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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
ANOTHER TAX ON DEAD MEN

Senator Proctor heads a company
that controls the marble quarries Of
Vermont. He has recently bought the
Cararra marble quarries of Italy and
thus he controls the marble product of
the world The result will be that
there will soon be an advance in the
price of tombstones No poor man can
afford to Diet will cost too much to
buy a marble headstone on which is
chiseled his virtues.
We can see only one way to beat this
international trust We will have to
cremate our dead until there is a fall
in the price of tombstones. After q
crematory gets through with a body
there is no occasion for a tombstone
all that is needed is a bottle or a
saucer. The costly monument is saved
and also is the health of the commun-
ity. Cremation is great improvement
in every way over the present method
of disposing of dead bodies. Instead
of laying your dead in the ground
where they will create impurities in
the air and poison the water, you can
them on the parlor mantel or hide
them in the cellar according to your
taste, or better than either you can
follow the example of the writer in the
disposition he proposes to make of his
mortal remains. He has directed his
legal representatives that when death
comes-and it will probably come soon
that they shall have his body Gre
mated and then cast his ashes into the
flowing current of some great river
where they will be carried away and
mixed with the boundless waters of the
mighty oceans. Senator Proctor OF
Vermont shall never place a tax on the
mortal remains of the associate editor
of the Nonconformist.- Nom
cOnfOrmist
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
NO TIME THIS FOR FETCH
WORSHIP.

Springfield (Mass.) Republican: The
Democracy that is going to give this
country such an opposition as the great
problems projected and forced along
by the men now in political power so
imperatively demand must be alive to
the progress of events and ready to
take advantage of the opportunities
and to discharge the duties which a
new day brings. There is no place now
for the narrowness of fetch worship,
whether of man or ratio. If evils
once bitterly complained of have been
abated in ways not looked for, If by a
new patch which no one saw or point
ed out the stress of financial conditions
has been eased, the fact will have to be
recognized if success is to be sought.
The result is the essential thing and
not the method by which it has been
achieved
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Honor to whom Honor Is Due.


The railroads have been greatly
abused as souIless corporations that
were grinding the life blood out of the
people. The great Galveston disaster
has, however, revealed the fact that
the managers of these corporations
have hearts which are susceptible OF
being touched by the cries of distress.
Their trains were placed at the dis
posal of all those engaged in relief
work on the coast. Provisions and
supplies were carried forward free Of
charge, committees from every sec
ton of the state were furnished trans
portation, and when the refugees from
Galveston began to pour into Houston
and it became a serious question what
was to be done with them the railroads
solved the problem by furnishing
transportation without charge to all
who wished to leave and to any point
they wished to go. Grand Master An
derson informs us that but for this
fact Houston would have been overrun
with people who had to be cared for,
and that suffering and distress would
have been largely increased as well az
the cost OF meeting conditions which
would have prevailed. Bro. Anderson
desires US, through these columns, to
thank the different roads for the great
service rendered his committee at
Houston II it were possible we would
be glad to see parallel columns. in one
of which should appear the acts Of
these railroad corporations in a time
Of great calamity and distress. and In
the other the amount contributed By
the little two-by-four demagogues who
are always trying to array the pre5u-
dices Of the masses against any ana
every kind Of enterprise.-From ne
Texas Odd Fellow.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

