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The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

College football. during the season
recently closed had NO worthier repre-.
sentatives than the students of tn.
Carlisle Indian School. In the essen
tials Of manliness and sportsmanlike
conduct generally. The games in which
they engaged were as many and as
nercely contested as those Of any Other
college team, and the spectators, ir
some instances. were neither % CON
siderate nor 20 sympathetic. Is the,
might have been. Yet their game:
wsre exhibitions OF clean. straight foot
ball-such as all true lovers of tbs
sport like to see. The umpire's de
cisions werc never once questioned
and their defeats were accepted witt
the spirit OF men who had done theil
best, and who had, therefore. neithe,
excuses nor explanations to offer
They have won a place for themselves
In the regard OF many who would re
3oics In their success In other field;
where thr rewards are less heettn:
than those OF football.
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

The recent celebration of the ons
hundredth anniversary OF the found.
ing at Washington of the national cap
itAl recalls the description OF its To-
cation given in an early newspaper
letter. which u now preserved in the
library of coeErsss. This metropo-
LIS" the writer says. situated upor
the great post-road. exactly equidis
tanf from the northern and the south,
ssn ex. entities OF the Union. and near
b 20 from the Atlantic to Fort Pitt
= by far the most eligible situation
for the residence OF congress" Since
he could not foresee the improvements
n transportation and means Of com
Ranication. perhaps 1t is fortunate
that he did not know OF the coming
extension Of our domains southvard
and westward.
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

A recent notable dinner OF the Har-
ward club OF Japan calls attention both
TO the spread OF western learning in
the east, and to the wide influence OF
\ great university. The dinner was
given to celebrate the return of Min
lister Komura from st. Petersburg, en-
route to his new post in China, the
presence Of Minister Kurino from
Paris, and the appointment of Baron
kaneko as minister Of justice. All
these eminent Japanese statesmen
were educated at Harvard.
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

We have received copy of the new
almanac for 1901 published by the
Royal Baking Powder Co. 1t Is an ar
tistic and useful book and will be Of
interest to housekeepers. A note
worthy feature Of the almanac Is pre-
diction Of the weather for every day
Of the year, by Prof. DeVoe. who cor
rectly prophesied the great Galveston
cyclone and other important meteoro-
logical events. We are authorized to
say that any woman reader of this pa
per can secure a copy without cost by
sending request to the company, At
100 william ST.. New York.
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

Washington, Jan. 21.-More than 3d.
coo pension claims in the ONCE of Milo
B. Stevens 4 Co. were destroyed in the
IRE Friday night Many Of the papers
were to be used rs evidence in attempt
ing to secure favorable action by the
pension ONCE on claims, and cannot be
replaced.
In addition to the pension claims
were destroyed thousands Of Gains
pending before the treasury depart
ment and patent once. In these the
los will fall upon the claimants.
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

Hamilton. O.. Jan. 21.-Marcus Sau-
er, the man afflicted with dropsy who
was revived after apparent dissolution
by the injection of a solution of sodium
chloride common salt), into the arter-
les on January 18th. is still alive. Since
his resurrection Sauer has steadily
gained in vigor and the acute symptoms
Of his dropsical affliction are disappear
ing.
DR.. Kumler. the attending physician,
does not claim the salt treatment has
anything to do with the improvement
OF the chronic disorder, but there In NO
doubt that 1t tided over a crisis In the
mans ailment. There il every prospect
that Sauer's life will be prolonged for
some time.
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

Ghost stories, for some myeterious
reason. have been revived OF late in
Warrington. 1t is told again how ths
face OF an old woman was depicted
clearly ON one OF the white house pill
lars the day the president received
word that his mother was dead. Capt.
col employees entertain their friend:
with the story of the shadow Of u gen
eral looking like Washington between
pillars In stAtuary hall at the capitol.
A former senate page. now grown &c
mans size and employed at the white
house, says that when lightning strikes
the copper statue Of Freedom on the
capitol dome 1t rines loudly and clear
" like the famous bell at Philadelphia
IN the days OF the declaration OF In
dependence At night. when the capt
tolls great marble halls and rotundas
are deserted. strange sounds are fire.
auently heard and old employees are
conndent that they are made sy the
souls OF dead patriots and statesmen
come back to haunt the halls where
they won fame. It 10 said that on
certain nights ghosts are SO numerous
In statuary hall that \ man Kidding
and trembling behind a pillar can
hardly tell whether 1t Is the spirits
Of the statues that are moving about.
Prices of bogus money. n discovered
By Chief wilkes men, are quoted as
follow. For coin to face value Of
Us. price SO; ccin to fAce value Of
$50. price $40: bills. IS per cent to IS
Per cent face value. Mr. W'lkie says
that no larger amount than $50 in coin
= offered to one customer. The green
eoods men who do not intend TO de-
liver the goods ofer $1,000 in bills for
SAee; u 900 for $500 and $40 900 for 81
80. Thea they change the satcheis
and the victim aftsr feastins his eyes
= Sil8s in the Arst grip gsts savdust
q the second.
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

