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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
Peoples Party Congressional Convention

A delegate convention of the Peoples party OF
the Seventh congressional district is hereby called
to meet in the city of Great Bend on Tuesday,
April II, 1900, at 1000 a. M, for the purpose OF
nominating a candidate for Congress. The basis
of representation in said convention shall be one
delegate at large for each county, and one dele
gate for each 800 votes major fraction thereof,
cast for John w. Leedy for governor in 1898; pro-
vded no county shall have less than delegates.
Meade county is entitled to 2 delegates.
By order of Peoples party congressional COM
mittee, in session at Hutchinson, ks, March 6.
w. C. AYREs, Chairman.
HORACE FosLER, Sec'y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22

We notice that some of the west
ern papers are booming Judge B. F.
Milton, of Dodge City, as candi-
date for associate justice on the
democratic ticket. What would be
the matter with nominating Judge
Milton for judge of the 31st judicial
district? He is a competent man
for that position, having been judge
of the appellate court for the past
severalyears. u.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22

An examination of applicants for
common school diploma viii be held
at the school house in Meade, Sat
urday, March 3Ist, beginning at 8
a. IN. A committee of teachers will
grade the papers. The graduate re-
ceiving highest grades will be entitled
to years tuition at college, free.
], A. PoRTERFIELD.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
Have You a
Buggy, Carriage
or Spring Wagon?

Does it require extra washers to hold
the wheels close? If so, I will dress
up the spindles, straighten up the
wheels take up the lost motion and
put them in good running order, max
ing them almost, if not quite as good
as new, all for the sum of $500
Satisfaction guaranteed or no charge.
A. w. CALENDER,
Meade, Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
Notice to Correspondents.

We wish our correspondents
would not indulge in too many per-
sonal items or jokes on their neigh
bors. A great many do not like it
and have mentioned the matter to
US. Sometimes correspondents use
this method to ''get even" for some
neighborhood difference. Please do
not do it any more or we will have
to "blue-pencil" all such items.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
For Sale.

Lot & swA neH, lot 8 & seq
nwH of section 8, township SO,
range 26 west. For price and fur
Their particulars, call at this office.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22

1 have, adjacent to the city OF
Meade, $50 acres of land, broke,
100 acres of which I desire to lease
for spring crop, on very favorable
terms. For particulars inquire of
w. c. OsGooD SR.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
For Sale or Trade.

Two road carts and two sets OF
harness for same, and one walking
cultivator. 1 will sell cheap.
A. w. CALENDAR,
m Meade, Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
Educational Column.
Respectfully,
BUFFALO BILL.
By ]. A. PoRrERF1ELD Co. Supt.

Program for Teachers Association to be
held at Meade, Saturday, April I, beginning
at 1880 p. m.
Opening exercises.
Minutes of previous meeting.
Recitation-Nellie Keith.
Paper-'sThe value of school district
libraries Mamie Campbell.
Class recitation in grammar, third reader
grade-Sada Jenkins.
General discussion-''Have the associations
been profitable9 How may hey be improved?'
Music-Zada and Ethel Black.
''What requirements in literature should be
demanded of all teachers?''-Carrie Painter
The British in South Africa--D. P. Wysong
Likewise the Boers-A. T. Bodle Jr.
Neutrality-suspicious. from Emerson.
Adjournment.
Reading Circle program.
Greenwood-Chapters TX and X-Mrs
Josie Rhodes.
Lecky-Pages 200 to 246-B. E. Crane.
Term reports have been received as fol
lows: District No. 5, U. G. Park, teacher
No. 7, Nellie Keith; No. s, Mabel McMul
len; No. g, Pink Steele; No. ~, Carrie
Painter; No. 81, Florence Smith; No. So
Florilla Byrns; No. AZ, Grace Conlin.
Teachers are again earnestly requested tc
send or bring in their term reports promptly
School district clerks should refuse to draw
an order for the last months salary until the
report is properly made and delivered.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22
For Sale.

