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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
HEAVY LUMBER FIRES.
Space of Twenty Blocks of Lumber.
Mills And Residences Swept.


Davenport, Iowa, July e7.-Fire laid
waste an era of saw mill and residence
property here equal to twenty ordinary
city blocks, and caused loss of 500. 600.
The flames started in some big piles of
kindling wood belonging to the Rock
Island Fuel company on the levee.
brisk breeze carried the flames directly
across the immense lumber yards
which were soon seething masses of
flames. The spread of the fire was so
rapid that the worl1men barely had
time to desert the yard, some losing
their coats and dinner pals. The
flames pushed their way into the
adjoining residence district, closely
settled with middle class homes, of an
average value of few thousand dol
lars each, from which the occupants
escaped only with their lives and the
clothing on their backs. Oter fifty
houses were thus burned, some of
them tenements, resulting in hun
dred families being rendered homeless.
The flames spread on the north to the
grounds of St. Katherines hall, a
boarding school for young ladies,
which was saved.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
REQUIsITIoN FOR BENDERs.
Said to Have Been Found &. Fort Collins
Colorado.

GOlOI8uo-
Topeka, July 25.-A requisition has
been issued from the governors Office
on the governor of Colorado for the
notorious Bender family. The COM
plant is made by Frank Ayres, a
ranchman living near Fort Collins,
Col, who claims that he was married
to woman whom he now thinks was
Kate Bender. He claims that the
woman gave him "knock out drops"
some time last February in the hope of
killing him To avoid suspicion he
was carried in an unconscious condi-
ton to near by railroad track and
left on the rails to be killed by passing
trains. He was found by friends and
rescued. He suspected his wife and
began working up the case against
her.
Governor Stanley placed the requisi-
ton in the hands of E. L. Barton, a
deputy sheriff from Labette county,
and he left at once for Colorado.
The supposed Benders have been
identified by several persons who
knew them twenty-eight years ago in
Kansas. Ayres claims that he was
married to the Bender woman for
fourteen months prior to the attempt
to poison him.
Mrs. Ayres, who is supposed to be
Kate Bender, is said to have seven
divorced husbands who are all living.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Plan Adopted by the Powers.

Washington, July 24.-Commissioner
Rockhill wires from Pekin that plan
for the payment of indemnity to the
powers by the Chinese government
finally had been adopted The bonds
to be issued will begin 1902, and the
plan contemplates the entire hquida-
ton of both principal and interest by
1910. 1t is expected that China will
raise 90, o0O,o taels annually. This
sum, is to be used to pay the interest
on the bonds and for sinking fund for
the liquidation of the principal
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
AdmiraI Dewey Head of BOARD.

Washington, July 27.-The board of
inquiry which is to investigate the
controversy points in connection with
Admiral Schley's conduct during the
Spanish war will be composed of Ad-
miral Dewey, president of the court,
and Rear Admirals Lewis A. Kimberley
and Andrew Z. K. Benham. The
court will meet at the navy depart
ment in Washington September IL.
Secretary Long announced these facts.
The judge advocate of the court has
not been selected but the precept to
the court is being prepared by
Capt. Lemley, judge advocate general.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
After Ticket Rrnkera.

Ell Reno, July 26.-The city council
passed an ordinance making it a mis-
demeanor to sell or transfer, or buy a
non-transferrable ticket to any place
on any of the roads running out of the
city. A number of people had pur-
chased the tickets and had been taken
in by the brokers' The members of
the council thought it time to take
hand in the matter and the man who
is convicted of infringing on the Or
dinance will be fined not less than $50
and imprisoned not less than 80 days
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03

Guthrie, o. T., July ga big prai-
RE fire ragged all day three miles north
of this city, but is under control Hun
dreds of acres were burned over with
the consequent loss of fences and out
buildings. The continued drouth
makes the prairie grass powder mag
azine and the least spark starts the
flames. Much complaint from this
source comes from all parts of the ter
ritory.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
No Froat In Indiana

Indianapolis, Ind, July 24.-The hot
test day on record in Indianapolis is
passed. The official record was log at
2 o'clock p. m. At the same hours
Thermometers on the streets recorded
ITO and 112. There were two deaths
and three prostrations from heat. At
the camp of the Indiana National
Guard all drills were suspended. Sixty
men were overcome, but all but seven
rapidly recovered. Many animals were
stricken and 1iverymen are refusing to
hire horses.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Six Doctor. This Time.

