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DRK AND HOT AT CHAnLEsrON
Ice, Natural and ArtiaeiaI. 6elIs at IElf .
Cent n Pound.

CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. 11.-All the ihclent
inhabitants Of Charleston agree In 70 state
mont that there never has been sucb0 winter
as this. and their opinion is bornSout oy tho
figures Of the Signal Bureau. Het are some
OF the figures: The mean tepoerature Tor
December was co.. tho hiGhesf known In Is
years. Such a winter even In tps mild climate
is unprecedented. Not only i%he temperature
extraordinary. but more y if bonSb the drought "a.
rainfall was less than oneJhiId Of an inch.
When it Is considered th thts city: with Y
population Of nearly 7OSY' 1SpenIS S1mdSs tSs
% cisterns, ifF Il viii iii be- sSaeeT6at the drought
very serious matter. 9leEe are nTobqbly LOOT
Ing clothes. WHithoa cisiern water ID
women and their famlles suffer greatly. the
dss far as the TRere Srs 900
people 10 this city 2ho have never sssknown
and cold weatheEis sEfmpsrStiyeig srSnn the fact
that there is no bprehension hereor the last
demle Of la criyoe. The death rR Tho large
m9orty Of edths are t6ose of am lee
There areseltous spprehat year Charles
famine neXdSumtTIsGi sntIssiv n15ae supply q nat
esiablis,ed here. SlnceUs@tab sta biished In South t6
manufSt9Trhies q hsh nave @ @oede combine.and have
largey increased thctory can however sup
T1e n; GhaFlestoa aEeSt iaith OF the demand. Ice
einmands herede. The retailers have been
Somnd az whol!olore at one-half a cent per
selling i hhye-sixths OF the supply of Ice in
Pound IS!l AboJs from the North. The other one
thls sxtS sity = etcial ice should there be an Ice
famine nr6ha onp to two cents or pound at retail
~ II i6rse OF the Gulf Stream at this port. The
she s1ss correspondent has intervisWed all OF the
ouCRptains who are. IN port They say that !
ss6y have not noticed any mar ked change In
ne course OF the stream, and none Of them
enture TO express an opinion on the subject Of
he peculiar winter weather. All tho ancient ,
mariners In Charleston are equally puzzled on |
he subject OF this queer wintor
A very serious phase OF the question presents !
arly strawberries and peas to tho mi!lionaires |
i New York. Should the present mild weather
ontinue they may make their fortunes. |
'hould; however, there be rigorous; spring.
we're received to-day from Northern people BY |
he hotel proprieiors asking whether the city
mt again called at the Health Department to- |
lay and was authorized TO say that there has
lot yet been sinRie case of the prevailing |
,pidomic reported In the city.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

Taylur. Of Illinois. wants the term "
tile President increased To six years,
and that he he ineligible FOR reelection,
and has introduced u joint resolution
lopkln. to tia; end. Ten years would
bc better s,ill. Then We should not
have these frequent political uphrayais.
which now upset business and destroy
profits ls well as public confidence just
one year out ~ luur. llr also provides
In his resolution that the terms u Ref
rcsentatiycs In coagrc-s b. heightened
to three years. This, however, Is not
80 important as the other idea Ere.
qucnt Congycs sioull elections are not so
denoriliziug and with the Presidential
term heightened, might come ~ with
messages from the people uiIcncr. -
Lcadyillc Herald Democrat.
Yes. Make it ten vars. Elections
occur too often now.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

the Republic, where il has not vet been
decided, and tile tough element retained
control of the municipal government.
Last Tuesday WIS the day set for Il
municipal election for the coming year.
On Tuesday morning detachment OF
100 soldiers arrived in lliIalgo at 3
O'Clock in the morning from Soltillo,
the capital of the State of Coahnila.
They put all OF the police under arrest,
went To the residences OF the city Of
licers, arrested them all, put them in jail,
not allowing them bond. The next
morning found llidaiso in the hands Of
tie federal authorities, with loo soldiers
10 back them, aud not Il city officer Ia
be- found.
The election was held, the law and
order party carried the day and now
have control Of the city affairs. The
parties arrested are still In jail, hut
when the city government is thoroughly
organized and IN running order they
Will he released, rs there is virtually no
charge against them.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01
NV ,.,. mim A,a Tho we.,.

