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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-18
Remember This

Beginning with Jan. LIST all
Water Rents to the City Of
Meade are to be paid at the
Meake State Bank. Bills are
made out and mailed on the first
of every month by the City Clerk
which bills are to be taken to the
Bank to be payed and recelpted
for. All Rents must be paid by
the 10th of each month. The
Bank is instructed not to receive
rents after that date, and in case
any rents are unpaid at that time
the water will be turned off as
provided by City Ordinance No.
1O2 without further notice.
S. w. ELLIS, Water Com'r.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-18

Helena, Mont. Jan. 1.-THE
lowest temperature reported in
Montana today was so degrees
below zero at Malta. 1t was 5
below at Helena. Trains are
running from twelve to fifteen
hours late.-K. C. Star.
Chicago, Jan. l2.- Chicago is
on the verge of coal famine.
Dealers said last night if the
present cold weather lasts four
more days the surplus will be
exhausted. Prices in four days
have advanced on various grades
from ten cents to 81 ton.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-18
From the Hutchinson News.

From the Hutchinson News.
Winchester, Va, Jan. 49,
Northern Virginia is under a
foot of snow. The thermometer
showed thirteen degrees below
today.
Pratt, Jan. 13.-Wlth no mail
coming in for the past three
days from any direction, Pratt
is in the most isolated condition
since the founding OF the town.
Coal is reported to be all gone
and if the temperature does not
raise soon and the railroad get
some coal in, great suffering will
be felt all over the city. The
city commissioners have made
house to house canvas here today
giving a personal search for the
suffering among the poor. A
good many Good Fellows" have
come to the rescue with gifts.
Stock is suffering and feed is
getting very scarce. The tenn
Derature has been as low as is
degrees below.
New York, Jan. 13.-This is
the coolest day New York has
experienced in eight years.
From five below here at mid
night the mercury climbed
steadily down until at six thirty
this morning it was three below.
Duluth, jan, l0.-Cook, MINI.
with record of So below zero,
was the coolest place IN the coun-
ty today. Topeka Capital.
st, Louis, Jan. 12,-Tempera
lures of zero or below prevailed
in Eastern Missouri and South
ern Illinois last night and today.
AT Hannibal, Mo-, the thermom-
eter registered Is degrees be-
low and at Cairo, H., the mer-
curry stood at zero.-K. c. Star.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-18
Coal $40 a. ton in Oklahoma.

From the Kansas City Times.
Guthrie, Ok, Jan. 1.-THE
county officers at Beaver in the
Oklahoma Panhandle have been
closed and the ten days supply
of coal for heating the county
building has been distributed
among the citizens of the town
and surrounding country to keep
them from freezing. That is
told in message received here
today from George H. Healey,
county judge at Beaver and a
cattleman there since the early
'80s. Forty dollars a ton has
been offered there for coal. With
the thermometer ranging around
Is degrees below zero, it is i'm
possible to get the freighters to
go to the railroads for more un-
til the weather moderates.
Healey says:
"We have now passed through
three weeks of the most pro-
tracted and severe weather this
country has experienced in thirty
years. Snow to the depth of
thirteen inches covers the ground
obliterating entirely all the grass.
Range cattle are subsisting on a
ration of oil cake alone and that
is getting low. Reports of loss
es are coming in. Sixteen year
ling steers are reported frozen
out of one bunch last night. We
have feed for thirty days
He reports this the worst snow
and weather since the great biz
zard of the early sos, when all
cattle, regardless of age or con-
dition, that lodged against the
drift freeze" in the Northern
Texas Panhandle were frozen in
one night. Horses, he says,
have a better chance than cat
tie as they paw the snow away
and get grass and they will not
lie down and freeze as cattle do
after standing long time.
Dallas, Texas, Jan. 1.-THE
most severe "norther" of the
winter swept into Texas and
Oklahoma tonight. Late to-
night the mercury is falling at
the rate of degree an hour at
several points. Predictions
from the Texas Panhandle are
for temperatures of 13 to IS be-
low zero tomorrow morning. 1t
was 3 below at Amarillo tonight
at o'clock.
Medora, N. D., Jan. 11.-This
is the coolest day of the season,
the thermometer registering AZ
degrees below zero at 8 a. M,
and 80 below at 5 p. m.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-18
South Side lettings

