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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Reform in Kansas Assessments,

Topeka, Kansas.-The state tax
commission adopted its first innova-
ton in assessment methods Tuesday
when it was decided that real estate
should be assessed at it's full cash
value. circular letter was sent to
the county clerks notifying them of
this change. 1t will not become eff
fective, however, until March of next
year, as the assessments for this
year have already been made.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Ger. Palmer's Reunion;

Colorado Springs; Colo-A spe-
cial train of ten Pullmans arrived in
Colorado Springs Tuesday bringing
ESQ members of the Fifteenth Pennsyl-
vania volunteer cavalry. Large
crowds applauded the old veterans as
they marched from the depot to the
various hotels. Wednesday they Wis
tied the various scenic attractions
about Colorado Springs and Manitou
as the guests of General William J..
Palmer. General Palmer is paying
the complete eupenses of the veterans
from the time they left home until
they return.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Protest Quickly Needed.

Lincoln, Neb.-In just 80 min
utes after Secretary Written of the
Commercial club had filed a protest
with the state railway commission
er against an advance from % cents
to 40 cents in minimum charge on
small shipments on the Burlington
railroad, he was informed by Secre-
tary Perkins of the commission that
the rates had been put back.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
The CHICAGO and Alton Sold

New York, = The Toledo, St. Louis
and Western railroad company has ac,
quired control of the Chicago and AL
ton, according to an announcement
made here Friday. The acquisition OF
the road is subject to certain condi-
lions which will not be finally deter.
mined for ten days or two weeks
from the present time.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Burton Buys a Paper.

Abilene, Kan.-Former United
Safes Senator Joseph R. Burton OF
Abilene, and L. C. Housed and ]. H.
Yetter, the latter two connected with
the business Office of the Topeka Capt..
tai, Friday purchased the Salina
(Kan) Union. The paper will be
made a daily and Burton will take
editorial charge September So. Mr..
Burton will continue to reside in Abb.
lene and to conduct the home rule pa.
per here that he established after hiq
release from jail at Ironton, Mo.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Harvester Company Custer Suit.

Atchison, Kansas.-The first action
of the state in its suit to try to olst
the International Harvester COM
pany from doing business in the state
on the grounds that it is a trust and
not licensed to do business in the
state was started here Monday, but
ended in a failure. After examining
three witnesses, the attorney general
dismissed the investigation as far as
Atchison is concerned.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
stopred "seeina Thincs.1

Enthusiastic Nature Lover Ito Re-
formed Tramp)-Ah, my friend, how
well you must know the face of ma
ture, and know it in all its moods.
Have you ever seen the sun sinking
in such glare of glory that it swal-
lows up the whole horizon with its
passionate fire? Have you seen the
mist gliding like a specter down the
shrinking hillside, or the pale moon
struggling to shake off the grip of the
ragged storm cloud?=
Reformed -Tramp-No, sir; not
since l signed the pledge.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
An $500, 900 deficiency LEGAL.

Washington, D. C.7.Acting Sec.
rotary of War Oliver has decidedthat
the president is authorized to grant
the request of the Isthmian canal
commission for permission to create
a deficiency of $S,OOO,OOO to meet the
requirements of the engineer depart
ment for an enlarged scale of opera
lions.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Mrs. Ryan a Countess.

New York.-Information has reach.
ed here from Rome that Pope
Plus Y has bestowed the title OF
countess on Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan.
wife of the well known fnancier, in
recognition of her charities and bene-
factions to the church. Mrs. Ryan's
gifts to the church and to charity, it
is stated, run into millions.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

Give Defiance Starch a fair trial
try it for both hot and cold starching,
and if you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost
return it and your grocer will give you
back your money.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Sacred Deer of japan.

Deer are relatively plenty in vari-
Gus parts of Japan, and in such show
places as Maru and Miyajima are held
as sacred, becoming so tame as to eat
from the hands of visitors. They are
generally smaller in size than the
American deer
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Two Missouri Girls Killed.

Trenton, Mo.-The eastbound Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Golden
State limited train struck and killed
two girls, the daughters of Charles
Speck, a farmer, two miles south of
Spikard Friday. The children were
three and five years old.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Cuban Pscification Costly.

Washington, = 1t cost the Ameri-
can government $2,554,97O in addition
to the regular ordinary expense to
keep the American army of Cuban pa
cification in that island during the fis-
cal wear of 1907.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Peculiar Medical Remedy.

It was stated at an inquest on
peasant in Servian village that the
man died from swallowing too many
bullets. which he was accustomed to
take, in common with all the peasants
in that district whenever he felt ill.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Of the CABBAGE Patch

Cigar Maker-Here's a new cigar
I've just been putting up and haven't
any name for it. Suppose you suggest
one.
Friend latter smoking it)-They're
naming good many after characters
in fiction now. Why don't you call
this Mrs. Wiggs?"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Golf PLAYER Llahtnina,s Victim.

