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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-17
Public Sale

We will sell at Public sale to the highest
bidder all of the personal property of the
Webb Ranch at the Ranch House miles
east and IL miles south of Meade and II
miles west and 4 miles north of Englewood,
Kansas on May ~, 1906, commencing at 10
a. m. and consisting of the following articles:
Span of mules weighing I2oo lbs. each
I mule !" 1000 pounds
s head of good working horses, various ages
l2 head smaller - Z"
top buggy, good shape, also S sets harness
riding plow, 3 walking plows, harrow,
3 binders, drill, moving machines, one
Campbell suLsoiler packer, disc, hay
rakes.
5000 cedar fence posts, 6 feet
IS 60 shed s sc
$50 Z" fence posts IL &c
Windmill; 1 car load galvanized barb
wire, grind stone, 3 tackle blocks and ropes
400 brick, post hole augers, step ladder.
wire stretcher, forge, Iron drill, IL brass
pump valves, I grubbing hoe, maui
$50 feet or more of 3-inch well pipe, lot of
pipe and well fittings
feed grinder, 400 lbs. salt, anvil, vice
pipe jack, 3 wagons. hay frame, wheel
barrow, road scraper
gasoline engine z-horse power
IS wood water tanks
3chain pipe tongs
Other articles too numerous to mention.
TERMS:-$Io and under cash. On sums
over $1,000 six months credit will be given
purchaser giving bankable note bearing per
cent interest. A discount of per cent will
be given for cash on all sums of over $1,000
Everything must be settled before moving
from place.
w. H. Tracy, c. T. Fullington
Auctioneer and William Dyck
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-17
School Notes

The final report will be published
next week.
Attendance was good until the
close.
The pupils reported Saturday
morning to receive their grade cards.
All who took part in the cantata
may keep their costumes if they pay
half what the costume cost. Please
bear in mind to return these to the
school building promptly or to pay
for them.
The high school had only two
cases of tardiness this year.
The entertainment last Friday
evening was well attedded and the
proceeds amounted to S4I.5o The
expenses were so great that only a
small sum was clear. 1t was not
the intention to make money out of
the entertainment and if the attend
ance had not been SO large it would
hardly have paid expenses.
The management of the cantata
fell wholly upon Mrs. Backe and
she deserves great credit for the
hard work she did to make the af-
fair successful. 1t requires an i'm
mensc amount of work to drill SO
many children and their performance
showed that they were thoroughly
trained.
| There were only four pupil:
neither absent nor tardy during the
year. This was due largely to the
fact that there were so many case.
of contagious sickness. The one
who deserve commendation TO
their promptness are:
bessie Mars, Lester Randolph
Ebert Innis, Bernerd McMeel
DR.. Leslie is excavating for Gel
t lar on the north side of the squar
between Marshall's and McMeel'
4 buildings and will erect a cemen
t block building.
For your stock salt go t
: The Peoples Store, Fowler
Kansas
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-17
Another Chance!

Opportunity knocks at your door
but once, generally; but here it
comes knocking a second time. On
Saturday. May a6th, at O'Clock
Stamper. Johnston & Co., will have
their second auction sale and give
you an opportunity to buy goods at
your price. Don't fail to attend as
they will sell goods of almost every
description, new and second hand
and there is sure to be something
that you need and you will have the
privilege of setting the price upon
it.
These sales are a good thing for
the county and should be encouraged
by a good attendance and a liberal
patronage.
STAMPER, JOHNSTON & Co.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-17

To whom it may concern:
1 positively do no business on
Sunday or crowd my stock. Two
mares each day and no more.
]. A. MOORE,
Meade, Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-17
GRIGGS Sc BOLBN.
Successors to
GEO. B. CONES,

We quote best prices on alfalfa
land, raw land and ranches in
Meade county We have custom
ers for all kinds of property and
we would be pleased to have you
list yours with us.
MEADE, KANSAS.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16