South Side lettings
Still hard to get around owing
to the big snow.
Water is scarce on the flats
owing to wells getting out of or
der.
Thos.and Will Barragree went
to Meade Monday after coal. 1t
is hoped they got some.
Mrs. Burnett who lived over
east died one day last week and
was buried at the Lutheran GEM
etary.
Reports of stock dying and
people being frozen are exager-
ated considerably as near as /
can find out.
Yves Davidson's little girl died
last Tuesday with the scarlet
fever and was buried at the GEM
etary at the stone school house.
Two more of the family are sick
but are improving at this writing
Everybody is short on coal and
things look pretty blue at pres
ent, Stock is standing the wea-
Their very well so far, but fuel is
getting scarce and if there
should be another storm there is
sure to be suffering.
Asa Ford and family returned
last Thursday from Barton Co,
where they had been visiting his
mother. They drove from Meade
in the storm of Thursday. 1t is
reported that their little girl is
quite sick.
A, J. Paden received notice
from the governor of his appoint
ment as a delegate to the Good
Roads Convention at Emporia.
But owing to the uncertain con-
dition of travel he will not be
able to attend. l wonder what
sort of taffy the governor was
offering him anyway. Every
body knows he is not Stubs
man.
Odee election resulted in a vote
of 19 for Martin and for Neel-
ey. Odee did not cause Necleys
election by any means. The ell
ection board was as follows:
Judges, Geo. Gamble, VIM, BOIL
ing and Mr.. Walk. Clerks, Geo.
Buck and and J.E. Paden. Three
of the appointed board failed to
appear and their places were fill
ed at the polls.
A ]. Paden, wife and son Joe,
drove up to Fowler Friday and
Saturday to visit a brother of Mr.
Paden'S who was at John Padehs
He had got as far as Fowler and
was afraid if be started across
country IS miles to the Irish flats
that he might get storm stayed
beyond the limit of his excursion
ticket. So he phoned Padens to
come up to Fowler if they could.
Mr.. Paden had not seen his bro
ther since July 1884. They sure
had an interesting visit. Mr.,
Paden and Joe came home Mon
day but Mrs. Paden stayed at
Fowler to visit few days lon
ger.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-18

Subscription SIoo per year.
Advertising Rates Display, per inch; Locals o5 per line
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ELLSWORTH YOUNG

we can but wait. watch. hope that
imagined the hand at my door,
There might be something in
that
Il am neither nervous nor an i'm
aginative woman
AT all events, I'll go bail twill not
happen a second time"
How do you propose to prevent
Sure, the simplest way In the
world. ! myself will stand guard in
the saloon, madam"
But no. monsieur; can better af-
ford TO lose little sleep than have
you forfeit your rest. Besides, have
Cecile.
There ensued an argument without
termination; he remained obdurate,
she insistent- Only the appearance OF
Quick on the stroke OF four bells
forced them to shelve the subject.
1t was resumed at the dinner table
and carried out In light manner of
banter for time. dropped and for
gotten. apparently by all but O'Rourke
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17

on the gangway above where a pair
of long brown legs had been but now
were not On the heels of that fruit
less shot he sent another, this time
with no murderous intent, but to
warn the captain on the bridge. Here
at last was an issue forced, animus
proven. assassination indisputahiy at
tempted.
He sprang for the companionway,
was half way up II in thought, his
heart hot within him. mouth dry with
thirst for that lascar's blood. Not a
third time should the man escape his
Judgment at the hands of O'Rourke.
he swore.
A stentorian roar saluted him as he
gained the deck--s below choked and
ending In sickening gurgle.
o'Rourke in a flash swung on his
heel simultaneously he came face to
face with Quick. He could have cried
aloud IN pity.
The captain swayed before him. a
massively built figure clothed all in
white. huge arms trembling toward.
his head. revolver dropping from a
nerveless hand. his chin fallen for.
ward on his chest. q stupid. weary
smile on his face. and dark and hid
eous smear spreading swiftly over the
bosom OF his shirt
A cry Of horror. despair and rage
stuck in the wanderers throat Quick.
who had hailed his appearance on the
Rance at Alden as harbinger OF good
luck. had been foully murdered His
dominant emotion of the moment, sn
intense and pitiful solicitude for the
dying man. threw him or his gnkrd.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
Woman Let in Bogus Gas In
spector, With Gun, Who Gagged
and Tied Her.
TURNED ON ALL GAS
Bold Intruder Sneered at s18 She
Gave Him, Shipped Her Tresses
and Left Them Behind in
Package, She Says.

