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The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12

The responsibility of Journalism in
the matter Of scandal is supremely
great. The press is the most influential
factor in American life. This prodigl-
ous power often becomes a source Of
INFINITE mischief. 1t makes and un-
makes men, parties. institutions and
enterprises The tendency toward
yellow kid" journalism bodies evil for
every sane and sacred thing. The new
journalism" like the tainted tongue, is
set on fire Of hell. Its intrusion of
privacy. too much indulgence OF per-
sonality, too hasty publication OF mere
rumor, too detailed account of crimes,
brutalities and scandals. and too reck-
less disregard of reputation and right.
sousness are tendencies which threaten
the very existence OF virtue, delicacy.
confidence and joy. A scandal column
is not necessary to successful journal
ism, but II insisted upon. then for God
and humanity's sake 1t should be in
troduced at the top of the column with
the crossbones and skull, having the
inscription. Beware Of deadly poi
SOM"
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
NO POWER TO CHANGE RAno
Contentions In the Test Case Being d
ried ON by two Detroit Silver MenI

Contentions In the Test Case Being ar-
ried ON by two Detroit Silver Men
Detroit, Mich. Feb. FIRED A. ta-
ker. prominent attorney of DetrSit.
has filed an answer to n suit broufht
against him in the Oakland County Cir
cult Court, involving the constitution
ality Of the Bland-AllisOn act, ind
other laws pertaining to silver al a
legal tender.
Stephen Baldwin bought farm upon
which Mr.. Baker held mortgage that
became due to the amount of S3,i4, in
Guiding interest. Mr.. Baldwin ten
dered Mr.. Baker 3G4 silver dollars and
asked for the cancellation of the mort
gage. Mr.. Baker refused to surrender
the mortgage for the 1854 silver dollars,
hut agreed to cancel it II he received
enough silver dollars to equal. at the
present bullion value of silver, 1854 gold
dollars. This condition was declined
by Mr.. Baldwin, and he filed a suit in
equity asking for n decree command-
ing Mr.. Baker to cancel the mortgaye
in view of the tender made.
In the answer, Mr.. Baker submits
that under the power '.to coin monty,
regulate the value thereof and of fOr-
eign coins. and fix the standard a
weights and measures" the Congress
of the United States has no more au-
thority or power. as far as pre-existing
contracts for the payment Of msney
nre concerned, to diminish or incrase
the number Of grains of pure goh or
pure silver in the dollar in whith n
contract has been lawfully expressed,
than 1t has us to pre-existing con-
tracts. to change the number of gnins
In an ounce, or the number of omces
In pound, or the number of inches in
a foot, or feet In yard. or to ch,nge
any other standard of weights and
measures.
Several Of the leading lawyers Of De
troit are interested in the case.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12

The efforts OF China to get a loan
Of $50 900 900 in England are remind
q that the Celestial Empire is now at
last definitely deprived Of Its ancient
distinction of having no public. or at
least no foreign. debt. China entered
the list of debt-burdened nations i'm
mediately after the Japanese war, be-
ing driven thereto by the exaction Of
the comparatively trifing indemnity
Of $S0.000,000. She raised a loan in
Europe. which did not suffice to rid
her of the Japanese claims. yet bur
dened her to the amount of $500. .000,-
900. Now she seeks to increase her
debt by 3sO,00O.0O0 more. and will
doubtless succeed In SO doing, 80 easy
Is It to swell the sum on the wrong
side Of the ledger when once the pro-
ssss has been begun. In that, how
svsr. China will merely Join the great
majority.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
MEXICAN TELEGRAPH LINES.
Railroads Claim That They Are Entitled
to TrnnsIent Commercial Messagss

Railroads Claim That They Are Entitled
to TrAnsient Commercial Messages
New York, Feb. 5.-The order Of the
Mexican government to the Mexican
National railroad and the Mexican
Central Railroad Company that they
must discontinue handling commercial
and other telegraphic messages be-
tween the United States and Mexico
grows out of the fact that nearly a
year ago the Mexican Central and Mex
lean National companies entered into
an arrangement with the Postal Tele-
graph Company whereby the latter
company extended its American lines
to Ell Pas0 and began building to La
redo, to effect an exchange Of business
at the Mexican border, and have ever
since been carrying on through tele-
graphic service to the Mexican capital.
The officials Of the Postal Telegraph
Company in this city stated that their
company received Information some
time ago to the effect that the Mexican
government had entered into a contract
Of exclusive connection with the West
ern Union Telegraph Company for the
exchange Of commercial telegraph bus
iness with all railroad lines of Mexico,
and that the effect Of this contract, II
carried out would be to prevent the
railways, who own their telegraph
lines, from transmitting commercial
business which they have contracted
to exchange with the Postal Company.
The Postal officials further explain
that the railroad companies claim that
their concessions from the Mexican
government as clearly confers upon
them the right to transmit CONNER
cial telegraph business as to operate
their railways.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
CLARA MORRIS, BIRTHDAY.

