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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30
lNCENDIARY FIRE DESTROYS
THE MINING TOWN OF ALTMAN

ance $1,000. About $50 In money or
ders was destroyed. bat the mail was
saved.
Business house owned by Mark Ket-
ting, loss $4,000. partly insured.
Jordan Mercantile Company, occupy
ing the ground floor Of the Miners
Union hall; loss on stock and. fixtures
$500. partly insured.
Mike McCreedy. saloon building and
residence. loss $500. insurance $500.
City hall. totally destroyed: loss g.
400. insurance $1,000.
Rooming house. owned and conduct
ed by Mrs. Grimm: loss 1880. partly
insured.
Lodging house. owned by Mrs. NC
Breen; loss $500, insurance, fanny, not
known.
]. c. Fitzgerald. residence. loss $500.
fully insured.
Charles Johnson. business house and
contents. loss $1,000. partly insured.
Joe Bloomgreen. store building. loss
$500. insured.
Thomas Coll. dwelling house. loss
1000; saloon $500. partly insured.
| Mrs. Kate Cahill. residence and con-
tents, loss $500, no insurance.
William Lewis, residence and con-
tents. loss 5000.
William Pollock. residence. loss $500.
partly insured.
In addition. about twelve or fifteen
cabins and 'shacks' were either totally
destroyed or suffered damage. The loss
In these instances will aggregate y. 900.
The Colorado Telephone Company.
whose main lines pass through the
1 main street Of the city. estimates its
loss at $4,000. A large force OF line
men was put to work at daylight re-
pairing the damage.
The Western Union loss Is estimated
at $500.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30
Mexico win uss silver.

Ell Paso. Texas, May 25.-It is GER
tain that Mexico will soon have a
stable dollar, fixed ut 4 notwithstanding
value of so cents. This news comes to
Ell Paso from official sources. 1t is said
Mexico's fnanciers will never permit
silver to become secondary i'd the Re-
public. They will allow II to be the
coin Of the realm. however. only at a
fixed ratio.
or all the silver produced in Mex
leo. ninety-eisht per cont IL now in
Asia, and the total amount Of silver
now In the republic will not exceed
500. 100000. Silver h being boarded
in Mexico to-day as was gold In the
days OF the gold standard,
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

and the state of Washington, realizing
what has been done here within the
past fifty years, as you here can. and
not be good American, Ia more than
l can imagine.
You are good Americans but It Is
not to your creditA You can't help It
You can't realize how great your future
is. No other body of water on the
vantages to the people who live about
it as is offered by Puget Sound. No
state. and l include them all when
say 1t, has quite such great
advantages as this great state of
Washington. Great az has been your
growth in the past fifty years. It. is
bound to be immeasurably greater in
years that are to come.
This is state that looks out a.
well as in. This Is state that in the
future is destined to assure the domin-
ance of this great nation. of which 1t
is part, in the Pacific ocean.
You. the people Of Seattle, are At
the gateway of Alaska and even the
people of the country that I come from
are beginning to appreciate the great
ness of Alaska.
THE men Of my age who are in
this great audience will not be old men
before they will see one of the great
est and most populous states of the
entire Union in Alaska. l predict
that you will see Alaska. with her en-
ormous resources of minerals. fisheries,
her possibilities that almost exceed be-
lief, produce as hardy and vigorous Z
race a" any part Of America"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

