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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
TRIBAL TAX UPHELD.
cherokses WIN Ask to withdraw Treaty
with United states.

Muskogee, /. T., Nov. 26.-The United
States court of appeals in a decision
upheld the Creek law imposing a
tribal occupation tax on non-citizen
merchants and professional men. This
law was resisted by the class against
whom it was directed on the grounds
that taxation without representation.
is unjust, but, after fight through
three courts, the Indians have won
and the tax will now be collected with
out further resistance.
Indian Inspector j. E. Wright, the
personal representative of the secre-
tary of the interior, returned from
Washington, where he went to discuss
the tribal question with his chief
Acting Chairman Bixby, of the Dawes
commission, left for Washington,
where he was called to discuss affairs
concerning the Cherokee and Creek
treaties now pending in congress. The
Creeks are satisfied with their treaty,
but the Cherokees are not, and ex-
Chief Mayes announced that they
would ask to withdraw it before con-
gress gets chance to act on it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29

Its own misery. lie was madly jeal-
GUS when she smiled on Sam Brown,
and in swinging partners Sam held
her hand too long and squeezed it too
ardently to suit the jealous lover.
"Queenie, you're a f1irt," he de-
clared, 81 saw you wink at Sam
Brown
She turned on him with proud,
flashing eyes, and said:
Don't be surprised if 1 call you an
other You kissed Susie Bell
That's not true"
Yes, you did; for 1 heard her tell
Mary Cartwright"
1T is false, Queenie," he cried, in
his indignation. Susie Bell was a
round-faced, ugly country girl with no
attractions, and tongue given to mis-
chief making.
The dance went on, and the lovers
| quarrel with it. AS Jack and Queenie
whirled in the giddy mazes of the
dance that silly, childish quarrel
waxed hot, enhancing her beauty with
every angry word she uttered.
At last, as the "set was over" she
suddenly jerked the betrothal emblem
from her finger, and thrusting it into
his hand said:
Here is your ring; you can marry
Miss Sue"
With heavy heart the angry Jack
Long donned his topcoat and winding
his muller about his neck to keep the
chill November air from his throat,
went out into the night never to look
upon the face of that adored being
again.
He heard from Queenie occasionally,
and at last that she had gone east to
live. How far east or what part or
the east, he did not know, and was
too proud to ask.
She was lost to him forever, and he
grew melancholy. He went west, to
be as far from her as possible, and en-
gagged in business at frontier town,
with cowboys and ranchmen for his as
sociates.
Then came the mutte-ings of wal
with Spain.
He had always lived the weak. and
sprang to the first call to arms. Rough
riders were wanted, and he had learned
to mount the widest broncho.
He enlisted, and hurried off to the
front. At Santiago he landed, and IL
the march to the city was in the frs
skirmish
Then came that noble charge on Sa1
Juan Hill. He led the charge amid
dust and heat, fighting like mad mar
until struck down, faint and bleeding
he lay on mother earth to die.
"Queenie, Queenie, oh, my long-los
loved one, shall never see you more?
he was heard to murmur, as born,
away from the field. Somehow ther.
was something in this piteous CT.
which touched the hearts of those VIII,
J heard 1t. A newspaper man who wa
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
UNCLE sam Is BUSINESS.
A Note Sent to Capitals of all the
AlIies--New Basis.
FOR FRESH NEGOTIATIONS.

Washington, Nov. 26.-The secretary
of state has addressed an identical note
to the powers interested in the Chinese
situation setting out tersely and afresh
the object of the United States govern
ment as to China and pointing out how
such objects as'are common to the pow
ers can best be secured The note
marks the initiation of fresh negotia-
lions on our part on the arrangement
of new bases to tide over the impossible
situation created at the last meeting of
the ministers in PelSin Some re-
sponses already are at hand and it is
stated that generally our advances
have been well received and the state
department expresses satisfaction with
the progress so far achieved. 1t is be-
lieved that the note is an appeal from
the extreme course suggested by some
of the powers as to the treatment of
China, especially in the matter of pun
isbments and indemnities to which the
ministers at Pelxin seem inclined. The
intent is to push the negotiations on
more rational and business like basis.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Damage by Floods.