South Bend, Ind, July 29th:-Six
different doctors treated Mr.. ]. o. Lam
deman, of this place for Kidney Trou-
BILE. He had been very i'll for three
years, and he despaired Of ever being
well.
Somebody suggested Dodd's Kidney
Pills. Mr.. Landeman used two boxes.
He is completely cured, and besides
losing all his Kidney Trouble, his gen.
eral health is much better than it has
been for years.
No case that has occurred in st.
Joseph County for half century, has
created such a profound sensation. and
Dodd's Kidney Pills are being well
advertised, as a result of their won
derful cure Of Mr.. Landmarks case.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Recruiting at Ell Reno.

FL Reno, July 25.-The United States
government has begun preparations
here to care for all single, able bodied
men, who fail to get homesteads, by
enlisting them in the regular army.
Captain ]. A. Dapray, 23rd United
States infantry, will establish a re-
cruiting station as soon as he can get
quarters for recruits. He is unable to
rent building here or to obtain tents
at Fort Reno. The recruiting station
will be maintained at Oklahoma City
until October 81.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
More Grafters.

Ell Reno, July 25.-A CRATER secured
Rock Island folders and sold them as
official maps The fellow then disap-
peared. One of the fakes being work.
ed the hardest is the one where the
man successful in securing home will
be notified by telegraph for fifty cents
or dollar. The victim pays his money
down. There are some legitimate
plans for notifying the successful men
in the drawing, but the person who
pays out his money to grafters can ex-
psct to get nothing in return.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
The First Accident.

Topeka, July 23.-The Rock Island
switch engine at Herington, in max
ing up train, allowed cars filled with
passengers to bump stationary cars and
several passengers were injured while
bouncing about in the coaches.
The Rock Island railroad figures
that it has carried $1,000 persons into
Oklahoma since the rush began, and
this is the first accident which has
occurred. 1t is a source of special
wonder that serious accidents have
nat been recorded.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03

Some metals have very much more
pronounced smell than others. The
smell Of tin especially when newly cut,
whether gold or platinum has any
smell that could be recognized by hui
man olfactory organs. OF the rarer
metals uranium and all its compounds
give the strongest smell and this gives
US the reason why metals should have
an odor. Uranium is always giving
of what are known as tie Becquerel
rays. consisting of streams of excess
sively minute "corpuscies."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Topeka. Heat Record.

Topeka, July 24.-Three deaths and
ten prostrations form the record of a
days heat in Topeka The thermome-
ter has registered log as its maximum.
1t has been three degrees higher dur
ing the heated season, but the humid
air made it the most oppressive of the
year. Most of the active work was
stopped for the day. The Kansas river
is very low, but the supply of water in
the city mains is yet plentiful In
tense heat is reported from numerous
Kansas places.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Indian Territory Manufactures.

Washington, July 25.-A census bull
letin shows that there were 7s9 estab-
lishments reported for the Indian
territory,in 1900, with LIZA employees,
who received $3.50, 500 in wages. The
most important manufacturing indus
tries are cotton ginning, with 2s2
employees and a product valued at
s345, ISL, the manufacture of cotton
seed oil and cake, with 121 employees
and product valued at S451, 900, and
-four milling, with 1919 employees and
product valued at 81, 19s.472.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03

Fort Scott, Kan, July 26.-Judge
Walter L. Simons, of the district court,
rendered decision of great Importance
to the people of Kansas. He held that
the law of 1887 providing for injunc-
tions in liquor cases, has not been re-
pealed by the Hurrell law of 1901, and
that private citizen can verify the
petition, it not being necessary for the
county attorney or attorney general to
join in the action.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Railroads Want Men.

