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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Both Sides Claim Gains.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 23.-At the
headquarters of the coal operators the
otatement was made that the strikers
have lost considerable ground. The
Suesquehanna Coal company's mines
at Nanticoke worked with an in
creased force of men. The Avondale
colliery of the Laclsawanna company
resumed work with force of $50
men, United Mine Workers. The
Stevens Coal company at Pittston, also
started with full quota of men. The
strikers claim, however, that the COM
pany granted the demands of the men.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
RIddinr Churobe, of Rum,eller,.

Richmond, Va, July 29.-The 11sth
meeting of the Baptist association is
in session here, and is graphing with
the problem of Kidding the churches of
liquor dealers who are members. The
question came up at the opening ses-
sion and provoked a warm fight.
The association, two years ago, de
clared that it would withdraw fellow
ship from any church retaining in its
membership men engaging in the
traffic. The oldest church in the state
refuses to expel four of the most
wealthy members, and prefers to with
draw.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
THE DRAWING COMMENCES.
Every Possible Precaution Made
to Secure a Fair Drawing.
EACH DISTRICT SEPARATELY.

FL Reno, July 29.-The Commission
ers in charge of the drawing at their
first conference made a formal an
nouncement of their plans. Under
these a platform was erected in the
street upon which the drawing COM
mences this morning in full view of all
present.
Envelopes containing the names of
all registered applicants were placed
in two boxes, one for each land district.
These are large enough and so con-
structed and mounted, as to permit a
thorough mixing of the envelopes.
The envelopes containing the names
of all who have registered are now,
r. M, being brought to the platform
in packages consecutively numbered.
A corresponding series of numbers
will be placed in a receptacle, from
which they will be drawn out at ran
dom.
The package of envelopes bearing
the first number drawn will be the
first one to be put in the drawing box,
and well distributed, when another
number will be drawn and another
picking of envelopes distributed, and
this course will be continued until all
of the envelopes have been placed in
the boxes, after which the boxes will
be revolved for sufficient length of
time to insure thorough mixing of
the envelopes. These boxes will be SO
constituted that five men can be en-
ployed in the drawing at each one of
them and the order in which they will
begin at each box will be determined
by lot. The first envelope drawn will
be number one. Will be at once
opened and the Identification slip
which it contains will be given a cor
responding number and the ames an
residences which appears upon the
slip will be publicly announced. This
course will be pursued, numbering
each envelope and it's contents con-
secutively until twenty-five numbers
have been drawn from one box when
an equal number will be drawn from
the other box in a similar manner
This course will be pursued until
800 names have been drawn from each
box, when, if the committee deem it
best to do SO, arrangements will be
made for drawing simultaneously from
each box
After the names have been drawn
and announced they will be recorded
and a notice prepared to be mailed to
the ones whose name is drawn. The
drawing will proceed in this manner
until every envelop in both boxes has
been drawn out.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Admiral Dewey Head of Board.

Washington, July e7.-The board of
inquiry which is to investigate the
controversy points in connection with
Admiral Schley's conduct during the
Spanish war will be composed. of Ad-
miral Dewey, president of the court,
and Rear Admirals Lewis A. Kimberley
and Andrew E. K. Benham. The
court will meet at the navy depart
ment in Washington September IL.
Secretary Long announced these facts.
The judge advocate of the court has
not been selected but the precept to
the court is being prepared by
Capt. Lemley, judge advocate general.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
RanrnitInr at EEL R.nn.

FL Reno, July 25.-The United States
government has begun preparations
here to care for all single, able bodied
men, who fail to get homesteads, by
enlisting them in the regular army.
Captain j. A. Dapray, 23rd United
States infantry, will establish a re-
cruiting station as soon as he can get
quarters for recruits. He is unable to
rent building here or to obtain tents
at Fort Reno. The recruiting station
will be maintained at Oklahoma City
until October 81.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01

Ell Reno, July 97.-Many of the
homeseekers- are preparing to lease
school land if they are not successful
in the drawing. There are hundreds
of farmers in Oklahoma who have
made good money in leasing school
land and this has inspired the pros
pective settler to try for lease in case
he is not successful in the drawing.
There will be opportunities of leasing
Indian lands and the settlers will be
numerous in the new country outside
of those who do not secure homes in
the drawing.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
HEAVY LUM Der FIRES.
Space of Twenty Blocks of Lumber.
Mills And Residences Swept.


