The Meeker herald., 1896-09-12
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G. 8. Rinehart, the wellknown aRtsk
b dead.
More than 1000 rebels are rspoetsd
out on the PHILIPPINE islandA
The receivership of the Northern Pa-
cihc railway has been terminated.
Major Mckinley addressed visiting
delegation Of West Virginia editoes oo
the LIST
There has been more rioting in Oon-
stantinople, and the Armenians threat
en- bomb throwing.
Illinois gold democrats have placed .
full state ticket in the field with John
G. Black for governor.
Ray Sewall, a prisoner who tried to
escape from the prison at Sturgis. Wyo
ming, was shot and killed.
The annual encampment Of the
Grand Army of the Republic opened At
st. Paul on the 31st with big crowd
in attendance.
The Pennsylvania line and the Big
-Four are racing express trains against
each other between Cincinnati and
Chicago.
By the carelessness Of a switchman
at Williams, New Mexico, in leaving q
switch open, the express train was de-
rallied and the fireman was killed.
An official dispatch received at Ber-
lin from Manila. capital Of the Phil
lipine Islands, announces that revolu-
tionary outbreak has occurred there
and that state of seige has been pro
claimed.
The Council Bluffs high school CD
diets. who won numerous honors at
the Oakland, Iowa. veteran encamp-
ment, were attacked by a mob before
leaving and some of the boys were
badly hurt.
A party Of tourists report that Mount
Hood was in erption for few minutes
last Thursday. The tourists were do
scending the mountain when they
were suddenly surrounded by a shower
Of rocks and ashes. No one was seri.
ously injured.
A dispatch from Charleston, south
Carolina, says that an Injunction pre-.
venting the 80 per cent cut in rates or.
dered by the Southern Traffic Associa-
ton in retaliation for the 80 per cent
by the seaboard Air Line association
has been dissolved.
A dispatch to the London Times from
Rio Janeiro says that on account Of the
anti-Italian riots In Brazil President
Moraes has accepted the resignation Of
DR.. Carlos A. de Carvalho. minister Of
foreign affairs, and DR.. A. G. Ferret.
ers. minister Of Justice.
Information has Just been received
from remote regions in Magoffin coun-
ty, Kentucky, Of terrible hand 10
hand battle between two desperate
factions, in which four men were killed
outright, and two others seriously, II
not fatally wounded.
The Examiner-Journal relays finished
the Journey over Wyoming in fast
time. Time was gained all through
the state, the schedule being badly
broken, and much of the time that had
been lost before the relay entered tho
state was made up during the ride
between its borders.
An idea Of what the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy has done in the way
Of cutting down Its operating expenses
Is shown In the fact that In 1892 they
were $21 ,2O1 .656; In the year ending
June 30, 1896, IS .433 .O04, or q reduction
from A,114 mile to $2,918 per mile
operated.
Last Monday was fateful day in
the New Mexico supreme court. Among
the twenty-three opinions handed
down were six affirming judgments
that involve inficting capital punish.
ment on nine murderers. four in Santa
Fe county, two In Rio Ariba county,
two in Chaves county and one in Ber-
nalillo county.
Mrs. Mary e. Lease, of Kansas, III
an interview after a speech at Rush.
Vile, Indiana, said she had espoused
socialism as the coming form of gov
ernment, and Will, after the campaign,
begin propaganda for sociallstic prin-
ciples. She has abandoned all idea Of
entering the ministry. She will stump
the states of New York and Pennsyl-
vania for Bryan.
A special to the Tmes-Herald from
Muncie, Indiana, says: The meeting
held at Salem for the purpose Of rails
ing funds to assist Truman Stewart in
defraying the expenses Of landing
1000 colored troops in Cuba to assist
the insurgents was attended BY 1000
people. and a satisfactory sum was the
result from the sale of refreshments
and subscriptions. Another man IL col
onixing the troops in Georgia and they
will be shipped from Key West about
October I. Mr. Stewart is 4 fearless
vOtiu0 mAu. He WAS once 4