Denver. May ga Republican spe-
cial from Altman last night says:
The entire business portion Of this
city is In ruins after this mornings
fire, and five persons are still In Jail.
held for further investigation on the
suspicion that they are the ones who
started the conflagration. Six arrests
are known to have been made and 9TH
er persons were sought by the police.
Some are said to have been apprehend-
cd, but the police refuse to divulge
their names. One prisoner was re-
leased after sweating" In Cripple
Creek tonight.
Mrs. Ollie DAVIDSON. proprietor of the
Altman hotel, in which the fire origi-
mated; Mrs. Lowe, who lives in the ho-
tel and who is friend of Mrs. Davis
son: John Lyons, a miner living In the
hotel: Neal Osborne. ex-marshal OF
Altman; Jesse Deaton and ]. w. Dun
fee, the latter formerly collector for
the Altman Water Company. are the
suspects arrested early to-day. Dunfee
is now awaiting trial on a charge OF
embezzlement from the water company.
The principal buildings destroyed,
together with the losses and insurance,
are as follows:
Miners Union hall. loss $4,000; in
surance $4,000.
Mrs. Ollie DAVIDSON. Altman hotel,
loss $4,000. This building was fully in
sured. but when the building took fire
about two weeks ago under suspicious
conditions the underwriters cut down
the policy to $1,000.
DR.. w. H. Leavenworth, drug store
building and two houses. loss $4,000,
partly insured.
Kruger Grocery Company and post
once. H. c. Kruger, postmaster; loss
on building and contents $4,000. insur-
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30
Monkey Was Horrlsed.

A naturalist who has Travelled In the
East Indies says: THE effect on the
monkeys of mans appearance is most
interesting. The expression of their
emotions is certainly almost human
as they sit and stare at him, coughing
land snarling with anger and contempt,
drlwing back the'- heads and throw
ing the hand before the face with q
gesture Of adherence and other move
ments indicative of shocked and out
ragged feelings. But predominant is
the expression of absolute horror.
which, coming from those we consider
Our still degraded cousins, is to our
superiority very aggravating."
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OKLAHOMA Tornado.

Oklahoma City. Okla, May PA
special to the Oklahoman from Aline
says: About 1880 o'clock last night a
tornado struck Carmen, five miles
north, and destroyed about one-third
OF the town. including the principal
business houses and the postoffice. w.
H. Brown of Wichita, representing a
machinery company, was killed in
stantiy by flying timbers. his brains
being found thirty feet from the body.
Mrs. Wismiller was fatally injured
and died to-day. Twenty people were
more or less injured.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

Mrs. Frances Stafford, Of 243E
Hath ST., NY. City, adds her ties.
tinlony to the hundreds Of thou.
sands on Mrs. PinkEam's files.
When Lydia E. Pinkhaln's Rene
dies were first introduced skeptics
all over the country frowned upon
their curative claims, but as year
after year has rolled by and the
little group of women who had BEEN
cured by the new discovery has
since grown into a vast army of
hundreds of thousands, doubts and
skepticisms have been swept away
us by mighty food, until to-day
the great good that Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and her other medicines are doing
among the women of America il
attracting the attention of many of
our leading scientists, physicians
and thinking people.
Merit alone could win such fame;
wise, therefore, is the woman who
for cure relies upon Lydia E
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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Cheap Excursion Rates East.

Cheap Excursion Rates East.
On June 9Th. 9Th. 18th and 18th. the
Santa Fe will sell tickets to Kansas
City. st. Louis, Chicago and many
other eastern points. at one faresplus
$500 for round trip good until october
31st. New and improved train service
from Denver. Colorado Springs and
Pueblo. Ask agent for particulars, or
write j. p. HALL. Gen. Agent. Denver.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

n Defiance Starch" does not
please you. return 1t to your dealer
II 1t does you get one-third more for
the same money. 1t will give you
satisfaction. and will not stick to the
iron.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

What reason have you for think
ing that the defendant was i4toxicat-
Aed?" well, your honor. when his wife
called me over. l found him in the cellar
cutting kindling wood with the lawn
mower"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30
Keep Your Eye

On the sunny San Luis valley. for 1t
10 going to be q winner this year. You
will have full Information from time
to time In these columns.
The Colorado Bureau Of Immigra.
ton. SIC Majestic Building. Denver.
Co1orado H1 Ut
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

Eve-Don't you think I'm a dream
Adam? Adam-Well. you certainl
came to me when l was asleep.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

AWhen the minister prayed that all
might be remembered according to the
desire Of their hearts. Miss Elder said
amen, but she thought 4 man.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

Defiance Starch is put up 1e ounces
in package. 10 cents. Onethird
more starch for the same money.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

Old Doctor hear you have given
Sloboy up. Is there no hope for him?
Young Physician-I'm afraid not. He
won't pay his bill.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30
MIIIIons Of Trunks.

