Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-08-30

Lapol, an aeronaut at Wichita, struck
a tree in his descent and fell a dis
lance Of forty feet, dislocating his
shoulder.
Elevator Destroyed by Fire.-Fire
completely destroyed P NJ Kelley's
elevator at Hiawatha. The loss will
be something near $4,000, about two
thirds covered by insurance.
Wealthy kansan Kicked to Death.
Charles Menser, one of the veal
thiest farmers and stock raisers in
Sumner county, died at his home near
kick, received a few days ago. He
was GO years of age and unmarried. 5
Robbed Wells, Fargo safe.-Gov.
Hoch has honored the requisition of
Gov. Folk for the return to Missouri
of four men now confined in the fed
eral penitentiary. They are Nicholas
Gardner. James Blackburn, James
Wallace and Daniel Kelly and are
wanted in Dent county for robbing a
Wells, Fargo safe in the Frisco depot
III feDruary, lSU1.
The Gift of Helen GouId.-Ground
has been broken for the erection of a
large Y. M. C. A. building at Fort
Leavenworth. The building will cost
$4,000, the money for which is CIV
en- by Miss Helen Gould. Work on the
building will be pushed so as to have
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Gould is expected to visit Fort Leav-
enworth at the time of the dedica-
ton, when a reception and special
military ceremonies will be arranged
for the occasion.
For Horse Bite s5,foo.-Dr. Robert
Burns of Wichita has been sued by
Mrs. Alma Funk for $500 damages
resulting from the bite of a horse own
ed by the former. On the afternoon
of August IA, while passing along the
sidewalk near which the horse stood
the animal attacked and bit her on the
shoulder, inflicting injuries which
were painful and which might prove
permanent.
One More Passes Away. - aunt"
Mahala Lewis, who was believed to
be the oldest person in Kansas, died
her age at 120 years and insisted she
had met both Washington and Lafay-
cite. She was born slave near Rich
mond, Va, and told of visits to the
family by Lafayette and Washington.
Mrs Lewis retained her mental facul-
ties till the last.
Immense Tank Farm.-If the con-
templated plans of the Standard as to
storage capacity for oil at Caney are
carried out there will be over 1900
acres of land covered with tanks at
the Caney tank farm. They have al
ready secured over 500 acres of land
and are trying to close on 400 more.
A large force of men is building tanks
as fast as possible, but with all the
available force it will take many
months to cover the ground already
secured
Will Enlarge the Plant. W. H.
Haskell, warden of the state peniten-
tiary, has been in consultation with
Gov. Hoch on the subject of the en-
largement of the state Irvine plant.
Mr.. Haskell has part of the machin-
cry necessary at the penitentiary and
says that he hopes to have plant
next year which will turn out 4,000.-
900 pounds of Irvine annually. The
present facilities of the plant admit
of the manufacture of only $500 600
pounds and that is not enough to fill
the demand.
Explosion Causes Fire.-Fire from
exploding alcohol in the Ecker drug
store in Ottawa caused about $10,-
900 damages to the. building and con-
tents ]. W. Eastman, a druggist,
was severely burned by the explosion,
which occurred as he was drawing
alcohol from a barrel. The Becker
alcohol from a barrel. The Becker
drug store is the principal loser.
He Calls For Mail. - Mrs. Frank
Gray. of Newton, has received a let
ter from her husband written Aug
ust Is and mailed at Omaha, which
puts at an end all the doubt as to
whether he is living or not. He was
on his way from Wyoming to Kansas
City, where he expected to go to
work, and asked to have his mail sent
there. Mr.. Gray did not know any
thing about the letter his wife had
received saying he had gone and was
probably murdered by the Mexicans.
The supposition is that the man who
wrote the letter to Mrs. Gray simply
knew he had left and thought that
was the probable cause of his disap-
pearance. 1t was a great relief to
Mr.. Gray's family to hear from him
and know he is alive and well.
Death From Bursting Blood Vessel.
Joe johnson, miner employed by
the Hamilton & Grant Coal Company
at Weir Junction, died while at work
in the mine His death was due to a
blood vessel bursting
Another Soldier Drowned.-At the
camp of instruction at Junction City
David Henry, one of the Kansas ma
tional guardsmen. was drowned in
the Kaw while bathing. The young
soldier was a son of David X. Henry
ST.. of Lecompton. and he belonged &c
Company A, First regiment residing
in Topeka.
Tramp Killed by Train. = While
attempting to alight from a rapidly
moving Kansas City Southern freight
train in Pittsburg tramp giving his
name as Thomas Pointer fell between
the cars, receiving injuries which re-
suited in his. death.
investigating Labor Situation. =
Walter B. Palmer. representing the
United States department of com
merce and labor is in Kansas to in