Davenport, Iowa, July e7.-Fire laid
waste an era of saw mill and residence
property here equal to twenty ordinary
city blocks, and caused loss of S7O0, 900.
The flames started in some big piles of
kindling wood belonging to the Rock
Island Fuel company on the levee- A
brisk breeze carried the flames directly
across the immense lumber yards
which were soon seething masses of
flames. The spread of the fire was SO
rapid that the worl1men barely had
time to desert the yard, some losing
their coats and dinner pals. The
flames pushed their way into the
adjoining residence district, closely
settled with middle class homes, of an
average value of few thousand dol
lars each, from which the occupants
escaped only with their lives and the
clothing on their backs. Otter fifty
houses were thus burned, some of
them tenements, resulting in hun
dred families being rendered homeless.
The flames spread on the north to the
grounds of st. Katherine's hall, a
boarding school for young ladies,
which was saved.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Total Number Is7,oo6.

Ell Reno, July 29.-The total number
of homeseekers registered at Ell Reno
and Lawton is 1877, Oo6. This will give
about one chance in thirteen for Sc
curing a farm in the reservations;
$3.50 persons registered at Ell Reno
Friday, the smallest number any day
of the registration. The registration
at Lawton reached $50 according to
official reports to Governor Richards.
This makes a total of 1851 for Law
ton and 1876, BIS for Ell Reno. Three
people came too late to register.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
ropska,s Heat Record.

Topeka, July 24.-Three deaths and
ten prostrations form the record of a
days heat in Topeka The thermome-
ter has registered log as its maximum.
1t has been three degrees higher dur
ing the heated season, but the humid
air made it the most oppressive of the
year. Most of the active work was
stopped for the day. The Kansas river
is very low, but the supply of water in
the city mains is yet plentiful In
tense heat is reported from numerous
Kansas places.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
No Frost I'm Indiana

Indianapolis, Ind, July 24.-The hot
test day on record in Indianapolis is
passed. The official record was LOG at
2 o'clock p. m. At the same hours
thermometers on the streets recorded
10 and 112. There were two deaths
and three prostrations from heat. At
the camp of the Indiana National
Guard all drills were suspended. Sixty
men were overcome, but all but seven
rapidly recovered. Many animals were
stricken and liverymen are refusing to
hire horses.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
American Author Must Leave.

st. Petersburg, July GA high
Russian police officer called upon Geo.
KEENAN,, the American author and lee
turer at his hotel Thursday evening,
and informed him he must leave the
country before 10 o'clock Friday
evening. Mr.. KEENAN, was not allowed
to leave his room in the interim, but
he was courteously treated. This &C.
ton by the Russian authorities is
taken under the law giving the minis
ter of the interior authority to expel
undesirable foreigners.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Sol Temple Caught.

Leavenworth, Kans., July 27.-Sol
Temple, member of the old Ellsworth
gang of outlaws which several years
ago operated extensively in southern
Kansas and Oklahoma, has been ar
rested here, together with William
Jones, alias William Henseley. They
were taken by two detectives near
Fort Leavenworth in what is known
as ''The Klondike," saloon distric.
outside the army reservation. They
had cut telegraph and telephone wires
to the CITY.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Ten Thousand Women.

Ell Reno, July 90. - Miss Langton
Blackboard, of Washington, D. c., a re-
lative of Captain Sawtelle at Fort
Reno, was the last person to register
at booth No. 2.
1t is estimated that 10000 women
have registered for claims at Ell Reno
and $500 at Lawton. The number of
women alone would take up all of the
claims in the reservations; 161 women
registered at Ell Reno, the last day
and probably the smallest number at
any time during the registration.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Refused King. Medals.

