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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-09-08

At the recent examination Tor
teachers certificates the follow
ing were granted certificates
Professionalism Peed. First
Grade-Margaret Cowan. Sec
ond Grade-Clara Carroll, Daph-
inc Haigh, Rena Cant, Fred Tay-
lor, Ola Granger, Callie Sawyer,
Nellie Thompson, Nellie Wright,
Ina Pinnick, S. H. Walker, Ethan
Green, Austin Lauppe, Leon
Eastburn, S. E. Aldrich. Third
Grade-Clara Bromwell, Bessie
Brock, Pearl Schell, Gertrude
Barragree, Elsie Meade. Laura
Smith, Laura Geisinger Mabelle
Pavey, Glen Cowan. Four APP
plicants wrote for grades. Three
applicants had manuscripts sent
to other counties to be graded.
Five applicants failed to make
grade.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-09-08

For Sale:-Sewed carpet rags.
Call at this Office for information.
For Sale:-Five acre tract of
land within a mile of Provident
City Texas. For information
call at this Office.
Mrs. VIM. Backe went to
Plains Sunday. She will have
charge of the Primary Depart
ment the coming year.
Herman Cheney is advertising
a sale at his place in Logan twp.
He informs us that his mother,
Mrs. S. B. Cheney intends to &C.
cupy her home in Fowler with
the children, that he is going to
school at Salina as soon as he
can arrange his business. He
has rented the farm OF more
than two thousand acres to Mr..
Philip Specht and others. Her
man is determined to get an ed
ucation after which he may re-
turn to the farm. He is doing
the proper thing in our opinion
and the after years will reveal
the wisdom of the move.
Last Wednesday crowd of II
Encampment Odd Fellows went
from Meade to Beaver in automo
biles. Beaver Valley Encamp
ment No. 81 was instituted will
six Charter members, after
which the three Encampmen
: degrees we're conferred on
: class of thirty-fve candidates
: At midnight the Rebekahs serv
f ed sandwiches, coffee, pickles
| ice cream and cake, which wer
| thoroughly appreciated and avot
of appreciation rendered to tn
A sisters. The degree work an
Il institution was completed at 81
5 and after breakfast all cam
e home. Everyone had a pleasar
IL time and all are loud in thei
+ praise of the royal and fraterni
reception rendered by the Beave
o. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-09-08
Baptist

At the morning hour the pas
tor preached on The Realist's
Vision giving an exposition of
Isaiah 2, 8.
In the afternoon he preached
at Lakeview. Since the hot
weather is over and the rush OF
the Summers work is through,
we hope to see the work take a
new life there.
At the evening hour Rev. S. l..
Boyce gave us an able Discourse
in Paul the Model Gospel Preach
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-09-08
At SMe Churches
Presbyterian ,

The Holy Communion will be OBJ
served Sabbath. September 18th.
The Ladies Circle will meet at
Mrs. Hamilton's Friday of this
week.
The theme for next Sabbath morn
ing will be, "The meeting of Jesus
and Zacchaeus" Luke 1855.
Preaching at II a. m. and 8:I5
D. m. Sabbath school at 10 a. m.
prayer meeting WEDNESDAY evening
at 8 o'clock.
EVERETT H. SPERow,
Minister.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-09-08
Office of Supt. of Insurance.
TOPEKA, KANS.,
Mr.. ]. H. Marsh,
Topeka, Kansas,

NIL - LIZ hoi ohi
Topeka, Kansas,
Dear SIR
Our attention has recently
been called to the fact that you
have made the statement to
person insured in a Mutual Fire
insurance Company in Kansas,
that by taking membership IN
such Company he becomes liable
for all of it's debts regardless OF
the amount of his premium note.
1t is also reported that yon have
stated, that the Farmers Al
lance ms. Co., of Kansas is not
in a solvent condition and that it
has not paid its losses. If you
know this to be a fact, this de-
partment will be interested in
knowing the names of the parties
who have been deprived OF any
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-09-08

of the Brotherhood will be on
Thursday night. A good int
crest is being taken in these
meetings but we need a larger
attendance. This is mems re-
ligious work for men.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
BARNEY WELCOMES
HIS SUSPENSION
Auto Racer Says He'll Organize
Army of Insurgents Through
out the Country

