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The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
LORD sRooKE's TROUBLE.
Has to Defend His Home Against Outlaws
With Rifle.

.~~- ~
With a Rifle.
Perry. o. T., Nov. 29-Great excite
ment continues near Tonka wa, twenty
miles north OF here, over an attempt
to murder the family Of II. T. Brooke,
known among his neighbors rs Lord
Brooke" and his wife. Reports from
that community this morning are that
a second attempt was made last night
to murder Brooke. A month ago Chas
Graham, Bill Jones and Kenneth Nc
Donald attempt to assassinate Brooke
and his wife one night, and Brooke
killed Graham, who proved to be u
noted outlaw.
Graham, before death, confessed, i'm
plicating several men In the commun-
ity. He said these men had employed
him to kill Brooke and his wife and
burn their home. Yesterday II. L.
Bayliss, Tom Bryan. Robert Mcdonald,
Frank Lawrie, justice of the peace,
and many others who were bound over
under $500 bond for conspiracy
against Brooke and his wife, broke
away from the officers. Last night
masked men went to Brooke's but were
repulsed by Brooke and his wife, who
stood them of with Winchesters.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
cLEvELAND,s PRINCETON HOME
Picked IL Out When He Went to the
sesqui Centennial

Washington, Nov. 30.-Private Sec
retary Thurber confirms the statement
that President Cleveland has purchas-
ed a house at Princeton, New Jersey,
and will make his permanent home
there after the close Of the present ad-
ministration. The president will retain
his property at Buzzard's Bay and use
it as summer home. The house at
Woodley, just outside of Washington,
is rented, the lease running until next
May, and it may be utilized this
spring before the president and fam
lily make their final arrangements for
moving to Princeton.
The Princeton purchase has been un-
der consideration only three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland picked the To-
cality when he and Mrs. Cleveland
visited there recently for the purpose
OF making an address. Later Mrs.
Cleveland again visited Princeton and
looked over several houses which were
offered, and made her selection.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
SAW THE x-RAYs.
Experiment Made Upon Scientist Biiad
From Hla Birth

AAAPesssAAont thhur Opou bolS0thDS 1slA0
From Hia Birth.
Boston, Nov. 29.-An experiment to
determine the values Of X-rays in aid
ing the blind to see was made to-day
upon DIR. James Richard Cooke Of Bos-
ton, well known scientist. DR.. Crooke
has been blind since birth.
When the electric current was turned
on DR.. Cooke said: "Ah. get some
thing; there is certainly sensation. 1t
is indescribable."
'Was 1t light?' was asked.
II do not know what light is" re-
piled DR.. Cooke. II never saw it."
A number of tests were made with
objects being passed before the light,
and in every case DR.. Cooke was able
to describe them with some degree Of
accuracy.
DR.. Cooke said that the impression
made by the rays were vibratory, like
q general cerebral sense. and almost
like the perception Of space.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
THE HoLYoKs WELL.
After . Great Cost. tn, Project L. s'ss's
Abandoned.

After . Great Cost, ths Project IL s'ss'''
Abandoned.
Denver. Nov. 3O.-State Gns.nee'
Sumner returned this morning iio
Holyoke, whete he attended meet
tn a, the hoard of construction, con-
sisting of the county commiHe'one.
and himself, having supervision over
the state artesian well at that point
The contract for driving this wen "
q depth of 1900 feet was awarded 10
7. C. Swan OF Greeley. April l. OF 'he
nresent wear, for $4,000. The well was
10 be cased with six-inch pipe. i
unusual conditions encountered III 'ne
soil rendered 1t impossible TO conlpi''.
the contract After four months oi
continuous work and experiments the
we'll was sunk to depth OF 5lo iee''
and of this distance all but the hrst
11h feet was through gravel ana cia9s
filed with water. The soil WIS U, F"
loose gravelly nature miAeu win
ouicksand. and it was found impossi-
ble to keep the bore clear OF the seai-
ment to admit OF coming to grea'e.
depth. Work was stopped In peu Vi
ouicksand through which 1t had peen
driven 8 1-3 feet.
While the original purpose OF the
--~I---->.> ',s featnfl -the aSt ernt'se.@1es.
The water rises to the 115 foot level in
an inexhaustible body and with proper
pumping facilities would irrigate a
considerable territory. 1t has further
demonstrated that an artesian flow at
Holyoke rising to the surface cannot
be obtained.
Engineer Summers theory is that this
flow Of water comes from the sand,
stone hills of Dakota and finally finds
an outlet at the surface level at the
headwaters Of the Frenchmnn river in
Western Nebraska. This outlet being
115 feet lower on the gravel forrna-
ton than Holyoke precludes the water
rising higher at this point.
The board allowed the contractors
S2,O0S In full settlement and 10inrh
casing to depth Of 224 feet Is to be
left in the well.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
BANK EXPANSION CONTINUES.
Financial Institution. Are Doing . Big
Business.

