Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-25
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DIT Topeka. IeCSlEeu IrOm lNOICdtui,
in Decatur county, request for 200
men to help husk the corn crop Of
that county.
Body Recognized by Relative. -
The body of the man found in pond
northwest of Hutchinson has been
recognized as being that Of James
Eagan, formerly of Kansas City. A
brother-in-law of the deceased recog-
nized Eagan as being his wife's
brother. The body was taken to Kan
sas City for burial.
Carnegie FIT Reasonably Sure. -
Friends University of Wichita seems
reasonably certain to get the con-
ditional gift promised by Andrew
Carnegie for its library. The greater
part of the sum necessary to be rails
ed Is now assured and those who
have been at work on the matter are
feeling greatly encouraged over the
outlook.
Sc, 900 in One Day. According to
Supt. Morrison of the Wichita Street
Railway the total number of persons
who boarded all cars on all lines on
Friday during the fair was just $4,000
while the number of those who rode
to the fair grounds and back was
10000. This is an excellent record
and one of which Wichita may feel
justly proud.
Successful oilins of Public Roads
The sum of $4,000 appropriated by
the legislature of 1905 for oiling Kan
sas highways has been expended I'M
der the direction of Professor Albert
Dickens, of the state agricultural col
lege. Professor Dickens believes that
the experiments have proven success
full enough to ell for more funds to
be used in the same way.
In Service Twenty Years. At
Wichita recently twenty years of ser
vice as letter carriers was completed
by Ed Walden, Cary Davis and
George Choteau. These men are the
Only ones that remain of the original
postoffice force. That they have
been tried and found true is evident
by their remaining in this position of
trust for nearly a quarter of a cen
tury.
Quilting Bee Thing of Past. - The
quilting factory at Mcpherson has
been started in operation and is at
tracing considerable attention. The
two large Singer sewing machines
with quilting attachments are run by
gasoline engine while all the oper-
ator has to do is to guide the light
frame on which is stretched the quilt
or comforter.
Commercial Club Visits WITCH ta-
Forty members of the Topeka Com
mercial Club visited Wichita and
were given a reception. which they
declared was beyond their expecta-
ton. They spent the forenoon driv-
ing over the town and the afternoon
at the fair. At noon they were the
guests of the Commercial Club and
at night were rendered a smoker at
the Chamber of Commerce.
Famous Kansas Hermit Dead. -
Peter Daugherty, one of the pioneers
of Southwest Kansas. and very
eccentric man, died at his dugout near
the Kansas Oklahoma line. He was
"a years old and one of the most pow
erful men in the Southwest, being
over six feet tall and weighing until
recently 800 pounds. He lived the
life of hermit in dugout, where an
acquaintance found him dead in the
midst of filth and dirt. He was a
veteran of the Mexican and Civil
Wars.
Kidnapped in Wichita. A Pratt
county sheriff went to Wichita re-
Gently. arrested a man and left the
town without letting an officer in the
CITY know of it. This is an unusual
proceeding and one that likely never
happened in Wichita before. The
man arrested was Ben Moore, for
merly a resident of Wichita, where
he worried at the BARRIERS trade He
has been living in Pratt lately and
lie is charged with purchasing cloth
ing siom H. w. Pierce, of that town,
and failing to pay for it as agreed
Have Asked For Grand Jury. An
order was received by the county
clerk at Pittsburg from Judge Arthur
Fuller. of the district court, for the
drawing of grand jury. The order
as issued in pursuance of a petition
igned by 41S taxpayers, mostly resi-
ents of Pittsburg. The people who
grand jurv declared that the object
was not to take up matters pertain
ing to violations of the prohibitory
law. but investigate municipal affairs
in Pittsburg.
Did Not Buy Stolen Stamps.-C. T.
Lamster, of Ottawa, was acquitted by
a Jury in the United States district
court at Leavenworth of a charge of
buying stolen stamps.
Big Fire at Syracuse. - The bust
ness section of Syracuse was badly
damaged by fire. number of stores,
a hotel. a rooming house and two res
taurants were destroyed. The town
was crowded with land seekers at the
time of the fire and a number of per-
sons were badly burned. but no lives
were lost. Loss $4,000. Insurance
$4,000.
Corner Stone Laid. - The corner
stone of the new Catholic Cathedral
at Wichita was laid with impressive
ceremonies. Bishop Hennessey Off
ciated and Monsignor John Henry I'll
one of the finest ever given in Wich-
ita Twenty-Five visiting clergymen
from various parts of the state, as
well as nearly as many more living
here, participated in the ceremonies,