Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-22
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and instantly killed by an eastbound
Rock Island passenger train.
Sunday Baseball Wins.-The ordin
ence prohibiting Sunday baseball
within the city of Wellington, present
ed and passed to second reading at
the July meeting of the council, failed
TO pass on second reading by the de-
cisive vote of for and against.
A Fortune From EneIand.-Mrs. K.
A. Bathurst of Horton is in receipt of
intelligence that she is one of the
heirs to a big estate in England and
that her share will be $4,000. 1t is
said the matter is now all settled and
that the money will be forthcoming
within a month.
EmporTa Boy Wins Gold Medal. -
Clyde Wilson, Of Emporia, received
gold medal from the Louisville Medi-
cal College, which was awarded him
for making the best grade in con-
petitive examination at the close of
the school year. The examination
was open to members of the first year
class, to which Wilcon belonged, and
IN which there were sixty members.
Wilson is a graduate of the Emporia
High School and taught school in Her
rington several years.
Kansas Population Increasing. -
The population of Kansas March 1,
1907, was 1901, 331, a net increase of
1880 OF "a per cent over the pre-
ceding year. according to the enumer-
alton of inhabitants, returned by as
ssssors through their country clerks
to the State Board of Agriculture.
This is the largest population ever re-
ported for the State. By far the larg-
er per centages of increase are in the
western counties. Seventy-four coun-
It's show an aggregate gain of 1886.
and 80 loss, altogether of 1926. The
largest increase reported is in Mont
gomery county, which has gained g.,
$40, followed by Wyandotte with
1870 Crawford with 1857, Finney
with 2,441 and Leavenworth with
2,O96. The smallest increase is in
Osborne county. which gained 2. The
largest decrease is in Usage county,
whose officials certify to falling off
of 1889. Neosho, Johnson, Jackson.
and Chautauqua, as named, show the
next largest decreases.
Professors Abandon their Trip. -
Profs. Moore and Freeman of the
State university, have added their
n1unac IN tho roll Of III
have attempted to 90 from Lawrence
to ST Louis by water and have failed
somewhere along ire way The two
young professors thought they could
accomplish what HI never been &C
oomplished by star.ng from Ottawa
On the Marias des Cygnes, instead of
going from Lawrence on the Kaw
They shipped Their canoe to Ottawa
and launched it there below the dam.
They got along wei until in the Usage
river just beyond the Kansas Missouri
State line, they ST. Ick snag which
tore the canvas bottom of their canoe
and let their provisions and some 9TH
er effects into the water. They drag
ged the canoe out, repaired it and
went on. However. they met with so
many accidents that they finally gave
UP the trip at Osceola, Mo There is
Il dam there, built to furnish power
for the local electric company. Be
fore they were aware of the current
they were so close to the dam that
they could not escape and went over,
canoe and all They lost everything
fboy had and Won, fortI1pato to co.
out alive by swimming Next year,
they say, they will build a stouter
canoe and try it again. confident that
they can make the trip to st. Louis. 1
Fatally Stabbed BY comrade-A
man connected witt, an Uncle Tom s
Cabin show which gave perform
ance at Scottsville was stabbed by an
other one of the showmen. The in,
juries are supposed 10 be fatal as the
wound was inflicted in the region of
the heart. The MAJ who did the STAB
bling escaped.
Fight on Excursion Train. Al
Blades, car cleaner for the Frisco
road in Wichita. was slashed with 4
razor by a negro woman on the San
ia Fe excursion last Sunday west of
Newton. Mr.. Blades story is to the
effect that the negress came in the
car and sat down in the seat with
him. He objected to her occupying
the seat when she drew a razor and
began cutting Blades was cut across
the breast, on the shoulder and on
the arm. Two or three negro men
Joined in the scrap" and Blades was
struck over the head with a beer bot
tie by one of them. When order was
restored it was found that the ne
gress had jumped from the train
Blades was taken to the Wichita hos
pital and his wounds sewed up.
Game Warden Still Busy. The
month of July was remarkable among
other things for the great number oil
convictions of persons violating the
State fish and game laws. Del Trav
is, State Fish and Game warden, was
in Topeka and stated that since the
beginning of the fiscal year, July l
there have been fifty-hve conviction:
of persons who persisted in fishing
and hunting out of season and con
trary to law.
Will be Repaired at once.-A. w
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Passes Die in January. = On LAM
airy / the free transportation in Kan
sas runs out on the railroads. and b!
law thereafter passes will be prohib
tied. Last winter the railroads load
ed up the legislators with ANIMALS ant
quarterlies Those legislators whc
didn't act right with the railroads
were given passes good during tn'
session; those who were voted just a!
the railroads wished were given an
nuals. The newspaper men of thu
rtata ha.-o haa-, aI.saI..+aI.-