Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-07-04
It Happened p * a n S a S
OUR WEEKLY cIsT OF CONDENSED ITEMS

Killed by His Horse. - Don F.
Strawn, horseman at Erie. south
east of Chanute, was kicked to death
I by one of his race horses.
Another Wichita Boy Drowned. =
While swimming in the Little Ar
kansas river in Riverside Park. at
Wichita, Ralph Helm, the 16-year-old
son of Judge A. E. Helm, was drown
ed. The boy had been in the water
| for several minutes when he was
seized with cramps and before the
other boys could get to his rescue he
sank from sight beneath the muddy
water. The body was recovered af-
| ter FIVE hours.
Asks Damages For Cattle.-Charg-
| ing the Santa Fee Railroad Company
with negligence in caring for his cat
| tie while en- route from Spivey to
Kansas City. L. D. Alexander has
brought suit for s496 damages. Mr.
Alexander alleges that, the cattle
were improperly bedded and as a re-
suit seven of them died. The remain
| ing 12S suffered so as to make them
unstable on the Kansas City mar
| ket
| Firemen Will Sue For Jobs. - Five
men who were dismissed from the
| Wichita fire department by the indie
pendent administration. have re-
tanned counsel to represent them in
mandamus proceedings to be brought
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him to reinstate them in the service.
Their claim is that the Wichita de-
partment is governed by civil ser
vice rules and that he discharged
them for political reasons.
A Twister in Kansas. - rain
storm at Emporia amounting almost
| to a cloudburst was accompanied
with high wind, which did consid-
cradle damage. In places the action
of the wind was similar to that of a
tornado. Eight miles southeast a
twister tore the corner out of the
home of c. w. sVanorden and de
stroyed his barn. Shortly before the
family had taken refuge in a storm
cellar and escaped injury.
Insane Barber kiIIs.-While crazed
from the effects of vermouth. John
Bello, an Italian barber, shot and
killed C. V Topp. tailor, en- route
from st. Paul. Mimi, to San Fran
cisco. as he slept. and wounded Mrs
Morris Olson and Mrs. Harry Blake
sley. sisters, travelling from Mar
| shall. Mimi. to Colorado, on pas
senger train No. 5. west-bound, or
the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific
railroad, near Seldom, Kan.
First Degree Murder. - ExCity
Marshal Charles Garner. of Galena
recently arrested for alleged com
plicity in the robbery and murder Of
L. C. Prick, a secondhand dealer
has been bound over to the district
court in the sum of $4,000 on q
charge of murder in the first degree
N c. Malone, another secondhand
dealer. turned states evidence and
accused Garner. R. q. Booth and Ed
/ Jones, of committing the crime
Jones died in the county Jail of blood
poisoning shortly after the hour set
for his preliminary.
Hutchinson First Class Office. -
THE Hutchinson postoffice will be a
/ postoffice of the first class beginning
July l. When the receipts of an
Office at the end of the year ending
March 81 are equal to $4,000 the
Office is made first class on July
following A year ago, March 81, the
Office there lacked about 5000 Of
having enough receipts to make it
first class office This year. or
March 81. however, the receipts ex
ceeded $4,000 for the year ano
Hutchinson easily goes into the lis'
of cities of the first class.
JAMESTOWN to Have Station. - The
Rock Island railroad has been order
ed by the Kansas board of railroad
commissioners to establish station
and agent at Kingsdown, in Fore
county.
Bridegroom IS Insane. join
Loomis, highly respected and pros
porous young farmer living neal
Pittsburg, was taken into custody
| suffering from an unbalanced mino
and application was made to admit
him to the state asylum. About si'
weeks ago Mr.. Loomis was married
to Miss Mary Tucker, Walnut girl
Shortly after the marriage his bride
was taken very sick and has since
| been at the point of death. Worr!
over her condition and constant at
tendance at the side of his bride, re
suited in his mind giving way. The
young man is a son of Elmer Loomis
former representative for the legisla
ture. 1t is believed that treatmen
at the state hospital will restore hi:
mind 1t is feared. however, tina
the shock will prove fatal to his
young bride, who is not yet out O
danger.
Coburn to Speak in N. Y. = F. d
Coburn. secretary of agriculture, ha:
accepted an invitation to address the
New York State Agricultural Societ!
next December They want him tt
talk on alfalfa.
Kansas Makes Good Cheese. = Ac
cording to an analysis made by ]. T
Willard, food analysist for the state
board of health, there is manufactur
ed in the state a full-cream cheese
that is fully up to the govesnmen
standard. He also developed the
fact that large quantity of cheese
is manufactured in Kansas.
Girl Killed by Brother. = Ann;
Hoover aged 16 years. was shot ant
instantly killed at Conway Spring
by her brother. Clyde. who was clean
ing a target rife thinking. the gul
was empty He accidentally pulle'
the trigger of the gun and the butie
struck the girl in the eye, penetrat
ing the brain.
! Mans Body Is Identified. = TIL
| uhich