Business.
New York, Nov. 2S.-The Financier
says this week: The notable expansion
which the New York banks have
shown since election continues. The
clearing house statement for the cur
rent week is altogether gratifying. the
increase in loans being particularly
significant of the development of trade
In all lines. While this increase does
not represent altogether purely COM
mercial or mercantile developments, q
large proportion of it is Of this char
York have increased their loans no
less than 13.1O9,GOO, and the expan-
sion since November has been S21,-
100000. Never in the history of the
banks has such development Of bus
iness been manifested in the same
length of time. At any other period,
1t IL safe to say, a demand for money
equalling the present movement would
have resulted In very stiff market,
but In the present instance this tenden-
cy is checked by deposits, since the
banks have gained in deposits no less
than $50, 1876, 700. which will indicate
to some extent the release of funds
boarded previous to election.
The clearing house vaults now con-
tain $4O.sO9DO in gold, an increase
since election of over s1O.OOO.OOO. and
the increasing use of legal tender aris-
es probably from the exchange of gold
at the sub-treasury.
A great deal Of cash In the form Of
legal tender came from the interior
during the week. owing to the scarcity
Of exchange, and the treasury dis
bursements also helped to swell the to-
tai. 1t is probably true that the de
posits represent more than bank ex-
changes and treasury disbursements,
as the savings banks are feeling the ef-
fects Of restored confidence and are
no small factors In this regard. The
total gain in cash since November
has been nearly $3OyOOO.OOO and some
Of this comes through the savings
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

Speaking Of policemen. an intelli-
gent member of the San Francisco
force made a queer break the other
day. He found a Miss Peterson sitting
gazing meditatively on the sad sea
waves. Straightway he arrested her.
For looking at the water? No, but on
the unique charge OF thinking about
committing suicide 1t may be bibli-
cally true that one who commits sin
at heart has already committed it. but
modern criminal procedure has not
reached that advanced stage yet.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

Sandow was going from Kansas City
to Omaha, and had occasion to so into
the day coach. There he was accosted
by a gentleman with long whiskers
Excuse me, Sir" he said. but are you
not Mr.. Sandow?" "Yes." said the
strong man. "YOu can lift three tons in
barnessT' "Yes, sir, that is my record"
the Hercules returned. "You can hold
two hundred-weight at arms length q
Yes" "And six hundred-weight with
two?' "Yes." We'll. then, would you
kindly raise this Cdr window for me?"-
Fun.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
A prohibitionist clergyman in Ne,

A prohibitionist clergyman in New
Jersey has invented novel scheme for
overcoming the demon rum. which he
declares will work like charm. al
though 1t is more than doubtful If it
will meet the general appreciation Of
the taxpayers of that state. He pro-
poses that every saloonkeeper shall re-
ceive a pension of 81. 900 from the state,
on the understanding that he will sell
no more liquor. Naturally the saloon
keepers are enthusiastic over the plan
and the only difficulty would be to
figure out how many salOonkeepers
there would be in New Jersey after
such law was passed. Probably it
would turn out that 991a per cent of
the population would lay claim to the
pension.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
THE COLD CONTINUES.
MANY DEATHS REPORTED.
Tn. Thermometer Drops AEala N Aaane-
sot. and the D.koias.

