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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

The cars edict abolishing whip
ping in his domains will interest the
heir apparent when he arrives at the
spanking age.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

Love is the greatest thing in the
world, but it has it's drawbacks when
the loved one pawns your jewels
without notifying you in advance.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

The temperance. of the kissing bug
at the seaside resorts is taken to
mean that the sea serpent story is
not good form this year.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

Viewed through the smoke of his
hookah, all battleships look much
alike to Sultan Abdul Hamid.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

In Philadelphia an actress killed
herself sooner than marry. Death lasts
a great deal longer, though, than the
average theatrical marriage.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08
To Counts DAUGHTER.

Paris, Sept. 5.-The engagement of
announced of Arthur Meyer, editor of
the Gaulois, the leading reactionary
paper, to a daughter of the Count de
Tureene.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

A western expert on alcoholism
claims that the reason SO many men
fail to walk straight is that they can't
see straight.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

A negro recently fell seventy feet in
New York and lost neither his life nor
his religion.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

A man drank nine quarts of whisky
and died. Even the temperance folks
must admit that rum has some value.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

Some men find it more difficult to
get divorced from their illusions than
from their wives.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

Hollands new airship may cost but
$40, but it is likely to cost somebody
his life before we hear the last of it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

Squads have advanced to SIS dozen
in New York, but the old familiar
political squabble may still be had
upon most any terms.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

Georgia has a town called Shake
Rag, whose citizens, however, are said
TO be no great shakes.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

A New York society man has been
fined for swearing. Still, the tailor
may have given him great provoca'
ton.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

That Boston society leader who has
taken up the blacksmith's trade is go
ing to get on the black list if he ism t
careful.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08

Krupp's gun works are now working
overtime, and peace is still looking
in vain for the proverbial balm"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-09-08
KANSAS

Content is something you think
other PEOPLE have when they haven't.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
CURTIS ToWNE CONVICTED.
Father and Son Go To Penitentiary
Together.

Denver, April 23.-A News dispatch
from Fort Collins last night says:
When William Towne is taken to Can
hard labor in the penitentiary he will
be accompanied by his father, Curtis
Towne. This afternoon the latter was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree, and sentenced to term of i'm
prisonment of not less than fifteen nor
more than twenty years.
The verdict of the jury in the second
trial of Curtis Towne was surprise
to almost everyone who had followed
the case. An acquittal had been gen.
orally expected, and at one time it was
said that the ballot stood eight to four
for acquittal. The verdict was received
at 3 O'Clock this afternoon, and the
court then took recess until o'clock
before passing sentence on the father
and the son.
When Curtis Towne was summoned
before the court he was visibly agitat-
ed. His wife with her baby in her
arms wept in chair beside him. He
said in a shaking voice that he was an
innocent man and that time would
prove him so. The judge said he be-
lieved the verdict of the jury had been
in perfect accordance with the law and
the evidence. He said that while he
sympathized with the convicted man,
yet he believed it his duty to pronounce
sentence as requested by the jury. Cur
tis Towne is man between forty and
fifty years old.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
A HEART STORY.

Folsom, S. Dak.-In these days
when so many sudden deaths are re-
ported from Heart Failure and vari-
GUS forms of Heart Disease, it will be
good news to many to learn that there
is never failing remedy for every
form Of Heart Trouble.
Mrs. H. d. Hyde of this place. was
troubled for years with a pain in her
heart which distressed her a great
deal. She had tried many remedies
but had not succeeded in finding any,
thing that would help her until at last
she began treatment of Dodds Kid
ney Pills and this very soon relieved
her and she has not had single pain
or any distress in the region of the
heart since. She says: 81 cannot say
too much praise of Dodd's Kidney
Pills. They are the greatest heart
medicine l have ever used. l was
troubled for over three years with
severe pain in my heart, which en-
tirely disappeared after short treat
ment of Dodd's Kidney Pills"
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
Car Barn Murderers Hanged.

