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Talk OF Nor. Omcial Rottenne..

WASHINGTON, May 2i.-The official in
spection of seven or eight Indian reserva-
tions in the two Dakotas will he
commenced in few days. Indian In-
spector Thomas i. Smith of the interior
department, has been detailed to do the
work aud left to-day for the Sioux agency
at Rosebud. The inspection will require
several weeks time, during which tho
charges preferred against a number Of
officials will bc investigated.
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HORRIBLY BURNED.
An Accident on tho C., Is. a q. That Was
n Serious Affair

n Serious 1ffsir.
GAIEsBrRG, H., May as.-When tho
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy fast mail
was four miles east of Kewanee to-day,
running 30 miles per hour, a glass in tho
lubricator can broke and the oil was
spilled through the cab, striking a hot
boiler head. II ignited and the next mo.
ment the whole interior Of the cab was
in flames.
Fireman Ed Martins clothes we're sat-
urated with oil and caught fire. He rolled
.on the cab floor and extinguished the
flames. Engineer V. b. Giddnes set the
brakes and brought the train to stand.
still. Martin rushed to tho water tank
and jumped in, extingushing the flames.
Giddings rolled around in the wet grass.
Martin was horribly burned and is in a
precarious condition. Giddings' left hand
was burned and his clothes were burned
off him.
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PLEADING POVERTY.
c. r. Huntington says the Central Pacific

Is Poor Proposition.
WASHINGTON. May 2i.-Reprcsentative
of tho Central Pacific company appeared
before the house committee on Pacific
railroads to-day to give their views on the
Pacific railroad bill introduced by Riley
of Pennsylvania.
President Huntington spoke on the diff.
ficulties encountered in organizing and
building the road. Tho impression that
the builders have been made rich was er.
roneous. When the road was completed
there were no government bonds left but
many debts. The company always man.
aged to keep its credit good. Coal, i'm.
ported AT first from Australia, was great
expense. Shares had 10 be sold from 75
to 80 to pay the debts. Wells, Fargo &
Co. had been paid si.50o,0oo for carrying
the mails. and the Central Pacific re.
ceived but 100000.
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PoRTLASD, Ore, May Gi.-The J. X
Gill company, Wholesale dealers in books
and stationery. this afternoon made NJ
assignment. Their liabilities are $4,000
the assets are believed to be- IN excess oi
the liabilities. GIL q Go. were the heavi
est dealers in books and stationery in the
Northwest, and have been in business in
Portland for - years.
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THOUSANDS KILLED.

Terribly Bloody Battles Reported to
Have Be-n Fought.
NEW YORK, May 2i.-The Herald's La.
bertada special says . series OF desperate o
battles have been fought. More than
5000 troops wsro killed and many
wounded. Decisive battles arc now boing
fought.
Tho Herald's Buenos Ayres dispatch
says: The correspondent at Rio tele-
graphed that President Peixoto sent a
message to congress announcing the diff.
ference with Portugal has been amicably
settled.
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GLADSTONE HAS GRIT.

He Stood the Operation Oa His Eycs
With Foriitudc.
LONDON, May a.-Glads,one's right eye
was successfully operated upon for ca,a-
ract to-day by Drs. Net,leship and Haber.
shon. No nnaesthotic was used. Glad
stone bore the pain with fortitudc. He is
resting in q darkened room. He has no
feyerish symptoms.
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Making Thug. Out of Them.

DENVER, May ei.-All employees Of tho
Rock Island railroad who run through
Lincoln county are being sworn in as dep
uty sherilTs at Limon and armed with re-
peatiug rifles. They will resist any at
tempt OF the Denver commonweal army,
now numbering 600, TO steal train.
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Breckiurid;e I. Busy.

WAsHrYoToS, May 2i.-Representativc
Breckinridge of Kentucky will tomorrow
give another round Of speeches in his in-
terest. He speaks at La Grange Sa,ur.
day. To-day he spent good deal of time
working on the bill Of exceptions in the
appeal from the decision in the Pollard
suit,
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pUPUY DOEsN,r WANT II.

He Declines tho Request TO Take the
Leadership Ia France.
PARIS May "a. M. Dupuy has declined
to accept the task of organizing a minis
try. NJ. Peytrale, ex-minister OF finance
in the radical Floquet cabinet, has been
summoned to the Elysee.
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At Chicago ST. Louis, 1.
At Clevsland-5; Pittsburg, 8.
At Boston-No game; rain.
AT New iork-No game; rain.
At Philadclphia-No game; rain.
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BADLY BEATEN.
Two Men, Suspected Of Being Nor-rnion
Mlnrr. snl Inon At lrlpple Iteek.

