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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
The Stairway.
nv LEIGH NORTH.

Copyright. 1901. by Daily Story PUP. Co!
That picture holds tragedy, SAID
my friend Benson, thoughtfully, ana
his eyes had the retrospective look
which tells that other scenes than the
present are before them. Literally l
mean" he added.
1 looked increduously at the faded
photograph in my hand. 1t was
grand old stairway in some venetian
or Genoese palace whose fine curvlns
lines and the sweep of its magnificent
balustrade were a delight to the eye.
Two crouching lions in marble ktpt
watch at the foot
l tried to brush away little mist
or dust in the center.
You can't do it," he said. II owe
my life, or rather, my liberty to that"
Whats the story?" 7 asked.
Evidently it was rather a painful
memory, for he answered with some
reluctance.
There was a murder committed
there while 1 was taking the photo
graph"
Impossible" I exclaimed.
''It is difficult to credit. grant you.
but true nevertheless"
He drew up his tall figure and a
sort of pallor came over his face. Il
can never forget it,"
Let it go, old fellow!" I cried, see
ing the effect upon him, but 1 confess
my curiosity was strong and excited.
NO." he said with slight effort, Il
have brought it on myself and 1t is
only fair you shall hear about it.
ought to put the picture away if 1
don't want to be questioned"
So we turned to the fire, relit our
cigars, and, picture in hand, he be-
gan.
1T was many years ago, on my first
trip to Italy, and had, with some
difficulty, obtained permission to look
at the inside of one Of the old Genoese
palaces, seldom visited. and to take
a photograph of the stairway, which
you see is an exceedingly beautiful
one. 1 had a special fancy for archi-
tectural bits then.
'On my way to the palace. passing
through the tortuous thoroughfares
with their quaint little box-shops. 1
stopped here and there. as all new
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
DISASTROUS FREIGHT WRECK.
A Car of Dynamite Blown up, 8 Cars De-

A Car of Dynamite Blown up, 1 5 Cars De-
moIIshed and Several Persons Hurt.
A rear end collision caused a disas-
trous freight wreck on the Southern
Railway near Georgetown, ten miles
west of New Albany, Ind. Fifteen cars
were wrecked and demolished, three
men seriously and one fatally injured
and many thousands of dollars worth
of property destroyed.
In the wrecked train was car load
ed with dynamite and powder. The
dynamite exploded, and in a moment
the greater part of botn trains was a
mass of burning wreckage. Henry
Ernest, the engineer of the second sec
ton, was badly injured. Ed Suggs.
brakeman, sustained probably fatal
injuries. John Sullivan, the conductor.
received serious internal injuries. John
Patterson was fatally burned. A race
horse valued at $4,000 was burned to
death.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
lONG-FOUGHT CASE ENDS.
Suit Begun Twelve Years Ago, Settled n
Last.