New York.-Mrs. Geitel Charlton.
who came to this country from Odessa
with her husband, Joseph, and their
four children less than year ago, was
found on the floor of the living-room
Of her home on the second floor of the
.enement at 1859 Prospect place,
Brownsville. the other day by neigh
Dor. Her hands and feet were bound
and her hair had been cut of short.
The gas was turned on in the room.
She said that a man had come
and robbed her of all the money she
had. SIS, and then, disguised with the
smallness of the amount, had cut of
her hair
Charloff is a shoe cutter. He got OF
at noon, and in the afternoon took
their youngest child, Shunie, four
years old, to Manhattan with him to
see an oculist and then to visit sis
ter of his wife's. The other children,
Abraham. seventeen years old; Morris.
fourteen years old, and Louis, eight
years old. were out playing.
About four O'Clock, Mrs. Charlton
said. man raped at the door. Her
husband had told her not to let any
one in unless she knew him. She
peeked out at the man and he said
he was from the gas company, SO she
let him in. The man looked at the
gas meter she. said, and then in the
kitchen demanded money and pointed
a revolver at her. Mrs. Charloff at
tempted to get away and says that the
man grabbed her by the throat. Then
she gave him S1S. the rent money.
which was all she had.
II didn't come for such a small job"
she says the man said. He threw her
into chair, she says, stuffed towel
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
II Dogs EIaht Policemen.

st. Louis. Mother uniforms were
almost torn from Patrolmen NJ. j..
Conner and Patrick Dolan when they
battled with II dogs in the cellar be-
meath the home of Mrs. George
Thompson at 5006 Columbia avenue.
Two OF the dogs were killed by
blows from baseball bats which the
patrolmen used to protect themselves
with. Later it was found three addi-
honal dogs had been injured so se-
verely that they had to be shot.
Mrs Thompson telephoned the po-
lice that all the dogs in the neighbor-
hood had invaded her cellar.
Conner and Dolan reported to the
Mounted District Police station that
they had engaged in one of the worst
lights in their careers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17

and the wings OF that were open for
ventilation.
Tis safer here" he considered
''Therell be no dropping one of those
long knives on me now. be premedi-
tated inadvertence. I'm thinking"
He gaped tremendously. The peace
of the night. the singing of the waves
against the Ranees sides. the deep
throb and unbroken surge of her en-
gines. and the sustained, clear note
of the monsoon In her wire rigging
these combined with physical fatigue
TO soothe the man. to lull him into
fantastic borderland OF dreams. Yet
such was his command of self that he
would not yield to the caressing touch
of drowsiness. but merely lay motion
less and at rest, communing with his
fancy And that led him out of the
sordid saloon OF the Rance across the
seas that lay ahead Of that ships
prov, to the fair land whittier he was
to convey the Pool OF Flame. q.
Abruptly he leapt to his feet. wide
awake and raging.
blow was still sounding through
the saloon dull crash. Buried half
way to the hilt In the bulkhead back
of the transom knife quivered. In
stinctively the wanderers fingers had
closed upon the grip OF his revolver.
He pulled the trigger almost before
he realized what had happened and
sent bullet winging toward a spot
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
He Began Cutting Her Hair.

in her mouth and bound her hands
with another towel and her feet with
a piece of cord he had in his pocket.
Then, with pair of scissors, also ta-
ken from his pocket, he began cutting
her hair, remarking that he could get
something out of that. Mrs. Charloff
gave her age as fifty-three, but she
looks much younger than that and had
fine long hair of a dark brown color
When the man had finished clipping
her hair. she says, he turned on all
the gas jets in the room, closed and
locked the window and then went out,
locking the door on the outside and ta-
king the key with him.
He left the hair in the room. tied up
in package.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
loakS

