200 freight cars has jus
been received by the Kansas Cit,
Southern out of the installment O
1000 that was ordered this summer
Several of the new cars are bein,
used and all Of them will be sent on
along the road as fast as possible
The increased freight traffic has ere
ated big demand for cars and tn,
200 received will but temporarily re
lieve the situation. The balance ar,
expected before the first of the year.
Wichita After Carnegie Library. =
Nearly $4,000 has been pledged by tn,
students of Paramount college to as
sist in securing the Carnegie librar!
that was offered to the college unde
conditions that $4,000 be raised b,
the school.
Ran Down Hand Car. - Tiburcit
Arallo has brought suit against tn,
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe for $685.
damages for injuries alleged to hav,
been sustained by him on Septem
Der 8. when he says he was knocked
OF handcar by passenger train on.
mile south of lola.
To Cut OIL Runs in Half. - Order.
have been received in the Chautau
qua county field to cut down the OF
runs about one-half. This means tina
from 5000 to 1000 barrels of oil pc
day will be taken in this county wher,
the runs have been about double tina
amount
Children Fatally Burned.-At Bur
lington Rex and Edna Brown, aget
four and six years, were seriousl,