The Meeker herald., 1897-05-22
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| California court has granted divorce
| to Nrs. I.anxtry.
Stephen Il. Mallory. u silver man. has been
elected senator from, Florida.
The postal congress has abandoned the
| idea of = universal postage stamp.
The government has accepted the site
for the new public building at Cheyenne.
The court house at Lexington. Kentucky.
/ burned the 18th. with a loss Of $7a.oo.
George GouId's sister, Countess Castel-
lsine, will give sl.OO,O00 for charity build
ing In Paris
There have been 2,O0O deaths from plague
In the Cutchma ndy district Of India In the
past fortnight.
James Kearney Of Gailatin valley. Mon
tana. is In jail for sending = dackaEe Of dy-
Mantle by express to his wife.
Major General James d. Forsyth. COM
manding the department Of California. has
been placed on the retired list. on his own
application.
| Sir W. H. Houldesworth. an English bi-
metallist. said yesterday that prospects for
/ an International agreement were never more
hopeful.
The commercial situation In Argentine is
| an extremely difficult one. Failures are re-
, ported daily and the locusts are ravaging
| the interior provinces.
| W. Il. Bradbury. u San Francisco million
aire. has been sentenced To twenty-four
hours imprisonment for splitting on the
! floor Of a street ear Bradbury will appeal
| the case.
The convention of the Western Federation
Of Miners nj Salt Lake made an appropria-
tion of 500 To enable the Utah State Federn-
| tion to defend the eight hour law. which has
! been carried 10 the United States Supreme
| Court by the mine owners.
| Sny.ruI s.y..r., fhnitnkp sl,pcks
! peri.nccd at Reno. Nevada. on the 10Th.
| one caused the clocks to stop and damaged
| Interior decorations Of dwellings. This shock
was followed by others equally severe. The
vibrations were from north To youth.
| II is reported at Baltimore that the Cath
| ollie University at Washington has received
a legacy of s15o.OOo from the estate OF Mr.
| O'Brien Of New Orleans. The money Will he
| used to cnduw three chairs to he selected by
the authorities of the university
| Premier Rudini OF Italy has declared that
| the governments program in Africa was 10
negotiate with Great Britain for recession
| OF kassala 10 Egypt. The ministers did not
| propose. he added. to surrender other terri
| tory. MassowaIi alone would be occupied
10y the Italian troops.
ON the 10th II bronze medallion In mem
| DRY Of Daniel U'Cohnell the celebrated Irish
patriot and orator. WAS unveiled in the fa-
he died on May IL. ls+T. The unvciling was
preceded by a solemn mass and procession
in the cathedral OF San Siro the most an
cicnt Christian foundation In Genoa.
For the first time in the history Of the
city street ears may run IN Toronto on Snl'
| day. Under the charter Of the street rail-
way company vote Of the citizens may br
taken every third year as to whether cars
should rnn on Sunday or not. This is the
third vote. the citizens voting today In
! favor of the ears by majority of 4Io.
No arrangements have yet been made to
ward forwarding the 1900 tons Of corn
stored In Brooklyn warehouses to the
| lpiaguc-stricken districts of India. 1t ap-
| pears that there ls no American vessel large
enough to carry such big cargo. AMI the
| appropriation must go TO an American ship.
| 1t Is hoped that England will aid In trans
| porting the corn.
| A car of corn which reached Chicago re-
| Gently, bore these notices: "From the
mortgage ridden Popocratlc farmers Of
Bloomfield, Nebraska, land of plenty. to the
starving subjects OF plutocratic John Bull In
35shhnie Hull. Bloonlierd. Se5rssES. con, L.
tributes to his starving and neglected pau
per millions of India
Ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker.
at banquet Of the Business Mems League.
| Philadelphia. made a remarkable speech on
| national and state politics. After comment
ing on the failure OF promised prosperity to
| appear In consequence OF President Mckin-
| ley's election. Mr.. Wananaker said that the
low state to which political religion Of the
| nation was brought by INSCRIPTIONS bosses
must eventually result In new party.
| Representatives of roads members Of the
old Transmi.souri freight rate committee
have formulated a plan l&e that recently
adopted by the executives of western roads
| at Chicago. Provisions for the maintenance
| Of rates are carefully omitted. and 1t IL
| strictly II gentlemen's compact, without
| other forfeits than 'honor." 1t was not for
mally adopted, but 1t Is expected all lines
will accept 1t. with few minor changes.
| 1t is believed at Paris that there is no
| doubt that Germany is urging mediation
upon the Sultan of Turkey. The powers, 1t
| IL semi-oficlally intima ted, do not intend to
| press Greece to surrender her feet pay
| ment Of the war indemnity which Turkey
| Will presently demand. Greece in this re-
! spect will he allowed full liberty. The pow
| ers are trying TO make arrangements to en-
able Greece to meet the demands of Turkey
without injury to the previous creditors Of
Greece.
The scale committee of the Amalgamated
Association of Steel Workers has decided to
demand of the manufacturers an advance In
the wages of tin-plate workers and an ad-
vance In the pudding rate. There will also
Ike number of demands Of minor Inn
, , portAnce made. Detail of the demands can
not be given because the utmost secrecy Is
T, maintained by the members of the commit
tee. us 1t is desired To keep the delibera-
tions secret until the demands and the re-
port Of the committee are acted on by the
national convention.
The decision of the government against the
exchanging of the bank bills for silver coin
has caused a panic In Havana. Prices of
brend. milk and other necessities of life
have doubled within the past few days. The
working classes. well as all government
employees. both civil and military. openly
express their dissatis isfaction with the action
Of the government in paying them in scrip,
which lis no per cent. below par. 1t Is be-
lieyed that the government will no longer
accept paper money In payment Of taxes.
In that event, a further depreciation of the
paper money may Ike expected.
The inquiry into the fire at the charity
bazaar. Paris. on May 4th last has been fol-
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