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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-08

The NAL oderous revelations OF
the Gould divorce suit not only
shows the utterly corrupt and
nauseating daily life of the very
wealthy class, but also reveals a
state of things out of keeping
with our democratic institutions.
The evidence as given by the
daily press not only discloses the
debased, not to say hcentious
daily life of Mrs. Gould, but init
mates that there are others not
so much better. The one fact
which set us thinking of this
sickening suit was the evidence
submitted as to Mrs. Goulds
personal expense for garments,
in which it was set out that for a
woman of her social position the
sum of $40, 100000 per year was
not extravagant.
Pause and consider that sum
of thousands of money, what will
it accomplish in business or in
any useful avenue of endeavor.
A business man, taking the run
of the country, worth that amount
is counted wealthy, while farm
er who can clean up a fourth of
that much cash is on easy street.
The manner of piling up the
Gould millions is we'll known.
That the process of it's accumu-
lation did not return into the
business world an equivalent in
any useful commodity or thing,
the veriest school child knows.
That it only<represents gigantic
Juggling of securities and the
pinching of laborors every read
ing man is we'll aware.
How many woman have toiled
16 hours a day for lifetime that
she and her children might have
comfortable clothing so that the
millions could be piled up for
this woman to spend for silks.
satins and dressed in them lie
in bed all day in a drunken
stupor? How many more have
faced the chilling winds and
storms of winter, scantilly cloth
ed that this wife of a millionaire
could ride trigged out in the
clothing of princess with a man
not her husband, and stay for
DAYS at time in the same hotel
with him?
How many children have died
of exposure, lack of nourishing
food, and medical attendance Sc
she could dress in coStlieSt raj
ment deck her person with bar
barrie profusion of costly gems
and swill champaign day in and
day out.
go too, now ye rich man weep
and howl for your miseries which
shall come upon you. Your rich
es are corrupted and your gar.
ments moth eaten your gold and
silver is cankered and the rust
of them shall be witness against
you, and shall eat your flesh as
fire. Behold the hire of the
laborors who have reaped down
your fields which is of you kept
back by fraud crieth: and the
cries of them which have reaped
are entered into the Lord OF
Sabbaoth."
5th Chap. James LIST to 4th
verses.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-08

county. The bridge is good sub
stantial piece of work and will be
good bridge for many years.
1t is 40 feet in the clear from pier
to pier with an eighteen foot road
way of cement. Resting on piers
of hollow iron filled with cement
which are sunk to proper depth,
it will be strong and enduring. AL
together it is credit to the COM
missioners and the trustee.
We remember distinctly the build
ing of the first bridge across the
Greek at that point.
When coming to Meade for the
first time on the 9th day of January
1886 we crossed there at the ford.
When the SHOWS which were very
heavy in January of that year and
in February melted, and the crossing
was very hard to make and the bot
toms on this side very miry. All
the merchandise and other freight
coming to Meade from Dodge City
crossed there or most Of it at least.
A little came across the creek at the
crossing of the Adobe Wall trail in
the grove, but the stages always
crossed east of town.
Under the conditions the mer-
chants and citizens concluded that
a bridge at that point was an imper-
ative necessity, as there had as yet
been no tsxes collected by the then
recently organized county a sub
scription list was written out for the
purpose or raising money to pay for
the proposed bridge. We were ask
ed to circulate this subscription
paper which we did. We have no
recollections of any particulars ex-
cept that the money was raised, that
when we reached the furniture store
of D. Truax and son, the old gen
tleman was in and when the paper
was presented to him he flew mad
and said he would not be bled for
any such purpose. We apologized
with the intention of getting out as
easily as possible, but that made him
madden and he wanted to whip US,
AT that time we were not able to walk
half mile and weighed liz pounds
and cast a shadow if we had heavy
overcoat on. Well we got out with
out being whipped or fighting. The
bridge was built and later repaired
and small bridges put over the wat
ere course between town and the creek.
Some years after while Mr.. Rule was
trustee and Mr.. Winslow one of the
township board they considered it
necessary to put bridges at ether
crossings. The section lines then
being all roads allowed by law they
put bridges where some were hard to
find. Some years later while Mr..
Stalder was trustee the bridge east
of town again needed repair and one
of the bridges up the creek was hunt
ed up and brought down and this
one repaired, and has continued in
use until the present time.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-08

!. w. Russell, manager of the
Chatten- Kiadoo Lumber and Hard
ware Co. of Plains, came over to
celebrate the fourth with relatives
and old friends. John is an old
hand at the lumber business having
formerly been with the ]. M. Wood
Lumber Co. of Meade While here
John Joined The News family.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-08
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official Paper ofMeade County
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-07-08
Che Meaoe County News
F. d SMITH, Editor
JoHN B. INNS, Business Mgr.