During thunderstorm near Glas-
gov golf player named George Har-
rie was struck and killed by lightning,
which ripped off his clothing, includ-
ing his boots, and extracted all his
teeth. 1t made hole three feet deep
where he had been standing.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
a Shin Abandoned

San Francisco-The Merchants Elk.
change Friday received a dispatch
from London stating that the ship Til.
lie E. Star buck which sailed from New
York for Honolulu had been abandon,
ed. No details were given. The crew
is reported safe
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Sever Dead in Boiler Exclusion.

New York.-A boiler on the Com
mercial Barge Paterson which usu-
ally plies, between New York and
Boston, exploded Friday in Hoboken,
killing NJ. Hopkins, the engineer, and
six other men.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Suicide With a Shirt

Marshall, Mo.-A man who gave his
name as Patrick Cullen, Twenty-third
and Holly streets, Kansas City, COM
mitted suicide in the city Jail Friday
afternoon by hanging himself with
strip torn from his shirt
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Work Reuun ON cape Cod Canal

Buzzard's Bay. Mass.-The first
shovel full of dirt of the Cape
Cod canal was thrown Tuesday
by William Barclay Parsons of
new York engineer. Plans for build
ing this canal have been considered
for 200 years
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Farmers Hostile to AutomobiIe,

Eastportt, ~ VA death here,
directly attributed by physicians
to inhaling disease germs in the
dust raised by automobiles has
increased the hostility of the farm
ers and others living in the eastern
end of Long Island against automo-
bile owners.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Killed bx Roilsr Exclusion.

New York = Six men who were
testing boiler of a donkey engine
in the hold of the coal barge Paterson
were instantly killed Friday by the ex-
plosion of the boiler A seventh man
was seriously injured.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
II cures WhiIe You walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, n. Y.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Texas After Another Trust.

Houston, Texas, Suit has been
filed under the Texas antitrust laws
to GUST the Information Har-
vester company of America from the
state and for one million dollars pen
atty.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

No impulse is too splendid for the
simplest task; no task is too simple
for the most splendid impulse.-Phil-
lips Brooke.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
GROUP Of ST. Mary,s churches.

There are in London round dozen
churches named after st. Mary. near
ly all of them belonging to a single
group closely packed together. show
ing that they all came from the one
great narish of AldermarY.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Farmers, Unions Merae.

Shawnee, Ok.-The farmers unions
of Oklahoma and Indian territory
with 100000 members, amalgamat
ed Thursday, a new constitution be
ing adopted.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
A Kansas Pioneer Dead.

Hope, Kan.-Henry Little, one OF
the county's early settlers, uncle OF
Colonel E. c. Little, died Thursday
morning of appendicitis.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
A New Trial Asked fer sassaman.

Warrensburg. Mo.-Counsel for
Robert Sassaman. who was found
guilty of murder in the first
degree for killing Carl Miller and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment, has filed
a motion for anew trial.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Few Runaways in New York.

Although New York is ''hitching
postless" city there are fewer runa-
way horses in its streets than in the
average city CT one-tenth of its popu-
latiOu
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
BUSY Diamond INDUSTRY.

There is a factory in Amsterdam,
Holland. which cuts and polishes AGO.
600 diamonds annually. About 20
women do most of the actual cutting
of the stones.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Places of Interest Neglected.

Two of the most attractive places
for instruction in New York city are
the Metropolitan Museum of Art and
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, yet there are thousands of resi-
dents of New York who have never
been in them, and more than half of
their daily visitors are strangers in
the CITY.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Wholesale Grocery Firm Fails.

VTOISSdIS IIOTCIJ rIIIH EdIIS'
New York, N. VA receiver was
appointed Wednesday for the big
wholesale grocery firm of E. C. Haz-
and & Company The firm has been
in business 40 years.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

Mrs. WINDOWS Soothing Syrup.
For chilren teethfng, scftens the gums reduces In
domination. allays pain, cures wind collie CSC bottle
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Animal Intelligence in Massachusetts.

John Talbot of Rock Knobs, Mass,
enjoys the distinction of having a
trained hen that will jump over his
clasped hands, even if held quite high
from the ground. Uncle John trained
the hen himself. A cat is owned by
Byfield man that will eat raw green
corn, and will even strip down the
husks in the field in an effort to get
fha corn
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

Life is made up trials and chances
given to us to see how we will act and
improve Observation-Disclosures
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
The Revised Psalm,

The fathers peroration was superb.
"'And departing. leave behind
you,'" he concluded, footprints on
the sands Of"
But here the son rudely interrupt
ed.
Footprints" he sneered. who
wants to leave footprints?'
Then what would you leave, my
boy?" the old man inquired.
Tracks" said the youth, haughtily.
"Tracks of my 90-horse power racer,
to be sure. Am a dog or a working
man that I should leave nero foot
prints?''
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
A Kansas pionear Dead.