Los ANGELES. Dec 24.-Barney Old
field regards his suspension for year
by the American automobile association
as Christmas present.
Oldfeld and his manager, William
Pickens, appeared delighted today when
they learned of the action of the asso-
citation. which also affects nine other
drivers and Ascot park, in this city.
THE three A crowd will greatly as
sist the insurgent movement by sus-
pending all tracks over which we race,
and all drivers participating in our
meets" said Pickens. January Z and
we will hold another insurgent meet
at Ascot park, and after that we will be
racing twice a week, covering the en-
tire country before the season is over
If the association holds to its promise
to suspend everybody connected with
our meets we will have mole drivers,
cars and tracks under our banner than
ever raced under their sanction"
Oldheld said: Il am surprised the
contest board did not suspend the
Sheepshead Bay track where raced
Jack Johnson"
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
COST OF TRAVEL
HIGH IN BRAZIL
Expense Account of Travelling
Statesmen Mounts Into
Large Figures

American merchants and manufac-
turers sending their statesmen to Bra
zil will be surprised at the expense
accounts of their men, as they will
doubtless be higher than any they
have before seen.
There is no way of reducing the ex-
pense if man insists upon his work
being well done. In Pernambuco I
asked salesman to allow me to see
him get to work and open his sam
pies. He had druggists sundries from
the United States in three trunks,
weighing not over 500 pounds for the
three Pernambuco Is city of about
10000 inhabitants, has a large terri
tory producing sugar and cotton tribu-
tary to 1t, and the items will apply to
any other place along the coast. They
will vary little, but ordinarily any
salesman will have them to meet
It cost 20 milreis ($9) to bring the
trunks from the steamer to the store
and milreis (sL80) to haul them to
an empty room for exhibit This
storeroom was up one flight of stairs,
over a shop. The salesman hired
man for l milreis (36 cents) to sweep
down the stairs and make them pre-
'sentable. He had to buy six boards at
L edCH LOT HIS DeuCnSS Oh WHICH
to spread his goods. He employed
carpenter to make him four simple
horses on which to lay his tables. The
cost OF the lumber and horses was 10
milreis. A man charged milreis for
carrying the outfit to the hired room.
The salesman then bought 1 milreis
worth of wrapping paper to cover his
benches and proceeded to unpack his
wares for inspection. He had to pay
months rent of the room, although he
expected to be there only two weeks,
and he felt himself in luck to find a.
room so near the business center. The
rent was 80 milreis for the month. It
cost that salesman $33 before he had
shown his goods TO a person.
There Is no other way. Hotels do
not have sample rooms, and If they did
they are so located that buyers could
hardly be induced to visit them on ac-
count of lost time. Another salesman
from Europe told me it always cost
him twice what I had enumerated to
get started because he had eight
trunks Of European goods and he re-
quired a larger room.
There is no chance for salesman TO
reduce his expenses. He has to go
through exactly the same motions
every time. He can not sell his lum-
Der for a quarter of what it cost with
ont spending more time than it is
worth. The carpenter does not buy
his lumber Of statesmen, and says so.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
HAITI GRANTS MONOPOLY
TO COASTWISE SHIPS
Three Steamers to Make One
Voyage a Week Each

H. w. Furniss, United States minister
to Haiti, in a dispatch dated October
Ia. from Port au Prince, furnishes the
text of a contract drawn August IL be-
tween the government of Haiti and a
German resident on the island. provid-
ing for the establishment of a coast
wise steamship service for Haiti He
also gives the law modifying and sane
tioning this contract.
The concession as approved calls for
a line of three steamers of at least $50
tons each, to make one voyage per
week each, touching at specified coast
ports. The vessels are to carry the
mails and government officials gratis,
and are to transport government troops
and freight at half rates. They are also
liable to requisition for military serv-
conditions will receive an annual SUBJ
sidy of $12, 600 throughout the duration
of the concession, as well as the free
lease of a portion Of the public domain
in the port of, Port au Prince, to be
used for the construction and mainte-
nance of a wharf and depot of supplies.
The contract. which is made for 25
years. carries the exclusive right to the
steamship coasting trade of Haiti, al
though the privilege Of plying the coast
is to be retained by the boats which
now exercise 1T.
Arrangements for operating under
this concession have not been concluded
by the holder. In order that it remain
valid the steamships must be in active
service within Is months after the
passage of the law referred to.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
EXPORTS TO China
SHOW A DECREASE
Trade Statement for 9 Months
Indicates Loss of One=fOurth
of Former Year

