The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-01-17
SHORT rELEaRAMs.

Hard coal has reached $12 . ton IN
Indianapolis.
Australia will have to import lafge
in the present crop.
The celebration Of New Years Day
at Pasadena. California. consisted Of .
tournament OF roses.
A big hunt in Juab county. Utah. Just
before New Years, resulted in the kill
ing Of 5000 jackrabbits.
Germany's exports to the United
States increased about 5000. 600 In
1902 while her imports fell OF.
The port of New York collected near
ly &1S.000,000 more import duties In
1902 than during the previous year.
President Loubet has sent $1,000 for
the relief OF the sufferers from the
earthquake at Andijan, Russian Turk
istan.
Estimates of the sugar crop In Santi-
ago de Cuba for 1908 are 1880 bags.
an incvrease of 72.215 bags over that
for the year now closing.
Letters Of administration Of tho e.
tate of the late Bret Harte have been
granted In London. The total value OF
What threatened to be disastrous
strike in the Guggenheim 'smelter ~
Monterey. Mexico, has been ended BY
the personal efforts Of Governor Reyes.
Marconi is preparing to install .
wireless transcontinental telegraph
system across Canada, the central sta
ton of which will be Winnipeg. Mani
toba.
New Orleans is now without supply
of fuel oil and all the furnaces recently
converted to the use of oil burners are
being changed back SO that coal may
be used.
The mileage of new railroads built
in the United States in 1902 was e,026.
being the largest for any year since
1883. There was 5.368 milea OF road
built in 1901.
The corner stone Of the army war
college at Washington barracks will be
laid Washington's birthday. The prin-
cipal address will be made by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
In commemoration of the coronation.
durbar orders have been issued to re-
lease certain classes of military Offend
ers and 1913 prisoners who are in
civil jails in India.
On March 10th stockholders Of the
Pennsylvania railway will be asked to
Increase the capital stock to 3400. 000.-
900 and increase the bonded indebted
ness to like amount.
The government has purchased four
more buffalo from private herd in
Idaho for stocking the Yellowstone Ma
tional park. The herd in the park now
numbers about forty-five.
Increased tariff duties on both grain
and manufactured articles are import
ant features of the new Austrian aus
gleich, which, it Is learned, ID Of .
highly protectionist character.
France and Guatemala have agreed
to submit to the international arbitra-
ton court at The Hague the French
claims against Guatemala. They arc
similar to those against Venezuela
Cole Younger has applied to the Min
nesota State Board OF Pardons for .
full pardon. He wishes to return to
his old home in Missouri and his pres
ent parole will not permit him to leave
Minnesota.
Frederick I. Allen. commissioner of
patents, names aerial navigation as the
greatest problem for the consideration
of inventors during the year 1903. He
believes that the problem will eventu-
ally be solved, and by an American.
William J. Lewis, Seventh Day Ad-
ventist, who recently received an ap-
pointment in the Postof1ce Depart
ment, says that he will not work on
Saturdays and the department refuses
to change its rules to conform to his
scruples.
Direct communication between Well
feet, Massachusetts, and Poldhu in
Cornwall, England, was established
December 31st by the Marconi system.
Wellfieet Is GOO miles further from
Poldhu than the Table Head station at
Cape Breton. Nova Scotia.
Fire losses in the United States and
$149, 260,850. This is gratifyingly less
than the figures for 1901 of 1854, 347, $50,
and 1900 of $163, 1862 $50. During 1902
there were 2,400 fires of a greater de-
structiveness each than $1,000.
1t is ofiicially announced that King
Edward has appointed Sir Francis Lev
eson BERTHE, X. c. B.. now assistant
under secretary for foreign affairs. to
succeed Lord Currie of Hawley as Brit
ish ambassador at Rome Lord Currie
resigned his post December 18th.
Prof. Robert Koch has delivered
lecture upon typhus IN which he
claims that this disease can be combat
ted successfully through isolation. as
cholera is combatted, for the reason
that typhus is only contracted by
contact with person already infected.
An agreement has been reached by
the representatives Of the Toledo Z