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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Mrs. AL Martin of Whit River is
in town today to m!llla final proof on
her land.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

A. c. Moulton arrived home Mon
day night after n visit to numerous
outside points.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Uncle Jim Mediation returned
from his Denver trip on Wednesday
evening.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

r. II. Quackenbus,i OF AXial was
registered at the Meeker hotel ON
Wednesday.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

The Valentine social given BY the
Ladies'. Aid OF the NJ. +. chusch was
Il success, Proceeds wer. about $50.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

7. A. oai.itel ard wife returned
the first of thshaei, from ask weeks
visit to Montreal, Quebec and other
Canadian points. glad 10 be ON White
river once moreS.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

j. f. Pelti II drovs dow.l from Bu-
ford the first of the week.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

For first-class si,iiies so TO Hart'se
e. Sheets.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Joseph COLON was in fro.n Ayial
!gn Monday.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

W. H. CLARK returned from Denver
Monday evening.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Dick Stone and W. l.. Veatch wer;
down from Buford on Monday.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21

Harley McDnnlels is very sick
with erysipelas.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-02-21
Mining in the Black Hills SD.

II. RUDOLPH BERoH.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
HOPES TO SEE KING sNus5ED
Maud Labors to Organize Irish Antip
athy Toward Edward.

Paris, May 81. If King Edward
goes to Dublin he will ride like
stranger king hedged with steel
though the silent and sullen streets,
said Mrs. MacBride, better known by
her maiden name of Maud Come. The
Irish Joan of Arc" who has just re-
tu,n ed from . turbulent campaign IN
Ireland aimed at preparing rebuff az
the British monarch II he carries out
his plans for visiting Ireland. said
further:
Il reminded the crowds OF Irish
patriots of Parnell's declaration III
1856 that no British monarch ought
ever to receive a welcome from the
Iyish until home rule bill had passed.
parliament. That reminder, however.
was unnecessary. tor saw every
where sponta neous evidence OF de-
termination to show the world tina:
IIishmen do not regard Edward other
wise than usurper When. the King
comes he will be forced to readlust us
ideas OF Irish sentiment"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
WASHINGTON POSTMASTER RE-
PLIES TO FORMER CASHIERS
CHARGES.
M....-~ staIous ACCUSATIONS
SOME OF TULLocH's TRANSACT
TioNs WERE CONTRARY
TO LAW.
SALARY Rolls ARE CLEARED uP
IRREGULARITIES DISCOVERED
= AND ORDERED CORRECTED
IMMEDIATELY.

Washington, May 81. - Postma stcr
General Payne yesterday made public
the reply of Postmaster Merritt otnrsiffSts
city to the Tulloch charges. The
rift response makes serious acceSa-
tlcns against former Cashier W.
Tulloch Of the Washington postJt';cc.
saying that transaction in which NJ.
Tulloch was concerned in 1898 ZAP
pears to comprehend the presentation
OF a false voucher, which is made 4
crime by the statutes" Mr.. Merritt's
reply further alleges that receipts
we're signed in blank on the payrOlls
during Mr.. Tu!!och's regime as cashier.
and that files do not indicate any com.
PLANT Of irregularities against the
Washington postoffice filed by Mr..
Tulloch while he was in Office. Mr.,
Merritt says the general practice OF
giving employees duties seemingly in
compatible with their positions
Is No Abuee.
and that the practice of paying Ger.
tain expenses of the postcffice DEPART
ment out of the Washington city post.
Office funds always has existed and IS
proper.
The postmaster genera nnouncel
the completion of the inv. .igation Of
the salary rolls of all the first and
second class postofices in the country,
The only Irregularities reported, all Of,
which have heen ordered to be cor
rected Immediately, were the payment
to fourteen assistant postmasters Of
larger salary than they should re-
ceive under the departments policy;
payments to few clerks of more than
the law allows and the existence OF
designations unknown to the law OF
positions in seventeen postoffices. Mr..
Payne said that none of these items,
indicated any wrong-doing. and he re-
garded this net result of the overhaul
ing Of the rolls of upwsrG Of 1900 pres
idential postoffices as gratifying.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
From Other Shores.