Miner., SCI upon at Cripple Greek.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, May ei.-There
is very ugly feeling among union miners
over the report that the owners will at
tempt TO reopen the gold mines within n
few days with non-gnion miners, protected
by armed deputy sheriifs. The mood Of
the striking miners was indicated to-day
when John Thomas and Thomas Ii. Jones,
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Illno., ofn BRIGHT Womap.

OLATHE, Kan, May 2i.-Mrs. Lease is
very sick woman. Several physicians
have held consultation In the case. She
hns sciatic rhumatism OF the left leg and
inflammatory rheumatism in her right
hand
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oh How Glad We All Arc.

WASHINGTON, May "a. - President
Cleveland. Secretaries Gresham and Car
Isle and Captain Evans returned TO
Washington to-day from shooting and
fishing trip.
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when Springer Take. the Floor

WASHINGTON, May 2i.-Springor will
tomorrow endeavor to get the floor for
his bill TO repeal the tax of 10 per cent. on
state bank issues.
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Flower won't Agree to l..

ALBANY. NY, May 2i.-Goyernor Flower
has vetoed the bill prohibiting the display
ot foreign flags on public buildings.
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NONE TOO SOON.

Chicago Il 20 Have a New Postofics
building
WAsHISGroS. May 2i.-rhe house corr
mittee on public buildings to-day decided
to erect new Chicago building on tho
site of the present postoftice. II will
cover the entire block and be 10 stories
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WASHINGTON. May A.-For Montana;
Cooler, variable winds.
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FRANCE DOESN'T LIKE 1T.

IHHISH TTeH0I"E TIM NTu NIIcgdU 10 IIe
Littlc on Color
PARIS. May 2i.-M. DE rOncle has an.
nounccd his intention of introducing into
the chamber OF deputies tho question Of
the British treaties with China, Italy and
Belgium, alleging they arc a violation of
French rights and existing treaties.
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They Go Whore Grab Awaits Them.
QUINcY, ILL.,, May 2i.-Kelly's feet will
camp tonight on Pearl island, whero pro-
visions await them.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15

Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 5.LThe bin
OF Representative Knight to Dnnisi,
usurDers Of state offices Was passed by
a strictly party vote. Representative
Manning, the Popuiist leader, said:
Il warn the members Of the Other
eide that 1t Is long lane that has no
turn, and i warn them not to dash
the red flag Of insult added to injury
In the face Of now outraged common
people We cannot provide punish.
ment for usurpers with consistency I'm
we have fair election law and an
honest contest Law by which we can
determine wEO the nsnrper ;s."
kOlDs manifesto yesterday advising
his followers not to pay taxes. has
tended 70 the passage Of the knight
bill.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15
POOLS AND FORESTS.


r. HS~ss Hss . Hot DIsrasslon Over
r~e IApeEtant Jssssrss-
Washington, Dec The House
spent an hour yesterday In the CON
sideration q the bill to protect forest
reservations The remainder Of the
day was occupied in the further dis
cussion Of the railroad pooling bill The
speech Of Nr. Cochran WAS especially
brilliant and for almost an hour he
held the House spellbcund- Debate
under the fveminute rule began to-
day and II Is expected that final vote
will be reached on Tuesday OF next
week The bulk Of the opposition
seems to be directed at the section Of
the bill which gives railroads the right
10 appeal 10 the courts from the decis-
ions Of the commission reToking pool
orders
Mr. Wells Democrat wisconsin, op-
posed the bill in every feature The
feature 10 drive this bin through un-
der the whip and spur smelled- he
would say savored If 1t did not have
such high respect for the chairman OF
the public lands committee. Of Doodle
1t was said that the forestry asSocia-
ton was behind 1t, which had its ori-
gin il Maine fifty years ago. and had
now extended to the Pacific slope II
was an association OF timber thieves
and land sharks. II theSe timber
thieves were allowed 10 go into the
public forest they would bride the
agent of the interior department and
destroy them.
The pine land thieves Of Michigan
and Wisconsin, he declared, eIcitedly.
had grown rich on their plumber and
then bought seats in this House and
a II.
people of this country To be plundered
OF millions Of dollars worth of timber.
He appealed to the member. Of the
House not TO permit thieves 10 go
into the forests with the disguised
purpose of cutting only dead timber.
He challenged any advocate Of the bill
TO show a line In it designed 10 pro-
tect the public forests
When Ar. Wells took his seat Char
man AcRae rose and Indignantly de
ried that there was any Land ring or
any association behind the bill He
lad assumed the responsibility for the
bill. and if the gentleman from Wis
consin knew Of any hidden power be
hind II he would yield time for him 10
make known its nature.
Il said before replied Mr.. Wells.
hotly, that / believed in your honesty.
but the gentleman is green in the IuD-
ber business and ! believe the gentle
man Is being deceived and is being
made q tool"
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15
A THIEF rHwARTEo.


