Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-26

Ware, the Kansas poet, took the job
of pension commissioner he had
painted on the wall above his desk, in
big red letters, 1.-The Lord hates a
| liar. AS soon as he resigned and
went back to Kansas painters came
into the office and painted out that
staring sentiment Ware heard of it,
and wrote back: 81 understand they
/ have painted out that text, The Lord
hates a liar that 1 had put on the
wall. l want you to know that you
can't override that decision, even if
you do take it off the wall. -
Wire Fence 'Phone.-Fred and Abe
Stoner can claim the distinction of
putting up the first wire fence phone
line in Morton county. The boys now
have about fifteen miles of fence line
that works Just as we'll as the main
line to Syracuse. The boys are to be
congratulated on their success and it
will not be long now until they will
be able to talk over miles and miles
of the same kind of a line. Mr..
Stoner talked over his phone line
to his son in Syracuse and states that
the service is first class.
Infants Body Fcund.-The body of
6-months-old infant was found in
the street at Coffeyville, dead but still
warm. The body had been cut in two
by the runner Of passing sleigh. 1t
had been wrapped in an undershirt
and an old pair of trousers. The
CHASTITY find was reported to the po-
lice and the body removed to an I'M
dertakers. No clue to the perpetra-
tors of the crime has yet been de-
veloped
On Forgery charge.-Bert Morgan,
son of a farmer living near Beulah
six miles north of Pittsburg. was ar
rested on the charge of forging the
name of A. J. Gehritt, a farmer in the
same neighborhood, to a check for
$500, made payable to H. G. Robb,
At his arraignment he waived prelim-i
mary examination. He refused to
give a $1,000 bond and was commit
ted to Jail to a7aait his trial in district
court
BeIoit Divorce suit.-A divorce suit
| involving sensational charges has
been commenced at Beloit The suit
is filed by the wife of John Craig
Graham. The defendant is the pro-
prietor of the Graham Clothing Com
pany of this city, and is one of the
prominent business men of this part
of the state. Both parties are very
prominent in social circles.
Double Tragedy.-At Wilson, Kan,
City Marshal Tillman shot and kill
ed Sam Hutchinson, the postmaster
and editor of a paper there, and then
committed suicide. Several days ago
Tillman whipped Hutchinson's boy.
and the latter scored the marshal in.
his paper. Today they met and quar-:
relied. Hutchinson was the editor of
the Wilson Echo.
Minute Resolution. - 1t took only
one minute for the district judge and
county officials down in Miami county
to adopt this resolution after they
had been asked to examine the county
Jail: On account of persons con-
fined in said Jail afflicted with dis
ease called smallpox, we think it best
to stay away.
Mine Accident. - An explosion of
gas took place in the Schwab mine
south of Cherokee, killing John Gay
and dangerously burning Within I'M
hof. Gay and Imhof were shot firers
and were the only persons in the
mine when the explosion occurred.
Murderer Surrenders. - The active
search that has been made for Evan
Evans, who shot Sherman Kelly at
Burlingame, resulted in the surrend-
er of Evans to Marshal E. P. Lynch
at his mothers home about two miles
southwest of town.
Big Rabbit Slaughter. = There was
a rabbit drive near Lancaster, Atch-
| ison county, in which thirty-two men
participated. They killed 1913 rabbits
which were sold in Atchison today.
The rabbits filed large wagon.
Mad Mans Act.-Word has just
reached Marysville of the suicide of
| farmer living near Axtell, by cutting
his throat from ear to ear with a
razor. He had been in his usual
| spirits and no cause is known for his
rash act. In the afternoon, without
any sign of anything wrong, he pick
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/ horses. He then went TO the house
and drew a razor across his throat.
| He lived for several minutes after he
committed the act. He leaves a wife
and large family. Nelson was man
about forty years of age and was well
fixed financially and no cause is as
signed for taking his own life unless
he was temporarily insane.
Want Bill Changed. Two years
ago the legislature passed a law re-
| quiring persons injured by railroads
to bring action for damages in the
county where the accident occurred.
Dali, of Wyandotte, wants to change
| this and has introduced a bill in the
house providing that an action for
damages can be brought in any
county through which the road runs
| in the state.
Pipe Line BiII.-Senator B. P Wag.
gener of Atchison will introduce a
bill in the legislature to make pipe
| line companies common carriers and
compel them to accept all gas and
oil offered for shipment. This will
put the companies in the same class
with the railroads.
Two Curfew Bells. = Two curfew
laws are what Coffeyville young folks
have to combat. One of them applies
to the kindergarten, with a time limit
of o'clock. and the other touches