Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-09-28
Chicago Futures.
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

PobiedonosetZ were executed at Sc
bastopol The sentence of death on
third man was reduced to penal SER
vitude for life
In Mexico City the celebration of
the anniversary of the independence
was unusually brilliant President
Diaz opened congress, large and dis
tinguished audience being present.
There are at present in Liverpool
two Afghan missionaries and vision
aries-Gholan Ala and Baba Ibrahim
who hope to attain Paradise by con-
verting England to the faith of Is,
lam.
A fire destroyed the Droge packing
house, on the Pacific railroad reserva-
ton at Fresno, Cal. causing a loss of
100000. The building and its con-
tents, mostly dried fruit, was insured
for $4,000.
Secretary OF War William H. Taft
| has arrived at Yokohama and receiv-
ed visits from distinguished citizens
| of Toxic, large number of local
Japanese and foreign residents. All
is quiet here.
The hearing of the case of John
Laittre of Minneapolis who claims
| 100000 acres in Oregon state lands on
certificates alleged to be fraudulent,
will come up at Salem. Ore. in &C.
tober, the proposed September hear
ing having just been postponed for
| another month.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, Major Gener
al Corbin, Rear Admiral Train and
party are expected to arrive at Seoul
Korea. The emperor is preparing to
welcome them with high honors. The
travellers will remain a few days in
Korea, whence they will go to Japan
by way of FuStan.
According to the annual report of
the commissioner of patents for the
| fiscal year ending June 80 last were
$1,437,344 and the expenditures
were s1,472,467, the surplus being
turned into the treasury. The bust
gest for any single year.
Desertion from the ranks of the Chi.
cago Typothetae in its fight against
the Typographical union were report
ed by union officials, who declared
that several members of the master
printers organization have signed the
union agreement providing for short
err work day January 1, 1906.
The authorities of French ports are
taking extraordinary precautionary
measures against cholera in carrying
out the instructions of the ministry
of the interior. The proclamations in
clude minute medical observation of
passengers and crews and sanitary in
spection and disinfection of vessels ar
irving from the Baltic before they
are allowed to enter harbors.
George r. Griswold. state manager
of the State Mutual Life Association.
of Worcester. Mass, was murdered
and his body thrown into the Raccoon
river. Robbery was the motive. The
cut. Every article of value but a
plain gold band ring had been remov-
ed and the Identification was made
by means of letters and papers in his
pockets.
Major General Arthur Macarthur
who has been the senior United States
military attache with the Japanese
army, will not return Immediately to
this country, but has received orders
to travel to India for the purpose of
inspecting the British military forces
in that country.
Emperor William received in audi
ence Mr.. Meyer, the American ambas-
sador to Russia. Mr.. Meyer was with
the emperor for two hours. The am
bassador also breakfasted with the
emperor and the empress.
Initial steps for a wholesale dis
reimbursement of citizens of Chicago
were taken by United States District
Attorney Morrison The federal
prosecutor instructed Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Marston to act in the
cases of one hundred and sixty-six
persons admitted to citizenship on
their sentiment of anarchy.
Miss Nan Patterson, the actress. is
to marry her former husband. Leon
G. Martin, from whom she was di-
vorced three years ago. The license
was issued and the ceremony will &C.
cur at the home of the bride in Wash
ington.
In reference to the report that Gov
ernor Hanly, of Indiana, borrowed
$3.50 from David E. Sherrick during
the last campaign, the governor said:
'It is not true that Mr.. Sherrick ever
loaned me dollar Of money in his
life for any purpose"
The first official announcement in
dicating that the delegates of Nor
way and Sweden were approaching an
understanding in their effort to es-
tablish a modus vivendi for the coun-
tries as separating was given out at
the close Of the joint session of the
delegates.
The American Union of Cement
Workers at Springfield, H., decided
that hereafter negro cement workers
shall form separate unions. A reso-
luton was unanimously adopted ex-
cludir.s from membership Japanese,
Koreans and all Oriental workers.