The Meeker herald., 1896-07-04
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none delivered an allOcutton % tne
Eastern churches.
There is great excitement ovse the
elections in Canada, both sides oeang
confident of victory.
Miss Elizabeth Gardner, an Ameri-
can, has been married to bouguefean'
the noted French artist.
The French admiralty o6aciab be-
lieye that the Drummond was broken
up by the explosion of her boiiess.
1t is believed In Rome that 1R. B.
IorenzelIi, inter-nuncio at The Hague,
will be Cardinal satolli's SUCCESSOR.
Senator d. 3. Hill and w. 9. WHIT
uey held n conference at Albany A4n-
day to discuss the political situation.
Mexico fears that silver in the United
States would harm the industries Of
that country, row run ON aver
basis.
Young man named Albert J. 6ker
Jumped Off the Eads bridge, 10 ~, At
ST. Louis the other day without 1nrt-
ing himself.
The Mashonas have Joined the Hats
beles in the uprising at Buluwaytane
the situation is grave. Numerousmat-
sacres are reported.
EEalF Garas"rs fn swsnty.root ann n1i boar -
New York for Liverpool. They expeA
to be en- route sixty days.
1t has been decided by Spain to dis
patch 5000 additional men to Cubs
before September. Two more torpedo
boats are to be purchased.
Ten thousand people have gathered
at Celoron, Chautauqua, to attend the
annual convention of the Photograph.
ers' Association of America.
A rate war is on between the Pacific
Coast Steamship company and the
Northern Pacific Railroad cOmpany's
Alaska steamship service.
Through blunder of the police, w.
r. Brown, n prominent Georgia bank
er, was arrested at Liverpool, being
mistaken for Il thief named Damon.
A serious conflict has taken place BE-
tween Servian officials and Montene-
grins at Kusamlija. Several persons
were killed and wounded on both sides.
A dispatch from Beyrout, Syria, says
that during the recent fighting between
the Turks and the insurgent Druses in
the Hauran districts the former lost
ffty-fve men killed.
An international commission Of hus-
bandry from France, Germany, Bel
GUM, Austria, Sweden and Switzer-
land met in Paris Monday and adopted
a bimetallic resolution
The Psn-Presbyterian council has
unanimously accepted the invitation to
hold Its meeting in Washington in
1889 and has thanked San Francisco
for the Invitation extended by that
city.
An Athens dispatch to the London
Times says the Turks are marking the
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Crete, with u cross. and 1t II feared
this means a general pillage or . mas
sacre.
The official cholera statistics show
that In one day there were throughout
Egypt 149 new cases and ia deaths.
The disease is decreasing Mt Cairo and
Alexandria and increasing in the pro
vinces.
A patrol of twenty-three Of the horse
men bringing women and children in
an armored mule wagon to Buluwayo
had desperate fight with the rebel
lious natives near Salisbury. Seven OF
the patrol were killed and four wound
ed, while fourteen of the horses and all
of the mules were killed.
Acting Secretary Simms has ap-
proved and provided for requisition
to the treasury for the payment of $22,-
600 to every state included In the Nor
rill act of 1890 for the endowment Of
agricultural and mechanical colleges
in the United States. This Is to apply
for the fiscal year 1S96-07.
City Councilman Ale T. Hayden of
Memphis, who has been on trial in the
criminal court for the past week on the
charge Of attempting to secure bribe
market house. was found guilty and
was sentenced to eleven months and
twenty-nine days in the workhouse and
to pay fine of SO
Eugene and Emmett Shedd, brothers,
fought duel with rcv0lvers at Chi
cago. The latter was shot in the left
breast and will die. They live In ad
joining houses. Both are teamsters
and married. For some time there has
been a rivalry between them as to who
raised the best game chickens and a
discussion on the subject led to the
duel.
The grand jury at London has found
true bills against Or. Leander Starr
Jameson, Major Sir John Willoughby,
Colonel X. C. Gray. Major w. r. Hile,