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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

London, Oct. 16.-So far as actual
news is concerned little change in the
situation Is noticed. The state of af-
fairs at Mafeking can only be conject-
ured. The occupation of New Castle
by the Beers was prepared for and ex-
pected, the place having been aban-
doned by the British. The Beers are re-
ported to be menacing Kimberley.
Heavy rains and SHOWS are reported,
which hamper the Boer movements,
and they are finding that they began
too late to easily obtain the initial sue
ccsses counted upon. They evidently
find the advance upon Iadysmlth diff
flcult, either from the north or west, as
General Sir George Stewart Whites
reconnaissance sutficed to deter them
for the present.
The peaks of the Drnkensberg range
are now covered, and the storms which
have occurred must have caused the
Beers grent discomfort, which prob
ably explains their failure to attack
General White. Mastery inactivity
characterlzes the operations of both
sides.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21
CHARGE AGAINST ROBERTS.
Attempt win BE Made to Convict the
Congressman Elect of Adultery.

Attempt VIII he Made to Convict the
Congressman Elect of Adultery.
Salt Lake, Oct. 15.-Brigham III.
Roberts. Utah's congressman-elect, has
been formally charged with adultery.
The affidavit of Charles Mostyn Owen,
alleging the committing of the felony,
has been forwarded to Prosecuting At
torney Streeper Of Davis county.
In the letter enclosing the affidavit,
Mr. Owen offers to meet Mr.. Streeper
whenever desired and to place before
that official the proof Of the felony al
legged.
In his affidavit Owen alleges that
Louisa Smith Roberts Is the legal wife
of the congressman and that another
wife, Celia Dibble Roberts, gave birth
to twins August 10, 1897. Both wives
live In Centerville, Davis county.
Congressman Roberts Mt present IL in
Brooklyn. New York. 1t is believed
he will return Mt once to Utah II COun-
ty Attorney Streeper decided to bring
the prosecution asked for by Owen.
Should the warrant be issued and Mr..
Roberts fail to came back, Mr.. Owen
will endeavor to extrndite the con-
gresham.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21
AFTER ALExAnDER.s DEATH.
A New Era introduced by tho 0rcat
Macedonian Conqueror.

A New Era introduced by tho 0rcat
Macedonian Conqueror.
When Alexander came upon tho
scene, writes Prof. Wheeler In closing
his Alexander the Great" In the DC.
tober Century, Greece was still the old
Greece, the composite Of autonomous
cities and cantons. In this form 1t
was past the bloom, and was ripening
to seed. All that the little communi-
ties could accomplish for history
through living for themselves had teen
accomplished. In the miniature life Of
their isolated valleys, opening to the
sea. they had developed a social sys-
tenn In which, - individual achieve.
ments directly counted. and individual
responsibility was directly assessed.
personality gathered to itself unwontel
consciousness of power. So 1t was that
here man first, as 1t were, discovered
himself-hrst saw with clearness the
power and the right of the free human
soul. Man as base line for measur-
ing the universe, man as a source OF
governing power. arose in Greece: 1t
was Greece that shaped the law OF
OC1oty Cduc luC al VI
form. the law OF speculative truth from
which by ordered observations came
the sciences. the law OF liberty from
which came the democratic state. This
was what the old Greece held In keep
ing for the world Alexander was the
strong wind that scattered the seed:;
again. he was the willing hand of the
sower. When he planted seventy
cities Of the Greek type on Oriental soil
he acted with plan and purpose. The
city was Hellenism in the concrete. As
a principle of social order. Hellenism
was the government of communities Of
men located In territory and the source
of authority was from within; Orien-
talism was the government of territory
In which lived men. and the source OF
authority was from without. The story
OF Alexander has become story of
death. He died himself before his
time. With his life he brought the
Old Greece to Its end; with his death
the state he had founded. But they
all three-Alexander. Greece, the Grand
Empire-each after Its sort, set forth.
az history Judges men and things. the
inner value of the saying. Except a
grain Of wheat fall into the earth and
die. 1t abideth Alone"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21
To Max. . Now Map of tn. world.


The most important project to be
discussed by the International Geo.
graphical congress, which recently
opened at Berne. Is the making Of .
map of the world on scale OF I to
1000 900. This means a good-sized
map. as gathered from the fact that
the United States would be given SIX
teen feet OF space In width, while the
largest map Of this country now in
use. that prepared by the geological
survey. is only six feet five inches in
width, and the largest American map
made abroad IL three feet ten inches
wide. Since the last geographical CON-
grsss. held in 1891, the experiment has
besa tried and more than twenty maps
have bsen published on the proposed
scale. The progress in map making
during recent years has been enormous.
explorers having added greatly to geo.
graphical knowledge. The earliest
known map of the world was drawn on
clay and baked into brick about 800
years before Christ by the Babyloni-
ans. It shows the Babylonian idea Of
the world as surrounded by oceans,
with Babylon In the center Of the
world.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21
SOLDIERS AND INDIANS rloHr.