Announcement has been made that
the Union Pacific Railroad Company
viii bear a part of the cost Of accident
Insurance policies taken ont by Its en-
ployeA 1t will pay oDethird of The
premiums on policies held ny conduc-
tors. enGineers. firemen. brakemen.
bagg1Gemen- kwitchmen. yard fore
men and bridge and building carpen-
tefA For all other employees it will pay
00efoufth Of the premium4 the cost Of
Insurance being lower In the len hAS-
ard0O positions.
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 22.-The
United Mine Workers Of America are
met here In annual Convention. 1000
delegates being present. The leading
delegations are from Pennsylvania. IL
linois, Ohio and Indiana In the order
named. lllinota and other states will
fight to reduce the wide differential
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

The number of marine disasters dur
ing the year just closed Is smaller
probably than ever before. An official
Of the New York Maritime Exchange
thinks this is due to the fact that
sailing vessels are disappearing, steam
craft being better able to take care OF
Themselves when in peril.
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26


The constant stream Of curious peo-
pie going through the wrecked saloons
shows no abatement. Society is no
exception, and It Is estimated that L.
600 women have seen the inside of a
saloon for the first time In their lives
Hutchinson, Kans., Ian. N.-Mrs.
Carrie Nation. the Wichita saloon
wrecker, was lecturing last night to an
audience that filled the largest church
in Hutchinson, and said:
You'll hear from me again before
long, and it won't be from lecture
platform. either. God intends that I
keep up what have already begun In
Wichita, and I'll do 1t. Wichita isn't
the only town in Kansas that has
rocks and brickbats."
This sentiment was applauded Wig
orously, and Mrs. Nation, who had said
she was inspired by God, continued:
II will gladly give up my life, II
need be, while destroying these awful
places f-tN-'
Mr.. Nation, who accompanied his
wife, said he would Immediately begin
suit against Sedgewick county for
false imprisonment
While my wife was in JAIL" said he,
they offered to let her go II she would
sign an agreement not to sue for dam
agea.r Is
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

London. Jan. 22-The Washington
correspondent Of the Mail says he un-
dcrstands 1t is practically certain that
Great Britain will accept the amend
ments Of the United Suites Senate to
the HayPauncefOte treaty
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26
THE HERALD.
xs.KR 49, 0aoaADo.
O,HORADO.

France has decided that all the
troops In the colonies shall hencefor;h
be armed with weapons similar u
those of the home army. t
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26
COLORADO LOSES THE G. A. R.
III NATIONAL EENCAMPMENT

rate for Denver has been accomplished
, much earlier than ever before, and
In territory where the rate has never
before been made. The Denver COM
mlttee feel that they have fully COM
piled with the regulations Of the ma
tional encampment at Chicago, and are
entitled to the meeting this year, and
they are we'll advised that the senti-
melt of the grand encampment
throughout the country Is favorable TO
Denver.
1.-The different state departments will
probably take up this matter and de-
eide whether they will still adhere to
their unanimous action at Chicago in
favor OF Denver for the encampment
September next"
The work Of endeavoring to win
over the various departments east
the Mississippi river will be =
menced at once, SO the Denyc1
mittee stated last night s>YN
Commander-in-chief Rassieur was
handed u copy Of the statement issued
by the Denver committee. Before
reading 1t he called the committee to-
gether, explained that the statement
was in existence mud then read it.
The contents OF the document pro-
duced some little feeling of momentary
character, which resulted in the coun-
ell considering the document behind
closed doors. Ten minutes later the
following was given out by Command
er Rassieur, speaking for and with the
sanction of the council:
II have just read what you inform
me emanates from the comrades rep
resenting Denver. It is hard to be-
lieve that such statement emanates
from q good Grand Army comrade.
Assuming TINT 1t does, desire simp-
ly to state that the executive commit
tee, with the light before 1t and after
having given Denver two hearings and
weighing everything presented by it.
decided that the next encampnfent of
the Grand Army should be held at
Cleveland, Ohio, September 8. 1901
Eat that encampment this commit
tee will report the facts which led
them to the action taken, and every
Grand Army comrade will doubtless
heartily approve Of that action. We
have endeavored to do what Is best
for the Grand. Army. and in compile
ance with the action Of the thirty
fourth national encampment, not
withstanding the statement made
which 1t is said emanates from the
Denver comrades"
1t Is said that individual members
the council were unwilling to discus
the manifesto US they. termed the
document issued by Denver. They de-
clared the Denver people were mis-
taken when they though, they had
the promise of the Pennsylvania and
New York departments to 80 to Dem
yer, and were certain that none of the
departments would refuse to attend
the encampment at Cleveland.
Its certain that II they do have an
encampment II will not be the nation
al encampment Of the G. A. r." was
the manner in which one dismissed
the subject. M
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26
SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE

membership Of the state central com
mittee." The bill allows state commit
tees to decide as to the regularity Of
local organizations 1t passed second
reading and - now ON Its nnal passage.
The 1856 Senate bills now before that
body are well sprinkled with appropri-
atoms, the total proposed appropriations
in the Senate to date being u, b96, $50.
In the House many of the $50 bills II
passed will necessitate expenditure on
the part Of the state, the appropriations
proposed 10 far in the house amounting
to $664,05 This makes a total of ST.
1884, But In some instances there
are Implications as to state institutions
In particular. After careful sitting
of the bills in both houses 1t Is found
that such Implications in proposed ap-
propriations foot up to $427,O 900. This
leaves proposed and undupllcated ap-
propriations before the two houses to
the amount OF $1,S28,OOO.
The totals Of proposed appropriations
in the Senate. so far as introduced. are:
For roads .................. Ii,Jo
For bridges ........ 2LUO
General and special. ....... 1,5O2,55O
Total .................. II ,50S.o5O
The totals Of proposed appropriations
so far introduced in the lower house
are:
For roads H. $50
For wells. 10000
For bridges and yinducts. -. 1O5, 500
For reservoirs ............... 1900
General and special nppropria-
tons .................- 43u,SUV
Total .$G54, $50
The Meeker herald., 1901-01-26

Representative Hammond has intro
duccl Il bill to establish state board
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-13
a WARRANT FOR ALAWYER.
Charged With DefraudinE IA Client
Seeking II Divorce

NEWARK. y. j April ia warrant
was issued here yesterday for the arrest
Of Thomas F'renchf Reilly. d young law
yer on a serious charge The cJmplain-
ant is William a TTensch, of 256 South
Orange Avenue, who, upon his return
from the Spanish-American war. learned
that his wife had left her home and given
grounds for an action of divorce. REILLY
offered to secure q divorce for $40
Trensch paid RELY SO as a retainer, and
ne alleges that two days later RELY ex-
hibited TO him paper which he said was
Il petition to be filed IN the Chaneery
Court at Trenton. The same week REILLY
showed him a subpoena upon the wife.
and got another advance OF S15- Trsnsch
was at this time paying attentions to
young girl with q view to marriage after
he had secured his divorce.
After q long delay TTensCb called upon
the lawyer. who showed him what pur-
ported TO be the legal papers in the case,
and made him pay A. expense bill of SO
Other sums were paid Last January
Trensch became suspicious of the lawyer
He wrote . letter of enquiry to the chan
Gerry clerk. and learned that no suit had
been fled In his name. When confronted
with this reply REILLY said he would i'm
nediately 90 ahead with the case. and he
signed an agreement TO return the money
paid if he did not obtain the divorce WITH
in sixty daVS. On March q RELY gave
10 Treusch a paper saying that il as good
as made Trensch Il fires man, ana that in
a few days he would get his final paper.
When TrenSch showed the paper 10 his
fiauCe she declared that it was bogus
told that she had received TO paper An
other reputable lawyer was engaged. and
as REILLY failed TO refund the money il
was decided 70 procure his arrest
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-13
a Boy DIES FROM HIS WOUNDS.
COroner's Jury Holds His Seven
Year-OId Brother ResponsIbIe.