Ds1vss ysvsiry ssSrA
Denvee, Dec "A desperate AttsmD4
was made abous $50 LIST evening 10
rob the teweiry store of r. A Wagner.
No ia Seventeenth street Only By tbs
zlertnesz and presence OF mind of .
clerk In the store. and the quickne0
with which Officer Clark used his re-
volver. were gems 10 The value Of bum
dretiz OF dollars saved and the thief
landed In Jail
There were two clerks in the store
about $50. when a respectfully dressed
man of middle age entered He asked
10 be shown some stone rings. and one
CLERK laid tray of costly diamonds.
opaIS ame;hysts and rub,es before
him The man examined some Of the
jewels. asked one or two questions,
and then grabbing handful be ran 10
the door, intending 10 escape with the
property.
But before he Was over the threshold,
Wagner. who attended him, was al his
heels He seized the thief By the
shoulder. jerked him back into the
store, and then shut and locked the
door
Upon seeing that he was trapped the
robber cDoliy handed back the rings.
and with laugh explained 10 the clerk
tlSL ne WIS Oniy JOKING WneH ne tooh
tie rings The clerk failed TO see the
Joke. Instead OF Joining IN the laugh
Of the jeweI-sna tciIer. he sent out after
Officer Clark and gave the prisoner iu-
TO his charge.
Clark took the man 10 the nearest
patrol box. Seventeenth and Stout
streets. but while unlocking the door
for the purpose Of calling the wagon
tie prisoner took advantage OF this d.
version 10 make his escape Clark pur-
sued him for a block calling upon him
10 halt The escaped man paid no At
tention to the calls, and. fearing ne
would get away. the officer pulled his
revolver and shot twice into the air.
Tine reports brought Officer Chandler
running up Sixteenth street and al
Champa the thief ran into his arms
This time he did not get away. He
gave his name as Fred Smith al rhe
city jail and was locked MP on charge
Of larceny. This police believe Smith
Is an experienced crook The chase
and the revolver shots caused much e1-
element and gathered big crowd on
the streets
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15

Vienna, Dec. 1O.-AlI foreign diplo-
matte relations at ConstantinoJ,ie have
been suspended on account Of the e1-
change Of Views, which on the In
Itiative Of Great Britain is proceeding
between the Berlin signatory powers
with the view Of taking joint action
on the Armenian question. The porte
IN very anxious at this new turn Of
affairs, and has apprised the sultan
OF the change Of yiews taking place
among the powers. in consequence Of
this the Turkish ministry. assisted by
Kianil Said and OhstJr Pasha, Bat
continuously from noon Saturday and
Was still In sesslou at noon yesterday.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15

Omaha, Neb., Dee s.-The contest -
succeed Senator Charles r. ManderSon
for the siX-years' term beginning
March 4, next, came 70 an unexpected
close this evening. when it became
known that 60 members Of the le<isla-
tIIre had signed paper pIedgiDg their
votes 10 John n Thurston for the
senate Only 81 votes are required to
elect and 1'hurston has oral pledges
from Y other members
The Republicans have SIS members in
the legislature out OF 1873. Mr. Thur
ton is the leading Republican orator
Of this state and In 1888 and 1882
made a speaking tour In the East, was
temporary chairman Of the National
Republican convention at Chicago In
1883, and IL on the National Repnbli-
can committee. He has been for the
past ten years general solicitor Of the
Union Pacific Railway company.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15
TORTURED BY cHERoKEEs.
Indian. Practice Their Old Earbarfti..
Colonel Blackwell