SERIOUS Race Feud ut Pima, Arasooa' -
Reported.
El Paso, Tex, Oct. 18.-A special to
the Herald from Pima, Arizona, via
Bowie, says:
Last night Mt midnight a band OF
colored soldiers Of Company Q, Iwen-
ty-fifth Infantry, now stationed at san
Carlos reservation, disguised them
selves as Indians and, slipping upon
band OF Apaches, camped near the
post. attacked them with clubs and
bayonets, precipitating pitched bat
tie.
The Indians thus suddenly aroused.
made a brave resistance, but were lit
orally beaten down with clubs until
many were seriously injured and .
later dispatch says that four are dead.
The survivors fled to the mountains.
An alarm was sounded at the post,
but the majority of the soldiers es-
capped without detection. Strenuous ef-
forts nre being made by the authorities
to And the ussnilnnts. The garrison 10
under arms. The attack was caused
by the increasing intimacy of some OF
the negroes with Apache women, with
whom they have become infatuated
and attempted to nbduct two.
The Indians retaliated by mutilating
negro soldier In peculiarly
atrocious Indian style, and the attack
followed.
The situation is grave, rs the Indians
are aroused to frenzy and are gather
ing. A general uprising is threatened
and the agents fear trouble. 1t is
feared that the rites mt the burial OF
the dead will incite the survivors to
attack the whites. A detachment of
the Twenty-iifth infantry, stationed
here, is ready to be sent to the aid OF
the San Carlos garrison is necessary.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21
GIVES JEwELRv rorHE CHURCH.

Intense Enthusiasm ut Meeting In Csrns-
gle Hall of Missionary Alliance.
New York, Oct. 16-Sixty-eight
Thousand dollars was raised in Carne-
gle hall yesterday for the heather. 1t
was obtained by the Rev. A. B. Simp-
son and his associates In the Christian
Missionary Alliance, amid the tumult
Of religious enthusiasm which prevails
when the alliance takes up its annual
collection. Women tore OF their jew
els and men their coats and vests,
throwing them to the collectors and
shouting GLORY to God" and Halle
lujah." rs they contributed all to the
fund by which the alliance will keep
Its missionaries abroad for the year.
While two meetings were to have
taken place and did take place in the
hall. one in the afternoon and one in the
morning, they We're so close together
that there was scarcely any intermis-
sion. and 1t was as though there had
been one continuous session Of more
than seven hours.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

New York, 14.-The Bridgeport line
steamer Nutmeg State was burned in
Long Island sound off Sandsport, Long
Island. ut sunrise this morning and
ten persons were burned to death or
drowned.
The dead are:
Samuel Jaynes, Bridgeport, baggage
master; Nils Nilsson, Charles Anderson,
Patrick Coffey, Bernard Hendry,
Thomas Murphy and John Connors,
members Of the crew, an unknown
woman, man and girl passengers.
Most of the passengers who escaped
suffered nothing more than shock
from immersion in the chilly water.
md only four persons were sent to the
hospital. The steamer was run to the
beach at the outbreak of the flames
and burned to the waters edge.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

It was really In the nature Of mat
ter Of routine business when the ma
tional democratic committeeman de-
cidsd to establish headquarters Of the
Executive committee In Chicago, vir-
ually making Chicago the chief base
" operations. That was hrst done
hree years ago when the press bu-
eau was established there. A conven-
ion may be held almost anywhere that
there are . railroad and hotel; but a
concern which wishes to keep In close
touch with the people Of the country
and to have all the advantages of
means of quick communication with
them naturally comes to Chicago or st.
Louis,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

Naval officers say that the new bat
tleship Kearsarge can make sixteen
knots an hour. rate OF speed which is
wholly satisfactory and up to contract
figures. It IL not always safe to trust
the contract speed of an American
warship. Cervera's plans went awry
at Santiago because the Oregon
steamed several knots faster than her
contract speed and overhauled his fly
ing squadron.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

The curfew ordinance has received a
good deal Of newspaper ridicule, yet
IT. practical workings have been very
salutary. In alluding to the willing
ness Of some of the daily papers to
poke fun" at Elmira, N. T.. where
the ordinance Is in force. the Adver-
tiser Of that city declares that the re-
suit OF the enforcement of the simple
Jaw has been beneficial. and observes.
truly enough: "If large numbers OF
the young can be kept from temptation
and evil courses by 50 simple a device,
It II far wiser to try it than to jeer
at II. It ID not laughing matter, but
one OF grave moment to the welfare
Of our towns and cities"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

