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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
OF ADVANTAGE TO TRAVELLERS.

The Missouri Pacific Railway has on
sale through railroad and steamship
tickets to all parts of the United States
and the world.
We are agents for all the principal
Transatlantic and Trans-Pacific
Steamship Companies. We invite in
quiries, both written and verbal, from
those desiring information about rail-
road and steamship tickets and rates
Deposits received for prepaid steam
ship and railroad tickets from all
points in Europe
Two trains daily from Wichita for
Kansas City and st. Louis, carrying
Pullman Sleepers and free reclining
chair cars. Connections made at these
points for New York, Boston, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and all points east
For full information, time tables, sail
ing lists, Resort books, and railroad
and steamship literature, call on or
address,
q. c. TOWNSEND, .R.SHERW1N,
a. P. t. A, P. & I. Agt.
st. Louis, Mo. Mo. Pac. Ry.,
Wichita, Kas-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Cost of the Strike.

Indianapolis, July 21.-Secretary
Wilson of the United Miners, in con-
vention here, said at near the close of
the session: sit will cost five hundred
thousand dollars weekly to support all
districts. An assessment of one dollar
per week will bring in $3.50, 900 week.
This will leave us s25o,OOO to raise
each week from outside sources, and
from the previous promises and offers
that have been made us we are conf
dent that we will be able to do this"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Wind 6s Miles an Hour.

Chicago, July 21.-Damage estimated
at thousands of dollars was wrought to
property in various parts of Chicago by
a terrific wind and electric storm which
swept in from the southwest and went
were injured .Sixty-eight miles an
hour was the velocity of the wind. The
highest record heretofore gained by
the wind was at the time of the Gal
weston storm and then the velocity
here was but four miles an(hour great
err than during this storm.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Tracy Tho Escaped Convict.

Seattle, Wash, July 19.-For weeks
eastern newspapers have given daily
long specials from places in this state
and British Columbia concerning one
Tracy, an escaped convict. Many of
these have assumed the form of asso-
GATED press dispatches. Every ex-
perienced reader has recognized the
bulk of these dispatches as being shot
air." Tracy is a convict; he escaped
from prison, he is smart fellow and
the officials here failed to catch him.
Most of the sensational 'news," con-
corning him has been manufactured by
space filing scribblers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Storm at St. .Josepl,.

st. Joseph, Mo. July Elm one OF
the fiercest rain and wind storms ever
seen here floods did great damage to
street sewers and private property. A
of erection to be used for mercantile
purposes, collapsed. Lightning struck
the court house twice, destroying
part of the large dome and otherwise
badly damaging the building. The
terrific noise of the bolts created
panic among those within the build.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Fraternal American Farmers.

Saltwater, o. T., July 16.-Grand
Fraternal Order of American Farmers
convened in its biennial session in this
city. All the officers and quite a num-
Der of delegates were present. Routine
business, hearing reports amending
the constitution, etc, has been the
order.
The Fraternal Order of American
Farmers is now two years old and has
about $500 members and is organized
principally in Oklahoma, Kansas and
Nebraska
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Chicago, July 16.-After members of
committees from the freight handlers
had visited the railroad managers with
no results, President Curran of their
union announced that the fight was on
to a finish, and hereafter when the
railroads had any overtures to make,
or wished to do any business with
their employees, they would be COM
PEELED to transact such business
through the offices of the union. Both
sides now declare that they have
reached the limit
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
New road to San Francisco.

Denver, July 19.-Incorporation pa
pers are fled with the secretary of
state for the Denver, Northwestern &
Pacific Railway company, with a cap
ital stock of $50, 900, 600. The follow
ing Denver capitalists are the incor-
porators: D. 81. Moffatt, D. w. Chees-
man, w. G. Evans, c. j. Hughes, Jr.,
G. E. Ross-Lewin, 5. NJ. Perry and F
B. Gibson. The OBJECT of the company
is stated to be the construction and
operation of railroad from Denver to
San Francisco via Salt Lake City.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
DeluRe In Illinois.

Peoria, July 21.-The Illinois river is
rising at an alarming rate at this point
and farmers along the lowlands are
again anticipating damaging floods
Joliet.-A rainfall of nearly four
inches has caused another flood in Jo-
liet, overlooking streets and yards.
Galesburg. Over three inches of
rain fell in fifteen hours. The western
section of the city was flooded.
Lincoln.-This city and vicinity has
had a cloudburst. Streets, cellars and
Easements were flooded. Considerable
damage was done by hail.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Behind Penitentiary walls.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 16.-Jessie
Morrison is again behind the walls of
the state penitentiary at Lansing.
She was very weak and as she stepped
from the car to walk to the peniten-
tiary, block away, she tainted and
fell into the arms of her brother and
Mrs. Turner, who has always taken a
deep interest in the prisoner. Miss
Morrison tainted several times during
the trip from Kansas City to Leaven-
worth and stops had to be made by
the car to get water for her.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Freight Handler. Again.

