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The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
MANITOBA SCHOOL QUESTION

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Ottawa, Ont. Nov. 21.-The Manito-
b. school question, which has more
than once threatened the disruption
o( tho Canadian Federation, has been
oettied ON terms which, 1t II believed
win be sumciently satisfactory to both
sides to put an end to the controversy.
Following are the main features OF
the terms Of settlement which have
been accepted by the Manitoba gov
eminent and will be emboditd shortly
In an act Of the legislature OF the prov
ince, viz: Religious teaching ID to be
conducted In the public schools ~ II
authorized by q resolution passed by
. majority Of the school trustees, or
0 II q petition be presented to the
board Of school trustees asking for re-
ligious teaching and signed by the pa
rents and guardians Of at least ten
children attending the school In a ru-
raj district, or by the parents or guar
dians Of at least twenty-five children
attending school in city, town or
village"
SCHOOL WOEk VI q puiC sSSoAoA NNsAA
acter will occupy the whole Of che
school day, except the last half hour.
when the representative Of any relig
ious denomination will be allowed to
come In and instruct the children be-
longing to his denomination, provided
the narents are willing to have them
remain. In cases where the people de-
eide not to have this religious instruc-
tion, the regular school work Will go
on until the close of the school hours.
The proviso that is intended to make
the schools acceptable to the minority
IL that districts having an average at
tendance Of twenty-five Roman Catho-
lie school children shall be entitled to
have teacher Of their own denomina-
tion, who must be fully qualified, ac-
cording to provincial school standards.
In districts where the children speak
French wholly they are to have
teacher speaking both English and
French, so they will learn English as
rapidly as possible. The readers used
in such schools will BIT bilingual, SO
the children will grow up from the
first accustomed to English.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
THE VOTE IN KANSAS.
Bryan's Piura ity Was Ia.e70-His Major
~ .,iT7.

~ .,i77.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. %. The state
canvassing board tonight completed
the tabulating Of election. returns.
There were 3iG.143 votes cast for pres
ident, the highest number ever polled
in Kansas. Bryan received III $40
and Mckinley 130,541, making Bryan's
plurality, 1929. The other presiden-
tial candidates stood: Middle OF the
road Populists, 1922; National. $50:
National Democrats, 1880: Prohibit
tionists, 1.721. Bryan's majority over
all candidates, TAT.
A striking feature of the election is
that there were 1874 more votes cas,
for the presidential tickets than for
the state tickets. The total vote for
John w. Leedy for governor is 16J. 800:
Morrill,. 15S,1JO. Leedy's majority over
all candidates is 3,129. The total vote
cast for governor was 327,3S9. South
art. National, for governor, received
765: Hurley, Prohibitionist, antl-St
John, received 2,449; Rev. Kepford.
Independent Prohibtionist. TIC.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
consui'a Fee. Cut ON.

Washington, Nov. 21.-During the
present administration the secretary
OF state has amended the consular reg
ulations so as to materially reduce the
fees that have heretofore been enjoy
ed by the consuls-general at London,
Liverpool. Paris and elsewhere. These
places are now worth very little more
than their salaries, which are 5000.
although formerly through the col
lection of notarial fees that were not
authorized but simply overlooked by
the government. they paid any way
from $4,000 to $25,OOO a year.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
WILL LEcruRm.
william ). Bryan to Mako an Extended
Tom, In the south.

