The Meeker herald., 1901-05-18
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North Devonshire, England, May 7th.
New York capitalists propose to
build beet sugar factory at Phoenix,
Arizona.
New Workers. have organized a 3D.
100000 company to supply the City OF
Mexico with gas.
The American consul mt the City OF
Mexico things a border quarantine
against typhus unnecessary.
All grades of refined sugar were ad-
yanced 10 cents hundred in the New
York market few days ago.
The eight leading music publishers
of this country are forming combine
to be capitalized at $5,OOO,OOO.
Heavy speculation In silver has run
the London market up and down In
titful fashion during the past week or
two.
A dispatch from Rome, Italy says 1t
is stated that 10000 italian emigrants
are booked to leave for the United
States this month.
A resolution providing for the call
ing of constitutional convention to
revise the Illinois constitution was lost
IN the Legislature.
The United Steamship Company OF
Copenhagen has ordered six new
steamers of 1900 tons each for the
United States trade.
Yearly one hundred mothers with
their babies were drowned at katch-
karvoyka. Russia, April 26th, by the
sinking of a ferry boat.
The Pope has confirmed the appoint
ment Of Father O'Connell, rector OF
the American College ut Rome. as
bishop of Portland, Maine.
Governor Odell of New York has
signed the anti-scalping bill and also
the bill appropriating 100000 for the
purchase of the Palisades.
Cardinal Martinelli took the oath of
his new office and subscribed to the
profession of faith at the papal lega-
ton at Washington May End.
The grand stand, pavilion and office
Of the National League baseball park
Mt ST. Louis were burned to the ground
May 4th, entailing loss Of $4,000.
Mrs Mary Baker G. Eddy. mother Of
Christian science. says her followers
are fast increasing in numbers and pre-
diets her successor will be man.
Mrs. Mary Sankey, mother Of I'm d.
Sankey, the evangelist and singer.
died at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, on
the LIST of this month, aged ninety.
Dawson City has had another fire,
with an estimated loss Of $4,000. Ev-
cry building from Gondolfo's Point up
to and Including Fairchild's hotel, was
burned.
An Illinois association has been In
corporated to build 100000 memoir
ial temple in Chicago, in which to per-
petuatc the teachings Of the late T. q.
1ngersoll.
Admission of a citizen of San Juan
| to the bar of the Supreme Court Is
looked upon as possible indication Of
the expected decision as to the status
of Porto Ricans.
The American Cigar Company, q
branch of the American Tobacco Com
pany, will absorb the HRvana-Ameri-
can Cigar Company, which is capital
lied at $10,0OO,O00.
At Linn. Ohio, May 18th, another
reduction was made In the price OF
crude oil, local oil / cent and eastern
cents This makes the f1fth reduc-
| ton within two weeks.
DIR. Joseph Eisen, the California SCI
enlist who discovered the cancer germ,
became inoculated with the cancer mi
| crobe in his experiments and mad to
be operated on recently.
| A former tax collector of Jackson
vile, Florida. estimates the loss by the
| fire at S1O.565, coo. At one time near
ly 6OOO people were being cared for
by the relief association.
Admiral Remey, on the flagship
Brooklyn, recently arrived at Mel
bourne to represent the United States
at the opening Of the first session Of
the Australian Parliament.
Richard Redhead, who wrote the
| tune to which Brock of Ages" is usu-
ally sung, died May 4th. He was or.
ganist of st. Mary's Church in Pad
dington, suburb of London.
Government statisticians think that
| nll the coffee consumed in the United
| States can be grown in the islands
which have been acquired since the
outbreak of the Spanish War.
| The International games between the
| Oxford and Cambridge universities in
England and Harvard and Yale in
America will be held September 21st
on the Berkeley oval, New York.
A scheme is on foot to combine the
straw hat manufacturing establish
ments of New York and Baltimore In
the American Straw Hat Manufacture
ing Company, capital $12,OO0,OOO.
Thousands of people are pouring
into southwestern Oklahoma and
camping in and about the Kiowa, Co
manche and Apache and Wichita In
dian reservations, for the opening
scheduled for some time In August.
d. w. Minshal of Terre Haute, In
diana, has made n third gift to De
paw University, comprising altogeth-
er $4,000 The money will be used
for the construction Of the new science
hall.
Right Rev. James E. Quigley, bishop
Of the Roman Catholic diocese OF