Suit Begun Twelve Years Ago, Settled AZ
Last.
After dragging on for twelve years,
and being fought in every possible
American court, a suit involving some
important questions in corporation
law has been decided by Judge Kohl
saat, of Chicago. The verdict was for
the plaintiff.
In 1884 Fowler Brothers, the pack
ers, loaned to the Cherokee Brilliant
Coal and Mining company, Kansas
corporation, the sum of $4,000. In
1886 the company failed.
A judgment was recovered in the
circuit court of the United States In
Kansas by Fowler Brothers; and later
a similar judgment was recovered in
the Superior court of Cook county. Ill.
Upon the return "nulla bona" of an
executor a bill in chancery, in the
nature of a creditors bill against S.
Warren Lamson and Lorenzo ]. Lam
son, comprising the firm of Lamson
Brothers, was filed to enforce their
liability as stockholders in the cor
poration.
The bill was filed on October 16,
1890, and in October. 1891, a decree was
entered in favor of the complainant
| by Judge Shepard in the Superior
court. On appeal the decree was re-
versed, the court holding that the
constitutional provision of Kansas
providing for the double liability was
not self-executing. The case then
went to the Illinois Supreme court,
which held that the constitutional
provision was self-executing, but that
the courts of Illinois had no jurisdic-
ton to enforce against resident stock
holders their liability as stockholders
in foreign corporation.
| The case then went to the United
States Supreme court. That court re-
fused to take jurisdiction of the case
| on the ground that the federal Ques-
ton had not been sufficiently raised
in the lower court.
The decree in the Superior court was
vacated finally, and the suit dismissed
on February 4, 1897. In August OF
the same year the present suit was
| instituted in the United States courts.
This suit was subsequently dismissed
by Judge Grosscup, and the case then
went to the United States circuit court
of appeals, where it was argued be-
fore Judges Woods, Jenkins, and
Seaman. The judgment of the lower
court was reversed and the case re-
manded with directions.
The case then came before Judge
! Kohlsaat, of Chicago. A jury was
waived and he heard the case last
May, holding it under Amusement
nearly five months, in disposing of
the twenty or so points of law, in
volving many important corporation
and limitation questions. Since the
case was in the Supreme court of
Illinois that court has changed its
position, and in a later case holds
that these liabilities of stockholders
in Kansas corporations can be en-
forced in the courts of Illinois.
During the tendency of the suit
George Fowler, the head of the pack
ing concern, died, and the suit has
proceeded in the name of his executor,
Charles F. Hutchings. E. F. Thomp-
son has been the Fowler Company's
attorney from the beginning.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
He raised something in his hand.

and fastened out again. Get some
thing ! must to assuage the torment
ing thirst which had suddenly seized
upon me. OF the bad effects Of water
in these regions, felt some fear, but
anything was better than my present
discomfort.
Returning, after a brief absence, l
readjusted my camera and the corner
in which l had to stand being rather
dark, a long exposure of the plate was
necessary to secure the photograph. l
believed the house to be empty, save
for the custodian and one servant, and
I had an eerie, creepy feeling as l
stood at my work as If ghosts were
around, and some presentment of evil
haunted me.
Suddenly, there was half-smoth-
cred shrek and a young and pretty
girl ran lightly down the stair, close
ly followed by a man, short, thick
set fellow, with dark clustering locks.
She must have paused involuntarily.
He raised something in his hand-I
saw the CLEAN of stilleto-he plunged
it into her body, seized her in his
arms, rushed to the bottom of the
steps and laid her on the floor, kneel-
ing beside her. 1t all seemed the work
of an instant, and ere I could realize
anything was over.
Mechanically closed the slide of
my apparatus, uttered a loud cry and
ran forward. The thrust had been
deadly sure, and the girl had ceased
to breathe. The horror of 1t came
over me so strongly that 1 had a faint
feeling and could hardly articulate.
but my cry had attracted attention.
and in few moments the hall was
full of people. talking and gesticuIat-
ing violently. telling some story He
was much excited. but seemed calm be-
side the others as his soft, voluble
Italian flowed on.
MY knowledge of the language was
very slight. but the scowling faces
soon turned upon me made me realize
that the wretch was laying the guilt
of the murder at my door. 1 was
young and inexperienced, a stranger
in the place, and 1 even remembered
that the official from whom had got
ten my permit was temporarily absent
my sensations were far from pleas
ant, as the officers of the law arrived
| on the scene and took us both into
custody. To add to my misfortune
was bound to admit that the stiletto
used exactly resembled the one I had
so recently purchased. as curiosity
which was now missing from The
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
GREAT ARID LAND PROBLEM.
Montona the First State to Build
irrigation Canals.
$4,000 ACRES is RECLAIMED.

