Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-17
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A"OUT THERE IN nANSA loJ
III LAND OF PEACE. PROSPERITY AND PLENTY Y
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| 1ASHSudWs SiAlSSn years .Oiu, "oe
drowned in the river at Clay Center
The boy he was in a boat on the
river which is now very high and
| vas carried over the dam. The boat
was overturned and young Henshaw
drowned.
"Poor Old Ottawa County" = A
circular sent out headed Poor Old
Ottowa County," tells that Ottawa
county has a population of 11,1S2;
and per capita of S123.11. Reckon
ed on basis of five persons to the
family the deposits in the banks OF
! $615.55 to each family. The county
has eleven banks and their total de-
posits are $1,376,757.55.
Ask For Her ReIease.-The officials
at the state prison at Lansing have
been requested to indorse petition
to the governor asking for the re-
lease of Jessie Morrison. The par
don is asked for on the ground that
Miss Morrison is punished enough
and because her aged father is dying
and would be comforted by her pres
ence. Miss Morrison was originally
sentenced for five years, but secured
new trial and was given a twenty
five year sentence. She is a model
prisoner but very timid and retiring
and is seldom seen by strangers. The
prison officials seem to favor her re-
| lease.
Atchison Doctor Disappears. - DR..
]. P. Bunk, prominent and highly
respected young physician, eye and
ear specialist, of Atchison, has disap-
peared to escape prosecution on a
charge of illegal relations with a
young girl. Two and a half years
ago Ida E. Ballou, now in her 18th
year, was indentured to the Bunk
family from the Soldiers Orphans
Hone. She returned to the home
two weeks ago and confded to one
of the women employees that she was
in a delicate condition as a result of
an intimacy with Dr., Bunk, which
had been going on for two years. DR..
G. P. T. Johnson was called, made an
examination and confirmed the girls
story. Superintendent E. H. Willis
sent for DR.. Bunk, who denied the
charge, but Immediately disappeared.
He is a married man, with two child
rem. Before leaving he told his wife
and partner of the trouble, saying
that as his story would not be credit
ed he would leave. It is reported
that he has gone to Europe. DR..
Bunk came to Atchison from ST.
Joseph six years ago. The girl is
being cared for at the Soldiers Or
plans Home.
Karsss' Lew Death Rate. The
salubrity and long life promoting
qualities of Kansas climate is forcib-
ly illustrated by the biennial report
of the state board of health, which
gives the death rate in Kansas, per
Loco population, for both 1905 and
1906, as rs per cent. In the Eastern
states the death rate per 1000 runs
from IA to 10 per cent. The figures
that point out the story forcibiy are
embodied in the reports from the
various COuAIlSS IhnI SiAO
majority of the people in Kansas die
between the ages of GO and 80 years.
The smallest number die between 10
and 90 years. In 1905 and 1906, 16t
people died between 80 and 100
years. fourteen between 100 and 110
years, and three above 10 years. The
total number of deaths in Kansas for
1905 was 11.029; and 12.257 for 1905.
Of the 11,029 people who died in
1905, 1896 were above 80 years of
age, or 30.5 per cent of the people
hsd attaired an age beyond the me-
ridian of life.
Mrs. Perkins to Sue. - The widow
of L. H. Perkins. of Lawrence. has, it
is stated, instructed her attorneys to
bring suit for $4,000 damages
against the Mutual Life Insurance
company of New York because the
body of her husband was exhumed
and dismembered against her will.
Fifty Years on One Farm. - Fifty
years of married life, fifty years on
one farm, was the record of Mr. and
Mrs A. S. Baldwin, well known resi-
dents of Clinton Mrs. Baldwin died
last week, after long Illness, aged
IA. Last April Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin
celebrated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary. They had spent their entire
married life on one farm in Clinton
township.
Troops start on Long March. -
The four troops of the First SQUADRON
Seventh cavalry, have left Fort Riley
rnder commend of Major W. ]. Mich
7Ieon fer Hastings, Neb. The dis
lance Of the round trip march will be
$40 miles The troops viii particl-
pate in the frontier carnival at Hast
,ngs. and will return to Fort Riley in
three weeks
New Bank For Sterling. - Sterling
IS to Rave a new bank atout the first
IF TIE YER, to be known as the Form
ers' State Bank, and will have capt.
of s50,oo0.
Topeka Very Sic.eIy. General de-
bility. rheumatism, stomach tro lble.
indigestion, govt, all-run down and
kindred ailments are on frightful
increase in Topeka again. During
September TIE druggists of that city
reported 22,9S3 sales of liquor for
red'c inal purposes. 1t is the record
for TIE history of Topeka.
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training the commissioners from
making the levy. The suit was
brought in the name of the state on
the relation of Attorney General
Jackson. The case was decided in IA
vor of the county commissioners in
the district court and has been ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court 1t is
said that the opposition to the new
court house comes from the fact that
there is a chance Butler county will
be divided into two counties some
time 1t is the largest county in the
state. No matter how it is divided