London, July 29.-During presen-
tation of medals by King Edward 80
non-commissioned officers refused to
attend the ceremony because their pay
was in arrears. They have addressed
letters to King Edward pointing out
that they cannot receive medals while
their wives and families are some of
them starving. Their claims vary
from e63 to e127. Some of them allege
that they have had to pawn their
earlier medals to procure food for
their families.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Corn Cobs for Kind1lnr.

Corn cobs are to be utilized as a spe-
cial kind of kindling, and it has been
demonstrated that fire engines can
be fired TO the point of steam with
them in less time than by anything
else. Their process is unique. The
cobs are first crushed and then sat
urated with highly-infiammable ma
terial composed partly of rosin. Then
they are compressed and afterward
sawed into blocks.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
You can't tell from a mans clothes
how much he owes his tailor.

Houselxeepers should not forget that
DEFIANCE STARCH is absolutely the
best brand of cold water laundry
starch there is on the market and in
stead of getting premiums which are
of little or no value with ten or
twelve ounce package which retails
for ten cents, DEFIANCE STARCH
is put up in packages of sixteen ounces;
full pound for ten cents; one half
pound package for five cents. If your
grocer does not keep it, drop postal
card to the Magnetic Starch Mfg. Com
pany, Omaha, Neb., and they will see
that you get it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Indian Territory Manufactures.

Washington, July 25.-A census bull
letin shows that there were 7s9 estab-
lishments reported for the Indian
territory in 1900, with ia employees,
who received $3.50, 1899 in wages The
most important manufacturing indus
tries are cotton ginning, with 2s2
employees and a product valued at
S345, ISL, the manufacture of cotton
seed oil and cake, with 121 employees
and a product valued at S451, 900, and
flour milling, with 1919 employees and a
product valued at 81, 19S, 472.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Interesting Cen.u. Figures.

Washington, July 24.-The census
bureau has given out this: Kansas
males. s,716; females, 7O1, 779; native,
1,343, $40; foreign, 126, $50; white, 49,
319; colored, 54,176; including $4,000
negroes, 80 Chinese, four Japanese and
2, $50 Indians
Indian Territory-Males, POS, 952; fe-
males, 1873, 1os; native, 5s7, 2o2; white,
3o2, $50; colored, SO, $50. OF those class
fled as colored, 56,s5a are negroes,
81 Chinese, 1,1O7 Indians taxed, and
81, 397 Indians not taxed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
For ob.tructins Mails

Little Rock, Ark, July 24.-Train-
master S. a.. Barnes, of the Choctaw,
Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, has caused
the arrest of five telegraph operators
on charge of obstructing the malls.
A small strike of railway operators
was inaugurated on the Choctaw road
at Brinkley, Ark, and extended to
Forrest City, resulting in delaying
traffic several hours.
None of the strikers, it is claimed,
belonged to the Order of the Railway
Photographers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
More Graftera.

FL Reno, July 25.-A CRATER secured
Rock Island folders and sold them as
official maps. The fellow then disap-
peared. One of the fakes being work.
ed the hardest is the one where the
man successful in securing home will
be notified by telegraph for fifty cents
or dollar. The victim pays his money
down. There are some legitimate
plans for notifying the successful men
in the drawing, but the person who
pays out his money to grafters can ex-
psct to get nothing in return.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Six Shots by Crazy Man.

Leavenworth, Kan. July 26.-Michael
Kelly, an insane man, at the office of
the Robert Garrett Lumber Company,
shot six people, killing one, probably
fatally wounding another and more or
less seriously wounding four others.
He was himself finally killed by officers
who tried to overpower him.
After year in the Topeka asylum,
Kelly was released. He had been act
ing queerly again, and had declared
that he would kill the five men who
had sent him to the ASYLUM.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Antique Furnitur. OF Value.

