Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-08-09

freight exploded eight miles east or
Garden City. Engineer E. T. Holmes,
of Ration, N NJ, and an unknown man
were killed. Fireman Ed Quinlan, of
Topeka. was badly injured. The en-
CINE is a complete wreck. The cause
of the accident is unknown.
Funds Will Be Raised.-At meet
ing of the Wichita Poultry association
and the Chamber of Commerce it was
decided to make an effort to secure
the Kansas State Poultry show for
Wichita, January to H. The neces-
sary money was guaranteed to pay
expenses and considerable enthusiasm
was manifested
Big Wheat Crop. = Threshing has
now gone far enough to indicate that
the state has raised about 90,000,000
bushels of wheat. or 100000 bush
els more than in 1905. and with one
exception the largest crop that Kan
sas ever produced. Indeed, the final
returns may raise the estimate above
the crop of 1908, which, as reported
by Secretary Coburn, was 100000
bushels.
kidnaps His Own Child. = A. M
Harriet a Nuckols county, Nebraska
farmer, is in the county Jail at Tope-
ka awaiting trial for contempt of
court. The contempt consisted in
Harriet kidnapping his own child
after he had been served with an in
ha liofr nj ~rdo
ing him not to interfere with his wife
or child while his wife's suit for di-
vorce is pending in the court.
Hill Wilson Resigns.-Hill P. Will
son. who has been assistant secretary
of state since 1899, resigned to look
after his gold mining interests in
Southern California. He will be sue
ceeded by E. A Cornell, who has been
chief clerk in the Office for two years,
and w. J. Stagg, of Topeka, will be
appointed temporarily to succeed Mr..
Cornell. Mr.. Wilson has been resi-
dent of Kansas for forty years and
for years lived at Hays City.
Brought Back Specimens. - DR.. F.
H. Snow and his party of bug hunt
ers from the University of Kansas
have returned from a trip to Mexico.
DR.. Snow brought back with him
$4,000 specimens for the museums.
species of a rare beetle. which DR..
Snow had ardently hoped to capture
While away Dr. Snow was bitten by a
ella monster, but he suffered no i'll
effects from the wound. and brought
the reptile home with him.
Wanted in Kansas. A requisition
was issued from the Office of Gov.
Hoch for the return from Austin,
Tex, to Lincoln county, in this state,
of Fletcher B. Williams, who is want
arson. Williams formerly was agent
for the Union Pacific and is charged
with embezzling 5000 from that com
pany and $16S from the Pacific Elk
press Company while he was. agent
at Vesper. 1t is charged that the
crime was committed in 1905.
Will Leave One Day Later-P. H.
Coney. commander of the Kansas de-
partment of the G. A. R.. has changed
the date of departure of the G. A. R.
special train from Topeka for the ma
tional encampment of the order to be
held in Minneapolis from August II
to August IL. The train will arrive
in MINNEAPOLIS on Monday and is ex-
pected will bear large delegation of
Kansans who will use their influence
to elect Coney commander of the ma
tional department of the order.
Robbed 1.-the of $eoo.-While max
ing an overland trip from the Indian
Territory to their old home in South
Dakota, Mr.. and Mrs. H H. 1.-the
were robbed of 5000 seven miles south
of Wichita Mr.. 1.-the was sleeping
in his wagon when awakened by the
touch of a revolver on his forehead
and demand to hand over all moAey
in his possession. Mr.. 1.-the thinks
the robber was one of his former
neighbors. Mr.. 1.-the stopped in Wich-
tia and reported the robbery.
Secures Helen Gould Scholarship
Claude Palmer of Osawatomie has
been appointed to a scholarship in the
New York City university through the
influence of Miss Helen Gould, who de-
sired that it go to some worthy
young man on the Missouri Pacific
railway. The scholarship is endowed
with $4,000. The interest is applied
to the tuition and expense of the stu
dent and will permit Palmer to take
complete course.
Kept His Name Secret.-James H.
Reeder, judge of the Twenty-third jul
dicial district, recently attempted to
obtain a pardon for Frank West serv-
ing ten year sentence in the peni-
Tertiary for burglary and the latter
refused to accept executive clemency
because he did not want to tell his
real name. Because of his refusal to
disclose his identity he will have to
serve an additional year in the peni-
tertiary. That indicated that he was
going under an assumed name. He
said his parents were well known and
respectable people in the state from
which he came and that he preferred
to keep his penitentiary record from
them.
Found Dead in FieId.-Ross Guth-
ridge, aged IS, was found dead in a
field where he had been blowing near
Kingman. Death was caused by
heart disease.
Found Long Lost 8rother.-Oscar
Helt, of Ottawa has just discovered
the whereabouts of his brother, Ches-
ter Helt. now prosperous stockman
at Marion, Kan. Thirty years ago the
family lived in Putnam county, Mo.
Chester Helt left to take some cattle
to Nebraska and was never heard
from again until the Ottawa man To-
Gated him at Marion.