st Paul. Mimi, Nov. 3O.-Ihe thes'
mometer registered II below zero ..
10 o'clock this morning and y sli
growing colder.
The Intensely cold weather which
prevails in the storm-swept districts OF
Tho northwest has brought on Intense
suffering and the death list OF -FOUR IS
oxnected to be Increased unless milder
weather sets In.
Renorts from the railways Indicate
that they are running nearly on time
again. Farmers coming in from the
ranges west of the Missouri say the
loss to stockmen so far Is not great
as when the storm broke the neves
found fair shelter in the valleys The
weather, however, is still very severe
sub.zero temperatures being reported
nj, over Minnesota and the Dakctas.
St Paul, Mimi, Nov. 29.-Human BE-
inps have been frozen to death. catte
have been stampeded and buried ard
smothered In snow drifts, trains are
-'---.~ s.v"n and tAe1No-
vember storm record is broken j the
blizzard that holds the Nethwest
locked in its chilly grasp.
How many human live. have been
sacrificed cannot be toll until the
snow drifts clear away, months hence.
Men are missing everywhere in the
heart of the storm. Some are known
to be dead and many ire missing. with
the chances very mich against them
being alive. Those dead and missing
are:
Thomas Anderson. 1s years old, lost
in the snow. near Moorehead, MINI.
F. NJ. Burrows, mail agent, lost in
the storm at DEVILS Lake, N. ID.
Frank Stack. OF Chicago. frozen tf
death near Fargo, n. d.
Two unidentified men found frozen
to death near Fargo.
Three missing men lost in the snow
near Fargo.
From the cattle country in the west
ern part OF North Dakota comes re
ports OF intense suffering from tht
live stock on the ranges, but no def1n
ite information can be secured, as th'
wires are down. Watson Ham, cat
tie man. says the losses will be ex
tremely heavy.
South Dakota is suffering, too. A
Pierre over eight inches Of snow fel
during Thursday and Friday and thu
wind maintained an average velocity o
2S miles an hour. Wires were dow
most of the time and trains and stree
cars tied up. The first train to moy'
went out about noon to-day with :
snow plow. Cattle on the prairie drift
ed badly and losses are being reported
1t was the worst storm for years.
Some OF the trans-continental rail
runss oonfa~Iar "t -------- -
their through service to-day. The win'
having abated. they were able to sen'
pected that within six hours the!
would be able to send through trafii
along in good shape, provided no seri
ous damage has been sustained b!
their tracks.
Wires are still in bad shape and 1t i
impossible to get definite reports re
garding conditions In certain sections
but the railway companies set lars
bodies of competent men to work an
made rapid progress. From all re
ports received there seems to be moth
ing to contend with except immens
snow banks, which, however, the 70
taries can easily remove. From las
reports it is safe to predict that to
morrow everything will be movini
pretty well, though not on schedule.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
Only 81a o Month.

Chillicothe, o., Nov. 2S.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Donaldson, wife Of Theodore Don
oldson, the veteran who aided in the
capture Of Jefferson Davis, has re-
ceived notice that she had been al
lowed $12 month pension and $144
back pension. She is greatly disap-
pointed. thinking the services of her
late husband deserving OF better rec
Ognition. Donaldson, who died a year
ago. was member OF Comany II,
Ohio volunteer infantry. The govern
ment offered big reward for the cap
ture Of Davis. but Donaldson only got
$500 for his share.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
No man can understand the female

No man can understand the female
mind. Three years ago the operators
In the Chicago telephone exchange
threatened to quit because the COM
pany wanted them to wear skirts two
inches shorter, which would cause less
dust and consequently less damage to
the delicate instruments. The chief OF
the bureau Of engraving and printing
In Washington issued an order the
other day forbidding the girls to come
to work in short skirts, but the women
protested SO vigorously that the order
was rescinded. The telephone girls
evidently were not built like those in
the government bureau.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

bank channels. 1t ls Interesting to re
cord that advantage is being taken OF
the present ease Of funds here to &C.
cure loans on long sterling exchange.
thus making market for American
capital in London on the present act
I've market.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
HAVE a HARD TIME.
Weyier Short of Money and AaesoPl
Forces Wsakensd.

FOroee W0ok00ous
london, Nov. 3O.-The Times's cor
respondent In Havana dwells at length
on Captain General weylers failure to
cope with the rebellion. He adds:
at Ii said that the present issue Of
bank notes is to be withdrawn and a
number based on the value Of silver
are to be substituted for SEQ, ,OOO. 600 In
tended for the payment Of troops. As
there Is NO metallic reserve, 1t is safe
to predict that these notes will soon
fall to purely nominal value"
The Times says In an editorial on
the above: ''The gloomy out look in Gu
ba makes 1t impossible to exclude the
possibility of some kind Of United
States Intervention"
Havana, Nov 20.-The Intendent has
dictated rules to the custom house
employees designed to prevent the ex-
partstion of any kind Of leaf tobacco
from any port In the provinces OF Ma
tanzas, Santa Clara, Puerto Principe
and Santiago di Cuba.
Prominent merchants Of Pinar del
Rio affirm that Antonio Maceo's situa-
tion is desperate. His forces, they
say, are compelled to wander continu-
ally without rest. They are badly
nourished and many Of the whites In
his command have consumption. Ma
ceos encampments are said to be like
hospitals. Many of the negroes. 1t Ia
alleged. are pale and thin, and fever,
dysentery and smallpox are causing
great mortality.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

