Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-20
Body FOUND FIoatinq.-At Leave

of the body of an old man were found
floating in the Missouri river and
were inferred by the coroner. There
is every indication that the body was
washed out of some riverside GENE
terry by the high water.
Too Much Laudnum. = John A.
Douglass, aged 81 years, veteran of
the civil war, died at Wichita from
the effects of an overdose of laudnum
The doctor had prescribed a sman
dose of laudanum, which he had been
taking for the past few days to ale
viate pain. He drank nearly the en-
tire contents of the bottle, but wheth-
er it was taken with suicidal intent
is not known.
Kansas Gas Co. to Remain.-It is
stated that the supreme court de-
cision ousting the Kansas National
Gas Company from Kansas will have
no serious effect. After the Kansas
charter board refused a charter to the
Delaware corporation there was char
tered in Kansas the Kansas Nation
al Gas, Oil, Pipe Line and Improve
ment Company with a capital stock
of $4,000.
Flood Ruined Soldiers Garden. =
The Missouri river has dropped sew
enteen inches at Leavenworth. The
high water overlooked most of the
bottom land northeast of the post on
the Fort Leavenworth reservation
and flooded all the company, troop and
battery gardens. The gardens of
twenty-five organizations where the
soldiers cultivated vegetables for COM
pany tables are ruined. The big gar
den of the old penitentiary was also
submerged.
Hop Ale Joints - County Attorney
Kreamer came to Winfield from Ar
Kansas City, where he lives, and had
the six joints raided on search and
seizure warrants. The jointkeepers
gave bond for their appearance. Only
a small amount of hop ale was found
in the six joints and no whisky. The
fixtures, consisting of pine boards and
boxes, were not disturbed, and when
the deputies were gone the joints
were opened again for business.
Got So Damages.-At Erie a judg-
ment of only So damages was given
by Judge Stillwell in the district court
in the suit brought by ]. H. Rogers
against the Western Torpedo Com
pany for over $4,000 damages alleg-
ed for destroying we'll by careless
ly placed Shot" and for alleged an
nulment of negotiations for the sale
of bunch of leases by reason of the
ruined we'll. The case was of much
interest to oil men of Kansas, being
the first of number of like cases to
be decided.
Blame it to Pie.-Neils Jcrgenson,
Santa Fe engineer, and his fireman,
W. D. Johnson, were taken to the
Santa Fe hospital at Topeka from EN-
poria in a critical condition They
were poisoned, they think, from eat.
ing cocoanut pie at a Florence lunch
room. The men were on their run
when taken sick. and had to stop
their train near Staffordville The
head brakeman found the two men
lying in their cab. A telegram was
received from Topeka stating that
Johnson might not recover.
Medical School HeIping.-'I believe
the enrolment at the University of
Kansas will reach 1000 early in the
fall term" said G. o. Foster, registrar
at that institution. Mr. Foster and a
larger force of assistants than ever
before employed for that service are
at work sending out catalogues and
from prospective students. The es-
adjustment of a medical school is
doubtless responsible for the increas-
ed number of inquiries, Mr.. Foster
thinks, and he believes that branch
will bring 400 more students to the
institution, while the increase in en-.
rollment in other schools and depart.
ments will make up the balance of
the 1000 expected to be in attend,
ance.
To See French Maneuvers.-Gener.
al ]. Franklin Bell, commandant OF
the General Service and Staff college
at Fort Leayenworth, will leave for
Washington, where he has been call,
ed on official business. He will re.
turn to Fort Leavenworth about Aug.
ust 10, to make final preparations for
his trip to France He will sail from
New York on August 10, and will re-
port with the French army in time to
witness the maneuvers which will
take place near Paris.
No Trace of Melvin. - At lola no
trace has yet been found of C. L.
Melvin, the temperance fanatic who
is charged with destroying three sa-
looms with dynamite, although a hunt
is still being made for him. If cap
tured Melvin will be confined in an
asylum.
Quit Selling Cider. = At Emporia
George Schaffer, whose billiard hall
was raided pleaded guilty to violating
the prohibitory law and was fined 500
and costs and thirty days in Jail, the
Jail sentence to be stayed during good
behavior. He promises to abandon
the sale of cider, mead and all sus-
picious drinks.
Killed by Motor Carat Pittsburg
Peter Orier, a miner employed in No.
5 mine of the Mount Carmel Coal
Company, was struck by motor at
tached to string of cars in the mine
this afternoon about o'clock, while
he was coming out, and received in
juries from which he died on the way
Austrian nearly 40 years of age.
Postal Receipts Growing.-The re-
ceipts of the Salina postoffice for the
fiscal year just ended exceeded those
of last year by $S72.S3. The total re-
ceipts for the year were s32,21S.34.