Topeka, July 23.-According to T. B.
Gerow, director of the state free en-
ployment agencies, there is heavy
demand for railroad telegraphers. He
says that he is able to secure places
for large number of competent men.
There are also constant calls for rail-
road laborers. The Rock Island wants
men to work in Marion and Jewell
counties, while the Santa Fe railroad
can give employment to numbers
of men at different points along their
lines
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03

Houselseepers should not forget that
DEFIANCE STARCH is absolutely the
best brand of cold water laundry
starch there is on the market and in
stead of getting premiums which are
of little or no value with ten or
twelve ounce package which retails
for ten cents, DEFIANCE STARCH
is put up in packages of sixteen ounces;
full pound for ten cents; one half
pound package for five cents. If your
grocer does not keep it, drop postal
card to the Magnetic Starch Mfg. Com
pany, Omaha, Neb., and they will see
that YOU get it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Interesting Cen.u. Figures.

Washington, July 24.-The census
bureau has given out this: Kansas
males. 7os, 716; females, 7o1. 779; native,
1,s4s, $40; foreign, 126, $50; white, 49,
31e; colored, 54,176; including $1,000
negroes, 80 Chinese, four Japanese and
2,1SO Indians
Indian Territory-Males, POS, 952; fe-
males, 1873, Jos; native, 3s7, 202; white,
3o2, $50; colored, SO. $50. OF those class
fled as colored. 56,s53 are negroes,
81 Chinese, 1,lO7 Indians taxed, and
81, s97 Indians not taxed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Oiling the Right of Way.

Albuquerque, July 24.-The Santa
Fe is not only using oil as fuel on its
lines west of Albuquerque, but is also
using it to sprinkle the. tracks with,
thereby keeping the dust down and
making the trip through Arizona
deserts a pleasant one. The cost of
sprinkling the track with oil amounts
to about $50 mile. The Santa Fe
has already oiled about 1900 miles of
its road bed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Stamp Tax on Large Deeds.

Washington, July 29.-Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Yerkes has de-
cided in the matter of the rate of tax
on conveyances of real property that
conveyances, where the consideration
or value is So, 500 or less are exempt
from tax and that amount is to be de-
Quoted from the value of all convey
ances where the consideration or value
exceeds So, 500.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
For ohstrnctinr MaIIs.

Little Rock, Ark, July 24.-Train-
master S. 81. Barnes, of the Choctaw,
Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, has caused
the arrest of five telegraph operators
-on1a charge of obstructing the mails.
A small strike of railway operators
was inaugurated on the Choctaw road
at Brinkley, Ark, and extended to
Forrest City, resulting in delaying
traffic several hours.
None of the strikers, it is claimed,
belonged to the Order of the Railway
Telegraphers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
American author Must Leave.

st. Petersburg, July ga high
Russian police officer called upon Geo.
KEENAN,, the American author and lee
turer at his hotel Thursday evening,
and informed him he must leave the
country before 10 o'clock Friday
evening. Mr.. KEENAN, was not allowed
to leave his room in the interim, but
he was courteously treated. This &C.
ton by the Russian authorities is
taken under the law giving the minis
ter of the interior authority to expel
undesirable foreigners.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Walked From Kansas.

Ell Reno, July 27.-George Williams.
80 years of age, his wife, 50 years of
age, and two young married daugh-
tiers, walked all the way from Meade
county, Kans., to register for homes.
They have been on the read a month
They got in in time to register. They
started south in a wagon, but their
team died the second day out, SO they
left their baggage with farmer and
hooffed it here.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Ten Thousand Women.

FL Reno, July 90. - Miss Langton
Blackboard, of Washington, D. c., re-
lative of Captain Sawtelle at Fort
Reno, was the last person to register
at booth No. 2.
1t is estimated that 10000 women
have registered for claims at Ell Reno
and 3, 500 at Lawton. The number of
women alone would take up all of the
claims in the reservations; 161 women
registered at Ell Reno, the last day
and probably the smallest number at
any time during the registration.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
General Rails In Kansas.

