Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-10-23
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LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.


1t now seems to be apparent that op-
position to reciprocity with Cuba has
faded away.
The window glass makers are scour-
ing the country for enough skilled men
to run their plants.
President Roosevelt calls down the
departments for ''too much public
printing generally"
The mileage of the Frisco system on
September 80 was S3,414.24; with 7s7
miles of side tracks and switches.
]. C. Bancroft Davis, aged so, re-
porter for the United States supreme
court for nearly 90 years, has resigned.
II. D. iced has been appointed tele-
graph manager of the Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe with headquarters at Gal
weston.
The revolution in Hayti has ended.
The leader of the revolutionary pro-
visional government has gone to the
Bermudas with $50 of his followers.
The eighth annual convention of the
American Press League, at its closing
session in Minneapolis, Mimi, elected
Fl. A. Heath, of Topeka, Kans., presi-
dent
At Waukegan, Ills, $4,000 tons of
coal is burning at the dock, and the
fire seems to be beyond control. The
company is loading cars as rapidly as
possible. The fire was caused by spon-
taneous combustion.
The rolled steel syndicate of Berlin,
reduced prices in Germany by SIPS
per ton, probably as a concession to
pnblic opinion as there has been much
agitation recently over the high domes-
tic and low export prices.
President Roosevelt feels deeply
grateful for the outcome of the coal
conference. He regards it as honorable
to both sides as securing justice to
both sides and above all averting
terrible calamity to the people.
No American coal was imported into
| Italy until 1898 when 20 tons was taken
there as samples. In 1901 the importa-
! ton of American coal amounted to
$4,000 tons; enough to be factor in
competition with English coal.
Judge Allen, representing the Flu
sionists. fled mandamus proceedings in
the Kansas supreme court to compel
the county clerks to put the ''short
term" candidates on the official county
tickets. The court heard the case at
once and denied the application.
Minneapolis, Mimi, received its first
snow on October 16, being the earliest
in seven years. The mercury went
down to "a.
The government will ask of the Brit
ish parliament to authorize a Trans
vaal loan of $3.50, 900, 900 or more, to be
guaranteed by the imperial govern
ment.
The epidemic of cholera is spreading
rapidly in Palestine The city which
has suffered the most thus far is GAIA
where there have been 80 to 40 deaths
daily.
Hon. Bernard Moses, of California,
member of the Philippine commits
sion, will retire from that body on the
LIST of next January.
hail storm of As minutes caused
So, 600 damage in st. Louis. There
were hailstones two inches in diameter.
About every greenhouse in the city
was ruined.
General James Z. Smith, of Califor-
mia, has been appointed member of
the Philippine commission to succeed
Bernard Moses who is to retire jan
nary 1.
Owing to the strike of baggage and
mail handlers there were piled up in
the St Louis union station at one time
more than 500 outgoing pouches of let
ter mail and more than 5000 sacks of
papers.
The order reducing the army to the
minimum of $685. men will direct
that enlistments be stopped until the
number fixed has been reached.
In unearthing bribery in St Louis
sl35, 900 of Doodle has been captured in
safety deposit vaults, and there is talk
of turning it over to the public schools.
The Minneapolis nonr mills have
changed from two to three eight hour
shifts.
E. o. Faulkner, of Topeka, has been
appointed assistant general manager
of the Santa Fe in matters relating to
joint facility contracts and such other
matters as may be assigned to him.
The Miners Federation of Great
Britain voted s., 900 from the central
fund for the relief of the striking
American miners and adopted reso-
luton in favor of making further do
nations for the same purpose.
The Typographical Union of Milwau-
kee voted in favor of giving one hours
pay each week to the striking coal
miners
Jonn Redmond, John Dillon and
Michael Dayitt are coming to Boston to
attend the national convention of the
United Irish League, which opens Oc-
tobe 10.
German automobile. makers are much