Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-07-12
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

A large soap and fertilizing plant at
Pittsburg, Pa, burned at a loss of
s75, OoO
Nine hundred thousand pounds of
wool was burned in a warehouse in
| Montana.
Rural free delivery carriers, whose
pay has been $500 year will hereafter
| be paid $500.
Seattle, Wash, had $4,000 fire
which was caused by sky rocket A
business block was burned.
The French government has made
an appropriation to build a new EN-
bassy building in Washington.
The fire losses in the United States
and Canada increased from SIS, 237, 100
in 1898 to SlO3, 29s, 900 in 1900.
Rear Admiral Cotton has been as
signed as commandant of the Norfolk
navy yard vice Rear Admiral Barker.
The labor commissioners report
of New Hampshire states the output
of shoes of the state last year was S22,-
900, 900.
The Northern Pacific is hauling a
great many special trains of sheep and
horses from the ranges of North Da-
kota, where the pasturage is getting
scant.
There is a hope felt and expressed
that the men of the legations in Pel1in
had time before the rush to slay with
their own hands their women. and
children.
The Silver Republicans in National
convention nominated Bryan but could
not agree to give up Towne for second
place. Later the national committee
endorsed Stevenson.
Lieut.. John G. Haisch, who has been
in Topeka on leave of absence has re-
ported for duty at Washington. He
will probably be assigned to duty in
the transportation department.
A solid train of tobacco was recently.
hauled by the Illinois Central road
from Henderson, KY, to New Orleans
for shipment to Europe, and a solid
train of flour from Evansville, Ind, to
New Orleans, destined for Havana.
Officers of the American Missionary
Board in Chicago state that probably
seventeen or more of their representa-
tives from the North China missions
the reports from Shanghai be currect.
The management of the Rock Island
has placed a ban on cigarettes, and
men who use them will not be en-
ployed by the road.
A railroad is to be built between
Cape Nome and Port Clarence, Alaska,
and rails and narrow-guage locomo-
tives and freight cars have already ar
rived at Seattle.
Tug boat captains are charged with
refusing to save life when they could
have done SO, at the great fire in the
shipping at Hoboken, N J. They may
be prosecuted for murder.
President Mckinley has accepted the
grand army invitation to attend their
annual encampment in Chicago.
1t seems certain that the foreign le-
cations, with the exception of the
German minister, Were alive on June
25.
The approximate value of vessels
built in shipyards of the great lakes
during the past year is $40, 500, 600.
Nearly all of these vessels are steel
freight steamers of $50 to 500 feet in
length and of 1000 to 5000 net tons
capacity.
The electric works and machine shop
of Flint & Lomax in Denver, Col,
were damaged by fire June 80, to the
extent of $4,000.
The joint cigarmakers' unions of
Chicago have unanimously agreed to
assess each member so cents week
for the benefit of the New York cigar
makers who are on strike. The as
sessment will amount to 81 800 per
week. Five hundred dollars was sent
to New York as first iDstallment.
Six thousand strikers will be benefited
by the donation.
The American Smelling s. Refining
company has made another advance of
one-eighth of a cent per pound, making
a second advance in two days. The
price for their lead is now AZ cents
pound'as against 80 cents, the bottom
price of the year.
The Christian Reformed church
synod of America in session at Grand
Haven, Mich, adopted resolutions of
sympathy for the Beers in their con-
fiict with Great Britain and present
situation A copy has been sent to
President Kruger.