1 have IT'S feet of 2-inch, galvan-
lied well casing for sale cheap if
taken at once.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22

VIM. SIEBENTHALER,
8 st Fowler, Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-22

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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

cruel lesson her perfidy in attacking and
attempting to butcher the legationers has
rendered i; necessary to teach. in the in
terests of future security. If the good Of
fees Of the United States. of which China
might avail in certain contingencies. are
TO be of any use to her. no time is to be
lost by the imperial Government in put
ting down disorder. and suing for peace
on its knees-not with the arrogant tone
of past proposals For one thing. 1t would
be to Lis advantage to dTCp the men.
dacious fiction OF the Boxer rebels IN
PelSin. Minister Conger has assured his
Government that they are only pretence.
and that the bloody work in the capital
has been done by regular troops led by
high Officials of the Government, by order
of the Empress Dowager. The sooner she.
and the rest of the ruling class. realize
that they are not to escape responsibility
and punishment by hiding behind Boxers
and resorting to lies and subterfuges gen.
orally, tie sooner they will escape from
their present predicament. President A;c-
kinley has given them excellent advice.
II they do not follow it quickly. they will
only suffer the more for their stupidity
and pig Medicines
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
RACIAL LABOR TROUBLES.
Efforts to Adjust the Matter in New
Orleans Shipping Circles.

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 23.-one of the
results of the anti-negro riots in New
Orleaas was the demand made on the mer-
chants. ship agents. and other large en-
ployers Of labor to give the preference to
white men over negroes. OF late many
OF the 9 employers have accepted only ne
groes on the ground that they were more
tractable and easily managed.
Against this the white laborers COM
planned. and their case was taken up by
some of the newspapers which declared
there would be less race trouble il the
labor question was properly adjusted and
If the white workingman was not discrimi-
mated against, in many cases. Attention
was called to the fact that in some cases
negro foremen bossed gangs of white men.
Negotiations have been under way for
some weeks in consequence of these CON-
plants, Mayor Capdevielle being finGa,y
called in to help in the adjustment II
Is understood that a satisfactory agree
ment has finally been reached for a di-
vision Of labor between whites AID re-
grOes.
Under this agreement the ship agents
and others who employ gangs are to give
n certain percentage OF the work to the
whites and a certain percentage 20 the
negroes. Those who employed only ne
groes have agreed TO accept white men
well and give them a share of the work
1t is also agreed that there shall be no
negro foreman over the white gang 1t is
believed this settlement will do much to
relieve the racial tension and prejudice
which gave rise to the late riots and which
originated largely in la Dor competition be-
tween whites and blacks
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
ITALIANS HONOR HUMBERT.
4 Monster Memorial Demonstration
Held In New York City.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Ali the Italian
societies of this city combined in doing
honor to the memory of the assassinated
King Humbert today by attending a SOL
emn requiem mass at the old St. Patrick s
Cathedral Mott and Prince Streets. and
then joining in Il parade which was an Imi-
tatiOn of the funeral procession in Rome.
There were nearly l0.O00 Italians in line
and they marched to the music OF twenty
bands.
The various italian societies. in their
full regalia, began to assemble at o'clock
this morning in Washington Square. When
they assembled and assumed parade forma-
ton the procession. led by a hearsc
containing an empty coffin and drawn
by eight black horses. proceeded to
st. Patrick's Cathedral, where the
requiem mass was begun at 11:15
o'clock The empty coffin, draped
In black and supported on a bier bound
with crepe, was carried down the aisle of
the church and placed before the altar.
After the ceremonies were concluded. the
proce ssion. headed by the hearse and TWEEN
ty grand marshals. representing the va
rious Italian societies. wound its way
around the Italian quarter, which was dec
GRATED with flags from one end 10 the
other Later the parade marched past
the city hall and was reviewed by Acting
Mayor Guggenheimer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

