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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

A special London cable to the New York
T,ries, says; The twenty Australian banks
doing business at the end Of the past year,
with capital and reserves amounting TO about
e240 OJJ, 900 had deposited with them over
$50, 100000, of which about OO,OO1,OvO
were time deposits bearing Interest, These
time deposits were accepted In Great Britain
Tor periods running from one to five years,
and interest Is allowed at rates ranging from I
To ~ per cent. on one year deposits and from
4 to 3 per cent on deposits TO remain for
longer periods up to five years. The credit
of the bank determines the rate allowed,
Money so received WAS lent at the rates In
Australia and the business was profitable
that dividends Of from 10 to % per cent were
paid by the larger banks. The deposits as
they became payable, were renewed, and the
totals increased from year to year. The
largest proportion came from Scotland, where
the business assumed such dimensions that
the insurance companies made regular tariff
for guaranteeing deposits.
The smash-up of large number of build
ing and kindred societies In Australia sad
the discovery that many banks had locked up
large sums In unproductlvc overyalued
real estate caused some withdrawal of deposits
as they fell due aud checked new opening OF
deposit accounts. The failure OF the two
banks last year added unenslnrss. This has
developed into a panic which has brought
down three other banks this year, which may
result in further failures. The immediate
cause Of each failure has been the same.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
A DENVER TRAGEDY.
Dick Taylor. u Desperate Killed While
Robbing IA store.

Dick Taylor. an outlaw, was shot and killed
In Denver on the night OF the Goth.
TAYLOR and companion named McKinnot
were attempting to rob the grocery store and
market of King Il Lower, when the shooting
took place Constable DafIcr and Marsha
Scott had been Informed that the nttcmp
would be made. They lay In wait inside thu
door with the intent OF capturing the bur
glars. After they waited nearly three hour
in the dark hallway OF the store, Taylor ant
McKinnon entered Just before midnight.
McKinnon is only n youth, whom Taylo
used as n tool 10 aid his scheme TO rob th'
store. He was sent In first to see If thcl
operations could be conducted without inter
ference. When he stepped into the hnliwa,
the officers called upon him to surrender. HI
stepped aside, and In the light Of the electric
lamp outside Constable Dairer saw Taylor
form darkcn!ng the doorway. He held ashot
gun in his hards and had pushed the doc
I,arfiy npan whom the sharp command cam
from Constable Defer: "Throw up you
hands!'
For answer Taylor, who is one of the quick
est men with n gun in the state, raised the gun
and fired. As he did so Constable Dafler ant
Marshal Scott almost simultaneously dis
charged their revolvers at him.
Taylor dropped the shotgun and ran. Nc
Klnnon making his exit by the open doors a
the same moment The two officers dashed
after the fleeing men, shooting as they ran.
Taylor, the older man, ran across vacan
lot, between King * Lowers store and Dakoti
street, Hearing Constable Dafier's footstep
close behind him, the Desperate drew his re
volver, turned in his tracks and shot at TIT
pursuing officer. As he turned he made
good target in the glare of the arc light acros
the street. Constable DafIcr pulled his trig
ger almost at the same moment Taylor did
The report OF Daifer's revolver sounded lilS
the echo of the other, and Dick Taylor fel
shot through the heart. He was carried int
the South Broadway depot and died within
six minutes.
McKinnon was chased for some distance b.
Marshal Scott and left trail of blood. ii
will doubtless be captured.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
SOLDIERS POISONED.
Apparently = Plot to XIII Hawaiian
Guards.

The barkcntine Irmgard arrived from Homo
lulu on the 22nd. bringing advices up to the
April IL. The leading event tince the last
letter to the Associated Press was the whole.
sale attempt to poison the soldiers and mem.
bers OF the national guard. On the night OF
April IL the soldiers at the barracks were
taken with vomiting spells. Surgeon Rod
gers was hastily summoned and found that
the men cvinccd signs of poisoning.
The men were so distressed as to be obliged
to take to their cots. In the meantime re-
port came from the government building,
where Company A OF the national guard Is
stationed, to the effect that number OF
men were suffering with severe fits OF vomit-
ing DR.. Dahl was summoned and relieved
the men as speedily as possible. In all about
sixty men, thirty at the barracks and thirty In
Company A OF the national guards, were rem
dered unfit for duty, but most of them will re-
cover.
Many theories OF how the men were pois-
oned were put forth, but when committee
of investigation had sampled all OF the arti-
Giles eaten by the men at their last meal the
real cause of the mems misery was unknown.
Some of the cooks are Royalist, and naturally
suspicion is directed against them, and hints
Of plot to cxterminate the soldiers arc made.
The Roy alists very Indignantly deny the ex-
istence Of such plot.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
SANTA re STRIKE ENDED.
Men Return to Work ct the Old
Terms.