Published every Thursday by
THE MEADE PUBLISHING CO. Inc
Meade, Kansas
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19
omen Of the Cabinet
Snapshots Of ths Charming cotsre That win Assist Mrs.
TAFT IN Presiding Over the World Of Society
at the National CAPITAL

played their part In Washington life
The part grows with the years. In
the beginning OF the twentieth century
n n bigger than II was I'm the nine
teenth century. AS for the present
cabinet. it contains a disparity, for
while there are nine members, they
have only seven wives. Wilson Is 8
widower and Hitchcock a bachelor
The daughter Of the secretary OF agri-
culture. Miss F9Ura Wilson, WIN prob.
ably make up the defect In HIS case,
and. as for poor Hitchcock. II some de
signing mamma does not remove him
from the heaven OF single blessedness
before his term Il over II will not be
through back Of maneuvering to that
end. He may be able to manage poll
ucians and delegations. but he never
has had to deal with the feminine poll
tician and the damsel delegation.
As for the wives OF the other cabinet
officers, they are generally well known
In Washington, and all or them are &C
Quainted with Mrs. Taft, with whom
they will be thrown into such close
contact during the coming administra-
ton. Mrs. Philander Chase Knox,
wife Of the secretary Of state, is al
ready an old comrade Of Mrs. Taft.
having served with her In the RoOse-
yelt cabinet. and they are mutually
fond Of each other. Their houses In
X street were but a short distance
apart. and they frequently made the
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER'S SLIP
Made Taft on Inauguration Day Swear
10 "Exeeute" the Constitution.

to Execute" the Constitution.
ITO execute the constitution"
That Is what William II. Taft swore
to do when be was inaugurated presi-
dent Of the United States. II became
known only recently that in admin
istering the oath Chief Justice Fuller
made a slight slip. The oath as pre-
scribed reads:
Il, William Howard Taft, do sol
EMMY swear that 1 Will faithfully ex-
ecute the Office Of president Of the
United States and will to the best of
my ability preserve, protect and de-
fend the constitution Of the United
States"
Chief Justice Fuller, 1t is now
learned, In speaking the oath for Mr..
Taft to repeat, phrase by phrase, so ut
tered II that be said:
"And will to the best Of my ability
preserve, protect and execute the con-
stitution OF the United States"
Mr.. Taft repeated 1t exactly as Chief
Justice Fuller said and then. bending,
kissed the Bible. Senator Knox. who
was standing beside him as the oath
was administered, noticed the devia-
ton from the prescribed oath and
nudged him, saying softly:
"Don't do IT,"
OF course the slight error made no
difference IN the validity OF the oath.
but It is being recalled with a smile
about the White House because Of the
we'll known fact that Mr.. Taft has a
larger regard for constitutional limlta-
tons than some other presidents have
shown
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19
WILLING TO DEAL.
But HE Terms Didn't Suit the Man
VINO Found the Watch.
A well known western detectiv