II Comes ON st. Patrick's Day, and Her
Coschnan Always Raised . Green Flag.
In the Ladies' Home Journal Clara
Morris. the actress, In writing Of An
old and faithful servant-"JohA Kick
~: Coachman'-tells of the unique
-WaV n wAsah ha.AlwAys colaSfaAsA AAe
anniversary Of her birth. Not more
than ten minutes after his discovery
that my birthday fell on 81. Patfick's
Day" she says, "he was at the house.
asking II the ladies wouldn't lot him
have some CRANE material That
seemed avery vague order-'grane ma
terial'-leaving such wide margin for
speculation as to what kind of Crane
material he meant. But the only in
formation he would give was that he
Just wanted some Crane material,
dress goods or the like Thereupoa
my mother gave him deep founce
Of all green silk, taken from = retired
stage-dress of mine. This he ripped,
and pressed, and sewed at, till 10! ON
Saint Patrick's morning there huttered
from the Flagstaff brilliant green silk
nag, and l was Informed 1t was there
in my honor. not Saint Patrick's. In
the years that followed I was very
rarely At home on my birthday, but
NO matter how far away / might BE-.
early on Saint Patrick's morning the
green silk nag ran swiftly up the stan.
But mark this now as he himself
would say, never even in my honor.
never once did that green flag ny above
the Stars and Stripes Honest old
Irish-American that he was, the nag
he had served with arms in his hands
was the nrst flag in the world to him.
and had to take the place Of honor ev-
cry time
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
Blacklistine IL Uph old,

Chicago. Feb. 7.-Judge Brow Of
the Circuit Court to-day sustaina \
demurrer to the declaration IN the
case of William F. McDonaYi 4
switchman who sued the Illinois f,en-
trail Railroad Company and the CHI
cago & Northwestern Railway Cnl1.
pany for alleged blacklisting. THe
case is one of thirty-four which via
begun against the railroad compnIi.
In June, 1896. and Is similar 4 ~
general details to the Ketcham ~
In which verdict Of $4,000 VA RI
aside a few weeks ago. Judge Bnvh
held that the declaration did not ~
any illegal act and took the postS1k
that the railroad company could ~
rules for its own protection ID
much as the men had the right toS -
together. The case was appealed s l
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
PLOT FOR A NOVEL,
a. os.r.a s.s1y M.As sss ~ Dss
neeats Lieeraaes.

a. oRsrsa RssAy lasAs fss - Dss-
psr.ts Lissrsssn
A novelist in Boston-do not haGA,
there are novelists in Boston. yes. -
actually living there-said 70 - u
other day. "If only could fad plse!'
Here IL . plot for him free OF charge.
and the story is true one, says tie
Boston Journal. In 1889 . lady-a real
lady-came into Birmingham. 11g-
land, with q handsome equipags. and
desired the landlord of the inn TO ~
her q husband, being determined TO
marry somebody or other befors me
left the town. The man bowed. ana
supposed her ladyship to be In . ia
cstious humor, but being made senst-
BILE how much she was In earnest. he
went out in search OF a man that
would marry a fine lady without ask
ing questions. After many Inquiries
from poor fellows who were mot de-
perate enough for such venture, he
met with an excise man, who said he
could not be in worse condition
than he was and accordingly went
with the innkeeper and made tender
Of himself, which was all he had to
bestow on the lady. who immedistsay
went with him to one who gave them
a license and made them man and wifs,
on which the bride gave her spouse
E2O0. and without more delay left the
town and the bridegroom to md oue
who she was or unriddle this strange
adventure. Soon after she was gone
two gentlemen came into the town In
full pursuit of her; they had traced her
80 far upon the road, and. finding the
inn where she had put up. they e1-
amined into all the particulars OF her
conduct, and on hearing she was mar
ried, gave up their pursuit and turned
back. Truly noble dame, one worthy
of full-length portrait in the gallery
constructed by Thomas Hardy. Why
did this noble dame offer herself to
the nrst conner? And why were the
respectable males of the town so back
ward? There was no hint Of scandal.
Who were the pursuers? Did she wish
by sudden marriage to escape one de-
liberately contrived and repugnAnt!
Was the excise man pretty fellow In
spite Of his abject condition? DID she
ever see him again? Did she ever re-
gret that she had not braved the world
and lived with him? Perhaps the mem-
ory of her apparition haunted him:
perhaps it reused him to doughty
deeds. It's pity that Mr.. Hardy has
not accounted for her action and her
fate with his grim irony.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
I.por..a Lad Bearing Ore.

