Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-12-14

of fuel. :,
The cabinet held a meeting TO con-
slider the future position of the gov
eminent. Nothing definite was ascer-
tanned from the meeting.
The conference of plenipotentiaries
OF the powers regarding Moroccan
delegates will be unable to reach Al
giers by the former date.
A dispatch to the Exchange TeIe-
graph Company from st. Petersburg
says the government intends to mob
ilize all the Cossacks, numbering
100000.
: 1t is authoritatively stated that
announce his candidacy for the Uni
ted States senate within fifteen
days.
At Cleveland. O., Mrs Sarah NJ
Perkins, one of the best known suf-
fragists in Ohio, was run over and
almost instantly killed by a coal
wagon.
B.. A. McCarty. laboring man of
Wymore, Neb., crushed his wifes
skull with an AK and then killed him
self. Family trouble was the cause
Of the act.
The Guardians st. Petersburg
correspondent says that the Man.
churian army is now entirely beyond
control and that a fierce mutiny has
broken out. - =
German socialists. have decided 10
initiate the agitation in Russia in
opposition to the governments pro-
posals for increased taxation. The
agitation will take the form of demon
STATIONS and professions. The lead
ers intend to issue manifesto urging
a struggle for freedom. The govern
ment will use stern measures in re-
buking them if the socialists follow
out their program.
Ten vessels with crews aggregat-
ing 100 men, bound from ST. Johns to
various harbors on the coast, were
driven seaward in a fierce gale. Much
apprehension is felt for their safety
because cold. which followed the gale.
will probably ice up their decks and
rigging, rendering them unmanage-
able. A year ago the crews of five
vessels driven off shore under SINH
lar conditions were rescued by stearl-
ers in mid-ocean
The Car signed a manifesto which
abolishes martial law in Poland. The
strike has now affected the postal
facilities here and the delivery of let
tiers was stopped.
Shipping and dock property at Wall
heegan, ILL.,. forty miles north of Chi
cago, were seriously damaged by
tidal wave seven feet in height which
swept in from Lake Michigan. The
steamer Tioga was driven against the
pier and small hole knocked in its
side and two tugs in the harbor were
also slightly damaged. s.
Near Sterling. H., Miss Emily
Schrader, II years old. accomplished
the feat of husking lbs bushels of
corn in nine hours on her fathers
farm at Tiskilwa She won n piano
The twenty-one millionaires who
are wanted to testify before Commits
sioner Sanborn in the suit e the state
of Missouri against the Standard Oil
and allied companies under the anti
l.,
spite. Their hearing has been post
poned until January 9Th in the hope
that the magnates will consent to ap-
pear by arrangement of counsel.
Miss Eliza Williams. the oldest I'M
married woman in America, died at
Kohomo, Ind, aged 101. She was
born in Pennsylvania, Nov. l. 1904.
She remained single in order TO care
for her mother, who died at the age
of so.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has been made defendant in two
SIC, 900 damage suits brought by two
prominent negro lawyers of Calves
ton, who were refused rides on motor
cars of the city because they were
colored.
In accordance with an agreement
signed by the owners of all the
straight single mills Of the Ballard
district work in all these mills was
stopped at Seattle, Wash, and the
mills will remain closed until March
1, 1906. This action was taken on ac-
count of the congested condition Of
the single market.
The Commercial Cable Company in
New York issued the following: I'VE
are advised that the delivery of mes
sages at st. Petersburg has again
been stopped and communication
with Finland is interrupted
A gold heart Weighing four and one
half ounces, the gift of 5000 Denver
is on the way to President
Roosevelt Representative Bayne of
Colorado carries the token. The gift
is in appreciation of his achievement
in bringing about peace.
The st. Petersburg correspondent
of the vossische Zeltung wires that
one of the grand dukes Of the i'm
perial family recently attempted to
assassinate the Gear. intending to
sacrifice Nicholas rather than toler-
ate the introduction of q constitn-
.ional government.