Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-07-19
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

President Diaz, of Mexico, is re-eleet-
ed
Governor c. H. Allen, of Puerto Rico
has come home on visit.
The Ninth United States infantry
has arrived at Taku, China.
india is having plentiful rains, but
the cholera mortality continues high.
Annexation to the United States is
being seriously discussed in Switzer-
land
Several thousand more horses and
mules have been ordered sent to the
Philippines.
A steamer left Sydney, N. s. W.,
July :, with So, 100000 in gold for San
Francisco.
The dock laborers and the car men
of Rotterdam are becoming warlike in
their strike.
United States Consul Adelbert S.
Hay, of Pretoria, is about to return to
the United States.
The cotton mills of Fall River, Mass.
have closed for the simmer. This
affects 10000 employees.
The Washington state grain inspec-
tor still thinks that state has produced
80, 600, 900 bushels of wheat.
The New York Central Railroad COM
pany has given $50, 900 in cash to the
Pan-American Exposition company.
Clear water in the Chicago river is
lessening the city revenue from water,
factory owners drawing their supply
from the river.
The new managers of the st. Joseph
& Grand Island railroad are making
changes in the employees of the COM
pany by the wholesale.
The Paris municipal council annulled
its former action to aid an American
art institute in that city because
French artists objected.
A reciprocity treaty has been con-
cluded between the United States and
Italy which decreases the duties on
wheat imported by that country from
this.
st. Paul, Mimi, lost by fire five
buildings which had been formerly
used by railroad company. There
were 300 carloads of shingles stored in
the building and they were also burned.
War indemnity paid to Chilli by Peru
and Bolivia since 1897 will reach three
billions of dollars; a greater sum than
France paid to Germany.
The st. Joseph Daily Herald COM
pany offers the Herald property for
sale. This is decided upon to facilitate
the settlement of the Major I. j. Chew
erty.
Spain sends no war vessels to China.
to cooperate with the other powers
having no interests to defend in that
part of the world.
President Mckinley has accepted the
grand army invitation to attend their
annual encampment in Chicago.
The French chamber of deputies has
voted IA, 500, 900 francs. more, to carry
out Frances operations in China.
Vast focks of sheep are in great
danger from fire raging on the north
side of the Yellowstone river, in Mon
tana.
The railroads have agreed to make
rate of one cent a mile for the annual
encampment of the G. A. R. in Chicago
August 27-31.
Schweinfurth, the Rockford. ILL.,.
messiah has renowned his faith. left
his heaven" which has SO long been
located near Rockford.
Jas. H. Hoffman, trustee of the
Baron de Hirsch fund, is dead. For
more than 35 years he has been prom
inent in Hebrew charities in the Uni
ted States.
tered at Chickamauga park. This is
regarded as the first step towards the
establishment of permanent army
post at Chickamauga.
DIR. Chas. F. Mcdonald. the founder
of the postal money order system, is
dead, aged II. He also effected the
exchange of money orders between the
United States and many foreign cour-
tries.
The Italian government is to partici-
pate with the other powers by pre-
pairing to send six or seven warships
to China.
Francis Truth, the Boston divine
healer, plead guilty to using the mails
for illegal purposes and was fined
s.. 500, which he paid.