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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15

An Indication of some of the impor-
tant industrial effects which may be
expected to follow the opening up OF
China is given in recent reports con-
corning the Chinese tree called the "tu
chung Both French and English bot
anists assert that this tree contains
valuable substance resembling rubber,
or gutta-percha. Mr. Weiss of Owens
college believes that the substance is
a true caoutchouc, and that the tree
will become of great economic impor-
lance.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Asks Taxes on Indian Lands.

Washington, March 6.-Mr. Robin
son, of Nebraska, introduced bill in
the house providing for the payment
of a tax by the government upon In
dian lands held in trust by the govern
ment, where the same are located in
organized counties; the same rate of
tax which the lands of similar char
acter held by settlers pay. 1t is in
tended to indemnity the respective
counties against the necessary outlay
to which they are put in the way of
maintaining roads and bridges, schools
and school houses, located ON the
lands.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Shipping Rice to Cuba.

San Francisco, March GA new ex-
port from San Francisco to the Ha-
waiian islands is rice, which has lately
been sent in large quantities to Homo
lulu, Hilo and other outside ports.
The rice is raised in Louisiana. The
first shipments were made at the be-
ginning of the plague, and up to date
$4,000 bags have been shipped from
San Francisco. Heretofore all the rice
that has been consumed at the islands
other than what has been grown there
has come from Japan.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Gen. Brabant Has Successful Battle.

Dordrecht, March 7.-Following yes
terday's success, General Brabant
again engaged the Beers today with
advantage, holding the position cap
tured yesterday. There was some
smart fighting this morning, the Brit
ish losing five or six men and capturing
the Boer fort, thus improving their
position. The Beers fought tenacious
ly, but ultimately retreated suddenly,
carrying off their guns and wagons.
A mounted force pursued them, but
the result is not yet known. The
British casualties during the two days
were 80 wounded and ~ or 10 killed.
The Boer losses are unknown. The
colonials behaved splendidly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15

The United States civil service COM
nissioners declare in their annual re-
port that the carrier service and the
railway mail service have almost
reached the maximum point in stabili-
ty and efficiency. The force of over
fourteen thousand carriers lost last
year only about two hundred by re-
movals, and the relative loss of the
railway mailmen was almost as small.
The statement is portion of the basis
for the official announcement that dur
ing the last sixteen years persons ap-
pointed through the commissions ex-
aminations have suffered removal only
to the extent of less than 1 per cent a
year. The merit system is willing to
be judged by its fruits.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
The Longest supenslon Bridge.

The suspension bridge that is to con-
meet New York with Hoboken will be
the longest Of its kind, having a span
of 2,730 feet. 1t is estimated that the
bridge with its approaches will cost
s60,000,000. Probable the bridge will
be double decked and provided with a
carriage road, a footpath, a bicycle
path and four trolley car tracks on
the upper deck, beside the six tracks
for regular steam railroad, freight and
passenger trains on the main deck.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
COST OF PHILIPPINE WAR.
Nearly s6o,ooo.ooo Expended up to La

Nearly $4,000. 900 Expended up to Last
November.
Washington, March s.-Acting Sec
Rotary Meiklejohn sent to the house of
representatives a statement of expen-
ditures by the war department cover
ing the military operations in the
Philippines, including outstanding
liabilities from May 1, 1898, to Novem-
Der 1, 1899. The total is given at
s4s. 900, the principal items being:
Quartermaster's department, $685.
715,9o1, of which ST., 136, 1854 is for
army transportation, subsistence de-
partment, $3.50, 900; medical depart
partment, 1,2o6,1 pay department,
s10,s33,134; ordinance department,
81 SEQ. Gag.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Mrs. Roosevelt to Cuba.

New York, March 6.-Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt will make trip to Cuba.
She intends to make a personal inspec-
ton of the homes, the home life, the
opportunities and conditions of the
people and to spend month in the
prosecution of her studies.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be one of the first
American women to undertake such an
investigation, and it is not improbable
that the results of her observations
will eventually be communicated to the
federal government.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
For a Buffalo Range.