The secretary Of the treasury has in
structed the surveyor Of customs at
Pueblo, Colorado, that owing to the
dIficulties encountered in forwarding
hullion produced from imported lead
bearing ores to bonded refining estab-
lishments in consequence Of the pro-
vision In the circular Of November 4th
last requiring samples Of such ores to
~ sent to the director Of the mint at
washington for assay, and the return
of the same before the liquidation Of
the import entries, he may revert 70 TIE
practice which existed prior to The y
suauce Of the circular mentioned. The
suryeyor, however. Ii directed to 6oe.
wnrd to the director Of the mint 4 ~.
- e each Sample taken.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
BURNED To DEATH.
fAsss Prisoner In the Victor City J~i.
Cremit,d.

Denver, Feb. IA special TO the Re
publican yesterday from Victor said;
Harry Haley Thomas Quinn ant
James COnnors lost their lives this
morning In fire which partially coll
sumed the city Jail here, AMI Patrick
N. AcAuliffe lies in Il precarious con
dition at the Iowa house as Il result oi
the same cause.
All OF the men Were graders in t!l'
employ of Contractor Dumphy OF ,li'
Florence l. Cripple Creek Railwa!
The catastrophe was the most horrible
ever occurring in Victor, with the sin
gle exception OF the Anna Lee mis-,
disaster of some two years ago.
The firing OF the jail was the freE
xied act of James ConnOrs Will
crazed by drink.
About o'clock this morning the ia
building was discovered to I've on fire
and shortly afterward flames wer'
bursting through the pitch pine strue
tufe. The fire department reached I'll.
scene promptly and two streams o
water were at once directed upon tli'
flames, which We're soon under con
troll.
When 1t was stated that four priS
oners were confined In the building
the assembled crowd was filed win
horror, and citizens. police and fire
men worked like Trojans To rescue tht
unfortunate from the horrible fat
which threatened them. II SCENE,
like an almost hopeless task from III.
first, so fierce We're the flames an,
dense the smoke. Yet the rescuer:
worked on, and at last groped through
the binding smoke to the large room
in the rear of the Jail. where thre,
men were stretched apparently life
less on the floor. and laying hold o.
them dragged them out into the air
Two were dead. having succumbed I,
the suffocating smoke, and the third
+. NJ. McAuliffe, was gasping ans
struggling for breath. He was move,
to the Iowa house and Doctors Nc
kenZie and George summoned. Afte
prolonged effort they succeeded II
restoring McAuliffe to consciousness
and he is now thought to be out o
danger.
As soon as the flames had been sub
dued. an examination of the Jail wa,
made. and in u cell at the rear of til,
building was found the blackene,l
charred and almost unrecognizab bl,
body Of James Connors. whose rnsl
act was the cause OF the terrible catas
trophe.
The bedding in Connors' cell hat
been torn In shreds and piled abou
the door. and it is very evident tn,
man was imbued with the idea h,
could burn his way to liberty and fel
n victim to his own rashness. Tn,
bodies were removed to Hunts under
taking rooms, and the coroner notified
of the occurrence.
An investigation was made by til,
coroner. After the testimony was nj
In the jury. at o'clock this evening
returned the following verdict:
ave, the jury. find that James Con
nors, Thomas Quinn and Harry Hale,
came to their death In the Victor jai
about @ n. m. to-day from sufYocatiol
by smoke, and we also believe the FIR,
in the jail was started by James Con
nOrs. And we further find that tn,
night police force OF this city wer,
careless in their duty by not visitin,
the jail at regular intervals"
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12

A slander assumes protean forms. A
cartoon, gesture, shrug. wink. sign or
even silence may be suflicient to start
the Ill report. The tongue Of the tale
bearer b set on fire Of hell. He il .
peddler of calnmny. The slanderer is
. human night hawk, and yet how
common is this crime. How thick re-
proaches fly. How sad that men should
traduce instead Of trust. Slander Is
crime against which even tears are in
sufficient to bewail and prayers are i'm
potent to prevail.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
n,oodx n..sl. In 1.dI..

