Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-10-30
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Washington.
President Wilson has written let
ter to Secretary Redfield of the De
partment of Commerce approving in
its entirety the latter's plan for re-
organization OF the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce with an an
nual appropriation for expenses in
creased from $32S,300 to approximate
ly 100000.
The United States government has
informed Professionally President Vic
toriano Huerta that it looked with
adherence and amaZement upon his
assumption of both executive and leg
islative powers in Mexico and that
in view OF his course could not regard
as constitutional the elections planned
for October rs.
tions from Secretary Bryan, that the
United States would regard with dis
favor any stern punishment meted
out to imprisoned Mexican deputies,
the Huerta government told American
diplomatic representatives that no
harm will come to the legislators.
Yellow fever at Carmen and Cam
peche, both districts in Mexico from
which American refugees are coming
to the United States, has been re-
ported to the public health service.
Domestic Items.
Officials of the American Trust
Company were found guilty of using
the mails to defraud in connection
with the operation of their bank, by
jury in the federal court at Mem
phis, Tenn.
Miners who have worked the beach
sands at Nome, Alaska, for their gold
believe it likely that the storm that
half destroyed the city drove ashore
gold bearing sands that will more than
pay for the damage done.
Captain Francis Inch, whose steam
er, the Volturno, was burned at sea,
with the loss of 1876 lives, told his
story of the disaster by wireless. 1t
is a plain seaman's tale, but in it.
line by line, the horrors of the disas-
ter and the terrible ordeal through
which passengers and, crew passed are
brought out all the more clearly per.
haps, because of the marked direct
ness and simplicity with which the
story is told.
A suicide epidemic that has been
prevalent at st. Louis for several
weeks resulted in declaration by the
coroner that he would wage cam
paign against druggists who sell
poison Unfortunately.
The Plymouth country cranberry
crop in New England is hard hit by
the recent snow storm. Growers es
timated that $4,000 barrels of un
picked berries in the boys in this vi
cinity were spoiled.
Joseph Prince was found guilty Of
murder in the first degree in the cir
cult court at Springfield, Mo-, and his
sentence was fixed at life imprison
ment.
Alvey A. Adee, veteran second as
sistant secretary of state, was rur
down by motor truck while ridint
a bicycle to his Office in Washington
as has been his all-year-around custom
for many years, but escaped with M
injuries.
Total attendance at the five world
series games was Isl 900. Total re
ceipts, $325,9SO Players share, $135,
1889, of which the Athletics get g.
per cent, or 1924 to each player
while the losers take 40 per cent, o
$2,162 to each player. Each club
total share, $40, 1880. National com
missions share, $32,59S
Several minor changes in the polit
are to be proposed by special con
mission of nineteen at the nationa
council of Congregational churches
which will meet in Kansas City o.
tober % to 81.
, A quarter million dollar corporatio
is being formed in St. Louis, it is salt