Washington, March 6.-The house
committee on public lands has acted
adversely on the proposition to estab-
lish buffalo reserve of eleven town
ships in New Mexico and stock it with
a herd of 100 of these animals to be
given by C. J. (''Buffalo') Jones of
Kansas. A subcommittee was ap-
pointed to prepare bill granting a
smaller tract for buffalo range as a
private enterprise and at a rental.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Ignores Monroe Doctrine

New York, March 6.-The Herald's
correspondent at Rio Janeiro says in
formation has reached that city that
armed British forces which are in Bra
lillian territory near Rio Branco and
have hoisted a British flag.
The authorities arrested some per-
sons suspected of conspiracy against
the government. Several officials of
the army and navy are among the sus-
pected persons, but as yet. no one has
received punishment for the charge of
which they were arrested.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Grover Goe. to F1orida to Fish.

Princeton, N. J., March s.-Ex-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland have left
Princeton for New York, where Mr..
Cleveland will join E. c. Benedict and
Daniel S. Lamont, with whom he will
start for Florida on pleasure trip.
The party will spend about three
weeks fishing along the Florida coast.
Soon after Mr.. Cleveland's return to
Princeton he will deliver his two lee
lures before the university students.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Strange Case of Private o,Leary.

London, March 7.-Among the
wounded soldiers who arrived at South
ampton from South Africa is Private
OLeary, whose case is remarkable.
He was shot in the head during the
battle at Colenso. The bullet lodged
in his brain, rendering him speeches.,
sightless and paralyzed. His life was
despaired of, but Sir William McCor-
mack, president of the Royal College
of Surgeons, removed portion Of the
wounded mans brain, extracted the
bullet and O'Leary has since recovered.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
General Funston,s Work.

Washington, March General
Funston and Colonel Kneenan took 200
men through the mountains to Baler,
on the eastern coast, without meeting
an insurgent. But they are active
along the northern coast from Dagu-
pan to Aparri Occasional reports
come of an American soldier being
killed or disappearing. In the south
ern provinces the insurgents continue
to harrass the American garrisons by
night demonstrations, and lookout
is kept.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15

Congressman Lorimer has spent a
great deal of time lately at work with
his colleagues of the industrial COM
mission upon the forthcoming report
of that body to congress. The docu-
ment in printed form will make two
volumes. and it's most interesting por-
ton will be that which comprises the
testimony about trusts. There is
great deal of curiosity in Washington
as to what the commission itself will
say in regard to this evidence. and a
few wiseacres declare that there will
be no recommendation in this regard
no suggestion as to legislation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Whitaker Held.

Frankfort, KY, March THE ex
aiming trials of Harlan Whitaker, of
Butler county, and Lee Jones of White
ley county, suspected iE connection
with the Goebel assassination, are set.
Attorneys have agreed that Jones may
be allowed bail without the examine
ton of witnesses. Tie county prose
cutor will not consent to bail for
Whitaker and will make fight to hold
him to the April grand jury without
hail
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Die. Phelps Growing weaken

New Haven, Conn.,, March s.-Mr. E.
j. Phelps, ex-minister to England, has
shown increased weakness during the
past few days. 1t was stated by the
attending physician that apart from
the increasing weakness there has been
practically no change within the past
week. The physician also stated that
while Mr.. Phelps was seriously i'll, a
rumor that the case was hopeless was
exaggerated.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Political Indictments.

Louisville, KY, March 6.-The fed
eral grand jury has returned nine
indictments against persons accused of
''intimidating, bribing or otherwise
interfering with colored voters in the
free exercise of the right of franchise. -
Among those indicted is Harry Weaver,
city buyer, and brother of Mayor
Charles p. Weaver. Mr.. Weaver gave
h0nd
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
Aztec Currency.

According to Prescott, the money of
the Aztecs consisted of quilts full of
gold dust and bags Of chocolate grains.
Before the introduction of coined
money into Greece skewers or spikes
of iron and copper were used, six be-
Ing a drachma or handful.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
No More Pheasants from china.

Washington, March 9.-Minister Con-
ger has informed the state department
that at the request of the diplomatic
corps in Picking, the Chinese govern
ment has prohibited the expectation of
pheasant skins. The birds were being
ruthlessly slaughtered to meet the de-
maDd for their plumage in European
markets
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
More Money for Raw nrateria1.

