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

county Jail in 1902, has been recap
tured at FL Paso, Tex, and Gov. Hoch
has issued a requisition on the gov
ernor of that state for his return to
Kansas to answer to his crimes.
-BeIoit Banker $4,000 short-H. A.
Phelps, cashier of the First National
Bank of Beloit, is reported short
$4,000 in his accounts. He has turn
ed over all his property to the bank
and it is believed that it is enough
to entirely protect the bank from
loss. Mr. Phelps is one of the most
prominent business men in that part
of the state and very highly regard
ed. The announcement came as
bolt from a clear sky. The First Ma
tional Bank is very strong institu-
ton and not in the least effected by
the trouble with it's cashier, for whom
general sympathy is expressed. 1t
transpires that the cause of Mr..
Phelps trouble was his effort to save
his sons bank at Scotville, small
town east of Beloit, which closed its
doors recently, but will probably pay
depositors in full.
Banks Have 100000 More. =
Within the past two months Kansas
state banks have experienced
strinkage in total deposits Of $751;
100000 or II per cent, from the high
est point deposits ever reached in
the history of the state, according to
the report made by Bank Commits
sioner Royce from the call of De
cember g. He says that much of this
money was withdrawn for the NOV
ing of crops and payment of taxes.
Mr.. Royce comments upon the fact
that the Kansas banks On December
showed more actual cash by ST.
385,9S9 than on August %, when the
last previous call was issued from his
Office. He notes that during this
same period of time the banks have
called in $5,260,0OO of their outstand-
ing loans. The reserve in the ma
tional banks at this time is 35 per
cent; in the state banks, Sc per cent.
Though he does not mention guar
anty deposit law, Mr.. Royce indi-
Gates that he believes a closer rela-
tionship between depositor and bank
er is imperative, SO that when a de-
positor leaves money in a bank he
will know that it will be returned to
him upon demand.
| Make "Kansas For Christ."-''Kan-
sas for Christ is to be the slogan in
statewide evangelistic campaign
that is to be pushed In every county
of the Sunf1ower state this year. Hun
dreds of ministers of various de-
i nominations, together with numerous
evangelists, are to hold revivals. An
entire year will be spent in the
movement and an effort is to be made
to demonstrate to the whole country
what may be accomplished in con-
certed religious work, carried for
ward on strictly business lines. The
great revival is to be under the di-
rect leadership of the Rev. William
Edward Biederwolf, who planned it.
The undertaking will be subject to
the general supervision OF an advis-
DRY board composed of two ministers
and two laymen from each denomina-
ton in the state. This board, which
teen denominations represented, has
selected Edward E. Taylor, of Phila-
delphia, to act as secretary. The
plan is to have many of the best
known evangelists in the country.
aided by local pastors, give the en-
tire season to the work. Everywhere
union meetings are to be carried on,
directed by the Rev. Mr.. Bfederwof
and the advisory board.
Students, Get Busy! = The next
examination for candidates for the
Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford Uni
versity will occur, for Kansas stu
dents, at the University of Kansas,
January 81 and %. The first Rhodes
Scholar from Kansas, Earl Murray,
is now assistant professor of Latin
in the University.
Sentences Are COMMITTED. = Gov.
Hoch committed to eighteen years the
life sentences of William Harvey and
Carl Arnold, who were sent to the
j penitentiary from Edwards county in
November, 1894, on a charge of MUIR
der in the first degree. They killed
the mayor of Kinsley, John Marsh.
They had been in Oklahoma and
were returning to Ness county, their
home. They attempted robbery and
killed Mayor Marsh. They were
| rontonnad for life One WAS LIZ and