ing steadily through a racing sea.
through world noisy with the crisp
rattle and crash of breaking crests
Fottifying himself with strong cof-
fee. the adventurer settled himself In
way steps leading up from the tiny
saloon that served as dining-room for
all but the crew of the tramp. From
this position he commanded both en-
frances. port and starboard, from the
upper deck. as well as the doors that
fianked them on either hand. to the
quarters occupied by Mrs. Prynne and
to Dravos' stateroom. which was emp
" and would be SO until the next
change of watch
The succeeding hours dragged inter
minably. quiet and uneyent-
full
About six bells the moon got up.
and its rays, fltering through the
heavy-rihhed glass Of the skylight,
filled the saloon with an opalescent
simmer that assorted incongruously
with the dull glow of the electric
bulbs-dull. because there was some
thing wrong with the dynamo. accord.
ing to Dravos.
o'Rourke. weary and yawning. watch
ed the milky rainbow dance upon the
half-opaque glass overhead for several
] moments before 1t conveyed TO him q
warning. Then Immediately he aban-
doned his seat and stretched himself
out upon trsnsom against the after
bulkhesd. whence he could see some.
thing less OF the upper gangway, but
sufacient for his purposes. For his
chair has been beneath the skylight
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
Printing In China.

IL reports are to be relied on. they
had the art Of printing in China = 400
years ago. 1t was block printing.
however. though II is said that they
had something very like movable type
in the middle OF the tenth century
There may be some doubt as to the er-
act period. but there is no room for
Questioning the fact that for many
centuries before # vas known in Eu
rope ths Art was wall known I'm China
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col. Terence oRourke military free
h ana s9ms'hng &, OF hsny sapler b nees ,n m
beautiful girl who suddenly enters the
elevator and passes from sight. AZ the
gaming table oRourke notices tive men
watching him. One II tho Hon. Bertie
Ulynn, while his companion Is Nihcount
pes Trohes. duelist- The viscount tells
him the French government has directed
him to O'Rourkc as n man who would
undertake secret mission. At his apart
dertake the mission finds a mysterious
letter. The viscount arrives. hnnds
sealed package 10 O'Rourke. who Is not
TO open IL until on the ocean. A pair OF
dainty slippers are soon protrudlng from
under a doorway curtain. The lrishman
nnds tho owner o. the mysterious Zee, t9
rseoneiied, and openins the letter he finds
10000 pounds for n jewel known as the
Pool OF Flame and left to him by n dy-
Ing friend. but now In keeping q one
worsts the noblemnn In a duel. The wife
bids o1tourko farewell and he promises
20 soon return with the reward. lie dis
covers both Glynn and the viscount On
board the ship. As he fnds Chambret
there Is an attack by bandits and his
left the Pool OF Flame with the governor
general, who at sight OF signet ring
given the colonel Will deliver over the
finds the governor general away. Des
Trebes makes mysterious appointment,
aud tells O'Rourke that he has gained
possession OF the jewel by stealing II. In
duel o'Rourke masters the viscount.
secures possession OF tho Pool OF Flame
and starts by ship for Rangoon. He inds
the captain to be siruggier who tries to
steal the Jewel II Is finally secured by
the captain and o'Rourke escapes to
land. With the aid OF one Danny and
his sweetheart. o'Rourke rccovers the
Pool OF Flame. On board ship once more
bound for Rhngoon. a mysterious lady
appears. o'Rourke comes upon n lascar
about to attack the lady. who Is n Mrs.
Prynne. and kicks the man into the hold
Mrs. Prynne claims she is en- route for
India on mission for tho king
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
cAArrgR xxIlI.-tcen.Inued.l

