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The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Fate of the Bermuda,

Philadelphia. Aug. 22.-rhe British
steamship Ethel Wyld, Captain List,
arrived at this port from Port An
tonic. Jamaica. tonight, having on
hoard MS passengers, In addition TO
Commissioner of Navigation f gene
Tyler Chamberlain and DIR. Parker Of
Washington. twelve OF the crew d the
alleged filibustering steamship Ber-
muda. which has been seized out
there by the British government IL
was learned from Mr.. Chamberlain
that Captain Murphy OF the Bermuda
had been adjudged guilty Of violition
Of the quarantine laws and senteAced
to pay fine of f1OO. or to undergo
thirty days Imprisonment. He chose
The latter and is now serving his time
The Bermuda will be sold to the h.it-
ish authorities.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
THE SkACAwAY TRAIL,
1t Will Take Mos, of the Travel to Kion.
dyke.

dyke.
Seattle. WASH, Aug. 19.-The Asso-
cinted Press correspondent writes from
Lake Linderman as follows.
Lake Linderman, \. w. T.. Aug. T.
On Lakes Linderman and Bennett are
nearly 500 people actively making pre-.
parations and building boats for the
descent to the Klondyke. The Skaga-
way trail is open and the first contin-
gent reached Tagish lake on Thursday
last. numbering 200 people. The trail
is nearly nifty miles long and horses
are able TO pack 100 pounds from salt
water to Tagish. Nearly 1000 people
are in camp at Skagaway, and it is ex-
pected that they will reach the lakes
in ten days. That route will take near
ly all of the travel from the Dyca
route except during the winter and
spring months.
The opening of the Skagaway road is
sure to cause travel to continue as late
as September 18th. At present the
Dyea trail is blocked with freight and
passengers, and to c0mplcate matters
the ChilcOOt Indians have struck for
twenty cents n pound. which makes
the cost of Hour laid down at this place
$11 sack.
Boat loads of people are leaving here
and Lake Beunctt every day for the
mines.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
A Dash up the Yukon.

San Francisco, Aug. 21.-The last ex.
petltion from California for the Alas
ka gold fields via the Yukon will leave
here on August 25th. The steamer Ma.
varro has been chartered by the Cali.
fornia-Alaska Navigation and Com
mercial Company and will tow the riy.
er steamer Thomas Dwyer to the
mouth of the Yukon river. The Navar-
70 will have accommodations for sew.
enty-five passengers and the managers
Of the expedition calculate on reaching
Dawson City in about thrifty days. Two
physicians will accompany the expetli.
tion to look after the health of the pros
pectors.
II by any mischance the Navarro
reaches the Yukon too late for the riy.
er boat to get through. arrangements
have been made for caring for the pas
sengers until spring.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Cotton MIL. to Re.u,n..

Manchester. ". H.. Aug. 20.-No
tices were issued to-day to the effect
that the Amoskeag cotton mills will
start up in all departments on Septem-
her 9th. The AmOskeag employs
about $1,000 operators.
The AmOry Cotton Manufacturing
Company will resume Monday next.
Salem, n. H., Aug. 2O.-Mills No. 3
and 2 of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Manufacturing Company's plant in
this city started on full time this morn
Ing after nearly six months of for.
ty-two hour schedule. The manage
ment states that the market for their
goods is improving and they hope soon
to be able to run the other mills on full
time instead of forty-two hours. There
are 1,2OO hands employed in the two
mills.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Pirates In IN. Mediterranean.

Valeita, Island OF Malta. Aug 20
Information has just been received
here 10 the effect that the Italian bark
Fiducia. Captain RZetob from Pascou-
gala. on June 4. for Marsellles. was
spoken to on August 16 in latitude 36.4
and reported having been boarded on
August II abreast of Cape Baba by
fourteen pirates. who fired into the
crew. ransacked the vessel. stole the
papers. charts. instruments. provisions
and clothing Of the crew, cut the run
ming gear and carried of the captain,
bOatswain and seaman. The Fiducin
was supplied with provisions and in
struments by passing vessels and thus
enabled to proceed.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Wen, Over NI.x.r.r Falls.

Niagara Falls. n. Y, Aug. 22-Fmnk
Webster of Buffalo. Warren I.usi
twenty-one years old, Of Chicago, and
Charles Glnsner, twenty-six years old
OF Chicngo. who have been camping
on the banks of the Niagara river for
the past week with several companens,
to-day hired a small boat at La Sale
and started to row across the Niagara
river to the Canadian shore. Their
boat became upset and the men were
seen struggling in the water. Before
assistance could reach them all we're
carried over the falls on the Canadian
side. The bodies were not recovered
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Corn Roast at Lovels nd.