Hope Kansas.-aenry Little. one
of the early settlers, uncle
IT Colonel E. C. Little, died
Thursday morning of appendicitis.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow. All grocers. &C. package.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Mans True Worth,

1t is not what he has. nor even what
he does, that directly expresses the
worth of man, but what he is
Henri F. Amiel.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

The best preparation for the future
is the present well seen to. the last
duty well done-George Macdonald
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

New York. Aug. &C. = Frank 3.
Kellogg, srecial counsel for the In
terstate Commerce Commission, has
arrived in town. He will begn tax
ing testimon- on Sep+emi e. il
this city in the suit fled in the fed
eral court in ST. Louis to dissolve tn :
Standard Oil Company. He, was in
consultation with Attorney General
Bon lparte and the governments
aficials on Thursday.
Prominent officials an rnr-~re7-
atives of the Stsa lard Oil Co77anv
are included in the Is. CT with IS :.
The hearing is expected to last sew
sral weeks
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

The situation that has not its duty.
its ideal, was never yet occupied by
man.-Carlyle.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
GOOD HoUsEKEEPERs.

Use the best That's why they buy Red
Cross Ball Elue. At leading grocers, cents.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Sc .f-ForuetfuIness.

Self-forge .fulness in love for others
has forer lost place in the ideal char
acter and represents the true end of
umanity.-Peabody.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
Taft at Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City. Aug. &c. = Secre-
tary of War Taft tonight spoke N
this city to 10000 persons. Secre-
tary Taft received an ovation that
will go down in history as one of the
greatest which has been accorded
hin1 by any commonwealth. If the
big secretary did no: enjoy himself
today he certainly acted the part ID
perfection. For every enc he had
smile and a hand shake. 1t was one
round of enthusiasm from start to
finish.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

AS rule the girl who jiits a young
man does him great favor
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

School Children Plant Trees.
Every year the school children of
Sweden plant about 100000 trees.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

Who builds on the mob builds on
sand.-Italian.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29

1t is the easiest thing in the world
to dream that you are making money.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
lmnertans to Moth ers.

Exnmine carefully every bottle Of CAsToRIA,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that It
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-08-29
RHEJJM AsTISM
CAN NOT BE RUBBED AWAY

perfectly natural that and the muscles
thro5bing
blood
reached by constitutional treatnentIT CANNOT AWAY
Rheumatism acid in the blood by
of bodily the and Kidneys have failed This
of the
acid which absorbed inso the blood and distributed to all parts of the
only symptoms AID though they be scattered relieved for time
by surface treatment they will at the exposure to sold
after attack of indigestion other Rhuma
irritating, shift
muscle joint joint settling the causing
swelling
crippled life thoroughly
of weak, constantly deposit
49, acrid
ce joints and bones the body lis fed
~ AA nouished by health sustaining
. . blood which completely
Rheumatism. S.
PURELY VEGETABLE of both purifying and tonic
purifying healing herbs and
Rheumatism valuable
blood S. and
yNE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CT,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-02-21
Penalties of Prosperity.

After all is said it must be conceded
that the apparent disregard for human
life in the United States Is largely a
tribute to progress and to the indus,
tries that constitute prosperity. Even
fatal railroad accidents, the largest
item In the list, cannot be wholly
eliminated. though they can and ought
to be greatly reduced in number. But,
says the Indianapolis News, railroad
accidents are only one item in the list
of annual fatalities. There are fatal
accidents in mining, building, manu-.
featuring and agriculture. They all
claim their victims as sort of tribute
to progress, though very costly one.
Carefully compiled statistics show that
in the five great industries of railroad
Ing, mining, building, manufacturing
and agriculture no less than 5S6,l65
persons are annually killed or injured
In the United States. This is at the
rate of over one a minute, and 1t in
cludes only few of the largest in
dustries.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-02-21
Memorial euIIdIna a. ArIInaton.

One OF the kindly suggestions in
President Roosevelt's annual message
is that there be constructed At Arlins-
ton a memorial amIhitheater. an est
mate for the preliminary work on
which is contained in the report OF
the secretary of war. The Grand
Army OF the Republic in its annual
national encampment has recommend
ed such structure as necessary for
the appropriate observance of Me-
mortal Day and as a fitting monument
to the soldier and sailor dead buried
in the beautiful cemetery, and the
president heartily concurs In the prop
osition. The old soldiers are getting
fewer and feebler, and when they take
part In the Memorial Day exercises,
says the Troy Times. It is right that
they should be made as comfortable
as possible. That is part OF the idea
of erecting such an amphitheater. The
structure would be still more i'm
pressive as honoring the dead at Ar
lington. And It would most aptly
symbolic the reunited nation. Ar
lington itself was formerly the home
of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the knightly
confederate commander, and in its
soil rest not only thousands of union
dead but many who wore the gray and
who afterward served their country
when the cali came and was respond
ed to without regard to section or po-
litical differences. The Arlington me
mortal should be erected as soon as
possible.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-02-21
The Life Of Bio Guns.

