Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-08
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Taft Coming to Secretary
Taft's itinerary of army posts inspec-
ton during and following the con-
clusion of his speech making tour,
will include stops at the following
| places: D. A Russell, Wyomire,
Leavenworth and Riley. Kansas. and
Sill, Okla
Supt. Williams Resigns. Super
intendent Lapier Williams of the
state school for the blind at Kansas
City, Kan, sent to the state board of
control his resignation after ten
years service. He will become presi-
dent of the Kansas Trust Company
of Kansas City. The change will
take place December 1.
Stranger Killed by Car. = An IN
known man about SO years of age,
with his left arm of at the shoulder
and having the appearance of a ped
dler, was struck and killed by an
| electric car at Leavenworth. There
was no means Of identifying the body
except scrap of paper bearing a
name which appears to be Art
Paughber.
Didn't Relish the Joke.-John Mos
ing, farmer living twenty miles
west of Holton, was shot by Frank
Morfet, a neighbor. Messing and
some friends who were playing Hal
loween pranks undertook to remove
Morfet's wagon from the yard. Nor
fet thought they were trying to rob
him and opened fire with a shotgun.
Sixteen No. shot were taken out of
Mosing's leg.
To Have Soldiers Monument. -
Joseph Cook, of Bronson, has been
1 circulating a subscription paper for
funds for the erection of monument
TO the memory of the old soldiers to
be placed in the Bronson cemetery.
In the few days that Mr.. Cook was
at work he secured $3.50 on the pa
per. Several Fort Scott and other
out-of-town people subscribed liber-
ally and only one Bronson man that
Mr.. Cook had asked, refused to give
any amount.
Plucky SchooImarm. - They raise
gritty school teachers in northwest
Dickinson county. In country
school of that section the other day
a boy pupil casually remarked that
he could lick the teacher" She
heard the ungallant remark and told
the boy to procure a set of Loxing
gloves and defend himself. The next
day at recess she sailed into him and
before she was through had him in
heap in the corner. He is a meek
and subdued boy now.
Scarlet Fever Bulletin. - DIR. S. J..
Crumbine, secretary of the state
board of health, has issued a bulle-
tin devoted to scarlet fever. it's sani-
tary features and rules and regula-
lions for its prevention and suppress
sion. The document is published by
the State Board of Health for general
distribution among the people of Kan
sas. Local boards of health and
physicians are requested to see that
a copy of this bulletin is placed in
the hands of every family in which
case of scarlet fever apDears.
Is Fully Exonerated. - The case
recently brought by Madison bank
AGAINST w. o. Waymire, former
cashier. in which Waymire was
charged with appropriating portions
of the banks funds, was decided in
favor of Waymire by Referee How
ard Hogson, of Eureka. The bank is
Martindale institution and was clos
ed for about three months at the time
of the First National failure in EN-
poria in 1898. The alleged crooked
ness was said to have occurred in the
two or three years Immediately fol-
lowing.
Sued Him for Alleged SANDER. -
A suit for $4,000 for alleged SANDER
was filed in the district court against
Webb G. Allison, a hardware dealer
of Muscotah. The plaintiff is Mrs.
Edna May Kelley of that place, who
alleges that he made false state
ments derogatory to her character.
Suing Several Railroads. ]. S.
West, assistant United States dis
trict attorney. filed in the federal
court at Topeka suits against the Mis-
souri, Pacific, Kansas City Southern,
Rock Island and Chicago. Great West
ern railroads for violations of the in
terstate commerce law. There are
| twenty-five counts against the four
companies, and the charge in each
case is that the road is not using
automatic couplers on its cars and
that trains are being operated with
out so per cent of the cars being IN
der control of the air brakes. The
fine for each offense is 500, making
its aggregate amount asked $4,000.
| majority of the suits will be trans
ferred to the Fort Scott division of
the court. The district attorney is
acting under instructions from the
United States attorney general.
Moore at Abilene sentenced the fol-
lowing jointists, who had violated in
functions: G. w. Shook, four months
and $3.50 fine; Daniel Hart, two
months and 500 fine; Geo. Shook,
two months and 5000 fine; 2. Reed,
two months and 5000 fine.
Arm Crushed by Cars. - Philo
Truax, II years old, of Emporia, slip
ped between two Katy freight cars
while hopping trains. His left arm
was crushed and has been amputa-
| ted.
Cattle Killed in Wreck. - Twelve
cars, including five loaded with stock,
we're piled up near Monrovia, on the
Missouri Pacific, and thirty head of
| cattle and hogs were either killed or
injured, so that they had to be kill