Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-06-06

have been on trial at Oswego has
been disposed of. Eleven of them
confessed judgment and were taxed
up with the costs in their cases and
by attorney fees. Four of them went
on trial, three of them being found
guilty and one was acquitted. The
two remaining cases were transfer
red to the June term of court.
Several to Receive Raise. With
the publication of the session laws,
the superintendent of the Topeka,
Osawatomie and Parsons asylums
will draw $4,000 per year instead of
81 800; the secretary of the state
historical society gets a similar
raise, the assistant newspaper clerk
in the same Office is raised from 5000
to 5000, the stenographer from 1920
to 5000, and the assistant librarian
from 5000 to $1,000.
centurian the Orator. - On the
Tooth anniversary of his birth DR..
Williamson F. Boyakin, protege of
General Andrew Jackson, lawyer, sol
der, editor and divine, who knew
personally every president from JEFF
ferson, in whose administration he
was born, to Grant, on whose staff he
served in the civil war, delivered the
memorial address at Marysville. His
brain is clear and his voice as strong
as that of man half his age, and in
speech far above the average in
thought and forcefulness he urged
the duty of patriotism on the citizens
of the republic he has seen grow
from small beginnings to full stature
as a world power, and which he help
ed preserve. DR.. Boyakin came to
Kansas at the close of the war, and
in 1869 settled in Marshall county,
where he has since resided, and
where he held office for thirty years,
until 1904. when he refused to again
be a candidate. He is remarkably
well preserved and is still one of the
able writer's and speakers of the
state.
Rescues Body From Dissectors. -
Missing from home three months,
man twenty-three years old, was
found by his father in the Kansas
University medical morgue, where
1t had lain in cold storage for nearly
all of that period. The body had
been embalmed and was in perfect
state of preservation. The father
took it home for burial. Three
months ago Jay Farr left home. He
liked to wander about and frequent
ly went off on excursions, to work or
to travel. Nothing alarming was
thought of his absence from his
home at Milan, Sumner county, until
ten or twelve weeks had passed
with no word from him. He usually
wrote home at intervals when away.
Alarmed by his long silence, his
father set out to search for him:
Learning that a young man had been
killed by train on the Rock Island
at Perth, about ten miles away, early
in March, he inquired there, think
ing it might have been his son. He
was shown the watch and other pos
sessions of the unfortunate victim
and identified them at once. The au-
thorities said search had been made
for relatives or friends and no one
found. Then, as is provided by law
for such cases, the remains were
sent to the University Medical
School at Lawrence to be used in
the medical classes.
In Hurry to Leave. - Samuel l..
Bonar, sent to the state penitentiary
for life from Washington county on
the charge of murder, has made ap-
plication for a pardon, after serving
| less than two and one-half years.
Hinton's Sentence COMMITTED. -
Gov. Hoch has committed the SEN
tence of life prisoner. Joseph B.
Hinton, of Phillipsburg, to ten years
solid time and the prisoner will be
liberated April 81, 1911 Hinton was
sentenced to hang for the murder of
his sweetheart, Maggie Shurtz, in
1901. The charge was first degree
murder.
Hoisington to West Point. - Ed
ward G. Hoisington, of Newton, has
been notified by the war department
of his appointment to a cadetship in
the United States military academy
at West Point He has passed the
entrance examination and is ordered
to report at the academy June Is.
Hoisington has been attending Kan
sas university at Lawrence the past
winter. He is the son of Colonel P.
M. Hoisington, Second infantry, K.
N. G.
Heavy Sentences For Jointists. -
Judge Simons, in the district court
at FIT. Scott, gave Charley and Jose
Dunkerton $1,000 fine and SIN
months in Jail each for violating the
prohibitory law. They have been
persistent violators of the Law
Negro to the Pen.-Andy Neal. OF
Hutchinson, a negro. who stole sew
eral hundred dollars worth of brass
from the Morton Salt Company re
Gently, was sentenced to the Ian
sing penitentiary after pleading
guilty.
Wanted, 10000 Men. - T. B. &c
row, director of the state free EN-
| ployment bureau, says Kansas wants
1885 teams at wage of 81 to 5;
| per day, to aid in harvesting the
wheat crop. About 10000 men will
be necessary. The harvest viii
range from June Is to about july
Is.
To Have Hat Factory. = Arkansas
City is to have a hat factory. II
will be opened by Miller & Co., and
will manufacture hats for the whole
| sale trade