Kansas City. Dec. IA special 70
the Times from Guthrie. o. T., says.
A story Of atrOcity. srnackinz Of the
usages Of a barbaric country. comes
from David. small town In the inter
Tor Of the Indian territory. A. stated
in tbese dispatches at the time, Colonel
A. J. Blackwell. well known in the
West was arrested for selling land,
and, according 10 the Cherokee LAVE
sentenced to death for high treason.
Blackwell. when the territory was
first opened for settlement. founded
the town Of David and started a new
sect pretending to be a prophet sent
Of God. He engendered the i'll will Of
q numebr Of Cherokees, who, II is now
said, Matched up a conspiracy To put
him out Of the way At any rate two
weeks ago Blackwell was taken from
the midst Of his family by order Of die
Cherokee council, and being brought
TO Claremont, was placed In closse con
finement, Since then he has not been
allowed 10 even communicate with
the outside world and has been fed up
on bread and water.
On Monday. the story GOES, Black.
we'll, after being clean shayen and
stripped Of his clothing, was brought
before Chief Ohaha, who WIS then
holding sub-council, and asked To
confess. Blackwell answered that he
had no confession to make, that he Was
the victim Of q malicious conspiracy,
and asked 10 be released. Instead he
WIS carried Off bodily To the Needles"
place Of torture. adjoining the prison.
where he Was subjected TO treatment
horrible IN the extreme. Ten bucks.
dancing around their victim, and each
welding a steel used for the purpose,
jabbed the naked flesh Of Black we'll
Their terrible cries Of XXI VI" and tor
ture were Kept up till Blackwell
bleeding and faint from the dozens Of
punctures In his flesh, sank TO the
ground. In this condition he was final
ly taken back TO his former cell and
still remains In irons hand and foot
Notwithstanding the feryent appeals
Of his relatives and fricnds
What makes the case more coInpli-
Gated 10 the fact that Blackwell IL a
full fedged American and has no Cher
okee blood 10 him, as has been stated.
His trial has not been get and what
further indignitles await him remains
70 be Ge-D.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15
COULDN'T STAND DISGRACE.
The Warden of the Washington reBltsn-
tiary XIII. Him.-If.

walla walla. Wash. Dee. 81. II.
Cobientz, warden Of the state peni-
Tertiary. committed suicide Ia his I,ri-
vats Office at the pen by shooting him
self through the head with q 4j-Colt's
revolver
Last week the directors Of the pen
flied specific charges against Coblcntz
for malfeaAance 10 Office and at rs.
same time requested him 70 resign.
This he refused 10 DO. The charges
were sent 10 Governor &tGrew. vino
arrived here Friday. Yesterday Cob
ienZ was summoned before the board
and an investigation began. II do
yeloped that about 3C0.Cy0 grain bags
had been disposed Of and that Cob.
lentz combined with a number Of "trus-
ties" at the pen, who have been assist
ing him in dcfraUdiBg the state. No
satisfactory eIcuse could he given for
tbs. and the governor at once told him
there were sufficient charges against
him 70 cause his removal and that he
was no longer warden Of the Washing
ton state J,suiisn1ary.
Deputy Warden John Cameron was
Immediately appointed acting warden.
A warrant was sworn out charging
CDblentz with feIonious defalcation "
uty TO serye. When the deputy went
to the warden's Office, the latter me,
him and said: Il guess you have
warrant for my arrest"
The officer answered in the affirrna-
I've. CobleDtz then asked permission
to finish his toilet, which the deputy
granted, Coblentz turned and walked
into his private Office and clo8ed the
door.
a moment after a pistol shot WA
heard. When the door was opened
CDblentz was found lying on the aoor
with blood flowing from his head So a
stream. He had placed pistol to his
head Immediately behind the rIgh car.
and fired, the bullet passing through
and coming out behind the left car.
Death was instantaneous. His re-
mains w.ll be sent TO Arkansas for
burial
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15
An Independent Emperor.

Berlin, Dec. 5.-Emperor william
wearing a British uniform, visited the
prince of Wales and the duke Of York
this morning and the two afterwards
returned to his maJesty's palace, Ieay.
Ing IL an hour later. The visitors then
started for England After the de.
parture OF the prince OF Wales and the
duke OF York, Emperor William don.
ned a Prussian uniform and prepared
10 open the relchstag.
The Radicals are furious that the
monarch does not come to parlian ent,
but that instead, his majesty must be
waited on at the castle for the cere-
mony. The course Of his majesty
says the Freisinige Ze.tung, shows how
modest part pariiamen tarism holds IN
Germany.
The session Of the reichstag was open.
ed at noon IN the hirtersaale of the
castle, instead of as usual In the white
hall, which Is being renovated.
Emperor William, In person, read his
speech from the throne.
Emperor Williams delivery was i'm
pressiye and was accompanied by ges
tures. Several times he raised his voice
and looked sternIy around, especially
at the passage in regard 10 the argrar-
ian question and the reyolutlonists, and
during his pathetic reference to the lars
car.
His majesty afteTward went 10 the
reichsiag building In order to formally
perform the ceremony OF laying It's cor
ner stone, which IL combined with the
dedica ton Of the building and the for
NAL opening Of the new session OF the
relchstag.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15

