Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-05-16

has been given Communication of
sentence by Gov. Hoch.
RawIins County Man Paroled. -
Gov. Hoch has commuted the peni-
Tertiary sentence of Charles r.
Stevenson. Of Rawlins county, from
a term of from one to three years.
Stevenson was sent to the penitenti-
airy for manslaughter in the second
degree last June. Under the commu-
tation he will be eligible TO parole
next month.
Destroyed Liquor Packages. -
Sheriff Tolman destroyed wagon
load Of cases, barrels. kegs and jugs
containing liquor which had been
confscated from different places in
Miami county last year and stored
in the basement of the county jail
at Paola. The liquor was poured on
the ground, the bottles were broken
and the barrels. cases and kegs We're
burned. About $3.50 worth of goods
was destroyed.
Will Not Withdraw. - Pressure is
being brought to bear upon Attorney
General Jackson for leniency in the
case of the state against the Inter-
national Harvester Company, against
which charges have been brought OF
violating the antitrust laws of the
state. Mr.. Jackson is going to be
asked 10 go slowly in the matter so
as to give the defendant concern an
other chance before the next leglsla-
ture meets.
Clyde Jointists Convicted. - The
State Temperance Union scored a
signal victory at Concordia when in
the district court Judge Dillon found
four clyde jointists guilty of con-
tempt in violating an injunction Is
sued against them last December
and announced that he would sell
tence three of them-Jules and Char
les Regnier and Fred Landry to pay
fines of $500 and costs and 800 at
torneys' fees each and to go to Jail
lot lOuG llOulhS-
Nearo Lit on His Head. - Fred
Moore. a negro prisoner. handcuffed
and in charge of deputy constable.
Jumped through window of Mis-
sGuri, Kansas & Texas passenger
train Il few miles north of Oswego,
whilc the train was going at the rate
l. CT hi5
head. bounced to his feet and ran.
The train was stopped and the officer
pursued Moore across the country
but was unable to catch him, so he
teIeDhoned for assistance. Deputy
Sheriff Beck went out and captured
him after an exciting chase. Moore
was uninjured except where he was
cut by the glass in the window.
Delegates to civic Federation. -
Gov. Hoch has named the following
as delegates to the National Civic
Federation, which meets in Chicago
May % to 81. A. w. Benson, Otta-
va; w. ]. Fitzgerald, Dodge City;
George E. Tucker, Eureka; A. c.
Mitchell, Lawrence; C. L. Davidson,
Wichita; w. L. Cunningham, Arkan-
sas City; James F. Getty, Kansas
City. Kan; George H. Hodges, Ola
the; J. H. Atwood. Leavenworth; H.
B. Miller, Usage City; W. B. Ham,
Stockton; w. W. Caldwell, Concor-
dia: S. NJ. Porter, Caney; John Mad
den, Parsons; George w. Click. Atch-
son; James w. Orr, Atchison; T. A.
McNeal, Topeka; Frank P. MacLen-
nan. Topeka; Harold Chase, Topeka;
Dell Keller, Topeka.
Case Set For May 16. - The case
of alleged discrimination in railway
rates against Hutchinson in favor of
wichita. brought by C. E. Sentney,
was set for hearing by the state
board of railroad commissioners for
Topeka on May 16.
Girl Fell Thirty Feet.-Miss Mary
O'Connor, II years old, an errand
girl in the dressmaking department
of the George Innes Dry Goods Com
pany. at Wichita, fell through
skyiight to the ground floor of the
building, a distance of thirty-seven
feet. lighting on her head and should
ers and, strange to say, escaped
serious injury.
Three New Buildings Ordered. -
The latest order for construction
work at Fl. Riley has been received
by the quartermaster from Washing
ton, authorizing the construction OF
one double barracks for two COM
panies. a big quartermaster's store
house and a granary, all of winch
will be built of native stone at a
cost of about 100000. The building
will be done this spring and sum-
mer.
Pioneer Killed by Cars. - Thomas
Hazelgrove, who settled in Leaven-
worth county fifty-two years ago and
who has lived in the county ever
since, was instantly killed by Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train at Oak
Mills. On account. of defective hear
ing he did not hear the train ap-
preaching. He was 40 years old. 6
Kills Herself With Rat Poison. -
Arrested on An Insanity warrant and
left with her family, pending a hear
ing. Mrs. Rachel Bliss, an aged wo-
man at Concordia. killed herself with
a dose of rat poison.
Tries a Whitswash CocktaiI.-Ben
Cissell who is facing charge of
forgery. attempted to commit sui
eide in the county Jail at Wichita by
drinking a mixture of mercury and a
solution made from mixing white
wash, which he had scraped off the
walls of his cell, with water. He will
recover.
TWO Killed by Train. - Mr.. anu
Mrs. Anthony Miller, driving home
from Hope, were struck by Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train and
both instantly killed. Their team