The Meeker herald., 1893-05-13


There was great furry in Wall street on
the 9Th, which approached a panic. A large
number OF brokers failed, and stocks took
tumble, but most OF them rallied before night
as English and other Investors bought heavily
OF the divldend-paying stocks
Step. have been taken by several wealthy
men in New York to organize, with capital
Of more than 81 900, 900, syndicate in oppo..
,itIon to the present gigantic white lead
trust, which is incorporated under SewJersey
laws as the National Lead Company.
ni- runored tina, the United States gov.
eminent will take hand 10 the pursuit OF
the notorious bandits, Evans and Sontag.
Troop B., 4th Cavalry, Captain Parker, have
been ordered to the vicinity of the Nitslla,
where the outlaws have been repeatedly seen
A live stock show and blood horse meeting
will be held at Wsehln gton, ID. c., from May
90 to June L. under the auspices of the Ma
tlonal Live Stock Association. Horses, cat
tie, sheep, hogs and poultry are coming from
all paris OF the United States and there are
1900 entries
Three New York Cinnamon were arrested,
tried and ordered to be deported on the 9th.
The court refused writ OF habeAs corpus and
m appeal was at once taken to the L nited
States Supreme Court, where the case will be
taken up Immediately. This will settle the
validity OF the Geary law.
The little propeller, Siren, arrived at Ber-
muda on the 25th instant after having been
out of London nearly seven months. Her
crew suffered beyond measure and when
spoken and provsioncd on the Carolina
coast, February g. were in perfect ignorance
OF their whereabouts or the day OF the
month.
The Boston to Chicago bicycle relay race
ended Friday morning when Bliss and Van
Slicken reached Chicago At s:45 O'Clock with
] the message from Governor Russell, OF Mas
sachusetts. The journey was completed In
/ little less than l22 hours, or nearly % hours
| behind scheduled time. The delay was due
to bad roads.
The Duke and Duchess of Neragua and
party attended high mass at st. James church
| In Chicago last Sunday morning. In the at
ternoon the ducal party visited Buffalo Bits
Wild West show and staid throughout the
performance The visiting foreign naval
officers also spent the afternoon at the Wild
West show.
Dispatches from Africa state that King
Behanzn OF Dahomey, who, since the cap
ture OF Abomey, has been carrying on q
icsultory warfare against the French, has
made submission to French authority. Ac-
| rording to the terms arranged, the king
French government to give him pension and
grant him his place Of residence.
Michael Davitt, ant-Parn elite member
Tor Northern Cork, has applied for the Chill
tern Hundreds. This means the resignAti ton
Of his seat in Parliament. Although the
Bankruptcy act allows man SIX fnonths
y.ace after he has been declared bankrupt,
Nr Davitt prefers retiring at once. He said
that his conscience would not ALLOW him to
remain In Parliament on suflrance.
A dynamite bomb exploded at 10 40 O'Clock
Saturday night In the Quadrangle on the
Four Courts At Dublin. The explosion waa
heard for miles Many windows were broken
but otherwise no damage was done. 1t Is
supposed that somebody threw the bomb over
the ratings in spirit OF bravado. The day
NC nc cryestha a7YsvfEaayn The assassina
In OF Lord Cavcndish and Under secretary
t,rke In Phoenix Park.
The silver statue Of Columbus lot tne
torld's Fair, designed BY bartholdi, was
ycceesfully cast At the works Of the dorm.n
Manufacturing Company at Elwood, hnooe
hand on the Ord. The statue Ia somewhat
l,rucr than life size, being slightly over h1
Rel in height and over seven feet inciuoinR
he pedestal. Nearly ton OF metal was cm
lpoved in II. casting, the value OF the silver
bling estimated in the ncighborhood OF S2o,-
No.
Saturday night John Ross, deputy United
Sates marshal, attempted to arrest oohn
Owls and Bill Billings on Missouri, Kansas
xTexas train in the Indian Territory, near
F,rt Smith. for selling whisky b,ilihgs
|lrmped from the train and was kitieu.
Owls was arrested and Ross got OH Win nlm
II Illinois station. While waiting Tor VIII
for Davis, Ross Billings, Jef Ebert and Jack
Star arrived on the scene and rescued Davis.
A fight cnsued and the deputy marshal was
| fatally wounded.