The Meeker herald., 1902-11-29
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wave.
DR.. Joseph Parker. the noted Lon
don preacher. IL dying.
Governor Yates of Illinois has bean
dangerously sick, but ID now GONZALES
cent. a
II IL suggested that President Loubot
OF France visit the st. Louis Dxposa-
,tion In 1909 N|
Joseph Chamberlain has started on
trip to South Africa to investigate
conditions there.
The amount allowed by the Ameri-
can claims commission, which recently
finished its work, is 81. 683 600. and the
sum disallowsd il $1,S04.o00. :,
Robbers cracked the safe in the
Farmers Loan and Trust CompAny's
Bank at Arthur. Iowa. and secured 81
800 in cash. There Is no clue.
Eighteen Egyptians were killed and
many injured at Cairo a. the result OF
an explosion Of nitro-glycerins IN .
magazine situated near the citadel.
The bodies Of several men have been
found near . spring In southern Ne
vada, and an analysis Of the water
showed It to be charged with arsenic
The Philadelphia q Reading rail-
way has announced an advances In
wages Of employees In all departments.
effective from November LIST. Tho in
crease will be equivalent to about ten
per cent.
A call has been issued for . general
meeting Of the dlstillers Of the coun-
try at Louisville ON November 18th. to
discuss the feasibility OF organising
vn,,tus1 Are ANN ynmv tn vvrita Whiaky
risks exclusively.
Dr.. G. r. Bourcart. Swiss minister
1t London. persisting In his refusal to
60 to Warrington, the Bundesrath Of
fered the appointment to Emil FreJ.
former president Of the confederation.
but M. Frey declined.
Plans have been submitted to tho
French minister of the interior for the
construction Of an electric railroad to
the summit of Mount Blanc from the
village Of Les Houches. on the Savoy
side Of the mountains.
General Tasker Bliss, an expert on
tarin matters. has been sent to Cuba
to Investigate conditions there in re-
gard to their bearing upon the pend
ing commercial treaty between Cuba
and The United States.
Thieves have broken into the un-
derground strong rooms Of the bank
ing firm OF Pelurinho at Lisbon and
have stolen $1e5, 900. One Of the
clerks OF the bank has been arrested
In connection with the robbery.
The cholera epidemic is spreading
rapidly in Palestine. The populations
Of 0ala and Lydia (Ludd) have been
decimated, and the authorities arc TAX
ing hight. At jana there have been
nfty-ssven deaths in three days.
Rev. Hugh Price Hughes. the cele-
bratsd Wesleyan preacher, died sud-
denly in London ON the 18th. MIR.
Hughes was one Of the leading spirits
of the social purity movement and
Anti-Gambling League in England.
The st. Petersburg correspondent
Of the Mail telesraphs that q hre last
ing three days has destroyed the town
Of Resht, In Persia. Fifteen hundred
houses and many warehouses were
wiped out. and 900 persons perished.
Two bandits held up gambling den
at Columbia Heights. near NinneAp-
oils. Wednesday night, and secured
$1.9l3 from the score Of players and
the propristors. Harvey Howard. .
negro porter. was shot by the robbers.
Differences have arisen between the
state department and the Colombian
government which may delay an
agreement on the terms of . canal
treaty beyond the time in which 1t
had been expected to conclude the
treaty.
Royal assent was given to all the
bills relating to Charles T. Yerkes'
tube" railroad plans for London. The
bills providing for the construction Of
the roads cover an aggregate of 100
miles Of underground and surface
tracks
The movement among the students
Of the German universities against pis-
toll duels ID gaining ground. Meetings
of students at Tuebingen and Bonuk
have petitioned lie minister of war to
forbid pistol duels except In the grav-
est cases.
One man was killed and a dozen
men. women and children more or less
seriously injured In collision be-
tween . Western avenue electric train
and Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
freight train at the Eighteenth street
crossing. Chicago.
The homecoming Of Gen. Luke e.
Wright, after three-years' absence in
the Philippines. was made memorable
Tuesday night by the citizens OF Mem
phis. Cannons doomed a salute Of sew
enteen guns. bonfres were lighted on
the principal thoroughfares and the
streets were lined with people who
shouted an enthusiastic welcome to
the vice governor.
Queen Helena gave birth to daugh-
ter on the 10Th. The mother and child
are announced to be doing well. The
new princess will be named ''AIafaloa :"
The child born to the King and Queen
of Italy is the second daughter, the
first. Princess Yolande Margherita.
having been born in Rome on June 1.
1901. The birth of another princess in
stead of an heir to the throne lisa great
public disappointment.