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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
OBJECTED TO HIS "AIRS."
Texas Cowboys Attempted to Hang
n Negro on n Santa Fe Train
in Kansas.


Topeka, Kan. - Two Texas COW
boys tried to- hang a negro named
John E. Lewis, on Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe train No. II west bound
Tuesday night and were only pre-
vented by Lewis leaping from the
train at Topeka. Lewis is a resident
of Wichita, and a member of the
Knights of Pythias. It was the badge
of this order that he wore that arous.
ed the Texans ire. They did not like
to see a 'nisger putting on such airs, y
they said Three times had the COW
punchers gotten rope around the
neck of Lewis only to be frustrated
by his cutting it off and lodging. No
aid was given by the passengers who
at the first flourish of revolvers fled
to other cars.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
SENATORS BY DIRECT VOTE
Convention at Des Moines Formes
Permanent Organization.
States n Demand Upon Congress
for Constitutional Amendment

Des Moines, Iowa.-The Interstate
Senatorial amendment coference be-
fore adjourning Thursday completed
a permanent organization which will
conduct a campaign to secure from
congress a call for constitutional con-
vention to consider the question of
having senators elected by a direct
vote of the people.
Thomas A. Cheshire of Des Moines
was named chairman of an executive
committee of five to take charge of
the movement. His associates are
Thomas ]. Gernon of Louisiana, Frank
c. Goudy of Colorado, w. R. Ellis OF
Oregon and c. NJ Kimbrough of In
diana.
The work of the organization will
be directed towards securing from
the 81 state legislatures that meet this
calling a constitutional convention to
which the conference unanimously
committed itself. The organization
will be known as The Interstate
Senatorial Convention Congress
man Strobe of Nebraska is its first
president.
After station that there exists and
has long existed a popular demand
for the election of United States sem
ators by direct vote of the people ana
that it has been impossible to secure
the necessary action by Congress sub
mitting to the several states an amend
ment to that effect because of the re-
fusal of the senate to take the neces-
sory action, the resolutions declare.
Be it therefore resolved: That,
while this convention would much
prefer that congress should submit
to the several states a proposed
amendment to the constitution for
tie election of senators by direct
vote of the people, so that the states
might pass upon it as a single ques-
ton, yet, inasmuch as the senate per-
sistently refuses to submit such
amendment, it therefore earnestly re-
commends that the legislatures of the
several states do, in pursuance of ar
tici. 4. of the constitution of the Uni
ted States, make application to the
congress to call a convention for the
purpose of proposing amendments
to the constitution of the United
States.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
DO NOT LIKE The MESSAGE
Californians Displeased Over Presi-
dents Position Regarding Japs.
to Conduct Schools Independent
of Federal Interference.

Washington. President Roose-
velt's- discussion of the San Francisco
school situation in his message was
received with great dissatisfaction by
the California delegation in the house.
The members of the delegation from
that state are unanimous in their dec.
laration that no treaty rights have
been violated in excluding Japanese
from public schools attended by white
children.
Representative Hayes said that if
any treaty of the United States pre-
vents California from running its
schools as it sees fit the treaty is
clearly unconstitutional and shoui,
not stand.
A meeting of the California delega
ton will soon be held to discuss the
San Francisco situation.
The suggestion in President Roose
velt's message that naturalization be
tasteful to the California delegation
in the house.
Senator Rayner Tuesday introduced
the following resolution on the Jap
anese question:
Resolved, that in the opinion of the
senate this government has no right
to enter into any controversy with
any foreign government relating tt
the public school system of any of IT,
states in the Union;
Resolved further, that it is the
opinion of the senate that there is
no provision in the treaty between the
United States and the government @
Japan that relates in any manner to
this subject or in any way interferes
with the right of the state of Califor
MIA to conduct and administer its sys
tenn of public schools in accordance
with its own legislation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF.
Suffered for Three Years with Itching
Humor-Cruiser Newark U. S. N.
Man Cured by Cuticura.

II suffered with humor for about
three years off and on. finally saw
doctor and he gave me remedies that
did me no good, so 1 tried Cuticura
when my limb below the knee to the
ankle was as raw as a piece of beef.
All used was the Cuticura Soap and
the Ointment. I bathed with Cuticura
Soap every day, and used about six
or seven boxes of Cuticura Ointment.
1 was thoroughly cured of the humor
in three weeks, and haven't been af-
fected with it since. use no other
Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. Myers.
U. S. N, U. S. S. Newark, New York,
July s, 1906"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Care of chiIdren,s Teeth.