The Santa Fe mechanics strike, which has
been in force since Saturday, April 8, WAS de-
clared of at 8 O'Clock Monday night, after q
half days conference between the Santa Fs
men and their employers. The company re-
tain the new men employed recently, but will
give the strikers, for whom there are no
places, the preference In hiring new men
hereafter.
The strike extended over the A,chison, To-
peka II Santa Fc railroad proper, but did not
extend to the auxiliary lines, and the agree
ment ends the strike at all points where 1t
existed. The strikers concede TO the com
pany all essential points in Issue. The prin-
eipal issue was the making OF new contract
which the company refused to make and the
employees have simply returned to work under
the old contract and abandoned the claim Tor
new one. The question OF wages was not
involved, having been conceded by the com
pany just prior TO the strike. proposition
from the committee of strikers WAS submitted
to General Manager Frey Saturday, but, MS 1t
embodied negotiations for new contract
and for opening the subject of wages, the
proposition was peremptorlly declined and
returned to the striking committee. Sunday
another proposition was submitted, Offering
TO return to work under the old contract and
at the wages as agreed TO prior TO the strike.
This was accepted by the company upon the
condition that the new men who have been
employed should be fully protected and re-
tain their employment. AT O'Clock the
striking committee called on General Man
ager Frey and accepted the terms. The best
OF feeling seemed to prevail at the meeting
and all parties appear satisfied with the out
come
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
APPLYING JUDGE KICKS RULING
A Sensational Suit Filed Against the
Toledo Produce Exchange.

A Sensational suit Filed Against the
Toledo Produce Exchange.
That the recent decisions of Judges Kicks
and Taft In the Ann Arbor strike matter do
not apply to railroads alone is evidenced by
the fling in the United States Court at Tole-
do Of a sensational suit against the members
of the Toledo Produce Exchange by the
Union Elevator Company, which claims to
have suffered heavy damages in the past four
years by reason OF boycott or alleged dis
crimination on the part of the defendants in
publicly announcing on the floors of the Ex-
change that nOgrain would be received from
the Union company's elevator.
A. l.. Backus, president of the company,
states that while the present action is simply
to secure an injunction for restraining the de-
PENDANTS from refusing to accept his grain
and inserting any clause in their contract ex-
cepting grain delivered by the Union elevator
and from inducing others not to handle such
grain; that II the Injunction is granted he
will commence suit under the rulings Of
Judge Kicks and the provisions OF the sher-
man antitrust law for recovery OF the amount
lost by him in the past four years. The
plaintiff estimates his yearly loss at 800 900,
and as the Sherman law provides that in n
case of unjust discrimination the guilty par
ties shall pay three times the amount Of the
Union Elevator Company the sum OF 81 zoo, :
mn
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
BIG FIRE AT HULL
Large Amount of Lumber Hurnei.-
Strikers Charged with tho
Crime.

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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION INA TUNNEL.
FIVE WoRKMEN INSTANTLY
KILLED.
The Premature Explosion OF . Blast in
tho Busk-Ivanhos Tunnel b
Friehtful Results.

