Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-31

killed Wolford Frost at Chautauqua
Springs during drunken brawl in
January 1906. Magee was tried 1T
the last term of court and convicted
of second degree murder, but was
granted a new trial.
| Salesman Slabs a conductor.-Af-
ter quarreling over a street car trans
fer it is alleged that A. w. Brewer, a
travelling salesman followed Frank
Curtis, street car conductor at To
peka, almost a mile and stabbed him
several times with knife. The in
juries are serious. Brewer notified
the police that he would give himself
! up.
Song to Bring Him $500. = Woo
ing the muse in Kansas. while en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits, is not
a common occurrence, but c. NJ.
Stevens, young farmer of Agricola,
a small town two miles west Of Wav-
erly, while industriously turning
over the fertile sod preparatory to
! fall wheat sowing, composed verses
| for which, set to music, he is offered
$500.
Need Cars For Broomcorn. = Com
plant from many portions of the
state have been made to the railroad
commissioners that cars cannot be
secured to handle the broom corn
crop in Kansas. The crop this year
will be about 10000 tons, a 10000 ton
increase over last year. Kansas and
Oklahoma produce about. three-quart.
ers of the total crop of the United
| States.
Uncle Sans Secretary Released
H. H. Tucker, Jr., former secretary
treasurer of the Uncle Sam Oil Com
pany. has been released from the
county Jail at Leavenworth after
serving a three months sentence for
contempt imposed by Federal Judge
w. C. Hook. Tucker says he will
Immediately try to straighten out the
tangled affairs of his company and
try to have it taken out of the
hands of ]. C. o. Morse, receiver.
Hurled Man to Death. - The first
| fatal accident has occurred at the
United States Portland Cement
plant at Yacemento. Addie Lee, a
cement worker. fell from the scat
folding in one of the upper stories
and died f1fty-one minutes from the
| time he was picked up. He and an
other man were working near the
ceiling of one of the rooms when the
plank upon which he was standing
| broke.
Robbers Get Big Haul. - Three
mashed men entered the Missouri
Pacific at Fl Dorado, bound and
blind-folded F. w. Abbott, the op-
orator, robbed the safe of over $4,000,
and in making their escape took Mr..
Abbott with them to a point three
miles in the country, where they
turned him loose, while they drove
| away in the darkness. No clue has
as yet been obtained by the officers
or detectives for the railroad COM
pany.
oswsgo Burns the Bonds. - Ten
thousand people of Oswego city and
township Joined in a celebration
there recently Bonds representing a
principle of 100000 and extending
over the past quarter of a century
were burned amid patriotic speeches
and thanksgiving. The destruction of
Oswego's indebtedness recalls
story of hard luck. The people voted
a big issue of railroad aid bonds. and
nearly 100000 more for two bridges
across the Neosho river, which were
never built because the company to
which the bonds were issued went in
to bankruptcy when the work was
just begun.
Dalton Going Back to Prison. - It
has been ascertained upon reliable
authority that Gov. Hoch will let EN-
met Dalton return to the Kansas
state penitentiary. and then, if he
pardons him, it will be from there.
Dalton was let out to have his
wounded arm operated upon. The
doctors gave it successful attention.
Heavy pressure is being brought 10
bear upon the governor from many
sources to let Dalton go, and there
is little question but that it will be
done
Appreciate Kansas Methods. - Ed
win Hall, secretary of the Agricul-
tural and Pastoral Association Of
Auckland, New Zealand, writes 10
the Kansas board of agriculture for
additional copies of its reports, and
in the course of his letter says:
Your publications heretofore receiv-
ed have been of much service to me
in dealing with agricultural matters
in this colony. Our members speak
in the highest terms of your works,
which they consider to be amongst
the most useful and instructive of
any they receive from any part Of
the world
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Fear the Army Worm.-John Bak-
err. state sanitary live stock commits
sioner. stated that the farmers In
Central Kansas are much excited
over the presence of the army worm,
which is killing alfalfa. Farmers
are everywhere cutting their alfalfa"
! said Mr.. Baker ''The amount now
destroyed by the insects is large
Another Drowned in the Kaw.s.-,-
Professor Charles Woodbury.. aged
25 years, formerly teacher in the
high school at Lincoln, Neb., who re-
Gently began a postgraduate course
Hartford Citizen Killed in X. c. =
Joseph A. Collins, II years DID, a
contractor of Hartford. fell from the
east end of the. intercity viaduct, at
Sixth and Bluff streets. in Kansas
City, Mo. He died a few hours
later.
Fatally Burned With Gasoline. =.
Miss Anna Green was probably IA
tally burned at the home of her faith
.er, N Burlington, and has very little
chanca of r,covorv Che MOE oara