Word has been received at Halifax,
N S. that the village of Tile Cove, had
been nearly destroyed by fire.
Ignace Paderewskihas, by his physi.
clans advice abandoned all his public
and private engagements for three
months.
1t is reported that Queen Draga of
Servia has consented to a divorce from
King Alexander. She is to retire to a
convent.
The armored cruiser King Alfred
has been selected to take the Prince
and Princess of Wales to India in the
autumn.
A report from Ceuta says the sultan
Of Morocco's brother. Mulai Moham-
med is dead. He was poisoned, ac-
cording to the dispatch.
Nine. Melba confirms the report that
It is her intention to take a musical
October, but she will not sing in opera
The Sofa correspondent of the Lon
don Leader telegraphs that the Turks
Lave burned the village of Banitzi near
Sores. Only 48 of the 500 inhabitants
escaped.
The Paris papers contain long sto-
ries OF the remarkable case Of a young
woman near st. Quentin, who, after
living in trance for twenty years, has
just awoke.
Emperor Francis Joseph has denied
an audience to the Delmatian deputies
whose object was to induce him to in.
terry enc and prevent further bloodsaed
IN Crotia.
A revolutionary band, headed by The
Macedonian leader Svetkoff, against
which the Turkish troops were fight.
ing near Monastir, was surrounded
and destroyed.
Ellis Jeffreys, the actress, has been
granted a divorce at London from F..
G.. Curzon on the ground of brutal
treatment and misconduct. Curzon IL
son of the late Lord Howe.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
FINDS CAUSE OF: HAY FEVER.
Professor Dunbar Also Discovers the.
Antidote.

Berlin, May 81. - Prof. Dunbar Of
Hamburg claims to have discovered
the poison in the pollen of flowers
which causes hay fever, and also its
antidote. Prof. Dunbar has the per.
nanent post of director. of the Ham.
burg institute and is an assistant Of
Dr.. Koch. DR.. Dunbar is native of
St. Paul, Mimi, and came to Germany
number OF years ago when was
tventy-one years Of age He is new a
naturalized German citizen His dis.
covery regarding hay fever is only one
OF number of hygienic discoveries
made by him.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
IN FIT OF DESPERATION

r. c. Bowman, Cartconist Of Minneap
oils Tribune At:sropts Suicide.
Minneapolis, May 81. - r. c. Bow
ran, cartoonist on the Minneapolis
Tribune. attempted to commit suicide
by inbaling gas in the study Of his
home, 2016 James avenue, Minneapo
lis, Thursday afternoon, and was
found unconscious by his wife. Ko
was in ccmatose state all night, hut
the physicians are hopeful of saving
his life. tbg
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
PEOPLE Talked About.

Edward West, eighty-fve years old,
the first teacher of a public school in
the Territory of Wisconsin, at Milwau-
kee in 1887, is dead at Appleton, Wis.
H. A. Losier, sixty-six years old, died
OF heart disease in the Waldorf-As-
tCria hotel in New York. Mr.. Losier
was president of the Boulay Spectacu-
lar Art company.
Edward Coer Dubois, formerly an
engineer of railways in Michigan, died
at Lima, Peru. He had been a resi-.
dent Of Peru for thirty-two years and
was much respected.
2 Patterson Stewart, one of the best
known horsemen in the United States,
and who in years past had owned some
of the fastest horses in the country,
died at his home in Kansas City OF par
alysS.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
Children Plan Burqlaries.

Fargo, N. D., May 81. Theodore
Gagnier has been arrested as an &C
ccmplice of young lillian in th<
burglary of the residence of G. S
Barnes. 1t is claimed that the boys
and two girls planned the thing ant
the girls may be arrested. or at leas
kept under surveillance, Youn:
Gagnier is the son of a well know
printer, and his friends assert his er
rest is mistake, although he ant
lillian have been great chums.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
ESCAPES From Jail.

