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The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
WILLIAM. conr,.,u,.,,oo..

Berlin. Jan. 3.-Emperor William has
telegraphed to President Kruger as
follows:
~ express my sincere congratula-
lions that. with your people. and with
out appealing to the help Of the friend
iy powers. you have succeeded by your
own energetic action against the arm
ed bands which invaded your country
as disturbers Of the peace. and have
thus been enabled to restore peace
and safeguard the Independence Of
the country against attacks from the
outside"
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
THE rRAnsvAAL rRouslz.
Due to An Effort by the Bosrs 70 Exduds
All Foreigners


All Foreigners
Chicago. Jan. 81. B. Weinbesf OF
johannesburg, who Is at present so5o1fn-
ing In this city, says that the invas!o, of
the Transvaal was in no sense AZ ef-
fort on the part of England to annex the
celebrated South African gold nsds,
The people of johannesburg, who united
in calling upon DR.. Jamison. wtuid
fight to a man against coming unier
British rule.
"when the Transvaal was unknoTn
for It's riches in gold and diamonds" a.
Weinberg continued, "the laws concrn-
ing the naturalization Of newcomers vas
the same as in the Orange Free stass,
and very similar to the naturalizatoh
laws Of the United States. But WIN
tho country began to fill up With IN
ers and people Interested in the gclfahu
diamond industries. the Beers chingen
the laws and made 1t impossible or any
one to become naturalized. The hish
tariff was placed on everything that the
Beers were not likely to use. Particular
enmIty was shown to the mining indus
tries. In this way the coutry succeed
ed In levying fully ninet per cent OF
the taxes on the new population. which
was denied citizenship in order to pre-
vent the newcomers rom making an ef-
fort to equalize the burdens.
81, was five yeas ago" Mr.. Weinberg
said. THAT the National union, 10 re-
move these gro,s abuses. was organized
at Johannesburg. 1t took in Its mem
bershlp all tie more progressive mining
men, many of them Americans and Ger
mans, who bitterly oppose any attempt
on the part of England to annex the
country. Even the English residents
would oppose any scheme for the coun-
try's subjuEation."
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
FRENCHMEN ARE HOT
SUSPECT ENoLAnD's MOTIVES
Openly Charge That Jan'soa's invss'oo
wss the Rssuis of Direct Orders

Paris. Ian. 3.-Not one OF the newspa-
pers of this city minces words IN coHf
ment1ng upon the invasion Of the Trans
yaal territory by the f1libustering e1pe.
dition under DIR. Jamison. In spite oi
the statements made by the britisn GU
lonial secretary, Mr.. Joseph Champef-
lain, and the assertions Of the governor
OF Cape Colony. the premier OF cape
Colony and the managing director OF tue
British South Africa company, the Fig
aro insists that DR.. Jamison did NOT ac'
without having received orders 10 10 20
from Cecil Rhodes, the premier OF cape
Colony, who in turn, according TO the
newspaper mentioned. was in communi-
cation with England. The Figaro adds:
.sThe English simply wish to DO win
the miners of South Africa as pick
pocket does with ones purse. ana WIN
the help of a well-organized hustle
The Rappel remarks: Germany
France and Russia are in accord. Wha'
will England do? Will she dare, with
the United States already on her hands.
IN defy Er,-nna with her insatiahlA r"-
tacity and untenable claims, and end
by arousing formidable coalition TO
which she will be compelled to humilia;e
herselfi'
The Lanterne expresses the opinion
that Great Britain's contention that the
foreign powers have no right to inter-
vene in the Transvaal is nothing more
or less than an application Of Monroe
ism.
'Mr. Rhodes" adds the Lanterne
wants to capture Delagoa bay and thus
nullify the conquest Of Madagascar"
La Justice says: "Dr. Jamison's at
tempt at international filibustering has
inflicted one more defeat on the invad-
Ing policy OF the United Kingdom"
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Beers Concession.

