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The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
Three k..sas Deei.io...

Topeka. Kan, Jan. 13-The Supreme
court to-day decided that J. X. Hud.
son is the state printer of Kansas. He
was elected In January. 1895, but bis
predecessor, E. II. Snow. has contest.
ed the-matter. Justice Allen has dis
sented.
In the case Of Wichita against the
vsell Telephone company. wherein the
city tried to put license tax on each
telephone, the court decided that the
case must be tried on its merits at
Wichita.
The court also decided that Rogers
who burned the Harvey county decd
records. must go to the penitentiary
for Eve years as sentenced.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
lal..lnx Steamer Found.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 1O.-A special
dispatch received from Vancouver to
day states that the Warrimo, from Ha-
wall, arrived at four a. M, and reports
AZ safe the Miowera, the steamship
which was supposed to be swampe,l
while endenvoring to save the Stratl,-
nevis. The Warrimo spoke the AIio-
vera on January 2, about 100 miles
south Of Honolulu, bound for Australia,
and all was we'll
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
ADAMS. pEFALcATIoN.
The Denver Court Clerk Got Away WIN
Over $4,000.

The Denver Court Sh1AA 49,
Over $4,000.
Denver, Jan. 13.-The RepuDiicah
this morning says:
To-day the Arapahoe county grahu
fury will make Its final report 10 '""s.
Johnson In the West Side Crifhihi'
court and the most important feature
OF It will deal with the shortage III W.
accounts OF District Court CLERK Mat'
Adams. 1t is understood that "'e IN
dictments charging embezzlement axe
to be returned against him.
In the civil division of the pistfic.
court alone 1t has been discovered that
the peculatlons of the absentee c,elA
amount to S3G,4OO. These are sara "
be Expert Accountant Strickiers eA-
act figures.
Owing to lack of time he conid MOI
extend his investigations INTO MI
Adams Criminal court operations "A
conservative estimate sets MS liiesa'
profits from that source at ABOUT Si'
900. which brings the grand total Oh
the amount he cost the county up 10
over $4,000. The next set OF er"h''
Jurors is to be given the Criminal couf'
end of the case, and more indictments
will be added to the. .tiXe. already s'anu
| Just as soon as the capIas warrants
are issued against Matt Adams this
| afternoon the machinery of the law
will be set in motion to pull him back
| from wherever he has made his asy-
| lum. 1t Is the belief of the authorities
that he has expatrlated himself and
can be found In one of the Central
American republics.
A clue to his whereabouts is In tho
possession Of the men who are after
him.
AS near as the expert who examined
his books could figure 1t, Colonel
Adams has been mlsappropriating the
funds of his office for over four years
before he resigned on November 81
last. During that period 1t is claimed
he made no accounting whatever to
the county treasurer for the fines,
costs. etc, collected in the West Side
Criminal court. His defalcation in
this direction worked one especially
grievous wrong to the community, as
the fines should have all gone into the
public school fund.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
Tn. southern Ut. Allo,,n,nt..

Washington, Jan. 13.-The allot-
ments of lands in severnlty, made by
the government commission to the
Southern Utes have been approved by
the commissioner Of Indian affairs
and forwarded to the secretary of the
interior. 1t is not known when he
will act upon them. but probably not
until he confers with Agent Day. Mr..
Day is not expected until the latter
part of the month. Commissioners
Kidd has had some conferences with
the secretary, but the Inter has given
no intimation of his position, so far as
known.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
SENATOR JONES OF NEVADA.
IIs VIII Act with the silver Men for .
Fr,e Coinage BILL

IIs VIII Act with the silver Men for .
Fr,e Coinage hill
Washington, Jan. 13.-It Is under
stood about the Senate that Senator
Jones OF Nevada is quite as anxious to
serve the cause of silver In connection
N-Aaa Asv s--tv I,rvias,,to
the sugar interest. Many of the silver
men nre of the opinion that the plan of
the anti-silvcr Republicans is to get the
house tariff bill through both houses
and have 1t sent to the president, by
whom they think it will be vetoed.
This would raise the tariff question
and have tendency to make it the sole
issue in the approaching campaign.
The silver Republicans suspect that
this is the wish of their anti-sllver col
leagues and some of the former class
are determined to, IL possible, prevent
the consummation of this scheme.
They think this can be done by putting
free coinage amendment on the tariff
bill, and it is altogether probable that
an effort will be made In that direc-
ton.
1t Is considered more than probable
that Senator Jones would cooperate
heartily with his Republican silver
friends in this direction. He is acting
as n Populist, and it is remembered In
this connection that the Populists in
their caucus n few weeks since de-
clared for n silver amendment in the
tariff. as well as on the bond bul. 1t is
also considered good tactics In the fight
for the silver substitute bond bill to
hold the tariff bill in suspense for the
present.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
powerr ct. Elsh, Ye.r.

