Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-09-13

IOW, l,ldO her1elS IN dill, mas Deen
entered in the 1906 championship
corn contest The ear weighs more
than one and one-half pounds.
New Hotel for WeIIington.-Ground
has been broken for new hotel at
Wellington to cost 100000 which will
stand on the site of the old Phillips
house, destroyed with much loss of
life in the cyclone of May 81, 1892.
Stock in the hotel company was all
taken by local capitalists.
Conner Appeals to Supreme Court
An appeal has been taken to the
supreme court in the case of Guy
Conner. who was convicted in the
Rush county district court of stealing
wheat. Conner was convicted on the
evidence furnished by an association
of ameteur detectives.
Must Have a RaiIroad.-The peo-
pie of Haskell county think they have
stood this thing of being without
railroad long enough. and. believing
that there is no other way out of the
difficulty, are beginning to form a
home company and threaten to build
railroad all by themselves.
Failed to Identity Prisoner. - AS
sistant United States Attorney o. L.
Rider of Vinita made a motion be-
fore the United States commissioner
at Junction City to discharge Nell
Barr. who was arraigned charged
vile. I. T., year ago. Witnesses
who were brought from the territory
failed to identify the woman.
Robbing the Blind. One of the
boldest robberies on record was
perpetrated at the Soldiers home
the other night Six veterans were
the victims. four of whom are blind.
The blind veterans were members of
r barracks. If the person or persons
who committed the robberies are an
pretended ii is certain that in case
of conviction severe punishment will
be melted out to them.
Found Hanging to Tree. - Will
Martin. the 17-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. O. Fl. Martin. who live just
south of Severy. committed suicide
by hanging himself His body was
found hanging to tree in a pasture
three miles south and one mile west
of Severn The boy had been acting
queerly for the past several days and
temporary insanity is the only rea-
son known for his deed.
Roy Stevens Arraigned.-Rov Sing
Stevens, the man who was in the
room with Dora Bright at Wichita
when the shot was fired that resulted
in the death of the girl, was taken
to the county iail on a warrant sworn
to by Officer Charles H. Harmon. He
was arraigned in the city court on
charge of murder and his preliminary
Is at o'clock He was then COM
mitted to Jail without bond.
A Baker Boy With WeIIman.-Ar-
thur w. Mcqueen of Kansas is with
Walter Wellman on his airship voy-
age to the north pole. The Chicago
RecordHerald under whose authority
the expedition is to be made. states
that Mr.. Mcqueen has been given
charge of the wireless telegraph sta
ton at Hammerfest. Norway. The
young telegrapher has been a stu
dent of Baker university and is only
% years of age.
Sewer system for junction City
At a meeting of the city council of
Junction City w. w. Cook & Son
were awarded the contract to con-
struct sewer system that will ex-
tend throughout the city and be &C
cessible from any building. The sys-
TEN will cost s74,919.71. Property
owners will pay for it in taxes in ten
years.
Delegates Are Named. - Governor
Hoch has named the following dele
gates to the Mississippi Com
mercial congress. to be held in Kan
sas City, November 20 to 90; F. D.
Coburn, Topeka; A. w. Smith. Nc
Pherson; G. A Rockwell, Junction
City: f. w. Wellington. Ellsworth:
o. NJ. White. Emporia; Richard
Picker. Smith Center; ]. B. Adams.
Eldorado; c. NJ. Harger, Abilene; L.
L. Northrup. lola: John C. Carpen-
ter, Chanute; ]. c. Morrow Wash
ington: J. B. Case. Abilene: H. B.
Kelly. Topeka: c.. E. Foote, Topeka;
Charles zoe. independence; NJ NJ.
Murdoch, Wichita: Emerson Carey,
Hutchinson: Elric Cole, Great Bend;
R. H Trueblood. Yates Center; S. s.
Glasscock. Kansas City.
New Treasurer For Cloud County.
The county commissioners appoint
ed A r. Moore as county treasurer
to fill the unexpired term of ]. E.
Wade. the confessed defaulter Wade
is $4,000 short
5000 Mile Trip in an Auto. = Ly-
man Reid. wife and son, of Ottawa.
returned from a motor car trip of
5 900 miles to the Atlantic coast and
back. The party left June IL. They
arrived on the Maine coast a month
later. They returned from York
Cliffe. Me-, in fourteen days.
Killed in AIighting From Train. -
While attempting to alight from a
rapidly moving freight train at To-
ronto. Edin Konold, a Missouri Pa
cific employee, was thrown into a
stock guard and killed. He was a
young man who had been in the en-
ploy of the company but a short time.
He was son of j. C. Konold of To-
ronto.
Died from Drinking Wood Alcohol
Rob Fitchie of Phillipsburg, Kan.
died from drinking wood alcohol.
Fitchie is SunnoSed to have ia ken the