Grand Junction, Colo. Dec. 7.-E. 81
Hardy, agent Of the Denver and Rio
Grande at this point, makes the follow.
ing report OF fruit shipments from
Mesa county for the season Of 1891
From Grand Junction j ,14O.243 pounds;
from Fruita, 1882 pounds; from
White Water, 1899 pounds; from
Pahsade. OlO13 pounds; total for the
county, ] ,S-35,2l1 pounds.
Ar. Hardy says this would make
about 115 carloads. allowing 1900
pounds 10 the car He ais0 says tina,
fully twenty-five csirs Of fruit went
through, Of which no record Is obtain.
able. This would make total Of isl
carloads, or 2.233. 2'J2 pounds. This Il
a gain over last years shipments 81 fol.
" 10 ], the shipments Iast year hay.
Ing aggregated about 1DD.Dpo pounds.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15
A NOVEL RACE.
A Livery Hack Horse Beats the ManhAt-
tan Elevated


New York Dec "a livery hack
horse beat the Manhattan elevated rail
road system last night in novel race
from the Battery 10 Fifty-ninth street
The match was for $50 side. Lyn-
wood Palmer. the artist backing the
horse. and Frank Elliott the Canadian
gentleman jockey. backing the elevated
system His blind confidence lost him
the wager.
The terms OF the bet were that Pal
mer could drive without police inter
feTenC- from the Battery to the Cen
trail Park riding academy, Seventh
avenue and Fifiy-ninth street. and
cover the route faster than Elliott
could travel by train. The start was
made from the Battery stairs leading
To the elevated station. The route
was up Broadway and Seventh avenue
to the end Of the course, which was
covered In just 70 minutes. The TWO
men were in run-ab1ut wagon pulled
by a horse hired from livery stable
The best time Was made on upper
Seventh avenue, whore there was no
interference from passing teams. FL
lott arrived ten minutes later.
The Meeker herald., 1894-12-15

Washington Dec. 9-The Interstate
Commerce commission has just issued
preliminary report on the income and
expenditures of railways in the United
States for the year ending June 50.
1884. prepared by its statisrician-
The report contains the returns from
$40 operating companies. whose reports
were filed on or before November .,
1884. and covers the opera tons OF the
li3.559.21 miles of linz. or about 50
per cent OF the total ops-rated mileage
In the United States.
The gross earnings from the opera
ton Of the 143.559.21 miles OF line rep
resented were ses9. f-;9.0s5. Of which
$500. 137 ,1s2 were from passenger sery-
ice. sG11 SIS. 49S WIS from freight s<-ry-
ice. and SD 40. rs were for earnings
from operation. covering telegraph
use of cars. switching charges. etc
The operating expenses were S333.-
+2s -2S1. leaFinS net earnings Of $685.
Z1D,T4s. Reduced 10 a mileage basis
the earnings from passenger service
were s2.GGT per mile Of line: from
freight service 81. 1872; total gross earn
ings. $500; operating expenses. 1892,
and net earnings. 81. Dis.
comparison Of these Items with
similar results from the complete re-
port Of the previous years show a de-
crease per mile in earnings from pas
senser service Of SO. in earnings from
freight service. sTT3; In total gross
earnings. OF $40; in operating eZ-
Tseri-.-s. OF 1914, and in net earnings. of
s2g6
The total number Of passengers car
ried were JO-,.2sJ.4sG; passengers car
ried one mile. 12.sSs .92G.57s Number
..s- Il Z. %.
ried one mile. 7O.42G-244.it $50.
The net earnings available for the
payment Of fixed charges and divi-
dends Was s3OG.210744. as asainst
$3.50 7'yj. ,;J7 for the same roads for the
previous year. decrease Of 81 .=j-,5. ssI2.
II Is probable that the decrease in net
earnings OF all the railroads will exceed
so. DpU.UsD. The dividends paid were
sil2. 81. 81. as compared with si1j.+'jI.
l3D for 1893. After the deduction Of
dividends it Is found that all Of the
groups. except groups and 10. show
deficit. instead of surplus. from the
operation Of the year. the aggregate
amount Df such deficit being s2s.G32,
G21 This fact shows thnt n part OF
the dividends were either paid out Of
the accumulated surplus OF past years
1r that their payment necessitated an
increase In the current Indebtedness.
The report also shows that the av-
erage receipts per passenger per mile.
and the average rer .iVtA per ton per
mile for the year ending June 30, 1894.
covering the mileage represented. Re-
gardIesss Of the decreass. in the traffic
there has been decline in rates dur
ing the year, the average receipts per
passenger per mile being 1876 cent?.
as compared with 2.1s cents In 1879.
and the average receipts per ton pr
mile s.GG cents. as compared with SIS
cents in 1888.