The citizens of Loveland appreciat-
ing the benefit TO be derived from day
in the country have arranged to give
our annual corn roast and picnic upon
Monday. September 9th, and desire to
extend cordial invitation to all who
wish to become our guests. The farm.
ers Of Larimer county have contributed
bountifully of corn. fruit and milk: the
merchants Of Loveiand. ten. coffee and
meat; butter from the Loveland cream
cry and -four from the LOveland mills.
This Ii our gala day and we would like
to have all our friends enjoy it with
US. 1t is our wish to give ail day of
pleasure particularly those who are
working hard in stores and ofiices) that
will not only be benefit to their
health. but brighten their lives for
months to come
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
silver In India.

London. Aug. 21.-The Times pub
fishes this morning letter from an oc.
casiOnnl correspondent who asserts
that India is still an extensive purchns.
er of silver because ninety-nine out of
every 100 natives are ignorant Of the
fact that the mints are closed. They
believe that they can exchange their
ornaments for rupees at any moment
When the truth becomes generally
known 1t will be grievous cause OF
disaffectiOn. The correspondent adds
THE great dearth of rupees In In
dia suggests the advisability of re
opening the mints and raising the i'm
port duty on silver in order to make
the value of silver equivalent to tht
value Of the rupee"
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Arn...... Exploded .n. po.s..

Geneva, Aug. 22.-The Groshat, the
organ of the Constantinople committee
OF the Armenian Revolutionary FEEDER.
alton. which is printed here, asserts
that the recent explosions In CONSTANT
nople were the work Of the committee.
and says the committee is directing the
movements Of the parties who are
nghting the Turks In the vilayat Of
Van. :
We are obliged" the Groshat says,
TO resort to every possible means to
carry on the struggle against such
overwhelming odds. Revolution is the
only Resource left U.S.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Welcoming the United Confederate

Welcoming the United Confederate
Veterans to Nashville for their annual
reunion. the governor of Tennessee
uttered such sentiments as these: "The
hand OF secession will never be lifted
up again" Let the veterans who wore
the gray salute. with uncovered heads,
the national flag; 1t is the nag of the
inseparable Union" Anarchy cannot
live on Southern SOIL" Herein is addi-
tional and good evidence that the Civil
War Is ended. and that the South will
b loyal in the pending CONFLICT Of law
and order with the advocates of an
arehy and disorder the trusts and the
combines.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
FOUR DAYS FROM DAWSON
Rushing = RAilroAd From juneau via Lake
Tesiia.


San Francisco, Aug. 2O.-The special
correspondent OF the Bulletin, writing
from Juneau. Alaska. under date of
Aug. II, says that railroad eommunicn
tion between Juneau and Dawson will
be one Of the things of the near future
Next spring 5000 men will be at work
night and day and the road will prob
ably be completed before next fall. The
proposed road is to start from the head
Of steamboat navigation on Taku river
to Lake Teslin. Light draft steamboats,
will be operated from each end Of the
new road and it will take four days 10
make the journey from Juneau to Daw-
son. There is surveying party already
nthe field, consisting OF W. A. Pratt,
of Wilmington, Delaware, chief engin.
eer Of the Yukon Mining. Trading and
Transportation projected Railroad; T..
c. JPnnay. assistant engineer: P. l.
Packer, the promoter of the road. and
A. +. Johnson. his assistant. Another
road is being surveyed to start from
Skagaway Bay. crossing the White
pass. This road will be built by an
English company.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

The president of the American Asso-
citation OF Librarians said, in the recent
general conference of that body, that
the number of volumes in the libraries
Of this country had more than trebled
since 1876. The chief cause Of this
great increase, he said, is a wholesome
growth OF public perception Of the
value OF good books. This fact. even
more than the willingness of the rich
TO found and endow libraries, is mat
ter for national satisfaction. Unused
libraries do not speak we'll for their
possessor
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Surprlaed the Burrlar.

Canton, Ohio. Aug. 22.-Merchan
Policeman Charles Hemminger sur
prised burglars in the basement of the
isanc Harter Il Sons savings hank
early this morning. The guard of the
party opened fire on the officer and the
latter shot one of the men who had
been In the cellar. The burglar died
IN the hospital later without revealing
mis- Identity. The burglars had big
lot OF tools and explosives in the eel
lar and were no doubt professionals.
The bank Is strong one and generally
believed to contain large sum o.
money.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
r x.. r.rmer.' Alliance.