william ,. Bryan to Mako an Exfendsd
Tom In the South.
Lincoln, Nebraska, Nov. 23.-H has
been definitely arranged that Wiiiiaih
]. Bryan Ii to take the lecture plat
form. and his first address will be de-
lIvered at Atlanta, Georgia, early IN
December. His route as far as 1t has
at present been arranged will be: AT
lanta, Jacksonville. Savannah, Charles
toin, Augusta, Birmingham and New
Orleans. After leaving the latter CITY
Mr.. Bryan will go through Texas, theh
on to California and Oregon, and viii
not reach the cities of the east before
the latter part of February. 1897.
The man behind the enterprise is v.
e. McBee. of Norfolk. Virginia, the
superintendent of the Seaboard Air
line. On election night Mr. McBee,
who had been a hard worker for tie
Bryan ticket, wired to this city Offer
ing Mr.. Bryan very large amount for
a series of lectures In case the election
should turn against him. No attention
was paid at that time by Mr.. Bryan,
but after the defeat Of the Democratic
ticket had been formally acknowl-
edged by the Democratic leaders M
McBee once more renewed his Offer;
negotiations were begun, and the resu!,
has been that Mr.. Bryan has signed
contracts for a series of lectures unde,
the management of Alexander Com
stock, who is the representative and
associate of Mr.. McBee In the enter
prise. The terms OF the agreement
from a financial standpoint have not
been made known, but it is understood
that the remuneration Mr.. Bryan Is to
receive will exceed the salary he would
have received as president of the Unit
ed States in the event of his election
to that office.
Arrangements are already under
way to have the delivery of Mr.. Bry
ans first lecture In Atlanta made the
occasion Of great demonstration,
which will be in the nature Of mon
ster reception. The lectures to be de
livered by Mr. Bryan will be non-parli
san In their character, and will be for
the most part upon social and govern
mental topics. and 1t is expressly stlp-
uated In the contract that the tom
shall have no political aspect or color
Ing.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

Organized labor has won another VIC
tory over the Carnegie company. The
labor unions of Detroit, at the instiga-
tion OF the Amalgamated Association
of Iron and Steel Workers, insisted
upon the material for the new Wayne
County building being made in a
union mill. The commissioners agreed
to this, and when the bids were opened
a few days since the offer Of the Car
negie company, although below all 9TH
er bids. was thrown out, and the con-
tract awarded to union concern.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
WI, Try Edison. s,, nd Cure.

New York. Nov. 23-Perhaps one Of
the first to try the new cure for the
blind. discovered by Thomas A. Edison,
the wizard of Menlo Park. will be
Charles Broadway Rouss, the sightless
multi Millionaire. Mr.. Rouss is eagerly
following everyone of Edison's expert
ments with the Roentgen rays, and just
a. soon as he believes there is a possible
chance of success he will submit himself
to the treatment. no matter what the cost.
Millionaire Rouss offered 81 100000 to
anyone who would restore his sight.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
Irsultesf Their Flag,

New Castle, Del. Nov. 22.-It has
been learned here that the Duke of
Tetuan. Spain's minister of foreign at.
fairs. has cabled to Senor De LONE,
minister to the United States at WASH
lngton to protest energetically to che
American government against the In
suit to the Spanish nag when a local
military company carried the Spanish
colors from the armorJ and burned
them.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
wEvLER AFTER THEM.
He Destroys the Camp Of tAs C.bass A.
Holds the Moal tain Passss-

He Destroys the Camp OF tAs Cahaos ana
Holds the hoa.tsin Passss-
Key West. Fla. Nov. 23-The fol-
lowing advices from Havana have
been received here: General Weylcr
is moving In southerly direction to-
wards the coast Of Pinar del Rio, af-
ter having taken possession of the
mountain passes. These entrances to
the mountains Of Pinar del Rio were
abandoned by the insurgents.
The Cubans, 1t Is said, made no re-
sistance at these points. General Wey-
Ter destroyed the camps of the Cubans
at Cacarajicara, Brujo, Brujito. Rubi,
Rosario, Amelia, Manuelita, Gobernar-
dera, Sora and other places.
The Spanish swept before them ev'
erything that would have a tendency TO
aid the Cubans In carrying on their
warefare, destroying factories and
dwellings and even the farm products
found on the different plantations N
this section of Pinar del Rio.
At the private residence OF General
Maceo the portraits of between fifty
and sixty ladies were captured by the
Spanish forcos. Some of those are pic
lures of well known Havana bellies and
the writing upon the photographs
seems to be original and genuine. A
large number Of documents, ETC.. all
abandoned by Maceo. have also been
captured by the Spanish forces.
General Weyler was reported on the
10Th inst. as being in Candelaria, on
the Goth inst. as being at San Cristo-
bal. and 1t Is believed that he will cs-
tablish headquarters in Artemisa.
1t is reported in Pinar del Rio tina.
the insurgents are down-hearted be-
cause of the policy Of continuous pur.
suit now adopted by the Spanish forces
and because the destruction Of most OF
the products necessary to sustain life
in the eastern part OF the province and
because of the military occupation Of
points necessary to pass through The
mountains from north to south.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
FREE FIGHT AMONG STUDENTS
Dlssr.oefui Conduct In an Oman. Medic
COLLEGE