Chicago. April 23.-Atheist to the
last, but seemingly unnerved complete
~, Peter Niedermeyer, leader Of the
car barn bandits, was hanged to-day
from chair, contrasting with his com
panions in crime, Gustave Marx and
Harvey Van Dine, who. standing erect,
kissed an image of Christ and died
without tremor. The three execu-
tions were separate. twenty minutes
apart, the same scaffold being used for
all. Niedermeier had boasted contin-
.ually of his courage, but as the last
moments approached he collapsed and
was unable to take three consecutive
steps of a march to the gallows.
DR.. w. w. Mcnamara, Jail physi-
clan. had visited Niedermeier previ-
ously and said that his physical con-
idition was satisfactory.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
Hot Alaska Discussion.

During the consideration of the
army appropriation bill in the Senate
the discussion turned on the need of
wagon roads in Alaska. Mr.. Nelson
saying that there was not a single
wagon road in that territory and Mr
Teller asserting that if $500,000 could
be spent in the building of such roads
there would be rich return in the in
crease Of gold production.
Messrs. Proctor and Quarles said
that it had been impossible to secure
more than $25000 from the House
conferees.
Mr.. Nelson predicted that within
the next generation Alaska would
have a population of million. He
related many details of his observa-
tions in Alaska while visiting the
country as member Of the Senate
committee and aroused much interest
as he told of its resources. the hard
ships to which the settlers are SUBJ
jected and the little that had been
done for the people. He grew espe-
cially jealous in his presentation of
the production of precious metals
furs. ETC.. and his zeal in this con-
nection was scarcely exceeded by the
indignation he exhibited as he de-
picted the niggardliness of the govern
ment in dealing with the Alaskans.
At last, completely Forgetting himself,
he exclaimed:
IAN this they have done, Mr. Presi-
dent, and in return we have not done
damn thing for them" The state
ment was surprise to all present,
apparently as much to the speaker as
to his audience. There seldom has
been as spontaneous an outburst Of
laughter in the Senate as the exclama
ton provoked Mr.. Nelson joined in
the merriment though with many
evidences of embarrassment. His
only apology was the remark that
sometimes adjectives came from the
heart" and with that he closed his
speech.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
About Korea.

The May Century's features of war
interest will be Unhappy Korea" and
Korea, the Bone of Contention" both
from authorities. The Rev. Arthur
Juoson Brown, DID,. author of The
New Era in the Philippines" is sec
retary of the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions of the Presbyterian Church. He
has travelled in Korea and knows the
conditions whereof he writes, condi-
tions which may well make Korea un-
happy. Homer B. Hubert, who con-
tributes the account of Korea, tho
Bone of Contention" will be remem-
bered as author of THE Sign of the
Jumna," and narrator of I'm Search
of a Siberian Klondike." He has been
editor of the Korea Review of Seoul
for some years and has made study
of Korean history. ethnology, etc. His
article will discuss the probable fate
of Korea in the event of either Rus
sian or Japanese victory, and will
touch upon how the result of the war
must affect America and American in
tereSJS
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
MORMON DOINGSI
CHURCH CONTROLS POLITICS
Testimony of Judge Powers Before the
Senate Committee.-Candida
Must Obey Church Rules.

