Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-01
It Happened p X a N S A S


For Farmers Institutes. C. A
McNabb, secretary of the Oklahoma
board of agriculture, has been au
thorized by the board to arrange fol
series of farmers institutes in In
dian Territory during September and
October.
Burial Association Suspends. -
Under pressure of the new state law
governing mutual burial associations
two Ottawa institutions operating on
the mutual plan and having a com
bined membership approximatine
1000 announce the necessity for sus
pension.
Interstate Mileage Book. - After
August "a the Rock Island will issue
5o0-mile tickets and mileage books
at the 2-cent rate, which will be &C
cepted in Kansas and Nebraska
These tickets will be accepted for
transportation to Kansas City and St
Joseph, Mo-, and to Council Bluffs,
Ia. In crossing the river at St
Joseph, Mo-, and Council Bluffs, Ia,
10 miles will be torn out of the mile
age books, which makes fiat 2-cent
rate.
Arrested a Dad" Nah. - Kinsley
officers arrested a harvest hand a
few days ago for carrying concealed
weapons, whose name is Simeon Hud-
son, alleged to be an Iowa ex-convict,
said to be a bad man and wanted in
wyoming and Nebraska for various
crimes. He was delivered to Sheriff
Miner, from Tecumseh, Neb., from
whom he had escaped last June,
shooting Sheriff Miner in the arm
while he was trying to arrest him. 2
How University Grows. - In 1880
the buildings, grounds and equip
ment of the University of Kansas
were valued at s251 900. There were
$500 books in the library. The
faculty numbered sixteen members.
The campus consisted of fifty acres.
At the present time the buildings,
grounds and equipment are valued
at $1,5O0,0O0. The library consists of
$4,000 volumes and $4,000 unbound
pamphlets. The number Of students
is 1.7S6.
Two Suspects Arrested.-Two farm
hands working near Edna were ar
rested and lodged in Jail at Oswego,
suspected of being the parties who
robbed and murdered o. J. Brown and
Otis Taylor on a Frisco freight train
in the western part of Labette coun-
ty. They gave the names of ]. P.
Sweeney, Scammon, Kas., and Bert
York, of Illinois. Edna is about
twenty miles from the scene of the
killing, and the two men sought work
there two days after.
Neosho County Out of Debt. -
With all its debts paid Neosho coun-
ty has $4,000 remaining to the cred
it of the general fund to pay the run
ming expenses of the county until
next November The total amount
raised by the present tax levy for
general purposes is something like
$41, 500 per year. The average ex-
pense of the county government and
making repairs and improvements is
about $4,000 per month. For several
years the surplus has been spent for
bridges.
Hasten Track mprovements.-J. l.
Sheppard, secretary of the Track
mems union, sent the board of rail
road commissioners an appeal to
hurry with all possible dispatch an
order relative to findings on his com
plant about the unsafe conditions of
the Missouri Pacific tracks in Kan
sas. 1t has been understood for sew
eral days that the board would make
no report. Frank Ryan stated that
the Missouri Pacific had promised to
make repairs at all places pointed
out by the commissioners.
Will Make Denatured Acohol. -
J. e. McDaniels, who has been the
king bee in the liquor business in cen
trail Kansas for several years past
and who now has almost as much
money as any other man in that part
of the state, has disposed of his bust
ness in Salina, and announces that he
will establish a denatured alcohol
plant in that city early next year.
Topeka Attorneys Disbarred. -
Judge A. w. Dana, of the district
court at Topeka, decided that An
thony p and A. P Tone Wilson were
guilty of unprofessional conduct and
ordered the license of the two mer
to practice law Cancelled. Theil
names will be stricken from the rolls
Of the attorneys of the state. Judge
Lee Monroe. who defended the viii
sons, intimated that an appeal will be
taken. The Wilson's were charged
with unprofesional conduct on nine
counts and found guilty on counts
one, three, four, eight and nine. Many
things, from an attempt to extor
money from Mayor Tom Johnson, o
Cleveland, to an assault upon r. A
Levitt, an attorney, was charged
against them.
Big Fire at PaoIa.-Paola suffered
$4,000 loss by fire. The half blocl
south of the southwest corner of th'
square is smoldering heap o
ruins:
Treasurer Draws For S287,51a. =
The state treasurer has drawn on thu
various county treasurers for a tota
of S287,51S, or twenty per cent of tn
tax money collected by the differen
counties last December. This draw
is based on an estimate made by tn
state auditor and is for the running
expenses of the state department
during the month of August.
Midsummer Madness.-It is a fac
that insanity cases are more frequen
in the summer than in the winter
The rule is bearing out this yea
from the daily reports received a
the ONCE of the Kansas state boar
Of control. For the month of June
insanity cases were reported, and TO
the first twenty days of July, 4i
Last summer June showed SO cases
and the first twenty days of July