Exports to China from the United
States will show smaller value in the
calendar year 1910 than for many
years; certainly less than in any year
since 1903 and may even fall below
that year and prove the lowest of the
decade ending with 1910 The Septem-
ber trade statement shows our total ex-
ports to China in the nine months end
ing with September as but S13,750, 900
and for the month of September $1,000
600, indicating that the total for the
year which ends with next month will
be approximately $15,500 900, against
S19,500,000 in 1909, $21,750,00o In 1908,
s23,0o0,000 in 1907. 100000, 900 in 1906
and $5S,500,000 in 1905. This indicates
that the total value of our exports to
China in 1910 will be but about one
fourth those of 1905.
The falling off in the value of Amsri-
can exports to China occurs chiefly in
cotton and mineral oils OF cotton
cloths the exports to China in the
calendar wear will approximate
s4,50o,o0o In value, against $4,000. 900
in 1903. s16,750,00o in 1906 and $50, 5o0.-
600 in 1905. OF Illuminating oil exports
to China will show a total of about
$5.000,o00 in the calendar year 1910,
against $6,000.000 in 1909, $780, 600 In
1910 ana So,oVV,OUO in 1905.
OF flour the quantity exported to
China In the nine months ending with
September was but 1850 barrels,
against 2e5.241 in the same months of
1908, and the value. s32,s90, against
S1,0s1,326. OF copper, the exports to
China have fallen from $40 900, 900
worth in 1907 to practically nothing in
the current year, this fall being chiefly
due to the cessation of the manufac-
ture in China of the new copper coins,
so largely produced in that country
during the last few years
The falling off in exports of cotton
cloths to China is probably due, in
some degree at least. to the price of
American raw cotton. which has both
stimulated cotton production in China
In recent years and increased her taxi
ings of cotton yarn from India On the
other hand. the fall in value of mineral
OIL sent to China is apparently due ex-
clusively to lower prices, since the
quantity of oil exported to that coun-
try from the United States in the nine
months ending with September shows
an advance of 20 per cent and the value
decline of IL per cent when compared
with lastsy year.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
GOLF TOURNEY AT
PRESIDIO TODAY
Second Round of Is Hole Match
Play VIII Be Contested
Tomorrow

The Presidio golf club is the only
one of the local clubs that will hold
a tournament today.
The first round over 1S holes of
match play will take place today, and
the second round will be played to-
morrow under similar conditions.
The players will compete for the
presidents cup in the first flight of
16 and the second flight will play >for
the club cup.
The matches that will be played in
the first flight today are as follows:
L :. Cowgirl vs.. F. A. Wilkins; H. B. Keith
stewart IS; r. Y. watt j NJ stephens IS. IS.
G. H. Bentley; w. K. Guthrie VS.. Colonel Ladd !;
NJ. q. Cummings VS.. R. NJ Eyre.
In the second flight the players drew as fol-
lows for the first round
J. S. Webster VS.. II. Z. Law: G. Stoney vs.
H. Law; Major. Day VS.. X. Kelham; w H.
Rhodes vs. R. II. Postlethwate; H. v. Rams
dell vs. F. Stott; A. vogelsang VS.. W. ]. Dut-
Stewart VS.. B. Faymonvirle.
Rev. w. K. Guthrie has already
registered two wins on the presidents
cup.
The professional tournament that was
to have been held today on the Clare
mont Country club links has been put
off until tomorrow. This will bring
all of the crack professionals together
and some great golf should result. The
San Francisco Country and Golf club
has arranged a tournament for a week
from tomorrow for the Liverpool gold
medal This is a perpetual trophy and
the club championship goes with it.
Play will be over Sc holes, medas
handicap, and will start In the morn
ing and continue all day. The second
Is holes. which will be played in the
afternoon will constitute bogey han
dicap tournament.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
INDIAN COTTON CROP
DAMAGED BY MOISTURE
Output in Punjab rs Per Cent
Less Than Expected

