Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-07

Drank carbolic Acid.-After four
weeks of married life. driven to des
peration by lack of employment and
in need of money, Vim. Barnard, 81
years old. drank carbolic acid in his
room at Wichita, dying before medi-
cal attention arrived.
Blue Buried at PIeasanton. -
The funeral of Colonel R. w. Blue,
who died at Bartlesville, l. T., was
held at Pleasanton. The Grand
Army, the Masonic lodge and A. o.
U. W., all of which he was a mem
Der, took part in the ceremonies.
His father and mother and one son
and three daughters are buried
there.
Jury Could Not Aeree.-After be-
ing out for over &c hours the jury in
the case of Roy Stevens, charged
with the murder of Dora Bright in
Wichita last fall, failed to reach an
agreement and were discharged by
Judge wilson. 1t is understood the
jury stood eight for conviction and
four for acquittal. The case will
come up again in April
Charter Fee of s11,127.5o. One
of the largest charter fees ever re-
ceived by Kansas was paid to the
secretary of state recently. 1t was
S11,127.50 and paid by the E. I.
Dupont de Nemours Powder Com
pany of New Jersey. The company
has a capital stock of s55,000.000
and the charter fee was necessary
before it could obtain authority to
transact business in Kansas. Plans
are already drawn for the erection
of large powder factory at indie
pendence. The only charter fee
larger than this was that of ST., 0Gl
paid by the Mexico G Orient Rail
way Company when it obtained
charter.
Brownfield Is ParoIed. = DR.. ]. c.
Brownfield has been paroled from
the state penitentiary by Governor
Hoch. Dr. Brownfield has servedt
four years and three months of his
seven year sentence FOR perjury in
connection with the second trial of
Jessie Morrison for the murder of
Clara Wiley Castle in Butler coun-
ty. DR.. Brownfieid testified at the
trial that he was passing the Castle
home before the murder occurred
and that he had heard Clara Castle
call the Morrison girl into the house
He became badly entangled on cross
examination and finally was arrest
ed on a bench warrant and convict
ed OF perjury.
Jewell City Mine Dismantled. -
AT a meeting of the stockholders of
the Jewell City coal mine it was de-
cided TO quit business while the
company was able to pay its obliga-
lions and TO dismantle the mine. 1t
H:.5 ordered that the engine, pumps,
Lc;5ting machinery, cars, iron rails,
CITE. be sold for what they would
bring, and the proceeds divided
among the stockholders. If any per-
son can be found who will bind
himself to operate the mine for one
year, all the property will be given
to him free of charge. The manage
ment lays its failure to ignorance of
the coal mining business. and every
body at Jewell City believes there is
a fortune in it for the right parties.
The Jewell shaft and equipment cost
$4,000. and an attempt is being
made to interest an Illinois coal
operator in the property. There is
some water in the Jewell mine;
enough to require the use of pump
ing machinery
2oo-BarreI Mill Burned. - The
Phoenix roller mill and elevators at
Edgerton. 200 barrels daily capacity,
ownd by w. H. and NJ. J. Kelly. We're
totally destroyed by fire, entailing a
loss of $4,000, partially covered by
insurance. Besides the mill and ele-
vator. about 100 carloads of -four
and feed and between 1900 and
$4,000 bushels of grain were de-
stroyed. The proprietors of the mill
and elevator are brothers of ex-State
Treasurer T. T. Kelly, of Kansas.
Less Death by contaeion. - The
vital statistics of Kansas prepared
by Secretary Crumbine of the board
of health shows a decrease in the
number of deaths from contagious
diseases last month from the CORE
spending month year ago. During
December, 1906, there were ninety
six cases of tuberculosis and fifty
nine deaths. LOG cases of typhoid
fver and twnty-three deaths, 277
cases of diphtheria and thirty-eight
deaths, Ill cases of scarlet fever
and six deaths, forty-five cases of
smallpox and no deaths, and twenty
eight cases of measles and two
deaths.
Alleged Fugitive Arrested. -
John Alderman, wanted on charge
of embezzling $4,000 from Hass &
Frazier Grocery Company. Oklaho.
ma City, was arrested at Wichita. !
FIagman Killed by Cars. - Hugh
Whiteford, a flagman for an extra
crew working on the Kansas City
Southern at Pittsburg, was run over
and instantly killed by a string of
cars being pushed by switch en-.
CINE. His home is said to have been
in. Kansas City. He was about 60
years of age.
Hats Off to the Cow. The Kan.
sas COW furnishes materials that
bring to the farmers of Kansas
$1S,00O,0O0 annually.
Declared of Unsound Mind. - Lee
McGill, for a number of years past.
the associate editor and owner of
the Oswego Independent. has been
declared of unsound mind by jury
in the probate court. Physicians as
sert that he is suffering from paresis