At Strasburg, Germany, a dental
clinic has been opened at the uni
versity for the treatment of school
dren are sent, in order, by their teach
ers. Each child is quickly exam
ined, as many as eighty children be-
ing dealt with in an hour, and nearly
300 day, by single doctor. Teach
ing goes hand in hand with treatment.
The doctor tells the child how to use
a tooth brush, sees that he uses one,
and sends him home to practice wifi
it. The movement is spreading. IN
Wiesbaden and Mulhausen school dem
tai clinics are to be erected.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
TO DRAFT ROOSEVELT.
Being Formed Who Propose o
Ignore Presidents Wishes.

Chicago. = The Roosevelt bird
Term National League has been
formed in Chicago and Wednesday an
application for charter was made
at Springfield. Edward A. Horner,
formerly of Leadville, Colo, is the
organizer and president of the league
The national headquarters of the
league will be in Chicago. Clubs will
be organized in every county and city
in the United States.
eve aim to get 100000 members"
said Mr.. Horner. ct is not our pur-
pose to appeal to politicians. In fact,
we don't want them. 1t is to be a
matter which it to come directly from
the people and for myself don't care
whether President Roosevelt likes it
or not. To my mind he has nothing to
say about it. The people have abso-
lutte and implicit confidence in him
and we are going to see that they
elect him to q third term"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Missed Chance for Fame.

The astronomer, Lalande, narrowly
escaped being made famous by dis
covery. He accidentally struck Nep-
tune with his glass; on May 8, 1875,
but supposed it was star. He put it
down in his notebook as star and
recorded its exact situation. Two
days later he struck it once more and
made a record of it. But when he
looked over his notes he found he had
it down as being in two different
places, and as a star cannot move in
4S hours he supposed he had made
a mistake in one of his notes. If he
had used his mind a little less me-
chanically he easily might have been
a Columbus.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
House PASSED Three Bills.

Washington. = The House Wednes-
day waiting on the report of the ap-
preparation bills began its legislative
grind by passing three measures: In
cooperating the national German
American Alliance; authorizing the
secretary of the treasury to duplicate
gold certificates in lieu of ones lost
or destroyed, and the bill amending
the national banking laws, permitting
national banking associations to make
loans on real estate as security and
limiting the amount of such loans.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Curious Journal.

There is a weekly journal published
at Zurich called ''The Engaged Cou-
pies Advertiser" which, it is stated,
has agents at work all over Switzer-
land ascertaining the name of every
girl who is engaged to be married and
that of her prospective husband.
These names are printed in the paper,
with the addresses of the sweethearts
and a description of their social posi-
ton. Soon after the announcement
of her engagement girl finds herself
almost in position to start shop
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Is there nothing which the microbe
regards as sacred? 1t has been a pre-
vailing belief that the fresh-laid egg
was the perfection of pure and health
full food. But here come some scien-
tific disturbers of our peace of. mind
to warn us that the fresh-laid egg is
dangerous-that it may have become
inoculated with micro-organisms
which are menace to health. Really,
this seems to be carrying things a
little too far. If confidence in the in
tegrity of the hen and the purity of
newly-laid ''hen fruit be destroyed,
to what may we pin our faith?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Another Respite for Mrs. Myers

jefferson City. Mo. = Governor
Folk Thursday night announced that
he had granted a respite until Janu-
airy 10 for Mrs. Aggie Myers and Frank
Hoffman of Kansas City, who were
convicted of having murdered the hus-
band of Mrs. Myers, and were sen
fenced to be hanged. Governor Folk
stated that the respite is granted to
allow time for Justice Brewer o. the
United States supreme court to decide
an application for writ of error from
the Missouri supreme court to that
court.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Prof Henry E. Armstrong, the dis
tinguished London scientist, has joined
Lord Kelvin in a protest against the
proposition submitted to the British
association that the production of he
lium from radium has established the
fact of the evolution of one element
into others. Prof. Armstrong says
that no one has yet handled radium in
sufficient quantities to be able to say
precisely what it is.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Must Not Teach Prisoners.

Lansing, Mich. - Under recent de-
cision of the Michigan supreme court,
Attorney General Bird Thursday rul-
ed that contracts under which state
prisoners are employed at cigar max
ing, broom making and stone cutting
may be continued only as long as
long as there are convicts already
skilled in those trades, it being held
illegal to teach mechanical trades in
prison.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Tulso, l. T. Morris number 4,
Chesley, brought in Tuesday is said
by operators to exceed the celebrated
Spindletop wells at Beaumont. The
gusher was struck at the 80 feet sand
and is flowing over the top of the der
rick, and is absolutely out of con-
troll. 1t is the biggest we'll ever
brought in the Glenn pool. No esti-
mate of its capacity has been haz-
ardad
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Anothsr Pine Line Project.

Tulsa, 1. T. = Robert Galbreath, the
principal owner of the Glenn oil pool
Wednesday announced that he hao
financed the Mid Continent and Port
Arthur Pipe Line and Refining Com
pany, a s2O.O0O,00O- corporation
through English and New York CAPT
tai, for the purpose of building a
pipe line from the Glenn pool to Port
Arthur. Galbreath claims to have
control of two thirds of the production
of the Glenn pool, and says he can
now furnish $4,000 barrels daily.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
In toilette Was sighted.