VINO round Nno Waecns
A well known western detective
was talking about football crowds.
"They are usually" he said, "the
most respectable of all crowds. /
had, however, an odd experience at
a game in Chicago.
'T started out at the end of the
first half to get a glass of soda.
There was young man in front of
me, a young man in a baggy suit
and a soiled collar. He walked slow
ly. l was almost treading on his
heels. Suddenly he stopped, and /
nearly tripped over him.
Ono, you don'tP he said, with
kind of sneering laugh, as he rose.
You seen it first maybe, but / was
too quick for you, wasn't ~
"He showed me a watch that he
held in the palm of his hand. The
ground was muddy, his knees were
brown with mud where he had
knelt, but the watch was unsoiled.
A thick, solid looking affair it seem
ed to be.
"Hard luck, Gully he went on,
and he walked on beside me, brush
ing his knees. You saw it first,
but l was the quickest and copied
it out. Hard luck, old man. l
guess it's worth twenty-five plunks,
this here ticker. What do you
think?
81 examined the watch.
att looks to me to be worth ev-
cry cent of a hundred 1 said heart
lily.
"'And 1 copied itp he chuckled.
You saw it first. BY gosh, you
nearly upset mel 1 was too quick
for you, though. Hard luckP
"He paused and gave me a kind
ly look.
"'Ssy,' he exclaimed, 4 don't want
to be mean. I'll tell you what I'll
do. I'll go halves. You saw it
first
"'Oh,' said /, you are too gener-
Gus. Halves would be too much
"Well, them said he, I'll make
it third. You was the first to see
it. Then a third Of it's yours
"Do you mean itY l cried.
"FEvery word said he. Pm no
shyster.'
"'All right said 1. That makes
your share, then, $33. Give me SIS,
and we'll call it square,
"He gave me a keen, frowning
look. He thrust the watch into his
pocket.
Freshp he muttered and van
ished in the crowd."-Exchange.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19
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The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19
MINE RESCUE WORK As STUDY
Novel Experiment Station Installed at
Urbana by Illinois University.

Novel Experiment Station Installed at
Urbana by Illinois University.
The technOlogic branch Of the United
States geological survey, In cO-opera-
ton with the Illinois geological sur
vey and the college Of engineering Of
the University Of Illinois, has installed
in the mechanical laboratory of the
university at Urbana, ILL.,, a branch
station for instruction in general mine
Iescue work and for Investigations Of
mine accidents.
The equipment consists OF a gas
tight room fitted up to resemble a
mine and into which poisonous gases
are introduced. four oxygen he'll
NETS with the aid Of which men are
able to enter this poisonous atmos-
phere and perform work similar to
that required after a mine explosion
or In fighting a mine fire. portable
electric safety lamps for use In the
gases, stretchers, dummies. mine props.
brattice. cloth, saws, hammers, nails
and similar tools used In mine rescue
operations, oxygen resuscitatiOn cases
and such equipment as would natural
ly go with work OF this character.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19

W Els d q story about the cabinet
and itg wife. Rather. Il IA n
qtDrf about the wife alone. for
what lg mere man that we
1hould be mindful OF him, especially
In the social gamer II Il probable that
The bunch OF lawyers Taft has gath
cred around him wlll fuss more or less
with afiaira and set their names In the
papers but we al know, or at least
We all should know. that their wives
VIII run the real world OF the capital.
which IN the world OF society. AS
matter OF fact also, women have a
whole loo 20 say about the politics Of
this small earth. and this u entirely
apart from the suffraRette movement.
Woman. lovely woman, has had her
finger IN the political pie IN France
and England for years. and any one
who imagines that she has not had her
say about Uncle Sans game does not
know Washington. For this reason
and others women Of the cabinet have
become quite factor In our national
life. The fact that Mrs. Taft and Mrs.
sherman rode In the inaugural parade
"a sign u the times. They belonged
there.
More than one ofhciaI IN Washington
was made by his wife; also more than
one oflieial was unmadel Our mothers,
wives and sisters do not know any
thing about the government Of nations
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19

MRS. CHARLES NAGEL.
Of his service as secretary OF agricul-
ture. there viii be another cabinet
member without a woman. Miss VIII
son so ably acquitted herself during
her official life that 1t Is hoped she wiz
return to It. She is a close friend to
Mrs. Knox and knows Mrs. Taft.
Mrs. Charles Nagel. whose husband
has been chosen as secretary Of COM
merce and labor, Is little known to
Washington society. principally In the
smart set, through her summer resi-
dence at Marion, Mass. She is
graceful and gracious hostess and viii
be heartily welcomed to the cabinet
circle.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19
Night on Bald Mountain

On lonely night Alex. Benton, of Fort
Edward. n Y, climbed Bald Mountain to
the home Of a neighbOr tortured by asthma,
bent on curing him with DIR. Kings New Dis
covery, that had cured himselfO of asthma.
This wonderful medicine soon relieved and
quickly cured his neighbOr. Later it cured
his sons wife Of a severe lung trouble. Mil
lions believe it's the greatest throat and lung
cure on earth. Coughs, colds, Group, hemor-
rhages and sore luags are surely cured by il.
Best for hay fever, grip and whOOping cough.
SOC. and 500 Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by Banner Drug Store.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19
Miss Wilson In Grand Opera.

