Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-04-25
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF


realty.
Thirty-six years ago, on April II,
Abraham Lincoln was shot. dying the
next morning.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
lea expended last year for the relief Of
strikers and their families, S153,OOO
The strike on the New Jersey Central
railroad has been suspended as the re.
suit of concessions and promises.
1t is said that the Korean govern
ment has promulgated law enforcing
the death penalty for opium smoking.
A battalion of the 3Oth infantry is on
the Pacific enroute to Manila. There
are 600 men and 10 signal corps men on
the transport Ohio.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, through
their attorney generals, have formed
friendly alliance to eradicate fake in
surance companies.
Russia, especially Siberia, is export
ing two train loads week of butter.
In 1900 the exports of butter amounted
to 37,729, 200 pounds.
There are new taxes in England;
that on coal has brought business to
a standstill as merchants cannot pay
the new tax while filling contracts.
The United States treasury holds
$500, 27s, SOC in gold; larger amount
than in any one national treasury, or
in any other depository in the world.
The hamlet of Bisca yne, Florida,
was struck by tornado on
April 10, which demolished several
houses and dangerously hurt two men.
Forest trees in its track were torn up.
Aguinaldo is feet inches tall and
weighs 100 pounds He has broad
shoulders, is more like a negro in
color and features than most of his
race. He is intelligent but not
scholar.
At the communion service in one of
the Presbyterian churches in Washing
ton Easter Sunday, the bread and wine
were passed by two admirals, a gen.
eral, two supreme court judges and
former secretary of state.
The United States government has
instructed its representative to Turkey
to protest against the decree of the
Sultan which limits the sojourn in
Jerusalem to three months, of any for
eigner of the Jewish faith.
The Arkansas legislature has passed
an appropriation of $4,000 for an ex-
hibit at the 1903 exposition at st.
Louis.
Already changes are announced in
the itinerary of the Presidents trip.
Sunday June ?, is to be spent in Colo
RADIO, possibly at Glenwood Spring in
stead of in Salt Lake City.
Much of the press dispatches of late
are about labor troubles in Pennsyl-
vania. One day everything looks
brighter; the next day it is mostly
sombre; and so it goes.
The sick percentage in the army in
the Philippines on April 16 was 7.39
per cent Though somewhat larger
than a month ago, on account of the
change of seasons. this is regarded as
gratifying.
The British government has paid out
in this country in the neighborhood of
s25, O0O, 900 for mules and horses for use
in South Africa.
Snow slides are still occurring in Col
orado every few days with fatal results
and with damage to railroads and
other property
Sixty carloads of picked beef passed
over the Northern Pacific to Portland
and it all is to be shipped to Vladivos-
took before the first of May.
A Quincy, Ills. hostler let his cellu-
loid collar get on fire and $40. 900 fire |
resulted Over 40 carriages and all the |
other contents of the livery stable were
destroyed.
Officials at Copenhagen are of the
opinion that negotiations for the sale |
of the Danish West Indies to the United |
States are nearer satisfactory agree |
ment than ever before.
The 2sth and 55th regiments of vol
unteers arrived on the transport Thorn |
as, from Manila on April IA.
The law regulating the hours of let |
ter carriers goes into effect on July 1. |
The number of hours work in a week |
is still As bat it is amended so that that |
limit may be averaged in the six days |
labor.
William McKinley's office holding |
record is: two years as county attor- |
ney, fourteen years in congress, four
as governor of Ohio and four as presi- |
dent; twenty-four years in all. !
The Arkansas senate. by vote of ~ |
to :, passed bill fixing fine of IS |
upon persons who d rink any intoxica |
ting liquors as a beverage without !
having procured dram license.
An 1s-foot pillar in Westminster Alb
hey fell with crash shattering the |
tomb of lord Another pillar in the
chapel is unsafe.
The Missouri supreme court estab-
fishes the legality of state beer inspec- !
ton under which Missouri brewers
must pay $3.50. 900 taxes already become
due since the enactment of the law.