EI4KT0N, nd, April 13.-Howard Simp-
eTs. the eight-yeaT-0ld son Of Calvin
Shippers, who was shot at his home, near
appleton, on Wednesday, died at an early
hour yesterday morning. Coroner Perry
Litzinberg summoned jury and held an
inquest.
The home of the Shippers is a cabin be
tween appleton and Stfahorn's mills, and
during the absence of<Doth father and
mother on Wednesday morning last the
shooting occurred. An that is known Of
the tragedy was what little could be gath
cred from the conflicting testimony of the
boys eldest sister at the coroners in
quest. the substance of which was that
about o'clock on Wednesday morning
Thomas Shippers. aged seven years. came
into the house, climbed upon a chair, and
took down from the wall of d room on
the first fioo- an old army musket, which
he carried into the yard and placed upon
a store box foI support while he took aim
and pulled tht trigger.
The load STR 3 K Howard fun in the face
knocking out his upper teeth, tearing out
the palate, cutting the tonsiIs and injur-
ing the throat so that he could not swal-
low The lad was conscious at intervals
and repeatedly remarked that h had been
shot by his brother Thomas The fact
that the face OF the victim was pepPered
with powder marks proved that the gun
was at close range SaIue Shippers at the
inquest was Of the opi1t2B that the shoot
ing was deliberate. Stating that Thomas
was angered because Howard refused to
give him a piece Of tobacco.
The coroneUs jury. of which E n
Johnson was foreman. rendered a verdict
that the deceased came TO his death from
Il EunshOt wound at the hands Of Thomas
Shippers. The lad escaped TO d nearby
woods and was not apprehended by Dep
uty Sheriff MCAIIister until long after the
inquest had closed When seen at the
jail last night the boy prisoner talked
freely IF the shooting. claiming that he
was prompted by his sister to commit the
act. as she was angry at her mothers
absence and wished to bring her home
In conversation with States Attorney
Evans the lad tOiG him that he old not
shoot his brother. but that it was done
by his sister The Shippers family is in
very poor circumstances
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-13
BITTEN BY A RABID DOG.
Seven Children Attacked In Hacken-
sack, y. j.


HACKENSACK, y. J., April 15.-Seven
children were bitten by a mad dog that
ran through Hackensack yesterday.
George Simpson. four years old. the-ilrst
child the dog attacked, was bitten on the
cheek, and when Mrs. Simpson went to
his assistance she was compelled to re-
treat to an eutbuilding- Meanwhile the
Simpson boy made his escape into the
house.
The dog next met William Kenny. four
teen years old, whom he bit on the hand
and wrist. The next victim was a young
sor Of Lee Shaw, whose leg was Iacerated
by the dogs teeth. In Central Avenue
the dog attacked Mrs. John J. Guthrie
but her husband beat off the animal with
q club.
\ few minutes later John DOnegan. nine
years old, was bitten Continuing its mad
career, the dog then bit = child of q. q
Sawyer and d son OF J. T Deniuger. The
DeEiuger boy vas badly injured The
last person attacked and bitten by the
animal Was Percy Rodnau- who lives on
the place owned by Captain Phelps.
Edward Murphy tried TO Kill the dog,
using club and a reESlver. but II es-
capped after tripping him and throwing
him to the ground THE dog was last
seen on the road TO EuglewOod, and is
supposed TO be somewhere IN the Teaneck
Woods.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-13
TO TRACE MANS ORIGIN
Tive Expeditions Will Start Upon
This Important Mission

