Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-18

Overhold, a well known farmer living
near Centropolis. committed suicide
by hanging himself in the barn. He
was an old soldier and in poor
health.
Present Quarters too Small. - Dur
ing the last session of congress an ap-
of $4,000 was made for
an addition to the federal building In
The plans for this addition
are now about complete and VII. be
adopted within a short time.
Woman Gored by Vicious Cow. -
Mrs. Harry Wagner of Parsons was
badly injured by an attack OF a COW.
The animal had gotten loose in the
yard, and when Mrs. Wagner start
ed to drive her back into quarters
charged the woman at full speed. Mrs.
Wagner was knocked over by the
force of the blow, and one Of the
cows horns pierced the skin under
her chin.
BY a Blow in the Neck. - Emil
was killed at Springdale,
twenty miles southwest of Pratt, by
Jim Johnston. The row started over
the possession of some land and
Thomas, who was working for the
man that had rented the land from
Johnston, went to work, when John
ston ordered him off and in the fight
Thomas hit Johnston on the neck
with his fist, killing him instantly.
Thomas went to Pratt and gave him
self up and was allowed his freedom
by giving bail.
chewed sophomore's Finger Off.
High school boys in Leavenworth
engaged in a bloody fight the other
night The fight was the result of
an attempt by the sophomores to
haze a freshman. One of the fighters
had the end of his finger bitten off
and both Of the young men were
more or less bruised. A crowd OF
abor: fifty high school boys witness
ed the fight and not one interfered
until the freshman had chewed of
a portion of a sophomore's finger.
An offense of this kind is known in
law as mayhem. The penalty is from
five to ten years in the state peni-
Tertiary.
ParoIed From Industrial School. -
NJ. F. McKirahan, parole officer of the
boys industrial school, has reported
that eight boys were paroled during
August ana that one boy returned
voluntarily to the institution. The
boys paroled in August were: Arthur
Reed, to Grenola; William Butler, to
Kansas City, Mo-; Sam Henderson, to
Topeka: Charles holland, to Atchison;
Roy Robinson, to Highland Park; Dali
las Higgins. to Kaw Valley, and Harry
Morris, to Kansas City, Mo-, and Fred
Kelley, to Osawatomie. OF these Roy
Robinson and Dallas Higgins went to
new homes. One boy came back vol
unfairly and one was returned for vio-
lating parole
Will Be Principal Speaker. - Her
bert S. Hadley, attorney general of
Missouri, will be the principal speaker
at the annual meeting of the Kansas
State Bar Association in Topeka next
January. R. B. WEIGH, chairman of
the executive committee, received
Mr.. H-Sley's acceptance of the inyi-
tation to speak here only few days
ago. Mr.. Hadley is a Kansan born
and obtained his legal education at
the state university at Lawrence. In
view of this fact a reunion Of al form
er students of the law school at Law
renee is now being planned as fea-
ture of the meeting Of the bar asso-
citation. Arrangements for this re-
union will be made by the university
faculty in cooperation with the eXecu-
tive committee of the bar associa-
ton.
ParoIed for Polling Escapes.-Gov.
Hoch has paroled from the Montgom-
cry county Jail Milton Ford, who has
been there since July 5 serving
sentence of six months for assault.
Ford was paroled for the part he
played in preventing two Jail deliv.
cries
Fail to Reach Agreement. The
at Hutchinson in secret meeting went
to their homes without reaching an
agreement The object was to settle
the matter of the division of mileage
on the runs on this division. In chang
ing the division from Bucklin to Prttt
the Harrington division was shortened
and the old Bucklin division was
heightened. The trainmen are trying
to get new schedules of runs and
allowances of mileage settled. In adj
dition to this they want to settle the
matter of seniority OF the men now
employed, the oldest men in point OF
service to have preferred runs and
first chance to take new places offer
ed. This matter of seniority seems to
have been mixed somewhat and this
was the second matter under consid-
Grafton.
Street Car Kills Charles WorraII.
Charles Worrall, who had charge of
the printing establishment of the
Smith Automobile Company in To-
peka. was struck by an east-bound
street car at Tyler and died an hour
later at Christ hospital from the Sc
we're injuries he received.
To Wed Lieut.. A. J. Davis.-Mrs.
John James ingalls, has announced
the engagement Of her daught.. d.
MurieI, to Lieutenant Arthur James
Davis. of the Ninth Cavalry. station
ed at Fort Leavenworth. The we'd
ding will occur in the early spring.
Damages For Husbands Death. -
Mrs. Cora Tankersley. whose hus-
band, Andrew Tankersley, Jr.. was
killed by an engine while crossing
the Burlington tracks in Concordia
asks for $4,000 damages from that
company. Wanton carelessness is
charged.