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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-27
THE UNIVERSITY OF N0TRE DAME
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY

NOTRE DAME, INDIANA
One Mile West Of Notre Dame University.
Most beautifully and BEAUTIFULLY located Conducted
Toying a national patronage. Thorough Enslish,
yanoed chemistry and Pharmacy. Regular COL
legiats Degrees. Preparatory Department trains
pupils for regular, special or collegiate courses.
Physical Laboratory well equipped.
The Conservatory of Music Is conducted on plans
Of the best Conservatives. The Art Department 10
modelled after leading Art Schools. Minim Depart
ment for children under twelve years. Physical
Culture under direction of graduate of Dr. Sargents
Normal School of Physical Training
The best modern educational advantages for hitting
young women for lives Of usefulness. The constant
growth of the Academy has again necessitated the
erection of additional fine buildings with latest
Hygienic equipments. Moderate cost. New school
year begins September sth. Mention this paper.
For catalogue and special Information apply to
The DirectresS OF ST. MARYS ACADEMY,
Notre Dame, Indiana.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-27

1t is easier to make a new promise
than to mend a broken one.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-27
INSIST ON aErrING1r.

An optimist is man who believes
that hell is paved with asbestos.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-27

An epigram is generally an old friend
incorporating in false whiskers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-27

An alarm clock is something not so
alarming as it sounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-14
PLATT IS SUED.
New York Senator Defend ent in
Breach of Promise Case.
Plaintiff Is a Clerk in the Post.
Office Department.

New York Oct. 14.-Miss Mae G.
Wood. a clerk in the money order divi-
sion of the postoffice department at
Washington, has brought suit against
United States Senator Thomas c. Platt
CT this state for $25, ,000 for breach of
promise to marry. Miss Wood iname-
diately on her arrival. called at the
Fifth Avenue hotel with a lawyer to
see the senator.
Washington, Oct 14-Miss Mae c.
her legal adviser and a hundred or more
tender letters, to discuss matters with
Senator Thomas c. Platt, whose en-
gagement to marry Mrs. Lillian T. Jane
way on Thursday was recently an
nounced. Miss Wood is a clerk in the
postoffice department. whittier she was
transferred from New York eighteen
months ago, under the patronage of the
New York senator. Incidentally she
took a trip to Europe for the benefit of
her health, and many of the senator s
letters were sent to her there. During
the summer Miss Wood was busy pre-
pairing a modest trousseau. and gave her
intimate friends to understand that her
fiance was Senator Platt.
When the engagement to Mrs. Janeway Y
was announced Miss Wood at first treated
the matter as a cdnard. but when con-
vinced of its truth Immediately took legal
advice. She resides at a SEMI shonable
boarding house al ia III street, and IS a
woman of great personal charm. She is
about 80 years old and well educated.
She says that if necessary she will in
stitute a breach of promise suit at once
break off the engagement now existing
between the senator and Mrs. Janeway.
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STRANGE HALLUCINATION.
Lyon County Youth Imagines He Is
a Great Inventor.

Emporia, Kas.. Oct. 14.-Guy Huston.
of Americus, was brought to the pro-
bate judge by his father. and Guy was
judged to be insane. The case is the
strangest the county has had to deal
with in wears.
The examining physicians We're I'M
able to find the slightest reason for or
cause for insanity. The arrangement
of the mind was first noticed last I'll j.
day. The lads hallucination is an in
vention. a coast defense. which he says
would make the United States the
strongest nation in the world and by
which it would save millions every
month. He first mentioned the inven-
tion last Friday morning, and since
then he has talked almost incassantIy
about it. Until about noon TODAY he
had not slept for three days and three
nights. He never mentioned the sub
iect before the attack came on. and
his parents and the doctors have not
the slightest idea of the cause.
He is 20 years old and in good health.
He also had on his brain a patent for
feeding swine
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ATTACKED BY CREW.
Ascending Manila Constabu-
larry Officer Found Dead.

