Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-05
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

School Books by Carload. = Forty
carloads of school books have been
received in Topeka to be distributed
over the state in conformity with the
changes recently made by the state
text book commission.
Two Killed by Cavern. A Sec
ton forty feet long. ten feet wide
and four feet thick of the roof at
No. Is shaft of the Central Coal and
Coke Company, at Weir City, drop
ped, burying Robert Hardy and VIII
liam Wallace and killing them IL
stantly.
Gun Kills in Queer Way-While
chasing crippled rabbit after shoot
ing it once, P. A. Brewer. pioneer
citizen of Grimes, stumbled and fell
upon his gun, the. barrel penetrating
the abdomen and inficting injuries
from which he died a few hours
later.
Body in School House Attic.-The
badly decomposed body of man
was found in the attic of the Pan
cake school house, northwest of
Overlook, by, punkards, who gath
cred at the school house to hold re-
! ligious services. A rope about the
neck of the body indicated that he
had died of strangulation.
Mrs. Nation Fighting Mssons. -
Mrs. Carrie Nation has announced
that she has started a crusade
against the Masons. 1.-The Masonic
lodge is the greatest enemy to the
government we have today" she
said. She is waging war on the or
der through the columns of her pa
per, The Ratchet, as well as with her
tongue
Minister Drops Dead.-Rev. B. D.
Conkling. of Lyons, died while out
with some friends for walk. Heart
failure is supposed 10 be the cause
of death. He had preached in the
morning at the Presbyterian church
and was in his usual health. He
was a brother of Clark Conkling, edi-
tor of the Lyons Republican. He
served the city of Lyons as its
mayor
I Woman Struck by Train.-Mrs. c.
A. Turney, wife of the field superin-
tendent of the United States Sugar
and Land Company, for the Deer
field district, was struck by the en-
CINE of Santa Fe passenger train No.
8. at Deerfield, and instantly killed.
She started to cross the track in
of hn in xrrhi in
faster than she calculated, and was
caught before she got off the track. 6
Would Mean New Speaker - Ii
Gov. Hoch should call a special SEES
sion of the legislature it would mean
that new speaker of the house CT
representatives would have to be
elected. since Speaker J. S. Simons
of the last regular session has
moved from Lane county, from
which he came as a representative,
to Hutchinson. That would also
mean a new lot of committees. since
time has proven that speaker does
not hold over old committees, but
appoints same conforming to his
own ideas and wishes.
Kan. Hen Breaks Worlds Record.
Mrs Harry Carpenter. young
farmers wife near Sabetha, was re-
Gently surprised by one of her old
hens walking up to her with a brood
of % newly Matched chickens. The
hens had laid eggs in private, i'm
promptu in the adjacent woods and
this motherly old hen had sat on the
whole twenty-five eggs and brought
them all safely out of the shell. 1t
is possible, chicken raisers say, to
raise sixteen chickens at a setting,
although thirteen eggs are consider
ed big. setting. 1t is unheard of to
bring out % chickens at one setting.
Every chick is hearty.
Making Money Fast. = The brew
ents of another big check last week.
The three got $3.50 from the An
heuser-Busch Company and $1,000
from the Dick Bros. Brewing Com
pany. This represents their pay.
The costs were exclusive of this
sum.
Truancy Officer Sues coffey Co.
County Truancy officer Henry Jack
son has brought suit in the District
Court at Burlington against the
board of county commissioners of
Coffey county praying judgment for
SAC with interest at per cent from
May Z, 1907. The case brings up
several questions. there being very
little if any dispute as to the facts.
The commissioners turned down Mr..
Jackson's bills for % days spent at
Office work, writing letters, etc. the
bill having been o. KID by County
Superintendent Lane. Mr. Jackson
insists. that the bill was just, that
the work had been done under the
direction and at the request of the
county superintendent and that he
was entitled to the money.
Narrow Escape for Boys. - ]. d.
Kramer. city clerk of independence,
! by an exhibition of bravery and
prompt action saved the lives of two
little girls from a watery grave in
| IHe NerulSTlS river TluHSluS luIO
the stream without removing any of
his clothes he brought safely to the
bank the young daughters of Harvey
Huffman, barber, and Mr. Wellers.
carpenter. who, with their families,
/ were camping on the river for a week.
! Sensational incidents were connect
| ed with the rescue of the children
] from the treacherous stream.
mans. fully equipped. went through
entirely empty The Pullman COM
pany was given thirty days in which
to comply with the order, after
which. if it is not obeyed, formal
complaint will be filed.
! AccidentIy Shot Himself. = Rich
| ard Fallee, young man about II