Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-04-25
BREAKFAST Food .MlIl.-Kinrma

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to have another important industry
in the near future. Westfall & Son
have leased a building facing on the
new court house square, and have
ordered the necessary machinery
with which to operate breakfast
food and cereal mill.
HIT With Discus. The third
serious accident to attend the tract.
meets of the Wichita high school
occurred when John Hazelton one
of the students. was hit with dis
Gus that had slipped from the hand
of Drew Mccain. one of the contest
ants. breaking both the upper and
lower jawbone, knocking out three
teeth and cutting deep cash in the
boys face This discus rebounded
from Hazelton's jaw and struck
Professor Enfield, who was standing
nearby. slight blow in the face.
During the exercises in 1905
young girl was hit on the head with
a shot. The next year Harry SUIT
ton broke an arm by falling With
vau1ting pole.
Santa Fe Trail Markers. = 1t Is
probable that the markers will be
out the entire length of the Santa Fe
trail through Kansas by the middle
of May or June /. g. W. Martin,
secretary of the state historical So
ciety, has received word from all of
the twenty-five counties through
which the old highway passes. Rice,
Johnson and Douglas counties have
already placed their markers. Stones
have been shipped to Ford. Ed
wards, Wabaunsee, Lyon, Morris and
Marion counties, within the past two
weeks. In Morris county one mark
er will be set where the treaty was
made with the Indians for the right
of way through the country for the
trail.
Jury's Drag Net. The federal
grand jury, in session at Topeka adj
journed after returning thirty in
of these were the ones against H.
H. Tucker of the Uncle Sam Oil
Company: the three against
Eugene NJ. Caffry, pension attor-
ney of Hutchinson, and two against
an Eastern whisky distributor for
selling liquor in Kansas without d
government tax. The Caffry case
pertains to pension matters and in
diets not only the principal. but two
women notaries in his Office. and a
doctor. Caffry is a pension attorney
ut Hutchinson. He is charged with
| forging five pension vouchers. sign
ing seven pension checks and trans
hitting a falsely certified pension
paper There are twelve counts in
the fist two indictments. and are
each punishable by penitentiary
sentence. The third indictment
against Caffry is only punishable by
fine. Indictments in connection with
| the Caffry case are returned against
Miss Alpheus Walton and Belle
Low. They were notary publics in
Caffry's' office. The charge against
them Is making false notarial GER
tifcates to pension papers. The
fourth party involved is Dr. j.
Bartholow Darlington, charged with
| perjury in pension matters. The
notaries Cid not swear him when he
made afidavits. and then it is
charged he would take oath in a
deposition before the pension COM
missioner that he had been duly
sworn. This is penitentiary Of
Tense. Apropos of this case, ]. S.
Patterson. pension examiner. who
worked on the Caffry indictments,
said: The notaries of Kansas show
less regard for the law, in regard to
the oath in pension matters, than
any state in the Union
Meets Terrible Death. - Thomas
Wilson. aged IS. of Wichita, died in
a local hospital from disembowel-
ment Wilson was driving team of
horses near Goddard when the
horses became frightened and in at
tempting to run away broke the
buggy tongue. This stuck in the
ground and the sudden stopping of
the buggy threw Wilson out. He
landed on his stomach, tearing loose
the walls of the abdominal cavity.
Fire at Baker University.-One of
the largest buildings. of Baker uni
versity. known as the Rippey build
ing. caught fire and burned to the
ground between II and l o'clock
in the morning Besides the mems
and women's physical training de-
partment the building contained the
! nrpfo1 an1tQ0n nj
ment. At the church service re-
Gently $4,000 was raised to replace
the building. The Baldwin Com
mercial Club met in special session
and subscribed $1,000. The build
ing was insured for $4,000 The
total loss was 100000. Glass work
will proceed as usual and work viii
begin at once on a new building.
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of forty-one But at that there were
only GOO points between them and
the winners. The regular army
marksmen took first place. Kansas
will send twelve men this year to
Port Clinton, Camp Perry. O.. where
/ the match will be held in August.
These men will be picked at the
state contest, which will be held at
Fort Riley some time in June. 5
Mrs. Sage Gives $1,000. - The
widow of the late Russell Sage has
given $1,000 toward the Y. NJ. C. A.
and the Military prison at Fort
| Leavenworth.
A New Reformation.
Are we in for a new reformation?