Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-06-27

| Hardy, OF Belleville, rs years old,
and son of DR.. Hardy. killed him
self by firing a bullet into his left
temple. No cause is given for the
act
Drowning of Wichita Boy. - Roll
land Morey, the 9-year-old son of G.
A. Morey, local manager of the Long
Bell Lumber Co., was drowned in the
Arkansas river at Wichita while IN
bathing. The body was not recover
ed for two days.
WrestIer's Neck Broken. = James
Force and Blaney Devine, both of
battery D, Sixth regiment of field ar
tillery at Junction City. had an i'm
promptu wrestling match that re-
suited in Devine's neck being broken.
He died instantly. The scuffle was a
good natured one.
Train Kills Two Section Men. =
While gang of section men was
loading material on a siding at Belle
vile to take to wreck near Esbon,
a fast passenger train on the Rock
Island ran into them. instantly kill
ing two men. Sheldon and Cooper,
and injuring five others. of whom
two may die. Someone left the
switch open.
Wait Heir to Fortune.-Harry Pos
ner, aged 10, a waif, brought from
New York several years ago, and
now studying at the normal institute
at Howard, received a message from
New York City stating that he had
fallen heir to half a million dollars
left by his father, who died in Cape
Town, South Africa. The boys
mother died when he was a child and
his father disappeared.
Cupid in Strawberry crate.-A no.
nance which had its beginning when
the name of Miss Leila Miesner. OF
Rogers, Ark, was written on straw.
berry crate shipped to wichita last
spring, has eliminated in the mar
riage. in Arkansas, of A. E. johnson
and the young woman. Johnson is q
mail carrier at the Wichita post
office, and was formerly clerk in a
grocery store, where he first saw the
name of his bride.
Mine Inspector Names Deputies. =
Frank Gilday, of Scranton, state
mine inspector, has named the fol
lowing list of deputy mine inspectors
for Kansas: Thomas Morrissey
Leavenworth, for Leavenworth coun
ty: Joseph Ryan. Mineral. for Chero
kee county; William Harvey, Peter
ton, for Usage county: John Halli
day, Pittsburg, for Crawford county;
John Gilday, Chicpee. for Crawford
and Cherokee counties; Miss janet
Bone, Pittsburg, stenographer.
Glass Plant Is Burned.-The Cney
enne Glass plant at Caney burned al
o'clock in the morning, the entire
blowing room being destroyed. Mos
of the workmen lost their clothing
and blow pipes. The loss to the com
pany is estimated at $4,000, which
is partly covered by insurance. The
building will be rebuilt The Chey
enne is new plant and had beer
running only a short time. The fac
tory was built at a cost of $4,000
and is owned by home men.
Hutchinson First Class Office. -
The Hutchinson postoff1ce will be 6
postoffice of the first class beginning
July 1. When the receipts of ar
office at the end of the year ending
March 81 are equal to $4,000 the
office is made first class on July
following. A year ago. March 81, the
office there lacked about 5000 o
having enough receipts to make it ;
first class office. This year. OF
March 81. however, the receipts ex
ceeded $4,000 for the year anC
Hutchinson easily goes into the lis
of cities of the first class.
President and Supt. Resign. -
The resignation of Rev. C. S. Nus
baum, of independence. as presiden
and superintendent of the Ottaw;
Chautauqua Assembly was accepted
by the assembly board. The action
grows out of the dispute over tn
Sunday question. Rev. Mr. Nusbaun
resigned a few days ago because ;
program is to be given and specia
trains run to Ottawa on Sunday.
Is Declared a Bankrupt. - Follow
lowing a verdict by the jury in tn
United States circuit Court at Leay
enworth under instructions. declal
ing that the Uncle Sam Oil Compan
in making an assignment April II
1907 committed an act of banl
ruptcy. Judge Amidon overruled
| 4-:o L.
of E. A Krauthoff adjudicated tn
matter and declared the Uncle Sar
company bankrupt. Zachariah Hal
en-, of Topeka. for twelve years dis
trict judge in that district, was al
pointed special referee in banl
ruptcy and will administer tn
estate.
Pollock Rules on Liquor.-Judge
C. Pollock, in the United States di'
trict court at Leavenworth, in tn
case of the Kansas City Brewin
/ Company asking an Injunction
} prevent c. W. Trickett, assistant a
. torney general of Kansas, from sci
. ing liquors in transition from Mi
souri, to Kansas, held that where tn
sale of liquor is made in good fait
in foreign state the seller had tn
privilege to deliver same in Kansa
either collect in Kansas at the tim
of delivery or in Missouri at til
place of sale.
Children Hurt in Storm. - A to
nado at Seminole, six miles south
Coffeyville, demolished the house
@. Lett, farmer, and fatally injure
two of his young children. tt
storm did no other serious damage.
Boy Prefers Death to Work.-B
lieving himself mistreated becaus
his mother asked him to work, Cha
les Mckinney, IA years old, of G