dation of accepting such a sacrifice. and
if ones character is worth row of pins,
it will receive all the recognition it de-
serves without the crushing out of pa
rents lives to further that end. In "Pere
Goriot'' Balzae portrayed an extreme in
stance of such wrong-headed altruism
and. with his unfailing clearness OF per-
ception. he pointed cut the fact that 1t
was only degrading and demoralizing in
its results.
We are coming to a recognition of the
rights of the human being, whether that
being is mother, wife father. husband. or
child. A man of generous impulses will
not wish to hamper his wife's development
Il she has genius he will wish her to show
il to the world. and will recognize the fact
that she will be meme the less true wife
and mother for living out her whole ma
ture. On the other hand, il she is wise
she will understand that she can only do
good work by the full development of all
womanly sympathiss and emotions. No
one has right to demand of her that she
sacrifice her best possibilities to her chill,
dren; and on the other hand. If she neg
lects them, or fails to keep in touch with
them, her work will suffer. This has come
to be so generally understood by sensible
people that women of genius. Nowadays
are quite as frequently happy in their do
mestic relations as any other women, and
men OF genius not infrequently choose for
their wives women of talent which ap-
proaches their own. In such family rela,
tons the rights OF all the members are
respected. and happiness is the result.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
ORDNANCE TEST POSTPONED.
To" FeEgy mt sandy Hook to Try the
Huntington Gun.

NEW YORK. Aug 23.-Gen. Nelson A
Miles aud some members of the Board of
Ordnance and Fortincations and the En-
gineer Corps arrived here from Washing
ION today for the purpose of making tests
of new field guns which have been pro-
posed as substitutes for the S2-inch field
gun now in the service.
1t was proposed some time ago to dis
card this present style OF gun. and the
Board of Ordnance, of which General Miles
is President. has had the matter OF a
new gun under consideration since this de-
cision was made The Ordnance Bureau,
OF which Gen. A. r. Burlington is chief.
has also been working on plans for a
new gun. with the result that one was de-
signed which General Burlington considered
so satisfactory that the bureau decided to
open bids for 200 Of them
General Miles and other members of the
Board of Ordnance protested against such
action on the ground that IL gave no
chance for outside competition by in
ventors. Secretary Root decided that no
award should be made until tests were
made of the other guns submitted by
inventors. These tests the officers came
here to witness today. They we're held at
Sandy Hook. the party going there on the
General MeiRs. Only one other gun be-
sides the one designed by the Ordnance
Bureau was submitted for test today. and
that was one made by the Driggs-Seabury
Ammunition Company. Both were 3-inch
pieces. Unfortunately there was a con-
siderable haze at Sandy Hook, and it was
decided 3here would be too much danger
to passing vessels IL the guns were fred
Consequently that part OF the test had to
be abandoned. the officers contenting them
selves with a close inspection OF the guns.
They also examined closely some 5-inch
and 6-inch and some seacoast rapid firing
guns.
From Sandy Hook General Miles. who
was accompanied by his daughter. went to
Governors Island and took lunch with
General Brooke. In the party, besides
General Miles. were Brigadier General
Burlington, Brigadier General Wilson, Chief
OF Engineers; Col. John |. Rogers. of the
Fifth Artillery; Thomas j. Henderson, and
secretary Powers. None of the members
would discuss the tests.
The party will go tomorrow to Beth
iehem. Pa. to examine closely into the
OF guns. 1t is the intention
to look into the entire question OF field
artillery before ordering any guns, and it
is probable that 1t will be some time be-
fore decision is reached as to the best
type for field service.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
The Empty Dinner Pail.


