Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-11-24
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Anglo-Portuguese treaty of arbi- |
tration was signed at Windsor castle, |
London, Nov. II.
The cruiser, Tacoma, arrived from |
San Juan, P. r. She will go to the |
navy yard to undergo necessary re-
pairs.
The schooner Missouri was capsizeo |
of Indian head and Captain Charles
Williams and the crew of three men
drowned.
Commissioner Wright will leave
Manila November IL for 20 days
tour of inspection of the province of
Mindanao and Jolo
The battalion of troops from Albania
has been ordered to proceed in haste
to Vonida CAS- miles northwest of Salo-
nica), where serious disorders are re-
ported.
H. A. Gyann, Reuters chief CORE
spondent in South Africa, Sedan and
Turko-Greek wars, has been appointed
editor of the London Standard under
the new regime.
Baroness Speck Won Sternberg left
Washington for White Plains, \. Y,
where they will be the guests of Mr..
Whitelaw Reid.
The remains of Arthur C. King, a
millionaire tea importer, who died at
Berkeley, Cali, were shipped to De-
troit, Michigan. He came to this coun-
try five months ago.
The Novoe vremya editorially
argues that it is impossible for Russia
TO participate in a second peace con-
ference at The Hague during the con-
tinuation of the war.
At Chicago. Martin w. Burke. for
seventeen months manager of the
Brevvort hotel. was found dead in bed
at the hotel. 1t is believed that he
died of Bright's disease.
Baron Taube, who is connected with
the foreign Office, has been designat-
ed as Russian judicial adviser to the
international commission which is to
inquire into the North Sea incident.
Michael Davitt of Dublin, an advo-
cate of home rule for Ireland, has ar
rived at San Francisco from the East.
He is simply on pleasure trip and ex-
poets to remain only few days.
Governor Otero, of New Mexico, &C.
companied by his wife and several
residents of the territory, arrived in
St.L ouis to take in the celebration of
New Mexico day at the Worlds Fair.
Official advices from St. Petersburg
show that the hitch which has &C.
Cured in the negotiations for the arbi-
tration of the North Sea incident is
not regarded as serious. The main
issues are not affected, Russian de-
string a modification of certain points
OF detail. Unofficial information con-
firms the statement. The modification
desired, relates to the question of the
punishment of the officers found to be
responsible for firing on the traw-
lers.
At Westerville. o., DIR. Lewis Book
walter, was jhaugurated president of
Otterbein University.
Three hundred engineers have al
ready been dispatched by Prince Hill
koff, minister of railroads, in connec-
ton with the preliminary work of
double tracking the Siberian rail.
road.
At Toxic the emperor presided at an
extended conference of military and
navy stats in the palace. While the
proceedings were secret, it is under
stood the plans were discussed for
dealing with the Russian Second Pa
cific squadron when it arrives in the
Far East.
Late returns from the scene of the
Union Pacific wreck near granger,
Wyo, place the number of dead at IA,
of whom Is have been recovered and
identified. The remains of an unknown
woman passenger are still under the
wreckage. Three or four male pas
sengers are reported TO be missing and
may be buried under the debris
General Crozier, chief of ordinance,
in his annual report recommended the
expansion of the machine shops at
Manila for the purpose of repairing
heavy parts of ordnance used in the
islands. -H
The idle plant of the Carnegie Tube |
company has been leased by A. NJ.
Byers, independent manufacturer, and
the works will be placed in operation |
at once The plant has been closed |
down for two years, owing to poor
business and sharp competition. The |
resumption will give employment to !
500 men.
At Dallas, Texas, fire destroyed the |
dry goods establishment of W A. |
Green & Co The fire is believed to |
have been started by burglars. There |
are evidences that the place had been |
ransacked. Loss, $4,000.
Five Japanese. the advance guard OF |
a colony of forty or fifty families, |
have arrived at San Francisco on their |
way to Florida, where they intend to
cultivate land. The colony will raise |
silk, cotton. tobacco and pine apples. |
and experiment with them.
The Hamburg-American Steamship |
company is fitting out the new Fuerst |
Bismarck as a cruising sanitarium. |
The chief physician will be DR..
Schweinger. formerly Prince Bis
marck's household physician. The
vessel will be ready April for yoy-
age to the Mediterranean.