The Meeker herald., 1893-06-24
T.lexr.phic Rreyltle..


Ex-President Harrison will spend two
months at his Cape May summer home
Six Russians working In 4 sweater shop IN
New York, lost their lives in iire on the
18th.
The Imperial Council OF the Mobiles OF the
Mystic Shrine Will hold Its session next year
In Denver.
The condition of President Carnot of
France. Is believed 10 be serious lie suffered
n relapse on the 10th.
II is stated that President Cleveland Is TAX
Ing treatment for obesity, as he has been get
ting very fat of late
Attorney General Little says that the eight
hour day is the only legal one III Kansas I'M
der the law In that state.
President Cleveland has appointed twenty
army officers to serve MS Indian agents at
various Western agencies.
Justice Samuel Blatchford OF the united
States Supreme Court was stricken with
paralysis on the 18Th, aud the result Will prob
ably prove fatal.
The Swedish government has established
on the coast nine stations for medical obsef-
walton. The object of this measure is 10 pro-
tect the country from cholera.
The McCague savings bank and the Amer
lean national bank Of Omaha have closed
their doors, The banks are not in very bad
condition, but could not stand II run.
Rev. DR. John MeKim, d. D., and Rev. DR..
Protestant Episcopal bishops OF China and
Japan. at st. Thomas church, New York, on
the 18th
An exact counterpart Of the ships used by
the Morse Vikings who landed on the Ameri-
can coast 800 years before Columbus, reached
New York from Norway on the lIth and was
given a royal welcome.
The Mesaba range in Minnesota was swept
over by fire on the 18th. The town OF Viz
gina wa. nearly destroyed and the people are
ia deplorable condition, a great amount OF
property was destroyed, including forests.
Complete official returns Of the Chinese
registration under the Geary act have been
received by Internal Revenue Commissioner
Miller. They show that ont Of 10000 Chi
nesc In the United States 10, l7g registered,
The Dominion Indian department has Is
sued a notice saying that the game laws IN
force In the Northwest territories shall apply
TO Indians. This cour-c was determined upon
on account OF the rapid depletion Of game.
Riot. have broken out ia Corruna, the cap
ltol of the province OF that name, In the ex-
trcmc northwest Of Spain. The cause Of the
riots is tn Indignation aroused among the
people against the taxation arising from the
military reforms
William j. Elliott, the newspaper man who
Is serving a life sentence In the penitentlary
at Columbus Ohio. WAS frighfully burned
about the head with yitrol few days ago, by
another convict who had a grudgc against
him. He may die.
Mgr. satoll and his party at The Catholic
University left Washington on the l6ih for
the extended tour through the West which
has heen arranged for him. 81. Paul VIII be
The first polut visited.
1t IL rumorcd that Edwin Booth. after max
ing provision for his daughter, MIR Gross
man, left the greater part OF his estate, val
uei, 1t Is said. at not more than 100000, to
the Players club, The will will not be Of
fcred for probate for several days.
The departures for Europe on the 18th by
the large ilect of Transatlantic steamers were
fully as large u, those on the prcvlou, Satur-
day, and exceeded 1000. The eastward traiiic
seems 10 be in excess Of the west, and far
the expected Worlds Fair rush has failed to
materinlze.
The Duke Of Veragua has decided to re-
main la this country until July. Princess
Eulalc Is In New York ou her return and
VIII take part In whatever demonstrations
may be made In her honor The dukes sec
retary, Marquis de Nlllalobls, says the prlu-
cess Will sail on June "a
May Calvin a female horse thief. and her
partner, Mary Modeker, dug hole IN the
y. Lax.
their escape. They let themselves down from
the opening, distance OF twenty feet, by
tying their blankets together for a rope.
dispatch from Provo reports the indirg
OF the body Of Thomas Jensen, u fisherman
familiarly known as Tommy Trout" after
two hour-' absence from his home In the
canon near Battle creek, with cash four
inches long In the back OF his head, very ap-
parently inflicted with IA sharp-bladed in-tru-
mcnt Deceased leaves wife and child.
The newspapers OF St Petersburg state that
the car intends TO promulgate uknse on
Jan. lst aboI-hlng deportation TO Siberia,
and extending the same judicial proc cedurc
which obtains in Russia proper to Siberia,
with the exception of trial by jury The pro-
..aI r.sff pFW
far-reaching to meet with general credencc
\ government powder magazine a few
miles from Athens. exploded on the 10th.
Twenty persons. including officers and sol
dicrs, were killed, aud great damage was
done To surrounding property. The crown
prince has gone To the scene To aid the suf-
fcrcrs. The loss Is estimated at 1900, 900
francs. The magazine was located at Scara-
manga.
II has been a considerable time since rains
OF any consequence have fallen either In
Great Britain or France. The drought has
been accompanied by heat almost tropical in
its intensity, and much suffering, incon-
ycniencc and damage to certain crops have
resulted. The gravest anxiety is felt In both
countries.
portion OF schueldumenhuhl, u manufac-
turing town of Russia, is sinking in conse-
Qucncc Of the boring of an artcsian well
The inhabitants of the district, which covers
their homes. Three government engineers
have gone To the scene to try to prevent the
ruin OF the town.
Telegraus have been received at Topeka
stating that officers had captured the three
robbers who held up the Santa fc train at
Cimarron few days ago, near Heuessy,
Oklahoma territory. One of them Is rccog-
nized as Bob Wyatt, a notorious train robber,
who has terrorlzed the people along the from
tier for years. He was formerly member of
the Dalton gang.
The trial OF Armcnlans accused OF being
concerned in rloting ut Ccsarness Marsoyan,
last spring has just been concluded at Angora
Seventeen OF the prisoners, including Profes-
sor Thoumaian and Professor kayana we're
condemned tc death; six, including the Pro-
testant pastor at Gimeric, were sentenced to
fifteen years Imprisonment: eighteen were
sentenced TO imprisonment for terms from
seven to ten years and fifteen were acquitted
The Cunard line steamer Seryin Captain
Dutton, which sailed from New York, MAY
24th for Liverpool reports that on June 1th
she ran down the American ship A. Mccall
lum, Captain O'Brien, from London, April
2Sth, for New York. The McCalum was so
badly damaged that she filled and sank a
short time after the accident. The Servia
stood by aud rescued twenty-four of those on
board the sailing vessel. One man was
drowned.
Experts who have been examining the
books OF A. Bailey, the well-known missing
grain man of Duluth, find that while he was
square with all the outside world he was in
debt TO his partners in Minneapolis many
thousand dollars at the time of his disappear
ance. The exact amount Is not given, but 1t
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