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


Bank Cashier a Suicide. - James
Major. cashier of the Carlton State
bank. shot and killed himself in the
back room of the bank. He was
cripple and dependency is supposed
to have caused the deed. The bank
is in good condition.
Was First Prison Governor.
Brigadier General Edmund Rice, who
died recently at Wakefield. Mass.
was for many years stationed at Fort
Leavcnworth. and was the first gov
trnor of the military prison there
Bread for the Troops.-A Junction
City milling company has been award
ed the contract for 100000 pounds OF
-four to be used by the regular ana
state troops during the maneuvers at
Fort Riley.
Soldiers Victim Dies.-Martha Ar
terbridge, who was shot by Private
Robert ]. Tellies. of the Ninth Cav
airy band at Fort Riley, died. Tellies
was captured and will be turned over
to the United States marshal.
Eight Hour Law Is Violated. - W.
d. Robinson, assistant secretary OF
/. the Society of Labor and Industry,
has returned from an investigation OF
charges of violation of the eight-hour
labor law. He found that the law was
violated in Emporia by the contract
or who is paving the street and that
it is violated in Olathe and Newton
on the new county buildings.
Sale of the KimbalI Estate. - The
last chapter of several years hhga-
ton over the old Sam Kimball estate
near Manhattan was closed when the
property was sold at sheriff sale the
other day. The estate included sew
eral fine farms and city property
which brought over $4,000 in cash.
II will be divided among the Kimball
heirs.
Will Bridge the kaw.-The quarter
masters department at Fort Riley
notified the war department that an
appropriation of S1S.500 had been
made for building bridge across the
Kaw river at the post. Fort Riley
had a bridge over the Kaw until 1t
was wrecked by the flood and since
that time the south part of the reser-
walton across the river has been of
little use in the operation of the troops
in practice.
New Salt Company. - charter
has been granted to the Hutchinson
Chemical and Alkali company. con-
Germ with a capital of 5000, 900, WHICH
Itch,
manufacturing plant at Hutchinson.
The directors of the new company
are c. N. Sentney, J. B. Mackey, l.. A.
Bunker, Stephen A. Colloday, Emer-
son Carey, C. V. Donovan and c. NJ.
Williams of Hutchinson and John
Faulkner of Bay City. Mich.
Jurisdiction to be Tested. - The
board of railroad commissioners will
have an opportunity to test the pro-
vision of The railroad law giving the
board supervision over irrigation
bitches. U. T. Tapscott. of Syracuse.
has complained of the damage done
by an irrigation ditch which has been
affected by new culvert constructed
by the Santa Fe. The ditch is said
to be flooding farms every time there
is a rain in that part of the state.
His Skull Was Crushed-Roy Not
tineham, a 12-year-old boy, was kill
ed while operating manure spread
er on the farm of Frank Honnll, three
miles south of Everst. The team
took fright and ran away. throwing
the boy off the machine. The one
wheel passed directly over his head,
crushing his skull and breaking one
arm, killing him instantly. The boy
is a son of George Nottingham. who
IS also employed by Mr.. Frank Hon
nell.
Died During Fit of Coughing. -
Joseph thinner, known as 10" Tuck
err. died during fit of coughing in the
wash room of the Mahan hotel in
Wichita. Death was due to eXhaus-
ton. A letter was found on the body
dated at Cincinnati March II. and
addressed to my Dear Brother,
Joseph" The letter was signed
Caroline thinner" thinner came to
Wichita from Kansas City two years
ago He was a pastry cook. He was
GO years of age.
Sedgwick Has Most Cash. - There
is more money in the banks of Sedg-
wick county than in the banks of any
other county in Kansas This fact
is shown by the figures given by the
assessors in the los counties in this
state. Returns of Sedgwick county
assessors show there was in the
banks of the couny IN actual money
$267,515 the first day of March.
Mortgages held in that county at that
time were valued at S124,965. AS the
assessment is only on about one
fourth of the actual amount the
figures show this county has more
than a million dollars in actual
money in its banks.
Paid $4,000 For Farm.-One of
the largest real estate transactions in
Clay county for a number of years
was made the other day when W. S.
Bradbury. ex-Representative from
Clay county. sold his ranch in the
eastern part of the county. compris-
ing about $50 acres, to Fred Mullen
of Clay Center for $4,000.
Lacygne Votes School Bonds. =
LaCygne has voted bonds to build
an $4,000 school house. Only eight
votes were recorded against the propo-
sition. The old school house was
struck by lightning June 81.
Pullman Back in Jail.-Sheriff Cody
has returned to Ottawa with Arch
Pullman from New York. Pullman
was lodged in Jail at Olathe where
the Franklin county prisoners are be-
ing kept while the new Jail is being
built. He is the horsethief who broke
iail with M NJ IettS