Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-18

ruled.
What is believed to be the first step
IN the formation OF big aeroplane
trust was taken in New York Thurs
day Cortlandt Field Bishop, presi-
dent of the Aero Club of America, an
bounced that syndicate composed OF
members of the Aero club has pur-
chased the rights of the aeroplanes OF
A NJ Herring and Glenn H Curtiss.
end that hereafter they will colabor-
ate in the production of heavier than
air machines.
: The middle Atlantic states have
been visited by one of the worst wind
and snow storms of years. Trains
were blockaded and traffic of all kinds
badly demoralized. There was a fall
of ten inches of snow.
The last of the 80 markers Of the
Santa Fe trail through Colorado was
unveiled at Trinidad last Tuesday.
Crude oil has superseded gas for
fuel in the Katy shops at Parsons be-
cause the supply of gas was found to
be too cratic, and not because Of the
circumstances that the Standard OIL
interests control the Katy.
Unexpectedly ordered TO return to
Constantinople, the Turkish naval of
ficers who came 10 this country on
the American battleship fleet, started
Wednesday on their hoMeward jour
uey.
Edward P. Fitch OF Council Bluffs
Iowa, who disappeared last October
and was found In Italy by the, Ameri
ean consulate, was passenger on the
steamer Pannonia which sailed for
New York Wednesday from Naples.
The body of Raymond Dynan a well
known newspaper man, of GAINESVILLE.
Ohio, who disappeared In November.
was found floating in the Muskingum
rt-er Wednesday afternoon.
Judge Harrington of the United
States circuit court at Carson. Nevada.
handed down a decision Wednesday
in the case OF the Southern Pacific
Railroad company VS.. the Nevada
Railroad commission The decision
sustains the commissioners in every
point and dissolyes the old ifajunctions
against them. The decision covers s.
pages.
Gov. Haskell. of Oklahoma, has sign
ed the school land sale bill which will
place on the market a million and a
half acres of land
At Wi}kebrarre, Pa, terrific e1plO-
sion OF gas last Tuesday resulted I'm
the death OF two men and the serious
injury of u others
A bill has been introduced in the
Missouri legislature to privide home
for incorrigihle negro girls
The Congregational churches in
New York are going to raise a fund OF
100000 with which to pay Off the
debt Of maintaining their missionary
societies
The senate committee on judiciary
at Guthrie, Dkaaficnaa. "Wednesday
reported ont "a Local option con
stitu&ional aal&.isl ia1el1t combining
the two propositions covering the
subject introduced II the committee
provision is adopted by the legislature
ind people as proposed, the state will
&c under prohibition except where
separate communities vote wet
Judge Poterfield, of Kansas City.
has had bill passed ia the Missouri
legislature providing a home for in
eorrigible negro girls Fifty thousand
dollars WAS appropriated for that palr-
pose
a delegation from Ind ependence.
Mo, was before the house railroad
committee at Jefferson City last Tues
day demanding that a bill be intro
dueed forcing the Metropolitan Street
Railway company OF Kansas City to
give them a fVe-cent fare between
these two points
A constitutional amendment has
been passed by the Missouri legisla
tuTe requiring voters to pay all state
and county taxes one year prior to an
election in order to enjoy the privilege
of voting.
Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery, OF
Shelbina, Mo. hanged herself at her
home in that place last Sunday.
Guy Colby, the white boy who has
been living with Sarah Carr: a negress
of Kansas City, is to be returned to
his mother in Boston.
IN the Pittsburg graft cases three
alderman have been found guilty.
Personal.
ExPresldent Roosevelt Will sail
from New York for Africa March 23
| Speaker Cannoc declared Friday
that he was in favor OF changing the
cate of inauguration day from March
DO May L.
Secretary Knox WAS the first caller
u71eon President Taft at the White
blouse
President Taft spent a busy day Fri
day attending a meeting OF the ways
aTd means committee and othel
dulles which were suspended because
of the severe storm Thursday
United States Senator Isaac Steph
enson was reelected to the United
States senate from Wisconsin Thurs
Hay by the joint assembly of the leg
fsiature on the 23Td ballet, having re
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