Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-10-01
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The marble shops Of Cincinnati have
been opened to union and non union
men.
Western roads arc greatly concerned
about the suficicucy of their car sup
plies.
The Santa re has arranged to take
over the two private corporation rail.
ways at Mnskogec, L T.
President Roosevelt and family, and
the executive force return to Wash.
ington on September %.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows, Mt baltimore, decided to meet
next year in San Francisco
Cardinal Gibbons arrived at Balti-
more from Rome on Sept. "a. Tie was
given ronsing reception.
The British, Blue Book shows by
official statistics that American wages
arc the highest in the world.
II is officially announced that duty
on cotton goods imported into Russia
will not be lowered this year.
Contract has been let for building a
binder Irvine factory ut the Missouri
penitentiary at Jefferson City.
The industrial center of the village
of Gar2envllle, N. Y, is destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $40, 600.
Prcsi lent Roosevelt has begun his
! annual message TO congress. The mes
sage to the extra session will be brief.
U. s. Senator Charles D. Farwcll, Of
Illinois, is dead. He had been prom
incnt in local, state and national pol.
| itics since 1874.
Tho volcano Soufriere, which has
been moderately active for two months
ia threatening again. 1t is throwing
out hot ashes
1t is said that the Santa Fe has not
abandoned the building of the short
cutoff line from Dodge City, Kansas to
Bclen, New Mexico.
Rumors of the finding of a treasure
ship off Miami, Floridn, were confirmed
by libel against the cargo flied
in the q. s. court at Jacksonville. II
is supposed to have been loaded with
ore from Mexican mines
The Pope Is to have an exhibit at st.
Louis of the Vatican treasures, which
is 70 include rare historical manuscripts
and maps relating to the curly settle
mcnt of the Louisiana Purchase, and
missionary work in that territory.
Moses Kaufman, merchant of Colo
RADIO Springs. mud vice president of the
st. Joseph, Mo-, Guzette, died ut Kan
sas City, Sept. "a, aged 45.
The Renfu Cotton company, Of
Adams, Mass, will resume work al
their five cotton mills with an in
creased capital. About $500 hand'
are employed.
Over 100000 tons of anthracite
coal have been mined in Pennsylvani,
this year since Jan. 1, last, which i,
several million tons more than ha,
| ever OC6u IulnCu IN d kih0 pCElOus
At Sedalia Ave Of the buildings o.
the Missouri state fair and ten NJ. K
& L. freight cars were destroyed bJ
FIRE Mt the state fair grounds, involving
loss of between S2s, 200 and a3O,0 900
The fire started In the loft of one o.
the cattle barns.
Mrs Elizabeth Waltz, tho novels
and literary editor OF the Courier Jour
nal, is dead.
The infantry from the Olslahom:
posts will march us far as Wichita ane
will travel by rail the rest of the wa,
from there to Fort Riley.
A Monastir correspondent Of tn
Daily Chronicle, writing September Is
says the Bulgarian lists of villages pill
LACED and burned reaches total of 1O4
Reconnaissance are being made owe
all or part of the way from all Of til
posts from which troops will come u
Fort Riley TO take part in the ma
ncuvers.
o. P. Dexter, of Norwalls, Conn.,,
man of wealth, was shot and kille
while riding alone along the road nea
Santa Clara, Cal. No clue of the slaye
has been Attained.
The two Alrbama planters who ar
now in prison convicted of holdin
white people in slavery, have bee
granted q pardon by the presideu
upon tine earnest recommendation c
Judge Jones, who sentenced them. Til
Judge says the prisoners have bee
punished enough, having undcrgou
imprisonment in the pcnitentiary. tn
condemnation of their neighbors an
the wide publicity of their offense.
Large tracts of corn north Of Prairi
du Chien, Wis, are under water an
tile damage will be heavy.
The fact that riches cannot buy ma
piness doesn't influence rs to renal
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