The Meeker herald., 1897-06-05
rELEoRApAlc saEvlriEs.

about $l45,OOO.O0O.
The sugar Industry In Germany 10 sas
to be In very bad condition.
Five small boys were drowned while p'sy'
ing with 4 raft In Chicago river.
The President has ordered General niies
to attend Queen vIctona's jubilee
man who attempted to rob carioad 0i
people at Tacoma was shot ana ki''e"
The annual meetings of the Baptist soe''
etiee were held mt IfttsburR last "eeA
The Presbyterian General Assembly
oncped Mt Eagle Lake, Indiana, on the lStn-
white Caps near Mountain Grove. Misas-
sippi killed two men suspected OF oe1ns
thieves.
Governor Black of New York has hsnen
,ha h,I indictIpg the death penalty for train
wrecking.
Charles Cariile the noted swimmer. was
drowned at San Francisco by remaining
under water too long.
Colonel staIkos. with the last detachment
of the Greek e1peditionary force. emparke1
for Greece on the 94th.
The English stenmer Ethelred was repeaE
e,ily fred upon by Spanish war SNIP "u'
managed to escape uninjured
United States Senator Joseph H. Earle OF
South Carolina died on the 3,th. The gov
ernor will appoint his successor.
A silver service costing $4,000 has been
presented to the cruiser brooklyn by tns
citizens OF the city OF brooklyn.
Henry BoiIn, who. while treasurer Of the
citv of Omaha. stole slO5. 900. has been sent
to the penitentiary for term OF nineteen
years
Arrangements are being made for the es-
tabllshment of new line OF steamers TO Ply
hr,weep San Francisco and South Aiser1can
ports.
The big Yerkes telescope. with lens
measuring forty-one and one-half inchcs. has
been completed. 1t Is a gift to the Chicago
| University
The Belknap Savings Bank at Lnconia.
| New Hampshire. closed Its doors on the
| 10Th. About 100000 Is due deposifors.
| The bank will go into voluntary hqnidatioh'
The governor of Kansas has appointed two
| women notaries public. The governor OF
| Mississippi has declared every office In the
| state open 10 women. unless they are es-
peciaily dcbarred by statute
! An expedition. presumably French, as
| French officers and men actively took part
| In 1t, has captured and burned the town of
J wa-wa. In the Boussa country, Africa. On"
, hundred men were killed and 200 made pris
| oners.
| The steamer Empress Of India from foko-
hama brought news of fire which com
| pIe,eiy wiped out the town OF Hochiojl. 10
1
| houses were destroyed and between forty
| and fifty lives were lost.
| A mine at Newburg, West Virginia. is on
| fire and threatens the existence of the town.
which is built the mine. The fire wAe
| started years ago by malicious persons, and
| has recently grown large that the RESI-
dents have become alarmed Is
George Francis Train has begun suit 70
recover property in Omaha valued at $2O.-
.I.I... -. UnulR
was sold under foreclosure while he wns
shut mp In a New York insane asysun-
Omaha men not alarmed.
The saguachc County Telephone Com
pany ".+.----..-' '"f-ut pe~ssad with capital
stock OF s2lVO to operate telephone lins
In accordance with the action taken at
.ha unincrs national convention held at Co.
lumbns. Ohio. the miners of the Pittsburg
district are preparing for general strike
for the restoration of the 69-cent rate.
There are 23.O0O miners Ia the district hut
1t Is not believed that ell OF them will
strike.
According to n dispatch to the Daily Mail
| from Vienna the Tagcblatt says The Sui
tan has consulted the Shek VI Islam who
has declared 1t TO be the will OF Allah that
! Thessaly should be reunited to Turkey
| Should he act upon this religious prompt
Ing. 1t may be extremely difficult for the
powers to prevent his purpose from being
| carried out.
| The street cars ran at Toronto for the
nrst time last Sunday and were liberaI1y
| patronized. Notwithstanding that there wns
steady downponr of rain all day. There
was no disturbance or incident Of any kind
| connected with the running of the cars. In
view of II decision given by Judge Ferguson
| denying an Injunction. 1t Is not likely any
| further attempt will he made to Interfere
with the running OF the cars. The money
| taken by the company last Sunday will be
| given to the city hospitals.
The quarterly dividend statement of the
| Fall River mills does not show that there
has been much Improvement In the printed
/ cloth market. The average amount paid out
| In dividends is S7-1oO OF per cent. which
| Is the lowest in years. On n total capital
| of 800, 133,00O twenty-five corporations have
| paid to their stockholders $l029JO. Fifteen
companies have passed without declaring.
| against twelve last quarter The latest to
pass are the Barnard. Granite and Laurel
| Lake, which have allowed the usual time to
pass without a dividend for the first time
| in years.
The iron men In Cleveland have just
awakened TO the fact that while the small
furnace men and manufacturers have been
bemoanng hard times, Carnegie's mana gers
have corrnled all the business In sight. Car
u'sie 10 PieP"ieu 'h'" yehE 10 eohSuHe
5.OOOOOO tons of ore, at least double the
quantity he has ever used In one year. Prac-
ticaliy all of this ore will be furnished by
the Rockefeller mining interest. To-day an
agent of Rockefeller chartered fifteen ore
steamers for the entire season. Rockefeller
already owned eighteen steamers and had
control Of four others. and he intends to
charter still more. for 1t is said he will bring
down over 100000 tons of ore this season.
The late Mrs. John H. French Of Beloit,
Wisconsin. devoted $4,000 to public BE-
quests; 5000 to Beloit College, provided no
vivisectIon shall ever be practiced there;
$4,000 to the American Humane Education.
al Society of Boston; 5000 to the WILSON,
sin Home Mission Society; $4,000 to the
First Conversational Church Of Beloit; 81 600
to the Illinois Anti-vlvisection Society of
Aurora. Illinois; $1,000 to the American
Anti-vivisection Society of Philadeiphia;