Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-01

the creek in the west part of Paola,
was found in the water. His skull
had been crushed and he died soon
after he was found. Two tramps
have been arrested.
Kidnapped in Wichita. A Pratt
county sheriff went to Wichita re-
Gently, arrested a man and left the
town without letting an officer in the
city know of it. This is an unusual
proceeding and one that likely never
happened in Wichita before. The
man arrested was Ben Moore, for
merly a resident of Wichita, where
he worried at the BARRIERS trade. He
has been living in Pratt lately. and
lie is charged with purchasing cloth
ing from H. w. Pierce, of that town,
and failing to pay for it as agreed.
Hunting Barred on Prison Grounds.
Hereafter the authorities of the
federal penitentiarv will rermit no
hunting on the ground owned by the
government and used by the prison.
For some time parties have been al
Lowell to hunt rabbits and quail on
the hill near the prison farm and of
late the officers of the prison have
ordered these persons off. Several
parties persist in hunting at this
place and if caught they will be ia
ken before the United States Com
missioner. About week ago the au-
thorities at the fort posted an order
that ali persons would be prohibited
Warden McClaughry was asked by
the post authorities to prohibit hunt
ing on the prison land for the reason
that the Chinese pheasants would be
turned loose shortly and they do Lot
want them killed.
What Kansas Produces. - w. j.
Stage, clerk in the secretary of
states office, has compiled a table of
the value of all goods manufactured
in Kansas in the last year. He has
also gathered some statistics regard
ing the amount of capital invested
in the state, the salaries and wages
and the value of crops and live
stock. The total value for all crops,
live stock and manufactured products
for 1906 is s549, 506,549. The manu-
featured products amount to s201 1885,
400. The crops were valued at $780,
O64, 536. The valuation for live stock
is given at $1S9, 146,604. The manu-
featuring industries of Kansas repre-
sent every line than any one could
imagine. The largest item in the list
is the hacking houses which turned
out goods valued at $96.375 ,639. The
mill products amounted to S42.O34.-
O19.
Fourteen More DeIegates.-Govern-
or Hoch has appointed an additional
list of delegates to the Trans Miss
issippi congress to be held in Kansas
City November 1923 He a~rointed
twenty delegates a few weeks ago
and has since increased the number
to thirty-four. Those appointed in
addition are: w. T. Maunder, Kansas
City; E. w. Howe, Atchison: Grant
Hornaday, Fort Scott; E. N. Nor
rill, Hiawatha; G. H Lamb, Yates
Center; L. B. Kellogg. Emporia; C..
Q. Chandler. Wichita C. L. Davidson,
Wichita; John Janett, Peabody. c.
w. Peckham, Haven; ]. T. Moore.
Pittsburg; ]. w. Bergman, Ashland;
r. M. McGonnigle, Colby; w. J. Todd,
Maple Hill. The governor has also
appointed the following delegates to
the deep water convention to be held
in ST Louis November Is and 16:
James F. Getty, Kansas City: Benja-
min F. Schnierie, Kansas City; w. w.
Mills. Topeka; G. w. Newman. EN-
poria; w. A. L. Thompson. Topeka;
S. J. Stewart, Humboldt E. S.
Knight, Goodland.
Sues to Recover Fines. - A. E.
Crane, of Holton, Kan, has filed two
suits in the United States --urt
against the United States govern
ment to recover fines paid to the gov
eminent by people convicted of sell
ing liquor to Indians. Crane has one
as rapidly as they can be prepared,
and the total amount claimed will
aggregate 100000. The supreme
court of the United States recently
ruled that a man selling LIQUOR to an
allotted InGian is not liable to the fed
eral statutes, holding that an allotted
Indian is no longer ward of the goy-
eminent
Would Disbar Three Attorneys. -
R. A. Levitt, an attorney from Colby,
Kas., has Given notice to the Shaw
nee county district court at Topeka
of disbarment proceedings against A.
P. Tone Wilson, Clement L. Wilson
and Anthony P. Wilson. Topeka at
torneys who are members of the
same family. Levitt went to Topeka
to take dispositions in the Office of the
Wilson's. He says they attacked and
seriously injured him while he was
in their Office.
Too Despondent to Live. - Mrs. A
c. Spicer, wife of a restaurant keep
err at Newton, shot herself in the
breast and died instantly. Her hus-
band was standing near her at the
time but had no idea of her intention.
Dependency over financial matters
is supposed to have been the cause
Two Die in a Fire.-Fire. which de-
stroyed the residence of ]. w. yell
kins, farmer residing two miles
north of Deering. caused the death of
Mr.. Yelkins and his son. Mrs. Vel
kins and two daughters narrowly
escaped death.
Children EIope and Are Married.
Goldie Jackson, a 15-year-old girl, and
Elvi Jackson, a 19-year-old boy,
eloped from Galena and were mar
ried by Probate Judge Wilson, at
Columbus. The step was caused by
objections of the girls father to the
proposed match.
MANN Wnnnen Candidates - Thnro