Pretoria, Jan. IA proclamation was
issued by President Kruger assuring
the Uitlanders foreign residents OF the
TransvaaD that the government OF the
republic In willing that they should sub
nit their grievances for immediate con-
sideration upon the part Of the leRisla-
ture. In addition. In order to prevent
suffering at Johannesburg, the govern
ment has removed all duties upon food
stuffs. As matter Of precaution
against a revolutionary outbreak. the
government has sworn in 1000 volun-
teer police, consisting Of people Of all
vaal. 1t will be their duty TO maintain
order at Johannesburg and elsewhere.
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JAMISON WHIPPED.
His Invading Fore. Was Defeated and
Surrendered to the Boers-

| London. Jan. "A dispatch TO the
Exchange Telegraph company this
evening says that DR.. Jamison has
been severely defeated by the Beers
before Johannesburg. The same agency
adds that the news Is confirmed and
that the secretary of state for the
colonies. Mr.. Chamberlain, has been
summoned to the colonial office, where
conference will be held tonight.
1t is added that the defeat of Dr.
Jamison is such as to compel him to
retreat across the frontier.
The colonial office has received con-
firmation of the reported defeat OF DR..
Jamison. After sustaining great loss Of
life he surrendered.
Secretary of state Of the colonies Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain, has telegraphed
to President Kruger, asking for gen
erv,.v--trearnI-rrr prryUuerS a1Su
wounded.
The colonial Office publishes thS fol-
lowing kilograms from Sir Hercules
Robinson, governor of Cape May
colony. to Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain. which are dated January 2:
"a messenger overlook DIR. Jam'son
ten miles the other side OF the Elana
river. He has brought back verbal
message to the effect that the dispatcll
has been received and will be attended
to. The force was then saddling up
and Immediately proceeded eastward
Into the Transvaal. DIR. Jamlson thus
received and disregarded my message
Sir Jacobus De Wet, British agent in
Transvaal, telegraphs that the fighting
commenced at 4 o'clock yesterday. He
was unable to obtain report from
General Joubert, commander Of the
transvaal forces, last evening. and has
heard nothing beyond rumor.
A later dispatch says that DIR. Jami-
| son has surrendered.
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AN rNsuRoEnr VICTORY.
Report Received of = Recent Battle In
Cuba.

Report Received of = Recent Battle In
Cuba
New York. Jan. "a World special
from Kingston says:
Adyices Just received here by car
rier pigeons from the camp OF Ameri-
can allies of the Cuban insurgents un-
der General Wilson. located near Las
Puriales, province of Manzanino.
Cuba, give an account Of fight on
the 10Th ult. between the insurgents
and Spaniards at that place. The In
surgents under General Wilson, 300
s.Eepg a5tasksa ed. ths a.lsMdeH 12F5 q SaS
200 Spaniards. After three b0nre
fighting the spaniards SURRENDERED.
The Spanish loss was forty-two Killed
and twenty-three wounded. while tho
insurgent loss was twenty-nine Killed
and twenty-four wounded.
Among the latter was Lieutenant
Mopson, who was not. however, ser
Iously wounded.
General Wilson's sombrero was
pierced by a Spanish bullet. The
scene after the battle was pitiful.
Over 100 dead and wounded were ~
ing close together in and around the
small fort. some with their heads COM
pletely severed from their bodies by
the deadly machetes Of the infuriated
Cubans. A large amount OF ammunf
tiou. together with 500 rides and Q sup
ply Of provisions, were secured. After
everything of value had been taken
from the fort 1t was wrecked by dyna-
mite.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
nr..,, VII, No. Arb,sr.,..

New York, Jan. 2-The Herald's cor.
respondent In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
sends word that 1t Is reported In ON
cial circles that the government will
send a note to the British minister to-
morrow. to the effect that Brasil will
reject the proposal to submit to arbi-
tration the dispute over the possession
Of the iSland Of Trinidad.
The correspondent states that the ia
Goblin party has been among the
strongest opponents Of arbitration, and
has fought the suggestion with all its
influence In congress. Mr.. Carvalho.
the minister of foreign affairs, was
also one Of those who was antagonistic
to the arbitration Of the question.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
Mr.. vanderbilt. VIII Wed.