Washington. = When Senator La
Toilette entered the senate chamber
Tuesday afternoon there was a stir
but it was confined to the galleries.
Not a senator stirred-except two of
the democrats who sit near HMM
an effort to grasp his hand and well
come him for the session, as is the
custom when a senator makes his ap-
pearance for the first time after the
SUMMER recess. There was nothing
to indicate that the Wisconsin man
noticed the slight which he received
from his colleagues.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
The Kansas Goes to Sen

Philadelphia, Pa. - The battleship
Kansas, one of the most formidable of
the United States navy's new war YES
sells, left the yards of the New York
Ship Building company at Camden, N.
J., at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
for an official trip off the New Eng
land coast, Captain Ramdel, the mar
inc superintendent of the company
with a crew of 800 men, commanding
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Native Thrift

Il don't believe" she sai6 when she
and her mother were talking it over
the next morning, that Charley ex-
poets father to support him after we
are married. At least 1 noticed that
he hitched up his trousers so that the
creases wouldn't be spoiled when he
got down on his knees to ask me
That's sign of native thrift. isn't it?'
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Want an Accounting from Hearst

New York = The Association to
Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elec-
lions of which former Mayor Seth
Low is president, began proceedings
Friday under the election expendi-
lures publicity act to compel an &C
counting of political expenditures i'll
various parts of the state. Action is
directed against W. R. Hearst in one
instance, and in another against the
republican county committee in Clin-
ton county, based On alleged defects
in the reports returned following the
CAMPAIGN
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
President wants More Power.

Washington. - The president We'd
nesday sent special message to con-
s 'ass urging giving the executive au-
thcrity on his own initiative and re-
spcnstbility to dismiss any officer
whom he thinks unworthy to remain
in the service. The law at present
providaS that in time of peace no Of
ficer shall be dismissed except in pur-
suance of a courtmartial or in mitiga,
ton thereof This provision the presi-
dent wants repealed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
A Blow to simpIiaed smelling.

Washington. - Simplified spelling
received a hard blow Friday in the
legislative, executive and judicial ap
preparation bill for 1908, reported to
the house by the committee on al
preparations, which says: Hereafter
in printing documents authorized by
law or ordered by congress or either
branch thereof, the government print
ing office shall follow the rules of or
biography established by Webster's or
other generally accepted dictionaries
of the English language" The bin
carries an appropriation of s31 ,215,5 25.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Ex-Bandit Raisuli has been ap-
pointed to command one division of
the police force of Morocco His
name has for some time filled the law
abiding citizens with awe, and will
now even up the score by striking ter
ror to the hearts of the evil-doers.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
scbwab Gets Mexican Mines.

Ell Paso, Tex. = G. L. Schwab the
steel magnate, passed through Ell
Paso Friday night returning from Mex
leo and admitted that he owned the
San Toy mine in Santa Eurlalia dis
trict and has just closed a deal with
a Mexican capitalist in the same dis
trict for a group of other silver prop
critics. He declared they would be
merged as the San Toy Mining cor
poration and would be the biggest COM
pany in Mexico.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

An English paper expresses SYM
pathy for the duchess of Connaught
because boy ran into her automobile
and was killed. 1t would naturally
have been less regretable if the car
had run into the boy with the same
recT11t
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Kansas City, Mo. - A robber ear
ly Thursday rendered Miss iona Heck
ert, the night operator at Desoto, Kan
sas, "a miles southwest of Kansas
City, on the Santa Fe, unconscious
with a blow from wagon spoke, rob-
bed the depot money drawer Of what
small change it contained and escaped.
Miss Heckert was found unconscious
lying near the station. About three
dollars was taken from the cash draw
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

James J. Hill is to turn literary
critic. Recently he offered $4,000 to
farmers writing the best essays on
agricultural subjects. The essays have
been reviewed by Prof. Thomas Shaw
and Prof Hooverstadt. Mr.. Hill, how
ever, requested that prizes be with
held and not finally awarded until he
could peruse the essays.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Washington = The brief session of
the Senate Wednesday resulted in the
introduction Of many bills, resolu,
tions, petitions and memorials, and
the receipt of a number of communi.
cations from the executive depart
mentS
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Curiosity sometimes proves fatal A
new railroad line was opened in Ecua-
dor by an American company To the
natives the cars were objects of great
interest, and one of them, ignorant Of
the mechanism, tempered with a
brake, as result of which the car ran
away and was overturned and seven
persons were killed. Guilelessness of
that sort is too likely to have tragic
consequences
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

