The Meeker herald., 1898-09-03
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" lQhy Ol uooPs-
Bismarck's estate is said to aggre-
gate about SI.OOO,OOO.
The American Bar Association met at
Saratoga on the 18th.
Naval reserves returning to Detroit
were given rousing welcome.
The President and Cabinet will re-
| view Shafter's army at Montauk Poin'.
Seven men were killed by falling
earth In Il railroad tunnel near Pitts
burg.
Spspish soldiers are reported to have
| killed many defenseless people In Porto
Rico.
Fully 125,OOo New Workers went TO
| Staten Island Sunday to see the war
shipa
Printers OF the country threaten to
strike for nine-hour work day In DC
tober.
The first coaches for the Alaskan
railway were shipped from Seattle Sat
urday.
| President Mckinley has cabled his
congratulations to Admiral Dewey and
| General Merritt.
| Miss Clara Barton has gone to Ha-
vana to Investigate the needs of the
| Cubans thereabouts.
Minstrel Manager Haveriy has be-
come bankrupt again, this time with
liabilities at S327,749.
Fighting is reported in remote por-
tioDs of the Philippine islands between
| Spaniards and insurgents.
Miss Helen Gould has given SIS 900
to purchase food and dclicacies for the
| Ill and wounded soldiers In Camp
Wlkoh.
| Five sons of n farmer. living near
| Minneapolis, who were sleeping in the
barn were burned to death by fire
started by lightning.
The new torpedo boat destroyer
Farraeut. just launched by the Union
Iron Works at San Francisco, made
thirty knots an hour.
The British government has directed
| the governor of Hong Kong to accept
Admiral Dewey's application for per-
mission TO dock and clean his ships ut
Hong Kong.
The Pullman Car Company is report
good price for the Fort Russell reser-
vation, near Cheyenne, for use as a
site for large car repair shops.
The firm of Solomon & Koppel OF
Bogota are financiering the payment OF
the unsettled portion of the Cerruti
claim. the arrangements to culminate
at. the expiration of eight months.
The President has promoted Captain
Charles ID. Sigsbee. U. s. N, now com
mandng the st. Paul, by advancing
him three numbers on the list of cap
tains in the navy for extraordinary
heroism.''
London advices OH the 22nd showed
that silver was very strong on a re-
newed demand from Spain. The New
York quotation accordingly advanced
over Saturday from 59A to 50k. A
continued upward movement il looked
for.
1t is the opinion Of the officials of the
Treasury Department that there will be
no necessity for another bond Issue
growing out Of the war, and that the
present revenue law, with possibly
slight notifications, should be retained
on the statute books for an indefinite
period.
The attorney general has rendered ar
opinion in which he holds that WORD
goods In the new war revenue meas
ures, as applied to packages sent by
express or freight. includes packages
OF money. and, therefore, the bill OF
lading given the sender must have d
revenue stamp affixed thereto.
A New York dispatch says that Ted
dy Roosevelt will be the Republican
nominee for governor this fall This
was practically decided upon at /;
meeting of the leaders of the Platt ma
chine Monday afternoon. 1t wns hare
dose for Mr.. Platt. but Roosevelt i,
regarded as the only Republican who
can win.
The largest American flag in til,
country, its dimensions being sixty by
100 feet, was flung to the breeze at Ty
rome, Pennsylvania, last week, in tn,
presence of a vast concourse. The fla.
floats fifty feet above Juniata river
suspended between two mountain top.
from q galvanized wire cable, half NJ
inch thick, stretched from peak t,
peak. 800 feet
Two private soldiers of Battery X
Seventh United States artillery, wer.
instantly killed and two others serious
ly injured by having their heads
crushed against the iron girders of tn,
railway bridge Mt the Ridge Avenue
crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad
in Philadelphia. The men were wav
Ing adieus to the crowds, and leaning
far out Of the car windows.
A London paper says that the Rus
sian government is providing thou
sands of Moujiks who have completed
their three years military service, will
inducements of free passage. an outfi
such as horse, cows, oxen and imple
ments and a loan, repayable on eas,
installments, to emigrate to China ant
form colonies, thus forming n splendid
available fighting contingent II neces
sary.
Coincident with the West Indian
sugar conference to assemble 1t Bar