The Meeker herald., 1897-04-24
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by New York City.
Great ,iocks of wild pigeons have appeared
near Keddin, California.
II was reported on the iTth that Prince
Hohenohe had resigned
New Orleans suffered from dre to the
amount Of $iOOOOO on the 18th
Wheat is advancing on the exchanges ns Il
result Of the war between Turkey and
Greece.
dynamite explosion In mine near 10
hannesburg. killed eight English and twenty
native miners.
The government In Hawaii has lssucd II
call for laborers. in which Japanese are
airoitly Disseminated against.
Investigation by II legislative committee
among the coal miners near rittsburs
vehls the fact that many of them are on the
verge Of starvation.
The Lonlan Daily Mail says that Russia
Is strongly opposed To the silver standard
and that Great Britain. Austria and Ger
many wonld plnce insuperablc difficulties in
the way of international blmetaliism.
The book written by Mrs John Hays Ham
mond. the wife Of the American engineer
sentenced to death in the TransvaaI. but sub
seHnently released upon the payment of a
heavy fine. has been published in London.
There has been great decrease in the
virnlence of the plague In India. Only 800
cases and 1!A deaths from the disease oc-
Cured last week In bombay. compared with
:aD cases and :s23 deaths during the preccd-
Ing week.
Judge James A. Storrow. IL lawyer of Bos-
ton dropped dead In Washington on the
18th. Judge Storrow took an active part In
the proceedings incident to the arbitration
treaty between the governments of Great
Britain and Venezuela for the settlement OF
the boundary dispute
William J. Bryan lecturci In Music hall.
Cincinnati. to over 900 people who had
paid % and 20 cents admission, His lecture
was on bimetaIlism. and 1t was delivered
under the auspices of the Ohio Valley b.
metallic League. After the Grafton lie was
given banquet by members Of the league.
Ex-statc Treasurer William W. Taylor. of
South Dakota. has been released from the
penitentinry. after an Imprisonment of one
year and half. Good behavior reduced
his two-years' sentence six months. He left
at once for his old home at Rcthcid. where
he will stay a few days, and then go to In
dinnn to visit friends.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times says that the Rnssan minister of war
publishes In the Itusskij Invalid an order OF
the Car providing that hereafter all Grim
inals condemned to imprisonment In Siberia
shall be conveyed there hy railway instead
OF being compelled to make the march by
way Of Tomsk and lruski. which caused so
many deaths and so much suffering to thou
sands.
fhe franklin County (Kcntucky, grand
jury has returned true bills against DIR. w.
Godfrey Hunter. the Republican nominee
for senator ex-tongressman Henry Wilson.
of the Eleventh district; Hon. f. Y. Franks.
Of the Second district: Captain Noel Gaines
and his brother-inlaw. Thomas Tanner. of
Frankfort. These named have been indict-
cd for conspiracy To bride. All are Republ-
cans. with the exception Of Gaines and Tan
ner.
The trustees Of Drake University have
unanimously decided TO reverse the order of
the medical faculty excluding women as stu
dents because women had been subjected to
insults which could not Ic well avoided.
The trustees passed a resolution strongly
condemning such action and providing for
the protection Of women students. They
say no such actions will occur In the future.
Male students offendin: will lie promptly
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