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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
JUDGE WALLOPEO BY A PASTOR
Missouri Minister Uses a Chair as
Weapon In Discussion of
Church Affairs.

Warrensburg, Mo-, Feb. 19.-Whlle
discussing a church matter in he
business home of Judge B. F. Sum-
mers in Knobnoster, the Rev. w. T.
Logan, pastor of the Knobnoster Pres
byterian, church, seized a chair and
struck his parlshioner over the head
until bystanders interfered. He then
walked to the Office of Justice Knaus
and pleaded guilty TO assault and was
fined Judge Summers is a well-to-do
business man of Knobnoster, a men,
Der of Mr.. Logan's congregation and
a member of the Johnson county
court.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
DIED TRYING TO SAVE HIS SON
Mine Accident Near Clinton, Mo-,
Claims Father and Son as
Victims.

Clinton, Mo-, Feb. 19-R. L.. Lind.
say, 80 years old, and son Leslie, 10,
lost their lives in a coal shaft FIVE
miles southeast OF Clinton. The boy
entered the mine after a shot had
been fired, and while being hoisted to
the top fell back dead. His father
died trying to rescue him.
Mr. Lindsay came to Henry county
two months ago from Atwater, MINI.
The bodies will be taken to Seymour,
Iowa, for burial Mr.. Lindsay is sur.
vived by widow, two daughters and
one son.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
SHOTS IN A REAL ESTATE DEAL
One Man Killed and Two Wounded at
the Result Of a Conference
at Dallas, Texas.

Dallas, Tex, Feb. 21.-In confer
ence over a proposed real estate deal
in an Office bnilding here James L.
White, treasurer of the Republic
Trust Company of this city, was shot
and killed and A. Silvers, vice-presi-
dent of the Republic and president Of
A. Silvers G. Co., probably was IA
tally wounded. ]. A. Clapton of San
Antonio, Tex, the third man in the
conference, is charged with the crime.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
Plttsbura the Meanest Town.

Pittsburg, Kan, Feb. 21.-It is be.
lieved that Pittsburg stands a good
show Of taking the prize for having
the meanest neighborhocd. w. R.
Smith, a blind man, complained to
the police that his neighbors cleaned
up their places and then threw the
trash into his back yard.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
Mules Died In a Mine Fire.

Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. 2O.-Fire
started early in the morning in the
mule stables at the North Leaven.
worth coal shaft. The stables are
eight hundred feet benath the Mis-
souri, river. The officials say eleven
mules were suffocated. The coal did
not take fire. There were no miners
in the shaft.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
TO RESCUE IN A STEAM ENGINE
Wife Saved and Burglars Routed by
Chicago Engineer After a
Fast Run.

Chicago, Feb. 21.-Running his To-
connective at a high rate Of speed for
several miles, James Powers, engineer
OF switch engine, raced to his home
in response to a telephone call from
his wife that burglars had locked her
In a room. He arrived in time to re-
lease his wife and chase the intru-
ders, but they escaped.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
A FIRM EMPLOYED
KNOCKOUT SQUAD
Government Files Suit Against the
McCaskey Register Co.
MAKES SENSATIONAL CHARGES
Attorney General Wickersham Alleges
Monopoly and Unfair Methods by
the Company In Dealing With
Its Competitors.

