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The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
COTTON MILLS BURNED.
/. BIO RHODE ISLAND FIRE.
u1teen Hundred Operatives. at Warren.
Thrown Out of Employment and the
Town Practically Wiped Out-Loss o1.-
10000.

Warren, II. L., Oct. 3.-One Of the
argest fires that has ever occurred In
Southeast New England broke out In
,ne OF the mills of the Warren Manu-
featuring company, situated about an
,ighth Of mile from the center OF this
town, just before midnight. and before
1 was gotten under control 1t had swept
warehouses, small sheds, freight cars
and other property, causing loss which
Is estimated at II IRE than $1,OOO,OOO.
The first started III the wash room near
the engine room of No. l mill and
spread with great rapidity through the
building. Within an hour after the
blaze was discovered the flames were
-oaring through the three mills. The
magnitude of the fire at once became
apparent TO the local department. and
help was Immediately summoned from
Bristol. Fall River and Providence. An
angine from Bristol. one from Fall
River and two hose carts and three ell
zine companies from Providence, re-
sponded, arriving on special trains.
The scene when these companies ar
.ived WAS appalling. The whole Of the
southern part of the little town seemed
to be roaring mass of flames, threat
ening not only the tenement houses OF
the manufacturing company nearby,
but even endangering the business part
Of the town some distance off.
Almost Immediately after the addi-
tional force had set at work, the water
supply began to give out, and the COM
Dined departments consequently worked
under heavy disadvantage, and al
though the automatic sprinklers were
turned on In all of the three mills and
six inches of water stood upon all Of the
floors, very little progress was made.
Shortly before IL O'Clock the walls OF
two Of the mills fell in and the dwelling
houses occupied by the operatives also
caught fire SO that it seemed to be
spreading In two directions.
BY the most persistent and arduous
efforts. however, the firemen gained
control of the confiagration at midnight
but all that was left of the big factories
warehouses and tenements was blaz
ing pile Of ruins. The entire contents
Of the plants were destroyed, with the
exception Of fifty bales Of cotton from
the warehouse. which. after taking fire
dropped into the water and were carried
down the bay blazing mass. endanger
ing vessels at anchor.
Several persons in the crowd Of spec
tators were injured by flying bricks
but none were seriously hurt. WheL
the roof OF the warehouse fell, foul
Providence firemen were caught. They
escaped by crawling down the water
pipe and then jumped distance Of
seventeen feet. Two were slightly in
jured.
The losses are estimated Us follows
Warehouses and factories, 100000
material. 100000; lumber yards, $15.
600; tenements, $4,000; total, lips,
600.
The local fro sarvioo was ritlilulously
Inadequate.
The Insurance amountd to 5000. 1000.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
cuBAns MAKE a BREAK.
Boldly Enter the Town of Santa Clara
When 1t Is Full of Spanish Tr0ops.


When 1t Is Full of Spanish Troops.
Tampa, Fla, Oct. Passengers ar
riving from Cuba report the landing
Thursday of an expedition In Honda.
forty miles west of Havana, composed
OF 100 well-armed men, supposed to be
commanded by Callazo or COrrillo.
Martinez de Campos reached Havana
Thursday morning from Santa Clara.
That night at S o'clock the insurgents
under General Sanchez entered the city
of Santa Clara. entering as far az Cen
tral park. killing many Spanish soldiers,
obtaining their arms. ammunition and
provisions, and returning to the coun-
try. 1t was a most daring attack and
caused great excitement. Campos upon
hca ng OF the bold stroke left Thurs
day at midnight for Santa Clara, with
ont having given audience to anyone.
His sudden departure from Havana Gre
ated CONSERVATION there.
Railway communication to Santa
Clara Ii impossible. The insurgents
have destroyed the track and the storm
on Tuesday seriously damaged all the
bales of tobacco are stored In Kemedps
and Santa Clara, but the insurgents pro
hibIt their removal
From El Pueblo Oyo Colorado thirty
leading men Joined the insurgents after
being equipped az Spanish volunteers
They are going out Tuesday under Al
fredo Mota. From Alqulz Thursday
night thirty men Joined the insurgents.
This Is forty miles from Havana.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12

