Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12
KANSAS COMMENT

Japan plums, apricots and a few
peaches. w. H. Barns, secretary of
the board of horticulture, says that
conditions in the state are very good,
according to reports he has received
from a majority of the counties.
Young Woman Hangs Herself. =
Miss Anna Rubner, whose mother
committed suicide by drowning her
self in the citern at her home at
Netawaka about two weeks ago, hang
ed herself l.: the corn crib at the
home of her uncle, George c. Clark,
three and one-half miles Gouth Of Wet
more.
Slayer Of Stewart Unknown.-The
decision of the coroner's jury in the
inquest into the cause Of the death
of Fred Stewart, a member of the
Twentieth Kansas, whose body was
found in pasture just south OF Fail
River, was that he came to his death
by being shot in the head with a re-
volver in the hands of some unknown
person. No money was found on his
person.
Bourbon county's OIL Strike.-Re-
ports received say that a big flow OF
oil has been struck northwest OF Bron-
son, Bourbon county. H. P. and H.
e. Clay of this county put hole
down $50 feet and have secured 500
feet of oil sand according to the lat
est report from there. The results
are causing a good deal of excitement
and other prospect holes are to be
sunk at once.
son, for whom the town of Olsburg
was named, has asked the district
court of Pottawatomie county to
change his name to Ole Johnson. His
name when he came to America was
Johnson, but when he took out lis
naturalization papers the clerk I'M
derstood him to say Janson, and JAN
son has been his legal name, if not
his actual name, ever since he be-
came citizen.
Lutheran Home at Topeka. - The
Lutheran ctilG-en's home is to be
formally decided upon by the board
of directors of the Evangelical Luth-
eran Children's Home Association. 1t
was thought to to settled that the
home would be ct Alma or McFar-
land, but the directors changed their
plans and a site will be selected in
Topeka. An eastern man has offer
;.I, hA 70 Gtru
equip the building, allow the associa-
ton to use it two years free of charge
with the privilege of purchasing it at
the expiration of the time.
Bowmaa's Shortage $4,000. - The
defalcations of C. w. Bowman, for
merly county clerk of Phillips coun-
ty. will amount to more than 10000,
according to the report made to the
county commissioners of that county
by the expert accountant who has
been going over the books. The faith
er of the defaulting officer paid s6,473
TO the county several months ago and
the money yet unaccounted for is
shown by the report to be 81, 354.12.
About $500 was taken from the funds
belonging to the school districts, and
the remainder was embezzled from
other funds. The largest single
amount is S10,711.07, which was taken
from the county taxes. Bowman's
books showed that the county had on
deposit $4,000 in the fiscal agency
in New York, but the report of the
accountant shows that there is only
$4,000 due the county from the
agency.
Lawrence Wins the Flag Notice
was received in Lawrence that Mrs.
w. E. Stanley, state regent of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton for Kansas, and Miss Grace
Meeker, state secretary of the same
organization, had awarded to the Cen
trail school il Lawrence the prize Of
fered by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution for the largest per
capita contribution to the Santa Fe
trail marking fund, a collection taken
in the schools of Kansas, of any
school in the state. The prize is a
handsome silk flag. and was purchas-
ed in Lawrence and will decorate the
Central school building. The flag is
eight by sixteen feet in size, and a
handsome reproduction of the la
tional emblem.
Triple Tie Meeting.-The fifth bien.
NAL session of the supreme council of
the Triple Tie Benefit Association
will meet at Clay Center, May s, 8,
10, II and IL. The head office is in
Clay Center. which place has been it's
headquarters since June, 1896. 1t has
local councils in Oklahoma as well as
Kansas. Its present membership is
over 5000.
Sewer Caved ln.-While a party Of
five laborers were digging a sewer
eighteen feet deep at Syracuse a cave
in occurred and Joseph Gray of Great
Bend was killed by crushing and suffo-
cation. and Joseph Chapman was bad
II injured.
10th Kansas Ready. Librarian
James L. King has received from the
State Printer volume 20 of the Kan
sas Supreme Court reports and is de-
livering it to the profession and Off
Gals. It is book of l,026 pages, one
CT the largest reports ever published
il Kansas
Mo. Valley League Champions. =.
The Pittsburg, Kansas, club cham
pions of the Missouri Valley League
will play at Wichita, Kansas, on Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday; dates of
April Is, 16 and IL. For this occasion
Pittsburg will bring special excur-
sion from their town. 2
Ask for Sealed Proposals. = The
secretary of the interior is asking for
sealed proposals for furnishing and
installing near Garden City. Kan, in