Helena, Mont, Oct 14.-What seems
to be good beginning in the solution
of the great and land problem has been
made by the state of Montana. The
state arid land commission, which was
created by the legislature, with power
to reclaim lands donated to the state
by the government under the Carey
act, celebrated the opening of the great
canal system in district No. f. There
were present, besides members of the
commission and other state officials,
members of the press and many repre-
sentative engineers and business men.
The canal, intended to irrigate 81, 200
acres of the Carey land, was opened
and water sent to its mission of making
homes for the farmers. District No. 4
comprises $4,000 acres of land in the
Dearborn valley, Lewis and Clark coun-
ty. The state proposes to sell this land
in tracts of 160 acres to actual settlers
at only the cost of placing water upon
the land, giving ten years for payment,
in ten equal payments, at 6 per cent
interest.
Eleven thousand acres are now ready
for settlement. The land lies in small
valleys, surrounded by low lying hills,
that supply rich grass for stock. The
state is building the canal system and
will own and operate it in perpetuity
for the sole benefit of the occupants of
the land and without profit to anyone,
making the enterprise entirely cooper
alive in nature. This is the first
irrigating canal on the American con-
tinent to be built and operated by a
state government, and undoubtedly
marks an epoch in the great irrigation
plan.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
War on Irregular Doctors.

The Colorado state board of medical
examiners have begun a crusade
against all who practice medicine with
out regular diplomas. Six warrants
have been issued by the district court,
three for osteopaths, two for regular
practitioners who are alleged to have
failed to comply with the law, and
one for a magnetic healer. Similar
action is said to have been taken at
COLORADO Springs, Durango and other
towns in the state.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17

Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 12.-Lorenzo
Snow, fifth president of the Mormon
church, died rather unexpectedly at his
private residence, the historic Bee Hive
House, after an illness that had been
alarmingly serious but short time.
The immediate cause of his death was
hypostatic congestion, superinduced by
aggravated brichitis. Several weeks
ago, President Snow contracted a
severe cold. He was attending to bust
ness as late as Tuesday
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Children n Food.

Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 9.-The steam
ship, Glenogle brings the news Of
human flesh being freely sold in the
famine districts of Shansi, China. 1t
brings $50 cash per catty of one and a
third pounds Babes and young chill
dren are being butchered- The empress
dowager has commanded that the prac-
tice be stopped, but is able to enforce
her orders only around Hsianfu. The
money collected by the Christian Herald
of New York has been distributed saw
ing thousands from starvation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
DIstrict Judre Appointed.

Washington, Oct. e.-President
Roosevelt appointed Ex-Governor Thorn
as Goode Jones. of Alabama, to be
United States district judge of the
middle and northern district of Ala
bama. Ex-Governor Jones always has
been a Democrat, and was twice chief
executive of his state and ranks high as
a lawyer. Representative Thomas, of
Alabama said: ''This act of President
Roosevelt will place him in the same
high esteem in the South in which the
last President Mckinley was held"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17

The Italian, seeing that was in earn
est, Immediately lowered his terms,
and, finally, seizing me by the coat
persuaded me into making the pur-
chase. which 1 thrust into my pocket
and hurried on to my destination.
The quick walk seemed to heat my
blood to the boiling point, and after /
had showed my permit to the custod-
ian and selected the point from which
l could get the best view, 1 threw my
light outer coat on an old carved seat
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Governor. Widow In Distress.

Lansing, Mich, Oct. 14.-Governor
Bliss has been advised by the police
matron of Toledo, o., that the widow
of Stevens T. Mason, first Governor Of
the state of Michigan, is being cared
for in the infirmary hospital in that
city. Mrs Mason, who is so years old,
is said to be infirm physically and
mentally and in destitute circum-
stances. She was the second wife OF
Governor Mason. Governor Bliss will
take steps to provide her with home
in this state.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Scottish Rite AIssons.

Guthrie, o. T., Oct. 1O.-The seventh
reunion of the Oklahoma consistory,
Scottish Rite Mason, which met at the
Masonic temple in this city, closed
three days session today. The juri'
diction also includes Indian Territory,
and a class of sixty-ive members took
the thirty-second degree. Prominent
Masons from all over both territorie'
were in attendance and the reunion
proved to be highly successful.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Cyelonsat Clifton.