Cleveland, O., Feb. Sensational
charges of violations of the Sherman
Antitrust law are leveled at the Nc
Caskey Register Company in a civil
suit filed here by order of Attorney
General Wickersham.
To acquire monopoly of the inter-
state and foreign commerce in the
sale of account registers, appliances
and systems for keeping credit &C.
counts, the company, its officers and
agents, have, it is charged, wrongful
ly and fraudulently INSTRUCTED and
suppressed the business of competi-
tors, bribed their employees, employed
agents to spy upon their business,
nave waged an unfair campaign of
patent suits and threatened suits, and
OF other unlawful methods to atihe
competition.
The federal district court here was
asked to restrain the defendants from
further monopoly and to prohibit a
series of alleged unlawful and unfair
! practices.
Among the defendants is: John H.
Jones Of Kansas City, Mo.
The defendant company is said 20
own exclusively the Dominion Regis
ter Company, Ltd, Of Toronto, Can,
which also maintains an agency in
London.
See Unfair Campaign.
A campaign Of fierce and unfair
competition" has been planned or con-
scented to by officers of the company,
the government alleges. A force of
special men, sometimes called the
flying squadron" or knockout men,
was employed, it Is declared, to i'm.
part to statesmen and agents instruc.
tions to destroy the business Of COM
petitors and for the purpose Of inter.
fering with negotiations and inducing
the cancellation by the customers oil
their contracts Of sale with competi
tors.
Agents were also employed, It IL
charged, to spy upon the business Of
competitors and fraudulently obtain
information as to their sales and ship
ments and the addresses OF their Gus
toners or prospective customers. EN-
ployes Of competitors were secretl!
engaged, 1t is charged, to furnish OF
ficers of the defendant company will
confidential information concerning
the business of competitors.
Defendants are declared to have In
structed agents to procure information
from employees of railroads, express
companies and hotel companies and
others as to plans and shipments Of
competitors.
Competitors coerced7
Employees Of competitors are al
legged to have been coerced, persuaded
and paid to abandon their employ
ment, violating their contracts, 70
come with the defendant company
bringing with them as many as pos
sible of their associates and all the
available information as to competi
tors business
A multiplicity of suits and threat
ened suits have been brought, 1t Ia
charged, against competitors for the
alleged infringement of patent rights
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27

OSSH dpPOlutSu Culel u ponce, du-
vanced upon Colonel Riverell, shoot
ing and wounding him severely.
Immediately there was an exchange
of shots and three or four members
OF the presidents staff are said TO
have been wounded.
Just to make the records clear Ma
dero had been given reasonable time
i'll which to write his resignation.
General Delgado, who acted as the
emissary of Madero in the negotia-
tions for an armistice Sunday, has
been arrested. Huerta and his sup
porters did not trust Delgado to come
into their plan.
Twenty men of the Twenty-ninth in.
fantry, of Blanquets forces, were en-
trusted with the duty of guarding the
private rooms of the president at tn
beginning of the revolt in the palace
The Capture of Madero.
The arrest OF Madero took place in
the hall of the ambassadors. When
the president entered the room he
found all the entrances guarded
One soldier, over-eXcited by the
words of Banquet, pointed his gun
at the breast of Madero. who leaped
upon him.
In the struggle the gun was dis
charged, without injuring anyone. The
soldier was disarmed and placed un.
der arrest by order of Huerta on the
charge of firing without orders.
Capitals Day of Horror.
All the horrors of a bombardment
have been experienced by the resi-.
dents of this city for many days and
to those that might be expected have
been added the effects of vicious ma.
chine guns and rifle fire in the streets
at range some times of less than
one hundred yards.
Scarcely a district of the capital
has escaped injury. Over and through
every quarter at some time shells
have torn and screeched and exploded.
Little round shells from the automa-
tic pompoms have added to the ter
ror and destruction.
Hundreds of buildings attest by their
hole-marked sides and wrecked in-e'
riors to the destructive qualities OF
modern artillery.
Thousands Killed and Wounded.
How many have been killed or
wounded is a question which none can
answer with any exactitude. 1t is
doubtful whether even the govern.
ment records will ever reveal the cor.
rect number
From a source usually considered
careful and conservative Il has been
stated that the number Of dead Is
not less than two thousand, while the
total of the wounded amounts to from
eight to zen thousand.
The great majority of these are moi
soldiers, but men, women and chill
dren unable to escape the lines o.
fire. This estimate was made after
hearing the reports of scores Of Of
6cers OF the White and Red Cross
societies and Of the hospitals.
Detachments of fifty and one hun
dred men have been slaughtered here
and there at various times whei
caught in the narrow streets ant
moved down by machine guns.
Carts piled high with bodies hav'
been seen to be driven past certain
point to a spot IN the outskirts of thu
city where the bodies have beer
burned.
Every morning could be seen wha
appeared in the zone of the actual fgh
to be piles of burning rubbish. These
heaps are for the most part rubbish
but the odor Of burning flesh tell:
another story.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
A Necklace for Mrs. Taft.

New York, Feb. 19-When Mrs. Taft
leaves. the White House at the expi-
ration of her husbands term she will
take with her as a token of the es,
teen in which she is held by Wash.
ington society a necklace costing up
ward of $4,000.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
Protect Labor and Farmers.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Prohibitiom
of prosecution of labor unions and
farmers organizations under the Sher-
man Antitrust law by the Depart
ment Of Justice has been written into
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill by
the House.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
A Son of General Lee Dead.