Topeka, March s.-Warden Tomlin-
son, of the Lansing penitentiary, drew
$50, 900 more from the state treasury
with which to purchase raw material
for the prison binding Irvine plant.
This makes 500, 900 drawn out of the
$3.50, 900 fund set aside by the legisla-
ture for that purpose.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
rhirtx Thousand Tourists.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 6.-An
estate just completed by the chamber
of commerce in conjunction with the
hotelmen and railroads shows there
are 10000 tourists in Southern Cali
fornia. The total number of the sea-
son is placed at 10000. This is the
largest tourist season Southern Cali
fornia has ever known.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15

The American postoffice at the Paris
exposition will serve the double pur-
pose of accommodating tourists and
of exhibiting the postal devices, in
which Yankee ingenuity leads the
world. American mailcars, beside
which those of other nations seem
primitive, will be there, and also the
fur-clad Alaskan carrier, with his dogs
and sled.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15
KANSAS.

An automobile operator, according
to the rules laid down, must be able to
use both hands and both feet. What's
the matter with his making some use
of his head occasionally, also?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-15

In France and England it is believed
that the maiden who buries drop of
her blood under rose bush will be
rewarded with rose-tinted cheeks.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16

tori" action firmly in his mind and
when in a reminiscent mood Mai. Rams
dell tells many interesting stories of
that engagement.
1--WE had reached the cnemv's line. in
some cases coming to hand to hand con-
tiict, when was struck by a mimic
balI, which shattered my right hand.'
said Maj. RnnsdeIl, telling Of his
wound. to a New York Tribune CORE
spondcnt. AT that moment expert.
"nced what every soldier has at some
time felt. While we were engaged |
knew no fear, but the moment was
dlsarm"d the great danger ovrrpuw-
cred me. II would be impossible to de-
scribe the awful feelings of the next
half hour and until | got under cover.
Friends falling on all sides, the death
Shrieks of my sChoolmatcs resembling
IN The air. blood and carnage every
where, mad" Il scent | can never forget.
We lost one-half of the TO
! belonged. five were killed out
q were wounded. some of them
dying att"rWHrd. and two of us lost an
arm. Bat that was the last of the fight
ing at i];escca; the enemy rctreated
that night
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16
BABY BAPTIZED WITH BEER.
A Wisconsin Man and Father Adyo-
Gates n Novel Preventive of
intemperancr,

D-..' ----.I :,
'"P''S'' WIN peer as Il preventive o.
"'''"P'' ''''' ~ "',"'"''' III " curious
uo,o1''"' On me ~ ,n' once OF the
,'E,S''"' q! "''"S III M"l'''o""c' WIS.
Is " copy u me "o'u'l'h'.
IN N"'cl' ''F or'g!n"' SP'iIng Is given,
''. n'',''S are "'''I','"'
III accordance with the laws OF the
S,",r Oh Wisconsin, ana upon a request
vi TUE '''""'''' NrS' N make the
~'0'''"'"~ N'"''"h'"''
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16

veins; other parts in black. This re-
suit, however, says the Journal, is only
Il trick. The white piece of paper has
previously been painted over with
strong and diluted sulphocyanide solu-
ton, ferrNocNanidc solution. weak and
strong, and finally with tannin. the
details being supplied by an anatomical
drawing over which thin paper is
placed while the organs are being
painted by the various solutions named
The squeezing of the bulb does not. as
imagined, open the lens-it Simplv
clectS an invisible spray of solution of
terric chloride from a concealed
source upon the paper, the well-known
reaction of this salt with the chemicals
named producing the various colors.
so long as it is understood to be a trick
the idea is ingenious and amusing,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16
TO BUILD TOXIC TRAMWAY.


