The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-06-13
SHORT reLEaRAMs.

President Palma OF Cubn has signed
the act increasing the duty on coffee.
1t Ii said that the De Forrest Wire
less Telegraph Company will put In .
system to cover Texas.
Alfred shrubb ran two miles at IL
ford. England. May Goth, in minutes.
IL seconds. beating all records for both
grass and cinder tracks.
Lady Henry Somerset has resigned
from the presidency of the National
British Womens Temperance Associa-
ton on account Of her health.
Out of the eighteen judicial candi-
dates voted for in Chicago Cook coun-
ty) June 1st the Democrats elected
fourteen and the Republicans four.
An explosion at Elmira. New York,
June LIST. destroyed the plant where
jovite. high explosive, was manufac-
tured. Three men were killed and
several injured.
The American subscription for the
relief OF the sufferers at Kishineh are
gratefully acknowledged by the Jewish
community at ST. Petersburg. which
recognizes that the United States has
easily taken the lead both In material
and moral sympathy.
A Salt Lake dispatch says that Ma
3or James Mclaughlin. representing
the government, has closed treaty
with the Ufntah Indians. as result Of
which 1.250.00O acres of reservation
land will be thrown open for settle
ment In October 1904.
The Japanese Cabinet has ignored
the resolutions passed by the Diet May
18th, demanding the fixing OF the min
isterial responsibility In connection
with the scandals resulting from the
alleged acceptance of bribes by educa-
tional officials from textbook publish
ers.
Following the investigation Of the
disappearance of Louise Diviniero.
young girl. the New York police an
nounced that they had discovered In
Little Italy" band Of men who were
making a business Of kidnapping
young girls and holding them for ran
som.
The British admiralty is inquiring at
St. Johns, Newfoundland. for seal
ing steamer suitable to be sent to the
Antarctic regions for the relief Of the
British scientific expedition now jeop-
ardized in that locality. where German
and Swedish expeditions also are i'm
periled.
A London dispatch says that Lady
Henry Somerset. who has been dan
gerously i'll from rupture OF the bow
els, has undergone an operation 30 as
to be able to attend the convention OF
the Worlds Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union at Geneva, Switzerland,
June 9th.
Five years in the penitentiary. was
the verdict returned by the jury in the
bribery case of j. J. Hannigan. q
former member of the Missouri House
of Delegates Hannigan was found
guilty Of accepting bride in connec-
ton with the passage OF the suburban
railway bill.
The president of the Montana Board
Of Sheep Commissioners states the re-
ported losses by the recent storms In
that state are greatly exaggerated. In
stead Of s.. ESQ, 900. the losses will not
amount to one-tenth that sum, and the
benefit to the range by SO much snow
and rain will fully Offset the loss.
The total coinage executed at the
mints of the United States during May
was 81, ,4S6, as follows: Gold. $6S.-
O00; silver, $1,5S4.O00; minor coins.
3127,4S These amounts are exclusive
OF the coinage for the Philippine ISL
ands, which aggregated for the months
of April and May. 7.S12.396 pesos
General. Superintendent Potter Of
the Wisconsin Central road has of1-
cially announced that beginning June
all the trainmen employed on that sys-
tenn will receive raise OF from twelve
to fifteen per cent. in wages. the
larger increase applies to the freight
men and the smaller to the passenger
employees.
To guard against the spread Of con-
sumption, the school board of Ell Paso.
Texas, has decided that all teachers
hereafter be required to pass a rigid
physical examination to qualify them
for positions. For the same reason the
board decided that all teachers must
wear short skirts to prevent contagion
from the germs on the streets.
Regarding the announcement from
Professor Percival Lowell of the Low
ell Observatory. at Flagstaff, Arizona.
that q brilliant projection has been dis
covered on the planet Mars, the gen.
eral belief in Cambridge il that Profess
sor Lowell saw = cloud. II this were
true, It would indicate an atmosphere.
and this, In turn, would make 1t posi-
BILE for Mars to he inhabited.
"A son Of the late d.. Charcot, Of
world wide fame. IL organizing an
Antarctic expedition in France. DR..
Jean Charcot has applied to the Matin
and La Francois for pecuniary support
and subscriptions have been opened
by these papers, which already amount
to $4,000. The expeditions ship il
called La Francois and is entirely
built In France. It will sail in July.
The secretary of war has disap-
proved the charges by Major @. X.
Hunter against Major Robert L.
Howe for alleged cruelties in the
Philippines and will appoint = board
of officers in the Philippines to make q