Coach Lehman, the noted English
authority on rowing, has accepted the
Invitation of Harvard to take charge OF
her oarsmen and has just sailed for
England. He will have nothing to
do with the selection of candidates
for the crew. but he will have absolute
authority. over the candidates after
they are selected. This means that
Harvard has decided after long and
truitless experiment to accept the Eng
lish theory Of rowing ''in toto" and
they have picked out the most cele-
brated man In the business to teach
them how to 60 about 1t.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
uov> webove C..h.

Des MOines, Ia, Nov. 3O..A stxte-
ment has been made which shows
that Iowa has $4,000 outstanding
warrants for which there is no cash In
the treasury. The state officers say
they are powerless to freet the sit1a-
ton, and the unpaid warrants may
reach 100000. The situation Is due
to the slowness of tax payments and
100 low . levy to meet expenditures.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

The Chicago Civic Federation will
make fight on portion of the but
ton-fad. The association thinks such
notices as III You Love Me, Grin
and II VIII Meet You at Eigh'
O'clock" are evil, and have bad in,
tiuence on the youth OF the city.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
Hh.. tn. Pre-ldent says.

"I take pleasure in stating that per-
sonally know persons who, once abb
soluteiy bald, have resained their lost
hair through the use of DANDER1NE.
My wife, whose hair was falling out
from some cause, has received great
benefit from 1t. heartily commend
DANDERINE." Thus writes Edmund
d. Murdaugh. president OF the Terri
torial normal school to the Knowlton
Danderine company of Guthrie, Okla
homa, from whom Danderine can DC
obtained for 81 per bottle, II not Kept
In stock by local druggists.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

Rev. Solomon Parsons of New Jer
sey declares that his state could afford
to pension every liquor dealer. pay
him 5000 year. and make money BY
the operation. The saloonkeepers OF
Paterson are enthusiastically in favor
OF the proposition. and say they are
willing to help the prohibition clergy
man secure the passage of a law en-
bodying this idea.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
where Wevler Ia

Havana, Nov. 3O.-The latest re-
ports from the province Of Pinar del
Rio locate Captain General weyler In
the vicinity of San Cristobal. He was
marching westward toward the hills
seeking the forces Of MaceO. No men
ton is made OF any engagement having
taken place.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

Anent the death of the celebrated
Hungarian caricaturist. Janko. it is in
teresting to take note of his extreme
industry at his art. Being 63 years
old when he died last week, he had
completed no less than 10000 draw
ings. which. assuming him to have
begun in the neighborhood of 20,
would be at the rate of nearly 1000
yearly.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

The one fact in which all unavoid
ably agree Is that We come into tn.
world alone and We go out of the worlt
alone and though we travel in compan!
and make great show of our fellow
ship and OF bearing one another's bur
alone
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

A Texas editor says: Suffer little
subscribers to come unto me. and for
bid them not. for OF such l pay the
printers"
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

A young married woman always
talks to bachelors as though they didn't
know much; when she gets older she
gets more suspicious.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

Fully one-half the people on earth
uo,,d be more useful citizens II they
were going the other way.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

II the sultan of Turkey could only
be induced to ride bicycle some fiend-
ish satisfaction might be got out Of
him.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
WlAe.

''Win any election betsT'
"Won four hats" replied the man who eel
ebrates, "but ! don't intend to go and get
'em I'LL my head resumes Its natural size."-
India "a polls Journal.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

The most foolish thing people can
DO IL to sacrifice accuracy In the nope
Of insuring speed.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

n n really cruel to show sensitive
people that their kindnesses have peeh
misplaced.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

H. a man was all he imagines him
self to be he would be dangerous
character.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

Most things are only small or great
because of comparison.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05
Tn. Fastest Train In tn. West.

