Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-08-23

| reVeT Hldue us appearance dDOul
three weeks ago and is spreading
rapidly. Several cows in the town
herd show symptoms of the disease. 5
Wallet Contained $1,000. = M. t.
senger train near Pittsburg contain
ing $4,000 and several drafts. Mr..
Clark located the owner at Beaumont
Junction, and the train was held until
a satisfactory Identification could be
made. The money belonged to Hiram
Harper, of Oklahoma, who handed
Mr.. Clark three 500 bills for his hon
esty.
They Want a Vice Consul. = The
Commercial Club of Lindsburg is
making an effort to secure the ap-
pointment of Swedish vice consul
| for Lindsborg Minister Grit, of
Washington. looks with favor upon
the proposition and it is quite prob
able that the appointment will be
made in the near future. There are
about 10000 Swedish-Americans in
the Smoky Hill valley.
Four Convicts Insane. = Deputy
United States Marshals John Glynn
of Leavenworth. and F. C. Biddle. of
Wichita. left for Washington. having
in charge four insane convicts from
the federal penitentiary. The con-
victs are I. o. Williams, under five
years sentence for postoffice robbery;
Frank Bonner, ten years for murder;
Albert Taylor, a year and half for
pension frauds. and ]. P. Brewer
three years for assault. They will be
placed in the government asylum.
Didn't Know About Reward.-Shaw-
nee county officers will try to collect
the reward offered by the state of
Missouri for the arrest of c. H. Wal
ker. an alleged horsethief The local
officers did not know that Walker
was wanted in Missouri and they ar
rested him on a charge of stealing a
horse in Labette county. After Wal
ker was taken to Labette the officers
there discovered that he was wanted
in Missouri. and there probably will
be litigation between the officers of
'1C SOhhtiCo ONCl LllS ISWdIu.
Project Is Revived. - The Kansas
Oklahoma electrical interurban rail-
way. which was to have been built
by Eastern capitalists, is being re-
vived. The concern which started
out to finance the road dropped it be-
cause of lack of funds, and now an
other company of capitalists has be-
gun work buying up the right of way,
which had been secured by the for
mer contern. Options have also been
secured on the present street car
lines in Arkansas City and Winfield.
The proposed line extends from Ar
kansas City to Winfield. Geuda
Springs and Chilocco.
Product of Independents.-The re-
port of the state oil inspector, l.. T.
Hussey. filed. shows that the produc-
ton of kerosene and gasoline by the
Independent oil refineries of the state
during the month of July was 1888
barrels. The production of the indie
pendent refineries was distributed as
follows: Uncle Sam, 4S1 barrels;
Great Western, 500; Webster, 6S;
Stewart. Is; Kansas City, Oil and Gas
Company, 1888; Superior, 2S6; Sun
flower. 200; Paola 100. The total
amount of fees collected during the
month was S2,567.335, and after the
expenses of the department for July
were paid the inspector turned over
to the state treasurer the sum of
$2.0S0.92.
Rusty Wire Causes Lockjaw.-The
22-year-old son of John Baurermeis-
ter of Portland, is dead of lockjaw,
caused by a wound made by a piece
of barbed wire.
Suicide by Hanging. - Martin Eb-
ner. well known German miner of
Chicopees committed suicide by hang
ing himself. Two neighbor women
stated that they had seen Elmer
about O'Clock in the yard. His part
ner. Wolfgang Steinkellner, who had
resided with Elmer for over two
years, stated the later had not been
well for several weeks and he told
him he would not go to work. Elmer
had been drinking hard for over a
week.
Was a Rough Wooer. - Charles
Holiday. harvest hand, was placed
in Jail at Pratt charged with beating
and kidnapping Grace Bolan, the 16-
year-old daughter of farmer near
Cullison. Holiday, it is claimed. APP
peared at the Bolan home and afte-
driving Bolan from the place, pound
ed the girl over the head with a shot
gun until she was unconscious and
then placed her in a buggy and drove
away. He was captured at Green's
burg.
Drops Dead at the Table - Mrs.
Mary Day. living near Parker, drop
ped dead at the dinner table. She
had just prepared the meal for her
self and son when an attack of heart
failure seized her.
Wellington to Be an Icing Station.
When the Belen cutoff is complet-
ed and the fast trains are running
through Wellington, this will be an
icing station to ice cars of California
fruit going east. This will take a
considerable amo:Int of ice, SO the
ice plant will b' enlarged.
Death causet by Poor Dynamite
Henry Trump. aged %, was instantly
killed at Neodesha by the premature
explosion of blast in the cement
plant quarries. Clarence Taylor and
W. J. Rhodes were injured, though
not dangerously.
Found Mans Body in River. - At
Fort Riley the body of an unknown
man dressed similar to many of the
harvesters who came West this sum.
mer was found in the Kaw river a
short distance below a railroad bridge.