Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-07-11
Wichita Grain.
THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.
Frederick Wright dropped $50 feet
from a balloon at Laporte, Indiana,
and was killed.
The town of Williams, Ariz, is prac-
tically destroyed by fire. Loss is esti-
mated at $500, 600.
President Diaz attended the Fourth
of July celebration held by Americans
in the City of Mexico.
President Mckinley and his wife left
Washington on July S to go TO their
home at Canton, Ohio.
A seO.OoO Baptist church in Cleve-
land, Ohio, was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground.
The union depot to be used by the
Southern Pacific and the Katy at Fort
Worth will cost over S7OO,OOo
The Harper creamery has been de-
stroyed by fire. Loss IS, 900; insurance
$1,000 Fire started in pile of coal.
The Kansas State Fair association
has leased the fair grounds belonging
to Shawnee county for ten years.
Fifteen eastern manufacturers have
cornered all the broom corn crop of
1900 and raised the prices to S12O a
ton.
Over 200 hogs, sheep and cattle died
from heat in the cars at the st. Joseph,
Mo-, stock yards on the afternoon of
July 5.
Andrew Barnes, a farmer near Chill
licothe, Mo, was found burned to
death where he had been fighting q
prairie fire.
1t was estimated. at 1870 a. III. of
July 4, that there had been 600 deaths
from heat in Greater New York, in the
six days ending then.
The formation of the plow trust is ex-
pected to put out of service 100 travel
ing men, of which number one-nalf
line in Minneapolis, Mimi.
The Hawaiian house of representa-
tives has sent to the senate concur
rent resolution asking for the annexa-
ton of Hawaii to California
The shortage in the San Francisco
mint consists of $40, 900 which was in
SEQ gold pieces in six bags. They are
missing.
Carlton Meyers, a Muscatine, Iowa,
boy, got tangled in the ropes hanging
from a balloon and chung to them
until her was carried five miles and
dropped unhurt. The crowd made up
a purse of 500 as a reward for the
boys bravery.
A salmon packing house trust has
been formed which includes 80 compa-
MES which control nine-tenths of the
salmon packing OF the Pacific coast.
Secretary Wilson encourages the pro-
duction of sugar in this country, which
imports sugar valued at about onc-half
of the agricultural products exported.
The betting ring at Overland park
near Denver was crowded with people
when the wind lifted the roof and
dropped it back upon the crowd. About
dozen people were seriously hurt
A small boy of New Haven, Ct, put
the muzzle of his toy pistol into the
bung of an empty whisky barrel and
fred. The boy, pistol and barrel Were
sent kiting, injuring the boy badly
and causing damage from flying pieces
of the barrel
Strikers attacked workers at the
Smuggler Union mine at Telluride.
Colorado, and in the fracas three men
were killed and ten more wounded.
About 100 of the workers were driven
over the range into Ouray county and
warned never to return.
Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, died
at Aberdeen July /, from malaria.
An NJ Z. church in Albany, n. Y.
burned and Jewish temple was
offered for the use OF the NJ. Z. con-
gregation. Both congregations as
sembled together at an evening service
and the Jewish rabbi conducted the
service taking for his text from Jere-
miah %, Seek and pray for the peace
of the city"
Eighty-five Cuban teachers will at
tend the summer school at Harvard
college.
Sedalia claims that its Carnegie Ii.
brary building is the best of its cost in
the United States.
The Dun Commercial agency has
gathered data and is convinced that
this years wheat crop in the United
States will reach 700, o0O, 900 bushels.
j. W. White, of Topeka. has been ap.
pointed auditor of all Santa Fe line.
west of albuquerque.
Stories are told one day that the
Pope is sick and denials always fol-
low the stories the next day.
Officials at Cripple Creek have been
indicted for soliciting brides aud for
getting money on false pretense.
The minis of the Unitei States, in
the year ending June 20. 1901, coined
money to the amount OF siaG. $40, ISL;
of which there were of gold over &c.,.
Ooo. 900; of silver over s35, $50, 900 and
of minor coins over Sc, 600, 900.
Andrew Carnegie has told pstrait