With the invention of smokeless
powder for use in the big guns Of war
ships and coast defenses, problem
presented itself to ordnance officers
which was unknown to their predeces-
sors of the days Of black powder and
smooth-bore guns. The problem is the
prolongation OF the life OF the guns.
All modern artillery is rifled; that is,
each gun has a series of spiral grooves
cut on its interior surface. The
grooves impart spin to the projectile,
as ii is forced from the guh, and the
effect is to keep the point headed for
ward. By this means its range, &C
curacy and penetration are enormous
ly increased. The great value Of
smokeless powder is the increased We
locity which II gives to the shell, but
velocity Is attained at the expense OF
a tremendous increase Of temperature
of the burning gases. The high tenn
perature, in turn, erodes, or burns out,
the metal of the gun itself. so that the
rifiing at the breech is soon destroyed.
The gun then becomes inaccurate and
therefore useless. The war depart
ment OF the United States has found
that the big 1S.inch guns now mount.
ed In most OF the seacoast defenses
are good for no more than 60 shots
before they are worn out. The ex'
pense OF the guns is so great that this
Is a serious matter. The striking force
OF the projectile cannot be reduced
without weakening the defenses OF the
codntry. But the war department
thinks II has found way out OF the
difficulty. Striking force is the prod
uct of the mass, or weight, of the pro-
jec.ile multiplied by the speed with
which II travels. In order to lenSthen
the life of coast-defense guns the
pressure, which means speed, must he
reduced. To maintain the same strik-
ing force, accordingly, the mass OF the
shell must be increased. The war de-
par,ment, says Youths Companion, is
planning to substitute 10 or l6-inch
guns for the 1S-inch guns now In use.
la this way the same range and pene'
ration will be preserved, and the life
Of the guns advanced from 60 shots 20
l20.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-02-21
First Time In Fourteen Years,

Leavenworth. kas Last Thurs
day was the first day In fourteen
years shat E umett Dalton, she ex
train robber, has spent outside the
prison walls at Lansing. He is not
by any means a free man, but a
trusty, which means he can be de.
tailed to work outside the prison
and the authorities have no fear OF
his running away.
He IA employed as clerk for the
weighmaster,
Emmett Dalton Ia the surviving
member OF the Dalton gang OF out
laws, which included the three Dali
ton brothers, Bob, Grafton and
Emmett, who first sprang into pub.
lie notice In 1889 and were wiped
out in 1892, at Coffeyville, Kss,,
where they attempted to rob the
Coffeyyille National bank.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-02-21
Work on 0redqe Boats.

Work on the dredge boats Is pro.
crossing iavorably at tn different
points on the river where they are to
be launched. A young lady writing
from Papinville alludes so the one
under construction there as ship
The one as A,hol Is expected TO be
completed bv the first OF April and
the one as Marvel bridge about the
same time. Work is necessarily slow
during she present weather, but they
are large crafts Tie boats will be
about loo ieet long by nearly 50'eet
wide Once these boats are finished
Is is claimed work on the ditch will
proceed quite rapidly.-Rich Hill Re
view.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-02-21
A THAW TRIAL CENSORSHIP.
President Would Have NeWspa.
pers Printing Full Details
Barred From the Mail.

WASHINGTON, Feb, IL President
Roosevelt has asked the postmaster
general to take steps tn bar from the
mails newspapers printing in 'ull the
details of She Thaw trial il he may
do so under the law. This Is the otti'
cial statement issued from the White
House 80 day;
"The President has communicated
with the postmaster general to learn
whether Is T. feasible so bar from the
mails papers giving the full, disgust
ing particulars OF the Thaw case. He
doesn't know whether Is is feasible,
but II il is he wishes It TO be done
Since the Thaw trial opened the
president has several timesexpressed
himself iorcibly regarding the news
papers thnt have been playing up
the proceedings 1t Is said that IN
his opinion every publication that
has printed she testimony Ia iull
ought TO be barred from the malls
under the law prohibiting obscene
matter. He has issued orders TO at
tsches Of the White House that un-
der no circumstances shall any o'tne
offending papers reach tie eyes o'hi'
children.
New York, Feb. II -Cnitel States
District Attorney Simpson sent a
warning 80 al New York papers that
every publication HE prints
obscene matter concerning the Thaw
trial viii bn prosecuted under section
1893 o, she federal statutes. Simp-
son acted Independently OF Roose-
yelt. He did not know at the time
that the president had ordered the
postmaster general TO bar from she
mails papers containing sensational
matter.