Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-01-12
KANSAS COMMENT

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Asslmilating Prosperity. Quarters
of land in Seward county sold last
week for $500 each. Seward county
seems to be assimilating the prosper
ity of Oklahoma and Kansas COM
bined
Wreck At Alma.-Rock Island pas
senger train No. 10. due in Wichita at
6:15. was over five hours late. Two
cars of freight train were derailed
near Alma, causing the delay. A side
track was constructed around the
scene of the wreck before trains could
run again.
Leavenworth Joint Robbed. - Two
masked men held up a saloonkeeper
named Anton Trum in North Leaven-
worth and relieved him of SIG which
was in the cash drawer, besides TAX
ing his revolver This is the third
time Trum's place has been held up
In this way.
Tax Limit Higher. - State Superin-
tendent Dayhoff believes that school
officers in Kansas should receive
more pay, that the tax limit should
the qualifications of teachers should
be raised. The last proposition may
be said to include the second.
Bishop LifIs InstaIled.-The form
al installation of the Right Rev.
Thomas F. Lillis, the new bishop of
the Leavenworth diocese, was held in
the cathedral at Leavenworth on
January 3. The great auditorium was
crowded with people, many from
Atchison and neighboring cities.
Warning to Employees. - Wells
Fargo express agents in Kansas and
Oklahoma have received a circular
from the office of the superintendent
Of the company warning them against
the acceptance of express packages
that they suspect contains game, and
empowering the agent where the
package is delivered to open it and
investigate.
County Delivery Soon. - Represen-
tative Campbell was notified by the
postoffice department that county de-
livery will be instituted in Crawford
and Cherokee counties, Kan, as soon
as the inspectors can make the prop
er arrangements. When the new
routes are added to those already es-
tablished it will give the county from
thirty to forty routes.
Legislator Hurt.-At Pleasanton D.
A. Warren, Republican Representa-
tive-elect from Linn county, had his
collar bone broken and is in
serious condition. He was at his
home, and while leading two horses
one of them reared up and struck him
with it's hoof. 1t is doubtful if he will
be able to attend the session of the
legislature till it is nearly over.
Business Administration. - Atchis-
on is enjoying the profits of a strict
ly business" city administration.
The cash collections of the police de-
partment for 1904, mostly from sa-
looms, amounted to S27,417.60, the lar
gest in the history of the town. The
expenses of the department are $500
a month, which leaves a balance of
nearly. $4,000. The license collector
turned in $6,117.6O.
Took Annual Bath. At Emporia
on New Years day Dennis Red, an
old negro, took his annual bath.
Every New Years day he parades the
main streets of the town, goes to the
Normal, touches t'e building and
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dives into the water He has a
special costume which he uses dur
ing these events, consisting of high
hat, linen buster, a pair of white
shoes, and white vest
Escaped From Sanitarium. - John
H. Churchill, of Dodge City, presi-
dent of the Kansas state board of ag-
riculture, who has been under treat
ment in a private sanitarium at Pal
myra, Wis, for several months, es-
capped from that institution Christmas
eve, and no trace of him has yet been
found. The Information came by wire
today via Dodge City, his home. He
escaped in the night while the attend
ants were asleep. The sanitarium Of
Kansas. Later.-The body of j. H.
Churchill, president of the Kansas
board of agriculture, who escaped
from the sanatarium at Palmyra, was
found after weeks search. He was
frozen stiff and was found only four
miles from the sanitarium.
Gave Baby Away.-Mrs. Lizzie Tip
ton, of st. Louis. gave away her little
baby to the Topeka Orphans Home
without sign Of reluctance. She
came here to look for a runaway hus-
band, and couldn't locate him. She
was out of funds and applied for help.
The orphans home offered to relieve
her of the baby if she would give a
fee simple" title to it. This she
did.
Pipe Line People. The pipe line
people of the Coffeyville gas belt took
action in defense of Judge Smelling in
the supreme court. They filed an affi-
!, davit together with motion citing
that his action in the present contest
had been correct and of the greatest
interest to the residents of his dis
trict.
Figures Won't Lie. Cowley
county's retiring attorney reports that
he has convicted fifty-eight persons
in the past four years. and figures
that his services have cost the county
just $120 for the four years.
Old Soldier Suicides.-R H. Mahan
shot and killed himself. Mahan was
about GO years old, and had been sick
for some time. About two years ago
his only son was shot in a row over
the possession of store in Arkansas.