Success of wireless TelsGra1Ay.
During the yacht races Big. Mar
conf, the inventor Of wireless tslsSrp-
ply, enjoyed a triumph without mar.
He demonstrated with abundant sue
cess the utility Of his discovery fer the
reporting Of yacht races. From the
great steamer Ponce he seat wireless
messages to Atlantic Highlands, sew
eral miles away, and 70 the cable
steamer Mackay-Bennett anchored at
the starting line The bulletins weee
received without error or delay and all
were a. promptly read ~ the ordiA-
ary Morse message from the wirA
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

Porto Plata, San Domingo, Oct. 10.
Several persons were arrested in the
capital on suspicion Of Implication in
the recently discovered plot to murder
General Jiminez.
-Four men entered the house of Pc
dro Pepin. former governor Of Santi-
ago recently and fired upon him, but
did not hit him. The men escaped.
Former Governor Pepin and General
Richartlo. governorf of Monte Christi,
were notified by the government that
it could not guarantee their safety II
they remained In Santiago. Both
promptly left the city and have ar
rived here to embark for Porto Rico,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

Gen. Miles. discussing the use OF
the automobile in war, has said:
.As to the automobile becoming an
available appliance in time Of war, 1t
can b. assumed that the invention will
be utilised when its practicability has
been demonstrated. Improvements are
being made 70 rapidly that one hesi-
tates to say which Is the best adapted
to the purposes of the field In time OF
war. No definite opinion could be ex-
pressed until the commercial world
furnishes the most efncient and avail
able method Of automobile transporta-
ton. The automobile will be useful in
war in many respectA It can carry
men rapidly from one point to an
Other. II can be used for the transpor-
tatioo Of light artillery. such as ma
chine gunsL It can transport rapidly
telegraph and telephone machinery. 1t
can be utilised for the transportation Of
equipment, ammunition and supplies;
tor taking the wounded to the rear.
and in general for most Of the pw-
poses to which the power Of mules and
horses are now applied"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

Minneapolis, MIMI. Oct. 12.-From n
platform in front of the Minneapolis
Exposition building: President McKin-
lev this afternoon voiced the welcome
to the Thirteenth Minnesota volun-
teers, Just returned from the Philip
pines and delivered an address TO
fhousands Of cheering people.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

Chickasaw legislators propose to
charge $1,000 for marriage licenses.
Now, II they follow that up by tax on
bachelors they will have things nxed
up to pay expenses.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

The pope has addressed to President
Mckinley letter of thanks for pre-
venting the American troops from oc-
cupying the churches of Manila, and
Cardinal Secretary Rampolla has writ
ten to Cardinal Gibbons in cOmmenda-
ton of his activities in the same con-
nectiOn,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

An old negro once, In relating his re-
ligious experience, avowed that he had
seen the devil In bodily form. Upon
being asked whether his satanic majes-
ty presented himself as white man
or as a black, the honest darby replied:
Neither white nor very black, but Of
a grizzly y."-Augus lGa.) Chron-
icle.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

Gen. John w. Foster il said to be af-
fliated with the Alaskan modus VI
vendi. He has the sympathy Of the
entire country.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

It isn't 80 much the fact that Emile
lola is writing letters that worries the
French military as the fact that every
body reads them.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

New York woman whose husband
deserted her says he must be insane.
which Is really the charitable view to
take In the matter.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

There is entirely too much contro'
versy about things that are not wortl
talking about.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

It Is a pity the average man can
borrow money as easily as he can Dor
row trouble.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

When you see mans ears stuffed
with cotton it's question whether 10
has earache or a scoldinE wife.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

1t 10 = conservative conclusion that
I trust or any other business combina-
tion Is harmful when It insures the
greatest greed OF the smallest num-
Der. The largest good for the most
people u still . worthy end OF living.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21
Wheels.

II feel as II l had wheels in my
head!" groaned the man. ut must be
the truck you ate for dinner" rejoined
his wife. innocently enough.-Detroit
Journal.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

A west Indian HurHsea1s
Recently travelled up the coast at will,
and acted In an entirely different man
nsY from any other storm. Sometnss
dyspepsia acts in the same way. It re-
fuses to yield to treatment which has
cured similar cases. Then Hoststts1's
Stomach Bitters should be taken. It
has cured stomach trouble for half .
century.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

A man finds himself in the hands Of
hard creditor when LIE borrows trou'
BILE.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

Hair dye deceives people who use Il
into thinking they are deceiving some
people.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

A bride must feel rather cheap when
. relative gives her away.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

The end man in minstrel show can
tell Z Joke as well as the next man.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

TIE British house Of commons has
besn invaded BY the ladies. Thirty
two thousand teas were served BY the
rsfreshment department on tn terrace
last session. Was this q cunning
scheme Of Joe" Chamberlain's to
amuse the house while he worked his
wicked will with Paul Krugerf
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

