Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-31
nAN S AS ITEMS
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS


Veteran Hangs Himself = H. L.
Brighton, az civil war veteran and a
pioneer of Cloud county, hung him
self near Hollis because of grief over
the death of his wife about a year
ago. He was about SIS years of age.
Widow of Ex-Governor Dies. =
Mrs. Ida Lewelling, widow of the
late Gov. Lewelling, died a. Roch-
ester, MINI. Mrs. Lewelling had
been at the hospital at that city only
few days, and had undergone an
operation. The operation was a Sc
we're one and Mrs. Lewelling never
recovered from the shock. Inter
ment was at Maple Grove Cemetery,
at Wichita, beside her late hus-
band
Arrested For Wife Murder. Mil
ton Dixon, who's bride of three
months was found dead as the re-
suit of a gunshot wound in the head
at their home in Oakland, near Ash
land, was arrested on the charge that
he murdered her. The prosecuting
attorney and coroner charge that
Dixon slew his wife because she had
berated him for having danced with
a former sweetheart at ball on the
night proceeding the murder. Dixon
declared that his wife, mad with
jealousy. had shot herself
Kansas Labor Report Issued. -
State Labor Commissioner w. L. A.
Johnson has issued the twenty-sixth
annual report of the State Bureau of
Labor and Industry. The report is
for 1906 and covers the, labor situa-
ton in Kansas for last year. 1t
shows that there was total of forty
five strikes in the state last year and
that for forty-one of the strikes re-
ported the total days of duration was
1924. The number of days lost dur
ing the year on account of strikes
was S70,477 and the total amount of
wages lost was 1892, S9003.
Discards Hand Cars For Motor. =
The Rock Island railroad company in
Kansas has decided to discard the
old fashioned ahandcar which has
been the means of transportation for
the section men on all railroads for
years past. The handcars on the Sa-
lima branch of the system have been
discarded and the section men are
now travelling in motor cars. This
furnishes the men facilities for get
ting over the road more rapidly, and
it enables the men to take care of
a great deal more track than former
ly, -.
Kansas Has the .Money-Capt. w:
S. Albright, deputy bank examiner of
the state bank commissioners Office,
in speaking of the f1ourishing condi-
ton of the state of Kansas at the
present time, called to. mind some in
stances that show that Kansas is
looked upon as one, of the. richest
states in the Union. About ten
years ago some of the banks in the
East held mortgages on Kansas
farms and seemed to be afraid they
conditions are different. The Eastern
people are sending paper into Kan
sas and offering as high as seven per
cent on it. They want Kansas money.
One bank that recently visited was
sent list of $450,000 worth of paper.
The mail of the Kansas banks nova
days is heavy with paper listed and
sent out here. But the Kansas bank
ers are conservative and won't in
vest unless they know what they are
putting their money into "The le-
gal reserve in the Kansas banks is
bigger than ever before. The news
papers often speak of Kansas need
ing money to move its crops; this can
not be true because the banks have
all the money they want. There are
$50 state banks in Kansas now"
Fall Was FataI.-A. L. Keener, of
Cottonwood Falls, who was fatally
injured by falling through a bridge
over the Cottonwood river, while at
tempting to cross over with his
threshing machine several weeks
ago, has died from the effects of his
injuries.
House Mover EIectrocuted. - Wal
ter Winegarner was killed almost in
stantly by coming in contact with
live electric wire while at work NOV
ing a house in Wichita. He was in
the employ of ]. E. Tandy, a house
mover, and was on top of the house
so that the building might pass un-
der them. 1t was while doing this
that he picked up an. electric light
wire in one hand and another wire
in the other. A short circuit was
formed and he fell as quickly as
though he had been shot A fellow
workman grabbed him and prevented
him from falling to the ground, and
all that could be done to revive him
was done, but the shock had been too
strong and the efforts of the physi-
clans, who arrived almost immediate
ly. were futile
at the University of Kansas, was
drowned in the Kaw river near Law.
renee while rowing.
Car Repairer Found Dead. -. Ed
win Mcintyre, car repairer for the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail-
way Company, at Wichita, was IA
tally crushed between two cars on a
siding. He was found by a switch
ing crew soon afterwards. but was
unable to make a statement. No one
witnessed the accident. Mcintyre
has been with the Rock island over
II years.
Know What You Eat. = After Oc-
tnher 4 the naonIe, of. Kansas will