Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-02-08
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Two mild cases OF yellow FEVER were
reported at Havana. 1t is believed
/ there is no danger of a spread of the
infection.
A passenger train on the Delaware
and Hudson railroad collided with
work train. One man was killed and
nine injured
The foreign commerce of France
during 1905 increased by 500 400, 900,
from $1,790, 100000 to $751;, 100000, in
Guiding both imports and exports.
The two-year-old child of F. E. FL
liam, farmer near Lincoln, Neb.,
jumped from its mothers arms and
its neck was broken. The child died
instantly.
The mikado has donated $4,000 for
the relief of Japanese famine suffer
ers. According to the latest returns
nearly million persons in Japan are
on the verge of starvation.
President James of the University
of Illinois announced the establish
ment at Urbana of new school of
railway engineering and administra-
ton, said to be the first of the kind in
the world.
Mayor Mcclellan has ordered an in
vestigation of the dealings Of New
York city with the big coal companies.
It is said that bids to the city were
81 higher on coal than to individuals.
1T looks as if there were a combina
ton to hold up the city," said the
mayor.
Fire damaged the plant of the Butte
Reduction Works, owned by Senator
Clark, to the extent of 100000. Valu-
able machinery used in reducing the
copper ores of the millionaire's vast
properties was reduced to scrap iron
by the raging blaze that swept
through the frame buildings.
Late advices from Gomel, which has
been the scene of rioting and fight
ing between the troops and revolu-
tionists recently, state that the losses
from incendiary fires started during
the troubles aggregate 100000 pounds.
Bombs were exploded in many houses
adding to the destruction and increas-
ing the losses.
The German steamer Silvia which
started from Vladivostok to transport
1000 Russian troops to Odessa, when
a few miles out, struck floating mine,
causing an explosion. The captain
closed the water-tight compartments
OF ftr1I
He was able to reach the steamer in
time to prevent it from sinking. One
man was killed and twenty-six injur-
ed by the explosion.
Division No. of the Missouri Su-
preme court met and affirmed the
Judgment of the ST. Louis criminal
court against Lord" Seymour F. Bar
rington, who murdered James P. Nc
Cam in st. Louis, and set the execu-
ton of the death sentence for March
Is, 1906 After his sentence had been
confirmed a knife and a rope, indi-
eating preparation for an attempt at
suicide or escape. were found in his
cell.
President Palma has decided that
DR.. Ferrer, the Cuban minister at
Paris. shall select the wedding pres
ent to be given Miss Alice Roosevelt,
the funds for which were unanimous
ly granted by both houses of congress,
and forwarded it to Mr.. Quesada, the
Cuban minister at Washington. The
present will probably be some form
of jewelry.
A serious fire is raging on the fifth
and sixth levels of the famous Bun
ker Hill and Sullivan mine at Ward
ner, Idaho, one of the richest mines
in the world Many miners were over
come but all were recovered. 1t is
feared that it will be necessary to
flood that part of the mine.
The tug Lorne landed ten men at
the wreck of the Valencia and re-
covered three bodies, those of William
Sibley, Jr, and two children. The
United States torpedo boat destroyer
Perry has gone to search for bodies
among the islands of the middle chan.
mel in Barclay sound.
Herald st. Petersburg dispatch
says that 10000 Liberals who were re
turning to Russia trusting to their
being immune from arrest under the
Cars amnesty manifesto, have been
thrown into prison and will be ex-
lied for from five to ten years.
The members of the Chinese i'm
perial commission spent their last day |
in the capital by saying farewell to
the different authorities who have en-
tertained them and by visiting the |
senate and the house of representa-
tives, after an inspection of the con-
gressional library.
The Senate chamber of commerce
at Seattle, Wash, adopted resolution
calling on President Roosevelt to or
der a government inquiry into the |
wreck of the Valencia. The resolu- |
ton was sent by wire to the presi- |
dent.
The steamship Sonoma, eE routc
from Australian ports to San Fyan- |
cisco, reported at Honolulu that the |
volcano on Savaii, one of the Samoan |
islands, is still in eruption. The lava,
after flowing fourteen miles on land, |
has extended four miles into the
ocean.
The Russian charge d'affaires at To
kio reports that IA consequence of the
stringent Japanese regulations for
eigners must have special permission
to visit Port Arthur and then only for
the specific purpose of removing their
property.