Considerable interest Is being aroused
in England by a suggestion to adopt
the metric system of weights and meas
ures instead of the intricate methods
now in use. The same applies with
.oual force to the United States. We
have taken one step in advance Of Eng
land in having put our money on the
decimal system, and we should follow
IL I'D by adopting the metric system
throughout. Congress has already put
II. of{icial seal on the metric system,
which IL more than can be said Of the
old systems. People. however. still
cling to the old methods. because they
can not be dispensed with except by a
concerted movement. The people are
In favor Of the change, on account of
the Increased simplicity Of all meas
ures Of quantity under the metric sys-
tenn. Most Of the European countries
have adopted the decimal system.
when the change was made 1t was by
the government setting day when the
old measures and weights were to
cease and the new ones were to come
into vogue. After a period Of grace,
those found using the old systems were
aued. Thus the old order passed, and
the new came into use. Americans
want the metric (decimaD system.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
INDIAN AVENGERS.
sAnNocxs KILL THREE MEN,
Captain Smith and Two Other Prospeefor'
scalped In Jackson's Hole Troops hsve
Gone After the Indians.

Denver, Oct. IA special received by
the Republican last night from Pocotel-
10, Idaho, was as follows:
A courier and scout for the United
States troops named ]. w. Wilson
reached Idaho Falls, about ninety miles
north Of this place, last evening. bring
ing news OF the killing Of Captain
Smith and two comrades by Indians In
the lower part of Jackson's Hole on
Thursday morning.
The Indians had sworn vengeance
against Smith. as 1t is he. they be-
lieved. who killed one of their tribe and
was the cause indirectly of the death
Of pappoose last July. Smith was
wounded himself In this fight, but re-
covered.
Wilson states that Captain Smith and
his two companions We're prospecting on
the south fork of the Snake river. at the
south end OF Jackson's Hole and were
ambushed, and lie and his two compan-
ions We're shot dead and their bodies
left on the river bar.
Wilson and Constable Manning were
scouting in this locality at the time, and
both saw the dead bodies of the nnr-
oercd men. Wilson rode at once to
Captain Coils command. at Swan val
ley, and reported the facts. leaving
Manning at Camp Granite to return to
Jackson's Hole with the troops, who left
Immediately for the scene OF the kill
ing Wilson then rode to Idaho Falls
with dispatches.
B. Adams, rancher. living three
miles from the scene of the killing. and
now visiting at idaho Falls, put Wilson
through searching examination last
night In regard TO the killing Of Smith
and his companions, and says there can
be no doubt whatever as TO the rclia-
bility OF Wilson'S statement. He says
further. that the killing OF Smith was no
surprise to him. as the Indians openly
avowed they would have his scalp. He
believes, however. that this will vir-
tunlly settle the difficulty so far as the
Indians are concerned, they having
avenged the death of their braves and
will now return to the reservation.
Wilson says there are about sixty In
dians in Jackson's Hole, and they are
Bannocks from the Fort Hall rescrva-
ton
Captain Coils. with his command,
who started for the Hole. will drive out
all Indians found there, but it Is almost
certain that none will be encountered,
as they will anticipate the arrival of
troops and head by circuitous route
for the reservation.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
APPALLING THREATS.
What spain VIII DO to Uncle San II II.
Don't Watch Out.


Chicago. Oct. IA special from Tam
pa. Florida, says: 1.-TWO things are cer-
tain" said New Yorker on his way
looking after extensive interests In the
Interior. Zone is that we are going to
have trouble with Spain about compli-
cations arising from the Cuban ques-
ton: the other that Cuba will be free
whether the United States recognizes
her or not
This gentleman would not allow his
name to be used because his property
in Cuba would be cOnfiscated were he
TO return to the island.
81 heard high official In Havana
say" he continued, "that II the Ameri-
cans do not mind. we will parade the
Spanish troops in Central park, New
York, before we are through l heard
1t said In well-known cafe In Havana
that, after the rebellion Is Suppressed,
the United States will be attepdeteA
and II was hoped that Cleveland 9 lEd
be caught and hanged.
at is openly declared in the cafes
that IL Uncle Sam recognizes Cuba,
that the Americans must get out Of the
island. BY Christmas there will be
10000 Spanish soldiers on the Island
of Cuba. Why should Spain mobilize
so many troops on our frontier II they
are not needed to suppress the revolu-
tion?
1.-The Cuban patriots are sadly in
need of arms and ammunition. One
day n band of forty passed my planta-
ton with only ten guns. and they were
the cheapest kind Of bird guns. The
rest of the party were armed with ma
chctes, without guards. They load
their guns with bits of barbed wire
taken frnm fpncns and with nailsn
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12

