Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-02

Elks have just dedicated $50, 900
home. said to be the finest in the
state.
kuroki Coming to Kansas. 1t is
announced officially that General
Kuroki. one of the japanese heroes
OF the war with Russia, will VISIT
Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley
early next month. With General
Kuroki will be Lieutenant General
Kigoshi and twelve other officers Of
the Japanese army.
White Enters Wichita Jail. = E.
w. White. the pension agent of
Wichita. who was sentenced in the
federal court in Topeka to pay a fine
Of $500 for causing a pension vouch-
er to be Illegally made out. was TAX
en- to Wichita by United States Mar
shall Mackey and given into the Gus
tody of the sheriff of Sedgwick
county. White is unable to pay
the fine and costs of the prosecu-
ton and will have to serve out the
sentence
Engineer Seriously Hurt. = At the
commencement exercises of the
School of Traction Engineering, held
at Wichita, Charles S. Ely. of
New Hope, Penn, was caught be-
tween an engine he was backing and
separator. The separator was
pushed distance of two feet be-
fore the engine could be stopped
Ely was backing the engine under a
full head of steam. and according to
his own statement did not shut off
the steam in time, and the momen-
tum of the heavy engine carried it
against the separator. His back was
caught against the self-feeder. with
the engine pushing against his alb
domen. Those who witnessed the
accident said that it seemed as if he
would be killed instantly. He was
rescued from his perilous position
by c. G. Mcbride, another student of
the school, who leaped upon the en-
CINE and threw the reverse lever
over, causing the engine to leap for
ward and releasing him. The unfor-
tunate young man was taken to the
office of DR.. Evans. and later remov
ed to hospital for treatment.
Big Scottish Rite Reunion. - The
Twenty-ninth semi-annual conclave
of the Scottish Rite Masons in the
Valley of Wichita was concluded
with magnificent banquet at the
Temple in Wichita. The banquet
hall was filled and the dinner which
was excellent. was served by the la
dies of the Order of the Eastern
Star. The room was deliberately
decorated and an orchestra furnish
ed music throughout the evening.
The class in whose honor the ban
quet was given was composed of
eighty-nine members, and was call
ed the Cornerstone class. 1t
adopted as its motto For they shall
be as cornerstones of the Temple"
E. W. Allen. pastor of the Central
Church OF Christ. delivered the class
Grafton. Rev. 1T. Richie. formerly
of Wichita, but now of Kans~ City,
was the POSTMASTER. Mr. Thomas
W. Harrison, of Topeka. rovereign
general of the Kansas Grand Lodge.
was the first speaker of the evening.
In speaking of the new building, Mr.
Harrison stated that it was the lar
gest consistcry building in the
world. The Masons are planning
great things for next year when
the new building will be dedicated.
They expect to have a class of 1900
ard Mr. Harrison announced that it
would be the largest Masonic event
that had ever taken place on the
American continent.
Charges Forty-one Violations. -
On a charge of failing to unload
eighty-three carloads of cattle with
in the twenty-eight hour provision
for feeding and watering, H. ]. Bone.
| United States district attorney. has
filed suit against the Rock Island
railway for $20,500 in penalties Cd
forty-one different counts.
J Wichita Man Is Receiver-J. C. O..
Morse, manager of the Wichita In
dependent Telephone Company. has
/ OScH dppOlnlcu IcCclNeT VI the
Uncle Sam Oil Company by Judge
]. c. Pollock. of the United States
district court, at Topeka. Mr. Morse
has signifed his willingness TO ac-
cept the rr-'t;on and will take
charge of the company's business at
once. Judge Pollock fixed the
amount of the receivers bond at
$4,000. In appointing the receiver
Judge Pollock required the three
stockholders upon whose applica-
ton the appointment was made to
furnish bond in the sum of $4,000
each to protect the Uncle Sam COM
pany against any injuries that may
result from the receivership
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ing Company. in Wichita, while at
work suffered badly crushed and
mangled hand. In operating a ma
chine his right hand was drawn into
1t and before the machine could be
stopped the thumb and two fingers
had been so badly crushed that they
were taken off at the Wichita hos
pital
She Fell Down Stairway. - While
standing at the head Of a second
floor stairway in the Wichita hos
pital Mrs. c. M. Gray. of Towanda,
Kan. patient convalescing. tainted
can approach this record.
The Game Warden Got His.-Dan
MCGOWAN. state deputy fish and
game warden, caused the arrest OF
seven men at Burlington for violat
ing the state fish law and for hunt
ing duck out of season. They were
fined IS and costs apiece, the cost in
all but two cases amounting to SIS
each. A number of nets and seines
were destroyed. Warrants are said
to be out for other men. One of the
men who had been arrested at Nc