Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-07


Jury Could Not Agree. = After
being out for thirty hours and fail
ing to agree the jury at Wichita in
the case of ]. G. Oblander, the Ger
man boy, who is charged with
grand larceny, was discharged by
Judge Wilson. The crime of which
ObIander is accused is that of steal
ing team of horses from H. w
Wilkinson of Haysville, Kan.
Paramount Library Assured. =
The new $4,000 Carnegie library
for Paramount college at Wichita is
now assured, and work will be COM
menced on the excavations at once.
Word was received from President
Morrison few days ago that he had
succeeded in raising the $4,000 en-
dowment demanded by Mr.. Carnegie
before he would subscribe a like
amount.
Raid Wholesale Warehouse. -
ThrUe search and seizure warrants
were sworn out in Junction City for
the proprietors of a wholesale ware
house and two alleged joints. No
liquor was found in the warehouse
and very little was confiscated in
the joints. 1t was the first raid of
the kind that Junction City has
ever seen.
Explosion Wrecks Mill Office. -
The Office attached to the Forest
Park mill at Ottawa was completely
wrecked by an explosion of natural
gas, coming from leaking pipe.
Jonas Peterson, mill employee, en-
tered the office to light the fire. The
explosion followed and Peterson was
picked up among the debris, pain
fully, but not fatally injured.
Four Died This Winter.-Mr and
Mrs Ben Williams, living in Cam
bria township, Saline county. have
just lost their fourth child this win
ter of diphtheria. Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams are the parents of thir-
teen children. six of whom have
died from diphtheria and four from
other diseases. One died last sum-
mer from an injury received in a
runaway accident
Carrie Locates in Washington. -
Carrie Nation has decided to make
Washington, D. c.. her permanent
headquarters and has leased rooms
for term of five years at 217 D
street northwest. where she will re-
side and publish her monthly paper,
the "Hatchet." For the last few
years Mrs. Nation has made Guthrie,
Okla, her headquarters, but she
thinks she can conduct her work
better in Washington
Wants Their Addresses. - Adju-
anxious to obtain the address of all
the boys who served with the TWEEN
tieth, Twenty-frst. Twenty-second
and Twenty-third Kansas volunteer
regiments who served during the
Spanish-American war. Each of
them has been allowed a second or
duplicate pay for the number of
QdNS WHICH, -S6TNeu III IuS STATE
before being mustered into the Uni
ted States service. The amounts
due range from so cents to Sc per
man. AS yet there are something
near 5000 whose addresses have not
been learned. Any of these can. by
writing to Adjutant General ]. W. f.
Hughes. at Topeka. Kan, secure the
amount. In writing the applicant
should give present address. COM
pany in which he served and regi-
ment, voucher and an outline of his
case
Falling Tree Kills Man. - Peter
Collette, a well known farmer resid-
ing near Concordia, was struck and
killed by tree while telling tim
Der.
Refuses His Salary.-Senator Has
kell has refused to accept pay or
mileage for his services as a mem
Der of the present senate. He is
warden of the state penitentiary and
as such receives a salary from the
state. He believes that he is not en-
titled to two salaries and has mott
fed the secretary of the senate not
to make out any vouchers in his
name during the session.
Wichita CitideI Dedicated. - The
Salvation Army at Wichita have
dedicated their new building, the
first one in Kansas erected for and
by the Salvation Army. The new
building was erected at a cost OF
$1,000 1t is of brick, with electric
lights, gas and steam heat. 1t is two
stories high with an auditorium,
living rooms for the corps COM
hander. bathrooms and other con-
veniences. The lot on which the
building stands cost $4,000.
Says Homicide Was Unsuitable. -
At Wichita the jury in the case of
Corinne Miller, charged with killing
Will Morrow, brought in verdict of
not guilty. The defendant admitted
shooting her former lover. The de-
tense was justifable homicide.
Miner Killed by the cars.-While
walking along the Kansas City
Southern track William Deveise. a
miner employed at mine No. SO, of
the Central Coal and Coke Company
at Curranville. was run down by a
train and killed.
Salt Plant Abandoned. The
Solomon salt works is no more. 1t
was the leading salt works of the
state for many years. but salt min
ing made it improbable to produce
salt by evaporation. The lumber
was sold for s1,40O and the wells
will be abandoned.
Ashbaugh Succeeds Taylor. -
Governor Hoch has announced the
appointment of S. S. Ashbaugh. of
Wichita IN Succeed Carr w TovIo