MIiIi0he OF lTuhkes
Tho New York Central forwarded in
baggage cars during the calendar year
Of 1902. 3,159.545 pieces Of checked
baggage. There were received at
stations 3,121.974 pieces Of checked
baggage. The number of bicycles for
warded and received by baggage car
was All. s14; and baby cabs forwarded
and received 26,654.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

Piss's Cure cannot b TOO highly spohsa y q
cough curs.--J. W. O'BnIEN SO ThiS6 Ava
H.. NiaDeapolis. Milan. Jan q 1904
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...suffer. in silence" Il can readily b,
lieve that you do suffer in silence" tn
ore In talk, - = . ~
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Mistress-So you want me to read this
love letter. to you Maid-If We plaxe.
man. And I've brought We some cotton
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

when his feelings are hurt?' Because
that's when he's plying himself and not
somebody else"
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II, = yc WI hay. we. :mSssd sp.leaed l-esG;
you have not better try one.
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Decent he ever go to church,. mo
Why should he? He's in the employ o
wholesale millinery house"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

The secret of the popularity of Bakers
"Bullhead" Scent cigar IL revealed in one
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

A physician says the fewer garments
people wear the longer they will live
Note the ripe old age of ballet girls.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30
SOCIETY WRECKED HER HEALTH
Tired, Nervous, Aching, Trem.
bling, Sleepless, Boodless.
oe RI . IA Renovates. Regulates.
Restores.
Pretty New York wonan's Recovery
the Talk Of Her Nuneress Frlesds.

A Pretty New York wonan's Recovery
the Talk Of Her Numerous Friesds.
Mrs. ]. f. Finn. 81 East High street.
Buffalo. N. Y. writes:
Peruna Medicine Co.. Columbus. Ohio.
Gerlkfmen.-"A /ezp years age /
had to .eIre up social life entirely, as
my AeallA zoas fonstISfey 6roken
dorm. The doeio, a6Oised a COM
plefe rest for a ycar. rs his yas
enf ef the question -Jor a time, Tie
gan 10 lock for some othe, r:eans c/
r.sfo,ing my AeaAh.
'/Aad eflen heart EFF Pfyuna as
an excellent konie, so I fought a bet
lie to see zohaf il aoouLd de fer me,
and ii certainly fook hoid ef my
system and re,uveaaled me, and in
less Than fzpo months / was in per-
feet health, and nozO zvAea I feel
z0orn ouf or tired a desc or tire e/
Peyuna is all that I need. ''-A1rs.
j. L. Finn.
Catarrh Causes Female Diseases.
America is the land of nervous women.
The great majority of nervous women are
so because they are suffering from some
form of female disease. BY far the great
est number of female troubles are caused
directly by catarrh. These women despair
of recovery. Female trouble is SO common.
so prevalent. that they accept it as almost
inevitable. The greatest obstacle in the
way of recovery is that they do not under
stand that it is catarrh which is the source
of their illness.
In female complaint. ninety-nine cases
out of one hundred are nothing but catarrh.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

The rnildest tobacco that grows Is used
in the makeup of Bakers Bullhead 3
cent cigar. Try one and see.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

horse.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-05-30

eeops tho Cough and
Works on tho Cold
Laxative Bromo QuininoTablets Price 2Sc.
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Defiance Starch is guaranteed big
gest and best or money refunded. 16
ounces, 10 cents. Try. 1t now.
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Denver Directory.
SADDLES and HARNESS

icrs1aminatiou before psyins for .a,ne. G4ialof T.
Ne tres. AL xoJIs stanpei FRED MUELLEA
AAlS ALasiinsr Strset, Dsnssr. Colorado
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-09
Care Of Punnies.