New Workers who visit .Iapuu = few
weeks from now will SEE a familia p
Slgh'-a band of 30 American Iaborere
ana mechanics ripping up the princ;.
pal streets of Toxic and LAYING track.
for a surface road. American ytcaI
rails Will be laid through 20 miles of
streets. and. as soon as they can hr
completed in the shops at Providence
H. l.. 40 alr-power ears will be Skinned
10 the japanese capital.
The Toxic Tramway companv has
contracted for this much already. III,
amount involved being 10000. TN.
contract is made with the Intorro.
tlonal Air Power company. Of wbic,,
Joseph II. Hoadley is president and
hIchard Croker and Joseph Letter Ar,
stockholders.
Inc cars are to be completed in cinht
months time. Atthr companv'S >hone
in Providence 1000 men hayn h.,, 49,.
TO work on the contract. If thn now
me ana carS prov" Satisfactor, In TO-
kio other Japanese cities viii 1ol,
them Toxic alone has $l.5go.Oo0 to
spend for street transit as soon nc II
can make up its mind what is the boz,
system.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16
LIKE AMERICAN SOIL.
Nature of the Grain. Producing
Lands of Russia.
study of the Regions shows That
from Il Chemical standpoint It's
similar to That of West
erb soil.

Farmers Of the west will be inter
estrd in the similarity between tn,
grain soils of this country and thoS,
Of Russia, which is dealt with by
Prot. Carleton, of the agricultural de.
~partment, in IA pamphlet just issued
The soil Of the greater portion Of the
grain region Of Russia and Siberia
says Prof. Carleton. is well known in
that country as the "chcrnolcm,' OF
BLACK earth" II is a broad belt OF
p]rHiries 600 10 700 miles in average
width. beginning in Hungary and eN-
tending nortileastward to the trail
mountains and then eastward into 81,
IBERIA TO unknown boundaries.
On the north and west are the gray
forest lands and on the south and
east are salt and alkaline districts
and sandy wastes. and finally the
Caucasus aud trail mountains. BY
both chemical and mechanical analyses
the soil is shown to be remarkably
similar to that Of the American prai-
ri"S. commonly known as "black loan"
The depth is, on an average. probably
a little greater than that of the west
crn states.
From a chemical standpoint the
soils Of the two regions are similarly
characterized by an exceptionally
large amount of thoroughly humifed
organic matter. by the presence of an
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16
GAME IN G~IPPSLAND.


The knuyor,o v,U..
hy are to lc ,o,nI -, "",''
Hcnry orp IN ali o,.l ,,, "',
boar is amman on -. "''''
ON most Of ,ho o,no. "",
New Soutb Wo,o, nn ''', VI
tirul in South ii,,.ra. p''"'
ourru and r,,l, ;" "''e'
yu,, IT, " 'N''' 'h' "poS-
and the dipro n,,r.. ~, -, NE IN 'u@"E'
is found an ,h. ,nGna "''',N'n' "n,'',
dist,ir,. ,,;u ,, ~ at S'''l'"
an, Mains ,oj,,,,I ,,nl' "'"''' WI
In the strr,o ,,. ~ "'''.
West ,u.tr,Eo ,,4nI' ''''" '""
some fact ,,,rl D., 49, """'"
drives ,h,r, n.., 'i'' '',''" wa"
.lov.rn,ch oon ,o1., "'," tue
ant ursn,o- nntr.- 49, W P''"S.
inu-hn!, fnr bf. n '''u"
nun,ln o,., r 1I'' ]" '',"' III
l,rro ur,,l,n - "''' VII" !"
Wnmb,,. ,i,, ','' N"N''''''
and n,;,r "'F"' SP"F''
Of imr,nm.,. ,i. "Ir"',', ""' o"'"
th,s, vh, ,r, ,,I'' "''''S, I"
,L,. ~ a. ''', '" "F'hE them
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16
DEATHS EXCEED BIRTHS,