49,. az rr,,l;sh oo,,rt
ohu'n' n"e"s' "
circles have reason 70 oe grateiul
that they do not often have royal
visitors. with the energy of King
Als...a 90 s..;,, :
"o".o ~ ~
during 'ne ror1n'gn' ne ana MS
queen have been at Cowes he has
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16
WAS BARrLEsv1LLE MINISTER
Man Who Was Pound Dead With an
Independence Ticket,

W. X. s. Hillhouse, who was found
dead at Dalhart, Texas, and inform
alton concerning whom the Santa Fe
agent sought few days ago, was
from Bartlesville. The Bartlesville
Enterprise says:
"News of Mr.. Hillhouse's death
was most painful shock to all Of
his Bartlesville acquaintance. He
had left but a few days before in
the best fspirits and in the best Of
health, despite his seventy-six years.
His son, J. W. Hillhouse, and the lat
ter's son had left for New Mexico
Saturday night Of last week, going ~
far as Wichita on tie excursion. The
family has relatives there, and the
purpose of the Bar.lesville mans Wis
il was to take up government land OF
buy from individual holders, as their
relatives had DONE"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16

made good. But Rafferty,, although
the son Of man reputed to be worth
$50, ,OOO, 900, is compelled to remain
behind the bars because he can moi
raise $15.
He was arrested at Fort Meyer,
where he had been spending a week
with former comrades Of troop @,
Thirteenth cavalry.
!, Rafferty, has thus far sought in vain
for some one who would swing back
the iron doors either by signing a
bail bond or taking up the worthless
checks he issued. He will be ar
raigned in police court.
When informed by the detective
that IL The matter got before the
grand jury and he was forced to
trial a possible peniteh:isry sen-
tence stared him in the face, Raf-
ferty broke down and wept. ..1
at would Be awful to spend .
year in prison for passing $l5 worth
Of checks when. I was drunk, i" said
he, but with the true picturesque
ness Of Pittsburg millionaires who
attain notoriety through martial
troubles, or other troubles, Rafferty,
does not believe that be Is III . pre-
dieament that will have q . sequel
4 prison eenteoee. He has confidence
shat HE fath4 win cone to his re-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16
ENGLISH COURT CIRCLES ARE AWAKENED BY 's"
THE ENERGY OF KING ALFONSO OF SPAIN

| he is of for a swim, long before tht
other royalties think of stirring
Then back to attend to state affairs
which he insists on polishing off be-
fore breakfast. This finished, he il
ready for the day and the more thai
can be crammed into it the better
he is pleased. hr
Often, not content to abide by the
arranged program, he sets off on his
own account on some expedition with
out an escort of any kind, to the ter
ror of the officials, who have painful
memories of the coronation day out
RACES still fresh in their minds.
To all remonstrances Alfonso re-
plies with a hearty boyish laugh, for
it is clear that he revels in uncon-
ventionality.
All Cowes is laughing at one Of
his jokes this week. The leading
Spanish functionary here was re-
monstrating with hi magainst some
prank, and finding the youthful mon-
arch inclined to argue the case, the
official mentor said:
"But when you are at Cowes you
must do as Cowes does. ;"
Whereupon his majesty imme-
diately began to "moo" like q COW.
His open manner is winning the
hearts, to quote Queen Victoria her.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16

how it is when you are drinking
you never do what you ought to do
Then | decided to go back to Pitts
burg and get the money to make the
checks good, but didn't even do
that.
"Do I know Harry Thawi" he
said. "Why, I have known him all
my life," said Rafferty,. "His fam
lily lived only about q quarter of a
mile from where we lived in Pitts.
burg. When was in New York the
other day my brother and ! were
thinking Of going up to see him, but
we decided not to because the re-
porters would have found out about
II and written us up. And now / am
behind about as substantial bars as
Harry"
George p. Rafferty, first sprang
into public notice through the ra-
pidity Of his courtship and wedding
to Deborah Mcintyre, . pretty pho
toerapher, much his senior. The
young man was 20 years old then,
and his father cast him out. Love
in . cottage lasted only . short time.
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16

