Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-02-04
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

A serious hurricane has swept over
the Fiji islands.
The japanese government is buying
cattle in the Philippines.
The blizzard caught the Rock Island
with train load of California fruit.
A gas explosion in coal mine at
Cheswick, Pa, killed nearly $50 men.
The new constitution of Panama
will have an article prohibiting gamb-
ling.
jackson, Miss, had 15-inch snow
fall on January 90; the heaviest in 25
years
There has been an advance of three
cents in the price of coffee in whole.
sale lots.
Since 1910 the worlds production of
meat has increased 81 per cent and
grain 400 per cent.
The prohibition of coal exports by
the japanese government threatens to
create fuel famine in Manila
The business portion of Parkersburg,
Va, and several residence districts
were under water for several days last
week
Up to January 20 the Maryland leg
islature was still taking it's one vote
day for United States senator without
result.
A shipment of 5000 bales of cotton
to Japan has left Houston, Texas, by
rail to San Francisco. The shipment
required Al cars.
At Wheeling, W. Va, the flood cur
rent left large cakes OF ice in all the
thoroughfares, in houses, yards and
lawns, piled up several feet high.
The Panama constitutional conven-
ton approved the keeping of $1,000. 900
of the money to be paid by the United
States untouched for future emergen.
cies.
Twenty coal operators employing
5000 miners about Fayetteville, w.
Va, unanimously voted not to reduce
wages to miners this year. This means
no strike.
Captain D. G. Parr, of Louisville,
KY, by his will left $3.50, 900 to found
and support a refuge for old and in
firm women, 500, 900 of which is avail
able at once.
Chairman Tams Bixby asked for an
additional appropriation of S259, 900 for
the Dawes commission which he de-
clared would be enough to complete
the work.
In nearly all the vineyards of Central
Asia the grapes are produced from cut
tings of American vines.
The District of Columbia is outbid-
ding New Jersey in the issuing OF
charters to corporations
During the last year California pro-
duced twice as much gold as Alaska,
and Colorado produced more than
three times as much.
Fire at Louisville, KY, destroyed the
Goddard storage warehouse, entailing
losses upon several wholesalers which
aggregate about 1925, 900.
Europe has four and half miles OF
railroad for every 10000 people; the
United Statss has twenty-five.
The amount of cement made in this
country in 1908 was 25,753, 5O4 barrels
valued at almost one dollar barrel.
England gets about five million dol
lars worth of new gold from Africa
every month and $1,000, 900 worth out
of Australia.
Mrs. Ruth Brown Thompson, daugh.
ter of John Brown, 1.-The Liberator,
died at her home in Pasadena, Cali.
on January Is, aged rs years.
Heavy snow drifts on st. Louis street
car tracks held hundreds of people ovel
night at their places of business, they
being unable to reach their homes.
The estate of Winfield s. Stratton
the original Cripple Creek miner, ha.
just been appraised at S6.325, 900. TIL,
state will claim $500, 1000 as inheritanc,
tax.
The Kansas City Journal observes
Korea is about the size of Kansas. Fan
cy Kansas sitting quietly and allowing
Russia and Japan to come in and slic,
up her real estate.
Franklin Union No. ., o. press feed
ers in Chicago, is in the hR nds of re
ceiver, for failing to satisfy a judg
ment due the state.
Hartford, Ct, has had $500. 900 fire
which started in four story block
destroying it and partly destroying al
eight story block adjoining.
Chicago is doing away with wagons
and transfers by electric lines in sub
ways, to their warehouses.
Chicago had sixty-three fires during
the twenty-four hours ending Sunda,
night at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. Carnegie's total gifts to ibrarie
amounts to $4,000, $50. all Of which
excepting the sum of Ss,s61 1850 wa
given in the United States
The minister from Panama will de
mand retraction and an apology from
the New York Evening Post for pub
lished statements, or he will bring
suit.
The manuscript Of Millions Para
disc Lost was offered for sale in Lon
don at auction, with a reserve price o
$4,000. and the highest bid was ss3,
$50. The manuscript was not sold.