Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-02-15

Becomes an American.-Joseph w.
del Alamo. native of Spain, has ta-
ken out final naturalization papers in
the district court at Leavenworth re-
nouncing allegiance to King Alfonso
XIII, in order to apply for a commits
sion in the regular army. Del Alamo
is % years old. He is corporal in
the engineer battalion of the army.
Abilene vot.s School Bonds.-Abi-
Iene declared for better schools when
a special election was held to decide
whether the city should issue bonds
for $50, 1000 for the erection of new
high school and an additional ward
school building. Much interest was
taken in the election and the propo-
sition carried BIZ vote of 500 TO 49,
sanitarium for consumntives. = At
Wichita Prof. H Samuels in negotiat-
ing for the purpose of erecting SAM
tarium on College Hill, to be devoted
entirely to the treatment of patients
suffering from consumption. He al
ready has selected the site for the
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from parties in the east who are in
terested in the venture.
Head Offices at Humboldt. The
Prairie Oil and Gas Company will es-
tablish head Offices at Humboldt and
the company is planning the erection
of building several stories high to
take the place of the temporary Offices
that have been secured in different
parts of the city. The head office will
be moved from Neodesha and the
branch Office in the territory will be
consolidated with the Humboldt
office.
Let's Pleads GuiIty.-M M Let's,
who, while agent and operator for the
Santa Fe railway at Princeton, Kan,
stole several thousand dollars worth
of tickets and then set fire to the de-
pot to hide the robbery, pleaded gull
ty in the criminal court at Kansas
City, and was sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary. Two years ago
Let's made a sensational escape. He
was arrested a month ago at Panama
and brought back to the United
States.
Shooting Over Debt. - At Linds-
borg, Kan, ]. W. Nelson and August
Finney quarreled over sum of
money said to be due Nelson. Nelson
had gone to Finney's home to collect
the money and in a dispute which fol-
lowed Finney claims Nelson assault
ed him, when Finney drew his revol-
yer and shot, the ball taking effect in
the thigh. The wound is a serious
one. Finney was at once arrested on
the charge of assault with intent to
kill and was held in 81 200 bond and
his preliminary trial was set for Feb
ruary 81.
To Have Street RaiIway.-Chanute
is to have street railway system. R.
C. Rawlings has accepted the city's
terms. According to the ordinance,
he must have 81 900 worth of material
purchased, paid for and delivered
along the line of the route within 12O
days from the time of acceptance; he
must have $4,000 worth of material
bought and on the ground and COM
mence actual work within six months
from the time of acceptance; and the
railroad must be completed and in
active and continuous operation with
in IS months from the time of accept
ance.
Fire at Halstead.-The burning of
Jones livery stable started quite
lively fire. The flames were first dis
covered coming from the roof, and
as there was no wind the fire did not
gain much Roadway until the entire
equipment, consisting of twelve bug
gies and carriages. a horse and two
wagonettes, together with all the
horses, had been gotten out. Two
horses, however, were so badly burn
ed that they had to be shot. The
fire spread to two adjoining buildings
occupied as a carpenter shop and
wagon shop, which were entirely con-
sumed. The Schowalter Lumber Com
pany's yards located across the alley
from the Jones barn was on fire sew
eral times, but was saved without
loss.
View With COMPETENCY. The
natural gas using towns of Kansas,
which by April 1 will include most of
the towns in the eastern fourth of the
state, are not worrying much over the
threatened coal miners strike. If the
strike does come, by the time it is
over gas will be SO generally Install
ed that there will be no future market
in those towns for coal.
Jackrabbit MiIIions.-The new edi-
tor of the Caldwell Advance has been
counting the jackrabbits and makes
the following report: There are s.
100000 jackrabbits in the state of
Kansas. A full grown Jack" can do
several dollars damage to young corn
and other vegetables during season
They are usually very choice in their
eating and always take the best.
Americas Man Suicide. = After
drinking two ounces of carbolic acid
John C. McCabe staggered out of his
blacksmith shop and fell dead a few
seconds later on the main street of
the village. McCabe's wife died two
years ago, and constant mourning for
her is thought to have unbalanced his
mind. He was 40 years old, and in
comfortable circumstances.
Enforcing the Game Law. "A war
rant was sworn out for Samuel Hubs
feth, farmer living near Cheney in
Sedgwick county, charging him with
violating the game law. He Is charg-
ed with killing and shipping 80 dozen
quails. Some time ago the game war
den here confiscated 80 dozen quail
but the man who was shipping them
got away. After investigating the
officers were led to believe that Hubs