Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-10-03

Mrs. Ernest Olson, who lives eight
miles northwest of Chanute, was
chastising a child for misbehavior,
she was set upon by bull dog be
longing to the family and bitten
three times. The animal kept up its
attack until it was beaten off by Mr.
Olson.
Nearly Hit the Governor. = Gov.
Hoch and Tax Commissioner Howe
came close to being knocked down by
a big touring car automobile as they
stepped out under the south archway
of the state house, and as result a
ukase was issued by the state execu-
tive council forbidding automobiles
the use of the state house drive,
ways
Carrie Nation in the Kitchen. =
Carrie Nation, in a blue prison uni
form, will spend the next seventy
five days in the workhouse prison a:
Washington. D. c., unless she
changes her mind. Judge Bundy
who sentenced her. went to the work
house and pleaded with her to prom
Use to not hold street meetings SO
that he could release her, but she re
fused.
Brakeman Killed at Wichita. -
After having been crushed and man
| gled between two box cars and spend
ing three hours in awful agony,
Claude c. Feigley, a Rock Island
brakeman, died at st. Francis hos
pital, in Wichita. He was assisting
n the switching of cars in the yards
.L.n tie accident occurred, and, it
is thought was caught between two
bumpers. Feigley was about IS
years of age. His headquarters Were
at Harrington.
Killed by Freight Train. - Floyd
Skidmore, 81 years old, cashier OF
the Tescott State Bank. at Tescott
and president of the Tescott Tele
phone Company, was thrown under q
freight train at Salina in an effort to
Jump one of the cars while it was
running twenty miles an hour. He
died in an hour and twenty minutes
n great agony, every bone in both
legs and his spine having been crush
ed. He was son of F. f. SNdmoFe'
president of the bank.
Was Accidentally Killed. - John
Moore. a Missouri Pacific brakeman
was accidentally shot and killed
while hunting near FL Dorado. Mr..
Moore and two companions were
walking through some timber when
the accident occurred. He was few
PAGES in advance of the other mem
bers of the party when one of the
guns was accidentally struck against
a tree and discharged, the bullet TAX
ing effect in his neck. The injured
man died in a few minutes, without
speaking a WORT. Mr.. Moore is sur
yived by wife and family.
Train Hits Street Car. - As a re
suit of a collision between Frisco
freight train and Cleveland avenue
street car on Douglas avenue, IN
Wichita, three persons were injured.
Those hurt are E. T. Ratliff, 1924
East Central avenue. bruised and cut
about the face by >broken glass;
Jesse Clinesmit, 1918 North Topeka
avenue, bruised and cut over the
eye; Mrs. Jesse Clinesmith, shaken
I'D and suffering from severe nervous
shock The passengers were taken
from the car and the injured, after
they had been attended by physi-
clans. were sent home in ambul
ances. The car was No. 100, the one
that plunged into Chisholm creek
several years ago, injuring thirteen
people. 1t has been in other -acci-
dents since and is considered the
hoodoo of the line.
Petition for Commission. - Those
in charge of the petition. praying for
the government of Wichita by com
mission announce that they have a
large surplusage of names over the
required number, which is 1,200, and
that the petitions are being collected
and will be presented within the
next week. The petitions will be
numbered and checked over and in
eligible signers eliminated before
this step is taken.
A River of Booze.-Acting under
the instructions of Judge w. r. Law
renee to the grand jury. that all malt
and fermented beverages be consid-
cred liquor. w. E. Johnson, aided by
eighteen deputies made the most ex-
tensive liquor raid in Tulsa ever
known in the western district. TWEEN
ty-six Hiawatha, Pablo and Uno
Joints and distributing places were
raided and $4,000 pints of these bev-
erages were seized and dumped into
the Arkansas river. The officers
cleaned the city of the two percent
LIQUORS with the exception OF three
wagon loads of Pablo which were re-
plevined.
Woman Runs Big Farm.-Mrs. lda
Webster. of Pratt county, has mar