Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-04-11
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Work Of Colonial Danes.

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the old brick church at jamestown.
Va. whose half-ruined, ivy-mantled
tower was still standing. The ar
! chitects, Samuel H. Yonge of Wash
ington, and E. H. Wheelwright of
1 Boston, under the direction of Mrs.
/ Jarrett Wendell, chairman of the
! committee, after studying the old
church al Smithfield and contem-
porary churches of similar size in
England. have succeeded in repro
!sducing. at a cost of ten thousand
dollars, the ancient building, with
! its fine window of Jacobean Gothic
tracery. A tablet will be placed il
the church with the following iu-
scription:
This Building is erected by the
National Society of Colonial Danes
of America
| To Commemorate thea
three hundredth Anniversary OF
the landing of the
First Permanent English Settlers
upon American Soil.
1907. The 18th of May. 1907.
Oluer mSmOTldl CdDlelS are 10 De
placed in the building. There will
be one in memory of Captain John
| Smith, one in memory of Lord De
La War, and one in memory OF Will
/ liam Claibourne.
/ The Danes will present the
church to the Society for the Pre-
servation of Virginia Antiquities on
May 18th.
| A Colonial Exhibit to the James
town Exposition is being collected
by the Danes throughout. the coun-
try. The Exposition Company has
given the Danes a large room in 4
fire proof building. with cases, az
tendants and every needful security
for the display of precious heir
! looms and interesting and beautiful
objects of Colonial date. such as
cid silver plate. buckles, spoons.
pewter ware. brass ware, miniatures,
embroiderics. laces. brocades, fans,
jewelry. books. manuscripts, etc,
etc. Every object loaned must be
of authentic date, prior to July /,
177G, us the Danes do not trench
upon the ground of the Daughters
of the American Revolution The
Colonial Danes who have kindly
consented to act as custodians If
relics collected in Kansas for this
exhibit are as follows:
Mrs. John j. ingalls,, Oak Ridge
Atchison.
Mrs Howard Dunlap, Emporia.
Mrs. william B. Brownell, Law
renee.
Mrs. Edward B. Purcell. Manhat.
tan.
Mrs. Nathan F. Handy, Topeka.
Mrs. William S. Human, Wichita
Families having heirlooms which
they would be proud to exhibit will
please communicate with one of the
above ladies.
1t is also desired that May 18th
the three hundredths anniversary
of the landing of the English at
jamestown, be celebrated through.
out the United States. The govern.
or and state superintendent of pub.
lie instruction of Kansas have given
the project their cordial commenda-
ton, and it is hoped that high
schools, colleges, patriotic societies
and study clubs will note the day
with appropriate exercises. A bib.
biography of the subject will be fur.
nished upon request by Miss
Clough, Paramount College, WITCH.
tia, chairman of the jamestown Day
Committee.
Silver Set Will Be Exhibited. -
The $4,000 silver set for the battle
ship Kansas is going to have an ex-
cursion over the state. 1t will be
exhibited in stores in a number OF
towns.
He Fell Sixty Feet. - Charles
Swanson, foreman of the timer
workers at the lola Portland ce
ment plant, was badly injured and
barely escaped death by falling from
the top of the 60 foot steel building
at the cement plant into the grind
ing pit. His injuries consist of sew
eral broken ribs, a badly sprained
back and serious bruises on differ
ent parts of his body
Nets of VioIaters Seized.-Deputy
Fish Warden MCGOWAN. who has
been in Butler county for week
looking after the violaters of the
fish laws, secured one net three
hundred feet long. another $50 feet
and several smaller ones, and sew
eral arrests may follow. Game
Warden Del Travis is bound to stop
the illegal catching of fish and the
people of the entire state are in
hearty accord with him.
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oped against Schneck, and the man
upon whom Schneck relied for his
alibi in the murder charge is now
awaiting trial for completely in the
hog stealing.
Food inspectors at Work. - The
school of instruction for the new
deputy food inspectors which Dr. S.
J. Crumbine, secretary of the state
beard of health conducted. closed
last week and the five inspectors
commenced work in the various
parts of the state The territory
has been divided equally among the
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lin. who had a shotgun, ordered him
to halt. Instead of obeying the man
! ran and Champlin fired both barrels
The fleeing man halted and shot
Champlin twice with revolver
who died without speaking. Atchis
on county has offered reward OF
500 for the arrest of Reed.
Hog Cholera Prevalent. Cholera
has wrought great havoc with the
pedigreed Poland-Chin hogs of Ben
! Bell of Beattie. Two teams were
needed to haul off the dead hogs
Mr.. Bell had one of the finest herds
man who had intercepted them was
Harry Anderson. The shot took eff