Now Danny happened to have "or"
the first afternoon watch O'Rourke
from the bridge saw him come up the
engine-room companion ladder, dive
into the messroom for his dinner. and
Inter emerge. picking his teeth and
grinning self-complacency until his
master could have kicked him. had
such course been polite before the
crew. or even consistent with the dig
nifty of his ONCE.
"A word to say to ye, sor, II may
make so bold"
O'Rourke glanced at the helmsman.
and having long since made up his
mind that the man was competent.
left him In possession of the bridge
for space. aud Joined Danny below.
What is IT."
Danny lowered his voice to a hoarse
whisper. "Kape yer eye on thot black
divvie up there. sor, for the love OF
Hiven. and don't look surprised at
anything"
o'Rourke moved few PAGES aft,
along the rail. to point whence he
could see the head and shoulders of
the helmsman. "well,"
"'Tis nawthin' | cud swear to. sor,
but 'tis meseif thot's mortal leary av
these naygurs-rapspicts to ye-and-
and"
Come. come, Out with 1t. Danny"
Sure. sor. It's the serang. Have
ye chanced to notice him. sore"
O'Rourae glanced down to the fore
deck. where the parsonage In question
was standing at ease, What OF him p
he inquired. running his eye over the
fellows superb proportions.
~'Tis nawthin' I'D take me oath TO,
soc. but I'm thinkin' he's the man who
boarded the Panjnab at Suck. sor.
And as for the naygur | run against
on the sioon deck. yer honor. he's his
mortal twin"
~Ah." commented o'Rourke. Thank
you. Danny
He continued to watch the serang
until the latter. as if Influenced by the
fixity OF the lrishman's regard. turned
and stared directly into O'Rourke's 9
eyes For a full minute be gave him
look for look. dark eyes steadfast and
u-yteiding above hts fine aquiiine
nose. then calmly turned his back. re-
sutning his contemplation of the tur.
ooient horizon
An instant later Quick came up 10
relieve o'Rourke. and. eight bells
sounding. Danny dived below to take
nravos' place o'Rourke. unpleasant
sy impressed by the incident, stiii for
bore TO mention 1t TO either of the
ships owners; he retired 10 think Il
over, and spent long hour consum
ing an Indifferent cigar and studying
the cracks IN the bulkhead between
his room and the cabin.
Without profit however. Lacking
more substantial proof than Danny.
suspicious. he could arrive at no def
mite conclusion.
The night passed withou, incident;
the second day dawned the counter
part OF its predecessor. and wore
away quietly enough.
II fell 10 o'Rourke TO stand the frsi
soS-wateh. from four to six In the
evening Shortly after be ascendet
the bridge. II was his happiness to b
Joined by Mrs. prynne. who Improved
the moment to express her gratifics
ton with the prop,,io1s tide in her AZ
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
Kidnapped a Monkey.

New York-Wearing a little mon
key suspended from her neck. Mrs.
Millioent Miller of London, landed
here from the steamer Cedric. She kid
naped the little fellow from his mother
In Africa
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
CHAPTER XIV.

The night fell clear as crystal and
wonderfully bright with stars: the
wind went down with the sun, then
rose again refreshed and waxed to
half gale. At midnight O'Rourke,
leaving the bridge. left the Rance driv-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
Bar Raqtime Dances.

Paris--No American ragtime dances
for the international Academy Of
Dancing Masters The arbiters of
terpsichore have barred the turkey
trot bunny hug and the grizzly bear.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-05
NEW LYRIC THEATER.

Manager Hale of the Lyric theater has much pleasure in announcing the formation of the Lyric Amusement company the officers of which are Fl. H. Hale, president; L. E. Sawyer, vice president, and w. F Jacobs, sec retary-treasurer The intention of the company is to build on the site of the Lyric theater, a vaudeville house that will be second to none in the state. A prominent Chicago architect has drawn the plans for the same, and the Chicago Decorating and Supply com pany will have charge of the inte- rior and exterior decorations, which, owing to Che fact that they speclai- ige in this kind of work, means that no effort will be spared to make it beautiful The comfort of the patrons has been given precedence over ey- erything else. Large comfortable, roomy opera chairs will be installed, retiring rooms fol both ladies and gentlemen, will be provided. A con crete floor on level with the street will be laid, thus giving direct en- trance and exit.
 The work on the new theater will commence June l. and it will take about three months to complete the same. A carload of steel will be used in the construction, massive girders capable of supporting three times the amount of weight they will be called upon to sustain will be in stalled, and the new theater from every standpoint will be the most comfortable, convenient and beautiful that money and mans ingenuity can achieve.
 The installation of a first class house in this very choice location marks another step in the forward movement that our city has inaugu- rated.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-05
How's YOUR STOMACH.
Is It Full of Poisonous Gases and Fer
 menting Food.

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The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-05

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The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-05
Flrst PresbyterIan churoh.

Wilmington avenue, near Central avenue. Rev French w. Thompson, pastor. Bible classes, graded lessons, at 9:30 am. Public worship, sermon by pastor, sacrament of the Lords supper will be observed, at Il am. Christian Endeayor at 6:45 pm. Pub lie worship and sermon at 8 pm. Spe- cial music is being prepared for both
 hours of public worship. Strangers and visitors are invited to all services.