Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-03-29

preme court. He found the accounts
as straight as a string.
Horse Bit His Ear Off,. E. Ber-
ger. member of the Topeka fire de-
partment, lost his ear While walk
ing alongside of one ( the fire horses
the animal grabbed Berger by the ear
and bit ii completely of.
Set Fire to ceII.-George Burkhart,
demented Russian. set fire to his
padded cell in the county Jail at To-
peka, and for a time things looked
serious. He was removed before the
flames reached him, and the fire was
put out with but little loss.
Baseball Enthusiasts at Wichita. -
The Chicago American Association
will play at Wichita Saturday and
Sunday. March "a and 20. Many base.
ball enthusiasts of Wichita and sur
rounding towns will fall in line to
welcome their old-time sport.
The Baseball Season Opens. =
The approach of spring brings out
! the announcement of the opening of
the baseball season, which is gladly
received by all lovers of this game.
| The st. Paul American Association
will play at Exposition Park, Wichita,
on Saturday and Sunday, March 81
and April 1.
! Famous Residents. Doniphan
county has had some noted citizens
| In the a
resident of Doniphan and DIR. Calling,
! the famous inventor of the Calling
gun, was once a resident of White
| Cloud. He and his brother were once
members of the town company which
organized that city.
Brought Territory Prisoners. -
Twenty-eight prisoners were
brought in one bunch to the federal
penitentiary by United States Mar
shall Pritchard and several deputies
| from Durant, Indian Territory. This
/ is the first big bunch of prisoners that
has been received at the prison since
the authorities have moved into the
new institution.
Crusade Imminent at Wichita. = A
! temperance crusade may lc precipi-
tated here as the result of an appli-
| cation for an Injunction against sa-
loon. Attorney John Marshall, chief
| counsel for the State Temperance
Union, is in the city to take part in
| the trial to determine whether or not
the temporary Injunction shall be
| 1oIO
a crusade may be inaugurated.
81 Apiece for Horses. - The police
department of Wichita has began a
crusade against traffic in worthless
animals. The crusade was started by
the arrest of Warren Mulicke, who at
| admitted that within the past six
months he had bought and sold $50
| head of horses and mules. The ami
mails were what are known a. can
ners." Mulicke paid 81 apiece for
, many of the animals he handled.
First Flour Over Midland. - The
Arkansas City Milling Company ship
ped out the first car of flour over the
Midland Valley road. The car was
a Midland Valley No. 100. 1t was con-
signed to Mclaughlin &c Farrar at
| Pawhuska. Thus it begins to show
! what advantage the new road is to
the city. Our wholesale houses, mills
and packing houses are sending
freight to this country, part of which
is new to our houses.
Dragged to Death by Pony. : AL
most in sight of his schoolmates little
Eddie Chambers was dragged to
death at Wellsville by the pony
which he had ridden to school each
day this winter. The horse fell on
the snow and the boys foot caught
in the stirrup in such a manner that
| he was unable to release himself The
pony dragged him by the stirrup for
300 yards and when his foot finally
was released from the stirrup he had
been so badly beaten that death oc-
Cured in a few minutes. The boy
was about 10 years old.
Sue Ksarney county.-The state is
preparing to bring suit against Kearny
county to collect on an issue of coun-
ty bonds in the state school fund and
alleged to be fraudulent by the coun-
ty commissioners The suit will be
brought for $4,000 and accrued inter-
est bringing the total to about S13, 900.
The fault with the bonds, according
to the contentious of the county, is
that they were issued within six
months of the organization of the
county which is contrary to law
Accounts for Money Received. -
State accountant Gafrord has submit
ted his report on the condition of the
secretary of states Office covering
the entire administration of ]. R. Bur
row. 1t shows that the secretary of
| state has collected since January.
1908. the sum of s213, G66.19 and &C.
counted for it. There was an error
of s25 in the charter account. On
February %, last. SIS was turned in
to the treasury on charter fee. The
amount should have been $50. The
mistake was not discovered until the
books were closed that night. The
next day the other s25 was turned
I in.
Storm Injuries Live Stock. - It has
been a week since the sun skcne at
Mound City, and during that time one
of the worst rain, sleet and snow
storms has prevailed. Live stock
men say the injury to cattle has been
severe.
Buy Site for Power House. = The
directors. of the Hutchinson Interur-
ban Railway Company bought a site
for power house and car barns.
Work is to start at once on the con-
struction of the city electric line to
be extended later both east and west
I to the country.