Calcutta, Feb. "A telegram from
Pasni says General Mayne sighted the
enemy, numbering 1900 at O'Clock
Monday morning holding the entrance
Of the western pass leading to Turbat.
He attacked them and tried to turn
their left, sending a body Of infantry
and dismounted cavalry to turn the
nank. The action lasted two hours
and the enemy were completely routed,
losing about 100 killed.
The British losses were three Bu-
luchs killed and eight wounded.
The advance was resumed at noon
through the dIhicult defile and Turbat
was reached at 8 O'clock In the even
ing.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12

The National League has adopted ,
rule of expsllins for life any baseball
player using indecent language on the
ssid. The penalty IL severe. but moi
more 10 than occasion warrants. II
= palpable that the obscene Language
end outrageous actions Of few brutes
have been steadily tsoding to decrease
popular interest IN he games. A. .
matter Of buaiusss, - we'll - dscency,
sosh things shoaN b kept OF the
nsSd. There asp Dlsuty Of ssntleman.
v aad capsbae t,aysss 70 take Weir
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12

ihe mayor OF Louisville. KY. has
received letter from resident OF Can
ada asking for position under the
city government. He had heard that
the mayor was making changes In the
departments. The curious phase Of this
incident ID that single foreigner lived
who supposed there were omces
enough TO go around in America, with
few left over for the citizens Of other
countries.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
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The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
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The ninth edition of Mining Rights, ;
by Il. 8. Morrison. has recently beer
published by the Bancroft Book Co.
Denver. This is a standard work and
invaluable to prospectors. attorneys
incorporators and surveyors. Bound
In sheep. Price, $500.
The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12

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The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12

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The Meeker herald., 1898-02-12
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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1898-01-26
% Correspondercia do puerto-Rico
Banco Espaho| dc Puerto-Rico
26 DE ENERo DE 1898.

N Conoocatorio d Junta general ordinario
Conforme 10 scordsdo por e Consejo de
kgobierno y en- cumplimianto de 10 que disponen
los artfculos 40 de los Estatutos l43 del Re-
glamento social, Sc convoca los sellores aso :
|ciados de este Banco q junta general ordinaria,
|que SC celebrara ell II de Febrero pr6ximo,
la una de la tarde, en- el domieilio del mismo
lcalle de Tetuhn, niinero 81, debiendo presen-
tarse con media hora Dc antelaci6n las papele-
|tas de ssiStencis, las cuales seran expedidas por
la secretarfs los interesados que Las solioiten
|durante las horas dc oticina, desde eI dfa nueve
|al diez seis, atnbos exclusives.
EE Como 10 prcviene el srtfculo l44 del Re-
lglamento social, desde esta feoha queda hjada
|al pdblco en- este estab|ecimiento la lista de Sc
|hores acclonistas cen derecho q voz y voto en-
ia mencionada junta.-Puerto. Rico, 26 de Ene'
|ro ls9s.-E gobernador, 6-l
Jose Manuel L6pes Sainz.
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COMO Sc ESCRIBE La HIST0RIA

eEl Pals, (peri6dico) 6rgano disidente,
public6 snoche ell siguiente sueto:
"a ultima hora no hemos podido adoui-
rirmas noticias, sino que ell sehor Mufioz Rive.
raj hizo manifestar al gobierno que al llegar
& la estacion de Aguadilla not6 demostrscionss
hostiles al partido liberal fusionista & su per.
soma, poT 10 cual crey5 prudente regresar /
Mayagiez.
<Tamben nos dicen que esas demostra.
clones que ell senior Muhoz c1ey6 hostiles era
porque pasaban en- aquelIos momentos Dor Ia
estscidn unos cuantos correligiouarios nuestros
quo regresaban de un <meeting,.
Las noticias que ha adquirido Gel Pals"
(peri6dico) concuerdan tanto con la yerdad Y
con Ia l6gica, como adornar un Ssnto Cristo
con dos pares de trabucos nsranieros.
Es falso que ell seilor Muhoz Rivera nota.
ra demostraciones hostiles su persona al
elemento liberal al llegar aver Aguadills,
procedente de Mayagiiez; es ealso que Ell sefior
Muhoz Rivera hiciera manifestar al gobierno q.
habfan existido tales demos,raciores; ca falso
que Ell seflor Muhoz Rivers regresase aver {
Mayaguez, acobardsdo, como d. & sntender
'tEl Pals" (peri6dico) por las iIusorias msnife..
tsciones; y es faso que al llegarA Ia estaoidh
de A ou adilla al sas5or Au6o- R;vo..