4 Washington dispatch sayh; The
fight over the Worlds Fair site j. re-
gar,lrd ~ finally settled by the action
Of III. house. New Yutk's leading rep
rcsruiaiiycs accept the defeat calmly
and phllusDphlClily and consider II lluai.
They sAy New York. despite many
draw backs. made n gallant fshi. and
now thu, they have bccn beaten thgy
how gracefully to 'l- situation nni
intend Ia do what they can iu make the
ialE Nurccss. Chicago. New lusk
leaders think, has taken tremendous
responsibility upon herself. Drprw
says tic mos, marvellous exhibit OF
mosiorn times has Just closed success
I,lly In Paris. Whaicyc. Chicago Jo-i
Is 10 b. compared with that. II sh,
equals 1; a,ic has made success u .i'
sufplesss II she has male triumph; u
she falls below she will b, held rcspan'
siblc by the American p '1pl- frr having
ASSUMED VIA; she w.i1 nIt equal 20.
believe M. will succeed.
MANY ST Louis aud Washing go inca
have uIr1ly announced thai ihry
Intend 10 work iog Chicago J. Is mol
believed tile strength II tie "ppuUrUii
u Tie fair will exceed slNty ypir,. iii
probable. however. q lafg" uHiaIr 0
members viii hc found Ia iasus al
p1s'p,uiu. the d7;c u the fair until ''l
Chicago people ate overlooking viii
Il idncHs.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01
DO IT ON a BIC SCALE.
Colorado Equai. the R..t Of Them aud
Warrants All .hai 1. Doing
Donr FOR Her.

The following timely ranarks are
taken froin the New Castle Noupariel
and mo Ia line with Tar liEnALD's
observations un the same subject:
We most heartily commend the move
ment now well under way 10 advertise
Colorado In the East. Coming from
Pennsylvania, state bounding In re-
sources similar 10 Colorado but farther
advanced in development, and where II
young man can only get a start by long
years OF hand work because tie avenues
OF business are well occupied, We can
readily sec The advantages open to
young men In Colorado. Our eXper-
fence In the West, and especially Colo
RADIO, conyluces us that amy man OF no
other capital than simply pluck and
energy can make IL win here. The
chances open 10 all branches OF industry
and trade are numerous, md M 10 re.
suits there Is no question 10 tie Young
man Of sbsicmiuus habits and integrity,
\ more promising Held for the invest
rient Of capital does not exist anywhere
on the American continent than Ia our
highly favored Colorado. In the open.
ing oi gold and silver mines, develop
msnt OF coal and Iron Interests, farming
lands 10 be reclaimed, cities 10 10
built, In tho erection OF Iron mills,
iuuni-rios, sinrltcrs to such rs will
invest their means in the channels in
dicsieI above, there is no question rs
10 handsome returns. Sooner or later
Colorado viii be the great manufacture.
Ing center Of the entire West. We
have the finest climate on earth, II
never gets loo cold for the prosecution
Of outdoor work In winter or too warm
tn summer. Our climate is not an .r'
pcnslyc one for men Ia live In, and with
the development Of Our vast farming
and fruit interests living viii be rs
cheap as anywhere. We have the raw
material for the maiuinincnrc Of all
SORTS ii manufactures; our mountains
arc full Of hidden treasures which Only
need 10 L. brought 10 III. hufiac. To
make ours one of tho most wealthy
commemorative in the sisicrhcoi. 10
one who is acquainted with the vas,
iron aud coal interests Of Pennsylvania
and tile wealth they have brought IL.
wc can sec n magnificent future for
Colorado. Let there be- a biz aiycf,is-
Ing fund raised to carry on this work
ou u big scale Because the states rcsour
ccs warrant II aud can well afford tic
expense.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

