The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1894-05-26
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srnnr who oai,sed the murder Of William VII
| son.
Miss Emma, daughter OF Dwight L. Moody,
was married few days ago TO Arthur f!V o'
| Chicago.
The Chicago Burlington K Quincy railroad
is substituting petroleum for coal on some 0'
its engine.
Georgia Popullsts have put full state
tickle, In the field James X. Hynes Is named
| for governor.
The United States Supreme court has de.
cided against John Y. Mckane, and he must
stay In Sing Sing.
George Decker OF Yreka, California, was
| accused of numbering his wife and chlIt Out
they have been found alive.
A dispatch from Odessa says: 4 severe
! earthquake was felt Wednesday at kars and
other places In the Caucausia.
Representative Bryan has introduced bill
to aid in constructing the Nicaragua cana
by the issue $40, 600, coo legal tender notes,
| Two California stage robbers were shot
Saturday while holding up stage near Nh.
ton. One was killed and another wounded'2
The Tammany society OF New York has
| made Mayor GilrOy grand sachem for one
year John j. German was also make grand
scribe.
Two private pleasure steamers owned by
! Ohio parties have been coniiscsted for fishing
| In Canadian waters lu Lake Erie contrary 10
Canadian laws.
! A party Of rotous white men terrorlzed the
( Chinese in the vicinity Of Nacayille, Califor-
MA on the 18th. They were rounded up and
| 81 OF thgm arrested.
| A striking miner at Keystone, Pennsyl'
| yanla, has diVulged plot to blow up the
houses of all the mine bosses In town. Nine
| kegs OF powder were captured
A collision occurred in the river Elbe be-
tween the steamer Irne and small vessel
| The owner OF the latter, named schwartz,
| and three Others were drowned.
A statue to Christopher Columbus was I'M
yelled at Central Park, New York, On the
| 18th. Vice President Stevenson, ChGuncey
| Depew and Others made addresses.
The Presbyterian general assembly met 10
/ biennial session at Saratoga on the 18th. Dr.
| :. a. Mutchmore Of Philadelphia was chosen
! moderator The attendance numbered 90.
| American Railway Union men at 81. Paul
/ say they will handle no Pullman cars during
! the continuance OF the strike at Pullman, and
that none Of their men Will run trains carry
| Ing Pullman cars,
| Professor Larlln OF Knox College says that
terrific cyclone has been raging on the sur
face Of the sun. To this he attributes the
| great heat which has recently been expert
| encei on the earth.
At fire at BradIock, Pennsylvania on tho
| 18th tank OF benz.ne exploded burning
| number of people and causing q terrible
stampede Of the crowd. 4 large number OF
persons we're injured.
The Brooklyn Tabernacle burned down for
the third time on the 18Th pIst after morning
service. The building Is total wreck. A
! new building will soon be erected DE- Tai
mage Is TO start on i tour around the world.
The London Tigael correspondent from LIS
| boa says: The principal European powers
| have been consulted by the Portuguese gov
| ernmeut with reference to the rupture With
| Brazil aud the mediation OF England has
| been solicited.
About 5000 cab drivers OF London went
| out on a strike Wednesday as protest
| against the exhorbitant charge. for cab hire
| Insisted upon by the owners OF the cabs,
| Eighty of the small cab owners have already
conceded the demands Of the men.
To raise funds for the Pullman striker. the
american railway Union, 1t Is said, assesses
| each OF Its 900 members three cents per
| week. The assessments Will be forwarded
| twice month to Pullman for distribution.
The men are confident Of winning the strike
and are quiet aud orderly.
The American patrol feet, consisting of
the nagship Mohloan and yorktown, Adams
Albatross. Alert and Thomas Corwln, sailed
for Behrlng Sea on the l7ih. The Mohlcan
aud Albatrose will follow the coast line and
the other vessels Will keep out at sea. The
fleet will rendezvous at Oonalaska.
News reached the Royal Yacht Club squad
ron that the cutter Nallsyr!c, formerly owned
by Lord Dunrayen after whom the famous
yacht Nalkyrie was named, has fouudercd of
the coast of Africa, all those on board being
drowned. Lord Dunrayen sold the VallSyric
TO an Italian gentleman and she recently
competed in the Mediterranean regettas.
The National Editorial Association will
meet at Asbury Park July End Among
those who have promised to speak are Robert
J. Burdette, Colonel A. X. Mcclure of the
! Philadelphia Time; General Charles II. Tsy-
Tor Of the Boston Giole: Joe Howard, Jr., the
famous New York reporter, and First Assist
ant Postmaster General Frank II. Jones
A dispatch from Moscow says one hundred
German Baptlsts have left the province Of
Kherson and Nolhynla for America to seek
asylum from Russian religious persecution
As the vessel on which they embarked left
I libau the emigrants sauG psalm, which was
heard some time after the vessel left the har-
Dor and greatly affected the crowd on the
dock.
Mrs. Carrie Plume, widow OF the late sena-
tor Plumb, has made charges of sharp prac-
tlce against Calvin Hood, her late husbands
partner for years, aud who Is an ayoseI can
didatc for United States senator The mat
ter comes ont In her suit against Hood for an
accounting OF her husbands interest in the
| Orion Lode Mining Company Of LeadvilIe,
Colorado.
Wisconsin suffered from great floods on tie
10th. The loss by the flood in the Chippewa
valley will aggregate about $500, 600, the
heaviest losers being the Omaha and the Wis
consln Central railroads, which lose bridges
and tracks. The damage at Bloomer let an
ocean of water into Duncan creek, which be-
came raging river and took with IL dozens
of little homes aud great quantities OF lum-
Der, and flooded and ruined the contents of
many houses in Chippewa Falls. Great dam-
age was also done In Bear valley.
The Republican members OF the Senate had
short conference in Mr.. Sherman's commit
tee room Wednesday afternoon, in which Mr.
Teller made speech, in which he spoke
plainly of the policy which he intended to
pursue In the discussion Of the tariff bill. lie
said that he did not propose TO aid the Re
publicans In hlibusterlng tactics, but that
after a reasonable debate he would Join with
the Democrats in an effort TO pass the bill,
although he would as should every other
Republican, vote against the measure. Mr.
Teller recalled TO the minds of his colleagues
the time they stood shoulder 10 shoulder with
the Democrats in the work of enabling them
10 pass the Sherman repeal bill. He told
them very plainly that he, for one, and other