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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
TO GET READY FIRST
Chairman shonts Announces the New
Canal Policy.
TO Be MADE MORE HEALTHFUL.
After That, Attention Will be Direct
ed More Particularly to construe-
ton of Canal = Not Much Yellow
Fever Says sonts.

Washington, July S-Life on the
isthmus of Panama is to be made
healthful, comfortable and enjoyable
before the real work of digging the
canal is begun, according to an an
nouncement of policy made today by
Chairman Shonts, of the Panama
canal commission. Mr.. Shonts said:
Our first duty is to create sound
underlying conditions. This is now
vastly more important than the NOV
ing of dirt The men must have suit
able houses in healthy surroundings;
they must have wholesome and nour-
ishing food at reasonable cost; they
must have suitable transportation IA
cilities to get to and from their work,
and they must have opportunity for
recreation afforded them.
ct will be the policy of the COM
mission to provide these essentials as
quickly as possible and to increase
the working force, aside from the
mechanics necessary to provide these
necessities, only as fast as the facili-
ties indicated can be furnished. The
commission realizes that it's adher-
ence to this policy will result in the
actual handling of less quantities of
material temporarily, but it also
knows that, with healthy underlying
conditions, vastly more will be &C.
complished later on at less cost and
with less friction.
oil no fha - L.
icy of the commission to give to the
public the actual conditions as they
exist on the isthmus, without any at
tempt either to color or to conceal.
So much has been said by the press
of an exaggerated character about
conditions there that it may be wise
to recapitulate the facts regarding
yellow fever. There have been be-
tween 5000 and 10000 employees on
the isthmus since the disease first ap-
peared in May. During that month
there were twenty canal employees
stricken and two deaths. In June
thirty canal employees were stricken
and four deaths, two of these dying
being Americans appointed in the
United States, and two persons ap-
pointed locally on the isthmus. There
were also three cases of fever among
employees of the Panama Railroad
Company and no deaths. During the
month of July, up to the present,
there have been no new cases and
there is but one employee under treat
ment.
CAS- an evidence of the considera-
ton the creation of health conditions
is now receiving, it may be well to
state that IL IL per cent of the total
number of employees assigned to that
work, under Governor Magoon.
In regard to the wages paid and
the statements that SO many men
have left because of reduction in
salaries, the fact is that wages, in
stead of having been reduced, have
been very considerably increased in
every branch of the service on the
isthmus during the life of the pres
ent commission. 1t will be the fixed
practice of the commission as far as
practicable, to fill the higher and more
desirable positions by the promotion
of deserving employees. The entrance
or beginners salary for the clerical
positions, such as book-keepers,
stenographers, typewriters, etc., is
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Would Rather be Railway Manager
or Constructor.

1t is said that ]. ]. Hill always in.
sists that he is not Wall street man,
He wants to be known as a railway
manager and as railway construct
or. He does not dabble in the stock
market. In his trading and opera.
tions with his competitors, however
he has the reputation of being thrift
ty.' Mr.. Hill has the faculty of see.
ing contingencies and developments
of the future further than any living
railway man. Experts in Wall street
familiar with the ideals and methods
of both men state that Mr. Hills only
competitor in this respect is E. H.
Hartman, with whose forces the
memorable Northern Pacific struggle
was fought. Mr.. Hill is at once prac-
teal, theoretical and imaginative.
These qualities, combined with daring
These qualities, combined with daring.
originality, confidence and common
sense, have placed him on the top
list of railway men in the United
States
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
WANTED TO SLEEP
Curious That Tired Preacher Should
Have Such Desire,

