Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-11

the secretary Of war about the Cuban
situation. he telegraphed the govern
or that he had rendered the use of
the Kansas national guard in case
there is trouble with Cuba, and add
ed: Kansas is the first state which
has offered to send its national guard
to Cuba"
| Finest in Kansas.-What is claimed
will be the best business structure
in Kansas is to be erected within the
next few months by Smyth Bros. and
the Fourth National bank, at the
northeast corner of Lawrence and
Douglas avenues. in Wichita. The
building is to be absolutely fire proof.
An estimate of the cost of the building
is 100000. All the walls will be con-
structed of brick and stone reinforced
with steel. They will be very thick
and the brick will be gas burnt.
Kansas Town Destroyed. - The
town of Willard. Shawnee county,
about 90 miles west of Topeka, on
| the Rock Island road. was almost de-
stroyed by fire. The fire is suppos-
ed to have originated in the Willard
lumber yards. The lumber yard was
entirely destroyed and the fire spread
to che three or four stores of the
place which were also destroyed. One
dwelling was also burned. AS re-
suit there are now only few dwell
ings, the depot and one or two small
business buildings left in Willard.
New Opera House Opened. = The
new opera house at Mankato has been
opened and larger prices were paid
for seats than was ever before
known in Kansas. The four boxes
sold for $40 each, seats on the first
floor for from So to SIS each. and not
a seat in the house brought less than
$3.50 each. A great many people
were turned away This is consid
cred one of the finest opera houses in
Kansas and cost over $4,000. OF
this amount $4,000 was contributed
b. the city of Mankato in the shape
of municipal bonds. and $4,000 was
subscribed by the business men.
Prohibition (O Kansas. Over
| 5000 licenses to sell liquor in Kan
sas have been issued this year by
the United States government. This
does not mean that there are over
5000 joints or saloons in the state,
because a great many of the people
holding licenses are druggists who
sell liquor in compliance with the
state law, but many of the licenses
are issued to men who conduct joints
or drug stores which might be class
ed under the head of joints. Leaven-
worth leads with FOG; Kansas City,
| (KanD 1872: Topeka. 1S9; Wichita,
14O; Atchison, &C.
Consumption Holds Its Own. The
vital statistics reported by the county
health officers to the state board OF
health for the month of August show
that there were fewer deaths from all
diseases during this August than
there were year ago in the same
month. with one exception, scarlet
fever, which killed two persons in
August this year and one a year ago.
Tuberculosis still continues to hold
Out of seventy cases in August thirty
one persons died. A year ago during
the same month there were ninety
cases and forty-five deaths. There
were thirty-two deaths from typhoid
fever against forty-three year ago
and there were siXty-seven fewer
cases this year There were seven
deaths from diphtheria in August this
year. two from scarlet fever and none
from smallpox or measles.
Union Men in a Mine.-Charles H.
Peel. late superintendent of three coal
mines at Leavenworth. has taken
charge of the Atchison coal mine and
will hereafter operate it with union
miners. The mine has been an open
one for more than year, and lately
passed into the hands of receiver.
A separate company has leased it
from the receivers.
Called Him a Liar. Because she
called the Wichita chief of police a
liar, Mrs. Myra McHenry, one OF the
disciples of Carrie Nation, was fined
$50 by Justice of the peace. Mrs.
McHenrv had been arrested for talk
ing on the streets, and when she ask
ed the chief what the charge against
her was he said she had been guilty
of defaming good citizens of Wichita,
wbereat the woman called him liar,
with the above results. After she
had been fined Mrs McHenry told the
court that before she would pay the
$50 she would lie in Jail till she rot
ted and the ants carried her body out
through the keyhole. There is quite
sentiment against the action of the
officers in their treatment of the
woman.
Hotel Men to Meet. - Members of
the Kansas-Miss ouri Hotel Mems
Association will hold their regular an
nual meeting at the Midland Hotel,
| Kansas City. December l. and Is.
Tragedy at Great Bend. - Will Re,
} mick. resident of this city, shot and
, instantly Killed his wife and then
himself. He fired three shots at his
) wife, all of them taking effect. and
then turned the gun on himself. Their
three children were in the house at
: the time and were witnesses to the
shooting.
Fire DESTROYS Elevator. Fire at
Concordia destroyed the Burlington
: elevator owned by Charles Swartz, to-
; gGher with several hundred bushels
of grain The loss is placed at 81 ,00O
with insurance of $4,000.
Signal Corps to Front. - Major S
Nick. Saltzman of the signal corps
assistant instructor in the department
! of signal engineering at the signal
/ school, Fort Leavenworth has been
| ordered TO Cuba to duty there as