The ''dnncr pair is not overlooking in tie
anthracite coal regions OF Pennsylvania, accord
ing to recent advices from that section. In order
10 reduce production the trust. it is stated, has
cut down the number of wurkdays. regardless of
the FULL dinner pail'' promises of the trust party
Miners who are given only three days work In
a week are not likely to become too fat or to he
spoiled by prosperity. Up in Massachusetts,,
where there is an INN ense Republican majority
the dinner pals in many homes not running
over. Some OF the cotton factories are closed
altogether and some working only half time.
The silk mills OF New Jersey are also operating
on short time. A party which is running its
campaign with appeals to rhe appettes of voters
instead OF 10 their reason ought to be supported
more Loyalty by the henefciaTes OF its tariff sys
tenn Before any further promises of full din.
ner pals are given the trusts and the Repub-
lean managers ought to get together and agree
upon a programme.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
JeGcrsonIan Anti-Impcrinlis

Although it has come to be considered
treason to commend the Declaration of In
/ dependence. and especially so to approve
the clause declaring that governments de-
rive their just powers from the consent
of the governed 1t may be interesting
even at the risk of being denounced as i
traitor TO note a few other passages from
this ancient and obsolete document
/ King George III has in many cases been
regarded as model by tie present rulers
OF the United States. The Department of
I State is the custodian of this ancient dec,
I lSration. and under the direction of the
present Secretary it would be the natural
and appropriate thing to apologize TO
Great Britain for the harsh observations
made in that instrument by the patriots
of 1f46 1t may be that the British Gov
eminent might forgive our early indiscTe-
tion, our rude denanciation OF His Maj
esty, upon whom our Executive has by
imitation, bestowed the sineerest fiat
terry. How close is the parallel between
the wrongs complained of by the founders
of our Government and those which might
be cited by our Porto Rican colonists
Suppose that. in the following ex-
tracts. the President of the United States
be substituted for the King of Great Brit
ain. and our colonial subjects. in the Lam
guage OF the declaration, should protest.
could anyone deny the correctness of the
analogy?
The history Of tie present king CT Great
Britain is a history Of repeated injuries and usur
pations. all having in direct object the eS-ab-
lislnneut Of an absolute tyranny over these
states.
He has erected a multitude of new Offices
and sent hitler -~of officers 20 haTass
people, and eat out their substance;
''Ne has kept among Is, in times Of peace |
standing armies without the consent Of our legis-
iatuTc;
he has affected to render the military indie
pendent Of ard superior to the civil power;
''Re has combined with others to subject to !
Jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and /
unscknowledged by laws; giving his assent |
10 their acts OF pretended legislation;
''For qrartering large bodies Of armed troops
among US;
For cutting of cur trade with all parts OF
tie world;
''For taking away our charters. abolishing our
most faIuable laws. and altering fundamentally !
tic forms Of our government;
''for sIspending our own legislatures and de- |
clsring themselves invested with power 10 legis-
late for u in al clses whatsoever"
Some of our colonists might add to this
Indictment the following language taken |
from the same declaration:
'.lIc has abdicated government here L. declar- /
ing rs out of his protection and w1sing var /
--He has plundered our seas Iayaeed orr coasts. /
burnt cur towns, and destroyed the lives OF or /
people"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
GOMEzS SECOND LETTER.
Old Cuban General Less violent in
His Declarations.

HAVANA, Aug 23-Gsneral Maxine
Gomez has written again to the newzpa-
pers TO explain. his letter OF few days
ago, in which he maintained that the rev
olutionists should have sole control of the
political future of Cuba. He now says
that the separatist party always defended
one principle, namely. independence, te-
lieying that the country was capable of
f-government. Against this just aspira-
tion other parties have been formed to
combat 1t.
The question now at stake is one OF more
Importance than mere Offices. Something
clear and honorable must emerge from the
work now in hand. something in harmony
with the revolution He asks II this work
should be entrusted to those who opposed
the revolution or to those who upheld l.,
whether on the field of battle or in the
towns. The revolution. the old general de-
clares, should crown It's own haRdiwork in
the coming constitutional convention or
the revolution will be incomplete. In con-
clusion General Gomez says he gives his
advice as a loyal friend.
General Gomez's previous letter created
a great sensation. A majority OF the Gu
bans leaned to the view that he was aim
ing at the Presidency by trying to prevent
the election of any but military men. His
views did not meet with much open sym
pathy.
La Lucha.'' in which the letter first ap-
peared, published an editorial advocating
an exactly opposite course OF action. The
of General Gomez is also
pointed out in that large portion of the
National party, which has always sup
ported him, is not revolutionary He is
accused of being in league with the Amer
leans on account Of the interview he had
with Mr.. Robert Porter. President McKin-
ley's representative before the entry of the
Americans into Havana. Those who make
this accusation do not explain why GEN
eral Gomez should counsel the people to
adopt lire of action exactly opposite to
that advocated by Governor General Wood.
The main difference In the two letters is
the mildness of tone Of the second COM
pared with the violence of the first, which,
it is said, wss provoked by the success OF
the Conservative party.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24
RELICS OF BYGoNE DAYS.
Discoveries OF Excavators mt VIII
Iard's Hotel.