nave Sucn Desire.
A minister speaks of the curious eff.
feet of Grape Nuts food on him and
how it has relieved him.
You will doubtless understand how
the suffering with Indigestion with
which / used to be troubled made my
work an almost uncomfortable burden,
and why it was that after my Sabbath
duties had been performed, sleep was
stranger to my pillow till nearly day
light.
Il had to be very careful as to what
| ate, and even with all my care ex-
perienced poignant physical distress
after meals, and my food never salts
fed me.
six months have elapsed since
began to use Grape-Nuts food. and the
benefits | have derived from it are
very definite. l no longer suffer from
indigestion, and | began to improve
from the time Grape Nuts appeared on
our table, find that by eating a dish
of it after my Sabbath work is done
(and | always do SO now my nerves
are quieted and rest and refreshing
sleep are ensured me. | feel that /
could not possibly do without Grape
Nuts food, now that l know it's value.
1t is invariably on our table-we feel
that we need it to complete the meal
and our children will eat Grape
Nuts when they cannot be persuaded
to touch anything else" Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the famous little book, "The
Road to Wellyille," in each pkg,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Insomnia.

This very common condition Is.
most often due to six o'clock dinners.
or eating in the evening. To secure,
after p. M, or at least nothing more
than little ripe stewed fruit, without
cream, and with as little sugar as pos
sible, better with none. Oranges or
some other juicy fruit are preferable
for an evenings lunch. Avoid bread
and butter or milk, and similar artf-
cles which digest slowly. Fruit juices
and completely predigested food sub
stances may be added in moderation
Tea and coffee also produce sleep
lessness. Sedentary habits conduce
% sleeplessness by promoting the &C
emulation of uric acid, which is
nerve excitant, and gives rise to rest
.essness and disturbing dreams.
Said the wise man, 1.-THE sleep of
the laboring man is sweet" Eccl- 5:12-
Gentle fatigue produced by exercise
out of doors is wonderfully effective
rs a means of producing sleep. A
prolonged bath, fifteen to forty min
ties, or even longer if necessary, at
a temperature of go degrees to 95 de-
grees F., taken just before retiring, is
an excellent remedy for sleepless-
ness. The moist abdominal bandage,
consisting of towel wrung quite dry
out of cold water and wound around
the body, covered snugly with mack
intosh and then with flannel in suf-
ficient quantity to keep it warm, is an
exceedingly helpful measure in pro-
ducing sleep in cases in which sleep
lessness is due to excess of blood in
the brain. Care must be taken to
keep the feet warm. If necessary, a
hot bag may be applied to the feet or
a moist pack to each leg. If the head
is hot, cool compress may be APP
piled.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
NEW GREEN GOODS GAME.
Mails a Genuine Bill and Offers it as
Sample.

New York, July 10.-A new version
of the green goods game came to
light today through the arrest of Gro
yer Collins, who was later held in
$4,000 bail on a charge of using the
mails to defraud. Collins is alleged
to have mailed the prospective vic
Tins a good 81 bill and an offer to
send $500 of the same sort C. o. d.
for $50. The postmaster at Sayre,
Okla, learned that a man he knew
had received an express package from
Collins, paying over the $50 before
being allowed to open it. He reported
to the New York authorities and the
arrest followed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13

Most Potent Means of Restoring Constructive
Patients to Health

monia. A solution of copperas (sul-
plate Of iron) will have the same re-
suit. Lastly, the floor should be sup
piled with absorbent litter, which
should be removed when it is soiled.
Ventilation should be provided in
such a way as to avoid cold drafts.
Small openings, which may be easily
closed with a slide, may be made in
the outer wall near the floor, and
similar ones near the ceiling, or in
the roof, through which the foul air
can escape. Pure air is of the utmost
importance to the well-being Of
horses"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
For AIIeaed Misconduct.

Havana, July 10.-General Nunez.
governor of Havana province. has sus-
pended Juan O'Farrill. mayor of Ha-
vana, for alleged misconduct in Office.
Governor Nunez says he will recon-
mend to President Palma the dismis-
sal of O'Farrill.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
MARKETING POTATO cRoPo.