many only with their night-clOthcs ON.
The survivors are in great restitution
having neither provisions nor clothing,
Many are using course grain sacks in
lieu Of clothing.
! Friday evening a courier was sent
from the upper 10 the lower dam 10
warn the residents that the former
structure WAS in danger OF breaking,
but owing Ia the storm the messenger
lost his life in trying Ia cross the Has
sayampa within view OF the survivors
OF the camp lac had tried To save.
Charles Thompson, "A courier who ar
rived on the afternoon Of tie 9th, from
below Wiokensburs. reports that nine
bodies have been discovered at Wickens-
burg and tire. In addition 10 thOsa al
ready discovered.
The old historic Brill ranch. with
al other ranches along the river, have
been entirely swept AWAY
Adyiees from thWnlN says; The
valley along III. ilassayampa was set.
, tis-I i-sr.i, 10y -hss..--.- ......-.-,.,.ss
heffl-rs and cattieinen. and the loss 81
life among this class is difficult to
obtain.
Fifteen bcdies were found on Mon
day, nearly every one OF them being
perfectly nude, not one OF whom could
he recognized.
The MAYOR Of PhTnlN has sent men
and supplies FOR the relief Of the peOrls
left destitute b. the destruction II
their houses.
TIE dam was one Of tie four largest
on the c0utiucn, used Tot wafer N0Tag.
purposes. and imrHund-i over ;,tsu,-
0u1.OJl 81 gallons of water. The frsUf-
yolr II formed covered 10 acres, and
drained basin 81 about 80 square
miles. Tue dimensions Of the dam were
i01 feet In length on top aud l7i feet "a,
the bottom. II wa ~, feet thick al
bedrock and ten feet thick al tie crest
and 10 feet high.
II IL claimed now By engineers that -
portion OF the drm was not on bedrock
aud leakage Of 3.OoD inches dailN
occurred. THE iuss viii run into the
million.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

RirLE, Colo. Irh. 2-ifi, 70.
To the i.iitar - r,tE iiuH,tbT
Again NC have had rain. SNOW. and
mud for some three days. The spell
was preceded lew DAYS by hard
wind, sprinkle Of rain AMI snow.
List Friday II raincd steadily several
hours. part OF the time quite hard.
Last night. near midnight. - hard wind
from west hy south, brought bad
supwS;ugin. which was followed rs a
slight freeze. Higher up IL must have
he.n very hard on poor stock. Am
afraid Il will cause heavy losses, aud
AIN anxious TO hear from other parts IT
the country. Here In the valley tic
snow went on before noon to-day.
There has brcn considerable blowing
done lately In the valley. Some little
real csiat. changes hands; aud tho Rail
way Company Is piling up the steel here
aud making other preparations for lay
ing rails soon on the Grand Junction
ESicntion from Rifle. The graders
under MIR. Duncan and other engineers
ARE putting up a nice grade aud road
ted. Chief Engineer Frank King. and
his assistants. will doubtless receive
mcri,cd praise for the pains taken will
the work. Everything indicates, TO M,
mind. that this Is intended FOR main
line, and fast time.
have been wondering without
avail. why such differences Of
opinion. rs TO alfalfa for feed
| ing horses. Many will not feed 1t IL
horses that work hard. Others will moi
/ feed 1t to mares in foal. and some vii
not feed IL 10 horses nj all. Railroad
work is very hard an horses aud mules
I Yet there are mrn here who work ter
/ 10 twelve teams ON alfalfa and grain
exclusively; and they tel. me they pre-
| fer 1t 10 any other. They have fed II
I has done well on it: and they have had
no sick ones since they began feeding
/ IL: whereas before. they had sick mule,
quite often. myself. relying on these
statements, began feeding 1t and au
! pleased with the result. also fed 1t Il
mare heavy with foll. and worked heI
hard mt same time with good success
Yet there are others along the line, whC
say they have fed 1t before, and that
nothing will induce them to try it again
4 Why this is | cannot understand. IL
using it | used 1t rs do all other good
hay and grain except millet. gave
them about all they would eat up clean
barring of course weeds, sticks and bfars
Il it because Of the difference in time
of cuttingr In the curingp Or what /
Who can tell? The subject is cer-
tainly worth thorough understanding
and investigation TO that end.
| NJ. A. n.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01
Tie As,s.us Disaster.