Mr.. Seaton has bill making train
robbing a capital offense.
A proposition to invite Albert Griffin
to address the legislature on the tenn
perance issues was tabled in the house.
Adverse committee reports were
made in the house upon the bill to
abolish days of grace; also the propo-
sition to create a board to examine
lawyers; also a proposition to establish
a branch normal school at Concordia;
also upon the bill to regulate the trim
ing of hedge fences.
These bills were approved by COM
mittees: for organizing cadet corps in
state schools and to allow the G. A. R.
to use state tents.
A bill has appeared in the senate to
abolish the board of pardons.
The bill providing for insurance by
the state was unfavorably reported.
The house bill requiring mutual and
assessment insurance companies to de-
post $780, 900 in the state treasury met
with an unfavorable committee report
in the senate.
There is bill in the senate to grant
the Holiday monument association the
right to erect a monument to Cyrus X.
Holiday in the state house grounds.
The senate judiciary committee does
not favor the bill to give the state the
right of change of venue in criminal
cases.
Discussions upon what vote is re-
quired to pass bill resulted in Speak
er Stephens announcing that ma ority
of members voting passed bill. A
bill reached the council passed under
that ruling, but not having a majority
of the full membership upon reaching
the council was returned to the house
without action upon 1t. Whereupon
the house passed a resolution by a vote
of 10 to insisting that the council re-
ceive the bill.
The senate passed the bill authori.
zing county commissioners to invest
sinking funds; also the bill giving
preference to employees in cases of in
solvency.
A bill has appeared in the council for
the removal of the headquarters of the
historical society from the university
at Norman to a safer place. until there
is capitol erected.
The council passed mechanics lien
bill; also bill reserving a homestead
from forced sale regardless of which
member of the family holds the title
thereto; also bill empowering the
territory to take change of venue in
criminal cases; that paupers may take
an appeal to the supreme court without
security for costs
Both houses accepted an invitation
to visit the A. & NJ. college at Still
water in a body.
Three school book bills are in the
hopper. One provides for the repeal of
the present law. another does away
with the exchange feature, while the
third authorizes district ownership and
allows districts to purchase books of
its own choosing should it become dis
satisfied with those recommended by
the state.
Senator Cubbison has bill scaling
down charter fees on corporations with
over 81, ZOO, 900 capital The 'sOrient''
company has paid So, 1000 for its charter
and proposes to increase its capital
The bill is primarily in the interest of
that company. This senator also has
a bill to reduce time for redemption
after soreclos from IS to months.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
The OLDEST x. of P. in the World.

Salina. Kas., Feb. George White,
aged SO years, one of the oldest settlers
of Saline county, is dead here from
the effects of taking laudunam by mis-
take Mr. White was the oldest mem
Der of the uniform rank, Knights of
Pythias, in the world He was born in
London, England, and came to Ameri-
ca in 1910 and was one of the '49ers
who went overland to California where
he became quite wealthy, but he met
with reverses and died a comparatively
DOR mau.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
QUAY'S QUESTIONABLE METH
OBS.

Boston Herald: Quay was beaten in
the election of legislators. but ever
since he has been detaching members
of the anti party. one by one. by the
arts of intimidation and selection, of
which he is a past master. 1t is well
understood that he has at his service
the resources of several of the great
trusts, and the man who is reputed to
have ventured and lost an immense
sum of the states money in his specu-
lations and to have replaced it only by
the aid of persons and corporations
who needed his political favor, Is not
man to sickle at any means of per-
petuating his power. Quay's presence
in the United States senate is a ma
tional scandal.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Explosion And Fire.

New York, Feb. 2.-An explosion in
a cigar box, label and ribbon factory,
by which over twenty persons were
injured, was followed by one of the
fiercest CONGREGATIONS New York has
witnessed in many years, causing an
estimated loss of 81, 500, 200.
An abutting building and several
other buildings and a number of lum-
Der yards were damaged. The fire
abounded in thrilling incidents. The
explosion. which is thought to be due
to gas was tremendous.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Nortbern Colorado strike..

Denver, Feb. A conference of the
coal operators and representatives of
the striking miners of the northern
Colorado district, which was in pro-
gress ended in a disagreement, with
apparently no prospect of settlement
of the independent producers signed
the agreement and will resume work
at once. 1t is expected that the others
outside what is known as the coal
combine, involving about rs per cent
of the output of the district will sign.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

what seat he is to occupy at the tabls
He explains that he is not proud, but
proposes to vindicate the claims OF the
exalted position he occupies in the ma
ton. Time was when Dave Henderson
would have eaten pork and beans with
knife at Grand Army of the Re-
public campfire and satisfied himself
with the reflection that where Mac
Gregor sat there was the head of the
table, provided only that MacGregor.
by a properly democratic behavior
among the voters of an unconfortably
close district, could turn up on the
right side of the plurality column on
election day, and MacGregor always
did.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
oNE-MAN RULE IN CONGRESS.

