Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-12-28
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Governor LaFOllette of Wisconsin
sent to the legislature his resignation
as governor to take effect on the first
Monday in January.
The massacres of Mussulmans by
Armenians was still in progress at
Tif1is, Caucasia and throughout the
Caucasus December Is, according to
a dispatch from Tif1is under that date.
The latest dispatch received from
Tifiis, Caucasia, says that 300 houses
in the Mussulman quarter were set
Oh fire by armed Armenians who pre-
vented the inmates from leaving and
fired on the firemen, who attempted
to extinguish the flames.
President Roosevelt has sent a gem
erous check to Miss Sarah C. Provost,
principal of the Cove school, to be
used in purchasing Christmas pres
ents for the scholars in Oyster Bay.
up to the time he was elected gov
ernor, President Roosevelt acted as
Kris Kringle to the scholars of the
Cove school, where his children re-
ceived their earlier education
Frederick NJ. Blount, ex-vice presi.
dent of the Chicago National bank,
resigned his position as treasurer of
the sanitary district. 1t was by vir-
tue of his position on the board of the
district, which is the controlling pow
er in the management of the Chicago
drainage canal. that the funds of the
sanitary district, amounting to mil
lions of dollars, were placed in the
Chicago National Bank
Moscow is in darkness and the the
aters and clubs are closed. The EN-.
ployes of the municipality have aban-
doned their work. Fifty thousand fac
tory hands are idle. The troops are
confined to the barracks and every
possible military preparation for even
Qualities has been made. The strik-
| ers' pickets are all over the city per-
suading or threatening those who are
reluctant to join the strike. There
has been some cases of disorder and
few conflicts.
In New York an automobile on
which Mrs Mark Hanna, the widow
of the senator. was riding, in com.
pany with young woman. was stop
ped by bicycle policeman after a
long chase. Court having adjourned,
the policeman obliged the chauffeur
to take the machine to the station
house. There Mrs. Hanna gave 800
cash bail for the driver. She COM
planned bitterly of the arrest She
said the automobile had not been ex-
ceeding the speed limit
American Mormon missionaries are
now constructing at Papeete, Tahiti.
fine mission house with modern con.
veniences. The structure is of two
stories, about so feet square and pro-
vided with large verandas In the
course of two or three months the
missionaries will begin the erection of
a large church edifice. The cost of
the lot, the mission house and the
church will probably be $4,000. The
funds were supplied wholly from Utah.
The construction of 80 miles of de-
tour tracks will be undertaken by the
Southern Pacific from Mecca to I'm.
perial when the company attempts its
next "shoo fly" around Salton sea. No
hope of the inflow water being stop
ped for several months has caused the
company TO undertake the new pro-
iect Six work trains will be sent to
the scene as soon as possible and it
is expected that within a few weeks
regular trains will be running over
the new line
The employees of the Moscow and |
Brest railroad have obeyed the order |
to strike. The other lines entering |
Warsaw are still in operation.
May Yohe, the actress, formerly |
Lady Francis Hope. has brought suit |
in Berlin for divorce against Major |
Putnam Brandlee Strong. son of the |
late Mayor William L. Strong of New |
York. She has gone to Monte Carlo
to await the result of the proceed
ings
The resignation of William B. Kelly,
general solicitor for The Union Pacific
effective January Is His successor
will be John Baldwin of Council
Bluffs, who has been Mr. Kelly's as
sistant
Premier Fejervary had an audience
of Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna
and rendered the resignation of the
entire Hungarian cabinet. 1t is I'M
derstood that Baron Fejervary desires
to obtain an expression of confidence
from the emperor. in which case his
resignation probably will be with
drawn.
The Belgian legation has demanded
that Edward Joris be handed over to
the Belgian consular authorities for
trial in accordance with the treaty of
1888. The porte objects to this and
trouble is anticipated.
The directors of the Reading Com
pany declared a semi-annual dividend
Of 2 per cent on the common stock,
payable February 1 to stockholders of
record January Is. A resolution
passes on the lines of the
company after December 81 was
While the order for the removal Of
B. johnson. United States at
torney for the southern district Of
Indian Territory. has been withdrawn.
1t Is known that he will not be reap
pointed His term VIII ex uire IN tha |