Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-01-09
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

fell from scaffold and sustained in
iuries which proved fatal.
Car Ride For Four Cents. = Street
car rides may now be had in Coffey-
vile for four cents per ride. The
Union Traction Company has placed
coupon books on sale at "a cents and
they contain coupons for 81 rides.
The cheapest fares in the United
States are three cents per ride
For the Asking. = The University
Of Kansas has for distribution sew
era1 hundred souvenir pamphlets con-
tanning a large number of pictures
of the University campus, equipment
and buildings. These, pamphlets will
be mailed without charge to any
citizen of the state requesting the
same
He Promised Them Work. IS. H.
Haywood, of Wichita, was arrested
in Topeka and is being held on
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. Haywood is accused
of working labor bureau game and
enticing over 500 away from the
pockets of unsuspecting men, desir-
ing employment.
Charges Murder of His Son. - Not
satisfied with the verdict of coron-
er's jury, which declared his sons
death to have been an accident, Peter
Giaretta went to Wichita from his
home. six miles northwest of Garden
Plain, and filed complaint in the juv-
emile court charging Fred Pottsberg,
10-year-old boy, with Intentionally
shooting and killing his son.
"Boston" corbett Found. "Bos-
ton" Corbett, the soldier who shot
John Wilkes Booth, the assassination
of President Lincoln, has been found
in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ca,
after being lost to the world for
years. Many years ago Corbett
escaped from the state insane asylum
at Topeka, and from that day his
whereabouts have been unknown.
Bit Off PoIiceman's Ear. = In at
tempting to stop disturbance on the
part of three soldiers at Junction
City, Policeman Folck was assaulted
| by the soldiers and in the fight one
of the soldiers bit off the policeman's
ear, when the latter pulled his pis-
| toll and commenced firing. One sol
der was hit in the abdomen by two
bullets and is in serious condition
| 40. An
other of the soldiers was shot in the
finger.
From Farm and Village. - Over
| fifty per cent of the students in the
| University Of Kansas come from the
farm or from homes in the smaller
| towns of the state. The continual
prosperity that has blessed the state
has brought within the reach of all
the citizens the magnificent equip
ment of this great institution. The
intense earnestness that character
ICES the work of the students of the
University is due to this substantial
element in the student body.
Orient Loses $4,000 Bonds.-The
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Rail-
way Company failed to secure the
100000 in bonds offered by Sedg-
wick county and Wichita if it should
finish its track to the Red river by
January 1. The county commission
ers told the railroad officials the
track between Dill City and the Red
| river must be finished before mid
night Dec. 81, and as that was i'm
possible, Edward Dickinson, manager
of the road, ordered the work stop
ped. Only six miles was unfinished
when the men stopped work.
His Skull Smashed. = In a free
fight INDUCED in by a dozen men at
Solomon City, Christmas day, Ash
ton Gould, proprietor of the Monte
yuma hotel. was beaten so severely
that he may die.
Boy Killed by Playmate. = While
playing in the barn on his fathers
farm with two neighbor boys the IL
year-old son of Peter Ikretta, farm
er living four miles southwest of
Garden Plain, was accidentally shot
The shot which killed him was from
a 22-caliber rifle, in the hands Of the
10-year-old Cottsberg boy, whose
family lives near the Ikretta family. 2
MiIlers Will Fight.-Attorney Cen
era1 Jackson states that the negotia-
lions for settlement of the millers
| antitrust case out of court have fall
len through, and that the prosecution