Kansas City Times: The rules Of
congress are such that no representa-
tive can be heard and no bill consid-
cred unless it pleases the car who sits
in the chair. This is Hamiltonism
run mad, the Capitalization of the pow
ers of congress in one man. The people
may not realize it. but it is neverthe-
less fact that when their representa-
tive enters congress he is compelled to
surrender all the political power with
which they have clothed him into the
hands of the presiding officer
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
s1aklng nank.Nots Paper.

The paper upon which bank-notes
and bonds are printed is all made at
Dalton, Mass, and its manufacture Is
one of the greatest secrets connected
with the government system Of money
making. Each sheet is as carefully
watched from the time it first assumes
shape until deposited in the vaults OF
the treasury department at Washing
ton, as though it were gold.-Golden
Hours
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
AROUND THE PORK BARREL.

New York World: The only opposi-
ton to the s6O,0Oo,O0O river and harbor
grab in congress comes from members
who think they are not getting their
share of the pork" Most of these
live unfortunately in states that have
neither harbors nor rivers that are
navigable within any rational mean
ing of the word Commerce" How
would it do. in order to render the
"divvy' more equal, to make appropri-
atoms in the dry states for the purpose
of digging wells? This would pro
mote the general welfare" quite as di-
rectly as squandering the public money
on sucker brooks and mud-scow ba-
yous.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Dor Meat Rot served.

Indians living on the eastern end Of
the Keshena reservation, near oconto,
Wis, recently held their annual DOG
feast" In old days dog were fatteneo
specially for these feasts, roasted anu
eaten with relish, but in these times OK
degenerate civilization the braves are
content to eat turkey. chicken, goose
and other delicacies, all Of which were
nlentiful at the Keshena feast.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
sTUPENDous FINANcIERrNo.

Philadelphia Ledger: The eleven
principal companies engaged in vari-
outstanding total of $739, 46S, 100 of
common and preferred stock. The Car
negie company has, in addition, $780,
100000 of bonds, so that the total capt.
talization of these eleven companies is
1929, 46S, 100, or very close to 81 ,000, 000,-
600. If it be true. as reported, that
there is scheme for uniting these
companies in some such way as is 60
ing on among railroads, an idea may
be obtained of the colossal dimensions
of modern fnanciering. Think of I'M
derwriting 81 900 100000 scheme.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Training Canary Birds.

In the canary breeding establish-
ments of Germany only the male birds
are valued, for the females never sing.
The method of training the birds to
sing is to put them in a room where
there is an automatic whistle; which
they all strive to initiate The breeder
listens to the efforts of the birds and
picks out the most apt pupils. which
are then placed in another room for
further instruction.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
N.v R-,drs for no.phorus:

A new bridge is about to be built
across the Bosphorus, bearing the name
of the sultan, Abdul Hamid. 1t VIII
be constructed of granite and metal by
the Bosphorus Railway company. whicn
designs a junction between the rail-
ways of Europe and the transasiatic
railway of Bagdad, now being built by
the Germans The narrowest dividing
line of sea has been chosen for the
point of construction.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Cheers for Kruger a. Cork.

Cork, Feb. 1.-The proclamation of
King Edward VII. as king of the Uni
ted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land and Emperor CT Indi herehad a
mixed reception. There was much
cheering, but the crowd in front of the
court house cheered for Mr.. Kruger
and General DeWet. The people gen.
orally, however, were good humored.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
KEPT HIS WORD FOR HIM.

Toledo Times: 1t seems that when
he was reelected to the senate six
years ago Senator Chandler promised
that he would not again be candidate.
After thinking the matter over he
changed his mind, but the people of
New Hampshire kept his word for
him.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Congratulations from Many Lands.