Maj. John &. Davis. surgeon of Unit
ed states volunteers and chief sanitu,,,
othcer of Havana. Cuba, has foryvo ci-
ed to the war department some STA
'ist'cs IN regard TO births, deaths. mar
rlages and Immigration. These statis-
ties cover the last ten wears euded
December 81 last and show that du,-
ing that decade there were 4o iro
o'rlhs' "''9o marriages and l0I02o
deaths. an apparent excess of II 4o2
deaths over births. The death rate
was heaviest during lS9s. 1897 and
1896, IN the order named. OF the to,al
number of deaths during the deca,l.
5,il5 were from yellow fever and oG
1l9 from other causes.
OF the 4o,5o9 births during the ten
years covered by the report 34.4ss were
whites, 2,2iS negroes and 3.7G3 mulat-
toes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16
AFTER BEING WOUNDED,
Tint Is the Time, snss Mai. KnnsdeIi,
Nhsbn soldier Feels borough
~ omfortabie

Maj. Ransdell. the lew s~crgeant-at-
arms Of the senate, who was one Of The
most popular officials Of the Harrison
administration, enlisted as a lad in the
Union army against the wishes of his
clergyman father, an ardent democrat
and oPposcr Of the war. Young Rams
dell was IA fierce and valiant soldicr, al
ways in the thickest of the fight. but
escaped unframed until the battle of
R"seca. fought on May "A and Is. 1864,
where he lost an arm. This accident,
of course, fixed the details Of that his
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16

The value of common sense never
huctuntcs.
knowledge of our faults does nobody
good except ourselves.
II all men who love to live would
Ii'" TO love this would he a better place
to live in.
Fh" maj who closes his eyes to his
sins leaves the door of his soul
wide open for the devil.
Concealed virtue. like boarded
money, is of it'll" value. People were
not born TO live within themselves
Chicago Post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16
HAS AN ADVENTURE.
tutoutobii In hitch Mrs. Eiske the
Actress Is Seated Hrrnmcs
uWnnuEcnblr.

An inexperienced automobile oper
ator was responsible for ~considerabl,
excitement in front of the Auditorium
Annex, Chicago, the other Afternoon
and incidentally contributed to a
change of mind on the part of Mrs.
tiSke, who had resolved on riding in an
automobile, but who finally concluded
to resort TO an old fashioned cab horse.
VI $3.50 o'clock the actress. accom-
panied 10y her German maid and her
faithful French poodle Fiji. stepped
INTO the motor vehicle. which had been
ordered for her.
The operator turned on the current.
but nnWittiugiy pulled the lever too
far and the cab ran backward on the
sidewalk fronting the Auditorium An.
mex, There was a Jerk and a whirl of
the lever, and the next moment the
vehicle shot aCross 10 the other side
of the street and ran against the curb
ing, where it was stopped by the col.
hNlon. The motorman's action in turn.
ing on the current too full burned out
the armature. and after several Jerks
OF the lever, during which the cab de.
scrlbed zig lHgS in the sluSh and snow.
the conveyance came to a %standstill. |
all this time Mrs. Fiske re.
manned composed and awaited the ar
OF Harry stark, the colored door
man, who assisted her and the maid
ana dog to the street. Mrs. Fiske re-
'ufned to the hotel and ordered a cab.
firing II with . horse" she said.
! don't care to risk my life again in
'chicIrs $ poorly managed" 4 few
minutes later she was driven off down
he boulevard, returning to the hotel
t five O'Clock, evidently much re-
by her ride.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16

Among the many suturc materials
Tor sewing mp wounds are the strong
SuturcS that can he obtained from tbc
TAI OF the rat, by proper manipula.
ton n bundle of five or six tcndons pcr
tail can be obtained, which are ascptic
ANA can he used RS they are, being
easily threaded. - Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16
More EMcactous Tbnn on

Nets are now to be tried as a means
at iessening the motion and force of sea
waves. They are floated on the surface
OF the water by the invention of Baron
DAlesandro and are said to be more
efhcacious than oil when used for the
same purpose.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16

The English fashion of ~hyphenating
aristocratic names increases the cobl
tolls on war messages almost as much
as the other fashion of including the
aris'ocratic titles. while. says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean, neither fashion adds
materially to the interest or impor-
lance of the news.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-03-16
Austria Iian OpnI Mines

Opal mining is one of the latest Ans.
'ralIan mineral industries. The prin-
cipal opal mining center is White
Gins, where the gem has been fourd
IN hlghIN-paying quantities and of the
richest quality, within a radius of fer,
miles and a population of 1850 or
thereabouts, is settled there.