Washington. April ga thorough
review of Mormon interference in the
political affairs of Utah was given yes
terday by Judge o. w. Powers, the
only witness before the Senate commit
tee on privileges and elections, in the
investigation of the protest against
Senator Smoot.
Several times efforts were made by
counsel for the defense to show that
his story was based on hearsay, but the
attempts were met with an array of
conclusive official documents.
Judge Powers was appointed by Pres
ident Cleveland in 1885 as an associate
justice of the Supreme Court of Utah.
At that time prosecutions under the
Edmunds act were just beginning and
during his incumbency he said there
had been about 100 persons prosecuted
for polygamy and polygamous cohabi-
tation, among them being Lorenzo
Snow. then one of tho twelve apostles,
who afterward was elected president of
the church Mr. Snow was convicted
and sentenced.
Judge Powers said he had examined
persons who applied for naturalization.
In regard to an application by one Neil
Hanson. Judge Powers said he was in
formed by Hanson that he would obey
the laws of the church rather than laws
of the land. if they should run coun-
tei to each other The application Tor
citizenship was denied.
In regard to prosecutions, Judge
Powers said most of them had been for
polygamous cohabitation. Few prose-
outions were had for polygamy, he
said, as there was then no marriage
law and marriages were secret and
polygamy therefore hard to prove.
Judge Powers reviewed the political
history of Utah to show the close rela-
tions of the Mormon Church with po
lltical affairs. also the intimate asso-
citation of the church with the local
and municipal government. He showed
that the church controlled in civil as
well as ecclesiastical affairs. In one
case it was shown that a man was dis.
ciplined and was summoned by Abram
o. Smoot, president of the high coun-
Gil of the Utah state of Zion. 1t was
not shown that any relationship exist
ed between Senator Smoot and the man
mentioned.
Judge Powers at the afternoon ses-
sion continued his review of political
affairs in Utah, speaking specifically of
the Thatcher and Roberts cases when
these men were charged with dis
obeying the rules of the church by ac-
cepting a nomination for public office
without first taking counsel of the
church" The witness quoted num-
Ter of officials of the church in their
campaign against Thatcher and Rob-
erts. because of their acceptance OF
nominations without the consent of
high church authorities.
The witness told of two teachers in
Mormon churches and schools being
deposed from their ecclesiastical au-
thority because their political prefer
ences were not approved by the
church, also Nicol Hood, who wrote a
letter adversely criticising the election
of Reed Smoot to the Senate on the
ground that high church authorities
should not accept such positions.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
Proposed Senate Building.

81 think this is an extravaEance
which surpasses everything 1 have
ever seen offered in this Senate"
With these strong words Senator
Berry OF Arkansas denounced the
proposition before the Senate to appro-
pirate $3,000,000 for an ofice building
and site on capitol hill for the bene-
fit of senators. The Arkansas senator
dealt the project some powerful blows
and succeeded in postponinig a vote.
1t is said there is no doubt about the
passage of the amendment carrying
the appropriation which the Senate
committee has put into the sundry
civil bill. Mr.. Berry stated it to be
the ultimate intention of the Senate
to spend nearly s5,OOO,OOO on the
building. the pending appropriation
being merely starter. This he fgur-
ed would be $4,000 per senator.
Mr.. Bailey supported the amend
ment. He said that Mr.. Berry's COM
ment as to the cost of the proposed
building might be applied 20 the CAPT
tol. That building had been erected
for the Congress as a whole. and he
considered the best none too good in
the way of accommodations. He did
not Wdnt oriental magnlncence, but ne
did want splendid buildings. Sena-
tors in Washington should not live in
huts nor stop at wagon yards; nor
should they have their Offices in mac
cessible portions Of the capitol.
Mr.. Teller opposed the East front ex-
tension. but advocated the new build
ing. saying that as the country grows,
demands on the capitol will grow
He expressed the opinion that the time
would come when it would be necessa-
ry to provide Accommodations for sen
ators from Alaska and Porto Rico,
and gave voice to the hope that it
might be necessary to make room for
senators from what IL now the Domi-
nion of Canada.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
Panama Canal Bill Passed.

The Panama canal bill was taken up
III the Senate April 10Th and passed
Mr.. Hale. upon the suggestion OF
Messrs. Aldrich and Hopkins, withdrew
his amendment requiring that men,
supplies. etc, be shipped to the 18TH
mus in American vessels.
Mr.. SpOoner spoke in favor of the
amendment proposed by Mir. Morgan,
that the pardoning power rests in the
governor instead of in the commission.
He moved also that a new section be
added. providing that all salaries or
other compensation fixed by the COM
mission shall be subject to the approval
of the President.
The amendment was adopted as well
as one requiring more rigid accounting
to the President by members of the
commission.
Mr. Bacon offered an amendment at
the end of the first section of the bill,
providing that "the payment Of $10.-
100000 to Panama provided for in ar
ticle IA of the treaty shall be made in
lieu of the indefinite appropriation
made in the third section of the act
of June 2S, 1902, and is hereby appro-
priated."
The amendment was adopted after an
all doubt as to the authority to make
the payment
Mr.. Morgan made a final speech
against the bill. and when he ceased
speaking at 1926 p. m, in less than a
minute afterward the bill was passed.
There was no division.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
Petrified Human Skull.