Leadville, Colo, Jan. 13.-Thomas
Powers, who was found guilty of vol
untary manslaughter for the killing of
Patrick 7. Kennedy last October, was
sentenced this morning to eight years
In the penitentiary. This was the full
extent of the law, and Judge Overs, In
pronOuncing sentence, told Powers lie
had been dealt with very leniently by
the jury.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

America is doing more to protect her
own citizens in Turkey than are the
powers pledged to secure the safety Of
all In the empire to protect their re-
spective people.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

II going to st. Louis you had better
oil up your horse pistols. The st.
Louis Republic says: There have
been fifteen murders in St. Louis dur
ing tho iust ~t~ety -days-'-Ara-th thay
practicing for the convention in June?
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

In order to prevent the useless effu-
sion of blood the papers Of Denver have
warned Barney Barnato that 1t will not
be safe, in the present excited state OF
public feeling, for him to go to Cripple
Creek wearing that smoking Jacket.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

Cripple Creeks gold-mining craze
seems to have NO limit. Everybody
has the fever and it will probably be
chilly before some of them get over
It. Some people who are riding out in
palace cars will probably be walking
back in linen busters before the winter
Is over.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

There are now forty-four states in
the Union. And there are those who
are already figuring out how many
there will be when the Canadian prov
inces ore admitted. But It is safe not
to count the chickens too soon.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
rA, E,r,,sh s,dn

+ London, Jan. ia semi-oficlal note
was published to-day stating that the
British government has decided to sub
m!i to Parliament full Information In
regard to Armenia. the Transvaal and
Venezuela Consequently, the United
states Venezuelan commission will
shortly have access to all the materisl
points VI the British casa
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

Rudyard KiplIng long ago anticipat-
ed Gen. Miles discoveries as to our sea-
coast defenses. He declared. 1t will be
remembered. that along the Atlantic
seaboard Uncle Sam was "temptingly
spankable."
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

The Chicago bride who objected to a
$3 fee for the Justice on the ground
that 1t was extravagant may have been
right. Some husbands arc not worth
50, while occasionally one is found that
would be cheap at that price.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

Spain making an alliance to punish
the United States" is too ridiculous sor
belief. Her $4,000 choice troops"
would do well to capture az, 900 re5-
els" In Cuba before she talks Of "alli-
auces' to annoy Uncle Sam.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

The Russian government has conclud-
ed that tea can be profitably raised In
the imperial dominions, and has select
ed tract of crown land. 10000 acres
in extent, on which to start the enter
prise.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
Forming Coal.

A most interesting discovery has been made
on the shores of Brittany, at point where
the continuous pounding of the snrf and the
action of the tides have looseneJ the sand. sand.
into the sea- In the bottom of the cavity
thus exposed were discovered trees, evidently
many Centuries underground. and In thu
wood and coal. 1t Is said that the trunka
and bark of the trees are beyond the peat
formation, and disclose the flakes that srs
inal shape and without the hardness Of coal
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

Sophia Fuchs, of Chicago, says that
her husband beat her with dead par
rot. We believe that this is the first
instance In which o parrot has proved
a disturbing element In a family-after
death. a..
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
THE WOMEN BANlsHED.
senator Hi Thinks They Arc Nu,saace
in WasMinRtOn.