\ dispatch from III scot, Arizona,
says:
Tn, Tine. iargs sio,asr dam built
across the If.ssayampa river by the
walnu, Grove Water Storage COMPANY
iwo years ago. u, u cos; ~ $4,000. gave
way this morning tho ...sndl under tile
great pressure OF hfasy nIpl, Hni
swept .ycTl,hiG; before II.
\ messenger bringing further details
auiayeh this morning tsh. @iihl. Sheriff
O'Nrili, who went 10 the SCENE of lhc
disaster. writes as follows:
The scene Of dcsolation along tie
ilnssayampa below the sites 81 tie dams
Is complete. For miles the water. TUNED
[ fec by he breaking Of the dams, has
il.!r,i the bed Of tlic creek with bodies
aud enormous bolders, trees aud
every other kind 81 debris. Following
is u Partial list OF tire drowned:
Hannah McCaftJ: Joe Reynolds, miner;
George Eu1et;s. labJrcr; Alexander
I McNiil!iu. chachman FOR Van Duran;
l.. q. Wheeler. inborcr; one Mexican.
maine unknown; G.. l.. Cook, labprcr.
y. l.. White. laburcf: John silsbcc;
Charles King. blacksmith; patrlc.,
shay. laborcr: Patrick Barry, Iaborcr.
] Charles iituckon. lahurcr; William
Flangcn, laborcr; Frederick Palmer.
lahofrr. l.. u. Haynes. laborcr, and
child; George Bundell. laborer, aud
eight Cinnamon
"Bcsidcs those mentioned some
twelve or fifteen miners, who were
mining between the upper and lower
dam. with a number 81 ianchers along
The stream. arc missing, and when the
full casualties are asccfiained the en-.
tire loss viii probably DE between atty
and sixty lives. 4 number Of bodies
have been recovered, many Of which
were found twenty and thirty miles
from the places where the Hood over
took them.
~ remains were more or less mutila-
ted. while In several eases only tIag-
meuts have been recovered. many bodies
doubtless have been buried in the
sand. others torn TO pieces and Others
arc far south.
The impetus of the stream OF water
when turned loose can hardly he aprre'
ciatcd without going over the ground
covered by it. Those who saw II say II
come down almost ia "a perpendicular
wall. ninety or hundred feet high, and
apparently crushed down instead OF
sweeping away everything before it.
The great body az water one and q
half miles square and sixty feet decp
was emptied in an hour. Immense
boulders weighing tons Were thrown
down, trees broken in two or torn into
shreds. iron bars broken aud twisted
out of shape and an ordinary fiat. iron
picked up and carried live miles aud
then imhedded in the walls of the canon
eighty feet above the level OF the
stream.
"a large safe containing $1,000 was
swept away and no trace has been
found Of it..
The flood struck the lower dam n,
1915 a. m, and Eve minutes later the
headquarters, five miles below, were
swept away. Several persons were at
both points watching. but notwthstand.
ing this number were drowned.
AT the first point there were over
thirty, and those who escaped did 50
with only what they had on their backs
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

The town of ilidalgc, up the Rio
Grande on the Mexican side seventy
miles, says n special 10 the Denver Re
publican. has been the resort of SNUG
glers. hard characters. refugees from
The interior of Mexico and outlaws from
the American side OF the river for
many years. The federal government
of Mexico attempted some time ago to
clear the town of such characters but
failed, and question of the title of
lands in the city between the peaceablc
citizens and the tough element came up
and was taken to the Supreme Court of
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

Chicago captured the Worlds Fair in
the House very hansomely. The con
test will be much easier in the Senate.
lIurrah for the West !-Denter Repub-
lican.
So say we all. IIurrah for the West
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

The deadlock which has existed in
the lower Iowa legislature for nearly
six weeks is finally ended, the compton,.
Use proposition being agreed upon. The
Democrats get the Speaker and second
assistant clerk; the Republicans the
Speaker pro tenn. aud all other Offices, as
well rs the chairmanships of the most
important committees. The Republic
cans have first choice Of i've commit
tees, the Democrats second choice for
one. The others will be chosen altern-
nIrlY.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

The formal dedication of the Car
negic Free Library took place Mt ALLIE
glany, Pennsylvania. Thurs lay week,
President Harrison and n number Of
distinguished citizens taking part In
the ceremonies. Tie library cost $780,
600 and IS gift from Andrew Carnegi lie,
the wealthy iron and steel munu'ac.
turer of pittsburg, to the city of Allie
ghany. It is stated that Mr.. Carnegie
has decided to increase his donation Of
81 .oOO. 600 FOR a library ut pittsburg to
100000. Carnegie is putting his mil
lions to good use.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01
,RAH ro4H,cAco.
rh. Big we.,.rq nsy Capture, the
wa''a'. '-''-, p'e-' Disaster