Chicago, July 21.-Another strike of
the. freight handlers of Chicago may be
called. President Curran of the freight
handlers union issued a call for mass
meeting of all the freight handlers in
the city to take action on the refusal
of four railroads to reinstate all the
old men. Mr.. Curran declares that the
agreement of the arbitration board to
take back all the men had been broken
by the Santa Fe, Panhandle, North
western and Illinois Central railroads,
and this may result in another walkout.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Trains Running Again.

Topeka. Kans-, July 1.-THE high
water in the Kansas and Blue rivers
has subsidized, and all the railways are
running their trains on schedule time.
The Santa Fe trains from this city are
being run Ito Kansas City over the
Union Pacific tracks. The Kansas
river here has fallen and all danger to
the bridges has passed. North Topeka
is yet without water and gas on &C
count of the mains over the bridge
breaking. The damage to crops will
reach thousands of dollars.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Norman, Okla, July 1S.-The nine
months-old boy of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Fortiman was burned to death at their
home north of Noble. The baby was
placed in buggy under shed while
the mother went to the fire with some
water. Some of the children obtained
matches and set fire to some hay. The
fire spread to the barn and buggy
shed, burning them. The children
werp unable to rescue the baby. After
the fire its bones were found and
buried in the Liberty cemetery.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Immen.e Fort ZOE H.llf.1.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, July Is
Royal engineers are taking measure
ments for fort which will be larger
and more powerfully armed than that
at YORK redoubt. which is next to
Gibraltar in impregnabiIity. The new
island, at the western entrance to
Halifax harbor. The military au-
thorities have received word from the
London war Office that IN million
dollars viii be placed at the disposal Of
the authorities for the Arst years work.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
They Declared Mails.

Topeka, July 17.-Thomas Moore and
James Briggs were arrested by Deputy
U. S. Marshal McGrath on the charge
Of delaying the United States mails.
They live at Oneida, Kas. They did
not like the new postmaster there, so
they laid in waiting one day and
caught him while he was carrying the
mail from the Office to the depot They
pounced upon him and he missed the
train with the mail on account of the
fight. Now his assailants must an
sgsr to Uncle Sam for delaying mails.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Fort Reno Burned.

Ell Reno, July 1.-Two sections of
barracks at Fort Reno are burned.
John Mckinley, soldier is arrested on
the suspicion that he set the fire, on
an order from the commander of the
post by Chief of Police Robare and
Officer Mccartney, and was taken back
to the fort in irons. The superstition
is chat Mckinley was in some way
connected with the fire and that it was
started to cover up robbery wherein
something like $3.50 was taken from
the canteen.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Will BE at Fort Riley.

Washington, July 21.-Four respon-
ses have been received at the war de-
partment to its invitations sent govern
ors of states to be represented at the
Fort Riley general eDcampment by a
part of their national guard. Secre-
tary Root does not expect a large dis
play this year owing to the short time
given to make the arrangements, and
was never hopeful that a large number
of the Eastern organizations would be
present on account of the expense in
volved.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
s.nit.rium is satisfactory.

Guthrie, Ok, July 19.-The commits
sion of physicians appointed by Gov
ernor Ferguson to investigate condi-
tions at the Oklahoma Sanitarium, has
fled its report. The report is very
brief and only few suggestions were
made. The commission commends the
management of the sanitarium for the
improvement of the general conditions
in that institution.
Governor Ferguson expresses himself
well satisfied with the conditions at
the sanitarium.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Duties Of tho Chinese Emperor.

In his capacity of High Priest, the
Chinese Emperor has to offer at least
forty-six sacrifices to different gods in
the course of year. AS to each sac
rifice is dedicated one or more holt
days, which must be passed by him in
complete solitude, his time Is pretty
well taken up. These sacrifices are
made by the Emperor either by night
or about dawn, and the houses along
the route taken by him, as he is car
ried in his closed palanquin through
the deserted streets Of the city, are
hung with black.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
st.te P.tron.ge In K.n....

Topeka, July l5.-The Second con-
under the present state administration
than any other. The First district is
second and the Seventh is third. A list
showing how the state patronage is
distributed has been prepared which
shows that there are l, o19 Offices within
the gift of the administration They
are distributed by districts as follows:
First district, 211; Second, 27o; Third,
no; Fourth, lit; Fifth, 100; Sixth, 49,
sevsnth, lea.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Cleveland, Ohio, July 21.-According
to a statement by w. Fl. Marshall, gem
eral superintendent of the Lake Shore
railroad, the run of the twenty hour
train between New York and Chicago
land two hours and eleven minutes
late, and arrived at Chicago only thir-
ty-six minutes late, broke four worlds
records. On different spurts an aver
age speed of rex, "a, 80 and 90 miles
per hour was maintained for 1909, 50,
IA and co miles, respectively.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Na.,on,I Groc.rxm.r.