As result Of q premature explosion In the
Iyanhoe end OF the Busk-lvanhoe tunnel
about O'Clock on the morning OF the 18th
five men were instantly hurled into eternity
and four Others severely injured:
The dead are:
George Young, foreman.
Dennis Collins, drillcr.
James Banahan, driller.
Michael Riley, helper.
Henry Gelle,t, driller.
The injured are:
Frank Howard of Leadvllle, badly bruised
and injured in rightey
Thomas Kelley, badly cut In the left leg
William Close Of Coalyille, Utah, injured In
right leg.
II. Close, severe bruise on right hip and
face hurt by flying rock.
The explosion was the most terrific imagin-
able and the men who were killed were blown
far from the scene of the accident The men
who were hurt were working at distance
from the explosion and claim TO have been
hurled twenty feet by Its force.
The cause OF the trouble is mystery, and
no one has advanced satisfactory theory re
to its occurrence. The shots are all fired by
electricity in the tunnel and 1t is presumed
the wire which was connected with the charge
had not been disconnected from the main
wire conveying the current at the time the
connection was made.
A man had been sent back to make the
dlsconnections, but had proceeded but hall
the distance when the accident happened.
When the disaster took place the men in the
vicinity knew something had happened anu
4 liz. n
anything on account of the darkness as the
lights were out and the place filed with
smoke By the Pickering lights OF the can
dies and torches realizing sense of the
calamity was finally obtained.
The mangled remains OF the dead were
found in fragments fully 100 feet from the
place they had been when last alive. somt
had their limbs blown of, one head was miss
ing from It's trunk and one man was com
pletely scalped. No cries were heard aftei
the accident and no means of pain, those who
had not been instantly killed being uncon'
scious.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

EX-SENATOR INGALLS,, in speaking
of the immigration question, says:
"A large per cent. of our criminals,
paupcrs, tramps and strikers arc for
eigncrs, who give no equivalent for
the protection of our laws, and make
no contribution to the well being OF
the state. And yet such is the pusil.
lauimity of our politics that, notwith.
standing the admitted dangers of I'M
restricted immigration, all parties for.
bear to deal with the question, and
shrink from radical and drastic RENE
dies for fear Of the inevitable appeal
to the foreign vote This makes COW
ards of us all. "
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
Chinese Pirate. Killed.

The steamer Belgic gives news of the cap
ture recently near Taichow island by war
Junk, disguised as a merchantmen, of for
midable band of pirates, who had for the last
eight or nine months made themselves terror
to all junks trading between Ningpoo, Tai
chow and Wen Chow. of ffty-one pirates on
board the buccaneerins craft only eleven
were captured alive, the remainder being
killed in desperate attempt to repulse the
attack OF the sailors on board the war junk,
who lost twenty-five of forty lighting men on
board, including the captain and second Of
fcer.
A curious incident connected with the case
is the capture or death of thirteen Buddhist
monks, who were found fighting side by side
with the pirates, and who proved TO be the
most desperate men In the lot. These monks
are very probably the same band that made n
raid ups the nunnery near Tingpai in De
cember last and who carried away the young
est and pretticst of the votaries found In the
establishment, binding and gagging tho ugly
ones in cruel manner and throwing them
under the great altar, where the roor crcs-
lures were found two days afterwards by some
devotees nearly famished,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
DIAB0LICAL TREATMENT OF GIRLS.
nAzlhe FEMALE STUDENTS.
Girls Branded so They Could Not Wear
Evening Dresses.

Evening Dresses.
The outrageous hazing performance OF the
students Of the Ohio Wesleyan University Is
assuming alarming proportions. Some OF
the young women students at Monet hall be-
longing to the university, caught the hazing
spirit and fell upon some Of their sister
school-mates. About twenty young women,
on the came evening the boys suffered, got 4
strong solution Of nitrate of silver and pro-
ceeded to brand six or seven Of their school
friends on their necks, breasts, arms and
hands, for the purpose, 1t Is claimed OF So
disfguring them that they would be unable
to wear evening dresses at the senior rceep-
ton. They lay In walt for them until after
midnight, when the girls were returning from
their society meeting.
This occurrence, coupled with the outrage
OF the male students, has added fuel to the
excitement. Some OF the students set one Of
the frame buildings on the college campus on
fire, and 1t was entirely consumed. The fact
has developed that the students who did the
branding OF the boys were not sophomore,
but an aggregation OF sluggers, selected by
the students for the purpose
The five young men who were bound With
ropes, burned with red-hot shoyels on their
backs and branded on each check, chin and
forehead, with the letters ID. o. A., with q
strong solution OF nitrate OF silver, put on
after scratching the flesh with a sharp-polnt.
ed stick, are Joe b. Rogers, W. b. Brown
and P. c. Wilson OF Delaware. o., Orlando
Harm OF Dayton, and Albert NJ. Austin Of
Chattanooga Tennessee All Of the nine
students were arrested and taken before the
mayor. Their cases were continued Until!
o. N.s.ss
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