self. . q 8 ( fel ~ , GO
He is quite in love with the. Dow
ager Consuelo Duchess of Manches
ter. Her piano playing charms him
The night the royal couple dines
with her he urged her again ant
sgSin to keep on playing. As long
as she did so the King and the queen
sat on either side of her, both ap-
plauding delightedly at the end Of
each piece.
Finally the king took couple OF
pieces of music which the duchess
had played during the evening "for
my little queen to learn" He folded
them into the smallest compass and
stuffed them in a coat pocket.
This dinner was the gayest of any
given during the week.
King Alfonso kept the party in
fits of laughter, and after dinner he
tried his hand at several conjuring
tricks.
When the King took his departure
he kissed the duchess hand In the
most gallant manner and thanked
her "for the most enjoyable eve
ming" he had spent on the island.
The duchess looked particularly
handsome, all in black, with black
and diamond ornaments in her coif-
furue.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16

cue soon.
No sooner had he been arrested
than he dispatched a telegram to his
father requesting that his brother
Oliver be sent to Washington to ex-
tricate him from some trouble. He
received a reply from Oliver, say
ing: TT
"Am sorry you are in trouble.
Father wants TO know more about II
before he will do anything.
A message was then sent through
the police inspector apprising Raj
ferty, senior, that his son was under
arrest. George Rafferty, expects his
brother Oliver in Washington.
Relating the events leading up to
his arrest Mr.. Rafferty, said:
'The mill in Pittsbury belonging
to my cousin, where / work, was
closed down about a month ago and
I went down to New York. There I
got to drinking. and about week
ago decided to come to Washing
ton and visit some Of the boys Of
troop @, with whom l served three
years. / was drinking pretty hard
and when my funds ran low passsd
these checks, intending to telegraph
my father to deposit the money In
---
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16
bad man AT
/ CONEY ISLAND
DEsPERADo CUTS LOOSE AND
STARTS MATTERS.
THREE MEN MAY Die
Unidentified Man Fired Shots Into
Restaurant and -Four Pso-
pie Were Injured.

New York, August l5.-While the
Oceanic walk in the Bowery at CO.
ney Island was still crowded today,
an unidentified man fred two shots
into the back of waiter at Stauch q
restaurant and then turned the wea-
pom on the crowd and fired four shots.
-Four persons were writhing in agony
on the board walk, when the man fed
toward the ocean, threatening any
man who would pursue him The
injured, Of whom three may die:
Thomas Mcdonald, aged 10 years,
shot in the back; may die.
Annie Smith, 20 years old, shot
in thigh and leg; serious. W
George White, 25 years old, shot
in the back; may die.
At the sounds of the shooting
and the screams Of woman who
witnessed the shooting, the crowd
broke in all directions.
As they ed, the man deliberately
turned the weapon toward them, fir
ing rapidly. As shot after shot rang
out, and the men and women fell to
the walk screaming, panic broke
out. Women were thrown TO the
walk as men ran over them to reach
a place Of safety. The stranger de-
fed any one 10 follow him. He had
the revolver in his right hand, and
laughingly shouted: ~
"The man who follows me l will
kill"
No one ventured to approach him
and he vanished in the direction Of
the ocean. Ten thousand persons
later started out on hunt for the
man, bent on lynching him, but no
trace Of him was found.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16
KILLS AT HUNDRED YARDS.
Nsice Of University President Makes
. Remarkable Shot.

