The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28

- solvent.
Attendance at the Worlds Fair ID con-
stantly increasing.
A case Of genuine leprosy has been discov'
| cred In North Dakota.
Tho congress Of shorthand writers has
opened at the Worlds Fair.
| Two children were killed near Russelvtlle,
Kentucky, by lightning, while standing un.
der tree.
A flock Of homing pigeons flew from Chica-
90 TO Long Island, LOCO miles, In twenty
ono hours.
Four hundred men have been laid Of! at the
Westinghouse Electric Works In Newark,
Now Jersey.
President Cleveland was burned in effigy
| near Kingman, Arizona, by the angry miners
In tho silver mines.
A Sunday school excursion train was
wrecked near Buffalo, Wednesday, and
number Of children seriously injured.
The Paris papers are getting quite excited
] over the Slam affairs. They SEQ In every
move the hand Of British intrigue.
Tho pension department has stopped pay
| Ing the t72 pension Of Justice Long, OF tho
Michigan Supreme Court His salary 10
$1,000.
Governor Markham. Of California, has ap.
pointed Ex-Governor George Q. Perkins
United States senator to succeed the late Le-
land Stanford.
|
cago cattle yards has increased, and the coun.
oil committee met TO take heroic measures TO
check the disease.
The British court martial which Is investi-
eating the sinking Of the Victoria has CON.
elusive evidence that It was the fault Of Vice
Admiral Tryon who lost bis life.
M. j. Bowling, editor Of the Renville, Min
| nesota, Star, q man wish neither legs or
hands, has been arrested by order OF the VII
1 Lar nnn for v,ntv tuY mil IA
Siam has agreed to . part OF tho French de-
mands but this Ia not considered satisfactory,
aud the French minister at Bangkok has been
ordered 10 withdraw. A war may cnsuc.
Tho bulletin Of the American Iron and
Steel Association says the total production Of
pig Iron for the first half Of 1903 was 4, 562, olS
pared with the first half Of 1899 Of 906, 750
tons.
The total number Of pensioners dropped
from the rolls since March 4, 1903, Is 245, and
the total number Of pensioners suspended
since March 4, pending further invcstiga-
ton of their cases, Is $3.50.
A San Francisco paper states that Governor
| Markham has decided TO appoint Irwin G.
Stump was chairman Of the Republican state
committee during the last campaign.
In purchasing silver bullion on the 2lst at
%. 10 per ounce, the treasury department paid
lower price than It has ever paid for the
commodity. The highest price paid for silver
bullion under the Sherman law was $l.20 per
| ounce.
A special from Topeka says that the Santa
Fe management has Just uuearthcd extensive
frauds on that division Of the road included
between Topeka and Chicago. Tho frauds,
| It is said, have resulted In = loss to the road
Of 1900 month.
At Grand Forks, N. D., case OF genuine
Laos 10. 49,. ~ lcst, Il
U. ii. Nelson, 20 years old, who came from
| Norway three years ago. Dr. EnRstad, Of
| that city, called to Investigate the case and
pronounced 1t genuine lcprosy.
Tho great smclter at chihuahua and the
Santa Eulalie mines, for which It was recently
| built, has shut down TO await o rise In the
price Of silver There has been great de-
crease In tho amount Of ores from Mexican
| mines TO shelters In the United States during
| the past few weeks.
Opinion Is general here that Slam will pay
i Ia full the Indemnity demanded by France.
1t 10 doubtful, however, that the French
elaine to territory will be allowed. Much
depends upon the response OF Great Britain
to the effort Siam ls making to gain her moral
or material support.
A negro ravisher named Walker was lynched
near Memphis the other night. As n result Of
| the lynchlng the Criminal court has Gus.
pended the sheriff. The grand jury has
been called TO investigate the case. Three
men were arrested for completely In the
lynchikg and other arrests will follow.
The New York Press says Joseph jefferson,
| the veteran actor, 10 near DEATHS door. A
cancerous affection OF the neck Is the prlnci-
pal ailment Mr.. JcfIcrson's physicians have
| SO far been badly baffled by the disease,
which Ia attributed TO an inherited tendency
and partly TO carclessncss In the treatment Of
| boil some months ago.
The cholera 10 rampant among the poorer
classes At Moscow. Much Indignation IL felt
In Russia because the director Of prisons, up
| on learning that there was cholera In tho
Moscow prisons ordered n majority Of the
| prisoners TO be removed to four other cities.
There have been no caacs 40 fer 10 81. Peters
burg. In Poodia aud other infected places
the death rate has not lesscncd
The American line steamship Paris has
broken another record she was reported OF
Fire Island at t;23 o'clock this afternoon,
having made the run from southampton In
slx days, nine hours and thirty minutes.
This Ia nearly two hours better than tho rec
ord made by the Hamburg line steamer Furrst
Bismark, In April, 1892. The Paris also holds
the record between Queenstown and New
York.
| Al Hastings. Nebraska, Thursday evening,
| gang OF srventy-fve men took possession Of
burlington freight train, and when the con-
| ductor undertook 20 eject them they resisted
successfully. When the superintendent was
notified he directed the night yarimaater ~
| Lincoln TO make up a special train OF empty
| box cars and accommodate everybody who
cared to ride. The train will he run As far ~
| the Iowa line. The men claim TO come from
Denver.
On the tweniy-lrsi the great driving wheel
Of the Memphis electric power house exploded
| Into hundreds OF pieces, tearing up the build.
| ing and killing Engineer McDcrmott instant.
ly. The wheel wa. four feet across, fifteen
feet In diameter and weighed !, 1UO pounds. II
| became Wild and eccentric frum some un-
known cause revolving at nm Incredible speed,
and before II could bc stopped the explosion
resulted from centrifugal force.
Hugh Harvey and Homer llansholdcr, "just
for tho fun Of the thing" shot through =
window Of Schaefcr's powder magazine near
Huntington, Indiana. Tho shot exploded
Go pounds OF powder and 100 pounds Of dy.
Mantle. Harvey and iinnsholder were both
riddled by fyln. bricks, and Windows
| were broken all over tho city. Andrew Her.
stog md John Cooley were badly injured by
flying bricks.
So far as the State department Is Informed
| there are no American citizens residing IN
siam except about score OF missionaries. Il
Is not believed TO be necessary 10 take any
| special measures for their protection. The
| United States has NO diplomatic represents
tive In SLAM. n the welfare Of our mission.
aries should he threatened, they can secure
protection upon application % the minister Of
| somc other nation. The commercial Interests
Of tho United States arc insgnihca mt.
Tho guards at shaft No. Il, wier City. Kss.,
had = pitched battle with mob Of strikers u
1880 o'clock Monday night Tho mob APP
| preached the mine quietly and fired Into the
shaft. Deputy Sheriff GRANT, who was on
patrol guhrd, returned the fire, and, calling
the other guards, defended tho mine against
the mob, Over 100 shots were fired. but none
OF tho guards were Injured. When the mob
snw that the guards were standing their
ground they lied. II Ia not known how many,