The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-06-01
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Premier Laurier Of Canada expect
the Joint high commssion to meet this
year.
According to the returns Of the recent
census Scotland has population Of T.
471,957.
Esther Cleveland. daughter Of the
former President, IL suffering from
diphtheria.
Cumana in venesuela was visited by
q violent earthquake shock May 10th.
No loss Of life y reported.
The Csar, In an autograph letter. has
promised to reorgan1xe the imperial
council on modern lines.
The Thirty first Forty.nrst and For
ty-second infantry regiments sailed for
General Macarthur celebrated the
surrenders Of the insurgents LAscarda
and Lacuna by releasing 1000 Filipino
prisoner
New York capitalists have secured
concessions from Mexico and will build
300-mile railroad through the Yuca-
tan forests.
s. r. Galloway, president Of the New
York Central railroad, will resign to
accept the presidency Of the new Amer.
lean Locomotive Company.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
OOO to establish free education in Four
Scotch NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Glas-
gov, Aberdeen and st. Andrews.
Statistics just published by the Inter-
lat ho
Germany's beet sugar acreage this year
= /, 165, 40 acres, an Increase Of 69,047.
Circuit Judge Duffield Of Hot Springs.
Arkansas, in q recent decision upheld
the validity Of the drastic antl-gam-
bling act passed by the last Legisla-
ture.
The workingmen's pension bill intro
duced in the French Legislature pro-
vides an annuity of $72 for worker Of
either sex at the age Of sixty-fve
years.
The approximate value Of the com
mercial fisheries OF the United States
In 1859 was $4O,OOO,OOO, to which the
oyster industry contributed about $14,-
100000.
The Order Of Railway Conductors
will continue the grand ofYices at Ce-
dar Rapids, Iowa. and cooperate, ~
far a. possible. with other railroad fra
ternitieA
A pronounced earthquake shock was
felt ut Wellston, Ohio, May 18th. 1t
was also felt at GAINESVILLE, Ports
mouth and Irontou, and at Huntington,
West Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Shaw left New
York city In their automobile at ..
N. May 9Th and arrived at Chicago At
6.45 D. N. May 18th, the distance be-
ing LOO miles or more.
A parliamentary paper Just Issued
shows the to<al Of British troops In
South Africa May LIT to be 26o, 191.
The total deaths weFe 14,070, and
wounded 1890. In hospital, April
18th, thesU wsre 1871.
,sa e: sSR s 81 e sd SessSfs = st tss
lower houss Nay nth, providing com
munal suffrage for women paying
taxes on an income Of at least 300
crowns.
The sovereign camp. Woodmen Of the
World, has decided that In future II
member engages In the liquor business
he shall be expelled, and camps refus-
ing to take this action shall have their
charters revoked.
A package containing 5000 in cur
rency, consigned BY registered mail BY
the Kansas City National Bank Of
Commerce to a bank In Great Bend,
Kansas, has disappeared, and detec-
tives are working on the theory that 1t
was stolen by postal clerk.
The New York Indian Association
will send letter Of protest to Govern
or Toole Of Montana, asking the release
Of Little Whirlwind, the young obey
enne Indian who, It 10 claimed, IL I'M.
7 Justly enduring life sentence for muir
der.
A Berlin dispatch says that the Prus-
sian railways have been informed that
there will be large emigration this
spring Of Ruthenian farmers to the
United States and that 1900 will pass