New York, Jan. 10.-In an interview
In the Brooklyn Eagle, Senator Hill
gives evidence that he has at last fallen
n victim to the war fever" that is
sweeping the earth. More daring than
Senators Lodge or Chandler, or Presi-
dent Cleveland, the senior senator has
declared open hostilities against the
women Of Washington. He Will make
social functions relics of the past lie
says:
Il think 1t would be mighty good
idea If the women were packed away
and sent out of Washington, and -Ae
men left alone here to attend to the
business that they are sent here for by
the country. The trouble is there are
too many dinners and too much social
dissipation In official circles at the cap
ital. No man can go to these fashion
able dinners night after night. and sit
up till morning attending to social
functions, and be in any condition to
grapple with the knotty questions Of
finance and affairs that are Mt this time
forced upon the consideration of our
public men. know that I nm called n
ah VIII Hl4 }n}k Svef R, hnf INV ANY sssi
believe he Will agree with me that
am right. This criticism applies to
Of the Senate and OF Congress
and to officials of the administration.
I attribute good many foolish blund-
ers made by public men of late to Just
these things. too much society and not
enough attention to and study Of public
affairs"
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

1t would crafty the Apostle Paul
very much to know that the majority
OF the Methodist bishops indorse his
position concerning women preaching
in churches.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

In the midst Of tho war scare jocular
Englishmen venture the timely remark
that Americans are not their brothers.
but only their brothers-in
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

Another cooperative colony has
been formed. The great trouble hereto
fore has been that some members OF
such colonies have been cooperative,
some have been operative and some
have been imperative.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

The best thing for those American
neiresses who have married English
husbands to do is to refrain from all
political discussions.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

What has become Of the old-fash-
ioned rail- fence?" inquiries the Atchi-
son Globe. Perhaps you are printing
your paper on 1t, brother.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

Does the new woman take any differ
ont view Of her sphere now that tnere
Is war cloud banking up on the horl-
Eon?
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

At any rate, Mr.. Pulitzer's st. Louis
newspaper stands UP against the saiis-
bury claim.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

1t should be set down as one point 70
Lord Dunraven's credit that he does
not avail himself OF the opportunity 10
talk.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

II the people Of Crete make anotner
aggressive move or two Turkey Will
soon have full fledged revolution on
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

Zella Nicolaus is said to be looking
tor work, and the public Is naturally
curious to know what she will do with
1t II she finds 1t.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

"whut's thntr' asked Farmer Corntosscl.
azine she was reading. "It's picture OF
one of the sun spots" "By 3ing!' lie ex-
Sa
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

According to the English Idea we
haven't enough CANNES Of war to put
up respectable dog show.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

Just like John Bull to get mad ana
cepreciate his own holdings In Ameri-
can securities.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18

We learn by wire from our special
correspondent at LendviIle. Colorado.
that English capitalists are seriously
turning their attention to Investments
in Colorado, as Is evidenced by the
closing Of a deal at the price Of $7JO,-
600 in that camp. In our issue of No
vember Both we referred to the option
given to the Elkhorn Mining company
OF London Of the Fitzhugh Kenneicc.
etc, group, 62 acres on East Fryer Hill,
to be examined By Captain J. w.
P1ummer.
The Meeker herald., 1896-01-18
Tho South Park sale.

Denver. Jan. 13.-Judgc Hallett In
the United States court this morning
announced his decision not to give a
decree for the foreclosure sale Of the
South Park railroad at the present
time. He said that he thought the mat
tiers set forth in the cross bill flied by
the Union Pacific should first be set
tied. and that the question in regard
to the ownership Of the Union Depot
stock should also be settled.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-19
ITS TACTICS MUST CEASE,
Cut Rate Alliances of the South.
ern Pacific Railway May
Cause a Rate War.
Members Of the TRANSPORT inental Pas.
senger Association to Take
Vigorous Steps.

CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 18.-The members
OF the Transcontinental Passenger Asso-
citation are determined to resist the South
ern Pacific's encroachment on Colorado
territory by inauguraring California pas
senger rate war if necessary. A meeting
of the association was held to-day at the
headquarters here, officially to act on
routine matters, but the tactics of the
Southern Pacific formed lively subject of
discussion until late hour
The representatives of the Chicago-Col-
orado lines wanted an ultimatum served
on the Southern Pacific to stop its cut-rate
alliances with outside roads, by which
large parties have been carried IN round
about way from New York to San Fran
cisco, from San Francisco to Portsmouth
and from Denver TO New York. The Sea-
board Air Line. which also has no interest
in Colorado territory, is the principal ac-
complete of the Southern Pacific.
This irregular business is considered to
be in defiance OF the principles OF mutual
interest, on which the association, of
which the Southern Pacific is a member,
was organized. The offending road will be
given to understand in plain terms that
such tactics must cease or the complain
ing competitors will take independent ac-
ton to protect their interests.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-19
REVOLUTIONARY DAUGHTERS.
Fifth Annual Congress of Some of the
Most Patriotic and Best Known
American Women.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 1S.-The
fifth annual congress lof the Daughters OF
the American Revolution began in this
city this morning behind closed doors.
There was large attendance of bright
faced, intelligent ladies from nearly every
State in the Union. Mrs. John w. Foster
of Washington, as president-general, pre-
sided. The principal features of to-day's
session were the organization of the con-
gress, the address of the president-gen-
eral and the response thereto by Mrs.
Joshua Wilbur of Rhode Island. The
Church of Our Father, where the congress
is being held, Is beautifully decorated,
principally by skillful arrangements of
the National flag. The invocation wa de-
livered by Mrs. Harry Heth, wife of Gem
eral Heth.
After the presidents address had been
responded to, upon motion of Mrs Donald
Mclean of New York, the announcement
OF executive sessions was stricken from
the programme of the congress, so it
would not appear that the meetings were
secret. The congress, after hearing the
report of the credentials committee, ad-
journed for luncheon.
At the afternoon session reports of Off
GERS and committees were read. The even
ing session was in the nature of musicale
in charge of the hymn committee, under
the direction of Mrs. Cuthbert Harrison.
Mrs. John r. Mclean gave a reception
tonight to the president-general, Mrs
John w. Foster, at the Arlington Hotel
which was largely attended.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-19
BANK ERS' CROOKED WORK
Creditors of the Kopperls Make
Serious Charges Against
the Missing Men.
Father and Son Said to Have ESCAPED
the Jurisdiction of the Illinois
Court.

CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. 1.-The creditors
of the two Kopperl banks. which are now
in the hands of assignees, now make
charges by implication in their petitions
to the County Court while the missing
bankers, the bookkeeper of the Canal
street place and the attorney for the elder
Kopperl have been cited to appear and an
swer pertinent questions about receiving
checks and cash on the day of the failure.
The younger Kopperl was said to be in
Chicago to-day but a Deputy Sheriff who
was sent to bring him into court could not
find him before court closed. His father
and mother are said to be at Mount Glenn
ems, Mich, but the indignant depositors
IN both banks are not banking upon the
return of either within the jurisdiction of
the Illinois courts. The liabilities are now
believed to be 100000. The United Shoe
Company, one of the principal creditors,
declared in petition in the court to-day
that it deposited $500 in the Canal-street
Bank the day before the failure, having
before that time $500 on deposit. A few
hours before the bank closed its doors the
company sent check for $11 for payment
and it was returned marked "No funds. i"
Other creditors reported to the court evil
dence to show that the banks were prac-
tically one, although publicly conducted
as separate institutions.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-19
Those Who Seek a Landing Must
Be Able to Read and Write,
at Least.
NOT READY FOR A TAX YET.
Methods to Shut Out Glasses That
Furnish Paupers, the Diseased
and Criminals.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. 18.-In lieu
OF the various bills before it on the subject
of restricting immigration the Senate I'M
migration Comm ittee to-day reported bill
adding to the classes of aliens excluded
from admission to the United States.
Ali persons over Ia years of age who can
not read and write the language of their
native country, except that an aged parent
not so able to read and write, who is the
parent or grandparent of an admissible
immigrant, may accompany or be sent for
by such immigrant. For the purpose of
testing the ability of the immigrant to
read and write the inspection officers shall
be furnished with copies of the constitu-
ton of the United States printed on mum.
bered uniform pasteboard slips, each con-
tanning five lines of the constitution
printed in the various languages of the
immigrants in double small plea type.
These slips are to be kept in boxes made
fer that purpose and so constructed as to
conceal the slips from view, each box to
contain slips of but one language, and the
immigrant may designate the language in
which he preferssthe test shall be made
Each immigrant shall be required to dra W
one Of SAID slips from the box and read
and afterward write out in full view OF
the immigration officers the five lines
printed thereon. No immigrant failing to
read and write out the slip thus drawn by
him shall be admitted, but he shall be re-
turned TO the country from which he came
at the expense of the steamship or rail
road which brought him, as now provided
by law.
In the report accompanying the bill the
committee states that there is general
and earnest desire to restrict foreign immi-
grafton. The committee believe the coun-
try is not yet ready for a-capitation tax on
immigrants, and they are convinced that
the consular certifcation plan is impracti-
cable. They therefore recommend it as
the best proposition yet advanced.
The committee presents mass of Stats
tics, which show that the illiteracy test
will affect almost entirely those races
whose immigration to this country had
begun in very recent times. and which are
most alien in language and origin to the
people who founded the thirteen colonies
and have built up the United States; that
it will tell most heavily on those classes
which now furnish the paupeIs, diseased
and criminals excluded by existing law,
and is, therefore, a continuance of the
present policy OF the United States.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-19
SCANDALS OF THE FAIR
Worlds Columbian Exposition
Employees Continue Their
Petty SQuabbleS.
Refuse to Make Reports to Palmer, but
Insist on Addressing President
Cleveland.