A paper devoted to the oil and paint
trade says: 1.-THE max crop of 1894 is
now found to have amounted to only T.
900, 900 bushels. which is but little more
than one half Of the average crops of
the four years preceding. and falls g.
oo0, 900 bushels below the crop Of 1893.
The largest crop was that Of 1891, which
amounted to 100000 bushels. The
small crop Of the past year would have
caused scarcity but for the large i'm
portations of Calcutta seed, and this
has also prevented an increase in prices
which the smaller supply Of domestic
seed otherwise warranted. At the close
of the crop year the price for cash seed
At Chicago, while lower than a year
ago, was higher than at the close OF
either OF the three preceding years,
but at the close Of the crop year Of 1889
10. and ON the eve of then almost un-
precedentedly large crop. the price was
nearly IL per cent higher. This may
be taken as indicating the influence OF
free imports of foreign seeds AS to
the crop of 1895 estimates vary greatly.
hut II appears to be conceded that II
will exceed 10000 900 bushels.'
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
puRRANT.s TRIAL.
Several Sensations Diseased in Ons
Day.

Several Sensations Diseased in Ons
San Francisco, Oct. 3.-The trial ol
Theodore Durrant was replete with SEN
sation to-day. Henry ]. Mccoy, gen
eral secretary of the Young Men
Christian association, who was cited
for contempt last Monday for telling
Juror Truman that IL he did not hans
Durrant the people would hang him
WAS fined $3.50 with the alternative OF
five days in the county jail.
During the cross-examinatlon OF Il
witness summoned by the defense the
prosecution developed the fact that a
student at Cooper Medical college who
did not attend the lecture delivered by
Dr. Cheney on the afternoon Of April
3, was recorded present on the roll call
book This testimony is of the greatest
Importance from the fact that II shows
the unreliability OF the roll call book
in which Durrant was recorded present
on the afternoon that Blanche Lamont
was murdered.
The last sensation Of the day was Ill
order made by the court committing
Miss Carrie Cunningham, newspaper
reporter, to the county jail for refusing
to answer a question. The defense de
sired to impeach the testimony of Mrs,
Leak, who said she did not tell Miss
Cunningham that she saw Durrant and
Miss Lamont enter Emanuel Baptist
church on the afternoon of April 8.
Miss Cunningham testified that Mrs
Leak did not tell her what she had
seen, but when asked to reveal the
source of her Information the witnes;
declined to answer. An order was
made committing the witness to the
county Jail for contempt, but on mo
tion of the defense it was made to g
into effect tomorrow morning, wheI
Miss Cunningham will be given another
chance to answer the question.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
Silver Cause in England.

New York, Oct. 3.-M. II. DeYoung of
the San Francisco Chronicle In an inter-
view said: "As silver man. l am
glad to say that England is coming
right to the front and giving us some
points to work upon. The silver ques-
ton is burning one in England,
where 10000 men have organized tho
Bfmetallists' league with William Gran
vile, Bank Of England director, as
president.
"The league Issues a paper and 1t Is
now on the carpet to ask for internation-
al commissioners to meet and devise
methods looking to the welfare of the
white metal. I am myself in favor Of
immediate congressional action In favor
of silver for the benefit. not only of the
farmers, but the whole country"
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
Charged viii Horrsu.

Ogden, Utah, Oct. 4.-John d. Pat.
terson has been arrested charged with
forgery. Patterson stood high In thu
community and was, until July 2, chic.
clerk In the supply department Of the
Union Pacific. He was q member OF
the board Of education and prominen,
In political and Masonic matters. 1t q
alleged he forged note for over $500
deposited the same n security at a sa.
loon for his own note. and then forged
4 check Of an Idaho firm to redeem the
note. He has remained concealed since
Monday morning and eluded the police
until tonight. An Investigation shows
other alleged questionable transactions
covering q period of over six months.
Patterson attributes his downfall Ia
userphine and whisky.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
An Important Case Now on Trial n,
Cheyenne.

Cheyenne. Wyo.. Oct. "A test case
involving the question of the segrega-
ton of water from land for which ii
was appropriated is being tried In the
Laramie county District court. The
case is that of the Little Horse Greek
Irrigation company against ]. r. John
son and others. The Irrigation company
purchased from the Spring Hale Ditch
company an appropriation for water
The water commissioner and the other
ditch officers OF the district refused TO
recognize the validity of the sale, claim
ing that water right cannot be trans
ferred independently of the land for
which 1t was secured. The Wyoming
board Of water control sustained the
action Of the water commissioner. The
present action is brought to secure from
the court an order restraining the board
of control and the water commissioner
from interfering with the use of the
water conveyed by the deed. The out
come of the case is watched with inter-
est, as there are many similar cases
throughout the irrigated portion of the
West.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
Killed . Big Hear,

