Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1916-08-24
Topeka Citizens in Mass Meet
ing Condemn Receiyership
of Kansas Natural.
STATE OFFICIALS COMMENDED
Gov. capper and Other Prominent
Men Made Speeches Denounc-
Recent Hike in Price.

meeting that the governor should III
struct the attorney general to dismiss
the state case against the Kansas
Natural Gas Company, thereby end
ing the expensive and eXtortionate re-
ceivership and putting an end to the
outrageous and high-handed methods,
exorbitant attorneys fees and indiffer-
ence to the rights of the public made
possible by the protective arm of the
Montgomery district court and that
the property of the Kansas Natural
Gas Company be put back into the
hands of the stockholders and the
|. company then be compelled to carry
out its contracts.
Resolved, That we highly commend
Governor Capper and the state Off
Gals, who have taken stand in the
| defense of the interests of the citi-
zens and pledge them our support in
their efforts to see that justice is
done" ;,
The above resolutions were adopted
at a mass meeting of Topeka gas
I uS6IS uclu Oh cllc oldIC lOuoO SACNhNo'
About 1000 people participated
Speeches were made by Governor
Capper, George Hughes, Captain j. G.
Waters, Major A. M. Harvey and Rep
resentative w. "A. s.. Bird. Captain
Waters assailed, the receivers, courts
and attorneys identified with the gas
case in bitter terms. He said they
were worse than highwayman, as
the latter did take some chance when
he held up person.
Governor Capper also paid his re-
spects to the whole aggregation"
connected with the gas receivership.
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Murdoch Leaves for China-Victor
Murdoch, former congressman from
the Eighth Kansas District, will take
no part in the coming presidential
campaign. Mr.. Murdoch, with his wife
and daughter, Katherine, sailed re-
Gently from San Francisco for Shang'
hal.
To Pilot Kansas Democrats-W. c.
Lansdon, Democratic candidate for
governor, announced today he had Sc
lected Dwight Hamilton of Norton
chairman of the Democratic commit
tee to manage the campaign this fall
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Dollar in a Fist's Gill-A silver dol
lar was "banked" in the gill of 10
pound carp that Mrs. Joseph Arculeo
of $40 North Exposition avenue, Wich'
tia, hooked on a fishing trip. The
coin is being kept as a souvenir.
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Three Threshers Burn.-Three
thrcshing machines burned in the
same field near Cullison within one
, week. Recently a machine entered
the Dorney field and began to thresh
1t burned few hours later. The sec
ond machine caught fire in the same
field and burned. Three days later
the third machine caught fire ant
. burned near the same spot.
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Investigation Ends.-Members o
the state board of control, who have
been in,Atchison investigating charge!
of cruelty at the Orphans home, con
, cluded their work and left Atchison
, While they would not give out any In
: formation, 1t is understood most o
, the charges have fallen flat. TIL
Z members of the board will report di
rect to Governor Capper
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Bio Prairie Fire Near Gove.-Th
: first prairie fire of the season Il
| western Kansas burned strip tel
q miles long and five miles wide mort
q of Cove. Several stacks of prairie ha
: was burned and hundreds of acres Q
8 pasture ruined. The fire was stoppe
e by blowing the ground in front of tn
n blaze. There were no houses in tn
e path of the fire.
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. Anthrax In Kansas. - Anthrax,
9 contagious disease, deadly to farr
= stock, has broken out on the farm
=. z. H. Miller, near Jarbalo, nine mile
: west of Leavenworth. Three COW
Il. | died and one WAS hlIlcu ny OAuCl
the officials of the Kansas live stoc
commissioner. The carcasses Of tn
! animals were burned and quaral
. tine established on the Miller farr
n and the neighborhood.
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5 First White Child pead.-Mrs. Il
u vina Cook, 81 years old, the fir
e white child born in Burlington, Ia
g is dead in Atchison. Her father foun
ed her native town. She Marie
u forty years ago to Noah R. Cook an
IS moved to Rushville. Mo. lively
"a years ago she came to Atchison.
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lie Miner Shocked to Death.-Antor
Kotnik, an Austrian miner, was ele
trocuted in mine No. Is Of the Yves
ern Coal and Mining Company
10 Yale recently. He was employed
n an underground motorman and wht
70 his car left the rails be Touched II
IS, trolley wire in attempting to repla'
Of his car on the tracks.
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a A Bio Fire at lrvlng.-Fire OF u
known origin which started short