Unless Miss Flora Wilson decides to
give up the operate stage. which she
Is likely to do. and become her Ia
TIERS hostess, as during the first years
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19

The best known pills and the best pills made
are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. They are
small, easy TO take, gentle and certain, and
are sold by Banner Drug Store.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19

held fast through all the more mature
years Of her life. Her father, Corne-
Illus Wendell, went to Washington
from Albany and lived In one Of the
spacious old fashioned residences In 4
street. AS Mildred Wendell she at
tended Mime. Burr's fashionable school
with the girls Of her set, many of
whom are now interested In her return
as an official hostess.
There is no particular charm about
the Office Of the postmaster general
under Mr.. Taft's administration. 1t is
filed by a bachelor, the first to enter
the cabinet In a long time. Frank H.
Hitchcock Is without hostess for his
menage, but nevertheless he will an
nually entertain the president and
Mrs. Taft at dinner and otherwise dis
pense the hospitality required Of him.
He will be the most sought for dinner
guest in Washington, and II he ever
dimes at home, except when he enter
tains the president. 1t will not be the
fault of fashionable matrons.
The Two Misses Meyer.
Mrs. George Won Lengerke Meyer.
wife of the retiring postmaster gen
eral, who has been selected to serve as
secretary of the navy, is, like Mrs.
Knox, already an experienced cabinet
hostess and a friend Of Mrs. Taft.
Besides this. Mrs. Meyer has been pre-
Sented at foreign courts. has lived in
Rome, where her husband was ambas-
sador, and was transferred from there
to st. Petersburg, where through the
hottest Of Russian troubles he acQuit-
ted himself creditably. The two daugh-
tiers Of Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer, Miss Julia
Meyer and Miss Alice Meyer, are al
most Of a size, and, though they do
not look In the least alike, both have
dark hair and eyes, and they are al
ways dressed exactly alike. They
have a natty little electric runabOut,
In which they shop and make calls.
and they are seldom separated.
Nor IL Mrs. Richard A. Balllnger a
stranger to Washington. Her husband.
who has been selected as secretary Of
the interior to fill the place left vacant
by Mr.. Garfield, was formerly connect
ed with the general land office, and
Washington was their home for some
time. Her new duties will bring her
more in touch with the official element
Of society. for which she is amply
fitted
Miss Wilson In Grand Opera.
Unless Miss Flora Wilson decides to
give up the operate stage. which she
Is likely to do. and become her Ia
theirs hostess, as during the first years
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19

tuesday morning journey from their
homes to the White House together
The home Of the secretary and Mrs.
Knox is delightfully."- located In X
street. just on Sixteenth street. or
Executive avenue, or the Avenue OF
Presidents, as 1t is severally dubbed
from time to time, and is but a few
blocks from the White House. Ii is
Just bit Of a walk. which Mrs. Knox
quite delights In. Having been on
close terms with Mrs. Root. wife OF
the recent secretary OF state, Mrs.
Knox Is already conversant with her
duties, and. as for the cabinet customs
generally. no one knows them better.
Capital Knows Macveaghs.
Mrs. Franklin Macveagh, who will
stand next to Mrs. Knox at the White
House. Is already acquainted with the
smart set In Washington through her
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19

oh, no! But they do know all about the
government OF men, and In this way
they rule the rulers, govern the gov
errors and manipulate the manipu-
lators. Those pink teas are not mere
" ornamental Washington dinners
aud receptions, dances and social chats
have seen many little twists given to
world policies. A quiet word from
1sf7inine lips has plgeonholed bills in
congress. The bureaucracy that has
nun the army and navy, II reports say
true, has not all been a male AFFAIR.
Women are natural diplomats and
masters OF 6nesse and intrigue. They
may not vote. but they vote the voters.
They may not DO elected or appointed
% hold once. but reign BY divine right
Hitchcock = Bachelor.
since the days Of Washington TIN
nov tha women Of To cabinet have
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19
A Warrington Girl.

