Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-16
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former husband at Wichita. After
the shooting Burkridge, who is a
negro preacher, ran away and shot
himself in the left side He will re-
cover The woman died in the hos
pital.
Escaped Prisoners RscaptureG. -
Tom Bradley and Frank Smith. ne
gro prisoners. who escaped from
Fort Riley by overpowering their
guards near the post where they had
been at work on road and binding
him, were retaken as they were AZ
tempting TO get off the reservation
by crossing Republican river
bridge.
| will Close Up Three Companies
| The trustees of the Devlin estate are
preparing to close up the affairs OF
three Devlin companies within forty
days. The three concerns are the
Devlin-Miller Coal Company. the
Crawford County Coal Company and
the Mount Carmel Mercantile Com
| pony. All oooClS III AiISoC NOAA~SA 49,
are to be sold May 10.
DereIict in Duty. Get No Pay
When Judge George ]. Barker be-
gan his term as mayor of Lawrence
he Immediately made requests of all
| city officials for reports in writing OF
| the business in their charge. The
mayor will make the Leading theme
of his administration the insistence
| that city officials do the duties re-
quired of them if they expect to
draw their pay.
Burton's Lecture Dates Arranged.
j. R. Burton has arranged to I'LL
| the following lecture tour: Topeka,
May 10; St. Joseph. May IA; Lincoln.
| Neb.. May 16; Leavenworth. May Is;
Lawrence, May 90; Emporia. May
81; Wichita. May %; Parsons. May
81: Chanute, May %; lola, May 90;
Pittsburg. May so; Joplin, June 5;
| Springfield, June 4; Sedalia. June ). 6
Victory For the "Drys."-The An
| heuser-Busch Brewing Company. one
of the eleven concerns against which
Attorney General Fred Jackson
brought proceedings has filed its an
swer in the supreme court, frankly
admitting that Il suit of custer may
be entered against it foThidding it to
transact business of any sort or char
acter within the borders of the state
of Kansas. and expressed its willing
ness to withdraw.
Four Suicides in a Week.-Within
a week Pittsburg was the scene Of
four suicides. as follows: Apr'l %
Mrs. Daisy Richardson, drank car
bolic acid; May G-Mrs. Ida NJ. King,
jumped into cistern; May Miss
iona Stanley. drank carbolic acid:
May 7-despondent because of the
death other father and sister in loss
than d year. Miss Stanley aged 81
years. drank carbolic acid and died
from the effects about three hour
afterwards.
Will Make Flour in Russia-Isaac
A. Welk, a miller at Haven. will
leave soon for Southern Russia.
where he will erect a -four mil and
equip it with American machinery.
He will build it himself. Mr. Welk
is a Russian by birth, but has lived
in America for years and has made
money in the milling business. He
sees a far better opportunity. how
ever, TO operate a mill in Russia,
with up-to-date American equip
ment.
Receivers Will Rent It.-Ten thou
sand dollars worth of property be-
longing to the Val Blatz and Pabst
Brewery Companies was taken pos
session of by Receivers Carver and
| Whitcomb when they visited Wich-
ita. They put signs on the building
| and placed it in the hands of local
real estate firm for rental purposes.
They found no liquor or bar fix
| lures.
Chicago Banker for Federal Prison.
Another banker has joined the
force at the United States psnitenti-
airy at Leavenworth. He is Charles
H. Thornton, former note teller of
The Hamilton National Bank of Chi
cago, who embezzled funds of the in
stitution amounting to 1925. He
will serve five years.
Fatally Injured in Runaway. -
Mrs. William Linn, aged GO, was IA
| tally injured in a runaway Mr.. and
Mrs. Linn had been to Emporia to
see the circus and were returning to
their home, two miles west of town,
when the accident occurred MI
Linn was rendered unconscious, but
he is out of danger.
New G. A. r. Commander.-At the
meeting of the Grand Army at To-
peka, r. A. Campbell of Hutchinson,
was elected commander. Kansas
City, Kan, was chosen as the rext
meeting place.
Eleven Joints Are Raided. - Elev-
en- Galena saloonmen who We're OPP
Grating upstairs joints in opposition
W SOuHly aIIOlhCy NnOl San recent
order to discontinue business were
arrested by the attorney and Il
squad of Galena policemen. A small
quantity of beer and whisky was
seized and destroyed.
Kansas Is Derelict. Governor
Hoch has received notice from Eli
hu Root, secretary of state. inform
ing him that the state of Kansas is
not complying with the provisions of
the treatF between Italy and the
United States, which requires local
officials in the states TO notify the
Italian consul of the death CT sub
jects of King Victor Emmanuel with
in their respective jurisdictions 1t
means that every time an Italian
dies in this state the Italian govern