Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-04-12
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Pittsburg district, but at none is
there a full compliment of miners.
British shipbuilders have received
from the Brazilian government orders
for three first-class cruisers of 10000
tons.
General Blanche, who succeeded
General Weyler in command of the
Spanish troops in Cuba in 1897, is
dead
The senate committee on fisheries
has reported favorably Senator Longs
bill to establish fish culture station
i'll Kansas.
King Edward has ordained that
Princess Ena e Battenburg, the fu-
ture queen of Spain, shall henceforth
be styled her royal highness.
George Mesmic, of Chicago, and
Young Drne are scheduled for ten
round bout before the Indianapolis
Athletic Club on April 16. They will
fight at 1877 pounds.
Harvard university is to play foot
ball next fall including collegiate foot
ball. The Harvard athletic commit
tee took this position, overriding
President Elliot's desires.
John Siegel, one of the outfielders
of the Cincinnati National League
baseball club, broke his left ankle
while trying to steal second base in
game with the Toledo team.
Miss Ethel Barrymore, the actress,
was taken suddenly ill of appendi-
citis in Boston and will be operated
upon. The remainder of her theatre
cal dates have been cancelled.
A Copenhagen dispatch states that
Princess Louise of Schaumberg-Lippe
daughter of King Frederick of Den
mark, died a half hour after her faith
er-in-law, Prince William Both were
staying at Castle Nachord, Bohemia.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to blow up the railroad bridge over
the River Honnelle, at the Franco
Belgian frontier. 1t is alleged that
the outrage was the work of French
miners who are endeavoring to pre-
vent the entrance of Belgian coal into
their country.
The emperor by the terms of his
manifesto of March having declined
to give parliament the right to i'm
peach ministers, governor generals
and other high dignitaries for malfeas-
ance in office, the council of the en-
Fire has elaborated a law, designed to
disarm the storm of criticism on this
score, providing for a revival of the
old high court" created a century
ago for the trial of political offenders.
Charles M Carpenter, of Chicago,
agent of the Barber Asphalt Company
for Wisconsin, was fined $1,000 for
bribing three aldermen with $4,000.
E. C. Swift, of the Chicago firm of
Swift & Co., meat packers, died in
Boston, Mass. Mr. Swift had been ill
with pneumonia for several days.
The Emperor of Japan wishes to
decorate the American army officers
who were with his army during the
recent Russo-Japanese war. This
fact was made known to both houses
of congress by Secretary Root, who
asks special legislation permitting
the decorations to be received.
All the Chicago roads now have
yielded to the pressure brought to
bear upon them by board of trade in
Thiaoo n
parity with Kansas City and other
points in regard to the facilities ex-
tended for handling and trans-ship-
ping grain here All the roads have
abolished the switching charge of 50
q car and granted transit privileges,
the lack of which at this point gave
shippers at other cities where such
privileges were extended decided adj
vantage.
A letter from General Adna Chaffee,
who, with Mrs. Chaffee, is now in
Mexico, to friends in Los Angeles,
states that they will lot come to Los
angeles as intended, but will proceed
to New Orleans, from which place
they will leave for New York April
18th.
The Standard Oil trust is becom-
ing anxious over the Marshall bill for
free alcohol used in the arts. 1t is
now generally conceded that this bill
is to pass the house and the Stand
ard is taking steps to head it off in
the senate
Kaiser William on his own invita-
ton will dine with Charlemange Tow
er. the American ambassador, at the
ambassadors residence. Covers will
be laid for twenty-four, including
twelve Americans.
General Won Mack, the Russian
representative of the Red Cross, has
lust returned to Moscow from Japan.
He declares that the Japanese are ac-
lively engaged in war preparations,
and he adds that it is evident that
the enemy in view is America, and
that operations are being planned
against the Philippine islands.
Unless Governor Cummins of Iowa
commutes che sentences of Louis
Busse and James Smith, under SEN
tence of death April 20. they must
hang. The legislative board of par
dons decided that it could do moth
ing in the matter, leaving it entire
ly in the hands of Governor Cummins.
Both are wife murderers.
A conference of miners and operat-
ors of sub-district No. 5, affecting
$4,000 miners, was held at Wheeling,
W. Va. 1t is stated that rs per cent
oil the r,neratnrs signed the 1909 scale