The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-07-22

18th was so, 2s5,6s5.
Father Walsh, president OF the University
OF Notre Dame i dead.
A Chicago chambermaid has married
wealthy Austrian uohlcman.
Vice President Stevenson, with his family,
] Is taking trip 10 tue Pacific coast
The Saengcrfrst beli at Cleveland last
week was a very successful musical event
The new German army bill passed the
Relchstag on tie 18th by vote OF POI to lS5.
4 union OF farm hand. Is TO be organized In
Kansas ltls The Intention to force wages
up 10 $40 per mouth aud board
The third annual international convention
Of the Bapilsts Young Peoples Union Of
America met To indianapolis on the 18th.
There will probably be no further trouble
between siam and France. as the recent
trouble was due to a Misunderstanding of
their ORDER by the French commanders.
There was terrible collision at Ncwburgh,
y. o., on the 18Th. \ pas eu-cr train jumped
the track ia the freight yard, and crashed
into a freight train. -Four women and child
were killed and large number wounded
The Kan.a. military board has ordered
several of the strong Republican Infantry
companies which refused 10 obey the COVER
nor last winter 10 bee mustered out OF service.
Compaulcs Of cavalry viii be formed IL their
place.
The National Bank Of Kansas City suspend
ed on the l4Jh. lt sn, one Of the oldest banks
In that city. It. deposits durlng the last three
months have decreased from 100000 TO sl,-
OOOOOJ.
The Belgian chamber OF deputies has voted
such "A revision OF the constitution a. Will en-
able Belgium to acquire colonies The gov
crnmcut coutcmplates the annexation OF the
Congo Free state,
The comptroller Of currency has Issued his
call for a report on the condition OF national
hanks at the close Of business, Wednesday,
July II. This, the comptroller says, Is one of
the regular i've annual calls aud Is not due to
financial conditions.
Thc Kansas Clty Safe Deposit and Trust
Company. the largest savings bank in Mis-
souri, and considered 10 be one Of the strong
est savings Institutions Ia the state, failed on
the llth with assets OF s4,Oo0oOC aud llAbill-
ties nearly As much
NJ Buloz editor Of the well-knoNn French
literary journal. the Hf7ns lies Dur .NOHR>s,
has led from Parl, lie Ina, paid out l650O,-
600 francs TO hlackuAllrrs who charged him
with being criminally intimate with three
women contributors To his paper.
Reports from the managcrs Of the Yellow
stone National Park iu the northwest corner
Of Wyoming show thar there i a large IN
crease In the number Of visitors over former
seasons. Hundreds Of foreigners who have
visited the Worlds Fair make ii poiat to
visit the park
Profs. Kayayan and Thoumaian. who were
sentenced AT AngOfh to bc executed Tor com
p.,oity In the rio.ng ut Ccrera and Marsovan,
and who were parduncd by the sultan on con
dItion tina, they leave TuFkieh ,o-.itor-, he'S
sailed for Marseilles. The sultan gave them
free passage and presented el5 TO each OF
them.
The most destructive hailstorm known In
the history OF Cedar County, Nebraska, oc-
Cured Sunday evening In the northern part
OF the county. Crops were totally destroyed,
trees were stripped aud windows and roofs
Ia.r lIaNt - Iona ma
ured ten by twelve inches. The storm COW
cred an area Of about 100 square miles.
1t Ia stated at the treasury department that
the adylsabnlty OF Withholding from the public
the statements heretofore given out through
the press of the amount OF bullion purchased
and the prices paid for Il l. under eonssdcra.
ton. Recently a change has been inauguratcd
in the manner 81 making the purchases pub
lie hy Withholding the statement until the dag
after each purchase T. made.
The Washington Nor, is authority for the
the statement that Mr.. Bland has written to a
personal friend there that he doc- not care to
be appointed chairman OF the coinage com
mlttcc. Mr. Bland Is reported as stating IN
that letter that he prefers TO make his fight
on the floor Of the House. free aud untram-
melcd from the duties Of the Craftsmanship Of
committee hostile To his views
Tom King. the horse thief, who escaped
from the Oklahoma City Jail three weeks ago
I cAututtl nj tuIliAt ON inc lNtu 1 nt
prisoner proves to be woman, though she
I ha. been dressed in mems clothes for months
and affects the style End manner of a cowboy.
She has been incorporating vs. a man and
leading daring band OF horse thieves.
| A dispatch from Bangkok, capital of Siam,
] states that twenty Siamcse were killed and
] fourteen wounded during the exchange OF tres
between the forts at the mouth Of the Meinam
/ river and the French guubunis, which forced
] the passage of the bar In the face of orders
I from the Siamcse government prohibiting
them to enter the river. There is good pros
/ pect of a war.
A novel race to the Worlds Fair is being
arranged by the old men of Coggou, little
[ town near Cedar Rapids Iowa All those are
| eligible TO enter who have passed the three
| score mark and who pay the entrance fee OF
| 500 When all the arrangement have been
perfected those who have entered viii start to
walk to Chicago The one first arriving at
the gateway captures the entire purse.
The latest Samoan adv.ces dated July eth,
! show that active ho,tlities have broken out
| between the natives who support King Male-
toa and the adherents Of Chief Mataafa. The
opposing factions have each formed camp
about two miles from Apla, the capital, and
slSlrnishes occasionally occur. The kng'-
forces are numerically stronger han the sup
porters of Chief Mataafa, but the latter have
the better arms.
A cyclone from the southwest struck Still
| water Minnesota, on the 18th The shed oi
I the Atwood lumber mill was demolished and
! william Auez and sam Simon-on were Killed
by flying timber Several other workmen
/ were slightly Injured The buildings of the
saltwater brick yard were thrown down aud
three workmen there were slightly bruised
[ Other damage was done throughout the town
amounting to $4,000.
Bandits robbed the bank at NJ ound Valley,
1 Kansas, at noon on the 18th. Three men
rode to the bank. tied AMI gagged tn C cash
Ter, j. o. Wilson, and secured the money IN
sight, which amounted to 5000. Before Mr
Wilson could give the alarm, the rob bers had
made their escape and we're on their way TO
the territory. twenty miles south. The rob
beers said that they belonged to the Starr gang
There is little prospect of catching them.
Alta mas. meeting held Mt Des Moines reso
buttons demanding the free and unlimited
silver coinage adopted. resolution
endorsing tax Of 10 per cent on all interest
bearing gold notes was also adopted. I'M
principal speaker was General Weaver, who
made fierce onslaught on the men who wan
TO kill the Sherman law. predicting that II
the Democratic congress repeats that law
there never will be Democratic congress-
elected again.
By an almost unanimous vote large ma
iorlty OF the Worlds Fair directors decided
last Friday night that after the 10th the gates
OF the exposition should be closed on Sunday,
| but this action, IL appears does not finally
| settle the question. \ temporary injunction
| obtained several weeks ago by Charles w.
| .Clinrman one of he stockholders and a tax
payer Of Chicago, compelling the gates TO be
| kept open, still stands in the way. 1t IL not