Clifton, KS, Oct. ia cyclone was
seen coming out of Clay county and the
fire bell was rung. 1t passed two milee
west of this place and seemed to break
up ten miles north in Washington
county. Vague reports of casualtie.
are coming in but only one report gives
particulars L. c. Hoar's house and
outbuildings, two miles west of Clifton
were swept entirely away. The family
escaped injury in cellar. The path
of the storm. was at its widest about a
quarter of a mile wide.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Mineral Paint in Kansas.

Topeka, Oct. s.-Specimens of the
Trego county shale paint are now be-
ing tested by the mechanical depart
ments of the Santa Fe railroad and
other roads. 1t has been discovered
that the shale contains all the elements
of mineral paint; aluminium, silica and
iron. The process of extracting gold
from the shale leaves it in proper con-
dition for making paint. While miner
al paint sells for from SIS to $50 ton,
the making of it from this saale will
not cost over SO tor
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
B.rre.. Sell. And s,ril. stop..

Pittsburg, Kans., Oct. 12.-Crow &
Bennett have purchased the Barrett
No. mine and will operate it in the
future as union mine. They signed
the contract scale This was one of the
mines where strike order had been
issued and if the turn in affairs had
not come as it did at the last hour, the
mine would have been idle today. Ne.
gotiations are also going on for the
transfer of Barrett's remaining mines
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
No Ar,.tocr.ev nv st.tut.

Topeka, Oct. 19.-Osteopaths do no,
have to be graduates of regularly es-
tablished colleges in order to obtain
certificates to practice in the state
Attorney General GODDARD holds that
the law permits osteopaths to take ex-
aminations. IAN aristocracy of college
bred physicians or osteopaths cannot
be created by a statute" said Mr.. God
ard. persons having the requisite
knowledge must be allowed to practice
if they can pass the required examine
tionsn
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
k.p... Internal R.,.nue.

Topeka, Oct. s.-Topeka will not get
There is no room in the government
building here for it. An inspector from
the department at Washington has
been in Kansas Investigating the mat
ter. He has reported that it is not
feasible to move the collectors Office
from Leavenworth to Topeka. but
that it could be moved to Kansas
City to good advantage, when
the new federal building there 10 COM
pletsd.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Jew Colony in MexIco.

Mexico City, Oct. 12.-Dr. Won
Blowitz says that he has arranged for
colonizing $4,000 Jews in this republic
and that he has bought a million acres
of land in the state of Sonora, where
the first Hebrew colony will be estab-
lished
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17

New York, Oct e.-plans for the ew
hall to be erected by the New York
Historical society at a cost of nearly
81, DOC, 900, have been formally adopted,
They provide for marble or granite
building three stories in heigh,, at
Central park, this city, just below the
Museum of Natural history. The plans
follow closely the classic style of some
of the older buildings at Washing ton.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Topek. District Pension LIT

Topeka, Oct. 14.-There are no sur
vivors of the war of 1912 on the Topeka
pension list, and the widows of the
1912 soldiers are getting scarce. On
July 1 there were "a of them. Today
three months later, there are only IS.
Thus 16 have died in the past three
months.
There are 1,O44 widows of Mexican
war soldiers on the rolls, and $50 wild
ows of Spanish-American war soldiers.
The number of widows of civil war
soldiers aggregate 81, 59s.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Confederat. Reunion.

Wichita, Kas., Oct 1.-THE ex-Con-
federates of this city are considering
the practicability of holding a reunion
of ex-Confederates in Wichita next
spring, before the national encampment
of the ex-Confederates, which will be
held in Dallas, Tex, next year. 1t is
proposed to invite to the reunion the
ex-Confederates of Kansas, Oklahoma
and Western Missouri, and to enable a
large number to come, an effort will
be made to secure low rates on all rail-
roads.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Soldier Bankers In Manila.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 1O.-Col. John r.
Cotton and Col. Harry b. Milford, Off
GERS of the First Nebraska volunteers
in the Philippines, and later of the
Thirty-ninth volunteers, have estab-
lished new American bank in Manila
Most of the capital of the bank will be
held by Omaha and other Nebraskans
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Train Robbers at Work.