c. E. Meyer, county clerk of Costil-
la county. has written letter to State
Curator Ferrill from San Luis which
may result in bringing into the posses
sion of the State Historical Society a
prize relic in the shape Of a petrified
skull. Mr. Meyer wrote as follows:
Il have in my possessionNa a part of a
human skull. which is real, genuine
ipetrifaction, showing plainly the brain
cells and convolutions of the brain.
| have the upper part of the skull only,
the lower part being altogether miss
ling.
This curiosity was found by Mex
lean boy some years ago on small
volcanic hill in the San Luis valley.
The boy, however, not knowing what
he had found, and the thing arousing
his curiosity. broke it into several
pieces. What have of it can be glued
together if necessary.
IF the skull is of any interest or
value to the State Historical Society
Il shall be glad to forward it to you"
Curator Ferril has asked that the
skull be sent him and believes it will
prove one of the most interesting spec
linens in the whole state house collec-
ton. He will also make an effort to
determine the exact locality where the
skull was found and make a research
OF its geological formation, which may
result in further discoveries.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30

Governor Peabody has recently ap-
pointed Arthur Colon of Hahn's Peak
as water commissioner for district No.
"A and Thomas Wilson of Fairplay as
water commissioner for district No. %.
State Engineer Carpenter reports
that the state bridge at De Beque over
the Grand river, to which a third span
has recently been added, is now COM
pleted, and has been examined and ac-
.cepted. Also the new bridge across
the Rio Grande at Monte Vista has
been completed and is ready for ac.
ceptance.
Governor Peabody on the 18th inst.
issued requisition on the governor of
Montana for the arrest and surrender
of Rollo T. McAllister fugitive from
justice in that state, and his delivery
to James E. Beckley. McAllister was
wanted on charges filed by A H.
Stockhan, president of the First Ma
tional bank of Delta. The information
states that McAllister attempted to rob
the First National bank on the night
of December IT, 1908.
The Board of Control is now dis
cussing drawings and plans for the
proposed addition to the State Indus
trial School for Girls This and other
matters pertaining to the conduct of
the institution We're discussed at re-
cent meeting with Governor Peabody.
The board has definitely decided, as
announced some time ago. to build
separate dormitory, with a view to
segregating the worst class of girls
confined at the school from the 9TH
ers.
Eight bids were received at the
state engineers Office for building the
proposed steel bridge over the Bear
river at Steamboat Springs, which
were as follows: H. T. Ward & Co..
of Lincoln, Neb $1,000; the Minneapo-
lis Steel & Machinery Co., $6,94O; the
Campbell & Flager Bridge Co., of
Council Bluffs, s6,64S; the Missouri
Valley Bridge Co, of Omaha. $6,74O;
C. G. Shelley of Lincoln, s6,s32; Hugh
es & Stewart of Denver, $6,SO0 the
NJ. j. Patterson Construction Co. of
Denver, s6,007. The figures submitted
are all over the appropriation of 81 900
allowed for building the bridge. The
county must donate a certain amount
for this purpose or the bridge cannot
be built.
The recent meeting of representa-
tives of the associated bitches of the
Platte valley with State Engineer Car
penter has resulted in an agreement
to establish rating station above the
intake pipes of the Denver Union Wa
ter Company in the Platte for the pur-
pose of securing actual measurements
of the water used by that corporation
The state engineer will investigate the
situation and see il such a station can
be established at a cost not to exceed
$500. The water company and the as
sociated bitches, which comprises dis
tricts No. 2, Z, s and 8. will bear the
expense of the station. BY this ar
rangement it is hoped to bring about
a measure of good feeling between
the complaining farmers and the water
company.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
STATE CAPITAL NOTEs
Work of Land Board.