Professor Cornelius Tiele of Leyden
university, on the occasion Of his sew
entieth birthday, the other day, re-
ceived congratulations from all parts
of the world, especially from England,
where he is known by his Clifford lee
lures in Edinburgh. The universities
of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin and
other learned societies have sent adj
dresses, and Edinburgh university has
made him a doctor Of law honoris
causa.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Wants Greenbacks Retired.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Secretary Gage
was heard by the banking and cur
rency committee upon the Lowering
bill for elastic currency. He
thought it was step in the right
direction though it did not, he thought,
go far enough. Mr.. Gage also advo-
Gated the retirement of rreenbacks.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Wants that Point Settled.

Topeka, Feb. 1.-Chief of Police Stahl
has announced that when Mrs. Nation
raided joint here he would arrest her
so as to make test case. He wants to
ascertain if saloon keeper has any
rights under the law and if saloon pro-
perty can be protected.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Dewet Shoots Peace Envoy.

Cape Town, Feb. 1.-The Boer attack
on the Boksburg mines resulted in
damages amounting to 100000.
The commissioner at Kroonstad re-
ports that Andres Vessels, one of the
peace ENJOYS, was shot at Khpfontein
Jan. 2s, by orders of General DeWet.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
ONE CLASS MAY BE PROSPER
GUS.

Philadelphia Times: If Mark Hanna
carries out his threat to sue all who
believe and say that he expects per-
sonal benefit from the ship subsidy bill
the lawyers OF the country will soon
be enjoying the lions share of the pre-
vailing prosperity.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
The Power of the Press.

Is a common expression, but few realize
its actual power. Great as is the infiu.
ence of the press, 1t cannot begin to equal
the power of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
over disease. The Bitters strengthens
the stomach, purifies the blood. and cures
dyspepsia, Indigestion and constipation.
1t will tone up the nerves. stimulate In
active kidneys, and as an appetizer, 1t IL
unequaled. If you want TO get well: and
keep well, use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
COURT INTELLIGENCE FOR ONE
DAY.

Washington Times: The president is
getting nicely over the grip, Roosevelt
has killed his first mountain Iona
baby one to start with-Hanna smiles
over the chances of the subsidy job,
Proctor has confidence that the army
reorganization bill is winner.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

1 see in this world two heaps-one
of human happiness and one Of misery.
Now, If can take but the smallest
bit from the second and add it to the
first, I carry a point. If child has
dropped half-penny, and by giving
1t another can wipe away its tears,
] have done something.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

Mr.. J. Richardson had a running
sore on his leg for twenty years. Tried
doctors and medicines without end or
any permanent good. Mr.. L. B. Nun
nally, druggist, Hartford, Iowa, recon-
mended Nor ey's Sarsaparilla and Iron
to cure the cause of the sore and make
it heal from the inside. A few bottles
health than he has been in for 20 years.
Ask your druggist.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
ROOSEVELT ABOVE THE LAW.

Philadelphia North American: Col
Roosevelt has gone to Colorado to
work off some of his exuberant strenu-
osity on hunting expedition. 1t so
happens that his irrepressible desire to
kill something and Colorado's open
season for game do not synchronize
but the governor of Colorado adjusts
that trivial difficulty by the simple ex-
pedient of declaring that the game
laws do not apply to vice-president-
elect and ordering the wardens to alb
stain from performance of their duty.
There may be a few old fogies who
cling to the antique theory that cleo
ton to office by the people does not
place an American citizen above the
law or relieve him of any of the re-
sponsibilities of citizenship, but they
are becoming more lonesome every
day.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

Married men have many cares, but
the old bachelors have few pleasures.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

The man who lives for himself alone
is apt to be neglected by the world at
large.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

Sioux City Tribune: Speaker Hem
derson does not accept invitations to
dinner nowadays until he is assured
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07
Chronic Sore Leg.