( San Francisco, Angst 15.-Jean
Boalt Wheeler, the 1O-year-old
daughter Of Attorney Charles Stet-
son Wheeler and niece Of Benjamin
lde Wheeler, president Of the Uni
versity Of California, has distin-
guished herself as a marks-woman
by shooting q deer at 100 yards
straight through the heart.
Little Jean was up at her father 3
country home, the Bend, on the Nc
Cloud river with her parents and
Benjamin Ide Wheeler when she
made the remarkable shot. The child
was on horseback with others Of the
party and carried q rife. She was
ahead Of the rest Of the party when
300 feet ahead Of her she saw a buck
standing with head high in the air.
The animal TUNED suddenly and
was about to bound away into the
woods when little Jean raised her
rifle and fred. The deer fell dead.
II weighed ninety pounds after II
was dressed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16
|IlllI RAFFERTY, II: R \ IS IN
d. d !: PRISON. CELL
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..'DOKE Kings" SON N JAIL
~ BRCAUE HE HASN'T 916
9dl 10 Hoea4a slaayrtnm ite sidesria
PSSED BAD CHECKS
Was Drunk 1t the Time-He Burst
Into Tears and Weeps 1t the
Thought Of Going TO Prison.

Washington, Aug. 15.-George B
Rafferty,, son of Gilbert T. Rafferty,
the coke king .sof,. .Pittsburg, whose
wife recently sued her father-in-law
for $5OO,OOO for alternating his af.
fections, is locked up in the police
station charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Specifically, Rafferty, is accused OF
passing two checks, one for $40 and
one for IS, on A. c. Appler and
Joseph Waddell, Of this city, both Of
which transactions he freely ad-
mits.
Neither Of the men who cashed
the checks is said to insist upon
demand, according to the statement
of the police, is that the checks be
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16

An objection 70 . big clty y sn6ks.
70 . prospective Hs city. . -
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-16

Ssy, are yon looking for furniture.
Baxter i looking for you st HI
slers. J. = e. bIoek. 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Chaos in the Schools.

II Is to be feared that conditions in the
school administration are ideal for the
commission OF mistakes. Not only Is the
board of education without lawyer in its
membership and at the same time minus
the services of regularly designated legal
adviser. but the superintendent is unfa-
miliar with the local conditions and with
the circumstances preceding and attending
the enactment of the statute which brought
about his appointment. The combination
Is especially calculated to produce a tan
gled condition.
Just at present there Is great anxiety
among the teachers of the schools on the
score OF their status. They had every rea-
son to regard themselves as having been
constituted by the new statute into a per-
manent teaching stan. 1t was clearly the
purpose of Congress. in adopting provisions
for automatic promotions, TO maintain this
force on a stable basis Nevertheless. the
new superintendents recomme ndations and
the boards ratification have resulted in the
appointment of some ], 40 teachers for one
year" The notices to the teachers named
at Tuesdays meeting of the board SO read,
and they are consequently and naturally
considerably upset in their calculations.
Nowhere in the statute now governing
the administration OF the schools is there
theory of teachers appointments. Through
out the statute. on the other hand, runs
thread OF languale signifying the intent
OF Congress to create a permanent STAN.
subject to change only by reason Of death,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Higgins,

Gov. Higgins is at Lake Placid If his
humor is in keeping with the name of that
resort he is to be congratulated. Now is
the time for him to avoid all excitement
His enemies are all around. and all are
alert. The unforgiving Odell is planning
for trouble at Saratoga Quigg is busy In
New York city. Senator Platt Is silent but
sympathizes with all Of the anti-E.ggins
mischief afoot The governor should keep
cool. and also his two eyes open. He has
good case. and good management should
carry 1t to success. His record as governor
has been praised by both sides. and II his
party throws him over at the behest of
faction which has failed to use him 1t may
pay heavily for 1t. even with the democrats
as badly demoralized as they are. Lake
Placid Ia the spot for sojourn just now.
Let the governor study the lake and be
wise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24

clusiveiy ON Ice cream? Breakfast, lunch.
dinner and supper In q state OF delicious
sweet frigidityf And then. too. have not
the little pitchers heard their elders tell
tales Of feeding invalids on Ice cream, be-
cause 1t IL SO nourishing? It is probable
that big fortune has been wheedled out
Of parental pockets on the plea that the
craved plates Of ice cream would be good
for the system. And here Is some miser-
able peddler starving himself to death on
Ice cream. down In Arkansasi It II mon
strous. There is one ray Of hope. He
tried to live on ten cents q day. File
upon him! He deserved to perish. No true
appreciation of the joys Of CONCEALED ecstasy
would ever think Of less than thirty cents
as daily allowance for this frosty diet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
Ignorance Of the Water.
From the Chicago Post,