Manila, Oct. 1.-THE crew of the boat
in which Johnston and Herman, The
runaway consta abulary officers accom-
panied by one constable started from
GuibaI for Cagayans island, attacked
the outlaws on nearing the latter place,
killing Johnston and wounding HERNIA n
and the constable Herman killed four
of the crew and the other two jumped
overheard He then put back to Ncgros
where he sent guns and ammunition to
the police and abandoned the boat off
Nabalva, Bayouan, where he was in
hiding when the last was heard of him.
On Saturday night last. the police cap
tured the boat, recovering a number of
consta bulary guns, ammunition ana
some money They also buried John
ston, whose body was found in the boat.
1t is presumed that the crew intended to
kill the outlaws and secure their money
and arms.
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GOES TO JURY.
Argument Is Concluded in the
TilIman Murder Case.

Lexington, s. c.. Oct. 14-Co1onel
Croft of counsel afor the defense, re-
sumed his argument in the Tillman trial
when court convened today. He was
followed by General Bellinger who made
the closing argument for the state. At
the conclusion of General Bellinger's
argument. Judge Gary Immediately en-
tered upon his charge to the jury. After
defining murder and the different de-
grees of homicide the court charged the
jury that a plea of self defense having
been set up the jury must be satisfied
by preponderance of evidence that the
defendant was without fault in bringing
on the difficulty so that he believed he
was at the time in danger of receiving
serious bodily injury, or losing his life;
and that a reasonable man of ordinary
fri ness, courage, prudence and reason
would have reached the same conclu~
sion. The court concluded the charge
at 10:42 a. M. when the jury retired
Senator Tillman, uncle of the defend
ant was in court today.
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TINE CARD TALK.
Santa Fe Officials Summoned to Chi.
cago to Discuss Changes.

e. P. Ripley president of the Santa Fe
railroad. has called a meeting of the heads
of both the traffic and operating depart
nents of the entire system. to be held IN
Chicago tomorrow. Mr. H. L Nudge,
Mr.. J. E Hurley Mr. w. J. Black and
Mr.. C. w Cook are the Topeka mon who
will attend the meeting. These men will
leave on No 6 this afternoon and will ar
rive in Chicago in time for the meeting
tomorrow
1t is stated that Mr.. Ripley's purpose in
calling the meeting is to afford the Off
cials an opportunity to discuss the
necessary to make at the coming time
card meeting in Topeka. This meeting
will take place Immediately after the Chi
cago meeting is adjourned. Both the gen
eral and division superintendents of the
entire system will be present
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ner of supporting the institution, Reno
lodge SO. of Hutchinson. of which D.
W. Kent, safterward the defaulting
grand secretary of the order, was a
prominent member, bringing a suit to
enjoin the grand lodge from levying a
per capita tax OF $1-50 for the support
Of the Orphans home This injunction
was refused and the refusal was aft
erward confirmed. The opinions of the
Kansas supreme court held the title to
the property to be vested in the orphans
of the Kansas Odd Fellows. The feeling
against the tax continued to grow On
October IL, 1894, the grand lodge at
Wichita passed resolutions severing it's
connection with and Withdrawing its
support from the home.
Mr.. Boissiere died in 1894 at his home
in France and in 1896 James A. Trout
man and Robert Stone of Topeka
bought the claim as heir of Boissiere's s
sister, Madame Martinelli for $4,000
francs, $5, 1000. Troutman & Stone sub
stituted themselves as plaintiffs in a
suit to recover the title to the property
and were successful before the Kansas
supreme court. The final decision was
handed down in 1902
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KILLED AND ROBBED.
Supposed Fate of a Chicago
Centennial Visitor.

Chicago Oct 14.-Murdered for pur-
poses of robbery is believed to have
been the fate of p H. konzen, a veal
thy justice of the peace of New Hamp-
ton. Iowa, who disa opeared on his way
to this city during centennial week.
The police were asked today to solve
the mystery surrounding his disap-
pearance. Konzen, who is 35 years of
age left his home September 20 and
came to Chicago to attend the centen-
NAL celebration. after which he intend
ed to sell here a large piece of prop
erty in South Dakota. His friends be
lieve that he made the sale and re-
ceived in payment a large amount of
monev for which he was held up and
probably murdered.
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ARMY OF 100000
That Number of Russian Sol
dierS Near Port Arthur
Two More BattIeships and Two
Cruisers on the Way.
HAVE JAPAN SCARED.
That Is the View Taken by the
Cars Officers.
Officially Announced That Man
churia Will Be Retained.