+ NEW YORK, n. Y, Feb. 18.-A Sun
special from Washington says: The Of
fcials of the Worlds Colum bian EXPOSE
ton are still quarreling. Mrs. Potter
Palmer refuses TO address her report as
president OF the board OF lady managers to
Thomas W. Palmer. president of the
Worlds Colum bian Commission, but in
sists upon sending it direct to the Presi-
dent OF the United States, although he
does not officially know of her existence
The board of lady managers were not ap-
pointed by President Cleveland, but by
the National commission, and the latter
says chat Mrs. Palmer has no more au-
thority to address President Cleveland di-
rectly than she has to address the Sultan of
Turkey.
Director-General Davis has addressed
his report to the Congress of the United
States instead Of to President Thomas W.
Palmer, as he should have DONE The
board OF control has made a fearful COM
plant on this account to the Committee
on appropriations, but Davis says that he
will not deliver his report to any body
until he is REIN bursed for the money he
has expended in its preparation. An item
in pending appropriation bill gives him
SIS, 900 to cover this.
The report of Mr.. Burnham, director of
works, IS addressed to Mr.. Higginbotham,
and the reports of President Higgin botham
and John Boyd Thacher' bureau of awards
are addressed to President Palmer, who
says be has report of his own also, which
Is addressed to the President of the United
States, and should cover all the official
documents that relate to the exposition.
Professor Tousley fof Minnesota has
again been appointed to prepare history
of the exposition. He received a similar
appointment IN the summer of 1894 and
drew S. day from the appropriation for
the bureau of awards for several months,
until Chairman Thacher went to Europe.
Then Vice-Chairman Britton cut him off,
because up to that time he had not written
line, but had, it is alleged, spent the
summer loafng down in New England at
the expense of the bureau. To revenge
himself, Professor Tousley went up to
Albany and made speeches against John
Boyd Thacher when the latter was run
ming for Mayor.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-19
PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS.
secretary Smiths Idea of EquaLzt'ag the
Claims of States.

Secretary Smiths Idea Of EqMalist'ag the
Claims of States.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 18.-The
secretary of the Interior has seat to the
Senate Committee on Public Lands his
views on the bill to equalize the several
states Of the Union in the grant of lands
1or public school purposes. He says Cali
1ornla has received SIS its portion 6,719, 324
acres, and it would require 100000 900 acres
TO equalize grants to other States in pro-
portion TO what California has received.
Georgla would receive a large grant of
2,oo2,222 acres; Rhode Island would re-
celye the smallest, 46, 435 acres.
Inc aggregate number OF acres of land
on hand to be granted for school purposes
IS ~ ,o5l, 736. Under the provisions of the
Dill, the Secretary says that Missouri
would receive only 1,162, 1856 acres, a short
age of 37003 acres
Inese discrepancies, the Secretary says,
indicate that the committee should revise
the schedule OF the bill. The Secretary
reviewed az length other provisions OF the
measure IN which he finds defects and
concludes with the statement that it is
crude, imperfect and impracticaole, and
hopes his candid criticism would aid the
committee in Maming bill that would
accomplish the end in view.