Topeka, July 29.-General rains
throughout Kansas have caused at
least temporary break in the drouth.
The rains came too late to be of ma
terial benefit to the corn, but will re-
suit in replenishing stock water and
giving new life to the pastures The
scarcity of water in some of the small
er cities had become serious problem
as there was not enough of it for or
binary drinking purposes. The first
rain in Topeka on Friday afternoon
lasted for an hour.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03

Leavenworth, Kans., July 27.-Sol
Temple, a member of the old Ellsworth
gang of outlaws which several years
ago operated extensively in southern
Kansas and Oklahoma, has been ar
rested here, together with William
Jones, alias William Henseley. They
were taken by two detectives near
Fort Leavenworth in what is known
as 1.-THE Klondike," saloon distric:
outside the army reservation. They
had cut telegraph and telephone wires
to the CITY.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Oner of Militia.

Chicago, July 27.-General Manager
Aertsen, of the Latrobe Steel and
Coupler works, at Melrose Park, gave
out a statement declaring that the
company had abandoned the effort to
bring the coIored laborers to Melrose
Park, and that they would be sent
back to their homes in Alabama All
day the 800 negroes sat in their cars in
LAGRANGE, % miles from Chicago, in
fear. Adjutant General Reese has
offered the aid of the state militia il
needed
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Garment Workers Strike.

New York, July 23.-Members of the
executive board of the United Garment
Workers met and ordered a general
strike. The strike will involve more
are six associations included in the
order. The leaders, in a statement,
say the strike is made to compel the
employers to do away with the sweat
shop system and furnish sanitary shops
for the employees
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Antique Furniture o, Value.

In 1868 a piece of antique furniture
was sold by a gardener of Geneva
Switzerland, to an antiquarian for I'M
der ELL, with the reservation that if 1t
was sold for higher prize the original
owner should receive a portion of. the
same. 1t was recently sold to the Swiss
Historical museum for e1,250, and
now the heirs Of the original owner
are claiming a share of the above
sum. The furniture is unique speci-
men of the Bernois art of the Sixteenth
century
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
More Gas In Allen County.

Moran, Kans., July 29.-The Moran
Gas and Oil Company, which has been
prospecting for gas at Moran has
opened up a well with flow of gas
estimated at 1000, 900 cubic feet of gas
per day with a rock pressure of 900
pounds. Moran is in Allen county.
Three years ago two wells were sunk
and some gas found in each of these,
but not enough however to pay to
pipe. Nothing has been done since
then to develop the field until this
discovery was made
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Six Shots by Crazy Man.

Leavenworth, Kan. July 26.-Michael
Kelly, an insane man, at the office of
the Robert Garrett Lumber Company,
shot six people, killing one, probably
fatally wounding another and more or
less seriously wounding four others.
He was himself finally killed by officers
who tried to overpower him.
After year in the Topeka asylum,
Kelly was released. He had been act
ing queerly again, and had declared
that he would kill the five men who
had sent him to the ASYLUM.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Total Number 167.oos.

Ell Reno, July 29.-The total number
of homeseekers registered at Ell Reno
and Lawton is 1877, Oo6. This will give
about one chance in thirteen for Sc
curing a farm in the reservations;
1850 persons registered at Ell Reno
Friday, the smallest number any day
Of the registration. The registration
at Lawton reached $50 according to
official reports to Governor Richards.
This makes total of 3o,691 for Law
ton and 1856, 315 for Ell Reno Three
people came too late to register.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Corn cobs for Kindllnr.

Corn cobs are to be utilized as spe-
cial kind of kindling, and it has been
demonstrated that fire engines can
be fired TO the point Of steam with
them in less time than by anything
else. Their process is unique. The
cobs are first crushed and then sat-
urated with highly-inf1ammable ma
terial composed partly of rosin. Then
they are compressed and afterward
sawed into blocks.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
How Britain Makes Colonies.

1t was a boy at the st. Mary's Red
cliffe school, Bristol, who handed in to
the teacher the following essay on the
making of British colony: Africa
is British colony. l will tell you
how England makes her colonies. First
she gets a missionary; when the mis-
sionary has found a specially beautiful
and fertile tract Of country he gets all
of his people round him and says, Let
US pray and when all the eyes are
shut up goes the British flag"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Refused KInr,s MedaIs.