New York. Jan. 2-The World says:
Mrs. Alva 8. Vanderbilt announced to
her friends yesterday that she Is engaR-
ed to be married to Oliver Belmont.
"Mrs. Willie r." as Mrs. Vanderbilt y
known in society, is the divorced wife
Of william X. Vanderbilt She rs the
mother Of the Duchess OF Marlborough
Miss Consuelo vanderbflD. whose mar
riage last autumn. was the crown and
most precious Jewel In her mothers
social career. Oliver Belmont Is the son
of the late August Belmont. He Is him
self divorced man. his FIRST wife hav.
ing married again. II Is quite certain
that the wedding will take place soon.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
UrAH'S SENATORS.
Candidates Already Engaged In a. Ae-
tive CanvasA.

two Canvass
Salt Lake, Utah. Jan. 3.-Nembers Of
the Legislature have been arriving In
the city all day, and considerable Astiv-
ity Is already noticed along the skirroish
line of the senatorial contest. Several
sspiran's for senatorial honors havo es-
tablished their headquarters. and are
actively at work. Headquarters of
Frank J. Cannon have been located In
the Templeton hotel. under the manage
ment OF Hon. Ben Rich. From that
decidedly ahead in the race.
Judge G. W. Bennett has opened q1ar-
tiers in the Cullen hotel. Mr.. Beuueit
says he Is willing to take his chances in
the caucus, and believes he has more
than an even chance.
Col. Isaac Trumbo has his headguar.
ters in the Atlas block. and Hon. Chas.
Crane Is doing the active work In his
behalf.
Judge G. G. Goodwin. who In pTomi.
nenrly mentioned for one Of the senator.
ships. has not taken the aggressive pos.-
tlon which other candidates are showing.
but his friends rely upon his general
strength among the members ~ being
sufYlcient to make him a winning candl-
date.
Arthur Brown and others have been
mentioned ns being in the race. bu. ~
fx. they have assumed nething mDre
than q passive attitude.
The Republican members will bold 4
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

A dispatch from Cincinnati an
nounces that new directory for the
Commercial Gazette has been chosen,
at the head OF which Is A. Howard
Hinkle. The further announcement Is
made that Mr.. Hinkle Is president OF
the Ashland Iron and Steel company.
a director in the First National Bank,
the American Book Company. the
United States Printing Company, tho
John Church Company. the Cincinnati
Gas Light and Coke Company. the
Everett Piano Company and other COM
panies. The Commercial Gazette IL
one Of the strongest and ablest papers
in the west. but we doubt whether 1t
can stagger along under such an embar-
rassment of riches very long.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Red Bank, N. j., authorities are try
Ing to suppress swearing on the pub
lie streets. Last week Grover Reeves
was arraigned before Justice Chiids
and fined $3.50 for having used seven
bad words on the street. This Ia the
second case Of the kind that has oc-
Cured In few weeks. All who wish
to swear on the public higway may dc
no, provided there Is no objection to
paying for each 'cuss" at the rate o!
80 cents a word.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
ALMOST A UNIT.
The Senate Opposed to Selling Bonds to
the Syndicate.

The Senate Opposed to Selling Bonds to
ths Syndicate.
Washington, Jan. 4.-The discussion
one fact very clear: That body is
almost a unit in Its opposition to the
proposal Of the government to sell
bonds to the syndicate in the way it is
proposed. Senator Hill Of New York
was practically the only defender that
the president had on the floor.
Mr.. Elkins' resolution. directing the
disposal of bonds by public sale, was
under discussion.
Mr.. Elkins reviewed the commissions
paid for floating loans during. the war
to show the enormous extortion Of the
syndicates who had taken up the loans
Of the present administration. Only
about $500. 900 had been paid In COM
missions on loans aggregating $2,500,-
O00, 900 during the war. In other
words, the bond syndicate had made
more in placing a loan of $62, 900. 900
than was paid for floating the entire
war debt The war loans were floating
among the people, as all loans
should be.
1t was said that one banker was to
obtain 81 900, 900 commission for float
ing the contemplated loan Of 500. 0.000.-
600. The people were unable to COM
prehend such reckless and wanton
waste Of milliona He did not mean
to criticise the president, the secretary
Of the treasury or the syndicate, which
was simply taking advantage Of the
opportunity. but he insisted that the
people would take the bonds at much
higher figures than those paid to the
government. The credit Of the country
was unassailable. We are immeasur-
ably the richest country Of the globe.
Mr.. Teller scored the administration
on its "imbecility or dishonesty"
Afr. Hill wanted the Elkins resolution
sent to the finance committee, but the
Senate, by a vote of 4S to 6, refused to
allow it. The question Of Its adoption
went over until Tuesday.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
Hts Hors~s far sale.

Evanston, Wyo.. Jan. 2.-Sheriff John
Fl. Ward has arrested and lodged in :hs
county jail Lige CANARY, charged with
placing Instructions upon the track Of
the Oregon Short Line railway with in
tent to wreck trains. Cannary drove .
herd Of horses on the track and herded
them there In order to have them killed,
and then claim damages from the CON,
pany. He II brother Of the notsl
Calamity Jane Of Black Hslls fsmA
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
WANT rALMAoE ALL THE TIME
The Co-Pastorship Results In . Churcl
Row.

