Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-24

$4,000 for Loss of chiId.-The par
ents of Walter Phillips, years old,
who died at Wichita after being in
jured by horse August 9Th, will ask
the district court to award them
damages in the sum of $4,000 from
the firm of Warnhoff & McClees, who
used the horse which injured their
son and caused his death
Preferred Death to Asylum-Peter
Patton, living seven miles southwest
of Formosa, committed suicide by
cutting his throat with pocket
knife. His brother, Robert Patton,
died recently in the asylum at Tope
ka. 1t was discovered recently that
he was losing his mind, and it is sup
posed rather than be taken to the
asylum he would kill himself.
Another Chapel Car. : A second
chapel car for the Catholic church of
Kansas is now under construction in
the Pullman yards at Pullman, ILL.,,
under the direction of the Church Elk
tension Society. The car when COM
pleted will be in charge of Bishop
Hennessy, of the diocese of Wichita.
The new car will be named for the
Blessed Virgin and will traverse the
southern half of Kansas from the
Colorado to the Missouri line, while
tn old car, the st. Anthony. will go
to another diocese.
No More Misleading Labels. -
Schlitz, Pabst, Anheuser-Busch and
Val Blatz Brewing Company repre-
sentatives had conference with
Secretary Crumbine, of the state
board of health and agreed to obey
the Kansas pure food laws explicitly
regarding the labelling of liquors.
Beer will be branded as beer" malt
must be so labeled and it's exact alco-
holic contents noted. No more liquor
will be sold in Kansas under the
name of "hop tea" or kindred titles.
The Helm companies agreed similar
ly with DR.. Crumbine, which means
that the pure food law in Kansas re-
garding liquors will be obeyed with
out contest. At a meeting with
United States Senator Hopkins, of
Illinois. representing the National
Biscuit Company, the concern agreed
to label all separate broken and
smaller packages exactly like the
original package.
TaIIest Odd Fellow in the World
The tallest Odd Fellow in the world
attended the final session of the
Grand lodge, at Topeka recently.
When he gave the pass word he was
into the ear of the guardian, that he
lost his balance and was admitted
without it. He is six feet. ten inches
tall. His name is Edgar CIegg, and
he comes from Derby, this state. He
has held the title of being the high
first degree. seventeen years ago.
Since that time he has been with a
side show, candidate for the legis
l2ture and is now a farmer. He is
the son of man who stands only
five feet, eight inches in height, and
the grandson of a giant, who was one
inch taller than himself, John Elliot,
one of the famous Kentucky riflemen,
who fought at New Orleans in the
war of 1912 under Jackson. Clegg
said that he made to exceed $50 a
week in the show business, but being
a spectacle was too trying on the
nerves, SO he changed it to become
a farm hand at $14 a month and
board. He is a past grand in the l.
o. o. F. order. When he run last fall
on the Democratic ticket from Sedg-
wick county he was defeated by the
narrow margin of 1872 votes He is 3
member of Derby lodge No. 557.
To Sue for Reward.-Robert Hunt,
deputy United States marshal of the
Usage reservation, has retained
firm of Arkansas City attorneys to
help him collect the $500 reward Of
fered for the arrest of Lewis Bloom
field, wanted for the murder of Jesse
Sission, at Leon, Kan, last year
Hunt caught Bloomfield in the Usage
reservation a month ago and turned
him over to the authorities of Butler
county. where he is now in Jail.
Myra McHenry "Says Things" :
The state meeting of the Womens
Christian Temperance Union in ses-
sion at Ell Dorado was one of the
largest and best ever held in the
state. Many noted women and lead
ers in benevolent work were on the
program. Mrs. Myra McHenury, the
famous joint smasher, attended the
convention and made roundup of
the town. Finding the town decided
ly dry she made a speech on the pub
lie square She condemned Gov.
Hoch for not enforcing the prohibit
tory liquor law, called the president
of the w. c. T. U. hypocrite. paid
a nice compliment to Mayor Selig for
running dry town.
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meeting of the council. By that time
the petitions probably will contain