Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-03-14
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF

navy.
The speaker of the territorial hous,
of Hawaii is half Chinese and half
Hawaiian.
The German government has ordered
300 barrels of California for use by it
army and navy.
Pope Leo celebrated his 91st brit
day on March ,. lie is said to be il
remarkably good health.
The Cuban constitutional convention
did not like the action of congress upor
Cuban affairs at first blush.
The Chicago & Alton has conceded t.
the demand of its shopmen that piece
work system be not established.
The city of st. Petersburg is acquir
ing It's street car lines and proposes t.
convert them into electric railways
The diplomatic and consular appro
priation bill provided fund for the
purchase of legation premises in Pekin
a referendum is to be submitted il
New Zealand to decide whether that
colony shall join the commonwealth OF
Australia.
EX-President Harrison has for sever
al days been quite sick from grip and
intercostal neuralgia. His physician
is hopeful.
The drouth in Pennsylvania is so
severe that trains have to carry water
to supply the engines, so many of the
tanks along the line are without water.
Indiana has new law which vacates
the Office of a sheriff when prisoner
in his charge is lynched, until he can
how that he has not been remiss in
his duty.
The war department has accepted
the bid of the Northern Pacific railway
for warehouse and wharfng facilities
at Tacoma for its Alaska and Philip
pine business.
The Maryland legislature is in special
session, with the principal object of
amending the election laws so as to
disfranchise illiterate; measure which
will disfranchise 80 per cent of $1,000
colored voters.
The Texas panhandle country has
developed as a successful producer of
cotton. The Fort Wor h and Denver
railroad has carried out from this
years crop about 81, 900 bales, all raised
north of Wichita Falls.
Addison Hadley, who founded the
Hadley home for girls in his town of
Handy, Ind. IS dead at the age of 20.
The Canadian house of commons, by
a vote of 125 to 10, ask Edward VII.
that the portion of the old coronation
oath offensive to Catholics be elimin-
ated.
Gas supply failure causes much suf-
fering in Lancaster, Ohio, among peo-
pie who have their employment in the
shops and factories. The Traction
companies cannot run its cars for lack
of gas for fuel.
Nearly 5000 private pension bills
were introduced in this session of con-
gress, of which 1900 became laws.
This is greater than the record of.the
past except that the Fifty-frst con-
gress passed 1.3S3 of them.
The Kansas delegation at Washing
ton has held a consultation to consider
and try to agree on the patronage
question.
Harvard university has sent $1,000 to
the Washington and Lee university at
Lexington, Virginia, for the William
L. Wilson endowment fund.
The United States court of appeals
sustains the sentence of David V.
Reiger, of Kansas City, NO., for misap-
plying funds of the bank of which he
was president. He was sentenced to
the penitentiary for six years.
A large lumber warehouse is burned
at GRANVILLE, Ohio, together with all
the lumber in the yards. Loss, $751;
900.
After long debate the South Dako-
ia legislature indefinitely postponed
resolution to remove the state capital
from Pierre to Mitchell.
The river and harbor bill was de-
feated by hot air. Its opponents killed
time and prevented a final vote in the
senate upon the last conference report.
Work has commenced on the manu-
facture of American shoes in Mexico.
Mexican leather is used. The capacity
of the factory is 1000 pairs of shoes
day.
The legislators of three states, Della
ware, Montana and Nebraska, in the
last days of their sessions. remained at
a deadlock upon the election of United
States senators.
Recruits numbering 14O have arrived
at Fort Leavenworth from Columbus,
Ohio.
The Illinois Central Railroad eor1-
pany starts out good roads train
from New Orleans, which will stop at
twenty or more points on its way TO
Chicago and build piece of road. The
train will carry modern road making
1t will be preceded by adj
vonce agents who will endeavor to in
terest the farmers in the work and to
secure from them the furnishing of
material required