Port Arthur. Tuesday, Oct. 13.-The
review by the viceroy. Admiral Alexieff,
on Sunday of $4,000 soldiers participant
ing in the maneuvers was the final act
of last weeks war game.''
This force was massed on the plains
outside the city. It included infantry,
cavalry and artillery. Every infantry
regiment is partly mounted, in accord
ance with the recent regulations For
eigners were given rare opportunity to
witness the display and the statements
of the officers regarding the total force
were verified by count of the visiting ex-
perts. 1t was also officially announced
that the entire force within easy dis
tance of Port Arthur numbers 10000
men. Two months ago it was $4,000
men. Sundays spectacle demonstrated
that the reports regarding reinforce
ments arriving in Manchuria have under
estimated the real increase
The army assembled Sunday was
greater than the Pekin dipIomatists be-
lieved Russia's entire force in Man
churia to be. Officials here are taking
pains to advertise Russia''s strength and
proclaim that the maneuVerS are in
tended as an object lesson
Admiral Alexieff, speaking TO All
American official. said
War would be a great calamity. Here
we believe that the best way to prevent
it would be to strengthen ourselves as
much as possible. Therefore we have
/ left no steps untaken for that purpose. "
/ The details of the maneuvers were
kept secret, but the correspondent of the
! Associated Press learned that the land
| ing forces at Tahenan bay We're re-
| pulsed. 1t is reported that the attack
| ing army broke through Port Arthur 8
defenses at three points.
Two battleships and two cruisers are
on their way here from Russia Wher
4 they arrive Russia's naval force on this
according to the views of the Russian
officers. Anticipation of war is at a
! fever heat in the army and navy, but
/ this is based entirely on the activity Oi
the preparations visible everywhere
The higher officials believe that Japan
has been overaWed by the demonstra-
ton of Russia. No steps towards the
taken. The official journal the editor
of which is . colonel on the vicerov' s
staff, says none will be taken
The governors of East Siberia are
here, consulting with the viceroy for
the purpose of arranging a new divi-
sion of territory beyond the Amur into
three provinces. The reports that a
Chinese army had assembled in the
rear of Mukden are not confirmed
| Berlin, Oct 1.-THE rumors of war in
the far east have for the present. sc
far as Berlin is concerned. been quite
blown away by the official assurances
| from all sides. Yet it is recognized
that the negotiations going on are OF
supreme Importance and that they may
reach a dangerous deadlock, or be ter
minated by Japan, which is regarded as
being determined to reach a favorable
understanding with Russia or take war
| like steps.
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ZION MOVES
ON new YORK.
John Alexander DOwie and
5000 of His Followers
Leave Zion City on Eight Rail-
road Trains,
RESTORATION HOST
Is Followed by the Prayers OF
Those Left Behind.
EIiah's Private Car Was At
tacbed to Last Train.

Chicago. Oct 1.-THE restoration
host" from Zion City began its move
ment upon New York city today At
intervals of one-half hour train loads of
the followers of John Alexander Dowfe
left the North Shore city, eight train in
all, bearing over 5000 crusaders" AT
the blowing of the fire whistle every in
habitant of the city was ready to kneel
and pray for safe journey and over
1000 men. women and children gathered
at the railroad station to listen to the
6nal instructions of their leader
The cars are decorated only with a
Zion banner at the rear of each train.
Uniformed guards were distributed
throughout the cars while the Zion
band, the restoration choir of 600 voices
and the children choir gathered about
to inspire the departing host. The trains
proceeded over various lines, passing
around Chicago. The band and choir
trains were the last to leave the latter
bearing Dowie's private car, the Area
dian.
New York Oct 14.-Madison Square
Garden is being prepared for the use of
John Alexander DOwie and his adher-
ents, who are expected to arrive Friday
to undertake a reformation. Workmen
today began to build at the east end of
the garden a platform with a seating
capacity sufficient for Zion's 500 officers
and choir of 600. In front of the plat
form will be a baptismal pool 80 feet
long and Is feet wide.
Aberdeen, S. D.. Oct. III. D. Parr
of Rockford. ul.,-was in Aberdeen last
night on his way home from North Da-
kota. He announced that he has closed
a deal for 81. 600 acres of land in south
western Dakota to the Dowieites OF
Chicago, who propose to colonize the
land and establish Zion in Bowman
and Billings counties.
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ROBBERS GET $4,000.
Four Men BurglariZe the Bank
at Berwick, Ill.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. 14.-Soon after 2
o'clock this morning four men drove
into the little town of Berwick, eight
miles west of Abingdon, Knox county,
and going to the Farmers State bank,
picked the lock of the front door, Then
they drilled the door of the vault and
forced the combination. securing $1,000.
The explosion awakened number of
the residents of the town. who appeared
IN the scene only to be covered by guns
in the hands of the robbers who held
them at bay until they had loaded their
booty into the rig and driven toward
the east All surrounding towns were
notified. but no trace of the robbers has
vet been found. w. c. TubbS, president
of the bank, says the loss is fully COW
cred by insurance.
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Car Famine About Over.

