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

the horses struck him. Both OF
Gardeners legs were broken and he
was injured internally.
Skull Fractured; Boy Dies. = Her
bert Meibach died at his home in
Powhattan. as result of being
thrown from a horse The boy
struck his head, causing a fracture Of
the frontal bone and back portion of
the skull. An operation was per-
formed, but he died in "a hours. He
was 16 years old and graduate of
the 'O7 high school class of Powhat-
tan.
Roped in 81 Seconds. = The big
steer roping contests for prizes
aggregating $3.50 took place at King
man recently. The four ropers MAX
ing the best time were Bright Drake,
Errick, o. T., time 81 seconds; War
rem Papan, Kaw City, o. T., 43 sec
onds; C. H. Johnson, Cedarvale,
Kas., so IL seconds; w. S. Bunnell,
Cedarvale, Kas., 1 minute Sam
Hayes, of Reno county, won the first
prize of SIS for broncho riding.
Burton Buys salina Paper. -
Former United States Senator 10
seph R. Burton, of Abilene, and L.
c. Housed and ]. H. Yetter, the lat
ter two connected with the business
Office of the Topeka Capital, have
purchased the Salina, Kas.. Union.
The paper will be made a daily and
Burton will take editorial charge
September 80. Mr.. Burton will con-
tinue to reside in Abilene and to
conduct the Home Rule there.
Trouble for Kansas Cows. = The
poor Kansas bessie COW is going 20
get hers" from the Kansas State
Board of Health. The health de
partment has located decision from
New Hampshire, where the supreme
court held that if the milk did not
measure up 3.25 butter fat that milk
is adulterated. 1t is up to the COW
to reach 1926 in the way of butter
fat or she will be promptly branded
"adulterated." Worse than that. she
will have to bear the label: my
product can only be sold for skim
milk"
Jury Appeals for convict.-The en-
tire jury that convicted Thomas Mar
but in Cherokee county last year Of
the murder of his step child and sent
him to the state penitentiary for
70 g.
Gov. Hoch to pardon Marbut because
they now feel uncertain of his guilt,
inasmuch as all of the evidence was
circumstantial. The assistant county
attorney who prosecuted the case
joins with the jury in the appeal. A
number of Cherokee county people
appeared before the, governor in be-
half of the pardon.
And Her Name Was Maud. -
John Porte. son of James Porter
living near Beloit, was the victim of
an accident that come near ending
seriously for him. He had entered
into a stall with a 2-year-old mule,
when the animal let fly with its hind
feet, catching the hapless young man
under the chin and putting him out
in the first round for the count of
ten, and then some. The mule wasn't
satisfied when it had its victim
down, and had not friendly hands
drawn John from out of the stall he
would probably have been killed AS
it was, he was in an unconscious
condition and remained that way
while DR.. E. E. Brewer treated his
decorations and it was not until the
next morning that he regained con-
seriousness.
Clay Co. Farmer Commits Suicide.
Malcolm McNeal, a farmer whose
home was in the southern part of
Clay county, killed himself with a
shotgun. He had been in poor
health.
Husband Shoots and kiIIs.-Char-
ley Owens, cement walk builder. of
Hutchinson, shot and killed "Tex"
Mullins. Santa Fe brakeman, in the
Santa Fe yards. Alleged attentions
PeA0 OS W wi .. ONCAS 10
sponsible for the shooting.
Wind Destroys the Tent. - Dur-
ing the progress of a revival in a
tent in Englevale. located fourteen
miles north of Pittsburg. a wind
storm struck the tent and injured
five people One person, Mrs. Nc
Caliater, is thought to be fatally in
jured She was struck on the head
by falling tent pole. Two children
were struck on the head by falling
tent poles and were badly injured.
and a boy named Bryan Smith was
rendered unconscious for several
hours. A son of DIR. finder. the
camp physician, suffered a fractured
leg. The tent was torn to shreds by
the wind.
Cattle Fever in Kansas. = Texas
fever among cattle has been report
ed to the sanitary live stock com
missioner and two state veterin-
arians have been ordered to investi-
gate.
Four Boys Drowned in Kaw.-Four
boys were drowned at Oakland, a
suburb of Topeka, in the Kaw river.
Their names are Earl Fleming. Char
les Fleming, Lauren Rankin and Har-
old Rankin. The boys were wading
in the river and got out Of their
depth.
Must Open dead" Cars. = The
railroad commissioners have issued
notice to the Pullman Sleeping Car
Company in Kansas to open all of
its cars going through Kansas. so
that if the remainder of the train is
crowded the passengers can find
seats in the Pullmans. The order
was made on motion of Commission
er Frank Ryan. 81 have frequently
noticed" said Ryan, dead sleepers
attached to loaded passenger trains.
Passengers were standing in the