In line with the classic case of the
oyster shippers, cited by President
Hadley of Yale University in his book
on Railroad Transportation, is the case
of the Aroostook potato growers
brought by President Tuttle Of the
Boston and Maine Railroad before the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce. Nothing could better show
how a railroad works for the interest
of the localities which it serves.
main dependence of the farmers
of the Aroostook region is the potato
crop, aggregating annually eight to
ten million bushels, which find mar
ket largely in Boston and the adjacent
thickly settled regions of New Eng
land. The composition of cheap water
transportation from Maine to all points
along the New England coast keeps
railroad freight rates on these pota-
toes always at very low level.
Potatoes are also considerable out
put of the truck farms of Mich gan,
their normal market being obtained in
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities of that region.
Not many years ago favoring sun
and rains brought tremendous yield
of potatoes from the Michigan fields.
AT normal rates and prices there
would have been glut of the custom
airy markets and the potatoes would
have rotted on the farms. To help
the potato growers the railroads from
Michigan made unprecedentedly low
rates on potatoes to every reachable
market, even carrying them in large
quantities to place so remote as Bos-
ton. The Aroostook growers had to
reduce the price on their potatoes and
even then could not dispose of them
unless the Boston and Maine Railroad
reduced its already low rate, which 1t
did. By means of these low rates.
making possible low prices, the potato
crops of both Michigan and Maine
were finally marketed Everybody
eats potatoes, and that year every
body had all the potatoes he wanted.
While the Michigan railroads made
rates that would have been ruinous to
the railroads, had they been applied
to the movement of all potatoes at all
times, to all places. they helped their
patrons to find markets then. The
Boston and Maine Railroad suffered
decrease in it's revenue from potatoes.
but it enabled the Aroostook farmers
to market their crop and thereby to
obtain money which they spent for the
varied supplies which the railroads
brought to them. If the making of
rates were subject to governmental
adjustment such radical and prompt
action could never have been taken.
because it is well established that if
a rate be once reduced by railroad
company it cannot be restored through
the red tape of governmental proce-
dure If the Michigan railroads and
the Boston and Maine Railroad had
been subjected to governmental limi-
tation they would have felt obliged TO
keep up their rates as do the railroads
of France and England and Germany
under governmental limitation and let
The potatoes rot.-ETchange.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Loss of Life in Storms.

Rome, July S.-Terrific storms in
northern Italy continue with great
loss of life. The storms. however,
have cooled the temperature, which
today reached maximum of "a in
the shade There are still numerous
deaths from sunstroke.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
FLOOD MAKES BIG LOSS.
Heavy Rain in Baltimore Causes the
Overflow of Jones' Fall.

Overflow of Jones' Fall.
Baltimore, July 10. = The flood
which was caused by the overflow of
Jones' Falls, stream which runs
through the central part of the city
and which resulted from cloud.
burst at Timonium, in Baltimore
county, has completely subsidized. The
water in the Falls fell almost as
quickly as it rose. The total loss is
roughly estimated at $4,000. The
suburban towns of Mount Washing
ton, Lutherville, Cockeyville, Melvale
and other points were hemmed in I'M
til an early hour this morning, but so
far no report of the loss of life has
been received. Hundreds of farmers
were compelled to abandon their
houses and fee for their lives. In
many instances their homes were car
ried away in. the flood No accurate
estimate of the losses in the county
can now be made, but the aggregate
will be large
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
CONDITIONS ARE BETTER.
No Yellow Fever at Panama and Only
One Case at Colon

Panama. July 10.-Col. VIM. Gorgis
chief sanitary officer of the canal zone
has informed the Associated Press
that since June 25 there has been nc
case of yellow fever in the city OF
Panama and only one at Colon. SAM.
tary conditions have been much i'm
proved by a general fumigation and
the rainy season, which is now in full
force.
The quarantine at Laboca, Colonel
Gorgis says, will probably be suspend
ed within ten days, no more cases of
bubonic plague having occurred there
and the whole place having been
thoroughly disinfected.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
FARMERS GET SCARED.
Smoky Hill and Republican Rivers
Highest This Year.