The State Land Board was called
upon to do considerable business at
its session April Goth. The Amo Oil
and Gas Home Development Company
secured a lease on a large tract of
land near Amo, which lies east of
Colorado Springs in FL Paso county.
and will begin boring for oil in the
near future. The land in question is
said to offer splendid indications OF
oil in paying quantities.
Charles l.. Baum of the Baum Iron
works of Denver, secured lease on
considerable land in Weld county for
coal mining purposes. William II. o.
Brien took a lease on section OF land
eight miles east of Denver. section
in the same township was formerly
leased to a party who discovered coal
upon it. John Gibbons of Leadville
leased $50 acres of land in Las Ami
mas county for coal mining purposes
John p. Salmon has organized
company for the development of oil re-
sources in Grand county, and yester-
day took out a lease on two sections.
George II. Koch secured a lease on
section Just east of Colorado Springs
for coal mining purposes. V. White
head OF Cortez, Montezuma county,
also secured a five-year lease on
large tract of coal land in that county.
j. C. Teller. who was lessee upon
10000 acres of land in Fremont and
Pueblo counties. on which he had be-
come delinquent, appeared before the
board and cancelled his leases, turn
ing over all his improvements, liquid
ating his Indebtedness and giving the
board bill of sale. The board ex-
poets to clear about $l,S0O out of the
improvements.
The Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet
and Irrigated Land Company met the
demand of the board for 80 cents an
acre for rentals on the land held by
lit with a proposition to pay for right
of way for its reservoir, comprising
i ,202 acres of land. The right of way
was given to them at SIS per acre,
which they accepted.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
NEGRO ADVANCEMENT.
Booker T. Washington Says It Has
Been Very Rapid.

81 have the most profound belief
that no race in ancient or modern his
tory has ever equalled the American
Negro in development in all direc-
tions," said Booker T. Washington, in
addressing a meeting in New York City,
recently of the Society for Ethical Gull
ture. He expressed the opinion fur
ther that the colored man should be
encouraged to remain in the South. He
said
Because of the negro's progress in
the present and my faith in his fu-
ture, | was never prouder than l am
to-day of being a negro
"One of the most important sources
of protection that any race of people
can have is their usefulness to the
community in which they dwell Serv-
ice is the secret of sovereignty.
"Nine-tenths of the intelligent men,
bers of our race will agree that the
great body of our people are to reside
in the South and that they should be
encouraged to do so. Since this is
agreed on, it naturally follows that
the negro should in every praisewor-
thy manner cultivate the friendship
and the sympathy of the people by
whose side he is to live. Any other
course would be suicidal, unnatural
and illogical.
IN saying this l do not mean that
we should submit to injustice. No
one respects strong. honest charac-
ter more than the southern white man
does. AT the present time the race
needs every white friend it can COM
mand whether he resides at the South
or the North.
The Glenwood post., 1904-04-30
HAS A SAY.
The School Principal Talks About
Food

The Principal of a High School in
a flourishing Calf. city says:
For % years l worked in the school
with only short summer vacations.
l formed the habit of eating rapidly,
masticated poorly which coupled with.
my sedentary work led to indigestion.S
liver trouble, lame back and rheuma-
tism.
Upon consulting physicians some
doped me with drugs, while others
prescribed dieting and sometimes
got temporary relief, other times not.
For IL years I struggled along with
this handicap to my work Ieldom laid
up but often burden to myself with
lameness and rheumatic pains.
1.-TWO years ago l met an old friend.
physician who noticed at once my
out-of-health condition and who pre-
scribed for me an exclusive diet of
Grape-Nuts, milk and fruit.
Il followed his instructions and in
two months felt like new man with
no more headaches, rheumatism or
liver trouble and from that time to
this Grape-Nuts has been my main
food for morning and evening meals,
am stronger and healthier than have
been for years without a trace of the
old troubles.
Judging from my present vigorous
physical and mental state l tell my
people Methuselah may yet have to
take second place among the old men,
for l feel like 1 will live a great many
more years.
ITO all this remarkable change in
health l am indebted to my wise
friend and Grape-Nuts and I hope tho
Postum Co. will continue to man,ifac.N
ture this life and health giving food
for several centuries yet, until move
to a world where Indigestion is un.
known" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich.
Ask any physician what he knows
about Grape Nuts. Those who have
tried 1t know things.
There's a reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. The Road to Wollville."