Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-07-19

Home City by being struck IN Ine
head by a westbound freight train.
He had fallen asleep while sitting on
the depot platform and did not hear
the incoming train and one side of
his head was crushed in, killing him
almost instantly. He was member
of bridge gang. He leaves wife
and two children.
"Made Good" in New York. -
Miss Alice Robe, of Lawrence, who
is on the New York World, is writ
ing feature stuff about the Thaw case
for that paper and column after
column of illustrated stories on the
case and it's many points are being
written by her as assigned feature ar
ticles. Miss Robe has made good
on the World and is one of the trust
ed members of the staff of that pa
per:
More Inspectors. - The local force
of the United States bureau of animal
industry is to be increased at the
Wichita packing houses as result of
the recent act of congress providing
for additional packing house and
stock yards inspectors. The new en-
ployes will probably begin work Mon
day. At present there are four in
spectors, three taggers and one stock
examiner. The new men are to in
spect the product after. it is cured.
Result of Reading Dime Novels. =
Earl Robinson, 14-year-old boy who
was arrested in Pittsburg while try
ing to dispose of a team and wagon
which he had stolen from a farmer
for whom he was working near COT
feyville, owes his downfall to dime
novels. His pockets were full of
cheap sensational dime novels and it
seems that yellow-back literature
was his constant companion. Robin
son stole the handsome matched team
of Abner Green.
Indians Give Roy Slower Sword
When Roy Slower, of lola, graduates
from the naval academy at Annapolis
he will be given a handsome sword
by the Ponca Indians in token of
their esteem for him and it will
doubtless be highly priced for him.
Roy Leroi Slower was the second
white child born at the Ponca Indian
agency and he was named after two
prominent men in that country, an
Indian named Roy and United
States marshal named Leroi. 1t is
believed that he is the first native
born Oklahoman to graduate from
Annapolis.
Busy State of Kansas. - w. L. A.
Johnson, secretary of the State So
ciety of Labor and Industry, has col
lected statistics showing the advance
ment Kansas has made in industrial
lines since 1900. The report shows
that the greatest amount of money in
vested in the packing business and
that there are now twenty-five pack
ing houses in the state as compared
with fourteen in 1900 The capital in
vested in the business is $25 ,000,0O
as compared with $16,O00,000 in 1900.
The value of the products of all of
the plants for the year 1905 was $780,
100000, an increase of $20,OOO,00O in
five years. This industry gives en-
ployment to 1862 men. Milling is
second in Importance among Kansas
industries. There are 354 mills in
the state, a decrease of. three since
1900. The capital invested has in
creased from 100000 to 100000
since 1900. The industry gives en-
ployment to 1881 men. The follow
ing industries rank in the order
named in the state: Railroad car
shops, zinc, smelling, butter and
cheese making, printing and publish
ing, foundry and machine shops,
brick and tile making, bakeries, soap
and candle making and salt manu-
featuring. The thirteen leading in
dustries of the state comprise 6S.S
per cent of the industries of the
state, and the 95,41O employees draw
SIS, 1850 a year in wages. The
value of the products of all the fac
tories of the state is s197, 100000
year as compared with $145,000 in
1900.
Is Held For Killing Thug. -
George Dennis, the police officer
who shot Ben Tines, negro, at the
Santa Fe depot in Wichita a week
ago, was bound over to the October
term of the district court He gave
bond in the sum of $4,000. Tines
died at the hospital the day after the
shooting Dennis was arrested on
warrant sworn out by Olga Morgan.
a sister of Ben Tines.
Neosho Survey to Begin. = Con-
gresham Scott has received word
from the department at Washington
that a corps of engineers is being got
ten together to take up the work of
making a preliminary survey of the
Neosho river and that they will like
ly begin. their work about the mid
die of July. Mr.. Scott has worked on
this idea for some time and secured
the appropriation of $4,000 for the
expense of the survey. The engi-
neers will make survey of the
Neosho from Emporia to the state
line and from their report the people
living along the river can learn
where to build dykes and where the
channel should be Strengthened so as
to minimize the flood danger.
Broke Her Neck. = Mrs. Tom Edg-
mond, the young wife of farmer re
siding five miles northeast of Col
umbus, was thrown from her buggy
while driving home, and her neck was
broken, she dying soon after
Murdered His Wife's Paramour. =
"Wellie" Parks is in Jail in Kansas
City charged with the murder of
Perry Corbin. Parks shot Corbin in
the Owl pool hall. He fired four
shots at his victim. Parks disappear
ed and walked in a roundabout way
to police headquarters.