The Meeker herald., 1898-08-13
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ION Heed oil MalHc Hdb DeSh ienoA1
mated for Congress.
Heavy imports Of gold from Europe
are looked for this fall.
Louis Kemper has been appointed
postmaster at Santiago.
Five people lost their lives in n hotel
fire ut Chicago on the 1st.
The Emperor of China is said to have
been deposed by his mother.
The camp Mt Miami, Florida. is to
he abandoned, as ii is unhealthy.
A tornado caused much destruction
in northeastern Missouri last week.
The Pope has asked our government
TO protect Catholics at Cavite from the
insurgents.
General j. T. Weaver will run for
Congress from Iowa this fals on q fu-
sion ticket
Martin Thorn. the murderer Of VIII
liam Guldcnsrppe. was clectrocuted al
Sing Sing ON the 1st.
The battleship Texas reached the
brooklyn navy yard on the 31st. She
IS to be cleaned and repaired.
The government has decided to per-
nit bonds to be assigned to other par
ties before they are delivered.
General Garcia is reported to have
had n battle with force of Spaniards
near Nipc, in which he held his own.
Miss Jessie Schley, who went to Ma
drid in the hope of an interview with
Sagasia on behalf of peace, has re-
turned TO Paris.
The expulsion of NJ Emile Zola from
the Legion Of Honor promises to Gre
ale !; serious division in the organiza-
ton. Several well-known member
have resigned.
The contract for the proposed steam-
ship line between San Diego, CalifOr-
mia, and Japan, has been signed, and
the steamers will begin their trips
about december LIST.
The convention to formulate consti-
tuition for Il federal union of the states
of Salvador. Honduras and Nicaragua
is still in session, but little progress Is
being made in the work.
The transport Uto, has gone to Porto
REQ with 100 negro laborers TO work
on docks, roads. etc. The Tito carries
a cargo of GO,OOO feet of pine lumber
10 be used in the work in Porto Rico.
The commissioner of education has
received through the Department of
State Il program of the first Information
al Congress of Art, 10 be held mt Brus-
sells, September 4th TO 2S.h of this yea:.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago has re-
ceived a commodore's pennant taken
a, t..I, pf- veIn do
Lrzon. in Manila bay. The pennant
is two feet square and is spotted with
blood.
NJ. b. Atkinson Of New York, who
started TO the Klondike by way of the
Ashcroft trail, has returned to Seattle
with the story that 500 prospectors are
stranded at a point about 100 miles
from Ashcroft. &
Arrangements have been perfected
by number of capitalists for the con-
structiOn of a colossal amusement
and convention hall In Chicago, rival
ing the recently destroyed Coliseum In
size and capacity.
Adjutant General Corbin, ut the
direction of the secretary Of war, has
issued orders granting sick md
WOullueu stliltES Ut hosplthkcs WhCh
able to travel. one month furlough and
transportation to go to their homes.
The commission appointed to ex-
anime the city prison Mt Santiago and
deal with cases of excessive sentences
has finished its work. 1t will recon-
mend the release Of more than forty
prisoners, who have been locked up
without trial for years, or have been
undergoing cruelty harsh treatment
for trivial offences.
Victor Emanuel, count of Turin, has
left New York for Chicago. 1t is un-
dcrstood he will take long hunting
trip in the Rockies. From Chicago the
count will 20 direct to San Francisco,
but intends to return by way Of Den
yer, and from there to visit Durango,
Colorado, in order TO study the ruins
of the Aztec cliff dwellers.
The steamer Hiawatha has sailed on
cruise in search of bodies Of victims
of the Bourgogne disaster. She will
call at Sable island and cruise on
the Grand Banks and vicinity in search
of remains. The expedition Is fitted
out By Judge Dimon of New York and
John I. Perry of Kansas City, both of
whom lost wives and children. The
steamship company refused to send
steamer.
President Mckinley, 1t is said, has ex-
pressed his acQuiescence in the belief
that the government possession OF the
'Nicaraguan canal is now necessary
and that the war and its results make
the canal Indispensable to the United
States. The President intends to make
strong recommendations to Congress
for legislation, making immediate pro-
vision for completion Of the canal and
for making it the direcl property Of the
government.
The Pope has issued an encycltcal to
the Scotch people, the terms Of which
are significant, in view of the recent
reports that the thoughts of his holI-
ness are absorbed with his death. He
says that In his stress he addresses
them because he sees that his last day
is approaching, and in the most solemn
terms he recalls the services of dead
Scotch heroes 10 the church and be-