Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-31

| nearly on schedule time In the lutuIe'
Agents have been cautioned to see
that the stops at stations are brought
to a minimum and that baggage and
express are to be ready for loading
when the train arrives
Trainmen Ask Readjustment.-The
Brotherhood OF Railway Carmen of
America have definitely decided to
ask for a readjustment OF the wage
scale on the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas It Is understood that the mat,
ter is to be taken up at once, the
demands formulated and presented to
the proper officials. In asking for the
readjustment there will be no demand
for an increase in wages. The effort
will be made to obtain better agree
ment with the company in regard to
time, the class of men who are to
be laid off when working forces are
reduced and in general to better the
conditions under which car men are
working.
Two Taliest Men In the State. -
During the last week two of the tall
est men to be found in the state. be-
yond a doubt, were in st. Johns Hos
pital in Leavenworth. One was the
circus man, who was run over by his
wagon and became infected with
lockjaw, and the other was George
V. Orr, who was discharged from
the hospital after being confined there
for several weeks on account of ty-
phoid fever. Parkinson is seven feet
and Orr is seven feet four inches tall.
Special beds had to be made for both
of the patients by placing two ordi-
nary beds together, foot to foot. When
Orr began to recover. he would stalk
about the halls of the hospital and
peer into the other patients rooms
through the transoms without stretch
ing his neck in the least
Beeswax Crop Startled Coburn. -
Leavenworth county produces many
times as much beeswax this year as
last. The figures sent to Secretary
Coburn by County Clerk Niehaus so
startled that gentleman that he felt
sure a mistake had been made and
wrote back and asked that the fig
ures be corrected. According to the
| figures submitted to Secretary Cob
urn. and they were correct, Leaven-
worth county produced 1000 pounds
of beeswax this year. OF this amount
LILO pounds came from Delaware
township. Last year Delaware town.
ship reported only 40 pounds. L. NJ.
Anderson of Delaware township re-
durin~ the year. or half of the coun-
tvs production. John Fleming had
co pounds and C. ]. Carlson so
pounds.
Child Burned to Death.-The home
of John Kelley, farmer living TWEEN
| ty-five miles northwest of Leaven-
worth. was burned to the gound and
n 2-year-old child persisted in the
flames. Mr. Kelley was probably IA
tally burned trying to save the child
Two boys are so badly burned that
they cannot live The fire started on
the second floor of the house. The
| father went to the room where the
youngest child was sleeping, but see
Ing that the rest of the family were
imprisoned in an adjoining room, he
laid down the child on the floor and
broke down a door and made an exit
for the imprisoned ones, but found on
his return to the room where the
babe was that it was filed with
flames and smoke. The piteous cries
of the child drove the father to fran
tic efforts, and he sustained terrible
burns in attempting a rescue. but
could not reach the child
| All Records Broken. The Santa
Fee railway broke all previous records
as to the largest number of people
ever hauled in a single coach, when
2S3 people were taken to the Wichita
fair in one car. This is an average
of ten passengers to each seat.
Application for Bond Registration.
Application has been made to the
supreme court for peremptory writ
of mandamus to compel Seth G.
Wells. auditor of state, to register
$4,000 worth of bonds issued by the
city of Bellev:lle.
Have Asked For Grand Jury. An
order was received by the county
clerk at Pittsburg from judge Arthur
Fuller. of the district court. for the
drawing of grand jury The order
was issued in pursuance of petition
signed by 41S taxpayers. mostly resi-
dents of Pittsburg. The people who
headed the movement to secure the
grand iurv declared that the object
ing to violations of the prohibitory
law. but investigate municipal affairs
III Pittsburg.
Did Not Buy Stolen Stamps.-C. T.
Lamster of Ottawa was acquitted by
jury in the United States district
court at Leavenworth of charge of
| buying stolen stamps.
| Big Fire at Syracuse. = The bust
ness section of Syracuse was badly
| damaged by fire. A number of stores
hotel. a rooning house and two res
| taurants were DESTROYED. The town
| was crowded Win ldHu SeeherS DIT the
time of. the fire and number of per-
sons were badly burned. but no lives
were lost Loss $4,000. Insurance
5000.
Feagans indictment Was Surprise
1.-The grand jury in the United States
District Court at Leavenworth re-
turned an indictment against Harlem
Feagens. deputy collector of interna,
revenue. The indictment charges
Feagans with embezzling $1,000 Of
government money, which was paid
in for license. Feagans has been an
employee of the revenue Office for Of
years and he ran the office for the
last Is years. The money taken by
Feagans has been restored and there
was surprise when ar irdictment was