Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-09-20
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF

III LII LII NIWO lN OHtET
The agricultural department has de-
cided to establish experiment stations
in Hawaii.
Glasgow's last report shows 1l6 cases
OF the plague and liz persons under
observation.
Missionarie. arriving at the coast
towns report quiet in North and North
west China.
President Krugers wife did not
leave Pretoria with him on account of
poor health.
Penn College, the Quaker college at
Oskaloosa, Iowa, has a new endow-
ment of $50, 900.
1t is estimated that the Prince of
Wales came out about SIPS, 900 ahead
at the seasons races.
A carload of Tapago Indians ask for
a special car to take them to Haskell
institute, at Lawrence, Kansas.
Quincy, Ill, and vicinity experienced
40 mile an hour gale which did much
damage, especially to orchards.
Prussia has begun negotiations with
the rest of the German states to reduce
the railroad tariff on foreign coal.
The Santa Fe has withdrawn its
charge Of 81 per car, at Kansas City. on
grain consigned to connecting lines
The Pacific and Wells-Fargo express
companies carry clothing and money
for Galveston sufferers free of charge.
at the time of the storm 9, s2s, 900 bush
els of wheat, all of which is damaged
The Mexican custom house at Juarez
held two fine compar tment cars built
for President Diaz, for payment of
duty.
There were 200 present at the ma
tional reunion of Mexican war veterans
at Cincinnati. Their ages averaged 20
years.
The bill before congress to form Il
state of Indian Territory to be called
Jefferson will be passed at the coming
session.
Millions of eggs are shipped from
Russia to Ireland and then sent to
England and Scotland and sold as
fresh Irish eggs"
Ex-President Cleveland has declined
the presidents appointment as mem
Der of the board of arbitration under
The Hague treaty.
1t would require several columns of
condensed items to mention the con-
tributions of aid for Galveston that
are being published.
The steamer Lyon went down near
Conneaut, Ohio, and eleven persons
are believed to have gone down with
the steamer. Five survivors drifted to
shore, dashed to mast; two men and
three women.
The Santa Fe instead of renewing its
overhead wires into Galveston will lay
cables from Alvin, a distance of about
so miles.
Campaign managers of all parties
say they have always paid for special
trains for national candidates and
speakers.
Secretary of War Root has been laid
up for some time with a carbuncle, but
is improving.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany placed two wires across Calves
ton bay with wonderful speed and has.
them in service.
Contracts for shipment around the
lakes of million bushels of wheat
were made in Chicago in single day
recently. Most of the grain belonged
to one firm, and other firms wanting
to ship had to await the coming in of
another fleet of vessels
Ships of the British chanr ell squad
ron re6lled their bunkers on September
10, with American coal from GOLFERS
chartered by the admiralty.
Anthracite coal operators are said to
have enough coal on hand to supply
the market for four or five months,
should the miners produce none in
that time.
A South American politician has
added to the collection of weapons with
a history which General Miles has
gathered, the sword used in several
campaigns by Bolivar ''the Liberator.n
Kentucky whiskey dealers have been
trying to bargain with all of the Kan
sas central committees to furnish them
with screw top TASKS of whisky, with
portraits on them, to be given to voters.
1t does not seem to work that way in
Kansas.
The population OF Lincoln, Nebraska.
is 49, 69; decrease of 1885 in ten
years.
The town of Leitia is among those Of
Texas which suffered complete loss by
the hurricane. Its buildings, inctud-
ing the depot, are scattered for mile..