TIE removal of large mound near
Martins Ferry, Ohio, is revealing I,
great number of relics of the ancient,
mound builders. Human skeletons,
skulls. bones, elk antlers, implements
arrow heads, spear heads, pale gray
fintu, cup stones, agricultural imple
mcnts, granite hammers, sinkcrs, per
foratcd stones, ETC., have been found
Some of the skulls are twice the size o.
the skulls Of the men of the present
day. Under one skull were thirty two
darts, all fine specimens and pointing
in one direction. The farther into
the mound the workmen dig, the more
interesting do the relics become. II
is believed that hidden treasures may
yet be found. The major part Of the
stcucs found re different from any ;r
til. Ohio Valley.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

The three Columbus caravels arrived In
Hampton Roads on the 2lst In tow OF the
Spanish warships and were received with
great thunders of salutes and display OF flags
OF the countries represented BY the fleets and
dropped anchor at the end OF the line OF
vessels.
At the head of the feet was the unprotected
cauiser Infanta Isabella towing the lag-ship
Santa Maria, which displayed the flag OF an
admiral. Behind and mile astcrn came the
torpedo vessel Nouva Espann, with the Nina
as her charge, and in the latter's wake was
the big black protected cruiser Rcna Regente
with the Pinta. They were towed by at least
a quarter OF a mile of hawser and looked like
so many ducks sitting on the water, the
feathers OF their tails plucked.
When oil the fort the stars and stripes
were brought out and saluted by the leader,
the fort quickly responding. Before tho
Santa Maria was abreast Of the Philadelphia
the Dutch frigate Van Spyk ran up the Span
ish colors and saluted them with thirteen
rounds. Then the Russian ship. General Ad
miral. commenced TO salute and later every
flagship in the harbor honored these curious
looking crafts and the country they came
from.
The fleet will sail ut 10 O'Clock Monday
morning for New York. The caravcls may
be sent In tow of the tug boats.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

A horrible accident happened at the Geysc
mine, Silver Cliff, at IL 80 p. m. Monday
whereby Engineer Frank Chamberlain los
his life. He had been assisting Fireman
jackson oil and wipe the compressor. The.
had finished and Jackson went TO blow tn
whistle for half past twelve. He then wen
back to start the compressor, not knowini
that Chamberlain was on the opposite side
He had just turned on the steam when Cham
berlain screamed. He stopped immediatel.
and went to where Chamberlain was an,
found him completely decapitated, his hea,
being cut of Just below the eyes.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

Engel, the man charged with numbering
the peddler In Northwestern Colorado, wa,
convicted of Involuntary manslaughter.
1t is learned that the majority of the JUROR
stood out for acquittal, but two or three were
inclined to verdict of murder In the second
degree. The verdict as rendered was a com
promise and the lightest verdict they could
bring barring a complete acquittal.
The prisoner was brought into court ant
sentenced by Judge Rucker to twelve months
imprisonment In the county jail, the maxi
mum penalty allowed under the law for the
verdict.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
CYCLONE IN KANSAS.
Ossge City Laid Waste by the Wind
Several Persons Killed.

several PERSONS Alileu.
Usage City, Kansas, was visited by terri
bic cyclone on the 18th, which wrecked forty
houses. A number OF persons were killed
and injured but the first reports were very in
definite. AT a late hour only two bodies had
been recovercd-those of Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Wagner, colored. Most Of the I'M
fortunates are colored people. A public
meeting has been called to devise means for
aiding the sufferers About twenty persons
were injured.
The part OF the city devastated lies on the
south side OF the Santa Fc tracks, and COM
priscs business houses and residences. Several
carloads OF coal were strewn In all directions,
as the cyclone lifted the cars from the tracks
and overturned them As soon as the storm
had passed those who were uninjured rushed
from their houses and attempted to help
those piled under the debris.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

