Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-02-08
KANSAS COMMENT

lene, Kan, has just disposed OF the
damage suit entitled o. L. Heisler VS..
Union Pacific Railway Company. in
which the jury returned verdict
awarding the plaintiff judgment
against the company for $1,000. the
full amount claimed by the plaintiff
Died of Carbolic Acid.-John Klop-
stein, a contracting stone mason of
Wichita, committed suicide by drink
ing carbalic acid from an ordinary
water glass. After telling his wife
repeatedly that he would be better
off dead, he left the room and few
minutes later was found dead near
the corner of his home. John Klop-
stein, Jr, oldest son of the suicide,
is drug clerk in Kansas City.
Fire at Eskridee. = The Trivelt
building, one of the best business
buildings in that city, was burned to
the ground. 1t was store building
with two stories and a basement oc-
cupied by a furniture store and
Offices. The loss will be $1,000 or
$4,000 and no insurance. 1t was only
by reason of an absolute calm that
the Security State Banl. building ad.
joining and the entire block were
saved.
Mcpherson Pioneer Dies--William
Pack, one of the oldest settlers of
Mcpherson county, died at his home
in Mound township. Mr. Pack set
tied in Mcpherson county in the
spring of 1871, locating on Crooked
creek, where he built and lived in a
sod house for a number of years. His
house was the stopping place for
travellers on the trail between Sa-
lima through Mcpherson to Newton.
Kansas Real Estate. - The most
money made in Dickinson county in
the past two years has been by those
who bought real estate. One farm
sold brought $24,1O0 for $50 acres.
The whole section was purchased for
$4,000 five years ago and the owner
has one quarter left worth $4,000.
Land eight to ten miles from a rail-
road is being held at $50 to SIS an
acre and the indications are that the
figures will be reached. A large
immigration is looked for this
spring.
5000 Barrel Tank Received.-The
big 5000 barrel tank for the Bennett
Paint Company's plant arrived and
was put in place at Wichita From
now on the construction work of the
plant will be pushed as rapidly as
possible. The work has been stop
ped for some time on account of the
non-arrival of the big tank which
had to be in place before the walls
were built up. The machinery for
the plant has been purchased and
will be shipped by the first of the
month. 1t is expected that the ma
chinery will be in working order by
March l.
Saturday Work at X. U.-Saturday
work is becoming a feature in Kan
sas university life. Two years ago
there was scarcely any work done
in the university buildings except in
the shops. Every Saturday during
this term the shops have been crowd
ed, the chemistry laboratories have
been full of experimenters, the medi-
cal laboratories have been in con-
slant use, the botany classes have
kept Snow hall aglow until 6 o'clock.
and the draughtsmen are always busy
on the third floor of Fraser hall. If
there is any school that keeps her
students busy all the time it is Kan
sas university under the hour sys-
tenn.
Gas for Central kansas.-At the an
nual meeting of the Abilene National
Bank directors, c. H. Pattison. pro-
moter of the gas propositions for
central Kansas informed those at the
meeting that the towns of the Kaw
and Smoky Hill vallies will get nat
ural gas in a short time 1t will take
little time to complete the work.
but the outlook is good for the pip
ing of the valley in the near future.
There is no difficulty in the matter
except the getting at it The project
is meeting with hearty encourage
ment. Already a representative of
the gas companies is visiting tie pros
pective fields in this part of tie state
looking up the towns along the line.
New Bank at Eskridge. = The Sc
curity State Bank of this place has
purchased the lot on which the Tri-
vett building stood and will build an
up-to-date bank building. The lot
is corner lot and is the most de-
sirable location in town. The Waugh
Brothers, owners of the bank, are
progressive and always keep apace
with the times, so 1t is expected that
the new building will be Something
fine
Was 1t Suicidef - C. E. McCalIcn
ex-agent for the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad for lola, Gas City and |
LeHarpe, who was to face a charge |
of embezzlement of funds of the COM
pany at the next term of the district |
court, was found dead and terribly |
mangled in the machinery of the |
lola Portland Cement COMPANY.
There were no witnesses to the death |
and it is not known whether it was
accidental or suicide. 1t is believ-
ed by some that he committed sui
eide to avoid facing the charge against
him.
Animals for Judging Purposes. =
Henry Avery & Son of Wakefield.
Kan, have notified the animal hus.
bandry department of the Kansas
State Agricultural College that they
viii ship their entire stock of Perch
eron horses to the college February
IL. The animals will be at the dis.
posal of the agricultural students for