Dallas. Texas. Aug. 14.-The Farm
ers' Alliance held three conventions
yesterday and did not adjourn until a
very late hour last night. The sessions
were behind closed doors. The national
and state bodies have been at logger
heads for a long time The usurpation
Of power, imposition Of dues upon fe-
males. abandonment Of the initiative
and referendum principles in govern
ment are the main grievances held by
the leaders Of the state organization
Yesterday the Gordian knot was sever
ed and hencefOrth the Texas State Al
lance will boss itself. 1t will not toler
ate national hosses, 20 the leadeTU -
serted last night
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Banker. Convention Adjourn..

Detroit, Mich. Aug. 19.-The twenty
third annual convention Of the AmerI
can Bankers Association came to ar
end at O'Clock this afternoon. Accord
ing to precedent. Vice President Joseph
&c. Hendrix of New York was raised TO
the office of president. George II. Rus
sell of Detroit received large majori-
~ Of the votes cast for first vice presi-
dent, although the nominating commit
tee haC recommended F. W. Tracy of
Illinois for the honor. u.
Business was transacted with a rush
to-day, a number of paperc having
been carried over from yesterday. Sev.
eral papers were ordered printed with.
ont being read,
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

To give money for votes is unlver-
sally conceded to be politically immor-
al. but to give office for votes is vastly
worse. says DIR. C. X. Adams. It has
led to the relegation OF the Golden Rule
to the rubbish heap of obsolete non
sense. In the place OF the maxim, DO
unto others as you would have others
do unto you." 1t raises aloft the shame
less substitute, do up yonr political
opponent before he has chance to do
you up"
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Ree.p.ursd From Ru..,.r,,

Casper. Wyo., Aug. pa trainload
Of the cattle gathered in the Hole-in-
the-Wall by the recent roundup was
shipped from here to Omaha to-day.
The keystone cattle with the brands
cut out and the skin sewn up were not
shipped. but were sent back to the
Ogallala ranch. The G. Y. cows with
blotched brands were rebranded and
the blotched brands vented. There
were - cows. an NJ. F. COW. an e. X.
COW with calves branded with rustler
brands. A two-bar COW was in the vt
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

Reports from Hawaii indicate that
the proposed treaty of annexation 10 re-
ssived by the press there with feelings
q enthusiastic rejoicing. The only
drawback apparent Is feeling Of ap-
Drshension ~ to the position Of Japan.
The utterances In the japanese papers
have been Of . disquieting kind. and =
certain feeling of uneasiness has bsen
sreated. which appears to be shared by
tAs ofIlcial authorities.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

by chasing himself around the block
ana yelling "demagogue," Hon. David
b. Hill manages to contribute liberally
TO the midsummer excitement.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

Will not the eastern millionaires who
have been moving about to avoid taxa
oon now consider the single tax town
OF Prescott, Ariz., where the only tax
II " on every lot?
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

II Spain and Japan don't stop bug
sing around they are likely to get
stsek on the ~ Paper,
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

We don't know who he is. but the
press agent Of the Klondyke show un-
derstands his business.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

with q yeariing steer following brand
ed T. 8. The shipment consisted Of
twenty -one cars with double that nam
Der Of brands.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Denver Directory.
HARM ESS.

The best $50 dou.
BILE Concord Har-
ness In Colorado
for $1S. With
breeching. so: SS
double team har-
ness. with breech-
Ing. $l6: S& steel
horn stock saddle
for SIS: $15 single
buggy harness for
$3.50. Do not bs
deceived by worth
less limitations. but
order direct from.
rs and get the
lowest wholesale
n,.iros Catalogues
FRED MUELLER,
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

Prayers that mean nothing are never
heard in heaven.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28
Lillian Russell Is said to have her eye
on her seventh husband.

II u easier for water to run uphill
toAn for . selfish man to be happy.
The Meeker herald., 1897-08-28

free. All goods stamped. FRED MUELLER
1413 Larimer Street. Denver. Colorado.
GOODS SENT FOR EXAMINATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-13
SEXTON JONES IN COURT.
Talks in a Maudlin Manner to Judge
Hazen and is Sent to Jail.

