Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04

rick Coyne, a retired farmer living at
Florence, was struck by the Santa Fe
California Limited and instantly kill
ed
Fell and Broke His Neck. = E. R.
Lowe, an old settler near Peabody,
was instantly killed While driving
team with load of hay the team
ran away and he fell off the load.
breaking his neck.
Organize Against Autoists.-Farm-
ers in the Potter neighborhood are
organizing an automobile associa-
ton, the object of which will be to
see that a farmer gets fair show
when he meets An automobile
Fatally Injured in a Tornado. = A
tornado at Seminole, six miles south
of Coffeyville. demolished the house
of Q. Lett, farmer. and fatally in
jured two of his young children. The
storm did no other serious damage.
Condemn Burial Associations. -
The Kansas updertakers before con
Guiding their State convention at
Leavenworth decided to meet in
Kansas City next year. and resolu-
lions were adopted condemnine
burial associations.
A Gambler Fined $25o-"Big Bill
McArter. who brutally assaulted
George B. Harrison, editor of the
Evening Telegram. at Garden City
was fined $3.50 by Judge w. H
Thompson. of the district court. The
case was tried before jury which
verdict of guilty as the assault was
admitted.
Signal Device Nets Him 100000
Judd Shoecraft, of Eskridge, has sold
a signal patent to the Santa Fe Rail
road Company for 100000 This is
not the first patent that Mr.. Shoe
craft has secured and sold. He was
partly responsible for the patent OF
the signal bars which are used by
most railroads at the different cross
ings in towns.
Seward, &c years old. assistant
cashier of the First National Bank
at Great Bend. committed suicide in
his room at the Hotel Briggs by
shooting himself twice through the
heart. The cause of his act is not
known, as everything at the bank ap
pears toNbe all right. The suppose
ton is that a love affair was the rea
son.
Cut Their Threats. Mrs. Peter
Johnson. of Formoso. attempted to
take the lives of her two children, 4
girl of 10 years and a boy of 5, by
cutting their threats while they were
in their beds. She then ran up
stairs and cut her own throat. She
used a piece of broken earthenware
The children will recover. but the
mothers life is in doubt She is the
widow of Peter Johnson, who took
his life by drinking carbolic acid
June 15
Auto AmbuIances for Army.-Fort
Riley. Fort Leavenworth and per
haps other of the larger army posts
are soon to be equipped with auto
mobile ambulances. The vehicles
will be of the same pattern as one re
Gently purchased for the military
academy. Each car will have a 80
horse power compound condensine
steam engine and will be capable oil
making a speed of from forty tc
forty-five miles an hour. They will
carry ten persons each inside ant
two on the front seat. They will cos
about $4,000 each.
Hail Destroys Wheat. A destruc
tive hail storm passed directly over
the town of Lincoln Center, in &
northwesterly direction. continuing
its work of destruction for some sew
en- or eight miles. The total area
covered was about two miles wide
and ten miles lons, much wheat be
ing totally destroyed and much more
badly damaged. All windows moi
protected were broken out IroI
awnings were pierced as by bullets
1t was the most severe hail storm
this locality has experienced il
years.
Will Try High Explosives. = Dur
ing the military exercises to be helt
at Fort Riley early next month, higf
explosives will be fired into eartf
works for the first time in this coun
try The redoubt. which will be at
tackled in this manner, will be con
structed by military engineers. Sew
eral guns of the two siege batterie:
now at Fort Leavenworth will b'
used in the f1rings. The firings are
to be made to ascertain the effect o
the high explosives on earth fortifi
cations.
Killed in Newton Yards. = Anton
Wentzell a Santa Fe switchman, wa
run over by switch engine in thu
Sand Creek yards adjoining New
ton, receiving injuries from which h
died three hours later.
Identifies Corpse as Brother. =
julius Hoffman, of Chapman. ha
identified the body found in ha,
stack near Grand Island. Neb.. a
that of his half-brother. Frank Her
man, who left last March. Herman
had considerable money with him
and is supposed to have been mur
dered.
Man Is Killed by Train. : Wesle,
Dyer, aged A years, slightly de
mented. disappeared from WIGHT
and was found dead at Leon. A trail
crew picked Dyer up near the tracks
He was dead when found. 1t
thought he was struck by train
State Board of HeaIth.-When tn
state board of health meets on Jul
2 in Topeka, it will sit as sort O
court to listen to arguments by al
torneys for food concerns and dru
makers, whose goods have been al
tackled under the new pure foo
law.