The Big WrsssrqWey Captures the
worid's P.ir.< DTeat Disaster
III a I...
In spite OF the bad with rain falling,
says Mondays va pg,on dispatches,
the hall and gall - at noon We're
packed with specta ,; all OF these peo-
pie gathered To ess the deciding
struggle between York. Chicago,
st. Louis aud Was ton, upon the re-
suit OF which depe1 the location Of
the worlds fair In A host Of rep
resentatiyc men wN % be seen In tile
reserved galleries.
The clerk read Il, peclal order pre-
s-ribing the ,netho( voting upon the
site for the fair. wiring some one
place 10 have ue Btty Of thp votes
east. =
Mr.. Blount, Of origin, wished 10
know II there would = an opportunity
afforded To press . question as To
whether thcrs sAalf ~; y fs,ir. -Lstsss
sslecsinT 4 site.
The speaker replied tllns, under the
n. had onJ ,nmedin,e,y directed the
.,.rr IN .,,, IA, ,o,,
III, naIlo, = Th.,c w,s some mn.
plause when the first few responses
-. ,,,do ,,h,c, ava, ur,m,,ly checked
Il, ,.sne,r., rh, vo,c resulted: chi.
co., ~. N.,v y,,t n 81 IouI,. IA
wa.,i.,,a, ~ s,,t,.,in,.
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c,,J.,,,, 10, Navy yn,l ~ 81 Ianis
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The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

Some 1000 persons Mt Naples gained
admission 10 Buffalo BiIl's Wild West
Show. upon spurious tickets.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01
NEWS AND CURRENT COMMENT.

Abraham Lincoln son. OF Hon. Robt.
Lincoln, Minister TO England, and
grandson Of the Mart,red President.
died In London on Wednesday.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

John Jacob Aston, grandson Of the
original John jadob ist"T, and head Of
the Aston family, died In New York
las, Saturday morning, aged % years.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01
}. w. HuGUS. J.CDAvIs,
J. w. Hugus IL Co.,
BANKERS,
NEEKER, COLORADO.

Transact General Banking Busine-s.
Highest price paid for County Warrants. In
isrest ailowri on Time Deposits. Drafts
iIa~t on Eastern Cities and Europe.
Correspondents, k0uniko iir'--, New York;
first National Bank, oniahai Colorado
National Bank, beaver; J. ". iIuEus { Co.,
EaWlns, Wyo.
Collections Promptly Attended to.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

Senator Edmunis has introduced Il
bill in Congress To prevent the cSpor,n-
ton or Importation Of impuin food.
This is timely measure and should
pass.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

Dr. Charles G. Parry. one Of Amcri-
cas- mos, famous scientists. died nj
Davenport. Iowa. last Thursday. nr.
Parry was recognized ~ the leading
authority on botany 10 the United
States. and his collection 81 Rocky
mountain plants, etc, is the finest in
cXistaucc.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

Or. Knappe, the German Consul who
made all tile trouble between Germany
and America -, Samoa. has been drop
pad from the consular lists Just pub
l!shed.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

frrsldcn, Moiia, Of the u. X II. q. re-
turned from New York Tow days ago
with u sii.ao0ro roll, which I, To h.
spent on the Scenic liuC system. The
grade Will H. bruadcncd To Glcnwoo.l
ani Aspen and several branch lines nj.
To bc built.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

Tho German elections indicate great
vocalist gains and the certain loss 10
tile government, OF twenty or thirty
srais. III. tcsul, Of the election was -
etca, suIpris. 10 the Emporcr and lis.
marrk.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

Geo. \. Black was hung NJ Laramie
Wyoming. Wednesday. for the murder
Of an old unchmsn named Robert
Burnett, last MAY. The crime for
which Black paid the penalty on tic
gnl!ows was brutal In the extreme.
The Meeker herald., 1890-03-01

An organization known rs the Cen
,Fal District sIortsmau's Association
was organized At Lcaiyillc last Thurs
dly. The district includes Lake, Pit
kin. ChaiIcc, Garfield. Eagle. summit,
sa.uachc and Rio BlHnco counties.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-06
Criticizing Englanl's Policy.

LONDON, April 5.-Sir Samuel Baker,
the well-known African explorer, has
written letter TO the Times indicting the
British government for its policy, which,
he declared, has led to the loss of all posi-
tions gained in Africa by the enterprise
of individual Enelishmen. He justifles
the alliance between Emin and Wiss-
man and says that IL was only natural
that Emin should join the German gov
ernmcnt expedition. which will never
initiate tho fatal example of Eng
lish forces in advancing only to the
tropics. Sir Samuel points out how
the Germans may in n few months regain
the equatorial province by founding sta
tions at Victoria Nyanza and forming an
alliance with Mivanga. king Of Uganda,
thus eventually securing control Of the
White Nile at Godokors. Will, Italy will
become master of the situation by gain
ing possession Of the border and kas-
salla khartoum will then naturally fall.