Chicago, July ia New Jersey
charter has been taken by a combina-
ton of wholesale grocers, with CAPT.
tai of SIS, 600, oOO The Western Gro
Gerry Co.. which operates nine whole
sale houses in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri
and Minnesota, is in it The combine
will buy direct from the importers,
manufacturers and sugar refiners and
will also make direct lmportations.
The company will have large supply
house cold storage plant in Chicago,
and q large manufacturing house.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
ofIntsre.t-to Teachers.

Topeka, July 21.-Attorney General
GODDARD has rendered an opinion that a
school teacher not holding first grade
or state certificate must be present and
take the examination for a teachers
certificate in the county in which he
expects to teach school. 1t has been
the custom in the past for teachers to
take the examination in the most con-
venient county and then send their
papers to the county where they in
tended to teach for marking. This
opinion shuts off the practice.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Hnh.nn to thu Rnsnna.

st. Louis, July 1s.-Captain Rich
mond p. Hobson of Merrimac fan.e
res1ied Miss May Cert from drowning
in the Mississippi river opposite the
Chautauqua grounds near Alton, Ill.
Miss Cert was standing on the deck of
yacht and, losing her balance, fell
into the stream. Captain Hobson, who
was swimming near by, at once went
to the young lady's rescue and caught
her as she was going down for the
second time. He conveyed her to the
yacht, where she was resuscitated.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Rnera Visit Mr. Rnossrslt.

Oyster Bay, July 19.-Several Beers
who have been prisoners of war in Ber
muda, arrived here and are the guests
of William and Gerard Beckman, who
own a handsome country home near
Sycamore Hill. The party, including
the Messrs.. Snyman, Commandant De
Wet, and two or three other Boer off,
GERS called at Sycamore Hill to pay
their respects to the president They
remained with the president for short
time, and the Boer war was referred
to only incidentally.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Tnrnado I'm Minnesnta.

st. Paul, Mimi, July 1.-THE towns
of Borup, Eldorado and Thompson, on
the Great Northern railroad, all lie
confused mess of wreclkage, the effects
of tornado. AS yet no reports have
come in of loss of life. The reports
indicate that the tornado developed
southwest of the Lake of the Woods
country, and took a course down across
the northern portion of the state,
travelling toward the southwest. The
first news was sent from Borup, where
an operator tapped the wire.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Two Kansas Men on the List.

Washington, July 1o.-The secretary
of war has designated a number of
men to be ordered for examination
with a view to their appointment as
second lieutenants in the army from
civil life. On the list are Beverly H.
Tucker, California; Charles L. Samp-
son, Kan; Maurice E. Gilmore, Ind.
Ter; Nicholas Campagnolli, N. NJ;
Cyrus E. Street, Cali; Augustus R.
Taft, Wash; Walter D. Shaughnessy,
Cali; Charles U. Hauser, Kan; Edward
b. Geary, Washington.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
sant. re System After Steamships.

Topeka, July 1.-THE Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe company is credited
with plan to secure control of steam
ships from San Francisco to the Ha-
waiian Islands, Tahiti and Australian
ports. The company is now under
control of John D. Spreckles and his
associates. The steamship company
has capital stock of $500, 900 and is
bonded for about the same amount.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
In Mrs. a1.ybriok'. Behalf.

Denver, Colo, July 1.-THE British
American Society of Colorado has taken
up the work of securing a monster pc
tition to King Edward VII for the par
don of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the
thirteen years of life sentence in
Wolxing prison for the alleged poison
ing of her husband, James Maybricl.
an Englishmen. The petition will be
presented for signatures to every Brit
ish-American society in the United
States
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
MANUFACTURES OF KANSAS.
Interesting and important Figures
Compiled by Labor Bureau.
$4,000 PERSONS EMPLOYED.

Topeka, July 17.-State Labor Com
missioner w. l. A. johnson has just
issued bulletin covering manufactur-
ing and labor conditions in Kansas for
the past year. The most interesting
part of the bulletin is table showing
the number of manufacturing plants
in Kansas, the amount of capital, num-
Der of wage earners given employment,
and wages, value of products and so
on. 1t follows
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Lima, Peru, July 19.-As conse
quence of an attack by striking rail
way laborers and boatmen upon
guard of soldiers at Mollendo the
troops were ordered to fire upon the
mob, which they did, killing several
The government sent to Mollendo re-
of 500 troops to maintain
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
To Clean Up Manila.