George W. Wheatley, member of the
board of railroad commissioners. saws
the car shortage has apparently been
greatly relieved, judging by the com
plants received by the railroad board.
I judge the car famine is about over
MI Wheatley said today Last week
ohiy Two complaints came in from
shippers on account of a shortage of
cars during the entire week Some
time ago We received as high as twen-
ty-f1ve complaints in q single week.
rms would seem to indicate that the
railroads are getting caught up with
their orders
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ANOTHER son IS SICK.
Samuel Howe, Jr. Is Stricken With
Typhoid Fever.

Samuel Howe, jr., the 16-year-ol son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel T Howe, is
very sick with typhoid fever Mr..
Howe is in Colorado, where he went ex-
pect:ng to be gone 80 days. He will
probably be called home at once
Thirty days ago a younger son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howe died of typhoid fever
after an illness of a few weeks. There
is not much doubt that the infection
was communicated from the first case
to the elder son. 1t displays in terrible
vividness the result of City Physician
Storrs stubborn contention that
typhoid fever is not contagious. and
should not be treated as a contasious
malady.
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COURT IS LENIENT.
Releases a Man Who Killed a
Drunken Wife Beater.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 14-Judge
Riner today nollied the case against
Charles Laudenschlazer, a soldier To-
Gated on the reservation. Laudensch-
lazer was charged with killing Joe
Taylor near the reservation last April.
Taylor was drunk and was beating his
wife.
The evidence showed that Lauden-
schlaezr tried to interfere in the wife's
with knife. The soldier then picked
up a brick and smashed the skull of
TaViOr.
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MARINES co EAST
Russia Sends a Force from the
Baltic Fleet.

St. Petersburg. Oct. IA thousand ma
rines belonging to the Baltic fleet left ST.
Petersburg today for Port Arthur
London, Oct. 1.-THE Japanese govern
ment has issued a denial of the alarmst
reports of the. imminence of wit
Russia in a dispatch from Toxic. dated
yesterday, and sent to the Japanese min
listers abroad. It says:
THE negotiations concerning Msnchu-
rian and Korean questions following
their normal course and there is no rea-
son to anticipate d rupture between ia
pan and Russia. The alarmist reports cur
rent abroad are devoid of foundation"
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Fever Follows storm.

Mobile Ala, Oct. 14.-According to
information received by steamship
from Georgetown, Grand Cayman, the
conditions on the islands as result of
the hurricane and floods are deplora BILE
and the people are suffering from
fever. 1t is also stated that the SUP
ply of food is scant. The fever IS at
tributed to decaying fruit and sap trees
which were felled by the storm and the
numerous cattle that perished.
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Two killed in a Collision.

Cincinnati, O., Oct. 14.-By collision
of two trains on the Cincinnati. Law
renceburg & Aurora traction line at
North Bend today, two men, Edward
Barrow, laborer. Harrison, O., and
Thomas Scott, motorman, of Harrison.
were killed. Several others were pain
fully injured.
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REV. ]. ]. kahn DEAD.
Archbishop of st. Louis Sue
cumbs to a Long Illness.