In excavating under Wizards Hotel.
on the site OF that portion of the structure
which was known in ante-h ellum days as
the old Mansion House workmen found
yesterday a quantity Of old silver and cop
per coins. part of a silver watch. and key
10 room No. 127. in the old hotel. The
ma was made in trap connected with
the waste pipe of the building. and 1t is
considered probable that these articles
were lost at various times by being dropped
IN the toilet rooms. Being heavy thev
lodged in the arm Of the tran ana ,ber.
escaped being washed into the sewer "a
the force Of water was not sufficient Z.
remove them.
Among the coins are three silver half
dollars Of the old design Of the liberty
head, and several pennies. composed Of tn.
alloy OF copper and nickel and stamped
with the flying eagle. All OF the coins
bear date prior 10 1855. The watch Is
little more than shell. The works hays
been nearly destroyed with corrosion. and
little OF the silver case remains that is not
rusted. Chief interest, however centres
in the key, which, 1t is believed by many,
may have been the key TO the room Occur
pied by President Lincoln during his stay
at Wtllards. prior to his inauguration
the first time as President of the United
States.
When Wizards was first constructed
the Mansion House was one of the most
prominent of the ante-belIum hostelries of
Washington II was not until shortly be-
fore the war that the two hotels were con-
solidated. and alterations made that ex-
tended the roof OF Wizards over the
" nsion House. The Mansion House had
been constructed on liberal scale. and
the rooms of the old building were muth
larger than those in Willard's. As a
consequence, after the consolidation OF the
two hotels, most OF the distinguished
guests on WiIlsrd's register were accom-
modated in what had been the Mansion
House. 1t is the belief OF attaches OF the
hotel which is now being demolished that
121 was the number OF the room occupied
by Mr.. Lincoln. To those who are content
to accept this statement as fact, the find
of yesterday afteraeeas Is regarded as an
historical treasure tToTe.
There is considerable doubt expressed
by others who should be well informed in
the lore OF WIZARDS Hotel and the
Mansion House Of the tenability of this
theory. These persons give the positive
assurance that Lincoln was not at any
time lodged in that part OF Wizards.
which had been formerly known as the
Mansion House. While No 12I may havs
held many other distinguished statesmen.
the assurance is given that it was not
dignified by the occupation Of the martyr
President
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-24

(From the New York Evening Postl
II the Ministers and others who have been be
siegcd In Pekin are temporarily relieved from
duty and sent home to rtcuperate the public
telling Of their story is pretty certain to raise
again the popular cry for vengeance" 1t Is
easy to sec how vivid description of the privA-
tons, suferings, and dlugers of the imprisoned
Foreigners and Of the plans of the Chinese for
their destruction. would rouse audience to a
high pitch of e@ciremeLt, and lead to popular
demands for measures OF retribution. In
the Interest OF PC not to say Of dignity and
sclf-rcspect it Is earnestly to be hoped thar
the suggestion OF putting Minister Conger on the
stump in the present campaign will be promptly
rejected There will be vengeance" enough
wreaked upon the Chinese anyway. without our
taking any paIt in il.