George Vanderbilt Said to Have
Agreed to Furnish the Funds for
the American nycstiEHtOrs-The
Second Party Leaves Germany.
Scientific persons especially those VINO
have given much thought to the origin Of
man. are deeply interested in two eXpedi-
tons which have been talked of for
months. the purpose Of which is to search
for the PithecauJhrcpus. or ape-nau- the
existence Of which at 4 remote period,
thousands upon thousands Of years ago.
would establish the theory OF evolution If
clearly proven
The ape-man Is the alleged missing link
in the theory advanced by Darwin. and
several years ago Dr. Eugene Dubois de-
clared he had unearthed bones that prov
ed the existence at one time of this now
mysterious biped.
George Vanderbilt. who IS trying to
fathom the question of where man sprang
from. IS, ii Is said to bear the expense
of = searching party shortly to he sent
ont from this country under the direction
of David S Walters OF New Haven The
other party viii 90 nom Germany and
viii be led by the far-famed naturalist Of
Jena, Prof. Ernst Haeckel-
Prof. Thomas IT. Gill, of the Snithso-
Man Institution Of this city. was seen by
a reporter concerning these expeditions
yesterday He said he thought the Ger
man party mad already started on its
travels. Just when the American party
would leave he was unable to say Prof
Gill appears to believe that the change
from ape to man. if it took place at all.
took place in India OF Java. and 1t IS
toward these countries that the two eXDe-
ditions viii direct their steps.
Arguing the question Prof Gill says in
substance:
Suppose that. hundreds of thousands
of years ago. there lived an ape with su
perior intelligence. like the chinpanzee
of the present time Of course, he was
fighter Suppose that he learned to
fight with a stick or a club, instead OF
with taoth and naI II his children IN
herited this f%2ulty. as they were bound
to do. they g>&duaIly developed shorter
arms. better fItJed for stick and club
fighting
Naturally. The apes with the shorter
arms would survive and multiply The
canine teeth. from lack OF use would be-
| come smaller; the muscles OF the Jaw,
and the ridges that held them to the
skull, less prominent, intelligence would
| develop. and the brain and its cavity
I would grow larger With shorter arms
/ II would he less convenient TO 90 on all
( tours. and an erect posture would nat
5IraIly follow. And thus would be de-
veIOped the PItheCantnTopus-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-13
REMARKABLE SUCCESS
New Cutnrrh Cure.

a large and constantly increasing ma
jority of the American people are ca
tarrh sufferers. This is not entirely the
result of our changeable climate, but be
cause modern Investigation has clearly
proven that many diseases, known by
other names. are really Catarrh- Form
CTly the name catarrh was applied almost
exclusively to the common nasal c&tarrh-
but the throat. stomach, liver bladder,
kidneys. and intestines are subject to ca
tarThaI diseases as Wen as the nasal pas
ages.
In fact. wherever there is mucous mem
brane there is a feeding ground for ca
tarrh
The usual remedies, inha1ers, sprays
douches or powders, have been practically
failures. rs far as any thing more than
temporary relief was concerned. because
they simply dry up the mucous secre-
tons. without having the remotest effect
upon the blood and liver, which are the
real sources of catarrhal diseases
It has been known for some years that
the radical cure of catarrh could never
come from local applications, but from
an internal remedy, acting on the blood
and expelIing the catarrhal poison from
the system
a new internal prepa ration which has
been or the market only a short time has
met with remarkable success as genu-
Inc. radical cure for 'cataTTh-
1t may be found in any drug store, sold
under the name of StuaTts Catarrh Tab
lets, large pleasant tasting Iozenges, CON-
posed principally OF antiseptic ingredients,
Eucalyptol GuaiacoI, Sansuinaria, Hy-
drastiu and similar cataTrh specifics
DT- AiusIee in speaking of the rev ca
tarrh cure says: u have tried the new
catar=h remedy, STARTS Catarrh Tablets,
upon thirty or forty patients with remark
able satisfactory results. They clear the
head aud throat more effectually and last
inglE than any douChe or inhaler that /
have ever seen. and although they are
what is called a patent medicine and sold
by druggists, / do not hesitate 10 recon-
ment them as / know them to ne free
from cocaine and opiates, and that even
a little child may use them with entire
safety
Any sufferer from nasal CataTTh. throat
or bronchial trouble, cataTrh of the stom-
ach. liver OF bladder viii find Stuart S
Catarrh Tablets remarkably effective
pleasant and convenient, and your drug
gist viii tell You they are absolutely free
from any injurious drug
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-13
COUNTERFEIT MONEY FOUND.
over $4,000 in Notes Recovered
From Skocg's headquarters.

NEW YORK April Ig--Nore than $40
600 IL counterfeit money was found yes
terday by detectives from the Secret Serv-
ice Office IN the house occupied by the
CouHtcrfei.eTs John AIbers Skeos and
Emil AlobeTt. az 81 Grand Street, Brook
lyn- The money represented notes on the
Bank Of Scotland and the Bank Of Copen-
hagen.
One hurded pounds Of PREPARED paper
with the silk fibre running Trough il was
also found
The condition Of Sk00g. who attempt
cd suicide when he was arrested. was i'm
proved Yesterday II is believed he VIII
recover McbeTt is said TO have cOusuHp-
finy-