Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-07-19
KANSAS COMMENT

e10Or HOcn mas received dppllCdllOu
for pardon for John Coop, Mitch
ell county man who is serving five
years in the penitentiary. Another
application from Mitchell county is
for the parole of Sam Harvey, who
was sentenced in 1904 to serve an in
terminate sentence for kidnapping
girl.
Sues For $4,000 For Loss of Leg
A case was filed in the district court
at Junction City in which Myrten
Clair Kerr of this city sues the Union
Pacific railroad company for damages
to the amount of $4,000 for the loss
of leg by being run over by a
train. Kerr was working for the com
pany in the capacity of brakeman.
chIoroform Was Pumped Out. =
w. B. Kirkum, mason, of Abilene,
became discouraged. and went to
Townsend's drug store, where he
bought bottle of chloroform. He
said goodby to the bystanders and
drank half an ounce of the liquid. He
was speedily pumped out and taken to
Jail
Vets at Pittsburg in August. =
The seventh annual reunion of the
Twentieth Kansas infantry, U. S. A.,
will be held in Pittsburg, August
and 8, in Lincoln park. The Civil war
veterans will also hold a reunion at
the same time The Twentieth Kan
sas boys, who will gather from all
parts of the United States, will be in
khaki uniform.
Knife Cut Off His Nose. - Frank
HUFF of La Harp attempted to adjust
the spring on one of the screen doors
at his home. using a sharp knife to
pry the spring from the staple. The
position in which he was working was
such that when the blade slipped
from the spring it struck him on the
nose. almost severing a portion of it
from his face.
AbIane's Church Extension. -
The churches of the city are prepar-
ing to make improvements in &C
cordance with the prosperous condi-
tons of the city The Methodists will
spend over $4,000, the Presby-
terians IS 600 and the Lutherans
about $1,000 in expanding their
church buildings and placing them in
condition to accommodate the attend
ance on church and Sunday school.
No More Begging on Streets. -
There is to be no more begging on
the streets of Wichita. Notice was
served by o. 2. Hicklin, the commits
sioner of poor, and by Mrs. L. B.
Couch, secretary of the Associate
Charities, that a new rule regarding
begging has been put in effect and is
to be rigidly enforced. The matter
has been taken up with Chief of Po-
lice G. T. Cubbon and he has agreed
to cause arrest and prosecution in
every case to which the attention of
the police department is called.
Federal Prison Gets 100000. =
Warden McClaughry of the United
States penitentiary at Leavenworth
received copy of the sundry civil
bill as it passed congress which gives
an appropriation of 100000 for con-
struction at the federal prison and
$1S5e00 for. the maintenance of the
institNtion for the fiscal year ending
JuneF30, 1907. 1t provides $4,000 for
subsistence for the prison; $4,000
for clothing and travelling expenses;
$4,000 FOR miscellaneous expendit-
ures;2 $500 for hospital supplies;
$64, 800 for salaries and $4,000 for the
payment of the foremen of the differ
ent departments. The authorities of
the Department of Justice had asked
for $4,000 with which to carry on
the construction work at the prison,
but this was cut down to 100000
Prizes For Kansas Firemen. -
Chief William Reinisch of the fire de-
partment has received preliminary
program for the meeting of the Kan
sas State Firemen's Association to be
held in Lawrence. October 8, and s.
1t gives an idea of the extent of the
program and the prizes and S765 in
cash is offered to the winners of the
various events.
Invented in Kansas.-It may not be
generally known, but it is fact that
the Irvine binder that is doing such
good work in the Kansas harvest
fields is the invention of an old juno
ton City boy, P. F. Mcclure, of
Pierre, S. d.
w. B. Noble Attempts Suicide. -
w. B. Noble of Pittsburg, Kan, dis
trict agent for the Illinois Life Insur-
ance Company. attempted suicide
at a hotel at Wauneta, eight miles
west of Sedan. He cut his troat with
a pocket knife but was prevented
from bleeding to death by being
found in time. He will recover. He
has been making Sedan his head
quarters for some time and it is sup
posed that financial reverses have
made him respondent.
Irvine Plant Is FIourishing-John
c. Brown, chief clerk at the state
penitentiary, says that the state
Irvine plant has been doing flour
ishing business this year. He says
the state has sold more Irvine since
the close of the harvest season of
1905 than it has made in that time.
Tried to Kill Her Children. = Mrs.
Amanda Boaz, the Lenape mother who
attempted to kill one of her children
with hammer and threatened to kill
them all, was taken back to the state
hospital at Osawatomie.
No State Fair in Topeka. = At
meeting of the directors of the state
fair association it was decided to
give up holding fair this fall in To
peka and give big racing meet in
stead. This action had been ex-
pected for some time.
He Is Grandfather at 81 Years. =
Hoyt ]. Smith, of LIE Roy, is
grandfather and he will not be So