Manila, July 19.-The municipal
health board of Manila has decided to
remove 40, 900 natives from the .fums
o suburban camps in an effort to check
the spread of cholera here. The OBJ
ject is to clean and disinfect the disease
section. The camps will be sanitarily
conducted. The municipality rents
the grounds, builds the camps and
feeds the INDECENT persons.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Worlds Most PopuIous Street.

The most populous street in the
world is said to be that in New York
extending from Amsterdam to West
End avenue and from Sixty-frst street
to Sixty-second. Eight thousand sew
en- hundred human beings, of twenty
six nationalities, of every race and
color and creed, are huddled together
In five and six story tenements.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
A Granite CnmnanY.

Topeka, July ia company has
been organized here to quarry granite
in Oklahoma and make this city dis
tributing point for the finished product.
The membership of the company in
cludes the Mulvane brothers here and
A. H. Moore, a leading granite man
from, Varn,Ont
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
Tornado In Canada.

Carterville, Ont, July 21.-A tornado
of great fury passed within a mile of
this town, and everything in its path,
about six rods in width, was destroyed.
The country presents a scene of devas-
tation
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
New TrackIess TroIIev car

The trackless trolley car, a Euro
pean conception. described in Popu-
lar Mechanic a short time ago, is to
make its appearance in America.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Don't you know that Defiance Starch
besides being absolutely superior to
any other, is put up 16 ounces in pack
age and sells for same price as Bounce
packages of other brands?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

If you don't get the biggest and best
it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is
for sale everywhere and there is posi-
lively nothing to equal it in quality or
quantity.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

In order to show that manufacturing
has advanced in proportion to agricul-
ture he cites the fact that in 1860 there
were only 344 factories in Kansas and
that they only employed 1,735 people.
The products turned out of the fac
tories in 1850 were valued at 81, 357, 40s.
The largest single Industry is the
packing business. Packing house
products last year ran over SIT, 900, 900.
The milling business came second with
$22, 900, 900.
Kansas City, Kas., has 499 factories
with SIS, 6aa, 900 capital which give en-
ployment to 10, 544 wage earneTs, pay
ing them s4,ss6, 259 annually. The
factories manufactured products valued
at $50, 1877, 943 last year.
Topeka comes second with col fac
tories with So, so1, 900 capital and en-
ploying 3,75s wage earners, paying
them s1,11o,OOO annually. Their ag-
gregate output of manufactured pro-
ducts was SO, 900 last year.
Wichita has 32s factories-37 more
than Topelsa-but their combined cap
ital is not as much-S2, los, 900. They
employ 1,5o5 people and pay them $685.
271 in wages yearly. The value of
their products aggregated last year,
81, 724, 900.
Leavenworth has 22O factories with
So, 9O7, 900 capital and they employ
1856 people and pay them ssaa,oOo an
nually. The value of their products
amounted to 81, 721, 200.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

When clergyman goes into politics
does he become a divine heller?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Piso's Cure cannot w too highly spoken Of 40
scough cure.-J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third Ave,
n, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 9, 1900
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Clear white clothes arc sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large OF. package, 5 cents.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

A man can always square himself
without resorting to cube root.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teethng. softens the gums reduces In
nammaon, allays pain, wind collie sc bottle
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

The fool who rocks the boat gener-
ally lives to regret it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

It's too bad that some things seem
too good to be true
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Some people will lose five dollars for
the privilege of attending to your bust
ness.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

should be in every household, none so
good, besides OF. more for 10 cents
than any other brand of cold water
starch.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

The more shiftless man is the often
er he shifts from one Job to another.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24
DEFIANCE STARCH

1t doesn't take conscience to make
towards of some people.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

nrst days use Of DR.. Klne's Great Nerve Restor
send for FREE %. 90 trial bottle and treatise.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Talk is cheap, even to those who in
dulge in eXtravagant remarks.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLowf
Ifso, use Red Cross Ball Blue. It will make
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Brop'o Quinine Tablets Price 25c
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-07-24

The weather man is mixed in his
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-07-02
How f Is Done.

The first object in life with the
American people is to ''get rich;" the
second, bow to regain good health.
The first can be obtained by energy,
honesty and saving; the second, (good
healthy by using Green's August
Flower. Should you be a despon-
dent sufferer from any of the effects
of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Ap-
pendicitis, Indigestion, etc., such as
Sick Headache, Palpitation of the
Heart, Sour Stomach, Habitual Co.'S
tiveness, Dizziness of the Head, Nerv-
Gus Prostration, Low Spirits, etc,
you need not suffer another day.
Two doses of the we'll known August
Flower will relieve you at once. Go
to Kaufmann's Drugstore and get a
sample bottle free. Regular size, IS
cts. Get Green's Special Almanac.