The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-04-01

discovered In Jersey City.
The mayor of Moscow Was fatally shot in
public building on the 2lst.
The Liberty bell Is TO be sent from Phlla-
de phia to the Worlds Fair
William Waldorf Aston is about to start al
illustrated magazine In London.
Two more big bridges are to be built to CON
meet New York and brooklyn.
A part OF the Indiana penitentiary was
burned on the 22nd. Loss, $4,000.
The New York Time, has been sold, but
the present editor will remain In control.
Lieutenant Peary has secured four men -
accompany him on his Journey TO the Arctic.
Senator Harris of Tennessee was elected
president pro TEN. of the Senate on the lind
The English House OF Commons has PACED
a resolution that all members be paid salary
III future.
Secretary Carlisle says that he VIII devote
= large portion Of the su miner 10 preparing a
tariff bill
The town OF Purvls, Mississippi, was nearly
DESTROYED by fire on the 22nd IT was caused
by incendaries-
The new armored cruiser New York made Il
record Of 0.3s nautical miles on Its Trial TIP
This breaks the record.
By the burning OF an apartment house IN
Cleveland, Ohio, on the 23rd, four women
and boy lost their lives.
The captain of a schooner was fiued sl4, 500
and sentenced TO one yerr In jail at San Fran
cisco for smuggling IN Chinese,
The great strike OF the English cotton sp' n
ncrs has been compromised, the spinrerr hc-
cepting a reduction Of : per cent
Colored people OF Kansas City are organ
King a colony to go to Brazil That govern
mcnt offers 10 par their expenses In getting
there.
GThe Nebraska House has decided TO i'm
peach the state officers for derelict!on in not
properly guarding the financial interests OF
the ,tGte.
coinage of silver Toublcs on private account
for the reason that the rouble Is now cheaper
than paper.
NJ. J. Farrls Ia. sold bis herd Of 1900 cat
Tie that he formerly kept on the Pecos rlvcr'
New Mexico. They we're bought by D. NJ.
Coburn of Kansas City.
The Allan line steamship Pomeranian put
into Halifax a few days ago in a disabled con
dillon. Her machinery had broken down by
reason OF heavy storms
A terrible cyclone swept over Tennessee
,nd Mississippi on the 2ird, doing an i'm
mcnse amount OF damage. great many
people were severely hurt.
A school boy OF Louisville. Kentucky, com.
mitted suicide few days ago by lying down
in front of a train. lie was de.pondent be
cause his girl had gone back on him.
The unofficial referendum In Belgium has
resulted In the approval OF manhood suffrage
By 1874 OF the ls,10l men who voted. Forty
three per cent. of the electors went to the
polls
The President has appointed A. B. Fall OF
bona Ana county to he associate jusuc OF
the Supreme Court of New Mexico, To succeed
Judge John K. McFic, whose term has ex-
pired.
The Interstate commerce commission Will
again tackle" the Pennsylvania railroad or
q
rates on anthracite coal from the mines to tide
water.
No such exciting mayoraliy contest has
ever before been known IN Chicago a. the one
now In progress between the big packer, sam
uel Allerton, on one side mud cN-Nny or Car
ter Harrison ON the other.
A lump OF coal weighing 800 pounds has
been brought into Saratoga from Fred
Klndt's new coal mine Twelve mile out ON the
road to Rawl.u-. This j. excellent fuel and
tLcfc Is an extensive deposit.
a body Of q alIclan omigrants crossing the
frontier at >kczuczya encountered the Russian
frontier guards. who drove them back To
Austria. In the conflict some were shot and
others were drowned Ia the Nistula.
Vice President aud General Manager a. A.
Rob II on Of the Santa Fc rold has resigned.
II is believed that he viii lie succcssur to
$ II. Clark president Of the unlUn Pacific
road. j. j. Frey has been appointed manager
IN Mr.. Robnson's place.
A woman has been arrested at Pcrrc.South
Dakota for arson. Her crime is II remark
able one. She set IRE to the court house and
the residences Of several prominent ct'1cus
in the hope VI destroying IN this way notes
and other papers showing her Indebtedness.
The Canadian Pacific railway officials state
that a big traffic i about To spring up in the
transported on OF Chinese from Vancouver to
Halifax, en- route to the West lnde-. Tho
Chinese are allowed to enter the West Indies
free and are beg inning to 20 there in large
numbers
One result OF the effort to increase trade
with the countries Of Central America seems
10 be the increase in expectation Of American
agricultural implements. Figures at hand in
the bureau OF American Republics As TO the
Argentine Republic alone show increase
from $4,000 to s3sl,OoO during the year.
Western roads have decided that commence
ing April /, meals served in dining cars will
be charged for at the rate Of 81 per head, in
stead of 75 cents Il. heretofore Eastera roads
have been charging 81 per meal on their cars
and so have those west OF the Missouri river,
The proposed action will put all lines on the
same plane
The government of spain through the state
department, has officially rendered to the
United States gift the reproduced flag
ship of Columbus, the Santa Maria, now
route 10 participate In the naval review and
Tor part of the Spanish exhibit at Chicago
Az lut CIo-c vi tHt " IL 10
bring the Santa Maria To Washington for
permanent exhibit.
Illuminating ga, which leaked into the
kitchen uf tie Tacoma restaurant, Chicago
asphy Niaied nine people, two perhaps fatally
Edward Miller. bead cook, and Frank Stnner.
vegetable cook. are In serious condition.
Several Others of the help were affected. The
cause of the leak originated in the street
where men were working on the mains and
punctured one Of them,
1t is learned that Bolivia has closed a treaty
Of peace and alliance with Chill whereby tho
latter government agrees 10 conceIe to the
former port upon the Pacific to arm equip
and instruct the Bolivian national militia
Bolivia thus becomes virtually the ally OF
Chill, cutting at a single stroke the historical
ties which formerly made her tho ally of Peru
and the friend OF the Argentine Republic.
1t has just come to light that In last Sep
TENDER the assistant secretary OF the interior
department made new ruling Of Importance.
He reversed the old rule under which 1000
600 has been paid out by the pension depart
mcnt for expenses of buryiny women and
children who had drawn pensions on account
of relationship to q deceased soldier. Mr..
Busy decides that such expenses arc intended
10 be paid only in burying the soldier him
self
Truxtou Bcale, United States minister to
Greece, Roumana and Serva. has informed
the state department that Mule. Schlenann,
widow of Dr. Schlemann, the famous cx-
plorer of the ru!us OF buried and ancient cities.
has determined to present to the United
States National Museum portion OF the