Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-10-18

for the ballasting gang stood. The
men were asleep under cars when the
freight collided with them.
Sedan Bank Has Reopened. - The
Peoples h,ational Bank of Sedan,
$4,000 of whose funds were filched
supposedly by Otto Z. Stollard, the
absconding cashier. was reopened
for business on October Is. J. T.
Bradley. national bank examiner,
who has had charge of the bank since
the discovery of the shortage, super
vised the opening. The missing
cashier has not been apprehended.
Fell Into Well and Was Drowned.
The little son of Judge and Mrs
Burr, residing near Dunlap, fell into
well and was drowned. The acct
dent was witnessed by a number of
people, but they were unable to get
the child, which was nearly two years
old, out until life was instinct. The
child was playing with several other
children when it stumbled and fell
into the well.
Inventor Kills Himself. Stephen
d. Hobson, for many years resident
of Stafford, committed suicide by
shooting himself with a small rifle.
He was an inventor of considerable
note and practiced greet deal be-
fore the patent Office for others as an
attorney. He had been acting in a
strange manner for several weeks
and there is no known cause for the
strange deed other than an unbal-
anced mind.
Veteran of Army Commits Suicide.
Private John West of Company B,
Eighteenth infantry, committed sui
eide at Fit. Leavenworth by cutting
himself twice in the throat with a po-
tato knife. West was disconsolate
and had acted queer since returning
was 10 years old and was a native
of Henry county, Indiana. He was
member of Company B for % years
and was one of the veteran regulars.
Women Reflect Officers. - Before
adjournment in seventh annual rect
ing, the Fifth District Federation of
Womens Clubs, at Junction City. re-
elected the officers of the previous
:; ar. They are: Mrs. Catherine
Hoffman. Enterprise. president; Mrs.
C. K. Raber, Junction City, first vice
president; Mrs w. w. Story. Clay
Center, second vice president: Mrs.
H. W. Greeley. Manhattan, recording
secretary: Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, Her
ington, treasurer; Miss Shorer, Clyde,
auditor
Wanted For Bigamy. "A telegram
has been received by the officers at
well. wanted in Labette county on a
charge of bigamy, has been captured
in New York city, and that in at
tempting to elude the officers he fell
beneath q street car and is seriously
injured. Bagwell is about &c years
of age, but has two wives, both of
whom he married in Labette county.
One of them lives at Vinita, |. T., at
present and the other in Morrilltown,
Ark. He has been a fugitive for three
years. He was located once teaching
in a high school in Washington, and
left the night before the officers ar
rived, but was later captured in st.
Louis. He escaped again and was
traced to New York. He will be
brought to Labette county for trial if
his injuries do not prove fatal.
Schools Closed by Diphtheria. -
Two of the large ward schools in
Emporia have been closed on account
of an epidemic of diphtheria.
Old Han Suicides. John Carlson,
who lives about four miles northeast
of Reading, committed suicide by
hanging. He used baling wire and
hung himself in an old stone barn
near the house. Mr.. Carlson was
about 20 years old and leaves a wife
and married daughter and son. The
son was adjudged insane last spring
and is now in the asylum. The worry
over this is thought to be the cause
of the suicide.
Dewey's One More Chance. -
Chauncey Dewey, Ed Mcbride and
CLYDE Wilson, the alleged murderers
of the Berry family in the Rawlins
county feud, will be given another
chance to clear their names. The su-
preme court has granted them a re-
hearing of their case brought to Sc
cure a dismissal with prejudice to
future action" of the murder charges
hanging over them. The supreme
court at previous session refused
to order the case dismissed with
prejudice"
Killed on a Grade Crossing. - An
drew Tankersley, about 43 years old,
and eigher at the Stewart poultry
house N Concordia, was struck by an
engine and died about an hour later.
Although badly mutilated, the man
never lost consciousness until death.
IIe leaves a widow. son and daught-
er.
Loses Both Legs. Henry Tines,
an employee of the Missouri Pacific
railway dl "oo iNh O'Ci ~
a company locomotive and both of
his legs were cut off. 1t is thought
that he will recover.
His Foot Crushed by the Cars. -
Logan E. Dillman. residing at Os-
borne, fell from a Central Branch
train at the depot and had his right
foot crushed by the cars. rendering
amputation necessary. He will re-
cover.
Dropped Dead. - A destituted,
friendless and unknown man dropped
dead in the waiting room of the Rock
Island depot at Wichita. From his
weakened physical condition he ap-
parentIy was afflicted with consump-