Everything comes to those who wait.
1t 10 now the autumn leaves turn.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

The watermelon isn't always o.
green a. 1t looks.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

There is something wrong with the
man who does not secretly love praise.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

4 mans best friend and his next
door neighbor are seldom synonymous.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

How can q man perpetuate his memory
meet easilyf by dying In debt."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1899-10-21

| Iut
In view of the progress the revolu-
ton in Venezuela has made state de-
partment officers here nre discussing
the possibility that ex-Prcsident Har-
rison may lose the $2JO,OOO which was
promised him by the present govern
i ment of Venezuela as his fee for ap-
pearing before the Paris arbitration
tribunal as counsel for Venezuela. It
has been one of the characteristics Of
South American revolutions that their
success usually meant reputation
of all existing contracts of the govern.
ment made by the preceding adminis-
trntion. The officers are inclined to
think, however there is only remote
possibility Of General Harrison losing
his pay. The fact was brought out
that in the event 1t became necessary
for our government to Interfere to Sc
cure the payment of General Harri-
sons fee, it could only be done through
the diplomatic channels.
Rear Admiral Schley called at the
Navy Department Tuesday to arrange
| with the officials for the detail of his
STAFF and some other matters relating
to the assumption of his duties as com
mander Of the South Atlantic station,
The admira. asked for the detail Of
Lieutenant Commander Sears and
Lieutenant Wells as flag lieutenant and
secretary respectively. These officers
held n similar connection with the ad.
miral during the Spanish war. The
admiral was informed that 1t will re.
luirc two weeks to put the Chicago in
shape for her cruise SO 1t was arranged
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-26
WANT HEAVY DAMAGES.
Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe Sued
For $4,000 Each at Leavenworth.

Leavenworth, Sept. 26-AIrs. Ida NJ.
Zirkle, through her attorney, J. c.
Petherbridge, has filed a suit against
the Missouri Pacific Railway company
for the sum of $4,000 damages for the
death of her husband, Paul B. Zirkle,
who was run over by the cars on the
night of May 10. 1899.
Paul b. Zirkle was night train dis
patcher on the Leavenworth, Kansas &
Western railway. Shortly after mid
night on the date mentioned Zirkle left
his office for the Missouri Pacific Office
to speak to a brother telegraph opera
tor While standing a short distance
north Of the Missouri Pacific office a
switch engine, backing some cars
knocked him down and horribly man
gled his body. He died shortly after
wards from the effects of the shock and
loss of blood.
Mrs ZirkIe asserts that no fagman
was on duty, and that there were no
gates to keep people off the track IN
time of danger. She also asserts that
the defendant company had refused to
keep night Watchman at this point
for the protection of the general pub
lie.
Another big damage suit was filed in
the district court by Joseph Chase. a
workman in the shODS of the Great
Western foundry against the Atchison
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad company
He also asks $4,000 for injuries caused
by the train.
He was hurt on the afternoon of
March Is last, while going through the
arch way over the railroad track at the
Broadway and ChOctaW street crossing.
The train came from the eastward and
he asserts did not give proper warning
He was struck by a boxcar while the
train was passing and had three ribs
broken and was otherwise badly injur-
ed. He claims it was the cOmpany's
fault, and that he was confused and
startled on account of the engineer hav-
ing thrown steam and hot water on him
as it passed.
Chase says he is only able to earn
half as much as he was before the ac-
cident- His attorneys in the suit are
Michael and Rutherford.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-09-26

hospital They were all three ushered
upstairs to one of the rooms, and soon
the surgeon appeared and began the
dressing of Withers' wounds.
''I'lI be out in the hall, Mark said
friend No l. s'AT right" replied With
ers, as his friend went out through the
door, but no sooner had he got into the
hall then he fell to the floor with a
heavy thud; he had tainted away The
surgeon, Withers and friend No rush
ed out and soon had No resuscitated
and laid out on little push cart,
which is used to carry patients from
one room to another.
The three returned to the room again
and the surgeon again began to dress
Withers' wounds.
A slight noise was soon heard in the
hall made by friend No. 1 turning over
I guess that had better go out and
attend to him." said No. 2, and he start
ed out. He also got just outside the
door when he keeled over in a. faint,
but instead of falling to the floor, he
fell across the cart on which was lying
No. L
The surgeon and Withers again made
a trip to the hall and after bringing
No. , back to life where the surgeon
finished dressing Withers' wounds
About twenty minutes were consumed
in dressing the wounds, and when the
surgeon and Withers came out in the
hall the two friends We're wide awake,
but little weak. They We're assisted
down stairs and a few minutes in the
open air soon had a beneficial effect and
they We're as we'll as ever again.