In 1868 piece of antique furniture
was sold by a gardener Of Geneva
Switzerland, to an antiquarian for un-
der ell, with the reservation that If It
was sold for a higher prize the original
same. 1t was recently sold to the Swiss
Historical museum for e1,250, and
now the heirs Of the original owner
are claiming a share Of the above
sum. The furniture is a unique speci-
men of the Bernois art of the Sixteenth
century
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Stamp Tax on Large Deeds.

Washington, July 29.-Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Yerkes has de-
cided in the matter of the rate of tax
on conveyances of real property that
conveyances, where the consideration
or value is So, 500 or less are exempt
from tax and that amount is to be de-
Quoted from the value of all convey
ances where the consideration or value
exceeds So, 500.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01

Some metals have a very much more
pronounced smell than others. The
smell of tin especially when newly cut,
is unmistakable, but it is a moot point
whether gold or platinum has any
smell that could be recognized by hui
man olfactory organs. OF the rarer
metals uranium and all it's compounds
give the strongest smell and this gives
US the reason why metals should have
an odor. Uranium is always giving
of what are known as the Becquerel
rays. consisting of streams of excess
sively minute "corpuscies."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01

Guthrie, o. T., July 26.-A big prai-
RE fire ragged all day three miles north
of this city, but is under control. Hun
dreds of acres were burned over with
the consequent loss of fences and out
buildings. The continued drouth
makes the prairie grass a powder mag
azine and the least spark starts the
flames. Much complaint from this
source comes from all parts of the ter
ritory.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01

DR.. Silvian Evans is an honest hater
of the letter u" in Welsh names, and
says lob for Job. 1t is letter of quite
artificial origin. 1t first came into use
as form of final 81" in the word
''flij" (of the SOM. The letter "i" and
ii" were first differentiated in printed
Spanish small letters. The sound of in
itial 81" did not exist in old English,
though at the end of words it came in
in the eleventh century-CardiffW West
ern Mail
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Plan Adopted by the Powe, $.

Washington, July 24.-Commissioner
Rockhill wires from Pelsin that plan
for the payment of indemnity to the
powers by the Chinese government
finally had been adopted The bonds
to be issued will begin 1902, and the
plan contemplates the entire liquida-
ton of both principal and interest by
1910. It is expected that China will
raise %, 900, 900 taels annually. This
cum is to be used to pay the interest
on the bonds and for sinking fund for
the liquidation of the principal
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Important Liquor DECISION.

Fort Scott, Kan, July 26.-Judge
Walter L. Simons, of the district court,
rendered decision of great Importance
to the people of Kansas. He held that
the law of 1887 providing for injunc-
tions in liquor cases, has not been re-
pealed by the Hurrell law of 1901, and
that a private citizen can verify the
petition, it not being necessary for the
county attorney or attorney general to
join in the action.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
How Britain Makes Colonies.

1t was boy at the st. Mary's Red
cliffe school, Bristol, who handed in to
the teacher the following essay on the
making of British colony: Africa
is a British colony. 1 will tell you
how England makes her colonies. First
she gets missionary; when the mis-
sionary has found specially beautiful
and fertile tract of country he gets all
of his people round him and says. Let
us pray and when all the eyes are
shut up goes the British flag"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Railroads Want Mon.

Topeka, July 23.-According to T. B.
Gerow, director of the state free en-
ployment agencies, there is a heavy
demand for railroad telegraphers. He
says that he is able to secure places
for a large number of competent men.
There are also constant calls for rail-
road laborers. The Rock Island wants
men to work in Marion and Jewell
counties, while the Santa Fe railroad
can give employment to numbers
of men at different points along their
lines.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01

Ell Reno, July 26.-The city council
passed an ordinance making it a mis-
demeanor to sell or transfer, or buy a
non-transferrable ticket to any place
on any of the roads running out of the
city. A number of people had pur-
chased the tickets and had been taken
in by the brokers. The members of
the council thought it time to take a
hand in the matter and the man who
is convicted of infringing on the or
dinance will be fined not less than $50
and imprisoned not less than 80 days
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
The First Accident.