Disgr1oefui Conduct In an Omaha Medical
College.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 20.-About 100
students of the Omaha Medical college
this morning engaged in q terrific
struggle in the class room, the result
of the effort Of the Junior class to Sc
cure the seats of the freshmen, which
were considered more desirable. The
trouble has been Imminent for. a week.
One Of the sophomores, who has a lo-
cal reputation as a football player and
athlete, to-day took hand In the game
in the interests of the freshmen. Ad-
vancing to the first of the line of Jun
iors, he announced his intention of
throwing out the whole row, one after
another, unless the whole row Imme-
diately vacated. He was greeted with
q very enthusiastic horse laugh, and
then the trouble began. One hun
dred students were Immediately mixed
up In the ARRAY. No one was serious;
injured, but when 1t was over, bleeding
noses and rapidly puffng eyelids were
everywhore conspiouous. The faculty
settled the trouble.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
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New York, Nov. z1.-The jury In thu
case Of Colonel Nunez and Captain
Dickman, on trial for alleged connec
ton with the LAuracc Slibusterine ex.
petition to Cuba In May last, came into
the United States criminal court this
morning and handed In their sealed
statement Of the result Of their seven
hours' deliberations to Judge Brown.
1t was to the effect that they could
net come to an agreement In the case
Of either Of the defendants. The jug
was dismissed.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
Natural Ga. sxnd,c.,e

Lima, o., Nov. 1.-The Dietrich syu
dicate, of which E. G. Benedict. Pres
ident Cleveland's close friend, is presi-
dent, has just closed deal by which Il
acquires possession of all the property
of the Ohio & Indiana Natural Gas
company. The purchase includes the
plants at Lima, Dayton, Piqua. Sidney
and Wapakoneta. Ohio, and In many
towns In Indiana, and several millions
the dollars are involved.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

An unsuccessful attempt at whole.
sale poisoning by paris green was dis
covered at Almond. Wis. While pre-
pairing . can Of milk for shipment John
Bibby. = wealthy milk shipper. mo-
ticed . peculiar color, and on investi-
CATION found large quantity Of paris
green and salt scattered at the bottom
of the can. John Burns. another farm
er, found = score Of piles Of paris green
and salt scattered In his pasture land
and Thomas Brown lost five Of the
most valuable cows OF his herd from
the same poison. deposited by un
known parties On his grazing range,
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

NornIng ranKies IN cne nearI IKE IN
Justice. Try to understand the motives
OF conduct. and never doubt the word.
or refuse to accept the explanation of
erring children. They may deceive you.
but trusting them will make them
true. while continual doubt will make
the noblest sly and deceitful. Give
them the benefit. always. of any doubt
as to their conduct, and they will
strive to be what you think they are.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
Dr. storr., Jubilee

New York. Nov. 22.-This was chill
dren's day in the celebration OF Rev.
Richard 8. Storrs' golden jubilee. The
Sunday school children occupied the
church of the Pilgrims during the af-
ternoon and special programme Of
exercises. in which the children took
part, was carried out. Addresses were
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

A Jealous st. Louis husband fired
would have been fatal had not the bull
lets struck her corset stays and been
DETECTED. No dress-reformer will ever
be able to convince that woman that
corsets are not healthful.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

The newspapers are printing an item
to the effect that Editor Dana pays
from 81 to IS for poem" Poor old
man! He Is sure to be buried now un-
derneath an avalanche Of manu-
scripts.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

The wedding OF Jean de Reszke and
Countess de Mailly is said to have been
very quiet, from which we infer that
Jean did not go after any Of his high
notes.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

The young women who plays wag-
ner and Chopin up to midnight five
nights out Of six ought at least to con-
slider the feelings Of the neighbors
enough to get her old piano tuned.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

1t is not true that the physician who
advises his patients to take to the
wheel for exercise always gets COM
mission from the local bicycle agent.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

1t cost a Chicago man IS and costs
the other day to learn what an eye
opener is. but that was only his first
payment and the eye-opener comes on
the installment plan.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

The best answer that wife can get
to her letters to her husband when she
Is away from home Is good-sized
check.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

II Abraham Lincoln really told all
the stories that are attributed to him.
It is hard to see how he found time
to do anything else.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

The world has too many people who
cannot keep their personal spites out Of
work they are paid to perform.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28
To XIII d s-.ss G-rnss.

