Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-05-07
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LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

kissed each other in public at Rome.
Chinese laundrymen, 800 of them, at
Butte, Mont, have struck for 81 day.
Every school in Joplin, Mo-, was
closed on circus day by order of the
school board.
The semi-annual assemblage Of the
| M. e. Bishops of the world is in session
at Meadville, Pa.
The mercury dropped seven degrees
below freezing point in Colorado and
Wyoming on April 90.
All the school teachers in the Philip
pine service have been included within
the classified civil service.
President Mckinley appointed 80
negroes to Office. President Roosevelt
has so far appointed IA negroes.
1t is expected that the Norwegian
government will take steps to check
the emigration to the United States.
The citizens of Oregon have present.
ed Admiral C. e. Clark, who brought
the Oregon around Cape Horn, with a
sword.
| Direct communication between the
United States and the Philippine ISL
ands over tine Pacific cable will COM
mence by July of this year.
The disaster at Frank, n. W. Terri
tory, is now said to have been not an
earthquake nor an explosion, but a
huge landslide, 1000 feet long.
Governor Cables of Laguna province
and party of volunteers captured
Rios, The fanatical Filipino leader in
that part of the island OF Luzon.
Westpoint, Virginia, has had dis
astrous fire which destroyed the York
river terminus of the Southern railway,
as well as other valuable property.
A hundred girls employed in cigar
factory at Huntington. Va, were dis
charged because they joined a union.
Half of them repented and were taken
back.
Horrible brutalities are reported to
have occurred in recent riots at Kis-
cheneff, Bcssarbia. Many women and
children were victims of the mob which
included even the better classes of the
inhabitants. Many Jews escaped.
The war department has decided to
issue service medals to all the officers
and men of the regular army who par
ticipated in the Spanish war, the Phil
| ippine instruction and the Chinese
campaign. About %, 900 medals will
| be required.
The Rock Island has closed a deal
for six blocks of land on the bay front
at Galveston adjoining the s. P. docks.
1t has been finally decided by the
United States board of geographic
names that "Peking" is the proper
manner in which to spell the name of
| China's capital.
American travellers on the Continent
have long dreaded Italian Journeys on
account of the thieving employees of
tine railroads, who are the real brigands
of the country and open travellers
trunks in transit.
| Newspapers of Japan are advocating
that all powers show a firm front to
Russia in the matter of her demands
upon Manchuria.
Arkansas has new law making it
unlawful for non-residents of the state
to hunt or fish in the state at any sea-
son of the year
The linemen's strike at Omaha is de-
clared off. About 300 men were in
| volved. An advance of wages was
conceded but the demand for shorter
hours and recognition of the union
was refused.
The 500 railway has notified the leg
| islators of North Dakota to return all
| passes, as. under the Ellkins law, the
issue of railroad passes to state officials
is illegal.
| In Nebraska the storm lasted all day
and formed a coating of ice half an
inch thick. The damage to fruit and
early vegetables is almost total.
Secretary Hitchcock sent advance
word to Muskogee that his visit to
Indian Territory is business trip for
| information and not handshaking
| bee.
st. Louis operates its graft; cots at
81 night; S12 day to drummers for
sample rooms, and must give them up
for cots at night. Private house gets
$40 for two beds in one room. These
are samples only.
Snow two feet deep is reported in
places in Germany on April 25. A
heavy snow storm swept over the en-
tire territory of Germany.
Emperor William sent trainload of
horses and carriages, with large ret
inue of attendants. to Rome, for his
use and service while visiting there
Delegates to the International con-
ference of the Railroad Young Mems
Christian Association at Topeka ar
rived together from Denmark, France,
Germany and Mexico.
The santa Ee had a silver trowel
made to be used by President Roose-
welt in laying the corner stone of the
Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. building in To-
pelSa- General Manager Nudge pre-
|. sented the trowel to president just pre-
vious to the laying of the stone, to be
kept by him if he desires; If not the
tr0wel is to be sold at auction.