Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-06-01

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over an inch and a half of rain fell.
Head Severed From Body. = The
body of John Stark, Jr.,. of Gas City
was found on the Missouri Pacific
track between Gas City and La Harpe
with the head severed from the
body.
Marquette Wants No Aid: = Word
has been received by chairman of
the special committee appointed to
solicit funds for the tornado suffer
ers, that no more financial relief is
needed by the people of Marquette
Kan.
Oh Well DriiIer Stabbed.-Charles
Williams, an oil well driller, was
stabbed in the abdomen and in the
face with a pocket knife by a man
named Jackson while engaged in a
quarrel in the oil field south of indie
pendence. Williams was brought to
Independence. At late hour Sher-
if Pruit had not returned with Jack
son.
Lawrence Anniversary. = May 81
/
the destruction of Lawrence by Sher-
iff Jones and band of men. under
the guise of a United States mar
shaFs posse. At that time the old
Free State hotel was destroyed. print
| Jig Offices wrecked and other ven
geance wrecked upon the town for
! the free-state views of its people.
Wind Injuries Wheat.-At Atchison
| the Washer Grain Company received
1 statements from half dozen or more
| points along the Missouri Pacific in
north central Kansas, showing that
the condition of this years wheat
crop is about rs per cent of full
| crop High winds and unfavorable
weather in the past week or ten days
have cut down the prospects al
| though the damage is not general
There are localities where full crop
| is still looked for.
Board Lacks Authority.-The Pull
| man Company has refused to make
answer to a complaint before the
| state board of railroad commission
! ers regarding excessive sleeping car
/ charges. The company contends that
the board lacks authority to regulate
its rates. It's contention is based on
| the fact that the clause in the old
railroad law giving the board control
| over the Pullman Company is not
covered in the title to the act.
Baby Saves Mothers Life. = A
baby's cry saved the life of Mrs. Min
ME Schnert at Ottawa. Mrs. Sch
merit started a fire in the kitchen
/ stove to get breakfast. Her baby be-
gan crying and, while she was in the
bed room trying to quiet it a charge
! of dynamite exploded, tearing the
stove and kitchen to pieces. The
| dynamite was in one of the sticks
of wood. How it came there the au-
thorities cannot explain. Mrs. Sch
merit says she has no enemies.
Wheat Has Suffered. = Reports in
various papers in the wheat belt
show that the growing wheat crop
has been injured some by wind and
drouth. The drouth has been brok-
en-, but the rains could not repair all
the damage done. Still. Kansas
looks good for an SOOOO,0OO bushel
wheat crop again. One farmer in
Harvey county has reported that
black rust has struck his wheat. This
is the only report of that kind so
far received. Black rust is death to
wheat
Senator Waggener lII.-At Atch-
ison Senator Bale P. Waggener is
laid up at his home with neuritis, or
rheumatism of the nerves. His right
side is affected to such an extent that
it is impossible to raise his arm above
his waist, and it is supposed to be
caused from overwork. AS long as it
can be confined to his right side and
kept above his waist it is not consid-
cred serious As soon as he is able
to do so he will likely take trip
to some summer resort and rest un
for the summer.
Membership Increases. = Accord
ing to the annual report of Adjutant
! General Bedell, the membership of
the Kansas G. A. r. now aggregates
1904, an increase of 40 for the year
This is remarkable showing, in view
of the fact that for the past four or
five years the membership has been
falling off The increase is due to the
hustling qualities OF Department Com
mander Harris. During the year he
has visited over fifty counties in the
state and has stirred up much inter-
est among the old soldiers.
Condition Unchanged.-In an inter-
view Superintendent Gates, of the
Prairie Oil and Gas Company, stat
ed that, notwithstanding the recent
publications concerning enlargement
of the company's facilities, conditions
in the oil fields remain practically
unhanged The Prairie Oil and Gas
Company is running about $4,000
barrels of oil day in Kansas and
Indian Territory. and storage tanks,
material for which has been on the
ground for some time. continue to
be erected in the territory. Drilling
| operations are almost at a standstill
! in Kansas, and becoming less in the
Indian territory.
Busy at 7utchinson.-Inl MS line OF
the Missouri Pacific is busy now and
will be more so in the future. There
has been a new freight line establish,
ed between New Orleans and Pue-
bio. and the trains known as the red
balls will run through Hutchinson.
This takes several extra crews as the
service runs daily both ways.
New Position Filled. = Governor
Hoch has announced the appointment
of Frank McGrath, of Mitchell county,
as parole officer of the state peniten-
tiary. This is a new position Great
ed by the legislature.
Board Must Approve. = General