The Meeker herald., 1893-06-17
1n,ekrarhio nr.x,,iea
Edwin Booth. the great actor, lie at New
York on the 1.h

! IN the past week.
| The number of deaths from cholera at Nee
/ ca on the 10Th was 30, indicating that the
! disease Is on the increase.
A prisoner dug oIt from the Toombs at
/ New York few days ago and escaped. This
has never been done before.
! The big battleship Massachu.ct Is was sue
cessfully launched FROM the shipyard OF the
| Cramps at Philadelphia on the 10th
] Princess Eulalie attended the Worlds Fair
| ON Thursday and saw the sights. \ great
| crowd also went In 10 fec ber highncss.
/ The Spanish carava's, Santa Maria, Nina
] and Pinta, are now Oh the southeastern coast
OF Nova Scotia, between Halifax and Canso
! The Republicans Of Ohio have re-nomlnated
| Major Mckinley for governor BY exclamation.
] fhe Duke of Neragua attended the conven-
| ton.
For the first time ia san Francisco a
] Chinese woman Is appearing on the stage and
l the Washington street Temple of Celestial
Drama Is packed To the doors every night
The indictments that were found By the
/ grand jury against ii. c, Frick and other OF
iicers OF the Carnegie company on account of
the killing at llo omestead, have been quashed.
The trial of Lizzie Borden for numbering
| her father and step-mother Is In progress AT
I New Bedford, Massachusetts. The trial at
tracts great attention throughout New Eng
] land.
! The New York Central's report OF gross
] earnings Tor May. shows thAt the road earned
in May, 1892, s3,G4S,I0i, and in May, 1893,
! Si,Ool,6l3. This is net gain for May of this
| year Of s35s,2l0 over May last year.
! Riots have broken out in Corruna, the cap
! tol of the province OF that name, in the cx-
trcmc northwest OF Spain. The cause OF the
riots Is the indignation aroused among the
/ people against the taxation arising from the
military reforms.
/ The Cleveland. Ohio Free Trade club gave
It's annual banquet Wednesday night, Among
] the guests Of the club who responded to
toasts were Henry George, Thomas e. shear
man, William Lloyd Garrison and Hon.
! Thomas L. johnson
The local southbound train fell through
Duncan creek bridge, ten miles south Of
| Athens, Texas, Tuesday. Six cars, including
| the coach, we're ieralled. II wa. caused by
the bridge giving away. No one was killed,
! but several are severely hurt
The magnificent Nillemuric convent at No
ire Dame de Grace, two miles north Of Mon
treal, the largest establishment Of IT, Kind In
| America, wac almost totally destroyed by fire
on the sth. The total loss viii amount 10
more than sl0OO,OOO, with an insurance Of
| 10000
james Gordon Bennett, proprietor OF the
New York Eerad, was dangerously Injured
ut Parts on "Wednesday. Mr.. Bennett fell
from n coach on which he WIS riding and was
50 severely hurt that medical attendance was
I at once required, aud u is feared that the re-
suit will prove futa
On the 10Th the appeal IN the Sunday open
Ing case was brought up before the Court OF
! Appeals nt Chicago, Chief Justice Fuller pre-
siding. lie granted u supersedeas which VIII
allow the Fair TO open on sundays until the
court decides the question permanently. The
case was set for the l5th.
Attorney General Muloney began In the
| Circuit court Mt Chicago, quo warranto pro-
ccedings against the Total Abstinence Life
association OF America, The object of the
I suit i TO take away the charter Of the con
] ccrn ON the ground Of fraud and violation OF
[ the law under which u was organized.
! Secretary Herbert hns been instltutiug in
| quirics Into the state of the Brpoklyn navy
| yard. and he hn. arrived at the conclusion
/ that there Is an opportunity to do some iu-
| dlciuu' pruning In the force Of cmployc5 in
| the Interest of economy. Accordingly he has
/ caused fourteen pcrsOn-, clerks, etc. 10 be
discharged and has aboll-hcd their nillcc-.
Experts employed under the direction of
the congressional committee authorized to in
vcs,igaic the methods Of conducting business
| In the executive departments ut Washiugton
/ began work on the 9th. They Will first tlhe
up the business methods OF the Treasury. and
! then the other department.. II will take,
perhaps, two year. 10 complete the work,
DIR. Mitchell. pastor OF the First rrcsbt-
I terlan Church Of FindlBy. Ohio, who sa- one
OF the few Ohio delegate who defeHdcd Dr
| Briggs In the general assembly. has received
a letter from that gentleman In which he
urges all his supporters to stand los the church
and announce. that he viii neither leave the
church nor VIII he countenaacc any schi,in.
| \ party OF tramps radcd the town Of WauG-
\ akee, Wisconsin, on the night uf the sth.
Every store and many residences We're bur-
slarizcd. They drove the people from the
homes at the points of rcvolyers, and the citi-
zens were too cowardly to resist \ large
amount OF booty was obtained a posse 3,
after the tramps nov nd fight may cnsur.
the report OF the commission appointed 10
consider the causes OF aud remedies for tue
arrangement Of the silver money system uf
India Is one advising the stoppagc of The
| coinage in India mint of silver for private
account. Lord Hcrschell, at present lord
high chancellor, wh- at the head Of The com
mission.
1t is said In order to obtain an Increased in.
come the Italian government will establish
monopoly OF the life and fire Insurance busl-
ness. 1t Is estimated that the granting OF "A
I monopoly OF tho Insurance business Of the
country will add the sum Of slO. .GO0,OC0 TO The
revenue. such a monopoly would seriously
affect the American companies, which do an
immense insurance business In Italy.
| The chaos OF political parties at present
prevailing In Germany Is unprecedented In
history More than twenty political parties
are striving for supremacy at present. The
/ large landowners, the small peasant pro-
prietors, the merchants, the traicsmcn. the
mechanics, the lahorers, tue petty officials,
l the teachers, all and every one are dissatls-
fed. and they all look for salvation from
/ some political party Of their own.
Frank II. Dunton, founder of DmtSn's
/ Spirit Of the TIrf at Chicago was married on
the ath at Stockton, California. 10 Miss Helen
Browly, formerly OF San Francisco. Duntou
has been on the Pacific coast for several
months for his health. He has been unsettled
since the terrible tragedy in Cbicngo two
years ago In which DR. Henry Martin scuddcr,
his son-n-law, who afterwards committed
suicide In Jail, killed Mrs. Duuton.
The direct liabilities of Erasius Wimau as
scheduled are stated at 1891 900; contingent
liabilities, s3l5,0O The assignee estimate,
the real estate In bis possession sufficient
] to pay the direct Indebtedness unsecured by
collateral. and the surplus of collateral, to-
gether with interests in various companies,
can he applied to the liquidation of such con-
tingcnt liabilities as may be found to exist
after realization upon the assets which these
represent.
At Pine Tree harbor. Ontario on the Gh,
as number of Tcn were crga ,cd loading
telegraph poles on crib for the Cleveland
Cedar Company were coming ashore, their
boat sprung leak and went down. All of
It's occupants but four succeeded In getting
ashore. The names of the drowned are
John Smith, Lindsay; Mat Morris, Stokes
Bay; Rober, Mowatt, Pcpworth; Henry
found.
During the performance of Harris Nickel
Plate circus at Pittsburg the other night n
gasoline lamp exploded, scattering the fluid
over n number of people and setting fire to
0 that L.. 81. 4,