Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-06-20
It Happened p II a n S A s


were killed, and Engineer Dan P.
Smith was badly scalded in freight
wreck five miles south of Horton.
The engine of the train No. 1908. one
Of the largest used on the road,
jumped the track and took fifteen
cars with 1T into the ditch.
Fell Between Cars and Killed. -
Ralph Garfield, son of Conductor H.
E. Garfield, of Wellington, was run
over and killed at Kiowa. His train
was dropping some box cars on a
sidetrack, and it is thought he iosi
his balance when the cars struck
and was thrown upon the track. He
was % years of age and unmar,
ried.
State Firemen's Tournament. - E.
L. Bell, of Clay Center, secretary OF
the Kansas State Fireman's Associa-
ton, has announced that the annual
tournament of the Firemen's Associa-
ton would this year be held at Ellis
worth, September 3, and 5. There
are to be ten races at the tournament
and $1.100 will be given in prizes.
Four prizes will be offered in each
race. Secretary Bell is now work
ing on the preliminary arrangements
for the tournament.
Building and Loan FIourishing. -
The forty-eight building and loan
associations in Kansas, according to
the annual report recently issued by
Bank Commissioner Royce, have in
creased their assets over half a mil
lion dollars during 1906. The total
assets at the close Of 1905 were
s6,474, 166.20, while at the close of
1906 they show $7.047,926.93. An in
crease of over a half million shows
on real estate loans, while a marked
decrease in loans on stocks is appar-
ent.
Crushed to Death in a Car. - Roy
and Harold Noel. sons of ]. E. Noei,
a blacksmith of Tonganoxie, Kan,
and John INGENUITY, a farmer living
near that place, were killed in a
Union Pacific freight car at Junction
City. The young men were bound
for Western Kansas, where they
have been going each year to work
in the wheat fields as harvest hands
and threshers. At Lawrence they
boarded west-bound freight train
and got into large furniture car
that was loaded with lumber. In one
end of the car there was a couple
feet of space between the pile OF
lumber and the end of the car, and
in this space they were seated on the
floor, out of sight of the train men
The car in which they were riding
received a jolt, which caused the lum
Der to slide and catch them against
crushed to death.
Acquitted After 27 Years. - Bud
McCracken, sheriff of Barber county
Kan. was tried at Chickasha before
United States Judge Dickerson
charged with numbering Adam Ward
on July 6, 1880, and was acquitted
serving different owners. A dispute
arose over a brand on COW. Many
shots were fired and Ward was
finally killed by McCracken. The
shooting occurred on the C. B. John
son ranch, 16 miles from Chickasha
The indictment was returned twelve
years ago and A. Cruce, then prose
cutting attorney, of Indian Territory
ordered no warrants issued. Last
fall when McCracken ran for. sheriff
the old charge against him was re
vived and another indictment was
found. The testimony given proved
self-defense.
Wheat Report Discouraging. -
Secretary Coburn's wheat report to
day is discouraging. Crop condi
tions on, the 100000 acres which
now seem likely to be harvested
average for the state 56.7 per cent
or 27.3 per cent less than the condi
ton reported by the same CORE
spondents on April "a, when it sum
med "a per cent.
Gambler Assaulted a Man. : BIZ
McCarter, a Garden City gambler
made an assault on George D. Har
rison of the Evening Telegram
wounding him in the face with {
piece of iron. The Evening Tele
gram had been vigorous in its efforts
to clear out small company O.
gamblers which has been operating
in Garden City. McCarter took of
tense at an article, telling of the at
tempted suicide of young man WHIT
had lost his money in McCarter':
rooms. Harrison was talking the
matter over with him when McCar
ter grabbed the piece of iron ant
struck him. The better element o
Garden City has been aroused by thu
assault and declares the gambler:
must go.
Will Open Drug Stores.-The ordel
of the attorney general to the saloon
keepers of Leavenworth is being gen
orally obeyed. According to the pc
lice department there is not an oper
saloon in Leavenworth. 1t is the
first time in twenty years that Leav
enworth has been dry" Drug
stores already report large increase
in the sale of intoxicants. The drug
gists carry both whisky and beer, bu
they cannot permit buyers to drinl
in the stores. They must take the
liquor home with them. A number
of former saloonkeepers are prepar
ing to open drug stores"
More Business for caney. - The
commercial club of Caney has CLOSED
deal with the Baker Bros, of In
dianapolis, for the removal of theil
glass plant from Arcadia. Ind, tt
Caney. The factory is thirty-si,
blower plant and will employ 20(
men.
Kansas Brick to Mexico. - The
brick plant at Buff City, whose head
quarters are at Neodesha, has JUS
received an order for several car