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

Smallpox at CORTLAND. = The cor
oner of Republic county, ]. w. Ekblad,
has placed this town under quaran-
tine because of an epidemic of small
pox here. There are twenty cases
but no deaths have been reported.
Heir to Dutch UncIe.-Mrs. John
Lowe. of Severance, is one of the
heirs of T. Metster, of Holland, who
loaned his government money at 4
per cent compounded annually in
1893. There are 1872 direct heirs and
sixty-six live in the United States.
The amount to be divided is SIPS, OOO,-
900.
Wichita to Have Big Event.-The
annual convention of threshermen
will be held in this city April 10, IL
and IL. The association at their
meeting decided upon these dates.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: L. w. Thomp-
son, president; 1. S. Woodward. secre.
tary, and Archie Rea, treasurer.
Fort Scott's Syrup MiIl.-It is not
known to all Bourbon county people
that there is syrup mill here, but
there is, and considerable plant,
too. 1t does big business and turns
out large quantity of syrups of ev-
cry grade and class. 1t has been do
ing a fine business this season, as 1t
has been a good year for syrup pro-
ducing materials
Taking Church Census. - The
preachers of Topeka want to find out
what the church population of the
town is, so they organized an army
of 200 canvassers and took a census
of the city. The returns will be tabu-
lated as soon as possible They esti-
mate that there are about $4,000
church members, exclusive of child
rem under Is years of age, in the
town.
Reform in Fort Scott. - Following
the recent closing of the sixteen sa-
looms of this city comes the action
of the city council ordering all the
disorderly houses closed. For years
the inmates have been regularly fined
for vagrancy once a month, and al
lowed to continue. The determine
ton of County Attorney Humphrey to
clean up the town precipitated the
councils action.
Verdict for conductor.-E. S. Loos-
ley was awarded a verdict for $4,000
damages against the Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient railroad by a jury
in the district court at Wichita He
asked for $4,000. Loosely was a
conductor on an Orient construction
train in April, 1903. He was thrown
from the top of car at Carmen,
Okla, while his train was switching
One of his ears was cut, one eye was
injured, his spine and brain suffered
and both wrists were broken.
Little Feeding in Franklin. - The
greatest corn crop ever raised in
Franklin county is now being har-
vested. Several fields along the bot.
tom have turned out seventy-five
bushels to the acre, and forty bushels
on the uplands is regular The bulk
of the crop will be out of the fields
by Thanksgiving. Little feeding is
being done in Franklin this fall. In.
stead, the mills and elevators are
crowded daily with corn wagons, and
it is no uncommon sight to see doz.
en- wagons in line, waiting for 3
chance to unload.
Liquid Air PIant.-The University
OF Kansas has the only liquid air fac
tory west of Michigan. For the last
five years the chemical department of
the university has had an outfit cost
ing $4,000 that has a capacity of $3.50
worth of liquid air an hour. The only
colleges with equipment for manu-
featuring the frozen air are Cornell,
Connecticut, Wesleyan, Michigan and
Kansas. There are factories in Wash
ington and New York for making the
air for commercial purposes. The
Cornell plant was the first equipped
and Kansas was second.
lola Helps the Jews.-A number of
the Jewish citizens of lola are rails
ing contribution for the fund to aid
the Jews and others in Russia who
suffered by the recent terrible massa-
ere.
Curb on Extr lvagance.-At a meet
ing of delegates from the college fra
ternities at the University of Kansas,
- was decided to institute social re-
forms along the lines that have been
advocated by Chancellor Strong since
he became the head of the Institution.
The annual fraternity parties are to
be made simpler and less expensive,
none are to be Leld except on Friday
and Saturday nights C the week, and
every effort is to be made to do away
with the idea that they are extrava-
CANT features of college life here.
To Furnish Meat at $5.55.-At Fort
Riley proposals for the supply of meat
for the garrison for the first six
months of 1906 were opened by the
commissary, Captain NJ. S. Murray.
The Nelson Morris Packing Com
pany's bid of 1888 per hundred for
beef was the lowest. The commits
sary has recommended that this COM
pany be given the contract.
Salt Rates Unsatisfactory. = The
salt producers of Hutchinson have re-
jected the new salt rates prepared by
the railroads, and the salt rate hear
ing will go to trial before the railroad
board.
Prairie Fire in Lyon county.-Em-
poria was reminded of the early days
in Kansas by a runaway prairie fire
in the northern part of this county.
How apd Grain Woro docfrouod o1d