Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-11-30

Kansas Pioneer Dead. Willis
Haight, aged 65, one of the early set
tiers of Sumner county and formerly
postmaster at Conway Springs, died
there of apoplexy.
Sixth Battery Leaves Wfchita.-On
its 1,000-mile march from Fort Riley
to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. the Sixth
battery of field artillery continued its
journey south from this city.
Franklin Co. Pioneer Dead.-David
E. Stevens, a citizen of Franklin
county since 1857 and a participant
in many of the incidents of border
days, is dead at his home in Ottawa
Died While Feeding Chickens. =
Tyre Haden, one of the oldest citi-
zens of Sedgwick county, is dead at
his home near Derby. While feeding
chickens he was seized with sharp
pains and expired in a few minutes.
Protest Against Freight Rates.-At
meeting of the Commercial Club,
held at Winfield, discrimination in
freight rates against local jobbers
was denounced and a committee of
four appointed to gather data and re-
commend remedy at the next meet
ing.
Boys Struck by Train.-Two boys,
about 10 and Is years old, were found
on the Missouri Pacific tracks, ten
miles south of Atchison. They had
been hit by a train. One was dead
and the other unconscious from in
juries. Their identity has ont yet
been established.
Enjoin Owners of Buildings. - At
Arkansas City the county attorney
will apply to the district court for in
functions against owners of all build
ings used for joints in the past He
i hopes to stop the sale of liquor in
them in this way. The plan was sue
cessful in Winfield.
Changes on Missouri Pacific.-It is
rumored in railroad circles that the
headquarters of ]. Russell, superin-
tendent of the Missouri Pacific, are
to be moved from Atchison to Omaha
December 1. In the same connection
1t is stated that ]. M. Walsh, super
intendent of the Missouri Pacific at
Nevada, Mo-, will come to Atchison
to be superintendent of the Central
Branch lines, which are now in Mr..
Russells territory.
Constitution in the SchooIs.-Secre-
tary of State Burrow has printed the
constitution of Kansas, together with
all amendments adopted since 1t went
into effect, in pamphlet form, and is
now distributing them Most of the
copies are going to the rural schools.
| There is. big demand for them by
the teachers. They say it enables
them to teach their pupils the funda-
mental law of the state without hav-
ing to wade through big text book
Historic kansan DeaC. - Frank H.
Betton, State Labor Comm sioner of
Kansas from 1885 to 1898, died, aged
| 70 years. His grandfather, Matthew
| Thornton, was a signer of the Decla-
| ration of Independence. Mr.. Betton
was prominent in the Kansas border
| troubles and organized a Union cav
airy company, which participated in
the battle of Westport, Mo. He was
married in 1860 to Miss Susanna
Mudeater, daughter of Matthew Mud
eater, head chief of the Wyandotte In
dams.
No Starving of convicts.-Warden
Haskell doesn't believe that starva-
ton is humane punishment for pris-
oners and has abolished it. ITO keep
+ man on bread and water for a week
or two in order to punish him is in
human in my judgment" said he. ct
may bring the prisoner to time but it
upsets his digestive organs and he is
sick or weak for long time The
state not only loses his labor but must
pay out money to cure him. Punish
ment that doesn't injure a man but
brings him to time is the kind 1 be-
lieve in. A little strap oil now and
then lis mighty effective. So is the
crib"
Receivers Make Report. - The re-
port of the c. ]. Devlin receivers ap-
pointed by the United States district
court in the bankruptcy proceeds,
viz. Cyrus Leland, ]. E. Hurley and
Walter Reeves, made it's appearance
in pamphlet form, consisting of $40
pages. The report gives a thorough
detailed statement of all the assets
and liabilities. A schedule of the
drafts, notes, ETC., is shown. The
property of the mines and stores is
given to the slightest detail. The re-
port shows the total assets to be
S4,956,94S and the total liabilities
1882, 20S.26. The contingent liabili-
ties are estimated at 1914, 629.O7, but
their value has not yet been fully de
termined
The Way to Get In.-If you are con-
templating a visit to the Atchison
county Jail you will have to postpone
it for awhile. The sheriff has posted
notice that no visitors ill be ad,
mitted there until the smallpox scare
subsidies. This quarantine, however,
doesn't apply to people charged with
crime. They will be admitted any
old time, regardless of smallpox or
any other pest.
Portable Cribs. - The latest thing
on Kansas farm is a portable crib
1t holds from 400 to 500 bushels of
corn and can be picked up and put
down anywhere. 1t solves the "long
haul" problem. A crib can be put
down in the middle of corn field
and no time is lost by shuckers haul.
ing a load of corn to the crib
Back Broken by Fall. - William
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