Junction City, Kan, July 10.-The
Smoky Hill and Republican rivers
were higher today than any other
time this year. This evening the
Smoky Hill is thirteen and half feet
above the low water mark and practi-
cally at a standstill. The Republican
river is up nine and a half feet and
rising steadily. Both streams are
bank full. as is the Kaw at Fort Riley.
Today the Republican overlooked it's
banks north of this city and inundat-
ed a large acreage of wheat. Much
of the bottom land along the Republi-
can in this county will be overf1owed
by morning. A great amount of wheat
and driftwood have been passing here
all day.
Farmers along the Republican are
alarmed and have everything ready
for moving to higher ground.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
lie Mater Ennd2

Hutchinson, an English authority,
who has published the latest and best
work on foods, includes water among
food substances. Water enters the
body, not only as a solvent, but as des-
tined to become constituent element
of the tissues themselves. Water adds
to the energy of the body by increas-
ing the power of the heart, and in
other ways contributing to the activity
of the tissues.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
President RooseveIt,s plans.

President Roosevelt will go to Oys-
ter Bay on his return from Harvard
commencement in the latter part OF
June, which will this year be the
twenty-ffth anniversary of his own
graduation. He plans to make no
other trip from Washington except to
go to Brooklyn for the dedication of the
Slocum monument on Memorial day.
The intervening period in Washington
will be exceptionally busy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13

The London Telegraph says the
American people have all ruined their
teeth and their digestion by eating
hot bread and candy and washing
them down with ice water. This is
a mistake. We have heard of Amer
leans who ruined their teeth crack
ing hickory nuts.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Organize to Combat Theosophy.

Annie Besant has stirred up a hor-
nets nest in India by declaring that
theosophy, the religion" revealed to
her predecessor, Nine. Blavatsky, is
the oldest religion in the world. This
has resulted in an organization of lee.
turers, whose object is to counterfeit
Mrs. Besant's influence. They are now
making impassioned appeals urging
the natives to look only to their own
leaders. Prominent Hindoo thinkers
declare that theosophy is almost en-
tirely the creation of women, and they
are organizing with the object of driv.
ing the Besant cult out of India.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Mine owner is Suicide.

Winsted, Conn, July 1O.-The body
of Winthrop Turney, a millionaire
owner of mine in Sonora. Mexico,
was found in a pasture in Colebrook.
near here. There was a bullet wound
in his head and one hand clasped
revolver. 1t is supposed that des-
pondency due to poor health led him
to commit suicide.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Hiah Water in the North

Minneapolis, July 10.-Every bridge
in the city of Minneapolis and all
homes on the Mississippi flats are in
danger from the high water in the
Mississippi. Thousands of dollars
worth of property is placed in jeop.
ardy
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Paper. Company Will Appeal.

Milwaukee, Wis, July 10. = United
States Circuit Judge Seaman today
granted permission to the General Pa
per company to appeal from the de-
cision requiring the submission of
books of the General Paper company
as evidence in the hearing instituted
by the federal government.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
YOUNG Man in Hiqh Position.

Lieut.. Edward Y. Miller, Pennsyl-
yanian, is now the practical agent of
the authority of the United States in
the province of Paragua, Philippines.
At the age of 80 and with only two as
sistants of his own race he is main
tanning law and order in a territory
of 1850 square miles, embracing sew
enty-nine islands
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13

In building high-priced hotels New
York has almost reached the limit.
The only thing that remains for ambi-
tious hotel-keepers there is to provide
each room with an ornamental crate
in which the guests can burn up their
surnluS money
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
PoTEMKINE STILL AT LARGE.
Turbulent Elements Excited and Bat
tIeship Adds Oil to Flames.


tIeship Adds Oil to Flames.
st. Petersburg, July 10.-According
10 the latest reports the Kniaz Potem-
kline has escaped her pursuers and is
still at large in the Black sea with
the torpedo boat destroyer Smeltilvy
and the Black sea fleet on her trail
There is little doubt that she is head
ing for Poti or Baoum, but no dis
patch from either place has been re-
ceived up to 2 o'clock this morning
Advices received by the Associated
Press indicate that the tension is in
creasing in the Caucasus, where the
turbulent elements are excited over
the fleet and fear that the arrival of
the Kniaz Potemkine at the Caucasus
at the port will have tendency to
pour oil on the flames.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
New Minister Appointed.