Ravensworth, W. Va, Feb. 19.-G.
W. c. Lee, oldest son of Gen. Robert
e. Lee, formerly an aide on the staff
Of Jefferson Davis, and president EN-.
eritus of Washington and Lee univer-
sity, is dead here. He was so years
old.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
Bio Fire In constantlnopIe,

London, Feb. 19.-The conhagration
which threatened to wipe out most OF
Constaneinople is under control. More
than 200 houses and shops in the dis
trict surrounding the great mosque
of st. Sophia we're destroyed. The
mosque itself appears to have suf-
fered no serious harm.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
Naval Bill Reported.

Washington, Feb 21.-The Naval
Appropriation bill, carrying 146 mil
lion dollars and authorizing two bat
tleships, one transport, one supply
ship, six torpedo boat destroyers and
four submarines, has been reported
in the House.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
Vermont for Direct Vote.

Montpelier, VT, Feb. 20.-Resolu-
tions ratifying the federal income tax
and the direct election of United
States senators by the people were
adopted by the senate The house
previously had adopted the resolu-
lions.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
AMERICAN TROOPS
ARE IN READINESS
Governments Attitude Toward Mex
leo to Be Unchanged.
AUTHORITIES ARE GRATIfIED
Strain Of Last Ten Days Followed by
Reaction in National Capital
General Huerta Wires to
President Taft.

Washington, Feb 20-Reaction from
the severe strain under which the dip
lomatic, military and naval branches
of the government have been laboring
for the last ten days because of the
Mexican revolt, was marked by the
comparative lethargy prevailing IN
those departments. A hasty consulta'
ton between heads of the various de-
partments, conducted to some extent
by subordinates, resulted in general
decision to maintain the existing at
titude toward Mexico, not only in
diplomatic sense, but so far as that
involves the preparation of the army
and navy to meet any emergency thai
might arise.
Though naturally gratified at the
termination of the almost continuous
battle that has ragged within the
heart of City of Mexico. for SO long
a period of time, it was deemed UNI
wise to permit that sentiment to af-
feet the progress Of arrangements be-
ing made to protect the lives of for
eigners in Mexico, In case the stu
alton should get beyond control of the
new temporary government.
Original orders to army officers to
hold the soldiers ready to move at
short notice, and to transports to pro-
coed to their assigned destinations,
where they were to embark troops
and marines, were allowed to remain
in force, officials reasoning that some
benefit is to be derived from the ex-
perience gained through this attempt
at mobilization even If there should
be no occasion to give it practical
turn.
Probably some reply will be made
by President Taft to the personal mes
sage from General Victoriano Huerta,
who signed himself commander-in-
chief, announcing that re had over
thrown the Madero government, but
it will be of such nature as not to
constitute a political recognition OF
the new government.
The message from Huerta to Presi-
dent Taft was as follows:
II have the honor to inform you
that l have overthrown this govern
ment, the forces are with me and
from now on peace and prosperity will
reign.
"Yo1r ohedient servant
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-02-27
"Your obedient servant,
"VICTORIANO HUERTA,
"Commander-in-C hief.'

Ambassador Wilson is expected to
communicate freely with Military
Governor Huerta, to transact the or
binary business of the embassy and
his example, it is expected, will be
followed by the diplomatic represen-
tatives of the other powers, all such
exchanges being on a defacto basis.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-27
HANNA'S KINDLY DEED
LEADERS, HEART WAS TOUCHED
BY SMALL GIRLS MISERY.
Daughter OF Political Foe, With Whom
He Had Had a Bitter Fight, Sc
cured Pardon for Her
Convict Father.

