Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-08-08
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF,

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Emperor Nicholas has ordered the
organization of an army of 3Os, 800 re-
cruits.
Eighteen of the twenty railroads
entering Chicago have approved of
plans for union station.
Manitoba and the northwest terri
tory expects "a wheat crop this year Of
from 55 to 60 million bushels.
There are reports of serious damage
to crops in Sweden from the hot weather.
Forest fires are burning in several up
land districts.
The Santa Fe is about to double the
capacity of its shops at San Bernardino.
and to increase the force from 500 to
about 200 men.
General Miles has ordered the organi-
cation of nine more companies of coast
artillery, making 1O6 of the 126 compa-
MES provided for by law.
Cotton spindles of South Carolina in
"
That state now takes second place Ia
the manufactured cotton output
Fire in Chicago destroyed the plants
of the Simplex Railway and Appliance
csmpany, the Western Rawhide Tan
ming company and the Hammond Buggy
company.
In Norway, where saloons are per-
mitted only beer, the saloons are closed
on Saturday afternoons, which is the
general pay day, and savings banks
are open until midnight.
The name of the transport Samoa has
been changed to Dix, in honor of Cen
eral John A. Dix. who gave the famous
order: IF any man attempts to haul
down the American flag, shoot him on
the spot"
The manufacturers at Tampa, Fla,
representing over $40, OOO, 900 capital,
have issued a manifesto declaring that
they would move elsewhere if the citi-
zens of Tampa did not suppress the an
archist leaders and protect them in their
business.
The editor of the Cincinnati Price
Current says that 80 cents a bushel for
corn at Chicago is all that can reason
ably be expected. He figures on the
total supply from the present crop and
old stock as about equal to the annual
consumption export demand not taken
into consideration.
Secretary Long cautions naval Off
GERS against giving any public utter
ance of their sentiments regarding the
Schley1Sampson investigation.
An oil company, with paid up cap
ital of 81, 100000, has incorporated in
Utah. The company has 5000 acres in
the Green River, Utah, oil fields.
The Frendenblatt, the organ of the
Austro- Hungarian foreign office, COM
mentiug on the proposed German tariff
law, says: IF Germany wishes tariff
war, Austria, Russia and the United
States will be ready to undertake it"
Probably majority of the people of
Kansas have believed for 25 years that
near Cherryvale
A prehistoric city has been found on
the Naval 10 reservation between Duran
go, Col, and Pennington, n. NJ, in
older than the Aztecs.
The American Forestry association
will hold a summer meeting at Denver
August 27-29. 1t is expected that
James Wilson, Secretary of Agricul-
ture, will preside.
I. d. Skinner, the oldest travelling
man in the United States, has just cele-
brated his golden wedding at st. Jo-
seph, Mo.
The Columbia has sailed the Consti-
tuition out of any chance to meet Sham
rock IL
A Kanass City firm bought 100, 900
bushels of oats on the market at Min
neapolis, Minnesota.
The British house of lords has voted
a half million dollars to Lord Roberts,
who commanded in the South African
war
Up to July l the number of Beers
made prisoners or who had surrendered
during the war, was $4,000.
Mrs. Burr Ferguson, of New York,
was robbed of SO. 900 worth of diamonds
at hotel at Colorado Springs.
Rev. Adam Miller, said to be the old
est Methodist minister in this country,
died in Chicago recently, aged Of years.
The next congress will be asked to
abrogate the treaty with Great Britain
which forbids the building of wsrships
on the great lakes. This is in the in
terest of snip yards in the lake cities.
Striking ice wagon drivers at Column
bus, Ohio. would not permit people to
go to the ice houses to buy ice and
carry it home. They beat one man
terribly who was taking piece of ice
to his sick wife
In st. Louis there was reported 40
deaths and IS prostrations from heat
during the "a hours ending at IL p. m.
of July "a.
The Spanish government is trying to
repudiate the sale. by its private own.
ers, of the floating dock in Havana har-
bor