Puppies after weaving will keen
strong and healthy and will grow fast
II fed only on fresh buttermilk and
corn bread, with soup instead of the
buttermilk twice q week, till they are
five or six months old. Do not feed
them sweet milk. Keep the puppies
where they can get plenty Of exercise.
Do not crowd them. Arrange their ken
nels so that they can go in and out of
their sleeping quarters. If fed in the
same vessels, some dogs get more than
their fair share of food and lose their
manners also. Fasten number of
chains where they eat at such dis
tances that no one can reach the other;
then feed in individual pans. Give lit
tie medicine and plenty of exercise,
and you will then have strong, healthy
dogs. An hours run every day in the
year in the fields and woods, weather
permitting, is essential to good health.
Outing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-09
Vigorous Old Age

Paine's Celery Compound makes the cid
feel young, and cures their ills. It has added
years of health and enjoyment 70 mary o life.
Use this great medicine regularly, and its iayig-
Grating powers will fill your declining, years
with health, strength, ed haniAc",. Read
what George /. Mor3c, CT yeas :, -.t-s:-
WELLS & RICHARDSON Co.,
Gentlemen Just wor,l il tavor of
Painc's Celery Compound, hoping it MAJ catch
the eye of some afflicted person, and they
may receive the same satisfactory benefit.
Some IS years ago | had a combination of
malaria, chils and fever, and grip, which con-
tinued for year or more; meantime lost in
weight about 90 pounds, trying different medi-
cines and doctors with unsatisfactory results.
Paine's Celery Compound was recommended,
and, after using little I began to improve,
gaining about pound week. In year
had regained SO pounds of the lost weight and
good health, and have been we'll man ever
since. Yours truly, GEORGE F. MORSE.
LEoMINSTER, MASS, Oct. Fl, 1902.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-09
Chinese Justice.

The China Times relates an eXtraor-
binary case of Chinese Justice"
A Mr.. Jen was betrothed to Miss
Han and paid his money to the wo-
mans parents. Then he called on the
parents to have the contract fulfilled
and was told that the promised one
was the bride of another
Having paid his money he considered
he was entitled to the girl and went
to her husbands house to carry her
off, but she was not at home. He then
laid his case before the magistrate.
The girl was arrested and sentenced
to be 'kua-ed,'' the magistrate arguing,
eff you are so wicked at twenty years
of age, at the age Of eighty you will
be menace to the Celestial empire"
The process of kua-ing is very similar
to the ling-chih, or slicing to death
punishment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-09
Deafness Cannot be cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There lie only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus.
tachian Tube When this tube gets in
famed you have a rumb ing sound or
imperfect hearing. and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition hearing will be destroyed forever,
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh. which is nothing but an inhamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send fro circular. free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O.
azS Sold by druggists, 75c.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-09
Ancient Football.

Philip STUDIES wrote in 1888 in his
book Oh '"The Anatomie Of Abuses"
"For as concerning football pro-
test unto you it may rather be called
a FRIENDLY kinde of fight than play
of recreation; bloody and numbering
practice than a felowly sporte of pas
tyne. For dooth not every one I've in
waight for his Adverserie, seeking to
overthrow him and to pickle him on his
nose, though it be on hard stones, SO
that by this meanes sometimes their
necks are broken, sometimes their
backs, sometimes their legs, sometimes
their arms, sometimes one part thrust
out Of joynt, sometimes another; some
times the noses gush out with blood,
sometimes their eyes start Outright
ing, brawling, contention. quarrel pick
ing. murther homicide and great effu-
sion Of blood, as experience dayly
tea cheth"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-09
CORRESPONDENCE.
Cambridge.

w Il Potter went into Crawford coun
ty last Thursday night, where he opened
warehouse at Soldiers Grove the fore
part Of this week.
Fred Baker dropped down on his old
home on Wednesday noon, making the
drop directly from Winnipeg, B G, where
he has been for week past looking over
the country and investing in timber
lands. He expects to go to St Paul next
week.
Conductor Madison received orders the
fore part of the week to ship car load
of the Rockdale sand to Milwaukee
where il will be thoroughly tested for
making glass. Mr. Madison had the car
loaded on Wednesday and dispatched to
it's destination and now awaits future
developments with hopes that it will
meet all the requirements for which it is
wanted
The home of Adam Neis in the town
of Oakland, about six miles east of this
city, was burned with all its contents
last Thursday night. The fire originated
in defective fue and chimney. Mr. and
Mrs Npis, both aged, were he only oc-
cupants of the house and with great diff
ticulty managed to escape They were
clad onlv in their night garments and
suffered from the intense cold Loss is
covered by insurance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-09
BOER GENERALS WERE THERE
Botha, Delarey, Cronje and SHUTS Attend
Entertainment in Honor of
Chamberlain.