Buffalo, Wyo, Oct. 4.-An old bear
which has been killing young stock OIL
the Powder river ranges, has at last
been killed after being hunted unsuc-
cessfully for several seasons. The day
after the recent snowfall Jim Morga-
reidge struck his trail on Red Fork and
followed 1t to where he had killed a 2.
year-old heifer. From the CARCASS he
followed the trail to Cottonwood canon.
where he found the old fellow and a,
once commenced shooting at him. 1t
took six shots, all of them well aimed,
to kill him. 1t made a track eighteen
inches long. His hide measures 8 feet
8 inches long and 8 feet inches wide,
and he weighed 400 pounds. Fifteen
gallons Of lard was rendered from his
carcass.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
prly..e Land claim Court.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Oct. 4.-The October
term OF the United States Court of Prl-
vate Land Claims will open here on
Monday next. The docket comprises
twenty-four cases. involving over 7OO,-
600 acres OF land.
1t is understood that soon after the
opening of the term an elaborate writ
ten opinion In the Peralta Reavis case,
decided Mt the last term adversely to
the claimants, will be handed down by
Chief Justice Reed. This opinion Is
anticipated with much interest by the
attorneys and others who followed the
trial of the celebrated case. Peralta-
Reavis is still confined here in the Unit
ed States prison In default Of 5000
bond
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
AN IRISH APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
National Alliance Wants Slnews for the
War With England.

National Alliance Wants Slnews for the
War With England.
New York. Oct. 1.-THE national Off
GERS and executive committee OF the
Irish National Alliance issued the fol
lowing appeal:
To all friends OF Irish Independence:
The convention which recently organ
lied at Chicago the Irish National ALL
ance hns placed Its guidance and gov
eTlglIpanitu nituri Pna 'eiStfibg teafrs:
purpose Of the ALLIANCE fias already
been proclaimed-to obtain the com
plete Independence of Ireland from
England by any means consistent with
the laws OF nations. Organizations,
their revenue for the successful ac-
eomplishment of their duties. 'rhe
siDews Of war" are absolutely neces-
sary both for organization and propa-
CATION.
England, the arch-enemy of Ireland
has at her disposal immense resources
the Accommodations OF centuries of con-
quest and piracy. She has 1t In her
power to control or mould public opin-
ion in her own interests. Even In free
America.she possesses this power TO an
astounding extent. Her side of the
Irish question has filled the American
mind for quarter of n century. ever
since Ireland's friends at home and
abroad committed the costly fault of
trusting TO parliamentary agitation to
achieve the liberty Of their mother
land.
Now. however, a totally different pol
Icy has been inaugurated The abso
lutte claim Of Ireland 10 a distinct ma
donal life has been placed forcibly be-
fore the world by the unauimo,Is vote
Of the recent Irish national congress
held In Chicago. Provincialism has
been cast aside and the national de-
mand OF Ireland. which slumbered but
did not die is again in the ascendant
We are determined that it shall SO re-
main and that no effort Of ours no sac-
rifice on our part will be left untrjed
or unperformed until victory crowns
our sacred cause.
We appeal therefore to all friends of
the independence of Ireland to aid lis
in this good work by placing at our dis
posal the means required for its accom-
plishGcnt You are asked to subscribe
In accordance with your means, and TO
forward your subscriptions as soon MS
possible to the Irish National Alliance
Hon. r. V. Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick, lJ4
Twenty second Street. Chicago. Ill.
God save America and Ireland.
The appeal Is signed by VIM Lyman
President l. ". A.: j. ]. Donovan, Mass
achusetts: Martin Kelly, Tennessee: j.
]. Sheehy. California;; T. j. London,
Ohio: ]. Lawler. Texas: Chris Gala.
CHER, Minnesota: G. N. Kennedy. Mon
tana; ]. Fl. Greery, Pennsylvania.
Plans for organization are being pre-.
pared and will be issued in few days
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
Wiling 10 Mary the Girl.

st. Louis. Oct. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,. says: This afternoon it was an
nounced that Father Wagner had con-
fessed everything and asks permission
to marry Maud Steidel, the girl he is
charged with having abducted. His
confession was made to Sheriff Adriano
and Alex Podvant, Maud SteideFs un-
Gle. No action has yet been taken by
the relatives.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
Two Indians Arrested.

