Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-31

nedVy Mortgage Fueo."A cnaLtel
mortgage for 100000 was fled at Sa-
lima by the Salina Street and Inter-
urban Railway Company.
Killed by Lightning.-Davis Crock
EFT. an inmate of the state imbecile
asylum, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed during storm. The
bolt struck him over the heart, tear
ing his body open. Crockett's home
is at Peru. Kan.
Death From Heart Failure. - D. ].
Hessong, of Mapleton, is dead at his
home in that town. He suffered half
an hour from heart failure before his
death. He came to this section in
1857 when six years old and lived
here continuously since that time.
To STUDY RucoIic Ways. = County
Superintendent J. E. Baker, of Otta-
wa, brought party of farmer boys
and girls to visit the Kansas Agricul-
tural college. The afternoon was
spent in visiting the experiment field
and gardens. agricultural, horticul-
tural and dairying and science build
ings.
Killed In Drunken Fight-Charles
McEwen, a farmer of Cowley county,
was killed in drunken brawl back of
a joint at Winfield by Amiz Thomas.
The two men were drinking and
fight ensued in which Thomas struck
McEwen across the face and temple
with a heavy timber, killing him al
most instantly.
Taking Their Diplomas. The
graduating exercises of the Sumner
county high school were held at Well
ington at the city school auditorium,
when diplomas were delivered to
class of Twenty-Five by Hon. George
E. Hesick, president of the board of
trustees. The commencement ad-
dress was delivered by Rev. Charles
P. Connolly of Leavenw nth.
Money in Savings Bank.-The Bald
win school was one of the first in
Kansas to take up the school savings
bank. There has been nearly $500
deposited by the children of the first
four rooms of the Baldwin school DUR
ing the time it has been in use. Quite
sum has been withdrawn by pupils
who have moved away. We have at
present about seventy-f1ve depositors
Death From SmaIIpox.-One of the
first, if not the first death from
smallpox in Allen county, occurred
when H. H. Willis died of that dis
ease. He had been i'll for week or
more with it and the home was quar-
antined, but the day before his death
he was so improved that his parents
and relatives thought him out of dan
ger and left for their home in Bour-
bon county.
Buy the Caney Plant. - The Caney
glass plant, one of the largest window
glass houses of Montgomery county,
will start under new management. A
deal by which the plant is transferred
to a number of Coffeyville men has
been practically completed and at the
close of the present fire a number of
changes will be made in the equip
ment looking forward to the opening
of the plant next season.
LeaVenworth's Building Boom. -
According to Leavenworth lumber
dealers the biggest building boom
which has struck Leavenworth for
more than a decade is now in pro-
gress. Real estate agents and lumber
dealers are united in the statement
and they back the story with state
ments of their own business this
spring which is declared to be eclips-
ing anything known in this city for
the past ten or fifteen years.
Woodmen Hold Session.-A county
meeting of the twenty or more camps
of the Modern Woodmen located in
Sumner county were held at Yelling
ton. Public exercises were held at
Burford's rink, where Hon. E. A. En-
right, of Kansas City, Kan, one of
the directors of the head camp, ad-
dressed an immense audience on the
subject of fraternity. This was fol-
lowed bv secret work, a class of over
100 receiving the degrees of the Or
der.
For New City BuiIding.-Great
Bend is to have a new city building.
The bid for same was let to a Kansas
City contractor in the amount of $780,
900 and the building is now under
erection. No bonds were voted to
raise this amount as the cost of the
building will be paid out of the gen.
eral funds of the city. The laying of
| the corner stone will take place in
the near future. The exercises for
this occasion will be conducted under
the auspices of the Masonic lodge of
this city. City office holders Of early
days will be rendered an invitation
| to be present on this occasion. Among
them are A. A Hurd, of Topeka, first
mayor of Great Bend, and Samuel
Maher, of Kansas City, holding the
| office later.
For Ottawa Chautauqua.-The man
agement of the Ottawa Chautauqua
assembly has secured the original
Collier collection of drawings by the
! great illustrators for exhibition at the
assembly at Ottawa this summer. The
collection consists of the original
work Of Remington, Gibson, Frost
Kemble and other noted illustrators,
and is valued at 100000.
Colony Postoffice Robbed. - Word
comes from Colony that the postoff1ce
was entered and about $25 stolen and
the same night drug store was en-
tered and $3.50 taken. Two bottles
of morphine were also taken. This
has directed suspicion toward man
who has been loafing about the town
for some time and who is said to be
a morphine fiend.
| Supposed Suicide.-Mrs. Alpha c.
Rambo of Kansas City, Kan, aged 81