Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-08-16

the action of the board of education
in deciding to maintain separate
schools hereafter, and may ask the
court to grant an order restraining
the board.
Simmons Takes an AppeaI.-An ap-
peal has been filed in the supreme
court in the case of David Simmons
charged with killing John Cullen. The
evidence was that Cullen knocked
Simmons down and the latter while
lying ON the ground drew a revolver
and killed his assailant. He, Sim
mons, was found guilty and sentenced
to twelve years in the penitentiary.
Every Car Turns Over. East
bound Santa Fe passenger train No.
Is was wrecked near Sawyer, Kan,
as the result of spreading rails. The
entire train with the exception of the
engine and tender turned over Eight
persons were slightly injured, but
none seriously The train was in
charge of Conductor Wright Samuel
Holcomb was the only passenger sus-
tanning broken bones. His thumb and
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broken.
Those Who Won Land.-The Kan
sas winners in the Government land
drawing at the Shoshone Indian
reservation were: Charles c. Davis,
Minneapolis; Harrison L. Basinger,
Peru; Walter B. Mexican, by S. D.
Roun, Leavenworth; Peter Wagner,
Maryville; Frank McPharlan, Pitts
burg; Walter Crawford, Onawa; Levi
Cline. Beloit; Jessie Mitchell. Frank
fort; Michael v. Allen, Hoisington;
H. c. Lowe, Atchison; Leonard Ly-
barger, Coffeyville; William c. Rigg,
Atchison; Marshall Hughes, Burr
Oak; Henry Miller, Carl; Charles
Disque, Ottawa; Henry Walker,
Novel;; William E. Marmount, indie
pendence; Joseph A. Wrell, McPher-
son; William Hoagland, Argenta;
Slavies Belts by S. w. Dilts, New
ton; Alex Walker, Jr., McCracken;
John Bradshaw, Washington; John H.
Sotow, Americas; Mathew Terrell,
Frankfort; William Alcom, Girard;
Ralph P. Cavaness, Chiles; Edward
S. Gilbert, Fort Scott; Clarence Bid
Olson, Goodland; Emil A. Lander,
Usage City; Claude N. Constable,
Atnork; Peter Seylor; Neville; K. S.
Steele, Oberlin; James R. McCurdy,
Osawatomie; Alfred Higgins, Tope-
ka; George E. Morrison, Gilius; John
Saltsom, Osawatomie; julius E. Mail
ser. Russell; Harry Konenson, James
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A Morot, lakeland; George Dolan,
Oketo; G. e. Wilson, Fort Scott; D.
F. Eek, by Rufus Elery. Seneca;
Anna Adams. Leadville; J. H. Han
son, Logan; Charles w. Pearson,
Jamestown; John Taylor. Scranton;
Burt o. Holson, Beloit John G. Colt
rell, Seneca: Archibald D. Refill. Con-
cordia; Wallace T. Houston, by HON.
er Lessinquell. Coffeyville; Marshall
Hughes, Burr Oak; John w. Chapel,
Troy; Grant w. Harvey, Emporia;
George w. Stafford, Lenora; Elton
]. Yoder Topeka; Bert Carpenter,
Logan; Harry Tetere, Oberlin; Alfred
G Ray, Logan; Edward G. Garlic,
Atchison; George B. Hawkins, lola;
Brice D. Cameron, Junction City;
Reilly S. Burg. Phillipsburg; William.
C. Brownell. McCracken; Della E.
Nelson, Eldorado; George Schwicl1,
Logan; Samuel W. Smith, Seneca;
Edwin D. Fisher, by o. w. Rothen-
barger, Leavenworth; H. Scott Nc
Cormick Diets; Claude E. Search,
Logan; Thomas Bennett, Jr., Seneca;
George L. Ellington, Scandal; A
Wells, Seneca.
Pardon Asked for G. w. Dull. -
Application has been filed with Go.
Hoch for the pardon of George -
Dull, serving a twenty-year term in
the state penitentiary for the murder
of DR.. ]. w. Rowland in Rawlins
county in 1902.
Strikes in Kansas.-W. L. A. John
son. state labor commissioner. has
prepared review of the strikes
among Kansas laborers during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1906. This
detailed information is shown as fol-
lows: Twety-two strikes were en-
gagged in during the year 1905 by
twenty different organizations. The
strikes were settled as follows: En-
tirely successful, 10; partially sue
cessful Z; lost, 8; two remain unset
tied The total days duration was
1,4GS, or an average of eighty-two
days for each strike. The total num-
Der of members involved in said
strikes was 1885, or an average of
seventy-one The total days lost on
account of such strikes was 11,7S0.
The total amount of wages lost was
| $68,732.81 Total amount of strike
benefits paid out to members en-
gagged was s15,034.62.
Planning Big mprovements.-The
growth of Solomon has brought about
a demand for improvements and a
municipal lighting plant, water works
and other improvements are planned.
The new buildings erected during the
past two years have transformed the
| town and it is one of the best bust
ness points in that section of the
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| Leavenworth Man Is Suicide. =
John Halfpenny shot himself at Leav-
enworth and died soon after from a
bullet wound in his head. He had
been drunk for several days.
Fatally Injured by a FaII.-James
McKinstry, painter, fell from Sec
ond-story window in Kingman and
received injuries that will prove IA
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| Butchers Must Be Sanitary. - The
Lyon county board of health have or
dered all slaughter houses to be kept
clean. A portion of the order for
bids the feeding of offal to hogs This