The Meeker herald., 1894-06-23
IeIegrapiiio Brevltiet
.on Is getting well


The Oxford Yale athletic contest has been
fixed upon for July 10.
German day was the most largely attended
Of any at the Mid.inter Fair.
The trial Of Erastus Wiman for forgery was
begun In New York on the llth.
From 81 ,O0O, 900 to s5,OOO,0oo in gold Is
shipped TO Europe every week.
A big abattoir at Brooklyn was burned
down on the 10th. Loss, 81 ,OOO 900.
Senator Quay says that he has speculAted
In sugar stocks aud will do 1t again.
Bin Dalton, the noted OUTLAW, is reported
killed by posse in the Indian Territory.
A New York jury has found Erastus WI
man guilty Of forgery in the second degree
Judge Ross at Los Angeles has sentenced
40 commonwealers to jail for train stealing.
\ negro who assaulted young white wo-
man in Georgia was skinned alive by aHehg-
ers.
4 large quantity Of counterfeit American
bank notes have been discovered at Hamburg
by the police
William Walter Phelps, formerly minister
to Germany, died ou the l6th. He was worth
O,OOO,OOO.
Coal strikers in Ohio are blowing up or
burning many bridges 10 prevent scao coal
from being hauled to market
The Kansas RepgblsaefeGG ia. ia.tt,Efn tfta,EfnTi ,a6dhJf
| and tax oa imported silver.
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were going from ireland to Scotland was cap
sized and thirty of them were drowned.
The Atchison road has withdrawn from
the summer excursion agreement, as II
charges that the other roads are violating 1t.
Justice Harlan has granted a supercedeas
10 the case Of the Collin brothers. and thue
will be released temporarily from the Indiana
peuitenriary.
General Basil Duke Of Louisville, proml-
ucnt Democrat. says he will support the Re
publican candidate II Brcckinridge is re-
nominated
Lose Roscbery has presented to the son Of
Thomas Bnyard, the United States ambassa-
ios, the plates which ladas wore while run.
Ming the Derby.
Deputy marshals in attempting to arrest
commonwel!ers in North Dakota met with
serious resistance. Several men on both
sides were Injured.
Coal miners at Mas-nlon, Ohio, asked
Governor Mckinley for a contribution, but
when he sent so returned it because he had
called out the militia.
John J. ingalls, has received an offer to be-
come edltor-!n-chcf OF un Important maga-
zine publication In New York lie will con-
fer with the management.
President Mcbride OF the Miners Union
says that he had TO make compromise with
the operators, owing 10 a number OF causes
that were crippliug the miners.
The Omaha police board has discharged
large number Of the police and tircmen who
were G. tIOllcs or a. p. A. men, because Of
the bitter feud cXistlug between them. II
was dsOrganlzing the force
There 4. great opposition from PENNSYLVANIA
miners to the compromise agreement with
the operators. These miners Insist upon -
ccnts iLstcai OF 60. Some of the operators
also refuse to endorse the agreement.
Congress Is resortInc to a new method OF
compelling persons called before a committee
to testify. Their names are presented to the
grand jury for Indictment The Scnntc's |
sugar committee has res0ricd TO this method.
There arc signs OF renewed activity from
the anarchist element In New York, and a
result Instruction. have been issued to the
police TO keep a close watch on the leaders. |
johan Most Is making nightly speeches IN |
different parts OF the city.
Two hundred and forty Of General Carriers |
commonR callers have been cOrraled by deputy |
marshals at Big Spring., Nebraska, and |
loaded In freight cars there, awaiting orders
for their disposal from Judge Dundy. lie |
tnally decided TO send the men to Omaha.
II was reported on Wall Street on the 18th |
that the national banks will In the near fu- |
tuTe furnish all the gold for expectation. The |
sjOJ,OO0 shipped on the lGth was from one Of
the national bauk-. The last gold furnished |
by the banks was during tie month Of April. |
Aa Egnn, :. D., dispatch reports valuable |
find In q mound At that point. A tomb las |
tomb- compartments were t'enty-two skelo- |
tons, averaging eight feet In height. 4 rude
altar anl many bronze utensils were cx-
posed.
Western members OF the House are
holding caucuSes 10 map out a plan
of campaign on the irrigation question.
They viii spare no labor to se-
curc action By this Congress. Representa-
.yc- OF 10 Western states and territories, in-
cluding members Of all parties, are partlci-
patlng.
The Sl5 round trip rate from Kansas City
TO Colorado points, announced come weeks
ago, will stand. The Western Passenger asso-
citation has approved it. TIE Central Traffic
association has made rate Of Que fare for
the round trip from all Eastern points TO the
Missouri river for people VINO buy through
tickets.
Secretary Morton OF the agricultural de-
partment with the advice of the president,
has decided not to eXpend much money
directly in the eradicating OF tuberculosis
lmong cattle, but will use the appropriation
IN making experiments and furnishing gem
eral information about methods OF stamping
IL out
Sir David Balfour, formerly nuanee minis
ter for India, delivered a lecture In London
on the 18th In which he said he believed that
the complete and permanent exclusion of
silver from the monetary standards of the |
world was absolutely impossible. If it could |
be obtained it would prove one OF the great
est disasters that ever befell humanity.
A profound sensation has been created In |
government and social circles OF Mexico by |
the secretary OF the treasury preferriug
charges against hlty Of the prominent oni- |
cials of his department, The charges are |
that the employees wilfully destroyed certain |
documents belonging 10 the department with |
view OF conccaling serious oifensc.
The Kansas Popullsis In convention have |
renominated Governor Lcwelling by acclama- |
ton despite previous predictions TO the con- |
trary. woman's suffrage plank was adopt |
cd after a hot discussion by a vote of 337 to |
2G9 Susan b. Anthony and several other |
noted su.Tragists were present and enjoyed in |
n Jubilee with the convention. A resolution |
denouncing the a. p. a. was adopted.
Judge Durdy has decided that the $50 COM
monwcalers captured at Ogalalla shall be
taken to Fort sidney, recently abandoned, |
and kept until tried, aud If convicted com |
PEELED to serve sentence there Omaha iais |
would not hold go men. The cost Will be |
much less for the court to go 10 Fort Sidney |
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