The Meeker herald., 1903-01-03
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TAsrs has bssn no yellow tsv9 II
Cuba for moro than year.
Tbs Bank of Spain proposes TO =.
tAblish branches In Havana. Mexico
City. New York and Bucnos Ayrss.
The Russian onlcials at Port Arthur
entertAined Lieutenant General Nilea
ON HI arrival there and sent him u
Taku on board cruiser.
Governor Elect Mickey OF Nsbraska
u . Methodist and does not countsn.
nancs dancing. Hence II n announced
tha4 the usual Inauguration ball will
DO omitted. ~
4 81. Petersburg dispatch says It Il
announced from Seoul that the United
States minister has demanded the pay
ment Of 31.600.000 due I'd the builder
Of the electric railroad.
Frederick Temple. Archbishop Of
Canterbury and Primate Of all Eng
land, died in London. December 11nd
Porto Rico has 81 .s6J pupils enrolled
In its public and special schools.
Extreme cold weather In Hungary
resulted In sixty-three persons being
frozen to death within three days
Wolves devastated the sheepfolds and
three shepherds were devoured.s
W. Byron Coakly Of Chicago claims
to hate demonstrated L. experiments
on animals that by the use Of . hol-
low golden needle he can safely inject
medicinal liquids directly into the
heart.
The London Times publishes poem
BY Rudyard Kipiing which IL . strong
protest against the Anglo German
agreement with regard to Venexuela.
The poem. will probably cause much
discussion.
The Jones Bros. Publishing Com.
pany of CiAcinnati. Ohio, has filed .
deed OF Assignment. The liabilities
are about $4,000. The company was
largely engaged in publishing subscrip.
ton books.
The United States Supreme Court has
decided that life insurance company
cannot be compelled to pay the amount
OF policy in q case where the policy
holder commits murder and Is legally
executed for the crime.
Word IL received from Commission.
or Barrett in Siam that 1t u the inten1
tion Of that country to make q moro
elaborate exhibit At the Louisiana
Purchase Exppsition than was shown
At either Paris or Chicago.
General Bourbon , de Castellvi. Z
cousin OF King Alfonso, was recently
arrested In Madrid gambling house.
He promptly challenged the project,
who il responsible for the energetic
aktavnnka v,noNa IN ayunroau cIuh gam.
bling. Is.
The International Association Of Sug-
ar Statistics estimates the European
crop this year ut 5.174,743 tons, de-
crease Of 1905, 300 tons from last year.
In Germany the Yield Ia estimated at
l los. 296 tons. q decrease Of $50, 4s0
tons.
The high price Of coal at Washing
ton. anthracite having reached $12 and
soft coal 70 ton. is held responsible
for large increase In the number OF
cases OF bad colds and pneumonia.
many houses being insufncientl1
heated.
The annual sale OF seal skins took
place Ut Lampson's and the Hudson
Bay Company, In London. December
18th. The prices realized were larger
than last year. The skins brought
from SIS to $40 according to size and
quality.
The executive committee OF the
Army Of Santiago de Cuba has selected
Detroit for the encampment Of July
1e and II. 1908. to commemorate the
surrender Of Santiago, July II, 1898.
It u expected that the attendance will
reach 10000. -
The Pope has signed the appoint
ments Of Bishop James e. Quigley OF
Buffalo, New York, as archbishop OF
Chicago, and Rev. ]. F. Regis Cnnev-
in, rector Of st. Paufs Cathedral OF
Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, az coRdjutor-
bishop Of Ptttsburg.
The constitutionality Of the Missouri
railroad fellow servant law recently
passed ON by the Missouri Supreme
Court. will be tested before the federal
Supreme Court on a writ Of error
sued by John o. Overall, for the rail-
road company. in the federal court.
Work will be commenced in the
spring to rid the city Of Cleveland Of
115 Grade crossings The estimated
cost Of the work will be 80. 000. 900 and
It will require ten years to do the
work. There are seven railroads con
cerned in the expensive Improvement
Increases in wages amounting tc
$500, 900 a year are to be granted tc
the 5000 locomotive engineers and
firemen employed by the Chicago
Northwestern Railroad and its branch
lines. The average increase is abou,
eight per cent. beginning January l
1908.
The Indians in Flathead county. Mon.
tana. are charged with slaughterint
deer and other game in great numbers
The estimate is that these Indians have
killed not less than 1000 head Of deel
out Of season. besides other game
There is little game left In Flatheat
county.
General Peanuts" who for mum
Der of years was one of the best known