Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-30
New Kansas Dental Examiner,

Oeen appointed MEMBER OF the
state board of dental examiners te
succeed NJ. ]. Hults, of Hutchinson. 2
Two Smiths Land Positions.--John
Smith, Of Marion, executive clerk to
Gov. E. w. Hoch,> has been selected
as secretary of the tax commission
at salary of $4,000 per year. Clar
ence Smith, of Topeka, was elected
clerk at $1,000 per year. They are
not relatives.
Gov Hoch Invited. Gov. E. W.
Hoch has received an invitation from
President Roosevelt to attend the
trip of the inland waterways COM
mission down the Mississippi river
this fall for the purpose of planning
legislation relating to the rivers
navigability,
No Clue to Bank Robbers. - The
Citizens State Bank OF North To-
peka, which was robbed of $4,000
was checked up at the request of
officers and depositors by w. S. AL
bright, assistant state bank com
missioner, who says the bank is in
splendid shape. The police have
found no clue to the robbery.
Boy Attacked by Horse. - Roscoe
the fourteen year old son Of John T.
Wood. of lola, was kicked in the face
by vicious horse and seriously, if
not fatally injured. The force of the
blow of the horses hoof rendered
the boy unconscious for twenty min
utes besides knocking six teeth out
and cutting his lower lip badly.
Kansas Girl to the Hague. - Be-
cause of her knowledge of interna-
tional law and precedents, Miss Mar
garet A. Hanna, Salina girl, has
been selected to accompany the
delegates of the United States to
the second Hague conference this
summer. She is the only woman In
the world so honored
State Calls For $4,000. - State
Auditor Nation is drawing on the
county treasurers for tax money be-
longing to the state. The amount of
the draw" is s144,O0O and is to de-
fray the expenses of running the
state government for the month of
June. The draw is for ten per cent
Of the tax money due the present
year. This makes a total of As per
cent for the eight months between
November l and July 1. It leaves SIS
per cent for the remaining four
months. The present draw is the
lightest made since November The
first was for Is per cent and the sec
ond was for 20 per cent
Grand Lodge Officers.-The annual
meeting of the grand lodge of
knights of Pythias adjourned at
Wichita after the following officers
for the ensuing year were elected
Sam Garrett. of Leavenworth. grand
chancellor; Ben E. Rively, of Kansas
City. Kas., vice chancellor: R. V. Bro
kaw, of Hiawatha. grand prelate;
Gus ]. Neubert, reelected grand
keeper of records AMI seals; A. c.
Jobes, of Wichita, grand master of
exchequer; Nv. V. Harper. of Galena.
grand master at arms; Charles Lit
tie of Scranton, grand inner guard ;
r. L. Barrick, of Salina, grand outer
guard. For supreme representative,
W. J. Duval, to succeed himself. and
NJ r,Y1r Of Tono0rItn 70
succeed w. A. S. Bird. Independence
was selected for the next meet
ing.
Pittsburg to Have a Y. M. c. A. -
A Y. NJ. C. A. with 700 charter mem
bers has been organized at Pittsburg.
1t is planned to erect a 100000 build
ing.
Mumps Among the Convicts. A
few days ago a number of prisoners
in the United States penitentiary be-
came swelled up about something
and DR. Yohe. the prison physician,
made an investigation. He found
that the men were afflicted with
mumps. In all there have been
eighteen cases. Most of these are
now convalescent.
Irvine Plant Closes Down. - The
Irvine plant of the Kansas penite1ti-
airy has closed down for an indefinite
period. The closing for the summer
is about a month earlier than usual.
| There are about three million pounds
of manufactured Irvine in the ware
house and unless the market picks
up considerable of this will have to
| be carried over. Owing to green
bugs and cold weather, the wheat
prospects are so poor many orders
for Irvine were cancelled in the last
ten days.
Reduisition Issued For Pise.-Gov.
Hoch has issued requisition for A.
T. Pigg, who is wanted in Topeka. on
several charges. including bond
stealing, bribery and violations OF the
prohibitory law. Pigg is under arrest
at Oakland, Cal.
Sixty-Seven Baptized.-As a result
| of a great revival meeting held by
Evangelist Voth, at Hilisboro, 67 per
sons accepted faith and were bap-
tized in the South Cottonwood river.
They all united with the Mennonite
Brethren church.
Held on Charge of Assault. w.
| Caldwell, arrested at Concordia for
alleged assault of Gladys Crag, Is
years old, was bound over to the dis
| trict court and is in jail He is a
business man of Republic City.
Heavy Fine For Wife Beaten. -
| Peter Peterson, of Garrett, was fined
$500 and costs by Justice Rice for
| cruelty beating his wife. She says
| they have been married 25 years and
that he has frequently abused her.
He will appeal the case to the dis