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 24.-Great
gulches were moved out of the ground
thirty feet deep and several hundred
feet long; massive stone abutments
were carried off like so much chaf and
even the stout spans of iron bridges
failed to Withstand the wind and wa
ter The thousands of dollars worth
of damage has been done to railroad
property in the state. 1t will take
many days to revise the damage done
in some sections. There were seven
teen washouts between here and Los
Angeles on the Southern Pacific.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29

Then someone on the piano accom-
panied the violin in that sweet old
melody, Haste to the Wedding"
There is always an opportunity in a
quadrille for sly word now and then
between partners.
''All join hands and circle to the
right"
81 want to ask you something" she
Whispered, when they were at their
places again.
What is it?"
First four forward and back again. .
And away they went.
When next they hau an opportunity
SIZE thrust into his hand an item
clipped from a newspaper.
1t was of a young soldier carried
bleeding and dying from San Juan hill,
murmuring:
'Queenie, Queenie, oh, my long-lost
loved one, shall never see you more?"
WAS that you?" she asked.
YES" he answered.
Then he took her nand. 1t trembled,
and her azure eyes grew dim.
Balance ALL
1t was several minutes before either
could speak.
The Sweet-tuned violin, accompanied
by the piano, poured forth such soul
stirring music as can be found only
in that precious old air, Haste to the
Wedding"
He was about to speak when the
musician calling off" shouted:
Gents to places-al1 promenade"
1t gave him an opportunity to re-
cover himself, and when next they
glided across the room he whispered:
Say, Queenie, will you keep that old
promise you made long ago?"
She looked up at him, smiling
through her tears.
Ten years of misery and suffering
had passed since he held that hand.
Oh, it was reward for all that suffer-
ing!
"Queenie, I have it yet" he whis-
pered, taking from his vest pocket the
betrothal ring which he had carried
all these ears.
ct has never left me, for I always
had hoped that time might come
when 1 could restore it to the finger
where it belonged. 1t was with me
on that dark, gloomy day at San Juan
hill, where I saw so many noble men
die.
81 carried it over my heart and
prayed that if 1 fell some Spanish
bullet might pass through the band OF
love to reach heart that beat for
you. Oh, Queenie, did you know that
you have never
Swing partners to place" a
What an abomination was that old
fiddler and the dance to Jack.
When he next got an opportunit;
he whispered:
Never been out of my mind"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Happy Manila.

Washington, Nov. 26-Rev. Oliver C.
Miller, chaplain attached to the
Fourth cavalry, who served under
Generals Bates, Young and Lawton,
says he knows of no city in the United
States where there is so little crime,
or where crime is followed so quickly
by punishment as in Manila. He adds
that he has found larger degree OF
drunkenness and immortality in the
cities of our home land than he ever
found in the cities of the Philippine
archipelago.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Echoes of the Great storm.

Los Angeles, Nov. 24.-This city was
cutoff for "a hours from the outside
world.
Colorado Springs: The damage in
this city by the storm will approximate
5000, ooO
Pueblo: Telegraph and telephone
communications almost entirely cut off.
The Santa Fe has one stretch of 265
poles on the ground.
Denver: Owing to wires being down
west and south of here little storm
news has reached here. Trains were
run without Geographic orders and all
arrive behind time.
Little Rock: Every house in the
storms path was blown down in East
ern Monroe county. Six dead and 25
injured are reported with much suffer-
ing among survivors.
San Francisco: Immense washouts
in the southern part of the state.
Memphis: The people of La Grange
have sent out appeals for help.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Other storm Report,.