Glendive, Mont. May 81. - George
Marshall, alias Lewis Sutton, escate.'
from the county Jail last night by Zig
ging through a wall. The Jail was un
der quarantine for smallpox and Man
shall was allowed to sleep in the cor
riGor while the cells were being paint
ed In some manner he secured case
knife and dug out Several Others
were in Jail but made no effort tc
escape.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

A resident of Gotham has petitioned
the board Of aldermen to pass reso-
luton forbidding man from kissing
his wife on Sunday Does this man
realize that he has been sidetracked
for about century?
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
SOME SORE HEADS.

Police Effectua!ly Use Their Clubs on
# Rotous Strikers. +&
New York, May 31.-About 300 1tal
ians who were formerly employed on
the subway. but who are out on =
strike, yesterday made tive descents
OH the men at work on the rapid tran.
sit tunnel In the upper part Of the city
Both times they were dispersed by tho
police, who used their Clubs effective
~. The mounted police pursued the
rioters and arrested a score of them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
Indian Kills ! BOY.

Sault Ste. Marie Mich, N.av 31.-A-x
twelve-year-old boy named MARSHALL
was shot and killed at Bay Mills yes
terday by an Indian named Whiskie.
The Indian has been arrested.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

Not only did Andrew Carnegie tell
a lot of funny stories at the annual
dinner of the iron and steel institute
in London, but the reports of "peals
OF laughter" indicate that those pres
ent saw the point the same night.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

The next day feelings of the gentle.
men who accompany the president on
his western horseback rides,r although
they hadn't mounted horse before In
many years, may be far better i'm
agined than described.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
LOST ELEVEN MEN.
CAPTAIN and Ten Sailors Of Bark Are
MISSING.

Captain and Ten Sailors Of Bark Arc
Missing.
Cooktown, Queensland, May 81. -
AGvices received here from Port
Moresby, New Guinea, say that the
overdue German ship c. II. Watjen
which sailed from New York Oct. ~
for Yokohama, has been towed to a
safe anchorage at Hall sound, New
Guinea, with the loss of her foremost
and rudder. About fifteen thousand
packages of her cargo were jettisoned
Tho: Watjen saved eight of the crew o,
the: Hamburg bark Edith, bound from
Puget sound to Port Prize, which was
totally wrecked on the Nereus shoals
in January The captain OF the Edith
ard ten CT Ter crew are missing.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

A man who could swiftly solve the
most difficult mathematical problems
and easily duplicate the feats per-
formed by lightning calculators has
Just died in New Jersey asylum.
Genius and insanity again.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

Possibly Bonilla was not elected
president of Honduras, but he has one
of his opponents in Jail and the other
on the run in Nicaragua, and things
seem to be coming his way. 4. Il
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
Otherwise.

A. S. Robinson of Missouri has been
chosen supreme regent of the Royal
Al canum.
The Irish Industrial League of Amer
lea has been incorporated. The pri'
mary object is to promote agriculture
IN Ireland and advance land tenures.
Dennis Connolly, native of County
Cork, Ireland, is dead at Slmira, N. Y,
aged 1O3 years. He read without
glasses up to the time he was 100
years old.
Lincoln Taylor has announced that
he will bring suit against Mayor Null
vihill and the city of Bridgeport, Conn,
for $4,000 damages for injuries re-
celved in the strike riot.
Benjamin F. Jones, steel manufac.
turer of Pittsburg, Pa, left an estate
valued at $60,000,OOO. The widow re-
ceives an income from the bulk, the
balance going to four children.
A movement to stamp out the prac.
t1ce of divorce, or at least to reduce
the number of cases to the minimum,
has been begun by the Protestant and
Catholic churches Of Milwaukee.
At the seventy ninth annual meeting
OF the American Baptist Publication
society at Buffalo the officers were re
elected. The treasurers report showed
assets of $1,950,617 and liabilities Of
SSS9,346.
The Iron League Of New York has
issued a def" to the labor organiza
ticns, telling the ornamental iron
workers they must return to their old
positions June l or other men will pa
employed.
The Woodmen of the World made ar
appropriation of $1,000 toward fra
terral building at the Louisiana Pu:
chase exposition. N. B. Maxey OF Mus
coeee, I. T., was elected chairman o!
the board Of managers.
State Insurance Commissioner Lu
ling Of Kansas is the first official to ap
point a woman as examiner of insur
ance companies. Mrs. M. l. .Wad
leigh, his stenographer, has left FOL
Sail Francisco to examine the assets
| OF company. Later she Will look lntt
the affairs of other insurance compa
nies doing business in Kansas.
The family of Mark Twain (Samue
T.. Clemens) are under physicians care
in New York. The. humorist has Sc
we're attack of bronchitis, two daugh
ters have the measles, and Mrs. Glenn
ems is stricken with nervous prostra'
ton.
Henry Tierney, novitiate Of Ken.
rick seminary, st. Louis, Mo-, it is an
nounced, will receive the prize offered
by King Christian Of Denmark for the
best poem in commemoration OF the
recent meeting at the Danish court OF
the Dowager empress Of Russia and
Queen Alexandra OF England.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

