Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-11-08
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the effects Of chloroform.
Burial Association Complies. = The
burial association at Fort Scott has
met the requirements adopted by the
ruling of Attorney General Coleman
and Superintendent of Insurance
Luling and has been admitted to do
business in the state.
Would Sell All at Once. = James
T. Bradley, receiver for the First Ma
tonal Bank at Topeka, is negotiat-
ing for the sale of all Of the assets
of the institution at one time. He
expects to be able to wind up the af-
fairs of the Institution with final
dividend before Christmas.
Fatal Halloween Prank.-Hallowen
had a tragic feature at Arkansas City
A crowd of boys in which was Lloyd
Kinley, aged Is, was going through
the residence portion of the city,
when Hugh Kline, aged 16, fired on
a 22-caliber rifle to frighten the 9TH
ers- A bullet struck young Kinley IN
the heart and caused instant death.
Rose VIII Pay His Fine. - Elk
Mayor ". W. Rose, of Kansas CITY
Kan, has written a letter TO tne
clerk of the Kansas supreme court
stating that he is ready to pay his
81 900 fine assessed for contempt and
take the $500 costs in the case as
soon as the bill is presented to him
He will be called upon for tne
money as soon as the mandate is re-
ceived from the United States SUI
preme court.
To Run Solid Train of Flour.-Ar'
rangements have been made to make
a daylight run over the Kansas CITY
Southern from Enterprise to Ne"
Orleans, with a train of thirty cars
of flour to be delivered to H. T. Law
Ter. who for thirty years has been
agent for the flour in that city. fhe
train will be hammered and marked
advertising the -four being transmit
ted and will no doubt attract much
attention.
Work on Ice Cream Samples
The pure food law recently enacted
by congress is giving the chemical
department of the University OF Fan
sas considerable additional labor. In
the food analysis laboratory the stu
dents are now at work upon samples
of ice cream secured at diferen'
nlaces to determine whether or not
they contain adulterants OF preserva'
tiyes. The result of the investigation
will be published in the next bulle'
tin of the State Board of Health.
Studying the Kansas Method. A,
Filcher, secretary of the California
Agricultural Society. was in Topeka
to study the methods of F. D. Coburn
and the Kansas board of agriculture
Mr. Filcher says that it is the desire
of the California agriculturalists to
make their board as valuable to the
farmers there as the Kansas board
is in this state. He says that the
agriculturists of California like the
methods of Mr.. Coburn and his
board.
Gov. Hoch Paroles. - Paroles were
granted by Gov. Hoch to Frank Will
son and Charles Shultz, both OF
whom were sent to the penitentiary
from Harper county, April 20, 1904
for burglary. Their paroles were
recommended by the prison board
The prison sentence of w. H. Hart
a colored prisoner in the state peni
Tertiary. was committed by the gov
ernor. Hart is said to be dying OF
consumption and the prison physl
clans recommended that he be re
leased.
Plenty of School Bonds. - Cap
tain Thomas Hayes, bond clerk Oh
the state school fund commission
says that more school district bonds
are ordered to the commission than
can be purchased. Within the pas
three months the commission has
purchased s69,924 worth of bonds
and has been compelled to refuse tc
purchase the rush Of bonds to mar
ket on the theory that the Kansas
people are beginning to erect better
school houses and to build additions
to the school buildings which have
sufficed for the purpose OF the dis
trict for several years.
Bird 6 Feet Wide; 4 Feet High -
Pode Pearce of Chicopee, demon
strated his ability with rifle IL
bringing down a large sand hill crane
as it was flying over the camp. Pode
had a Winchester and fired several
shots before he landed on one OF the
birds. The bird killed was one OF TIC
largest seen in this vicinity fo1
wears. 1t measured six feet and two
inches from tip to tip of its wings
and stood over four feet in height
The bird will be taken care Of by a
texidermist.
New Post Office.-A new postoffice
has been established at McAllister
Logan county, Kan. John w. CardeI
was named it's postmaster.
Placed on Track. - An unknown
man was run QN6I ny Oil OASSeAAO 49,
near a station called Weir City juno
ton, seven miles southwest OF Pitts
burg. When he was taken out from
under the car his body was cold
which lends color to the theory that
he had been killed and laid on the
track. He was about 25 years OF
age.
o-Brien Kansas Champion. - Ed
O-Brien, of Florence, won the teour-
O'Brien, of Florence, won the tourna'
ment shoot at Hutchinson and now
claims the Kansas championship. He
broke 1S6 straight targets and missed
but three out of the allotted 200. The
shoot was a complete success and
was attended by the best shots in
the state.
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