Denver, Nov. 23.-Leadville reports
considerable snow, but little wind.
Monument has suffered from the wird,
several buildings being wrecked, but
no one injured.
Boise, Idaho, Nov. ga snow storm
of unusual severity for this season has
been raging throughout this section
for two days The snow fall in the
mountains is very heavy.
Van Couver, B. c.. Nov. 23.-At Do
land, it is thirty degrees below zero
and at Laggan the thermometer regis
ters 81 below zero
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29

Seated by the glowing embers in the
gloomy old frelit hall, watching the
flame retreat, advance, flare up IN
splendor, and then die into a dull
glow, was Jack Long. Thirty-hve
years had elapsed since Jack first saw
the light of day, and his life had been
as full of joy and misery, of light and
shadows, as the ordinary life OF man
kind.
Typical of the ever-burning glow
was love within has heart which ten
years had not smothered.
Like the fire fame leaping high and
sinking low, was the hope in his
breast.
AS Jack sat there alone, gazing into
the fire, thoughts of bygone days came
over him, trooping at his memory
call.
Mingled with, those memories was a
fair and radiant maiden, with hair OF
sunshine and eyes of azure. This i'm
age conjured up so vivid and lifellke
was his loving, laughing sweetheart,
Queenle Graham, as she looked on that
Thanksgiving night so long ago.
IL WOulu NC leu years OI4 IiO AAOA
row since he had last gazed upon the
dimpled, smiling, roguish face which
he loved so well.
They were then betrothed, and sne
wore the betrothal ring which he had
placed upon her finger only few
weeks before.
How vivid that picture came before
his eyes. Ten years seemed to have
rolleu backward, and he was a youth
of rs again, and Queenie Graham, his
adored one. blushing maiden of Is.
The old-fashioned farmhouse, with
white, oaken floor, and the boys with
their sweethearts, and the jolly old
fiddler who played half asleep, only
awaking to call out in deep, stentor-
ious tones:
Swing partners to place"
The lamps swinging from the ceiling
flooded the scene with the most bril-
liant light.
Gay laughter and jest told of light
hearts, and happy faces glowed to the
soul-stirring music of the Irish Wash
erwoma1," sawed off by the fiddler.
Jacks love, like all true love, did
not run smooth. In fact, love begets
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
: P1uckx Motorwoman.

The pretty and plucky daughter Of
Frank Butler, the energetic treasurer
of the Automobile club of London, has
driven her motor car to Paris and
back She is the first woman who has
so ventured, and it is pleasant to know
that the journey was brilliant sue
cess, the motor car behaving with per-
feet propriety, and covering the lovely
country lying between Havre and the
gay city in one day. Most Of the
smarter French women can drive their
automobile, the first to set the exam
pie of obtaining a regular certificate
being the Duchess Dues, the only
woman IN. F. S. H." who hunts her
own pack of staghounds.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
no use State Archltect.

Topeka, Nov. 24.-If the recon-
mendations of Superintendent Frank
Nelson are followed, the State Archi-
tect will prepare plans for district
schools which are built in the state.
The majority of the buildings are
planned by local carpenters and often
they are neither convenient nor health
full. The plan proposed by Mr.. Nell
son is that when school district de-
sires to erect building, it can COM
municate with the State Architect, and
he can prepare thu plans.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
nbex. snnr.m. conrt.

Topeka, Nov. 24.-According to the
decision of the supreme court police
officer has no legal right to release a
prisoner on any bond other than a
properly signed guarantee that he will
appear in court at the stated time.
Judge Magaw has ordered the officers
to place all those they arrest behind
the bars unless they are supplied with
bonds of the proper description. He
made it plain that no more cash bonds
would be accepted. If policeman let
his man go it will count against him
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29

Randolph, Kans., Nov. 23.-Fred
Winkler, prominent wealthy citizen
of Riley county, died at his home, near
Winkler postoffice on the Blue river.
He had suffered long with cancer and
had been confined to his room for sew
eral months. Mr.. Winkler had large
farming interests and also owned the
mill near his residence. He was one
of the early settlers of this county and
has done much toward it's develop
ment. He leaves wife and family
oil. grown sons and one daughter.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Sale of Short Horns.

Kansas City, Nov. 24.-The sale of
Shorthorns in Kansas City was COM
posed entirely of cattle from Kansas
herds. They were from the herds of
81. NJ. Hill of La Fontaine, Kan, and
C. F. Wolf &c Son of Ottawa, Kan, and
b. w. Gowdy of Garnett, Kan. Sixty
cattle were sold at this sale, six of
which were bought by Carl Welding
of Topeka. The six that were sold
brought s125, $40, $50, 500, 800 and
S1OO.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Short But Important.