Pretoria, .ian. 6.-All doubts as to
whether the Beers would participate
in the entertainment given in honor
of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain
and Mrs Chamberlain were dissipated
by the appearance of Generals Potha,
Delarey, CronJe and SHUTS at the gar
den party given by the governor. The
attendance Of the Beers, however, was
not large.
Mrs. Chamberlain is tactful in aiding
the secretary in his pacificatory mis-
sion When General Cronje was intro
duced she az first did not catch his
name, but Immediately after she
heard it was General Cronje Mrs.
Chamberlain sent for him and engaged
in lengthy conversation with the
noted general
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-09
StOugncOn.

Miss Bessie Lusk, who has been con-
valescng from her long illness and stay
in the hospital in GAINESVILLE, was able to
be out for the first time Wednesday,
Adolphus Gunderson, who is taking a
theological course at the Moody Institute
in Chicago, is spending the holiday va
cation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs 0
Gunderson.
CLAUS Felland and Miss Mamie Hell
lum were united in marriage by Rev T
Fl Dahl at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon
and in the evening the young couple left
for Soldiers Grove where the groom will
be employed as assistant foreman in the
O X Roe warehouse
Mrs Lars Hanson died last Sunday at
her home in Rutland after weeks i'll
ness following upon a stroke of apoplexy
which she suffered the Monday before.
The deceased was native of Denmark
and was SO years of age. She is survived
by husband and four children three
sons and a daughter.
JP Porter of Evansville has closed a
deal with Mr. Jake Erickson and Miss
Birdie Burnett for two lots in Yea Park,
Lake kegonsa, for Messrs Pullen, Pur-
sell and Wilder, who will build three fine
cottages on same early next spring. 1t
is said the lots were held for Sl10O and
$780, which shows that property is still
on the boom at Kegonsa.
While Sever Maurseth was putting
down drive we'll for Lewis Guam, Tues
day, at his farm home in Dunn, when
down AZ feet an artesian we'll was struck,
with pressure that throws an inch
stream with great force. The we'll is in
the basement of the barn and will be
handy device for watering saock.
Drs Iverson, Noer and Omsted per-
formed an operation on the three-year-
old son of Tom Flugum, on Monday, for
purulent pleurisy, removing e. portion of
one rib and taking away nearly quart
of pus from the chest. The operation
was resorted to as the only possible
chance of saving the child's life. The
little patient is in critical condition
and the outcome is problematical.
Harvey Haakenson, young man 10
years of age, son of Hank Haakenson, of
Dunn, was terribly maEgled on a corn
shredder on Monday. DIR Iverson, as
sisted by DR. Trulson, who were hastily
summoned, amputgted the left arm near
the elbow, in the afternoon. After SO
many accidents of a similar nature. it
does seem as though people would be
more careful around the man. killing
shredder.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-01-09
Deerfeld.

Miss Martha A Nelson has accepted a
position as bookkeeper with the Amer-
can Tobacco Go in this village.
Miss Williams. daughter of N E Will
liams, fell on slippery walk last Satdr-
day and received very bad cut on the
forehead. DR. Guam was obliged to put
some stitches in the cut.
The American Cigar Co will commence
sorting in the railroad warehouse next
Monday. At this warehouse male help
will be employed. This warehouse, too,
has been overhauled throughout for the
purpose of making it more pleasant and
comfortable for the workmen.
Mrs 81 N Hauge died at her home in
this village last Tuesday at 10 o'clock of
Bright's disease, from which she had
been suffering some time. Mrs Hauge
was born in Voss, Norway, on the 18th
of March, 1880, making her about IS
years old at the time of her death. She
came to this country in 1874 and was
married to Holver Hauge in December,
1861. Three children were born to them
but all died. Mrs Hauge lived with her
husband on farm at Utica until about
a year ago. when they removed to this
village. She is survived by her husband
and number of other relatives.