II the famous Union Pacific Overland Lin.
Denver $3.50 p. M, arriving Ogden 1 40 p. m.
and Salt Lake 6:lO p. III. following day, and
San Francisco S:45 p. IN. second day out of
palace sleepers Pullman dining ears meals
Ia Ia carte,) and the famous buffet library
by over nine hours. Ask about 1t at the
ticket office, 041 18th ST., corner Curtis
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

The spell-binders are out of jobs.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

Too many OF us think we are SICK
when laziness is the real trouble.
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Qninine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money II It fails to cure sc
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

sDfd your son Henry marry an intellectual
womanr "Inteilectual7 Why. she under
stands having dannels washed no they won't
shrink even an eighth OF an Inch"
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

~,.O-,-IIUt- nnUw WHat ne
wants unless he advertises the fact
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

"Hc made ducks and brakes of his money"
Eyes? And those promissory notes OF his!'
asDecOyRi"
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

"They say that wheeling makes you girls
too tired to broil a steak" Yes but 1t
doesn't make US too tired to eat It."
The Meeker herald., 1896-12-05

Freak bets are being paid.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-19
Total ....... III S29 $50 %
A GROUND" SUGGESTION.

To the Sporting Editor Of the Register.
Sir:-The outlook for a satisfactory
base ball ground at present is not very
bright, and l herewith present a sug-
gestion for the consideration of Messrs.
Schmulbach, Wright and Moreland,
which has, at least, the merit of being
to their mutual financial interests and
the general welfare and benefit OF all
the "cranks" in this section.
My idea is this: Secure the old
grounds-last year's-for a general
ground; that is, week day games, even
if such grounds be a combination race
track and ball field or not, as its loca-
ton is decidedly more desirable than
any other, and will produce more reve-
nue. to the club and street car company
that any site in sight Tor not.
Then put another ground in Mozart
Park for Sunday ball only. An at
tendance of 1000. at the very lowest.
could be depended upon for each Sun
day game. The figure would more
likely approximate $500, and if Mr..
Schmulbach we're given say 10 per cent.
of the general admission and grand
stand receipts, his receipts for each day
would be in the neighborhood of $40,
which would soon defray the expenses
of the plant.
The Mozart Park management could
hunt for a long time and not find an
attraction as potent as Sunday ball
and its incidental revenues to the Park
would amount to quite a comfortable
sum.
A ball ground so located, not being
Immediately under the nose Of the
native Christian, would not excite his
ire and combatiyeness, as if said
grounds were situated contiguous to
his church or residence. He, the n. c..
has grown accustomed to sacred (?)
concerts. etc. and he could swallow
Sunday base ball, when It is so remote
as to be unobtrusive. This plan pos
sesses the necessary essentials of being
a money maker for all parties interest
ed and ought to solve this vexatious
question. q.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-19
IN ELOQUENT LECTURE
Delivered at the Y. M c. A. Building,
Last Evening
BY Rev ]. B. Koehne, Of Pittsburg.
His Subject, THE New Aristocra-
cy"-A Splendid Tribute to the
Common People His Reference
to the Struggle of the Cubans
Applauded to the Echo.

Y. VI. c. A. hall was well filed, last
evening, 10 hear the last lecture OF the
winter course by Rev. J. B. Koehne'
CT Pitts5urg. and never was an audi
ence better pleased than that which
left the building at the conclusion Oh
the remarks of the speaker
Rev. Koehne is well entitled to be
classed as an orator. He has mag
nifcent voice, under perfect control
and although he was suffering last
evening from hoarseness, still ne aston
ished and enthuSed his hearers as ne
warmed up to his theme.
He traced the history of civilization
from the earliest times up through va
rious nationalities, and pointed out
that there had been but three aristoc-
racies in times past-that Of kings, that
of the priesthood. and that OF the
classes. He dwelt upon the peculiar
tiles and characteristics OF each, ana
was eloquent and scathing in picturlng
the pretensions of the aristocracy of
wealth. dissecting the pretensions OF
that aristocracy with a merciless hand.
He said the true aristocracy. which
had been forcing its way steadily to-
wards recognition, was that of the COM
mon people, based upon character and
manhood. and quoted with force and
effect the exclamation of Diogenes to
Alexander, when the latter asked the
philosopher what he could do-"Stand
out Of my light" The ever widening
and irrepressible struggles FOR liberty
on the part CT the peonle we're review
ed and his reference TO the efforts Of
the patriots in Cuba were loudly ap-
plauded, particularly when he said the
cry of the Cubans to Spain was: Stand
out of my light He held that the
American government ought to make
that demand of Spain, and command
that decaying monarchy to get out Of
the light of the people OF the Queen Of
the Antilles.
His lecture as a whole was a most
timely and interesting one. aud was
listened to from start to finish with
the closest attention.