Berlin, Nov. ga Pekin cable says
that the situation in South China is
improved, that the rebels have been
conquered and that the rebellion is
nearly extinct.
San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 23.-For
several hours this city was almost
entirely cut off from Geographic COM
munication by heavy wind and rain
storm.
Lincoln, Nov. 33.-The supreme
court of Nebraska declares the act of
establishing the state board of trans
portation unconstitutional
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Would Abolish ali of Them.

Cincinnati, O., Nov. 26.-The twenty
fourth annual convention of the Amer
lean Secular and Freethought society
began here with the annual address by
President John E. Remsburg of Kan
sas Secretary E. c. Reich reported a
membership of 900.
The society is considering PROPOSE
tions to abolish chaplains in Congress,
the army, navy and state institutions
and to eliminate the Bible from public
schools
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Stafford to be RehuiIt.

Stafford, Kans., Nov. 26.-The loss
by the recent fire has been adjusted by
the insurance companies and arrange
ments are rapidly being completed for
the rebuilding of the burned block
with substantial brick and stone.
The d. ]. Fair & Co. will erect a
good Office building. An opera house
will be built and the remainder of the
block will be one solid business build
ing partitioned to suit the occupants
The loss was about $50, 900; insurance
about $4,000.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Protect TREASURE In rrnnsit.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 26.-The I'm
ion Pacific has adopted the plan of
placing armed guards upon its trains
which carry large shipments of money.
Trains and 4, which take most of
the treasure shipments, have already
been garrisoned with these guards.
Col. Tom Cooper, Cheyenne, is in
charge of the armed force on one of the
trains.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Two American Cardinals.

Rome, Nov. Calculations are slight
ly strained between the court of Vienna
and the vatican relative to She bestow-
al of the cardinals hats to America,
the house of Hapsburg claiming one of
them for the archbishop of Prague.
The hats will probably be given to
Archbishops Ireland and Corrigan, al
though Archbishop Chapelle is men
toned.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Complete Kansas Fipures.

Topeka, Nov. s2.-The complete re-
turns from the state show that Nc
Kinley's plurality is 25,so4 and
Stanley's plurality is 1O,577. The total
vote cast was 349,917. McKinley's total
vote was 1S7,ss1, Bryan's 162,o97.
Stanley's total was 179, 4O7; Breiden-
thals 16S. $40
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Rorcott Interferes with Private Right.

Boycott Interferes with Private Rights.
st. Louis, Nov. 23.-Judge Flitcraft,
of the circuit court, has issued an or
der restraining the Musicians Benevo
lent association from suspending from
membership, Carl Froelich, musician,
for his refusal to pay fines assessed
against him. for riding on the street
cars after boycott had been declared
against them by the association during
the recent strike. The court held that
the assessment of fine for riding on
the cars was an interference with the
private rights of citizen.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
No More Cigarettes for Iowa.

Dubuque, Ia, Nov. 26.-An order has
come to all tobacco dealers to at once
ship out of the state their entire stock
of cigarettes and cigarette papers. The
order came from the American Tobacco
Company, in conformity with the re-
cent decision of the United States SUI
preme court.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
Gale at Cleveland.

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. GA heavy
westerly gale, which at times reached
a velocity of 60 miles an hour, swept
over Northern Ohio, prostrating tele-
phone and telegraph wires in all direc-
tions.
In this city the wind played havoc
with chimneys, trees and plate glass
windows.
The temperature is falling rapidly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
General Lee to Omaha.

New York, Nov. 22.-General Fitz-
hugh Lee, who arrived from Cuba, will
stay in this city for three or four days.
After reporting at Washington he will
go to Omaha and take command of the
department of Missouri, to which no
has been assigned
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29

There's rattle down at Clancy's;
They are throwing for turk"
By the way the dice-box dances
You can see it's hard at work.
Whewi the air is close and smokyi
There's a crowd about the beer;
Every stalwart thirsty blokey
Downs his pint without fear.
"Twinty-wan." called Jerry Clancy
And he pounded on the bar.
''Shure. the game is rather CLANCY,
Lucky divil that we are!
Come, O'Brien, TAX the bi-r-d!"
Then said Clancy, with a wink:
''Whirra, boys, an haven't we hear-r-d
O'Brien ashk yez ahl to dhrink?"
There were twenty-seven husky men
Gathered there about the bar.
''Whiskey here" each shouted then.
Clancy answered: Here yez are!
Tin cints aich, We lucky sinner!"
'FaiX," O'Brien said, 'thots mattel
IT'S a moighty coshtly dinner
Eight years old. four pounds in weight!
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
The Instinct of Liberty.