PocItello, Idaho, Oct. 3.-Indiln
Agent Teter, of the Fort Hall agency,
arrived here last night, accompanied
by Inspector Mccormick, bringing with
them two Indian bucks, who will be
taken to Evanston. Wyoming, by Teter
and tried as a test case for the unlaw-
full killing of game In the Jackson Hole
country, which led to the killing of an
*eeks aEo: ana -wffenf nfwdSh Shtife futfHfal
tion for the recent Indian scare Iu-
spector Mccormick left here this morn
ing for Livingstone, Wyoming, to hold
a council with the Bannocks Saturday
next
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
worH of u. Y...a, /. C,b,.

Havana, Oct. 7.-Word has been re-
ceived here that forty-flve more bodies
have been recovered from the inundat-
ed district in Vuelta Abajo. the damage
from the flood and cyclone having
now reached the dimension of q ereat
disaster. Many more people, and in
fact whole families are missing. and
as the floods subside and the district d
gone over by searching parties IL =
feared that the death list will be sreats
ly increased. The money loas to II
railway company at this time ID Cd
mated to be approaching f3OO,O0
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
Bandits Buncoe,i,

Fort Smith. Ark, Oct. THE north
bound Frisco passenger train was rol,
bed at CASTOR. Indian Territory, fifty
miles south OF here. last night. Sis
men did the work. They cut the ex
press car loose from the train and ran /,
up the track. They failed to opep thu
through safe and only got eighty-fiys
cents from the local safe. The passen
gers were not molested. The train wa,
permitted to pull out after the bandit
failed to open the big safe. 1t is though
to have been the work Of the Christian
brothers gang.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
Last stand Of the Hov...

London, Oct. IA correspondent Of
the Times at AtanatOmOrivO. writing un-
der date of Sept. %. says: The French
are thirty miles OF and are advancing
fast. The British seminary and the
French observatory here have been
wrecked. The queen In a speech yes
terady said: 1.-THE French are close up-
on me. You said you would fight for
me. but you have not fought. I VIII
not yield. 1 shall die at the palace"
The Hovas are preparing to make the
last stand ut Anbohemarga.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12

, any place wnere IT WAS tnougnt nqkar
was being sold and make arrests W7(i-
out warrant. Under this section poece-
men have been in the habit Of ente3ng
places which had fallen under suspicion
and arresting whoever they caught In
apparent possession of the place.
The court holds that this sectioni In
so far as 1t authorizes arrest without
warrant for misdelneanors not commit
ted in the view OF the officials, b M
constitutional and void
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
LAWSON AND HIS REscvERs
A Big Reward Is Onered for Their Cap
ture.

ture.
Boise, Idaho Oct. 4.-Governor Nc
COnnell to-day issued proclamation
Offering reward of 81, 500 for the cap
ture Of p. p. Lawson and the men who
liberated him from the HALEY jail a
short time ago. Lawson was a MEM
ber Of the Legislature three years ago
and shot and killed George Watson,
formerly Of Denver, over a woman.
The murder was the most brutal and
cold -blooded In the history of the state
Lawson was convicted and sentenced
to hang and was placed in the HALEY
jail for safe-keeping pending an appeal
to the Supreme Court. He was there
but short time when some men over
powered the sheriff one night bound
and gagged him, released the murderer
and threw the sheriff into his cell
lawson and his liberators made good
their escape. The sheriff has been ac-
cused Of laxity In the matter and the
governor decided to issue the reward.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
KlllIae 1t Cs.sjss.

ConejOs, Colo, Oct. 3.-John W.
Hughes, an attorney, well known In
Southern Colorado, was shot and in
stantly killed here to-day BY George
Reekers, q sal0onkeeper.
The tragedy took place In Reeker's
saloon, and was witnessed by two per
sons.
A shotgun, loaded with buckshot, waa
the weapon used, and death was In
0tantaneOus-
Reekers claims that the shooting was
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12

done In self defense, and made no At.
tempt to escape. He WAS arrested ana
is now In jail at ConeJOs.
The homicide grew out OF trouble
Of long standing between the two men.
and the former wife Of the salOonkeep-
er was the primary cause of II. Reek-
ers claimed that Hughes was on too in-
innate terms with Mrs. Rockers.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-12
The Rebels Voted Out.

Rio Janeiro, Oct 4.-The chamber of
deputies has again rejected the bill for
amnesty to the rebels In the depart
ment Of Rio Grande Do Sui. It u be-
loved that the chamber will not secept
any such bill, and 1t is believed that this
win lead to the resignation Of Dr.. Pru-
dent de Aoraes ~ president Of the ~
public,