The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-03-02
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The steel trust VIII represent 0v6f q
billion dollars In stock and bonds.
The Mall says that King Victor
Emanuel will visit London next May.
The President has nominated George
d. Gear Of Hawaii to be second Judge
of the circuit of Hawaii.
Miss Susan B. Anthony celebrated
her eighty-frst birthday at Rochester,
New York, February 18th.
Europe has experienced very cold
weather during February. At Rome
there has been an unprecedented snow
fall.
Nikola Tesla says that in about eight
months he will be sending messages
across the Atlantic by wireless teleg-
raphy.
The electoral vote Of California was
sent to Washington in a gold caske6
which was presented to President Nc
Kinley.
The membership of Daniel G. Hatch
Of the New York Stock Exchange has
been sold for $51, 600. which equals the
hIgh-price on record.
At a special meeting Of the grand
lodge of Free Masons the Duke Of Con.
naught was unanimously elected grand
master in place of King Edward.
The Idaho House killed the bill 10
repeal the gambling law. This means
for two years, at least, gambling can
not be conducted openly In Idaho.
Mrs. John Jordan of Dresser, Indi.
ana, died on the 10th instant from par.
alysis. She weighed GIG pounds and
was the mother Of thirteen children.
The rowing committee of the Univer.
sity Of Pennsylvania unanimously vot
ed to send an elght-oared crew to Eng
land to compete at the Henley regatta.
Bishop Whipple of Minnesota was
the only bishop of the Episcopal
church In America who was ever grant
ed private interview with Queen Vic.
toria.
The Grand Duke of Saxe-weimar
has signalized his accession to the
throne by prOclaiming q comprehen.
sive amnesty, including political of.
lenses.
Germany and the Netherlands are
planning to lay n new cable to connect
with the Dutch East Indies and make
them independent of the British cable
syndicate.
Utah cnttlemen are planning to de
scend on Denver seventy-fve to 1OC
strong at the time of the American
Cattle Breeders' Association meeting,
March 9th.
Afmudu in British East Africa, the
headquarters of the Ogadun Somalis,
has been occupied by British puni.
tive expedition, and the Sultan Is q
prisoner.
Mrs. Nations example is catching.
At Port Huron, Michigan, Mrs.
Charles Rhodes smashed a saloon be.
cause the proprietor sold her son whis.
Ky after being warned not to.
Andrew Carnegie has written to the
Galesburg, Illinois, hbrary board that
he will give the city $4,000 for a new
library building. providing the city ap-
propriates 5000 year to sustain 1t.
There was a sufacient fall of snow In
the City Of Mexico on the 18th of Feb.
ruary to whiten the ground. 1t was
the first snowfall for nearly half a cen.
fury and greatly astonished the ma.
dves.
A contribution of quarter Of mill.
ION dollars by John D. Rockefeller to
Brown University was announced al
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A Curacao dispatch says the asphalt
controversy has been temporarily ad.
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Inc executors OF the will OF Collia
nuntington nave paid to the state
OF new YORK $667,OOO, that being the
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