Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-09-26

from the factories OF the STATE, Wnete
they have been employed, on account
of the violations of the child labor
laws.
State Treasurer's Report. - Tho
monthly examination of the state
treasury shows S4G3,s2O.59 in state
depository banks, s47, 574.45 in I'M
cancelled warrants and $3,797.56 In
cash. The general revenue fund has
S262, 6SS.55 and the permanent school
fund sS3,274.GS.
Big Mortgage Filed. The largest
mortgage that was ever fled in Sedg-
wick county was filed recently by the
Frisco railway at the Court House
in Wichita. 1t covers the entire
system of the railway and will be re-
corded in every county through
which the road passes. The mort
gage is for Sis, 100000.
Woman browns in a We!l.-Mrs.
]. N. Reeves, wife of farmer who
lives five miles southwest of Norton,
walked out of her house and failed
to return. A niece went to look for
her and found her body floating in a
we'll in the yard. No one knows
whether the drowning was an acct
dent or suicide. though the general
belief seems to be that it was the
former.
An Angry Wichita Woman.-Mrs.
Anna Young, of Wichita, who was ar
rested for running an alleged Joint"
attempted to horsewhip an Eagle
reporter, she installing him for
secret service man in the en-
ploy of the reform administration.
She broke her whip over the report
er's shoulders before he told her OF
her mistake. She vowed she will
horsewhip Mayor Graham on sight. 2
Paid s73 For Every Acre.-Farm-
ers in Nemaha county are acknowl-
edging in warmer terms every day
the superior money-malking powers
of F. D. Coburn's favorite crop. al
falfa. Ray Timberlake. of Centralia,
had 25 acres in alfalfa, from which he
got 16O bushels of seed. He sold the
seed for SO a bushel. In addition TO
this his hay from the same 25 acres
netted him SIS per acre. which
brought his total receipts from this
piece of land up to s73 an acre this
season.
Swedish Home at Clay Center. -
At the Swedish Methodist conference
held in Burlington. Ia, the Emanuel
home. a hcme for the care of aged
Swedish Methodists. was located 1t
Clay Center. The territory en-
braced in this conference includes
Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska
and Oklahoma, in which territory a
great many Swedes live. A home
costing much money and capable 'of
accommodating many old folks will
be built.
Booth Is Convicted. - The jury in
the murder case of ex-City Marshal
Charles Garner and R. D. Booth, at
Galena, returned a verdict for acquit-
tai for the former and found the lat
ter guilty of murder in the second
degree. The charge against Garner
and Booth was robbery and murder
of a secondhand dealer named L. c.
Prick in that city on the night OF
May 6. Prick was lured to an isolat
ed section of the city and robbed OF
$500. In resisting he was shot in the
neck and died a few days afterwards
In his dying declaration Prick impli
Gated Garner. Garner was arrested
on the charge about three weeks az
ter the expiration of his term as mar
shall.
Clay Center's Strange CAGE A
most remarkable case is that of Miss
Elizabeth Klein, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Klein, who lives six miles
east of Clay Center. from whose ap
pendix there was recently removed
an orange seed which had sprouted
and which had one root two inches
and six roots one-fourth of an inch
long.
Convicted Murderer Dies. - Rela
tives at Ottawa have received word
| of the death at the home of his faith
er, in Indiana, of Otto Inman, who
was convicted of the murder of Eliza
| Jackson, in this county. and sen
fenced to hang Gov. Hoch pardon
ed Inman six months ago upon hear
ihg that he was fatally stricken witt
| paralysis. The news of 1nman's par
don caused some commotion ir
Franklin county. Jackson was In
mans cousin and was shot as he lay
in bed, apparently for robbery and II
prevent his carrying out threat tt
| tell the authorities of the Indiana re
form school, from which Inman wa:
| paroled, that Inman was no tcemply
| ing with the terms of the parole.
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s65,6s6 From First National. -
The state has secured another divi
| dend from Receiver Bradley, of the
First National Bank of Topeka
amounting to sG5,6S6.7O. The state
had S550,OO0 in the bank at the time
it failed and still has s55,5S0.05 com
ing. The check yesterday was secur
ed by State Treasurer Tully. 1t d
unlikely that the state will get mucl
more from the sale of the Devlil
holdings but there is chance tina
it may be able to bring suit agains
! the bonding companies who backe'
More Gas at Augusta. - August;
has another gas well boom, and thu
last one sunk has prospects to out
class the other two.
Butler County Is First. - Butte
county ranks first of the counties il
| the state in the value of animals solt
for slaughter. and has for man!
years. Last Year the amount report
ed by the assessors was s3,114619, ;
gain of $1,0S9.441 over 1905. Butle
also ranked first in the number o