Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-10

Railroads "come Through" =
Commencing with October 8, any
Kansan can ride on any Kansas rail
road for cents per mile, with the
| privilege of a seat in a Pullman fol-
one cent per mile additional.
Storm Destroys Houses. = The
western part of the state was visited
by severe storm last week. At Nc
Alester tornado ragged, tearing
| down number of houses and uproot-
ing trees. At Grainfeld more than
two inches of rain fell, accompanied
by hard hail, heavy wind and Sc
we're lightning. A number of small
houses were damaged at Salina.
Judge Dale Won't Accept. =
Judge D. M. Dale, who was offered
the place made vacant on the tax
commission board by the death OF
Judge Humphreys, will not accept
When asked about it he said he
| would let Gov. Hoch make known
why he declines. 1t is understood
however; that Judge Dale thinks he
would be making too big sacrifice
| financially.
Water Suit Rehearing. - After a
conference between N. H. Loomis, F.
Dumont Smith and Attorney General
Jackson it was decided to file a petit
ton in the United States supreme
court for rehearing on the Kansas
Colorado water suit. The only point
that it shall be clearly defined that
| if damages accrue to Kansas inter
| ests, redress can be had.
$500 for Spanish War Vets. -
There is still $4,000 in the fund grant
ed by the federal government for ex-
ira pay to the men in Kansas regi-
ments who took part in the Spanish,
American war. There are four of
these regiments and the total amount
of the fund was $4,000. This money
was turned over to Adjutant General
]. w. F. Hughes a year ago and he
has been distributing it as rapidly as
possible. There were 1922 men to be
paid off originally and there are
1000 of them left. The adjutant gen
eral has used every ordinary means
to get this money distributed and will
take a new tack now. When these
men enlisted they were required to
leave the name and address of their
| nearest relative. The adjutant gen.
eral is preparing a circular letter
copies of which will be sent to the
nearest relative of each of the 1000
men who have not been paid. All of
the amounts left are small. The lar
gest is S9.SS.
Much Money In Kansas. - De
posits in Kansas banks have increas-
ed S20,000,000 in the past year, &C
cording to the official "call' state
ment given out by Bank Commits
sioner Royce. Individual deposits,
which represent the deposits of indi-
viduals and not that of banking in
situations, one year ago were: In
state banks. s66,550, 343.77; in nation
al banks, s5S,267, S05.G9; total, s124,-
S1S,149.46. At the present time indi-
vidual deposits are: In state banks,
+, 9,242, 744.67; in national banks,
$64,977, 74404; total $144,220,51S.71
showing an increase in one year OF
S20,000,000 The banks of Kansas
are not only able to care for, ali local
demands for money, but are furnish
ing about $15,000,000 to the CONNER,
cial enterprises outside of the state.
Despite this unusual condition, the
legal reserve is well up, that of state
banks being Al per cent which rep
resents large margin above the re.
quirements of the law.
Trying to Gust a Prosecutor. - C.
W. Whorrall and E. P. Rochester, of
Scott City, appeared before Attorney
General Jackson, at Topeka, with a
petition signed by 100 Scott county
residents asking Mr.. Jackson to re-
move from Office L. S. Boyer. the
county attorney of Scott county. The
charges against Boyer are immoral
conduct and incompetency. Attorney
General Jackson said he will take
some action in the matter.
Robbed Two Safes. Robbers
dynamited the safe at the postoflce
at Cheney and secured $35. The
building was wrecked and many valu
able papers destroyed. About thirty
minutes before the postoffice safe
was robbed the thieves dynamited the
safe at the Santa Fe railroad station
and secured $40. The charges were
touched off in the midst of heavy
thunder storm and the people of the
town did not know of the depreda
ton until four hours afterward. Nc
trace of the robbers has been discov
cred. Cheney is located sixteen miles
west of Wichita and has a population
of 800.
Million More for Schools. = Kan
sas will have spent something like q
million dollars for school houses and
| school improvements by the end Of
! the year according to the amount Of
board of education bonds that have
been purchased by the school fund
commission.
| Pardon for Orvllle Finch. = Gov
Hoch has pardoned Orville w. Finch
of Garden City, from the penitentiary
Finch was sent up for burglary. He
is hunchback and is suffering from
what appears to be a fatal illness. !
|
Analysis in TWO Weeks. = DR.
John Freeman. one of the chemists
appointed by the federal court tt
analyze the contents of the stomach
of the body of L. H. Perkins, ha:
stated that probably two more weeks
will be necessary to complete tht
work of the commission. Perkin.
| fell from the roof of his house II