= The unusual number of drowning accidents
that have given this season an unenviable
record must be attributed more to ignorance
Of danger than to the increased number who
seek the water for summer recreation In
the great majority of these drowning acc-
dents the victims have been children or
young folks; and with few exceptions those
who lost their lives were unable to swim.
Yesterday twenty-three were drowned In
the United States. SO far this month the
loss Of life from drowning has been Ill per-
sons. The total for the season is AZ.
These figures point out duty to adults.
and particularly to parents and guardians
Of children, that should be fully recognized
and faithfully performed. Children and the
young first of all should be warned Of the
dangers that Turk in the water. whether
they 20 in bathing or seek pleasure in
canoes and other craft. Then. every boy
and girl should be taught to swim. should
be trained in floating. treading water. res
cuing companions. etc. They should be
taught how to handle boats. and not be per-
mitted to go rowing. padding or sailing
until they have become reasonably expert
and intelligently cautious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-24
No Coddling Of Mobs.

The Chattanooga News reproduces The
Stars editorial on the South Carolina lynch
ing. and in some observations in reply
says:
The sentiment against this crime Is the
same in all parts OF the country. but more
intense perhaps in the south than elsewhere
for the reason that southerners are more
chfvalric toward woman than any other
n en- on earth. Be that as 1t may, the time
will never come when the white men of the
south will relax one iota In their deter
mination to punish the perpetrators of such
crimes as the one that infiamed this COM
mInity some months ago and the one Tor
which the negro was recently lynched In
South Carolina. The negro who outrages a
white woman has no rights that men, So
ciety or courts ought to respect. He ought
to be treate in every instance much as we
treat a rabid dog running at large on the
commons. And that Is the treatment that
will be melted out to him. God forbid that
the time may ever come in the south when
humane punishment Is the rule for rapists"
The mob shot the negro to death. The
law would have hanged him. Gov. Hey
ward assured the mob that the authorities
would proceed at once. Was anything
gained for the security Of the community
or for civilization by the houting OF the
governor and what he represented? Had
the mob upon the governors appeal stayed
It's hand. the negro's trial. condemnation
and execution would promptly have fol-
lowed. VIII not the News, upon further re-
Election concede that that would have been
far better than what took place? At the
moment Gov. Hayward was addressing the
mob. a great deal more than the fate of the
wretch in the tolls was at stake. The maj
esty of the law was in the balance; and
that the mob outraged.
Again. Gov. Hayward spoke to the mob
not only as an officer. but as a man. No
body in the assembly stood higher. He Is a
representative South Carolinian. He be-
lieves in white supremacy in the affairs of
government. He believes in the protection
of the home. His horror at what had taken
place great as that of anybody.
When he asked that the prisoner be left to
the hands of the law did he lower the
standard of his being? If the punishment
OF the prisoner by law would satisfy his
idea OF what the case demanded. was there
any member Of the mob who could not well
afford to take the same ground?
Mobs in settled communities where laws
exist and officers for their execution are
in commission are public enemies. They
should never be coddled or excused. AS
rule they are led by bad men. In an old
North Carolina town mob the other day.
which killed prisoners then on trial in
court. was led by an ex-convict. OF course
he was as loud as the next fellow in in
sisting that the law was too slow and its
punishments inadequate. As one Of the
local custodians of civilization, he wanted
something swift and understanding that
would strike terror to- all evil doors! He
is now back In the penitentiary. He onght
to be under ground. with dislocated neck.