A French experimental, named Yer
cier, has succeeded in keeping certain
kinds of peonies more than three
months in cold storage, with the flow
ers in fair preservation to the end OF
that period. Red and white China
peonies, for some unknown reason,
stood the long tests better than any
other blossoms.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

California had some big calamities
this year. She has also had big crops
Her mineral products alone have been
exceptional, being valued at 3,O0O,-
600, of which s19,OOO,O 900 represented
gold and 100000 petroleum. But
her greatest wealth is in her grain
and fruit, and the yield this year has
been phenomenal. With such pros
perity it will not take long to far
more than counterbalance the ruin
wrought at San Francisco, serious as
was that calamity.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Almost at the same time two diff
ferent inventors in different places
have announced their success with
electrical devices for seeing at a dis
lance. They are J. B. Fowler and Will
. liam H. Thompson. In Fowler's device
four wires are required to accomplish
the combined effect of distant vision
and hearing. Details of the operation
are withheld, however, on the plea of
getting out a patent. Each inventor
has adopted the name "Televue."
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, acting
chief of staff, has left Washington for
Cheyenne, where he will join Secre-
tary of War Taft, and together they
will make inspections of several of the
large western military posts, with
view of making selections for the es-
Establishment of brigade posts.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

A group of several engineers and
capitalists, headed by William o.
Weber, of Boston, believe they have
revolutionized the industrial system
by a new device utilizing the power of
the tides so as to manufacture COM
pressed air. A plant is about to be
erected at South Thomaston, Me, to
demonstrate the value of this inven-
fiOn
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

St. Louis. = The clerk of the Unit
ed States scircuit court here Wednes-
day received notification from the
United States marshals office in New
York that service has been obtained
upon John D. Rockefeller and others
in the government suit against the
Standard Oil company recently filed
in st. Louis
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13


in
o which debating
changes the letter
machine always ready
typewriter places
which they dictated
English German other
be
highly educated and stenog
in central
pewg established telegraEhoncs VIII enable business
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

San Francisco. - The supreme ccIrt
Friday in an opinion by Justice Sloss,
in which the court concurred, decid-
ed that the McEnery act, passed at the
last session of the legislature, is con-
stitutional and that property owners
can establish title to their lands, the
records of which were destroyed.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
gillette Found Guilty

Herkimer, N. Y. = The jury in the
trial of Chester E. Gillette for the muir
der of his sweetheart Grace Brown at
Big Moose Lake on July II last, Tues
day night returned verdict of guilty
in the first degree.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
View Trjnt for convicts.

Jefferson City, Mo. = Division
No. CO the supreme court Tuesday
reversed and remanded for new
trial the convict murder case agains,
Vaughan, Raymond and Ryan, who
broke out of the penitentiary year
sgo after killing a guard.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
two speciaI Messages Coming.

Washington. President Roose-
velt's special message to congress on
Porto Rico will be sent to congress
December II, and his message on
Panama will be laid before congress
December II.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
stiIweu Party Returning.

Citey of Mexico, Mex = The party
of capitalists headed by A. E. Stilwell
of Kansas City, who have been in
Mexico City for the last three days,
left THURSDAY in a special train over
the Mexican National railroad for the
United States.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Canal Rid Onening Postponed.

Washington. = The Isthmain canal
commission Friday night announced
that the date of the opening bids for
the completion of the construction OF
the Panama canal has been postponed
from Bee. IL to IL O'clock January II
next
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
DOWNFALL OF FISH DUE TO SOCIAL WAR.

Social aspirations of Mrs. E. H. Hartman ana
social jealousy on the part of Mrs. Cornelius van
derbilt and Mrs John Jacob Aston over the sue
cess of Mrs Stuyvesant Fish are declared to pc
at the bottom of the ousting of President FISH
from the control of the Illinois Central railroad
For years Mrs. Fish has been an acknowl-
edged leader in the New York AGO. and there are
stories to the effect that she has at times been
arrogant in her sway. Her rule as social soVer-
eign. it is said has been especially felt by Mrs.
Hartman and her position has been enved by
other social leaders in Eer class, notably by Mrs
Vanderbilt and the younger Mrs. Aston.
Through the efforts of these women, goes the
story in Wall street, grew up the enmity between
their husbands which eliminated at the directors
meeting in the open personal charges aimed at
.a,rf IL HI nrd
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

of Hartman and though
finally
husband
deal of neeng over the
probable
the
ISN'T of his stockhe n England
with companies Is
ment OF
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13

Peoria, III. = The Atlas distillery, a
property of the American Spirits Man
ufacturing company opened Friday for
the manufacture of denatured alcohol at
it's full capacity of 5000 busheli day.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-12-13
Good ROADS Convention.

Muskogee, 1. T. = Oklahoma State
and National Good Roads Convention
opened three days SESSION here We'd
nesday with large and enthusiastic
attendance.