We had in prison a man call David
son. He belonged to an opposing po-
litical faction, which Hanna had
crushed. The Hanna men found ir-
Irregularities In Davidson's conduct of
public affairs and he got FIVE years.
When grew to know him, he discuss
ed his case with me. AS many Ohio
people suspected, he was the scape-
goat OF his gang-the more guilty men
escaped. Davidson had a quiet little
daughter about thirteen years old who
came In, scared half to death, every
visiting day. And once when she ap-
piled to me for a permit Hanna stood
in the office.
who's that?" he asked.
"Davidson's daughter" replied:
He followed her with his eyes.
It's shame to have her coming
here" he said.
1 was always pleading the cause Of
convicts who had not received a square
deal, and I took this opportunity to
speak for Davidson.
Senator Hanna seemed scarcely to
hear me. He kept looking off toward
the door. and he said something about
a pardon.
THAT would be a generous thing to
do" 1 said; hes been a political
enemy"
For that" said the senator, "he
could go hang! It's the little girl
there" He choked, and 1 saw that his
eyes had filled with tears. Suddenly he
started for the telephone saying:
Hold her when she comes back" He
called up the governors office. In as
natural and matter-of-fact way as
though he were buying a collar he or
dered pardon for Davidson. Send it
over here at once!" he added.
When the little girl returned to the
gate, her eyes bleared from crying,
Mark Hanna engaged her in CONVEX
satien. He had her laughing as a
runner entered and handed him an
envelope.
Here's something for you, my DEAR"
he said after he had opened it-"a par
don for your father"
1t was a minute before she under
stood; but when l left them she had
thrown her arms about his neck and
they were both crying."-Win Irwin in
the Saturday Evening Post.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-27
Open Safe With Trnnnnef

To make safes burglar proof by
abolishing all locks, keys and keyholes,
Thorne Baker of London utilizes the
well-known constituencies of a tightly
stretched wire to respond to its own
musical note. The wire is in the safe.
To open it one must blow trumpet or
sound tuning fork in the precisely
correct key. The wire Is connected
with an electric battery. When the
note Is sounded the wire vibrates and
turns on the current which operates
the locking mechanism. p.
AS a greater safeguard Mr.. Baker
puts three wires, tuned to three diff.
erent keys, and each operating a lock.
So 1t Is necessary to sound three diff.
ferent notes on the bugle, trumset,
organ or tuning fork in order to open
the safe. -
The one evident objection to this
locking apparatus is that one or more
Of the wires might get out Of tune, in
which case the safe could not be open.
ed until the right key was found.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-27
Caramel Cuatard.

Cook four tablespoonfuls of sugar
until 1t is a light brown. Put into
a baking dish. Beat three eggs with
three tablesDoonfuls of sugar, Add a
cupful and a half Of cream or rich
milk, and a "teaspoonful of vanilla.
Pour 1t into the baking dish on top
OF the caramel Bake in a pan of
water until 1t Is set Instead OF cook.
Ing this custard In a big. dish, little
OF the caramel can be put in each OF
half a dozen custard cups, and the
custard mixture poured over It, Tlfen
they can be baked and when they are
done turned out on individual dishes.
Serve cold.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-27
Steamer Wrecked In Hav Field.

The remains of an excursion steam.
er may be seen in a bayfield, 800 feet
above the Lake of Loen, in Norway.
This oddly placed wreck Is the sole
relic Of terrible landslip which took
place in 1906, when the whole side of
a mountain suddenly slipped into the
lake, raising great wave over 300
feet high, which drowned, everybody
living along the shore, over so people
perishing. The steamer, which was
moored on the lake at the time, was
carried on the crest Of the wave over
a perpendicular cliff and deposited, as
already stated, moro than 800 feet
above the normal level Of the water,
over a quarter of mile away from it's
anchorage. It Is a torn and battered
wreck, every bit OF woodwork has been
wrenched of and the twisted steel.
work testifles to the force of the
wave which cast It ashore.-Wide
world Magazine. .a....
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-27
THAT NOBEL PEACE PARODY

. If there should be any one thing
otfat could cause Alfred Bernard
Nobel the late Swedish inventor
who left S9,2OO.00O as a foundation
from the income of which $40, 900
each year is to be given to the
worlds foremost exponen: of peace,
tic. come back and see what is being
done with the money he would
thirty minutes after his second
coming abolish the fund.
4 The Nobel peace prize fund ia
being used to promote a parody
both upon philanthropy and upon
peace promotion. 1t was ridiculous
enough when the prize was few
years ago awarded to Theodore
Roosevelt, born belligereDt and
warrior only shade removed from
sthe swasb-buckling temperament of
the days Of chivaIry.
Now the prize is bestowed Upon
Elihu Root for bis work in the pa.
cification of the philippines and
Cuba, and in The handling Of the
Acknowledgements dispute that
arose over the barring of Japs FRI m
the public schools of California.
Comedy ancient and modern, con-
tains no funnieE thing than this.
But what can one expect? The
man who founded this fund for the
bestowal of peace prisea was the
inventor ofEdynnDite or giant pow
der, and at one time along about
1857. admitted that he controlled
fifteeh dynamite factories IL var,
ious parts Of the world.
However his foundation might
subsetse, some humane purpose il,
those who administer the trust did
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-27
IN PLACE OF THE PIE
soME RECIPES THAT. WILL PROVE
OF VALUE.
Amber and chartreuse Of jelly Are
Among the 6est-How to Prepare
Maearoon Rosettes-coeoanut
Cream Also Good.