A train on the Kansas City. Pitts
burg and Gulf. near Ashdown, Ark,
was held up. but the robbers did not
get anything. The telegram said that
the valuables which the robbers be-
lieved the express car carried had been
left in Shreveport to go out by the
daylight train. The gang that held
up the train is believed to be the same
one that operated against the Cotton
Belt some time ago.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
rbev NAV Keep the ree..

Topeka, Oct. 1O-The attorney gen.
eral has rendered an opinion holding
that county attorneys could keep the
1 per cent fee in all foreclosure cases
brought to collect delinquent taxes
He also held that the county clerks
could keep the fees received for record
ing the medical registration certificates
of physicians
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Poor George.

"And what did George say when
he proposed?" asked Ethel. HE said
nothing" replied Maud; "he started
to say something. gasped, turned
deathly pale and then tainted away OF
course I knew what that meant-so
when he came to 1 told him he might
ask papa" And them" Then poor
George tainted away again.''-Tid-B Bits.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Arrangement. for Ransom.

Paris, Oct. IO.-The American consul
at Salonica received on October orders
to make the arrangements with the
Vail (governor) for the payment of the
ransom of Miss Stone. The United
States will advance the money, after
yards settling with Turkey.
The Turkish authorities have made
numerous arrests among the Bulgarian
population without distinction of re-
igion and nearly all have been put to
torture in the hope of abstracting in
formation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Kama, CITY C.ttI. Show.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 1O.-Indica-
tions are that the National Cattle show
to be held in Kansas City beginning
October 81, will surpass all previous
events of that character held here A
larger attendance and a greater dis
play of thoroughbred cattle than ever
before is expected. There will be
celebration exhibit and sale of the
three famous breeds of cattle
Herefords, Short Horns and Gallo
ways. The entries will close tomor-
row
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17

Topeka, Oct. 9.--The supreme court
has ordered the Jessie Morrison murder
case set for hearing at the January
term. This will throw the decision off
until February. If it is reversed the
case will not be tried again in Butler
county until the May term of court.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
Mob Frightened Her to Death.

Mr.. Ben. o. Perkins. wife of the
jailer at Shelbyville, Ind. died as the
result of shock and fright suffered
when the mob attacked the Jail and
lynched two negroes. At that time
Mrs. Perkins was i'll with a nervous
attack and DR.. w. F. Baird, her ply
sician, declares that the raid of the
lynchers is responsible for the wo-
mans death.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17

Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 14-Cresceus low
cred the worlds trotting record on a
half mile track a quarter of a second.
He made his 2O93l record and this new
record both for the benefit of the char
liable institutions of the city and more
than 4O, 900 people gathered to see him.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17
After the weddinr.

Hewitt don't see you with that
pretty girl so often as I used to. Jew
ett-No; I'm married to her now.-Tid-
Bits.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17

"Cheerfulness is riches" "Oh, no;
If you can't pay a bill. being cheerful
about it only makes the other man
madder."-Detroit Free Press.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17

corners will, to gaze in the windows at
the varied show.
at CHANGED that the street was that
called the Goldsmiths.' and each
tradesman We'd with the other in his
display of trinkets in gold and silver
fiigree.
"In the corner of one lay an object
which caught my eye. 1t was a stilet-
to, evidently not a new one, in a case
of the finest workmanship. With no
very definite intention of buying, en-
tered. pointed it out. and. in my brok-
en- vocabulary, demanded the price.
The figures were SO enormous that 7
shook my head and turned to leave.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17

al conclude that's a fly" said the
young trout. You are right, my dear"
said its mother, but never jump at
conclusions "-Christian Register.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-10-17

Fortunate is the man who can de-
pend uron himself at all times.