Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-02-15

School Superintendent to Confer
The third annual conference of super
intendents of schools. high school
principals and instructors will be held
at the University of Kansas, April
20.
Prison Boiler House Damaged. =
The roof of the boiler house at the
Kansas penitentiary was discovered
to be on fire and the prison fire bri-
gade was called out to extinguish the
blaze.
Shot Through the Body.-Att Lynn
a prominent farmer living near Eas-
ton. in the north part of Leaven-
worth county, accidentally shot him
self through the body and died in a
few minutes.
Great Wolf Hunt.-A wolf hunt was
pulled off near Haven, Kan, the 9th
ef day. The net results of the days
hunt was: One hunter killed and two
injured. No wolves were killed. or
wounded or captured
Moving Shops to Wichita. - The
first move has been made by the ia
cob Dold Packing Company toward
the building of car shops in Wichita.
The company's shops at present are
at Kansas City but it is the intention
of the company eventually to move
the shops here.
Wife of Postmaster Dead. = Mrs.
Christina Price, wife of J. F. Price,
postmaster of Cherokee and for TWEEN
ty years editor of the Cherokee Sen
tinel, died suddenly at her home of
apoplexy. Mr. and Mrs. Price came
here thirty-five years ago and were
among the earliest settlers of this
county.
Gets Half of Estate. = In the dis.
trict court at Abilene Mrs. Adelaide
Foron was granted a divorce from her
Frank Foron, by Judge o.
L. Moore. She was also awarded one.
half of an estate valued at $4,000,
together with $500 attorneys fees.
The defendant has to pay all the
costs in the case.
Came Over in the MayfIower.-John
Burge, Sabetha boy, the seventh of
that name in as many generations,
has a gun which his great-great-great-
great-great grandfather brought to
this country in the Mayf1ower. 1t was
used first as protection from the In
dams and later was carried in the Re-
evolutionary war.
Marshall Files an AppeaI.-A. Mar
shall, who rented a big ranch in Ell.
lis county from land company, is
trying to get out of paying the price
for the land on the ground that the
company has not made any reports
to the secretary of state as required
by law and is disbarred from doing
any business in the state.
Wellington Gets a Park.-Welling-
ton has received as a gift the nucleus
of a park and public exposition
ground. The three-acre tract upon
which the amusements of the carni-
val last October were held is the one
presented to the city. The gift was
made several days ago by Frank
Knowles, one of the public spirited
citizens of Wellington.
Winfield Architecture. = w. w.
of Winfield, is building a
unique house. The cellar and first
story are perfectly round The wood
work, window frames and window
glass are built on the curve The sec
ond story is an octangle. The build
ing is thirty-two feet in diameter and
is surrounded by circular porch. 1t
is the only house of the kind in the
country.
A Real Jewel. = Jewell is a good
county to farm in. According to
Coburn's report, JewefT led last year
in the production of corn, the amount
of old corn on hand, the number of
animals fattened for slaughter, the
of hogs marketed, the amount
of eggs and poultry sold, acreage of
alfalfa and acreage of tame hay. That
takes in about the whole list of farm
products except wheat, and Jewell is
not slow even on wheat production.
Murdered for Money. - A Greek
section laborer known as George
Monos was murdered in his bunk car
at Wallace. Robbery was supposedly
the motive, as big George" was
known to carry about $500 in bills.
This money was carried in a belt
around his waist. The belt was cut
in two and the money gone. Two
Greeks employed at Sharon Springs
are under suspicion. They have dis
Some Fort Riley Changes. = No
tice. has just been received at Fort
Riley that the Second squadron of the
Second cavalry. which sailed from
Manila for San Francisco January %,
will come back to take the place of
the First squadron of the Eleventh
cavalry, which goes from here in
March to Fort Des Moines.
Charges Son With Theft.-The I'M
usual spectacle of father having his
son arrested for theft was witnessed
at Topeka. Jas. B. Hatcher claims his
son, James A. Hatcher, stole SIS out
of his trousers pocket. He said that
a boy who would steal from his faith
er deserved to go to prison, and swore
out warrant for his arrest
Cattle Thieves.-Cattle thieves are
operating in a wholesale manner in
Logan county. Sixteen head of cat
tie were stolen from John Aries ranch
one night recently. D. J. Button had
twelve head stolen, w. H. Collins six
teen and G. E. Bradley twenty-five.
Logan county is in need of an anti
cattle thief league.
Primary in March. = Charles F.
Scott and Henry j. Allen, rival candi-