Baltimore, Oct. 14.-Most. Rev. John
Jos. Kain, archbishop of st. Louis, died
last night at st. Agnes sanitarium
where he had been a patient since May
II. Death. which came peacefully, had
been hourly expected by his attending
physicians for several days. DR.. J. M.
Stone and number of priests and rela-
tives including his sister, a Sister of
Charity known in the religious world
as Sister Mary Joseph, were at his
bedside when the end came.
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49,
patient.
John J. Kahn was born in Martins
burg, Berkeley county, West Virginia,
1 May 81 1S41 He was the only son of
jeremiah and Ellen Murphy Kahn, who
came from the county of Cork, Ireland,
land who were married in this country.
Their son first attended the academy
then directed by Bishop Wilmington
Later he went to st. Charles seminary,
where he graduate ted in 1862
He pursued studies in st. Mary's col
lege, Baltimore. and he was ordained by
Archbishop Spaulding July 2, 1856. His
field of labor embraced the valley of
| Virginia from the Potomac to Mount
Jackson and centered at Harper's Ferry.
For a time he had charge of the Catho-
| lies living in eight counties of West N1r-
ginia and four in Virginia. During his
| administration of this district he repair
ed the churches at Harper's Ferry and
Martinsburg, which had been damaged
| during the civil war, and rebuilt those
which had been wrecked at Winchester
| and Berkeley Springs. February 81, 1879,
/ he was elected bishop of Wheeling, and
was consecrated by Archbishop Bayiey
on May %, his aged mother, who had
attained the age of four score. witness
| ing the exaltation of her son. The re-
| tirement of Archbishop kendrick in 1896
made him archbishop of St Louis
| Few men knew more of human nature
than did Archbishop Kain. In his early
days in West Virginia he never heSlta-
| ted to swim his horse through swollen
torrents if necessary in his work. Num-
/ erous stories have been told of him and
his early life work. Some of these stor-
les related how he bestrode horse or
a mule and rode over the mountains of
West Virginia by day and by night, ad-
ministering consolation, comfort and
11nction to the isolated people.
st. Louis, Mo. Oct. 14.-It is stated
that by the death of Archbishop kain,
/ Bishop J. j. Glenncn becomes arch
bishop of st. Louis without fuwher
ceremony or formality. Last spring he
was appointed by Rome coadjutor
bishop of St Louis, with the right of
succession The appointment was made
in this form because of the anticipated
event which Eas now taken place
Risbon C3lennon was consecrated a
bishop upon his elevation to the coadJu-
torship of Kansas City on June %,
| 1896
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L. s. seara Annointad.

1t was announced today that ME- W.
P. Ballou, chief clerk to c. w. Jones.
division superintendent of the Rock Is
land with headquarters in this city,
had resigned his position and would be
succeeded to L. S. Sears, chief time
keeper for the same road. It is not
known what Ballou's plans are for the
future. His resignation is effective Oc-
<OT
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HOFFMAN WINS.
indianapolis Elects q Democrat
ic Mayor by 93S Plurality.

Indianapolis. Ind. Oct. 14.-Complete
unofficial returns give Hoffman. Demo-
cratic candidate for mayor, plurality
of 93S. The Democratic candidates for
police judge and city clerk are probably
elected by small majorities and council
is probably Republican.
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Temperatures of Lares Cities.

Chicago, Oct 147 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York, 54; Boston. so: Phila-
delphia, So; Washington, 81; Chicago, So;
Minneapolis, ~; Cincinnati, IS: St.
.o1liS az
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Weather Indications

Chicago, Oct 14-Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day; cooler; fresh northwest winds.
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WILL BE COOLER.
That Is What the Weather Bureau
Says Today.

The forecaster thinks Kansas win
have cooler weather on Thursday.
The forecast sent out today was:
Generally fair tonight and Thursday
cooIer.'' The wind at noon was south
blowing four miles an hour. The rain
this morning amounted to trace. The
hourly temperatures recorded by the
government thermometer today were as
fcaIIc
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Heart disease was the ailment for
which the bishop was first treated when
he arrived at the institution, but gen.
eral breakdown from oVerwork caused
him much trouble. Recently appen-
dicitis developed and the prelate rap
idly sank an operation which was
deemed necessary being impracticable
owing to the enfeebled condition of the
patient.
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