Washington, Jan. IA disagreement,
has arisen In the First Presbyterian
church Of Washington, between the Rev
T. Dewitt Talmage. and the assIstan n,
pastor. Rev. Adolos Allen, over which a
special meeting of the Washington pres.
bytery will be called.
When DR.. Talmage came to the church
recently, 1t was arranged that he should
preach Sunday evenings, while DR..
Sunderland, with whom he was made
co-pas;or. should alternate In the pulpit
Sunday mornings with Mr.. Allen. tbe
assistant pastor.
The church has been crowded IN Sun.
day evenings since DIR. Talmase BEGAN
to preach. and there IL demand tia,
he should hold the pulpit twice on Sun.
days. Offers have also come from other
churches for DR.. TaImage's services on
Sunday mornings. He has announced
TO the eders that he desires to preach
twice each sunday: that he = sbIe to ana
that the pressure on him seems rov,.
DENTAL call. The eldefs have the same
opinion.
Mr.. Allen. however. stands upon hJ
rights. WHICH are defined By tho con.
tract and By church probity, and de.
clines to Yield the pulpit. Conseausptlv
The presby'ery vii, t,e called upon to d.
eide the question,
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

war between the United States and
Great Britain impossible, 10 being
signed by hundreds of authors and
that further signatures are arriving
nv every mail. Among those who have
signed the appeal are sir Walter Be-
sant John Ruskin. Hall Caine. Alfred
Austin, Sir Edwin Arnold. Professor
Iecky. Thomas Hardy, r. d. Black
more. william Black, George Mere
dith and Rider Haggard.
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WILL MAKE A MILLION.
Banker Morgan's Big Pay for Handling
the B0nd IasnA.


Banker Morgan's Big Pay for Handling
the Bond IasuA.
Washington, d. c., Jan. There IL
no longer any reasonable doubt that
the details Of another gold bond issue.
by which the people are again to be
mulcted out of, millions, have been
agreed to and that its announcement ID
a question Of only few days at the
farthest The New York bankers syn
dicate, of which ]. Pierrepont Morgan
Is the head, have pledged themselves
to furnish s1OO.OOO,OOO of gold, or
about 5.5OO,OOO ounces, whenever 1t Ia
needed, and the government is to have
the right to call for 100000, 900 more
on the same terms within one year.
The syndicate will receive new gov
ernment per cent. coin bonds, run
ming for thirty years. at about $1.O5X.
The same kind of bonds sold In the
open market yesterday for $1.171a. Mr..
Morgan, 1t is surmised, will pay for
the bonds at about per cent. less than
$1.OoA, but the syndicate, which is
really blind pool, agrees to take them
from him at about that price and to
furnish gold coin or bars without first
drawing upon the United States treas
ury gold reserve. In other words, the
bankers propose to get for about
$1.O5A a bond now selling in the open
market for $1.17h. making 4 clean
profit Of 11A per cent, or about ST.
10000 on the first one hundred mil
lions of gold furnished, and q like
profit on the second hundred millions.
II the government IL again In need.
within the year.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS CoFfEE,
Had the Ladies' Aid Society of om
Church out for tea. forty Of them, and
all pronounced the German Cofeeberry
equal to Rio! Salzer's catalogue tells
you all about 1t! 35 packages Earliest
vegetable seeds $1.0O post paid.
If You will cut this out and send
with 15c stamps to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse. Wis. you will get free q
package Of above great coffee seed and
our 148 page catalogue. Catalogue alone
&c. w.n.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Al Cincinnati Thursday Margaret
Riveo was married TO Louis Charles An
TOME Guilbert Pierre Pin:on Marquis
du Chambrun. To prevent possible
Misunderstanding 1t may not be amiss
b state that there was only one Of the
QNo0.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
z.s,,.s A...o,. Wan. r.....

