The Meeker herald., 1901-06-08
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Christian Science.
1t il estimated that the new Rus
sian loan will be subscribed for at
least seven times.
Arab Pasha, the famous Egyptian
rebel, who was bapished to Ceylon in
1852, has been pardoned.
New York IL the only state in the
Union that has Il greater population
than the city of London.
French agrIculturists intend to fight
frost and grasshoppers, as well AZ hall
storms. with cannon and smoke.
Smallpox on the transport lndlana,
at Taku, will delay the departure Of
the Ninth infantry for Manila.
The Iowa ProhibitiOnists have noml
mated A. N. Coates for governor aud
A. Wray for lieutenant governor.
Rresci, the assassin of King Hum
bert, committed suicide few days
since Ia his cell in the San Stefano
prison.
The graduating class of the Chicago
high school this year numbers over
1,:OO, less than thirty per cent. Of
whom are boys.
The new census returns gives the
population of lAustralasia at 1850, 651.
This is an increase Of 740, 750 since tina
last enumeration.
The Michigan House by unanimous
vote passed n bill taxing the Pullman
Palace Car Company three per cent.
on gross earnings.
The annual prod0ce of currants In
Greece is about 2OO,OOO tons. but last
year, owing to the downy mildew, 1t
fell to $4,000 tons.
The AragOn Bessemer ore mine at
Norway, Michigan, has been pur-
chased by the United States Steel cor
poration for f2,5O0,OOO.
In response to the protest Of the for
eign embassies the Turkish order pro-
hibiting the entry of typewriters into
Turkey has been rescinded.
Promoters of the Charleston EXPOSE
ton say they have ample resources
and that the display will be ready for
the opening In December.
Paul du ChailIu, the famous explor-
er, hunter and writer, 10 planning
three-years' tour OF Russia to gather
material for new work on that coun-
try.
Major General Henry @. Corbin, ad.
jutant general Of the army. will sail
for the Philippines June 18th, to make
a general inspection Of military con-
ditiOns.
The volcano Of Keloet, Java, 10 in
eruption, the lava consuming many
native villages, endangering the city
OF Blita and running large coffee plan
tations.
Movements are said to be on foot
to organize coal trusts in Ohio, In
diana and Illinois and the prospects
are that gigantic combination Of all
three win be formed.
In the Irish Championship games q
Dublin last month r. O'C0nnor Of
Waterford covered twenty four feet
nine inches in the long jump, beating
all previous records.
A bill has been passed BY the leg
islative bodies Of Norway providing
for universal communal suffrage for
men and giving the suffrage to women
paying certain amount Of taxes.
The southern synod Of the Presby-
terrain church in Kentucky will com
municate with the northern synod to
formulate a plan to endOw Sayre col
lege with 81 100000. This is q college
for women.
Peter Postell Of Hopkinsville, Ken
lucky, probably the richest colored
man in the South, died recently, leav-
ing a fortune estimated at 100000,
which, he had accumulated In the gro
Gerry business.
Pasteboard armor Is - latest form
of defense. Experiments ut Copen-
hagen show that millboard three inch
es thick was impenetrable to earbine
bullets which pierced dve-inch wooded
planks.
Rev. Henry Warman, Methodist
clergyman at Glendine, Montana, has
sued the members of . lodge Of the
knights of the Maccabees for $4,000
damages because they Initiated him too
roughly.
The Edison Storage Battery Com.
pany has been Incorporated at Tren-
ton, New Jersey, with 100000 cap
ital to manufacture storage batteries
under the new patent OF Thomas A.
Edison.
At their next meeting the directors
Of the Pullman Sleeping Car Company
will be asked to pass upon plans for
pensioning the 1900 OF 1900 en-
ployes Of the company when retired
from service.
Excited citizens of Jefferson and st.
Charles parishes, opposite New Or
teams, have burned all the buildings
that the State Leper Board had erect
ed in Jefferson parish, in fulfillment Ut
the boards plans to establish there q
iazorettO.
DIR. Bryan of the University Of In
diana has accepted the presidency Of
the Central Normal and Trade school
Of Manila, and expects to take thither
with him twenty teachers, mostly
graduates Of the University Of Indi-
ana.
Narthinus Vessels Pretorius. the
arst president Of the Dutch African
Republic, the .itle of which was
changed In 1853 to the South African
Republic, died May 10th, at Potchef-
stroom, Transvaal colony, after two