Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-09-05
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.


Fifteen shops in New York city, en-
ploying 1000 sewing girls, are tied up
by strikes.
Gen. Fred Grant has sailed for the
Philippines after his three month s
leave of absence.
Austria has at last sent a minister
plenipotentiary to Mexico; the first since
Maximilian was shot.
The state of Pennsylvania has pur-
chased 100000 acres of denuded land
for reforesting purposes.
The total postoffice revenue of Eng
land was in 1900 ELS, 995, 40, and the
expenditure was SIC, O64, 9O3.
A corner of the stone base of the
Hendrix monument in Indianapolis
was torn off by bolt of lightning.
Turkey has settled the claim of the
Frenchmen which caused France to
threaten to take her doll rags and go
home.
Fire did 500, 900 damage to the plant
of the Kansas & Texas Coal company
at Hungtington, Ark, besides destroy
ing other property.
The United Typothetae of America
is opposed to compelling all trades to
use union labels on the ground that it
would infringe upon the personal lib
erty of citizens.
Fire at the st. Louis fair grounds
track consumed a dozen stables and
burned to death a number of valuable
horses. The police believe the fire was
caused by cigarette.
Five hundred of the Thousand is
lands" in the st. Lawrence river are to
be placed on the market. They are
small, being from acres to Is acres,
and only two will be sold one pur-
chaser.
Miss Coleman Woods is dead. She
was pronounced the most beautiful
woman in America by committee from
the Pan-American exposition and her
profile is on all the medals issued by
the board of awards
The Santa Fe system is to be divided
into two grand divisions. with general
superintendent for each. The western
division, with ]. E. Hurley in charge,
is to extend from Newton west and over
the Panhandle division. The supervi-
sion of Grneral Superintendent Resi-
que will extend from Purcell and New
ton to Chicago.
August sales of the Union Pacific
land department thus far aggregate 93,-
40 acres, as against $1,000 acres sold
in July. The drouth had a depressing
effect upon sales generally during last
month.
Up to August 26 there had been two
deaths from yellow fever in that month
Havana. During the previous eleven
years there has been an average of
more than fifty deaths during August
The 1000, 900 marks left by the
dowager empress Alexandra is equiva-
lent to s2,612 500 of federal money.
The secretary of war has apportioned
the 81 100000 appropriated by congress
for the national guard among the Or
CARNATIONS in the states and territories.
The Kaiser is making himself, first a
laughing stock before the nations of
the world; that sentiment in all cases
cooling down to one of indignation
and contempt. He demands that no
bles of high rank from China who have
come to make apology for the act of
the boxers, shall humble themselves
before him and knock their heads nine
times on the floor.
Kaiser William has told the Chinese
envoy, sent to apologize for killing by
the Chinese of the German Ambassador,
to stop in Switzerland until the EN-
peror can fix up his program of cere-
mony and etiquette. Pish!
The government has engaged all the
teachers it is proposed to send to the
Philippines, yet applications are still
pouring in.
General Arthur Macarthur, when re-
turning from Manila was met in Chi
cago by his wife and son whom he had
not seen for three years.
Isaac Merritt Singer, the inventor of
the Singer Sewing Machine, had nine
wives; the third wife died the other
day at the age of IS years.
Brigham Young,s fourth wife is dead.
aged 80 years. Before marrying Young
she had been the wife of Joseph Smith.
There are now only four of Young's
widows left
In 1890 but IT per cent of exports
from the United States were manufac-
tured goods; in 1895 the percentage had
reached %; in 1898, % per cent and in
1900 had climbed to 81 per cent.
The exodus from Nome is only meas
ured by the capacity of vessels leaving
there. Nome is full of men who have
nothing and there is no work at this
season of the year. How they are all
to be provided for through the winter
is causing anxiety there.
Bids have been opened for a four
years supply of postal cards Three
billion cards are to be contracted for
and the bids III cents per 1000 for
small cards; Tx cents for large cards,
and 40 cents per 1000 for double cards.
were the smallest bids made.