London. Jan s.-The Society Of Au-
thors writes to the Associated Press
saying that the memorial Of the Brit.
ish Authors to their brethren In the
United States. appealing to the latter
N Join the former In an effort to make
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

The Louisville base ball club an
nounces that 1t has signed the poet,
Henry Coolidge semple. as pitcher
for next season. We marvel that the
poet Stephen Crane was not chosen in
stead; no one ever would have been
able TO get onto his curves.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

6nob Smalley is in a state OF mind
dreadful to behold. He begins to fear
that the American people are in ear
nest In the matter of upholding the
Monroe doctrine. The fact is likely to
penetrate to John Bulls seat of under
standing In the course of time.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

A New York inventor has been sent
to the asylum as the result Of study
ing over bottle which cannot be re-
nlled." A great many men have gone
there through studying bottles which
have been hlled too often.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Mark Twain is to receive 10000 for
his lecture course in England This.
together with the great popular sub
scription started in his behalf by
Cincinnati paper. will give him $lO.-
016.48.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

The cable brings the interesting In
formation that a Miss Viola" OF Lon
don ia coming over to this country ito
try going over Niagara Falls. We
think she will experience little diff
Guilty in going over the falls II she
tries hard enough. but we advise her
to court undying fame BY engaging in
a pie-eating contest In New York.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

What do you suppose E. W. Clark OF
Nevada. Mo-. got. who sued Caroline
Simmons for $4,000 for breach Of
promise? Got left, and the jury was
out only ten minutes.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Says the Boston Traveller: Rev. Dr.
Gumbart OF this city defends hell"
Well. It needs some sort of defense: a
great many people speak disparagingly
OF it.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Another heiress has gone. This time
1t is Clara Busch. daughter of mil
lionaire st. Louis brewer. while the
lucky man ia Baron Won Gontard. There
are still few more left.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11
Jameson Reported E..eu.ed.

London, Jan. 3.-The Evening Stand
ard says 1t In rumored that DIR. Jane
son was shot to-day, after um-beaG
courtmartial.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Says squeamish Minnesota paper,
speaking Of the Hayward case: Hang
ing is a terrible thing" 1t is, it is
That's why We advise all our friends
to eschew numbering entirely.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

W. s. Strattan the Cripple Creek bo-
nanza king, was poor carpenter
four years ago, and probably is not
good carpenter yet
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Says the San Francisco Wave: "Chi-
cago has not a single great preacher" !"
Well. that's all right: great preacher
ought not to be single. anyway.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

No man can grind down another
without first placing his own soul unaef
the milestone.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Beius killed by electricity is shock
ing way to die.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

When a man gets up early In the
morning to drink. he is apt to speho
the day In doing nothing else.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Buffalo offers $50 for the best sug-
gestion for municipal flag" What's
the matter with the stars and stripes !!
Please send along that remittance.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

General Russell A. Alger has engaged
twenty-five rooms In st. Louis during
convention week. What's the matter
with Alger?
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

The man who begins by drinking
some time may end by having TO orih'
all the time.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

An oil-borer near Gallipolis. ohio' Is
down 2,010 feet and is still living Oh
hone
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

1t now transpires that nearly all the
divorces that have -besg. grapted n 0k-
fuI1
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Nobody ever goes to hades-accora-
Ing TO the tombstone.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

Cripple Creek may turn out to be
town with streets paved with gold.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

The medicine that will cause s.that tired
feeling to disappear should be very popu-
lar II Il works on q loafer.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-11

The hit of Herr Altwardts nrss
lecture was made by prehistoric egg.
The Lamar register., 1896-06-06

The Denver Times has OF late dis.
played much improvement in its news
service and mechanical features. 1t Is
now printed by 8 Mergenthaler Limo
tgpe typesetting machines OF the latest
and most improved pattern, and II
pages are issued every day excepting
on Fridays, when 16 or more pages are
printed The Times is the only daily
paper in Colorado which receives the
full day service of that greatest news
gathering organization, the Associ-
ated Press. The difference in time and
the uurivalled service allows The
Times to present the news of the world
up to 8 p. IN. in its last edition. A
corps of over 200 live correspondents
in Colorado and surrounding states
and territories enables it TO present
the news of the Rocky Mountain re-
gion on the day il occurs, twelve hours
IN advance of the morning papers,
while the local news service is crisp,
fresh and mp date. The increase
in size allows The Times to Introduce
several new daily departments. which
viii be appreciated more especially by
its lady readers. The Tines makes a
specially of the best serial stories that
can be secured, the one now running
in the paper being IAN Army Wife, y
Capt. Chas. King latest and greatest
story. The presidential campaign is at
hand. Those who wish to read live,
reliable paper will take the Times