Topeka, July 23.-The Rock Island
switch engine at Herington, in max
ing up train, allowed cars filled with
passengers to bump stationary cars and
several passengers were injured while
bouncing about in the coaches.
The Rock Island railroad figures
that it has carried $1,000 persons into
Oklahoma since the rush began, and
this is the first accident which has
occurred. 1t is a source of special
wonder that serious accidents have
nat been recorded
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Horse Awnin -.

New this year are the horse awnings,
put up over horses attached to vehicles
kept standing long time in one spot;
as, for instance, the wagon of the men
who sells buttermilk by the glass. The
horse awning is attached at Its front
end to the top of the names, projecting
above the collar, and then carried over
the horses's back to be attached at the
other end to the front bow Of the wag-
on top. thus giving shade and the free
circulation of air under it.-New York
Sun.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01

New York, July 23.-Members of the
executive board of the United Garment
Workers met and ordered a general
strike. The strike will involve more
than $4,000 men and women. There
are six associations included in the
order. The leaders, in a statement,
say the strike is made to compel the
employers to do away with the sweat
shop system and furnish sanitary shops
for the employees
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Walked From Kanaaa.

Ell Reno, July 27.-George Williams.
80 years of age, his wife, 90 years of
age, and two young married daugh-
tiers, walked all the way from Meade
county, Kans., to register for homes.
They have been on the read month.
They got in in time to register. They
started south in a wagon, but their
team died the second day out, so they
left their baggage with farmer and
hooffed it here.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
General Rails In Kansas.

Topeka, July 29.-General rains
throughout Kansas have cau9ed at
least temporary break in the drouth.
The rains came too late to be of ma
terial benefit to the corn, but will re-
suit in replenishing stock water and
giving new life to the pastures. The
scarcity of water in some of the small
err cities had become serious problem
as there was not enough of it for or
binary drinking purposes The first
rain in Topeka on Friday afternoon
lasted for an hour.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
London's Historic Fig Tree.

Growing figs in the city of London
are great rarities now. In the court
yard Of the Aldgate ward schools there
is to be seen at the present time a
beautiful fig tree in full leaf, with at
least twenty-five good-sized figs de-
veloping upon it. The tree is believed
to be relic of the abbey of the Holy
Trinity, which existed for a good many
centuries. The abbey was abolished hy
Henry VIII.-London Telegraph.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Thirty Dav. and s1oo.

Topeka, July 24.-Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton was fined 500 and given 80 days
Jail sentence by Judge Hazen in the
district court for disturbing the peace
and dignity of the city by a Sunday
joint raid last March. There is no
appeal, and the noted woman must
serve her sentence in prison.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
Offer of Militia.

Chicago, July 27.-General Manager
Aertsen, of the Latrobe Steel and
Coupler works, at Melrose Park, gave
out a statement declaring that the
company had abandoned the effort to
bring the coIored laborers to Melrose
Park, and that they would be sent
back to their homes in Alabama. All
day the 300 negroes sat in their cars in
LAGRANGE, % miles from Chicago, in
fear. Adjutant General Reese has
offered the aid of the state militia IL
needed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01
More Gas In Allen County.

Moran, Kans., July 29.-The Moran
Gas and Oil Company, which has been
prospecting for gas at Moran has
opened up well with flow of gas
estimated at 5, 900, 900 cubic feet of gas
per day with a. rock pressure of 800
pounds Moran is in Allen county.
Three years ago two wells We're sunk
and some gas found in each of these,
but not enough however to pay to
pipe. Nothing has been done since
then to develop the field until this
discovery was made
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-01

Larned, Kan, July 29.-Pawnee
county has been visited by heavy
rain accompanied by high wind and
severe electrical disturbance, leaving
the city in total darkness. At s:35
o'clock p. m, on Friday it was es-
timated at least an inch of water had
fallen within an hour. At Garfield a
station eleven miles west of here, two
and half inches of water fell togeth-
er with hail storm.