Smoking Is a preventative Of disease.
according to a celebrated viennese pro
fessr Of chemistry. He estimates that
the chances of smoker catching diph-
iberia, smallpox, cholera or other con-
tagious disease whose germs are inhaled
through the throat and lungs. ~ com
pared to the non-snoker, one In twenty
eight He asserts that smoking tends to
check the development of bacteria and
kill them. 1t Is well known that smok-
ing Is forbidden by physicians and em-
ployes In laboratories given over to the
cultivation and propagation Of germs
of different diseases for experiments.
Smoke kills these minute organisms, and
what applies to a chemists workshop ap-
lies equally to the human body.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

rhe man who uses words to dodge
ideas does not last long in this age and
generation.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

II you cannot compliment man on
anything except his clothes preserve
charitable silence.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

also made by several pastors present
Special services were held both In the
morning and In the evening In honor Of
the celebra ton.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

The sultan OF Turkey Is now threat
ened with insanity.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

Really dangerous opponents gener-
ally have a proxy to carry out their
plsns.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets AL
Druggists refund the money If II fails 10 cure. CSC
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

..Mrs. T1ptiit b extremely exclusive"
"WeIl of course, she doesn't wish to meet
anybody who remembers when her father
drUye a dray."
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

To be = lion. is to have lions enc
mics.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

The world is always hungry for
ideas, either wise or grotesque.
The Meeker herald., 1896-11-28

When bilious or costive. eat a Cascaret
candy cathartc, cure guaranteed lOc, &c.
Japan has forty-one cities Of over 10000
Inhabitants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24

poscd parts: n plating say ID centimetres OF
noorIv G inches. thick But that would not AZ
ford protection against fire from big guns at
close quarters? No. But such ship would he
able. by virtue OF her speed to keep her distance
from the enemy She would also be nbie' ana
should be careful. always 10 present either DOW
or stern to the enemy S fire, and never her broad
side. The sharp end of n ship plated win nVe
or six inches of Harveylzed steel would be prhc-
tlcally lnyulnerable against any cannon-Dots IN
the world.
All men agree that such ships would form
valuable part of any large navy. But Admiral
Fourier goes further than that. ana makes the
startling proposition that the French Navy
should be composed exclusively Of them-apar'.
of course from torpedoboats and batteries for
coost and harbor defence. He would have them
all MS nearly alike in size. arrangement and
equipment as possible. so rs TO form what ne
calls n homogeneous feet" Such n navy could
be more readily and more cheaply constructed
than one containing a variety Of types and
classes of ships. 1t would. he thinks. be more
trustworthy since the commander would know
exactly what each ship was capable Of doing.
And It would also be more efficient, because or
the increased efficiency of officers and men
of ship to learn to use Any officer or man would
be equally at home on any ship. Each ship
would be entirely complete in itself. and each
would be, for any purpose, Instantly interchange
able with any other in the feet. Such would be
his ideal navy.
This plan was formulated by Admiral Fourner
with the avowed design of creating a navy
able to cope with that Of Great Britain. With
that view Of the case, and with the number and
geographical distribution of tie ships necessary
for that purpose, Americans are not concerned
What Is OF interest to them IS the question
whether. If such navy would best serve the
needs Of France for such n purpose 1t would
not also be best suited TO the needs of the United
States In one respect it surely would be. Our
coastne Is so long and our coaling stations are
so few as to demand imperatively ships Of great
speed and long endurance. Some Of our newer
ships are unsurpassed in all the world in those
particulars and are, indeed, almost exact mod
els Of what Admiral Fourier would build for an
entire navy. If that accomplished officers the
DRY be correct, they should be duplicated and
multiplied many times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24

