The Meeker herald., 1897-10-30
reLsoRApnic sRtvIrIEs.

The brotherhood of 81. Andrew WIN
establish mission ON the Yukon river.
Alaska. 5
Leading brewers Of Chicago and NIL
wAukee have organized to oppose dictn-
| don from the English brewing syndi-
cate. =.
The municipal council of Paris has
passed q resolution asking the govern
meat to make q reduction OF -four francs
| in the customs duties on grain.
A naval rendezvous Is to be establish.
ed in San Francisco for the purpose Of
facilitating the shipping Of sailors to
man the war vessels of the navy.
An organization known as the Cana
dian Independence Club has issued a
manifesto stating that the time has
come for Canada to throw OF its con-
nection with England.
General Weyler has granted amnesty
to twenty-six more political prisoners.
including several women who hayo
been incarcerated on the island OF
Pines.
Cardinal Richard. Archbishop Of
Paris, has issued pastoral announcing
the institution at Saint sulpice. In the
department Of Tarn, Of brotherhood
for the conversion Of England.
The King Of Corea has declared him
self to be emperor. This action would
seem to indicate that COrea will not
hereafter be subject In any way to
China or other adjacent countries.
Reinforccments of Spanish troops for
Cuba are being hurried forward by the
military authorities. About 5000 ad-
~ Nu,il1 1no
that island before the end Of the present
month.
Thirty-three thousand dollars is what
1t cost the Atchison railway company to
pay for the lives of the three engineers
and three flremen killed In the wreck
near Lang station on the evening Of
October 9Th.
Saturday, October 10th, was the
fourth and last day OF registration in
New York City. The total registration
Is 324. .sOG, as compared with 33O.819
last year. The total registration Of
Greater New York is 5IO.749.
The Minnesota Presbyterian synod
has appointed committee to act as a
bureau Of Information to counteract the
pernicious doctrines OF Mormonism,
which are being quietly and very per-
sistently taught In thdt state.
The Indiana Presbyterian synod has
accepted the report Of the committee on
temperance, recommending that the
general assembly investigate the report
that liquor is sold AT the Princeton Inn,
the resort OF the students at Princeton
University.
DIR. Jordan, American delegate -, tho
sealing conference, says that "if ma
tiOns were us honest and Just in their
dealings rs private citizens are forced
to be, the whole sealing controversy
could be settled in day. And 1t must
be settled"
Abram Garfield and Sarnh Changer
Williams were married at Cleveland on
the 18th. Abram Garfield Is the young
est son of the late ex-President Gar
field. Guests of national prominence
were present. Irving Garfield, brother
Of the groom, was best man. -
Francis Seniy. government tea ~.
spect0r, hns Condemned $50 chests VI
tea which arrived from the Orient on
the steamship Monmouthshire. Sew
eral days ago he condemned 40 chests
| consigned to n Chicago firm. The en-
| tire lot wns found to be old, trashy tea,
unfit for use.
Edward Langtry, husband of the nUt-
ed Jersey lily" died In an asylum
for the insane on the 18th. 1t is sup
posed that Mr.. Langtry was suffering
from concussiou of the brain. due to
falling down the gangway Of the steam
er on which he travelled from Dublin
to Holyhead.
The Fargo Express office at
n,,s,~ ali tn NtaS1 nm
| time during Friday night, the robbers
taking the express box, which was
awaiting the outgoing stage. and car
rieti 1t to n field half mile distant and
broke it open. They secured coin, gold
dust and gold bar amounting to $i6O
and $500 in checks.
Another remarkable shipment OF tur-
quoise was sent east from Santa Fe by
| Wells-Fargo Express n few days ago.
It consisted Of five cut stones, the
weight of which respectively were 70,
| so, 80, % and % cnrats. The combined
| from southern New Mexico, but the ex-
net location of the mines Ii q carefully
guarded secret.
The sessions of the international lep-
rosy conference closed at Berlin on the
10th with the recording Of tile conclu-
sions unanimously reached. They were
rs follows: 1.-The leprosy bacillus Is the
| true cause of the disease. Man is the
only animal In which this bacillus ex-
lists. Leprosy is contagious but not
hereditary. The isolation Of patients is
desirable, and, under circumstance:
such ms exist In Norway, should be CON-
puls0ry."
| The Central Wyoming News sizes up
the situation about as 1t Is when it
says: There SCENE to be no end to
! the profits in the sheep business. 1t
was exceedingly remrneradve without
a tariff. but now. with the added stim-
ul,rs il ls, as one prominent sheepman
says: 1t 10 Just like drawing a pen
sion to be the owner Of q hand or two
of sheep: the size Of the pension vary