Attachment issued for defendant and
defendant arrested and brought into
open court by deputy sheriff. Defend
ant too drunk to have hearing and
ordered locked up until he sObered up
The above citation appears in Judge
HaZen's handwriting on yesterdays
docket of the district court. Above it
is the entry of the case of Anna Jones
VS.. d. Il. Jones. 1t is probably the
only citation of the kind that Judge
Hazen ever penned in dictrict court
docket since he has been on the bench,
but he could hardly have placed any
other statement there and have told
the whole truth.
A week ago Anna Jones brought suit
for divorce against D. B. Jones, the
sexton of the Topeka cemetery, to
whom she was married in 1872. She also
asked the court to issue an order re-
straining her husband from selling any
personal property, claiming that all
they owned as man and wife belonged
in part to her, and in response to her
request Judge HaZen issued the order.
Yesterday afternoon her attorney came
into court and asked Judge Hazen to
issue an attachment for contempt
against Jones on the ground that he
had disregarded the order and sold a
horse. The complaint was made by
The attachment was issued, and about
4 o'clock Under Sheriff Bert Lucas
brought Jones into court. He was ap-
parentIy pretty we'll under the inf1u-
court room in a beWildered sort of
way. A recess was taken in the case
then on trial and Lucas requested by
Judge Hazen to bring his prisoner for
ward. When Jones got within hearing
distance of the court, Judge Hazen
said:
Mr. Jones, you are charged with
having sold a horse contrary to an
order issued by this court some days
ago. What have you to Say?'
For two or three minutes Jones didn't
have anything to say. He leaned
against a table for support and simply
stared at the court with the appear
ance of a man just awakened from
Rip Van Wrinkle slumber. Finally he
pulled himself together, Strengthened
UP and blurted out in an unsteady
voice:
"Whatchy say, judge?"
''I said" replied Judge HaZen, in an
annoyed and rather severe tone, that
you are charged with having sold a
horse contrary to an order issued by
this court. What have you to say for
yOurseIf?''
Jones leaned over the court rail and
focused his gaze on Judge Hazen'S
cOuntenance Tell you how twas,
judge" he said. Man had q mortgage
on that horse and he come and got him,
see, judge?''
But the order of the court said you
shouldn't dispose of any of your per
sonaI property pending the trial of your
CASE said Judge Hazen.
Cant help it. judge, courts of" and
Jones' right arm commenced to de
scribe figures in the air as he swayed
backward and forward against the rail
''Horsh shiny business, an courts no
right"
Sheriff, take this man to jail" thun-
dered Judge Hazen, and then he add
ed: land leave him there until he So
bers up" And as Jones was marched
out of the court room by Under Sheriff
Lucas Judge Hazen wrote his citation
in the docket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-13
SOUSA'S BIG SALARY.
Mrs. Blakeley's Side of the Recent
Band Transaction.

New York. April 1S.-Counse1 for the
estate of David Blakeley made a state
ment today in regard to- the trouble be-
tween Band Leader SOusa and the es-
tate, which eliminated at Yonkers last
night, when SOusa refused to play there
on the ground that the concert had not
been booked by Mr.. Blakeley before his
death.
"Sousa's band was organized" said
Mrs. Blakeley's representative, in 1892
by David Blakeley, and under the con-
tract, SOusa was hired at a salary of
Sc, 900 per annum and 20 per cent of the
profits. From August 1, 1895, up to the
time of Mr.. Blakeley's death, in NOvem-
Der, 1895, SOusa received One-half of the
profits
''SOusa was in Europe when he heard
of Mr.. Blakeley's death, and he imme-
diately cabled Frank Christiana to rep
resent him in this city until his return.
He returned in December, 1896, and no
titled Mrs. Blakeley that her rights in
the band had terminated and that he
proposed to go on with the tour that had
been arranged for by Mr.. Blakeley, IN
der his own name, taking all the profits
and giving Mrs. BlakeIey nothing. She
notified SOusa that she should manage
the tour herself, and that he must go
on under her management, which he as
promptly refused to do. AfterWaFd he
consented to go on the tour under her
management, and since December %,
1896, Sousa has played at every con-
cert under her management until Cues
day night when he refused to play at
YOnkerS."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-13
HAYMARKET STATUE.
Monument Erected to Commemorate
the Anarchistic Riot Moved.