A peculiar strike Is now on at Salem, tn,
capitol OF Oregon. Salem ministers have re
fused to hold services ut different state insti
tutions. At meeting of the ministerial as
ISOLATION resolution was passed To the effeci
that Is be the standard price for sermons
that non-union ministers could only occupy
pulpits with the consent of the union, and
that when pulplts are occupied by visiting
clergymen union ministers should receive
compensation. State officers say they will
disregard the resolution.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

AMoHG the many able men who will
lecture before the Summer School to
be held at Colorado Springs this sum
mcr are DR.. Richard 7. Ely, Presiden,
Andrews of Brown University, and
several members of the faculty of
Chicago University.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

CHAUScEY DEPEw is billed during
the rest of this weeping month o.
April to dine against all the navies OF
Christendom at that grand Columbian
review. 1t is n large order, but Mr..
Depcw puts his plump legs under the
mahogany with never a tremor.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

JUDGE KELLY of St Paul, has de
cidcd that dentist cannot claim a
lien upon set Of false teeth which he
may put iii a customers mouth His
only recourse would seem to be to
knock the teeth out again while ad
ministering thrashing.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

THE recent marriage of the daughter
of New York millionaire to an Eng
fish earl is peculiar in two respects.
The Earl of Craven has plenty OF
money of his own, and the young peo-
pie seem to be in love with each other
two facts that speak well for them
and for their future happiness.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

HENRY NJ. STANLEY very properly
calls attention to the shameful fact
that German merchants on the west
coast of Africa are selling firearms to
the native chiefs who use them in
slave hunting. Such traffic is little
less abomniable than the business Of
selling rum to the Africans, on whom
it's effects are dreadful.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

Eggs, ranch 1Bc, state 15c; butter
best creamery 5o9s2c, dairy 22c; hay, up
and baled sl1@sl2 second bottom S. OO@s9..
20; alfalfa 1900; wheat soc, corn, bulk
1sc, sacked S3c; oats, $l.1s; sacked l.o3:
potatoes el.55; cattle choice steers $500
s4.25, cows e 5otas3. so, native feeders s3.0
asa. so; hogs choice 1866; spring chickens,
lac; hens, $50 2 doz.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

REroRTs from Kansas show tina,
the professional makers of that
section are arranging to get their
tiruurivr storms patented. Presently
they will get the discriminating farm
ers to pay them for showing the clouds
away so tina, the sun may shine.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29
WHAT MR.. CLEVELAND SAYS.


Treasury Notes.
To representative OF the uuitcd Press
the President said Saturday night:
"Thc inclination on the part OF the public
TO accept newspaper reports conce rnng the
intentions OF those charged with the manage
mcnt OF our national finances seems to Justify
my emphatic contradiction OF the statement
that the redemption Of any kind of treasury
notes excep, in gold has at any time been de-
tcrmincd upon or contemplated by the secre-
tary of the treasury or any other member Of
the present administration.
The President and his cabinet are abso-
lutely harmonious In the determination to e1-
maintain the public credit, to keep the public
faith and to preserve the parity between gold
and silver aud between all financial obliga-
lions OF the government
"while the law OF 1890, forcing the pur-
chase OF a fixed amount of silver every
month. provides that the secretary OF the
treasury, in his discretion, may redeem In
either gold or silver the treasury notes 81 ven
in payment of silver purchases, yet the de.
claratlon OF the policy Of the government to
maintain the parity between the two metals
seems so clearly TO regulate this discretion as
to dictate their redemption In gold.
"Of course perpleIities and difficulties have
grown out OF an unfortunate financial policy
which we found In vogue, and embarrass.
ments have arisen from ill-adyised financial
legislation confronting us at every turn; but
with cheerful confidence among the people
and q patriotic disposition 10 cooperate,
threatened danger will be avcrted pending a
legislative return to a better and sounder
financial plan.
1.-The strong credit of the country, stll un'
impaired, and the good sense OF our people,
which has never failed In the time of need,
are at hand to save US from disaster"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-29

A LARGE number of college students
have been employed as guards on the
Worlds Fair grounds. 1t is thought
that their football and base ball cx-
pcricncc will render them far more
formidable to the criminal classes than
New York policemen.