and get enough for the copper to pay them royal
~ for the mining. and then get several millions
worth of silver Also which costs them nothhg'
They take lead out Of the earth as In Mexico
and get enough for the lead to pay for Inc
mining and the silver costs nothing. Ever since
the Comstock lode was opened the output OF
silver and gold together has been enormous, but
nobody has ever imagined that II would not pay
to take out the gold alone. The silver when
came from most Of the Comstock mines really
cost not one cent
The wonderful thing is not that silver mas
fallen in price under such conditions, but that
It has not fallen more. Its fall In price since
1860 has been only slightly greater than the
average decline in all commodities On August
1 the prices of all commodities taken together
were about 81 per cent Of the prices OF the same
commodities In the same markets January !,
1860. But the price of silver was about - per
cent of the price in 1860 There is a difference,
and vet astonlshingly little difference consider
ing the vast increase in production Of silver ana
its dsuse as money nearly throughout the COM
merclal world.
The world Is now doing more than ninetenths
of it's work with credit money. and Its systems
are so organized that S1.OO0.0OO,OOO OF such
money can be more safely used to-day than
$780, 900 could have been used quarter of n
century ago. II has in like proportion less need
of coin of any kind. and actually uses less. Sill
yer has fallen mainly because. while 1t has been
produced with astonishing cheapness, 1t has be-
come unnecessary to the worlds commerce.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24
PERSONAL.

Tuesday september TO- will be Perry's Victory
Day in the programme OF centennial exercises In
the city of Cleveland and addresses aPpropri,a,s
to the occasion will be maze ny MaJo' Mch'hey'
Senator Allison ana otneiS'
Colonel Lugererauty. who was recently an officer
,r the household troops Of the King Of Sweden and
Norway has been appointed 10 superintend the
carving out OF the Salvation Army social plans In
India and Ceylon
Controller Ecltels who has been fishing IN the
Lake Superior region. Is now In Duluth
President octave Chanute. OF the American So
cetv OF Civil Engineers has offered prize OF 500
for the hest monograph the kite, giving fun
theory of its mechanics and stability, with quanu-
tatve computations appended
F,eId-Marshal Count Won Blumenthal. who Is
eghty-six years Of age mas star'eu OH " 'ohs tour
Of Sweden and Norway.
+ c. Clark Of Sioux Falls Iowa. the Prohibi-
t,orist nominee for County Auditor has declined
to be a candidate and advises all Prohibiiionists
to vote for Mckinley He says that neary All inc
Prohibitonists will be Republicans thlS year
When Prince Macmillan OF Saxony was ordained
10 the priesthood recently, he signed paper re-
nouncing all the rights he possessed IN virtue OK
his royal birth. The remuneration Is 70 be VOID.
however in case all the other t h OF o rhe
royal house of Saxony. OF whom there are only
five should die before him.
Senator Quay, whose prowess as fisherman Is
vol known caught n tarpon weighing 2s3 pounds
the other day at St Lucle RIA
General Bartolomeo Mitre. ex-Prcsident OF the
Argentine Republic. and well known as writer OK
note is now at work upon monumental history OK
his country and. perhaps, OF all America II hs
lives long enough TO accomplish his intention mo
venerable statesman ond historian. who Is now an
old man. has collected a mass OF documents ior
that purpose. large portion Of which consists OF
the corresponden,e he has had with all the men
who have played a part in South American politics.
General Mitre hardly feels the weight OF ms many
years, and he works from morning tll nsnt al
his book which will reveal many secrets OF span
ish-American history.
Even in India the new woman Is beginning to
appear. Miss Cornea Sorabjee' r. A. barris'er-
at-aw of Puma has formed business partner
ship with X. p. Gadgill. barrister -at-law. Of the
place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24
THE FALL OF SILVER.

Those who ascribe the fall of silver to It's dis
use as money are talking in these days as If
there were no commOn-sense in all the land. But
Americans have some intelligence. Suppose
that the worlds crop of wheat had Increased
JIG per cent III twenty-three years; is there any
body who would be surprised If It's price de-
clincd: The eaters have not increased 10 per
cent; the cost Of transportation TO the eaters has
diminished more than two-thlrds; why should
not 176 bushels of wheat sell for less than 100
bushels in 1873? Yet there are actually persons
in this queer world who fancy that wheat has
gone down because silver has gone down.
The bottom fact Of the whole business is that
the world produced G3,000,0OO ounces of silver
in 1873, and 174,0o0,000 ounces OF silver last
wear. There has not been such an increase in
most other products But the reason for that in
crease is more important than the Increase it.
self. great part OF the worlds production of
silver. which formerly required the opening ana
working Of silver mines, Is now by-product
Men take copper out Of the earth, as In Montana