Amber Jelly-Two tablespoons CELIA
tine. one-half cup boiling water. one.
half cup cold water. three cups sweet
cider, sugar
Soak gelatine in the cold water for
five minutes. Dissolve in boiling wa,
ter, add cider and sugar. Stir until
dissolved and pour into mold.
Chartreuse of Jelly-Cut out the
center OF a round sponge cake, leaving
the bottom and sides thick enough to
hold quart Of jelly. Prepare a lem
on. strawberry, orange or wine jelly.
and when 1t Is cold and just ready to
In a cool place or on Ice. When ready
to serve cover the top with the chilled
froth from a cup Of double cream and
n cup of milk beaten with a whip
churn- Flavor the cream with vanilla
or wine and add one-fourth cup OF
confectioners sugar before whipping.
Macaroon Rosettes.-One table
spoon gelatine, one-Qua-ter cup cold
water, three eggs, one-eighth teaspoon
salt, one teaspoon vanilla, two cups
milk. one-thtrd cup sugar, two-thirds
cup pounded macaroons.
Soak gelatine In the cold water five
minutes. Make a custard of the yolks
OF eggs, milk. sugar and salt. Add
gelatine to the hot custard and set In
a cool place. AS 1t thickens add the
beaten whites OF the eggs, macaroons
and vanilla Serve on rosettes or In
patty shells, and garnish with red
jelly put through a ricer.
Cocoanut Cream.-One tablespoon
gelatine, one-quarter cup cold water,
one-third cup sugar, one teaspoon va
nilla, three eggs. two. cups milk, one
cup cocoanut, Pinch of salt.
Beat yolks Of eggs and add sugar.
When milk Is about boiling stir In
eggs and sugar and cook until mixture
thickens slightly. Remove from fire
and add gelatine, which has been
soaked in the cold water five minutes.
When cool and beginning to set add
cocoanut and whites of eggs beaten
stiff, and fiavoring. Line a mold with
sections OF orange and pour the Gus
tard. Serve Ice cold.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-27
SOME MYSTERIES

Here are few mysteries for the
wise men to clear up, taken from
an Eastern exchange:
How can Nature make the peach,
full of juice and cased so closely in
the thinnest Of fuzzy skin that new
er leaks? ., -.. ....
How does blood food here create
hard finger nail, there a hair,
and there a stony tooth?
Whst is electricity? We know
somewhat of how. it acts. But what
is it? We know little more Of it
than does savage.
p What is life? What is the secret
force that transforms in a thrice
living dog that eats his environ
*ment into dead dog whose, envir-
:, onment eats him:
What is love? Why does this
woman thrill you and that one
leave you cold or repel you?
8 What is conscience, that the
worlds policeman that urges US on
to what we thihks right and affrights
us at what we think wrong? -
What is truth? What is per-
sonality? What is being?
And these questions are net re-
!: mote, academic questions, not such
things as Huxley called ''lunar poll
:tics"but they touch the very near
est snd dearest regions of every
mans life.
- We are; but dust notes in the
sunbeam of the infinite. We cling
zlike oysters to our little point in
the bed Of the vast ocean of mys-
terry. (. % .:y....-,.. ...s..- g..
= 'EAil about us is Nature, her mind
"a galaxy Of SECRETS. her thoughts
i. far and strange as the procession
Iof the suns. Nothing benefits US,
her Children, 80 much as reverence
/; for Der purpose, humility cbefora
her great brain. trust and love in
her vast heart. ~, ... .s
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-12-27
Pure Gold.

fure gold is considered as divisible
IN respect to purity into "a parts, each
called a carat, Cor karat), an old term
Tor one-twenty-fourth of an ounce,
Troy Hence the phrase Is carat fine
means that Is twenty-fourths is pure
gold, and the remainder IN alloy mate
rial. Ordinary gold chains and jew
elry are usually only Il carat fine,
but wedding rings are 22 carats fine.