Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24

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men of Meade to get up a firing
squad for Decoration Day. He
wants six or eight boys to assist him.
Meade is complaining that the
Ashland school will not come to
Meade and meet their school in
friendly athletic contest. We do not
know why the school does not go,
but understand that sickness in the
family of two of the contestants is
the reason given. However the
school should go over, for Meade
would do the right thing by them.
The crowd that recently came over
here was the very incest young folks
to be found.-Ashland Clipper.
Reynolds and Brollier, the parties
charged with the larceny of certain
horses in Stanton county, which they
drove to this county and sold to
John A. Edwards will be placed on
trial in the District court tomorrow.
Judge F. C.. Price will defend and
Bob Mayse, county attorney, and
U. S. District attorney H. J. Bone,
will prosecute.-Ashland Clipper.
The Supreme court of the United
States has upheld the decision of the
lower court in the case of Senator
Burton of Kansas. The Senior
Senator was convicted and sentenced
to nine months in Jail and fine of
S25oo for practicing before the
Postoffice department for the Rialto
Grain Co., of St. Louis, which was
a get-rich-quick concern.
From the Englewood Homebuild-
er we learn that it is the purpose of
the citizens of Englewood to move
the town several blocks south of the
present site. The move is made
that a better title to the land may
be had. The new town will be
made principally of concrete stone.
Ashland Clipper.
In another column we publish an
extract from The Corydon, Iowa,
Times-Republican announcing the
death of Sol. w. Miles. Mr.. Miles
was familiar figure in the city of
Meade for several years. He has
many warm.friends who will regret.to
hear of his death. He left Meade
more than ten years ago and has
lived at Mt. Ayr ever since. His
brother, Louis Miles, also favorably
known here, is at present U. S. Dist.
Atty. of Iowa.
The Kansas City Post is a new
Democratic daily paper in Kansas
City and will be sent to any address
for 81 per year. We have examined
it and find that it is a first class
paper full of news, sporting, market
and every department that goes to
make up first class paper. Come
in and we will send for it for you as
we are making UP a club. Hurry
we want to send in the subscriptions
in few days.
At the Democratic Congressional
convention held at Dodge City We'd
nesday of last week, o. H. Truman,
of Lacrosse, Rush county, was nom
mated as a candidate for Congress
in the Seventh district. Democrats
of this district seem to have a great
liking for preachers of;the Christian,
or Campbellite faith, as Mr.. Truman
is minister in that church. Vernon
Rose, a former candidate for Con-
gress in this district, was also a
minister in that church. Cimarron
| Jacksonian.
1t is almost sure thing now that
Senator Burton will have to serve his
term in Jail and pay fine of $4,000.
If we remember correctly, and we
think we do, that about the veal
1895, the representative from Meade
county was supporting Burton fol
Senator, when the republicans o.
Meade county petitioned him not tc
. support Burton but to support ane
} vote for Ady, of Newton for Senator
4 but their petition was unheeded anc
he went into the caucus and support
i ed Burton, who failed to get th'
S caucus nomination. Two years lat
q er this representative was defeated
). for reelection. This same fellow i
e now leader of the republican organi
zation in Meade County.
;, An article appeared in the las
). Globe in the Sand Creek Depart
st ment roasting somereal estate agen
e for locating some man.! on a claim i
II somebody's pasture. This is prot
IS ably what made the writer sore.
II was very uncalled for article
Y lesneciallv as il gave no name of tb