Recent rains have done great dam
age to the cotton crop of India, the
outturn in some portions of the Punjab
having been decreased % per cent from
expectations.
Subscriptions have been opened in
Karachi in aid of the people of Dera
Ghazi Khan, small town which has
been almost destroyed by the erosion
of the Indus.
In view of the coming extinction of
the opium trade with China, which
comes to an end in 1917, a number of
officials in the opium department have
been transferred to the police and no
more are being engaged
On account of the activity of the
British naval forces in the Persian gulf
in putting down gun running and the
consequent scarcity of arms in Afghan
istan prices have increased from 400 to
500 per cent in the Afghan bazaars.
Lead for industrial and manufacture
ing purposes other than the making of
shot and bullets, has been exempted
from all prohibition and directions un-
der the Indian arms act of 1878 in the
districts of Karachi. Larkana, Sukkur
and upper Sind frontier, Sind.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
WESTERN CANADA GREAT
MARKET FOR AMERICANS

Consul General John e. Jones of
innipeg has directed attention to the
commercial Importance of the fact that
tRere are 100000 Americans in western
1anaoa and at least 100000 more will
come in every year. These people are
bound to American ideas and American
made goods. Everything of American
manufacture is eagerly sought and
promptly purchased. New York rather
than London sets the style, and the
people in western Canada are an exact
counterpart of those in our western
states. The market is a wealthy one,
and the grain growers are prosperous
and good spenders.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
Cubs President Breaks
Arm on the Ice

CHICAGO. Dec. 2z.-President Charles
". Murphy Of the Chicago National
league baseball club appeared today at
a west side hospital with a broken
arm. He said he had gone out last
evening after dinner for short walk
near his Sheridan road home and
slipped on an icy walk and fell heavily
on his right arm, breaking it just
~hove the wrist
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

At Gualeguaychu. province Of Entire
Rios. Argentina, two floating schools
have been added to the educational
facilities of the province. These ships
travel about the various islands and
remain for few days at each settle
ment or village, enabling the inhabi-
tants to secure an education. heretofore
impossible.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

Realizing the commercial prestige of
Rosario, the Central Argentine railroad
has inaugurated a daily express service
between Rosario and Buenos Aires. The
run is made in 4 hours and 55 minutes,
the distance being 100 miles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

GT. MARYS college boasts gymnastc this year that
promises be the athletic world before
~ winter draws end This
the the first academic class and displayed
wonderful FORM handiy taking camp
college.
The is in command of Captain c. Whisky and though
of its have had the experience generally
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

needed lineup of this character still the great which
boys have shown and the they play together demonstrates that
they will shortly rank with the leaders of their and class the
Pacific coast.
This line of indoor sport promises be popular than
the Catholic college the bay Since its Inauguration the
athletes the grades have taken kindly the
with the result that practically class boasts its
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

If the good die young, must we sup
pose the bad become oldest Inhabitants
and lie about their ages. the weather
and sundIy other things2
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

It isn't easy for woman to look
natural when she is having her pic
ture taken.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

A new postoffice will be built in Ro-
sario, Argentine, in the near future at
a cost of several hundred thousand
pesos.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25

Misery loves company. but the feel
ing is never reciprocal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-31