Nature imprints upon whate'er we see,
That has a heart and life in it. BE
freel" -Cowper.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29

Swing partners to place"
What an abomination was that old
fiddler and the dance to Jack.
When he next got an opportunit;
he whispered:
Never been out of my mind
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-29
A Prominent Early Citizen.

lie temperature is falling rapidly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-05-02
The Way They Went.

1t is in the early 5O's and he is a new
settler locating on heavily timbered
farm in the west. All dense, heavy tim
Der In every direction, and so he did the
only thing he could do, he cut the forest
kings, tie growth OF centuries-w hite-
wood. ash, maple, oak, and rolled them
into heaps and burned them up, while
he worked the walnut into rails where
with to fence in his little clearing. We
helped to do it, and il all seems so pitt
full now, this tending log heaps and
burning up what never can be replaced
trees which would bring 500 each to-
day. But we did not know, and as the
lurid fame Of the burning log pile lit up
at night the imposing and mighty forest
wall and cast fantastic, spooky shadows
into the forest depths, the picture would
not be out Of place in Dante's Inferno.
The grand old forest is all gone. Where
grew trees hundred feet high, man
now has to dope the land with q fertil-
izer to get crop. The few old walnut
stumps left are eagerly sought for,
wherewith to veneer the household gods
OF a new civilization.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-05-02
The Navel Orange.

In 1873 a native in breech clout told
the American consul at Bahia in Brazil
that up in the wild country where he
lived there grew an orange tree which
bore fruit without seeds. The consul
procured six shoots from this tree which
were sent to the Agricultural depart
ment at Washington: two of these died
and no care was taken Of the others. A
woman-Mrs. Tibbetts of Riverside,
California asked the department for
specimens Of semi tropical fruits and
was given the four little trees. After
they were planted in Ca ifornia COW
eat up one Of them and another died.
Two lived. When these two trees began
to bear, orange growers in that state
went wild The buds from th.se trees
sold for one dollar each From this
small and uncertain beginning has
grown the Navel orange OF today with a
product in 1899 of over 100000 boxes
for which the consumers have paid $l2,-
100000 These facts make up romance
in fruit culture never before equalled.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-05-02
Let Well Enough Alone.

1t was this wayne had good quar-
ter section farm in the corn belt he was
out Of debt and was cleaning up year by
year, besides his very good living, about
$500. He got hold Of some railroad and
land agents literature. He was both
cred little with the catarrh, and the
first thing he knew he was seriously
thinking Of selling the farm and migrat-
ing to some of the better lands described
by the passenger agent and the land
boomer. He sold out, was gone year,
wrote home to the local paper about fine
climate and fruits; next the old neigh
bors heard that he was homesick: then
he came back and last week bought
back the old farm at an advance of s.
per acre over what he sold it for. His
experience cost him about $1,000 He is
happy once more and knows a whole lot
more than he did. There is no garden
of Eden today
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-05-02
What Is a Heather |?

1t is by no means an uncommon thing
in this christian country to come across
cases of most brutal cruelty to dumb
animals. Then we send missionaries to
India to convert and civilze them as we
term it and yet SO kind towards dumb
brutes does the religion of Buddha make
these h athen, that an asylum Tor aged
and infirm beasts and birds is NAM
tanned near Calcutta in which are cared
for 129 bulls, 307 cows, III calves, IS
horses, 90 sheep, Is goats. al pigeons,
four cats, three monkeys and Eve dogs,
cared for at public expense by over loo
servants and veterinary surgeon. And
while the heather were doing this. some
old deacon in good and regular standing
is working his horse with collar gall as
large as your hand, or letting his cows
shiver on the lee side of barb-d wire
fence while he went to kirk. What is
heather, anyhow?