St Petersburg, July 6. = The chief
of the chancellory Of the war Office
has been appointed minister of war in
succession to Lieutenant Sakharoff,
who recently resigned. Lieutenant
General Paltazyn has been appointed
chief of the general staff.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
on sympathetie Strike.

San Juan, P. R., July S.-The cart
mems union has decided to join the
longshoremen in a sympathetic strike.
The merchants are suffering heavy
loss in perishable goods. the piers are
congested and incoming ships are
loading and unloading with diff.
Guilty.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Gold STORAGE of Fruit.

Cold storage of fruit in the United
States has grown to enormous pro-
portions, nearly 100000 barrels of
apples having been stored last year
1t is found that if properly packed and
handled the fruit does not much de-
teriorate.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13

1t has been legally decided in Eng
land that a man who works for his
living is not a gentleman. This is
rather rough, but let us give the Eng
lish court credit for one thing. 1t
didn't decide that men who toll are
gents.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13

Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart,
one of the leaders of New York's
fashionable set, has bought a cottage
at Sioux Falls, S. D., and will spend
the summer there. This is probably
the beginning of another fad
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13

A shipload of Georgia watermelons
was. destroyed by fire in New York
harbor a few days ago. In a case
like this what consolation is there in
being told that 'the loss is fully COW
cred by insurance."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Property in Jeopardv.

Minneapolis, Mimi. July S.-Every
bridge in the city of Minneapolis and
all homes on the Mississippi flats are
in danger from the water in the Miss
issippi river. Thousands of dollars
worth of property is placed in jeop-
ardv
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13

Glidden has shown that an automo-
bile can be driven right around the
world, except for the wet places on the
map. We never doubted it, but it is
as we'll to have these things settled
beyond dispute, once for all.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Russian Hospital Arrives.

Manila, July 10.-The Russian hos
pital ship Kootrama has arrived here
for the purpose of removing the sick
and wounded among the Russian
crews who took refuge here after the
battle of the Sea of Japan.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13

Why doesn't some enterprising man
go into the radfum business? There
is much money in it. In November,
1903, it was quoted at $4,000 an
ounce. Now it is retailing in London
at $500, 900 an ounce.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Mckinley Statue Unveiled.

Chicago, July Ga heroic bronze
statue of VIM. Mckinley was unveil-
ed in Mckinley park. in the presence
Of $4,000 people. The principal ad-
dress of the program was delivered by
Judge Peter 8. Grosscup.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Log Drivers Drowned.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, July 10. :
Eleven log drivers were drowned in
the Chippewa river at Little Falls to-
day. They lost control of the batteau
in which sixteen men had crossed the
river, and the boat swamped.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Still SAWS Mood at 81.

The Rev. Jacob Chapman of Exeter,
N. H, is the only nonagenarian, and
one of the few clergymen in New
Hampshire who saw all the wood used
in their stoves for cooking and heat
ing purposes. The amount of wood
used by family during the long New
Hampshire winters is something enor-
nous, yet Mr.. Chapman goes out into
the woodshed every day and saws al
most enough to keep the parlor and
bedroom stoves well supplied, as well
as to furnish what is needed for the
kitchen.
Mr.. Chapman celebrated the 91st
anniversary of his birth this week.
Though never robust, Mr.. Chapman's
physical powers are remarkably well
preserved. A day seldom passes in
which he fails to cut a little wood,
an exercise which he considers very
beneficial. In good weather he takes
long walks. His mind is alert and
his memory very retentive.
He was born in Tamworth, and in
1927 entered Phillips Exeter academy,
of which he is the Oldest living gradu-
ate. He was graduated from Dart
mouth college in 1885, and from And
over Theological seminary in 1889.
For many years he was a teacher.
Since his retirement Mr.. Chapman
has lived here, devoting himself to
genealogical research. He has writ
ten a number of family histories, and
contributed to secular, genealogical
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-07-13
Deals in Wooden Shoes.

One of the shoe dealers in Louis
vile, KY, is building up nice little
trade in wooden shoes. He has three
lots sent to him from Holland each
year, and sells them to the German
gardeners, who live near Louisville.
They find them of great value for
wear when working in their gardens.