Hartford, CT. Especially An in
sane father was prevented from
buchering his four little children, on
the banks Of the Connecticut River,
by the timely arrival of the police
When located back of the bushes
his four boys were partly undressed
and were lined in a row, the maniac
father standing over them with the
uplifted axe A boy of four was TO
have been the first victim. The child
was standing beneath the shining
blade with a crucifx in one hand,
calmly awaiting its fate. The other,
under orders of the madman, were
terrified spectators. The father was
then taken to the police station and
locked In a padded cell. He is a
dispossessed by his landlord and the
occurrence made him desperate.
Chongle was heard to tell his chill
dren to prepare for their death, his
original plan being to throw them
into the river. Later he changed
his mind and decided to murder them
first and then make away with their
bodies in the swollen stream.
Like sheep, ne led the quartet,
whose ages range from two to seven
years. to the isolated spot. where he
was traced.
The officers who prevented the
wholesale killing, said that their
hearts failed them as they beheld
the terrifying scene. Fearing that
the madman would crush the skull
of the boy he had before him should
their presence be detected, they crept
up from behind and overpowered
Chongle, who fought desperately.
The maniac disputed the right of the
officers to interfere with his plans
for making away with his children,
claiming that as their father he had
a right to do with them as he pleased
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-31
As Guest OF Emperor william.

Berlin tSpeciall 1t was learned
from an official source that Colonel
Roosevelt will arrive in Berlin on
April l2. He will be the personal
guest OF the Emperor for four days,
during which he will stop at the royal
palace. The statement that Colonel
Roosevelt will arrive here on April
~ and go direct TO the royal palace
is not quite understood. At the
American Embassy it is not known
whether the ex-President will ar
rive previous to that date, but II
has been generally understood that
he would arrive here on April 8, and
would spend couple Of days with
Ambassador Hill before going to the
palace.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-31
Straus To Meet Roosevelt.

Washington, ID. c. (speciaD -
Oscar Straus. United States ambas-
sador to Constantinople. left that
city March on the Scorpion. of the
Navy, for Cairo. Egypt, where he is
to have a long conference with ex-
President Roosevelt. It was learned
that Mr.. Straus' trip was in answer
to a cable message from Colonel
Roosevelt requesting the conference.
In some quarters the visit Is re-
garded with significance. Mr. Straus
was secretary Of commerce and la
bor In the last four years of the
Roosevelt administration. was al
ways close to Mr. Roosevelt and is
likewise warm friend of President
Taft
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-31

New York Especially The name
of Senator Timothy d. Sullivan
Familiarity known as big Tim" fig
ured briefly in the first insurance
inquiry, but for the most part, as
at previous sessions, William Hotch-
kiss. the state superintendent OF in
surance, kept on sweeping cobwebs
off alleged shady transactions at
Albany in years gone by.
Sullivan's name, which gave a
tinge of modernity to the investiga-
tion, was brought in when George F.
Seward, president of the Fidelity and
Casualty Company, who testified that
a representative of big Tim" offered
in 1891 or 1892, to put off" bill
Objectionable to the company for a
consideration of $4,000. Sullivan,
who came 10 New York from Albany,
apparently does not like the charge
seriously, Stewards testimony, he
said, was mere hearsay and does not
concern him. The bill became a law
in 1892.
The source of trouble to the cas-
ualty companies lay in an amendment
to the codification to limit the bus
mess of the casualty company to one
line. Mr.. Seward testified that the
Tim Sullivan" who a man named
Brown had represented would put
off the bill for $4,000. was "Big
Tim" Sullivan.
You mean Big Tim Sullivan. the
present senator?" asked Mr.. Hotch-
kiss.
Big Tim he said. ] didn't know
there was any other He was Der-
sistently active"
Were Eager For Money.
Mr.. Seward spoke of the old days
when, If he went to Albany and tried
to speak to members of the Assembly
to advocate a bill, some of them
would say, rs there any money in
it?"
Can you give me any specific time
at which you were aproached?"
Yes. | think it was about the
time the casualty bill was before the
House. A legislator met"
Who was he?" asked Mr.. Hotch-
kiss, interrupting.
His name was Goldberg. and l
believe he was from Buffalo. He
met me in the capitol building.
What are you up here for?' he ask
ed. told him He replied: I
think there's money in that bill and
| propose to have some.'"
For years" said Mr. Seward,
the insurance and casualty COM
panies have been harassed in every
part of the country by insurance de-
partments and by strike bills and
by bills introduced by legislators
who were not well informed"
Mr. Seward told of an attempt to
force him to pay $4,000 for killing
bill adversely affecting casualty
companies