Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-27
KANSAS COMMENT


Harvest Hand Drowned.-A harvest
hand named Hoke was drowned in the
Solomon river at Beloit. He was
about 20 years old, was resident of
Indiana and his remains were shipped
there for burial He was in bathing
with friends when he was taken with
cramps.
Caught Between Bumpers. = Roy
Coffey, blacksmith, % years old, mem
Der of the Modern Woodmen and l..
o. o. F.. was killed at mine No. 8
at Cherokee, Kansas. He was
helping move the coal cars on the
mine track and was caught between
the bumpers and killed instantly. He
was married. but had no children.
Injured by SeIf-Binder. = Robert
Mcleod. 10 years old. was trampled
by the horses attached to self-bind-
er, and had knee broken and leg cut
and bruised by the sickle guards, on
the farm of his father, John Mcleod.
two and one-half miles northeast of
Usage City. The index finger and
thumb of the boys right hand were
also cut off
lola Bonds Registered. The state
auditor registered $4,000 worth of
lola bonds, issued to take up water
works warrants for that amount. 1t
was a question wheth,r warrants
could he legally issued to pay for wa
ter works extensions, and the auditor
withheld registration until he got an
opinion from the attorney general to
the effect that the bonds were valid
and were entitled to registration.
Trouble With Union Pacific. = St
Marys, Kan, has a kick coming
against the Union Pacific. That road
won't stop its two fast trains there to
let off or receive passengers. The
town doesn't like to be made a whist
ling station for the road. Its mayor,
T. ]. Ryan, complained to the railroad
board and asked for an order to COM
pei the road to stop all passenger
trains there.
Are Given Warning. = An imitator
vi -. II. MClNlIs vi lOld, 10 III lAQO-
pendence A druggist received the
following: You know the laws of
this state so far as they pertain to
the whisky business and you also
know you are violating these laws. My
advice is to quit the whisky business
and do it quick. Remember lola. "
Later in the day it was discovered
hot ;rfe hoI
similar warnings. 1t is believed the
Author of the notes is the same person
and can be found easily
A Pucky Woman. = The pluckiest
farm woman in the state lives in the
. Neosho bottoms. She is Mrs. Lee
Jansen. Mrs. Jansen has just mar
keted 1000 bushels of wheat, which
she raised on forty acres. The land
was plowed and seeded by herself and
her 13-year-old son. She also prepar-
ed fifty-five acres for a neighbor. This
spring she has planted and cultivated
thirty-five acres of corn Mrs. Jansen
is widow, and during the past two
years lost everything in the Neosho
overfiows.
Are Against the Levy. = The last
legislature passed an act authorizing
the county commissioners of Cowley
county to levy tax to build a $4,000
court house and $4,000 Jail ami sher-
iff's residence. But the commission
srs. led by Tom Glover, son of the late
congressman, Ben Glover, are not go
Ing to levy the tax unless ordered by
the court to do so. In the opinion OF
Glover the people of the county are
opposed to the measure and are op-
posed to a levy of any kind or a tax
without first submitting it to a vote
Of the people.
Traction Engine ExpIodes. = The
explosion of the boiler of a traction
engine near Bluff City, Kan, killed
Daniel Tobias of Coldwater, Kan, the
owne. of the outfit, and fatally in.
jured John Huddleson of Ottawa
Kan, the engineer. The outfit had
been out of use for two years and
was in bad repair. Tobias was pre-
pairing to load it onto the cars and
had the engine steamed up to haul
the separator to Bluff City. The en-
CINE was ready to start when the ex
plosion occurred.
To Re-vote Bonds.-H. s. Lincoln
and A. NJ. Dennis, representing the
Orient railroad, are preparing to have
the taxpayers of the Pike, Emporia
and Jackson townships in Lyon coun
ty revote bonds for the Orient The
three townships voted bonds when
the Orient was first talked of, on the
promise that the road would be
through here inside of two years. The
bonds were annulled because the roaC
was not built within the required
time The road promises now that il
the bonds are revoted it will have
trains running through here by mex
spring.
Killed by Train.-The body of ar
unknown man was found on the
Union Pacific tracks between Colby
and Oakley. The man was evidently
a harvest hand and had been killed
by the train. The evening before the
accident he had been talking to some
men about his home being in Iowa
Pioneer Physician Dies.-Dr. ]. H
Trego, one of the old pioneer settlers
of eastern Kansas, died at Mount City
at the age of 81 years, from a compli
cation of diseases with old age. DR.
Trege was one of the landmarks Of
Mound City and Linn county.
Body In Hedge Fence. = The body
of an unidentified man was found in
a hedge fence north of Hackney last
night. He evidently had committed
suicide by hanging with piece Of
baling wire, which broke, letting the
body fall to the ground. The man was