Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-08-31

/ CAO8QoUr6G Near In06p i'm AS Il
result of a cloudburst in the Drum
creek valley southeast of Independ-
ence, the Verdigris river presents the
remarkable spectacle of river flowing
up stream. The water is running into
the channel so fast from the flooded
valley that it has backed up the riv-
! err
Leavenworth Has a Shock. = An
earthquake was felt here and quite
distinctly on the Fort Leavenworth
reservation. 1t greatly alarmed the
prisoners in the United States peni-
Tertiary. Some of the negro prison
ers jumped from their hunks and
went to praying and the Indians start
ed yelling.
Deserter is Arrested Conroy,
a deserter from troop L. Thirteenth
cavalry, stationed at Fort Riley, was
picked up at Salina by the police.
Conroy was on the tender of an engine
on the Union Pacific, going west,
when he was detected. When he was
arrested he admitted that he had de-
serted and was trying to escape. He
will be taken to the fort
Refinery For Atchison. Uncle
Sam Oil Refinery Company of Cherry
vale, may establish branch refinery
in Atchison. The company has made
a proposition to the city which is I'M
der consideration. 1t proposes to
build refinery here which will have
capacity of 10000 barrels every
twenty-four hours and to barge fuel
oil on the Missouri river from the
Atchison pipe line.
Died In CoffeyviIIe JaiI.-Nelson Mel
| drum, so years old, farmer who lived
near Sedan, died in the city Jail at
Coffeyville. Medium had been here
several days. He asked an officer for
lodging in the Jail. This was given
him. In the morning he complained
that he was i'll, and a physician was
called in. Meldrum died shortly after.
1t is believed that death was due to
excessive use of morphine.
Topeka Man KilIed.-Chas. Shorey,
a brakeman on the Rock Island, was
run over by a freight train between
Lawrence and Kansas City. Shorey
was sent back to flag the train and it
is supposed that he lay down on the
track and went to sleep. He was
killed instantly. He was a son of
VIM. Shorey who lives on Holman
street, North Topeka.
Court House For Newton.-Harvey
county is to have new $4,000 court
| hnt1ca Tho Nv
under authority given them by act of
the last legislature, have declared a
levy of three mills on the taxable
property of the county, which will
raise SIS, 200. The rest of the money
will DE raised by similar levies the
next two years. The construction of
the court house will begin next fall
on site already owned by the coun-
ty.
Gasoline Stove Explodes. Will
liam Kirby, wife of a coal miner was
probably mortally burned by the ex-
plosion of a gasoline stove at her home
at Leavenworth. She was pouring oil
into the feeder of the stove when the
explosion occurred, setting fire to her
clothing. 1t is believed she can live
only short time. her injuries are SO
severe, from which she suffers intenee
agony. Mrs. Kirby is the mother of
six children, all living, the Oldest s
years old.
Well Acts MysteriousIy.- people
of Beverly, a town northwest of Sa-
lima on the Missouri Pacific railroad,
are greatly excited about a mysterious
well from which a roaring noise can
be heard from some distance. The
well is on the farm of Charlie Gaugh,
just on the outskirts of the village.
The well was being dug for water.
Friday night when the men quit the
well was thirty feet deep and no water
had been found. Saturday when they
came to work they found the well half
full of water and a rumbling noise was
heard. 1t was thought that gas might
be escaping, but none would burn
when match was applied. The en-
tire town is interested and the well is
eagerly watched for further develop
mentS.
City Waterwotks. = Independence
voted practically unanimously 100000
bonds to buy out the old water com.
pany and build a new water works
system. The same amount was voted
at previous election, but the call
did not provide for purchasing the old
plant. The city also voted to accept
Andrew Carnegie's gift of $4,000 for
library building.
Death From an Explosion. Miss
Winnie Gates, 20 years old, was burn
ed to death as the result of an ex
plosion of gasoline at Horton. Neigh
bors, hearing her screams, ran into
the house and found her lying insen
sible with her clothing in flames. Miss
Gates kept house for her father, who
is widower, and was alone at the
time of the explosion.
Death of Pastor ErIich.-The Rev
Jacob Erich, pastor of the German
church at Marion, is dead He was
one of the pioneers among the thous
ands of Mennonites who have come tc
Marion county in the past thirty-foul
years. The Rev. Mr. Erlich came tc
America from Russia in 1867. He was
So years old and is survived by four
teen children.
Emporia Bank MISUNDERSTANDING
to the expectations of the depositors
of the defunct First National bank Of
Emporia, and of their legal advisers
there will be another dividend of the
a-sets of the bank. C. B. Graves, at
torney for the depositors, in response
to a communication, received lettel
from the general receiver at Wash
ington, D. c., stating that the banl
will pay another dividend, the amour
of which is not yet known, because