Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-02-02

Benefit Kansans.-Six bills granting
special pensions to civil war veterans
in Kansas have passed the house and
senate and will become laws within
| few days. or as soon as the president
signs them. The pensioners are s. X.
White. who will receive $50 per month,
! by Representative Curtis; Daniel
Smith, SAG, by Representative Calder
head; Thomas n. Hicks. $50, by Rep
resentative Scott: BENJAMIN H. Scriv-
ems, $50. by Representative Murdoch;
James Slater. s24, by Representative
Scott: S. T. Grove, $50, by Represen-
tative Bowersock
Youngest Married Kansans. - Alva
Russell, aged II. and Miss Maude Ora
ham, aged 16, were married at the
home of the bride in Mineral, Chero-
kee county. The groom is not the
youngest man ever granted license
in Kansas. nor the bride the young
est woman ever granted license. but
the combined ages of the two is less
than that of any couple recorded in
the state.
Fire With kerosene.-At Overlook
w. L. Ralph, an employee of the Harms
jewelry store. had a narrow escape
from instant death. In attempting to
light a fire with kerosene, the can ex-
ploded. His face. hands and lower
limbs are a mass of burns. All his
clothing was burned. He is not ex-
pected to recover.
Driving Out Gamblers.-The gamb-
ling resorts of Pittsburg were closed
BIZ orders of Mayor Price, and the
gamblers are leaving the city in
droves for other parts. 1t is the pur-
pose of the mayor and city council to
keep up this wave of moral reform I'M
til gambling in Pittsburg is entirely
stamped out
Child Burned to Death.-At indie
Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson, colored,
was burned to death at the cement
works. They lived in a tent, which
caught fire from an overheated stove.
The parents were badly burned trying
to rescue the child.
Hope For Hurd-At Topeka there
is some Improvement in the condition
of A. A. Hurd, general attorney for the
Santa Fe, who is suffering from pneu-
monia. His physicians state there IS
some chance for recovery, but that the
patient is in a very critical condi-
ton.
To Represent Paramount. - c. A.
Cole, '05, will represent Paramount
college in the state oratorical contest
to be held in Wichita, March s. His
subject was 1.-The Plight of the Last
Despotism Mr.. Cole won in the
preliminary contest held last night
Marriage Fee Fixed. - In order to
protect the bashful bridegroom from
excessive marriage fees, Senator
NoftZger introduced a bill fixing the
fee for performing the marriage cere-
mony at 81. 1t is made crime to
charge more than that amount
Oil Field Shuts Down.-A meeting
of operators in the new Rantoul oil
field held at Ottawa has decided to
shut off prospecting until the Stand
ard Oil Company will furnish connec-
lions with its pipe line and the price
will justify.
Aged Kansans Wed. - At Arkansas
City at the home of a son of the bride
Neal A. Brown and Mrs. Belle Harris
were married. The groom is rs years
old and has family of grown child
rem. while his bride is 67 and also has
a family.
Pipe Line Proposition.-The trouble
between Arkansas City and the Nor
ton-Levering company is at an end
for the present, and the company is
making peace with the city. The pipe
line is tied I'D and under guard.
City Engineer Arrested.-City Engi-
neer John Phelan was arrested at
Independence at the instance of Mrs.
John Flack, charging him with assault
ing her 9-year-old girl and threaten
ing to kill her.
Won't Let Greeks Work.-Ft. Scott
is liable to have a race war on hand.
During the time that preparations to
lay pipe lines from the gas fields
were being made a large number of
Greeks were brought there from st.
Louis and Kansas City to work in the
bitches. The gas companies CONSOLE
dated and there is plenty of local
laborers to do the work. The Greeks
are still there and insist on being
put to work under their contract. The
local laboring men have called
meeting and will try to prevent the
foreigners from working. Some of
the more radical talk of violence if
the Greeks are not sent away.
His Money Found.-A search of the
premises of Charles Tuxharn, who
killed two of his children and burned
his home and barn in Mcpherson
county. disclosed a small cave in
which $1,000 in gold coin and more
than $4,000 in bills. besides many
valuhDles were found. 1t is now be-
lievu0 that the skeleton found in the
ruins of the home was not that of
Tuxharn and the opinion now is that
the skeleton found in the ruins of the
home was not that of Tuxharn and
the man is still alive
Two Road Laws. The legislature
probably will enact two good roads
laws, one for Eastern Kansas, the 9TH
er for the Western half of the state.
Conditions are so different in both Sec
lions that a law good for one Sec
ton is absolutely worthless in the 9TH
er.
Murderer Surrenders. The active