The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12
Telexraphic Brevities.

!
A cold wave swept over the Northwest on
the eth. A great deal of snow fell.
Advices from China say that there have
been 1000 deaths from cholera at Chung
King
! Ex-Prlmc Minister Mercler has been honor
ably acquitted. He claimed that the result
would be his return to power.
DIR. Roland P. Faulkner of Philadelphia,
the noted statistic!an, has been appointed
secretary of the monetary conference.
Russia is Withdrawing a great amount OF
| gold from bankers In other European coun-
tries. This Is taken to be a sign of war.
The senants on the estate of Lord DuGerin
have pe.itioned for reduction of 80 per cent.
| on their annual rent on account of the total
failure of crops.
The operatives OF the big ship-building and
engineering works at Belfast, numbering
| over 200, have submitted to the ) per cent
reduction in wages
1t is announced that Queen Victoria will
spend the winter months In Italy. She will
reside at Bientina, eleven miles east Of Pisa.
A party of Navajo Indians In Arizona near
ly killed an Indian agent 4 few days ago be-
cause he wanted them to send some Of their
children to school.
The department of state has received notice
that the Gilbert islands, lying in the Pacific
ocean under the equator, have been placed
| under the protection of Great Britain.
Three robbers cleaned out the bank At
spcareyille, Kansas, on the LIST in broad day
light and then skipped. a posse started in
pursuit and will probably capture or kill
them.
Lieutenant Schwatka, the Alaskan explorer,
died at Portland, Oregon. on the End. His
death was supposed to have been caused by
an overdose OF laudanum, which he has been
accustomed to use.
Two society women OF London recently had
a quarrel that attracted great attention. Mrs.
Smythe charged her friend, Mr.. Lcadar, with
stealing diamond brooch Mrs. Leader sued
her for libel, and jury awarded her $500
damages.
AT Ottawa, Ontario, 1t Is announced that
the Dominion government has decided TO ask
the British government to send GU, experts to
investigate the condition Of Canadian cattle
aud quarantine and report to the Dominion
government
Mondays election in Italy resulted In vic
tory for the government. Returns from 49,
districts out OF sos show that government
members have been elected In $50 and oppo-
sitlon in 100. All the members OF the minis
try have been reelected.
The trcstlc spanning a forty-foot ravlne al
Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, broke Monday,
preciptlatlng to the bottom ten loaded cars
and six men who had been at work on the
bridge, but were on their way TO their dinners
on the train. -Four OF the men will die.
1t has been discovered that the Democratic
tickets for the coming election in South
Carolina are smaller than the legal size The
state printer Is at work on new ones, but It Is
found that they cannot be printed fast
enough TO reach the remote districts in time
for the election.
The Will Of the late John P. Davies, a Gal
weston capitalist who died few weeks ago
leaves his property valued at $1,000 600 in
trust TO his family during their natural lives,
and thereafter part TO local charities and a
part to the city council to be loaned at low
rates to the poor
After the first of next January the Wells
Fargo Express company will withdraw from
the Burlington railroad system west OF the
Missouri and Its place will be taken by the
Adams. The Adams company Is reported to
have bid high In order 10 extend It's business
into western territory.
The collapse OF the Iibcrato. Building So
cicty OF London, simultaneously with the
downfall of the London Bank, Is likely TO
prove one of the largest financial sensations
Of the generation. 1t now appears that the
concerns liabilities amount TO SI5, 900 900 and
its available assets 100000.
The Supreme Court OF Miss ouri has de-
llyered an opinion which is, in effect, that Of
fetal notices published In u Sunday paper are
not legal The decision grew out of case in
which taxpayer OF st. Louis refused to pay
an assessment for the opening OF street, the
official notice thereof having been published
On sunday.
a dispatch from Porto Noyo says that Col
onel Dodds, commander OF the French expo
dltion Ia Dahomey, captured Fort Muako,
near Cana, on November ., and completely
routed the Dahomian army In the field on
November 3. The French loss in the latter
engagement, was seven killed and sixty
wounded.
2 In Milwaukee on Sunday, for the first time
In the history of Trinity Catholic c hurch,
there was no second service. When Father
Conrad found that his robes had not been
laid out for service as usual, he inquired for
sexton Jankc, and not finding him search
was Immediately inaugurated. He had
| hanged himself.
| In Chicago Chief McClaughrey is in posses
| sion OF document which apparently proves
| that anarchy in Chicago is not dead. The
| document contains three closely printed
pages. A black line Of mourning surrounds
| the following announcement on the first page
SIN mcmoriam Of the working people, muir
dered in Chicago on November II, 1857
! Captain Bourkc states that many of the
CARA rcvolutionists who have not yet been
captured by the federal authorities, have or
ganized themselves into bands of brIgands
and are committing many depredations upon
| the people in the unprotected sections OF the
| border. He states that It is very urgent that
| the Texas frontier be better protected by
| United States soldiers.
Horatio Harris. OF Braddock, Pennsylvania,
| committed suicide Tuesday by shooting him
| self through the head with revolver. He
was one OF the Homestead strikers and, hay
| ing been out OF work for several months, was
unable to make 5000 final payment on his
house, which he had purchased on the in
stallmcnt plan. The payment would have
made him owner of g, 600 residence.
A special from Oliver Springs, Tennessee,
| saws that the house OF Mrs. Lewis was com.