Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Undressing Items Gathered From all
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our Readers.
Miscellaneous.

Hearst, who was gathering evidence
to be used in Gov. Haskelfs 6o,000i
damage suit against Hearst.
verdict awarding the United States
government $134,116 damages in I'M
paid customs duties in New York
from the American Sugar Refining
company was rendered Thursday by
a jury which heard charges OF mis-
weighing sugar imports
Carlos Espinosa of Lima, Peru, was
found dead at St. Louis Thursday in
a gas-fliled room, following the receipt
,of letters and kilograms telling of the
loss OF his fathers fortune in South
America
James Hill, of Huntington, w. Va.
was called to the door of his home
near Eccles Thursday and shot to
death by Lou Jones. negro Jones
lied to the mountains and a posse is
now in pursuit.
A commission, consisting OF Robert
&c Ogden, Jacob H. HOllander and
Booker I. Washington, is to be sent to
Liberia 10 report upon the conditions
there
Further earthquake shocks were felt
at Constantine, Algeria, Friday night
The general amnesty bill, which
was among the first introduced
in the Cuban congress, passed the sen
ate of that body Friday night.
Rear Admiral SchIey has issued
call for aid to equipe an Arctic ex-
petition for the relief of DR.. Frederick
Albert Cook who has not been heard
from since last March.
The Texas legislature has invited
President Taft to pay that state an
early visit
Kansas City, Mo, Authorities .eem
10 be lacking In the artistic Iemper-
ment and have put a ban upon the
performance of the sO-caIIed Salome
dance which was being presented at
The Shubert theatre OF that place.
The Chicago National Ball club left
Monday for their training grounds at
West Baden, Ind
Before leaving for Washington Gov.
HadIey sent the name of FL w.
Menschke To the senate as a member
of the board of managers OF the
Nevada asylum for the insane
closed a deal for the installation of
machinery for large paper mill AZ
International Falls, Mimi. with an
output of zoe tons per day
While trying to dispose of jewels
valued at over $500. 600. John D. Scla-
vinitiS. a Greek. WAS arrested at
Omaha. Neb-, last Thursday 1t is sup
posed that the Jewels were lost in
New York by Mrs Otto C. Teinz last
November
In appreciation OF his efforts I'm be-
half OF the discharged Brownsville
battalion. the negro citizens OF Wash
ingtOH Friday presented Ex-senator
Foraker with a massive solid silver
lowing cup
At Washington THURSDAY u0cn WIZ
IL Taft WAS Imaugnrated Us president
The ceremonies were greatly inta=-
erred with by a terrific storm of SHOW
and wisd- All the majE features. hoy
aEeT. were carried OUT The address.
ordinarily delivered frD1H tine EAST
loTticO of the capitol, WAS pronounced
ia tine senate chamber
There were three deaths and three
at2I inquiries incident to- the imam
a1:a1 ceremonies at Washington las
Thursday
r. Mead ShUTnway was hanged a.
t.inoOlmr MeB-, last Friday. the sas-
'reMae court refusing to entertain 2
lo1iOm for further stay of sentence
The California Legislature hes pass
ID resolution asking congress TO en-
act am aDtI7aEen bin which wfaa keeT
Japanese AS We'll as Chinese out OF the
country
MTth a view ITO rId1adDg the cmwmtry
1T Il few certain class of umdeSir-
ode ALIENS, Superintendent Collins so7
ne state prison department o. MeE
York, suggests aegislat5Om by which
foreigners who become inmates OF the
PRISONS of the state may be Gep0r1ssa
Upon their release
The KANSAS legislature passed tSp
massachusetts haga0t law hast Mon
day with o@ly oE3e amendment
Fa@nEe RSes, the we'll known ae-
fress. was G4arTied Weane&d day in
Denver to Paul Washington Ryder, of
f'aighaEen. Mass. This is Miss Race's
third venture in matrimonial aanttesE.
Mr.. Ryder is connected wit the
American Tobacco company Tner
win make their home in New Yo4ss
city.
Mrs Martha Ferguson, OF Coffev-
vile. Kan, was arrested ThursGay
charged With anfanticSde.
The Missouri legislature passed =
bill Monday Making the defacfng 81
tombs a felony
Montgomery county. Ohio, has won
the Bryan mule. which was to be Civ
en- TO The county iii any state whici'
made the larges- Democratic gain titr-
ing the last @ectlen.
In the retrial of the Standard Oh
company at Chicago there is onay one
farmer upon the jury this time
Myron t. Herrick, of Gh5o, has de
arOl,a J.,->s III, ris1- f,x