It's a pity some men can't draw
hecks as easily as they can differences.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

Many man by virtue of his ances-
try is only the shadow of a mighty
name.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

Count Tolstoi, the Russian novelist,
is seriously i'll.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-02-07

DAVE HENDERSON ON HIS DIG
NIFTY
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-02-16
LAFAYETTE, La, FEB. II, 1901. J
CASTLE HALL, :


LAFAYETTE LODGE, No. 81. !
Whereas by decree of Almighty God ,
Supreme Chancellor of the Universe. Our
late brother, Ellie Mcdaniel, has been. TAX
en- from this earthly life and it is meet that
we should put upon record an expression of
our appreciation of his virtues and our sor-
row for his loss;
Therefore, he ii resoived, That the death
of Brother Ellie Mcdaniel, struck from the
roll of the Knights of Pythias, Lafayette
Lodge No. 81, the name of one whose
kindly manner and genial disposition won
him the fraternal regard of his brother
knights and the good opinion of his friends
and fellows citizens generally.
Resolved, That our heartfelt sympathiesare
exten ded' to his bereaved wife and sor-
rowing children, bereft by his untimely TAX
ing off, and that in token of our condolences
and regard copies of this memorial be for
warded to the family by the keeper of re-
cords and seal and entered upon the minutes
of the lodge.
JOHN VIGNEAUx.
w. HI. ALEXANDER,
ALBERT DELAHOUSSAYE,
(Committee.)
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-02-16
Drawing the Color Line.

Mr.. Sprague, of Massachusetts.
the richest man in the House Of
Representatives, invited his col
leagues of the Committee on the
District OF Columbia to dinner on
the I 9th of February, and they all
promptly accepted, but when they
learned that George H. White, the
colored Representative from North
Carolina, had been asked the men,
bers from the Southern States had
an attack of nervous apprehension.
and endeavored to ascertain
whether he intended to accept.
The only way they could find out
was to ask Mr.. White or their host,
and it was little embarrassing to
do either. Mr.. Mudd, of Mary
land, was appointed a committee of
one to perform the delicate duty,
but declined. Then Mr.. Pearre,
of the same State, was entreated to
get the information. He referred
to the dinner in a most diplomatic
manner in the presence of Mr..
White, and by indirect inquiries
learned that the latter had not only
received an invitation, but had &C
cepted it. Before doing so, how
ever he had asked Mr.. Sprague
whether there would be any OBJ
lection to the presence of a person
of his color, and his host had cor
daily assured him that such a thing
was impossible.
Now Messrs. Mudd and Pearre,
of Maryland; Meyer, of Louisiana;
Latimer, of South Carolina; Otey,
of Virginia, and Sims, of Tennes-
see, are holding caucuses to deter
mine what course they shall pur-
sue. -[Washington telegram to the
Chicago Record.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-02-16


New OsoeeAs Iseayune.
The sptejel co~gressional COM
imissee which recently investigated
tho chasges Of brutal haxing at the
United States MILITARY Academy at
West Point has submitsed it's report.
together with : bill dsalSng with the
subject.
The report, although described
as temperate document, paints in
very clear terms the scandalous
character of the hazing which has
been practiced for years at the
Military Academy. The comm.ttee
found that more than hundred
different sorss of hazing were in
class men. The worst feature,
however, was found to be the sys-
tenn of fighting, which the com
mittee described as being in every
sense as brutal and demoralizing as
the prize ring itself.
The congressional committee de-
serves the thanks of the country for
having successfully laid bare the
shameful condition of things at the
Military Academy. Their finding is
in strong contrast with the result of
the Military Board of Inquiry which
inve stigated the charges of hazing
Immediately before the congress
sional committee. The military
board found nothing deserving OF
serious censure, whereas the con-
gressional committee found tina,
conditions existed which were
simply atrocious.
After the recent exposures, the
military authorities would do well
to take the proper steps to put an
end for all time to the pernicious
practice of hazing. The claim thu a,
this cannot be done is shameful
confession of weakness Any Sc,
of officials who allow hazing to be
resumed at the academy should Es
summarily removed.