London, July 29.-During presen-
tation of medals by King Edward 80
non-commissioned officers refused to
attend the ceremony because their pay
was in arrears. They have addressed
letters to King Edward pointing out
that they cannot receive medals while
their wives and families are some of
them starving. Their claims vary
from e63 to e127. Some of them allege
that they have had to pawn their
earlier medals to procure food for
their families.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Horaa AMninEE

New this year are the horse awnings,
put up over horses attached to vehicles
kept standing long time in one spot;
as. for instance, the wagon Of the men
who sells buttermilk by the glass. The
horse awning is attached at its front
end to the top of the names. projecting
above the collar, and then carried over
the horses's back to be attached at the
other end to the front bow Of the wag-
on top, thus giving shade and the free
circulation of air under it.-New York
Sun.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03

DR.. Silvian Evans is an honest hater
of the letter ''j'' in Welsh names, and
says lob for Job. 1t is letter of quite
artificial origin. 1t first came into use
as a form of final az" in the word
"fllij" (of the SOM. The letter ''i'' and
u" were first differentiated in printed
Spanish small letters. The sound of in
itial ''j'' did not exist in old English,
though at the end of words it came in
in the eleventh century.-Cardiff West
ern Mail.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Heavy Rains-some Hall.

Larned, Kan, July 29.-Pawnee
county has been visited by a heavy
rain accompanied by high wind and
severe electrical disturbance, leaving
the city in total darkness. At s:35
o'clock p. m, on Friday it was es-
timated at least an inch of water had
fallen within an hour. At Garfield a
station eleven miles west of here, two
and half inches of water fell togeth-
err with a hail storm.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
London's Historic Fig Tree.

Growing figs in the city of London
are great rarities now In the court
yard Of the Aldgate ward schools there
is to be seen at the present time a
beautiful fig tree in full leaf, with at
least twenty-five good-sized figs de-
veloping upon it. The tree is believed
to be relic of the abbey of the Holy
Trinity, which existed for good many
centuries. The abbey was abolished by
Henry YIII.-London Telegraph.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Big Fire in Kansas Citv.

Kansas City, July 25.-The building
and stock of the Kansas City Buggy
company, at Ninth and Wyoming
streets, in this city, are totally destroy
ed by fire. The loss is $50, 900; fully
covered by insurance. The company
employed LBS men
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
Rock Island VIII Build.

Kansas City, July 20.-The Rock Is
land railroad, which at present uses
the Union Pacific tracks between Kan
sas City and Topeka is reported to have
made arrangements to build line of
its own between the two points, the
road to be completed within year.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
medical Society In Luck.

Dr. ]. Ewing Mears of Philadelphia
has given to the Marion county (Ind)
Medical Society property in Indianapo-
lis valued at 5000 on which to erect
a home for the society as memorial
to his father. who was pioneer physi-
clan in Indianapolis.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
.,,k rorb,ad.p,o women.

In Greece in the third century B. c.
the wearing of silk was forbidden to
women, the husbands of those who
violated this law being heavily fined.
on the theory that husband ought to
be able to control his wife's taste for
finery
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
1mm,n,. ste., FLOATING poor,

The immense steel floating dock to
be located at Algiers. in the state Of
Louisiana, which was built at Spar
rows Point, Nd, by the Merriam Steel
company, is practically completed. 1t
is the largest floating dry dock in the
world. Over 100000 pounds of steel
have been used in its construction.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
To Revise Marginal Readines.

Saratoga, N. Y, July 23.-The joint
commission of the Protestant Episco-
pal church in session has completed
a revision of marginal readings of the
Bible and will present the report to
the triennial convention of the church
at San Francisco in October.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-03
An Ar,.tocratio En.omoloel.t.

Among illustrious personages with
queer fads must be numbered Prince
Luitpold of Bavaria. His collection OF
beetles is the most extensive and COM
plete in the world, and the prince is
skilled entomologist, deeply versed
in the habits of ants, bees moths, flies,