Chicago, April 13.-The statue of the
typical Chicago policeman that has
stood in Haymarket square, at Des-
PLANES and Randolph streets, since the
regime of Mayor John A. Roche, will
be removed within a week or ten days.
It will be reset, after being brightly
FURNISHED and thoroughly scrubbed, in
Union Park, at the Randolph street
entrance.
Truck wagons and the scattering and
gathering of the horses hauling the
west side street cars on Randolph street
have plastered the pedestal with mud.
The inscription at the base of the monu-
ment is almost iIlegible from the con-
slant filings of tomatoes and cabbageS
by sacrilegiOus hucksters. The little
iron railing, designed as a protection to
the monument, is battered, broken and
almost torn from it's foundation.
The monument, meaning so much has
of late caused little praiseworthy COM
ment. 1t is dirty, partly broken and i'll
cared for The act of the council
Thursday night in complying with the
request of Archbishop Feehan to remove
the monument has met with the hearty
approval of every citizen who has given
the subject a second thought.
The model of the statue was Thomas
Birmingham, one of the finest appear
ing officers on the force, now retired and
engaged in business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-13
TEN THOUSAND MINERS.
They Are Asked to Accept a 10 12
Per Gent Reduction in Wages.

Birmingham. Ala, April 13.-The Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany, which employs 5000 coal miners
and whose wage scale governs that of
10000 miners in Alabama, has asked its
miners to accept a reduction of 121s
per cent, effective July 1.
President Nat Baxter of that COM
pany, who addressed a mass meeting
of 1000 miners at Blocton today, said
that the reduction in wages was found
necessary in order for his company to
secure certain large contracts, espe-
cially for export shipment, on which
very close figures had been made by
competitors, assuring the miners that
if they accept the reduction they would
be guaranteed steady work; whereas,
their refusal would cause many to lose
employment. The present wage con-
tract between the miners and operators
holds until July 1, and will not be
broken without consent of both parties,
but on that date a lower scale than
the existing one probably will be urged
by the operators in any event. The
miners have the proposition under ad-
visement, but the feeling is said to be
adverse to accepting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-13
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
st. Louis May Own Its Own Electric
Light Plant

St. Louis, April 13.-The electric light
companies, in holding out for more IA
VOra Bile specifications on the municipal
electric lighting contracts, may have
cut their own thrOats. The city may do
its own electric lighting.
The attention of the members of the
board of public improvements has been
turned by the situation to the feasibility
of making a financial arrangement
whereby the necessary plant can be OBJ
tanned
President McMath spoke guardedly
about it.
He said: 1.-THE city cannot increase
its bonded Indebtedness, but it is just
possible a way may be found to beat the
devil about the bush. One thing is Ger
tain. At the expiration of the new con-
tract, if one is entered into, the city
will have to acquire its own plant or be
a the mercy of a monopoly.
Now, before 1920, the bonded indebt-
ednesS will have been materially reduc-
siOns, and the city will be in position
to go into the business.
But 1 think it is possible that a fin
ancial arrangement can be made for do
granted to a person he need have no
money.
He issues bonds and gets all the
money he needs. He also contrives to
save a considerable bonus for his pains.
1.-THE city cannot issue bonds, but
can conceive of it making an arrange
ment with somebody to do it, under
which the interests OF both would be
perfectly safe"
What do you think of the plan sug-
gested sometime ago by the Manufac-
turer's Associations"
There were defects in that, but they
might be corrected"
It don't say that a plan for the city
doing its own lighting will be preached.
It will depend on whether the demands
of the companies for modification of the
hi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-13
ROOSEVELT IS PLEASED.
It is Said Secretary Long Will Give
Him Practically q Free Rein.

Washington, April 13.-Theodore
Roosevelt, nominated and confirmed as
assistant secretary of the navy. arrived
here today. He will leave for New York
tomorrow. He passed most of his
time this afternoon at the department,
and announced that he would take
charge of his new Office April 10. Mr..
Roosevelt had a long conference with
Secretary Long, which is understood to
have been mutually satisfactory. When
asked if he had determined on any
special policy in his department, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
Il have not. I shall do the best
know how to carry out the policy OF
Secretary Long. Judging from my re
ception and experience today, believe
I will like my new position very much.
1t has become evident that Mr..
ROoseveIt's appointment is of more sig
nificance than was at first supposed. 1t
is said Secretary Long desired the Sc
lection of an assistant with sufficient
breadth of mind and executive ability
to largely assume the management of
affairs. 1t is, consequently, probable
that Mr.. Roosevelt will be given prac-
tica1ly a free rein.