Going to Washington for Mrs.
George w. Wickersham Is almost like
returning home, for 1t was there that
she spent considerable part Of her
happy girlhoOd. She has hosts Of
friends at the Capital City. who be-
speak her constancy In that the friend
ships formed at her desk In school have
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-03-19

frequent Visits to her brother-ln-lav.
Wayne MaeVeagh. and his family at
their home IN Massachusetts avenue.
Before marriage Mrs. Macveagh was
Miss Emily Eames Of New hlngland,
and Eames MacVsagh. the son or the
honse. bears the family name. Mr..
and Mrs. MacVeagh are familiar with
the Washington summer residents IN
New England. al they own a delight
fnl homo. KnollWood, at Dublin, N. h,
where many Of them live. They have
large fortune and are expected to en-
terrain layishly.
Mrs.. Dickinson wife OF Jacob Nc
Gavock Dickinson, chosen for secrs-
tnry Of war, a a southern woman OF
much grace and tact and possesses to
marked degree the hospitality which
makes the women OF her section OF
country famous. While Judge Dickin-
son praeticed law In Memphis, Tenn,
as the partner Of the former secretary
Of war she reigned as q social leader,
and her departure from there was
keenly regretted. She 10 a much trav-
oled woman and has been over almost
the entire world. she accompanied her
husband to Pekin when he went there
IN member OF the commission to set
tie the Boxer troubles. She frequently
visited at Washington the minister
from Norway; Christian Hauge, who
died few years ago. and his charm
ing wife. Nine. Hauge. whose relative
she In
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-07-29

Misses Stella and Ethel Harmon, of
Warrensburg, are visiting their sis
ter, Mrs. j. f. Thompson,
New Dutch collars, BarretteS, side
and back combs. Walker-McKibben.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Ray, of Urich,
Mo-, came down the first of the week
to visit the family of John Ray.
New belts and shopping bags,
Observation-Disclosures.
Miss Margaret DcArmond, of Chi
cago, came in Monday to visit her
aunt Mrs. D. A. DeArmond.
Mems $3.50 oxfords for $3.50.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
H. N. Bullock, of Archie, visited
his son, Sheriff w. j. Bullock last
week. Mr.. Bullock is 76 years old,
hale and hearty.
Help double our business in 1909
by buying all you wear of us
Black G. Arnold Clothing Co.
Frank, the young son of Sidney
Voris, living south of Butler, fell
from fence and broke his left arm
near the wrist, Saturday morning
Wash dresses at half price.
Observation-Disclosures.
Bob. Price and family, of BartleS-
vile, Okla, arrived in the city Mon
day to visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Price.
| have a number of inquiries for
farms. If you wish to sell, list with
me. G. w. HESS.
28tf Butler, Mo.
News comes that Will A. Howard
is very low at his home in Johnstown
with stomach trouble, with which he
has been afflicted fora long time.
Bargains in white skirts at CSC and
$1.98. ker-McKibbens.
Mrs. C. H. Conger and children, of
Washington City, D. c., came in the
first of the week on a visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Edwards.
E and w mems shirts SOC and $1.0O
at Observation-Disclosures.
A fine rain Sunday, just in time, as
the corn, owing to the excessive rains
earlier, had begun to fire. The
meadows were also badly in need of
moisture.
Mrs. Jennie Fulkerson who has
been spending several months with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Patty,
returned to her home in Kansas City
this week.
Mr.. Hadley is kinder neglecting
his press bureau the last few days.
The city papers haven't said anything
about his methods of raising more
for about a week.
Our esteemed old Democratic friend
R. Davis Radford, Of Deep Water
township, was a pleasant caller and
observing his annual custom of the
past thirty years, had his dates set
ahead.
Billy Taft is mighty good man
and we are all mighty thankful for
that good rain he sent us on last Sun
day. If he will just repeat the dose
every week or ten days for the next
month and a half he can then run
ALONG and play GOLF.