Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-07-26
KANSAS COMMENT

capital stock of $4,000.
Masonic Bodies Buy Building. -
The combined Masonic bodies OF Sc
dalia purchased for $4,000 the church
building formerly occupied by the
Cumberland Presbyterians of the
United States of America.
Rate Cases Are Postponed. - By
agreement between the railroad at
torneys and Carr w. Taylor, attorney
for the board of railroad commission
ers, the hearing of the cattle freight
rate and implement rate cases has
been postponed from July "a and &c
to September
Both Feet Cut Off.-Joseph Lynch
was run down by a freight train at
the foot of Minnesota avenue in Kan
sas City, Kan, and both his legs were
crushed at the ankle. An ambulance
from police headquarters took Lynch
to ST. Margaret's hospital. One foot
was completely cut off by the car
wheels and the other was removed
by the surgeons at the hospital.
Lynch Is "a years old. He is employ
ed in his fathers feed store at the
entrance to the James street bridge.
Two Drowned at Leavenworth. -
Carl Hubert, aged years, while play
ing with a dog in the Missouri river
slipped into deep water and was
drowned Francis Pike rushed into
the water and pulled the boy out and
was carrying him ashore, when Annie
Hubert, aged II. sister of the boy.
ran forward and tore the body of her
brother from Pike, and she and the
brother then slipped into a deep hole
and were drowned before assistance
could reach them.
After Slaughter Houses.-Dr. S. ].
Crumbine, secretary of the State
Board of Health, has started war
on the slaughter houses, big and lit
tie, all over the state. He is issuing
orders to the commissioners of every
county to investigate the conditions
in their respective counties and if
they find them unsanitary to order
the owner to clean up. Then if the
places are not in proper shape with
in five days the commissioners are
instructed to arrest the owners.
Boy Drowned at Topeka.-The first
drowning of the season in Topeka
took place when Jacob Williamson
the sixteen-year-old son of Samuel
Williamson was drowned at Cages
lake west of town. He and his broth
er were swimming in the lake with
Sam Markowitz when the boy disap-
, peared from sight. This is the last
that was seen of Williamson until Will
liam Eaton, who is in charge of the
park, brought his lifeless body to the
surface. some ten minutes later
Cut to Pieces by the cars-Henry
A. Frewert Kansas City Southern
switchman, was run over and instant
ly killed at Pittsburg while at work
in the Northeast yards. While Ere
vert was setting a switch a string of
cars backed down upon him, and be-
fore he could get out of the way he
was struck. He fell directly across
the track and was literally cut to
former home at Chanute for burial
Cruelty to Animals. After having
been on the road for nearly thirty
hours without food or water, 100 cars
of cattle were allowed to stand on
the siding in the North Topeka yards
by the officials of the Rock Island
road from 4 o'clock in the morning
until nearly noon, when they were
forced to send them on to Kansas
City, by Kilmaurs King. one of the
officers of the Foster Humane So
ciety of Topeka.
Need Hundreds of Teachers|I. l..
Dayhoff, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, has compiled the re-
ports from the various counties show
ing the shortage of school teachers
for the state. The seventeen com
ties which report shortages of teach
ers will require between 230 and go
teachers before they can open their
schools this fall. This is an extraor-
dinarily large number of teachers to
be needed so late in the year. There
is also an unusually small number OF
surplus teachers in the counties in
which there have heretofore been q
number of teachers to spare.
Kansas Flour For Holland. = J. R
Koontz, general freight agent of the
(tchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
announces that an Arkansas City
Kas., order for flour just received
from Amsterdam, Holland, will re
quire thirty-five of their largest cars
for transportation to the ports. The
order requires two shipments, the
first going in July via Galveston, and
to contain 1,O23,000 pounds The sec
ond shiDment will be in August via
Newport News, and will be Of
1,0S9,000 pounds.
Moved to Wichita.-S. A. Stepleton
an engine inspector for the Missouri
Pacific has been ordered to transfer
his headquarters from Ell Dorado tc
Wichita at once.
DR.. jackson Shot by JoIl Price. -
DIR. A. F. Jackson was shot in the alb
domen by Joll Price. Both parties
are residents of Kincaid. Dr.. Jackson
is a prominent physician. Price is
carpenter After shooting Jackson
price walked to Garnett and gave
himself up. He claims that Jackson
was the cause of his wife leaving
him.
Probably Insane.-W. A Martin, 4
farmer living near Culver, in Ottaws
county, attempted to kill a daughter
and then shot himself in the head.
Trimble Is Held For Murder-Matr
Trimble, who is charged with the kill
ing of Lawrence Seidl of Millerton
some weeks ago. was charged with
murder in the first degree. After
preliminary hearing before judge
Carver at WELLINGTON he was admit