Booker Washington says that the
education of the negro at Tuskegee Is
begun with toothbrush, and now
there is loud demand for bathtubs
down at Yale.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
Conductor Torn 70 pieces.

Escanaba, Mich, May 81. - David
Kirkpatrick of Escanaba, candacter Of
Northwestern ore train. fsll under
the wheels in an unknown manner. His
head. arm and leg were severed. and
he was disembOweled.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

One of the late Millionaire Swift's
maxims was: Business, religion and
pleasure of the right kind should be
the only things in life for any man."
All right except, perhaps, as to the
order in which they are enumerated.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

Whenever q woman finds that she
can make man utterly, hopelessly
miserable she is pretty sure he loves
her and that she can make him very
happy. Women have lots of sense.
Can't fool EN-!
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

son the Hood killed five people. me
drcwning Of several Indians is re.
ported from AdnarkO. In Gray county
a tornado killed Mrs. John Jones,
wrecked four postoflices and near Lit
tie Robe completely demolished q
farm residence.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

The people of this country SYM
pathize with that struggled in Chinese
leper, Dong Gong, in his affection; but
the main thing is to get his Dong
Gong carcass back to China as soon
as possible.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

No doubt King Edward will put his
own construction on the fact that an
enormous crowd Of Parisians assem-
bled and cheered when he took his de-
parture.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

A New York exchange states that
Molineux hasn't spoken to his wife
since his acquittal, but there is no
evidence of Mrs. Molineux having en-
tered any complaint
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

A movement has been started in
France to decrease the infantile death
rate so as ito provide the requisite
number of recruits for the army" BY
the way, which is the better way, to
let a baby die while in swaddling
clothes or to have it grow up to be
shot?
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
Farmer Shoots His wife.

Kenosha, Wis, May 31.-John Nut
ten, a farmer about eighty years old
living at Bristol, shot and fatally
wounded his wife at his home in that
township. The trouble grew out OF
property affairs.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

Mr.. Sully and his friends, with esti-
mated profits of $5,OOG,O0O made In
cornering cotton, can now AFFORD to
take tour through the South and see
how cotton grows.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

The Rothschilds can no longer be
used as an illustration of prodigious
riches. John D. Rockefeller has more
than all three of them combined,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

The German minister of war has re-
signed because he was criticized by
outsiders. 1t is evident that he didn't
have the true oficeholding spirit.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
Merchandise Stock Attach ed.

q n "STSt'AH0VSS StVSN VNNNdCTeU.
1shpeming. Mich, May S1.-Karger
& Son. a Chicago provision firm. at.
tached the stock OF the Finnish Mer-
camille association. The liabilities
are $4,000; assets about s2O.0a0. The
stockholders are laboring men.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

Some Kentuckians act as if they
would be perfectly at home in that
part of Europe referred to as The
Balkans"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

There is talk of a corner in dia-
monds. This is terrible, but we have
come to the point where we refuse to
worry any more.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
BIG STRIKE AVOIDED.
FreiehthandIers and Railways Get To-
gether.

Chicago, May 81. - The trouble be-
tween the freighthandlers and the rail-
ways entering Chicago was virtually
settled yesterday. The management
of the Lake Shore road took the initia-
tive and made proposition to their
men which was accepted. The mcni
in their demands asked for wage IN
crease of Is per cent. At conference
last night the officials of the road
offered to compromise the difficulty
by an increase of a little more than 4
per cent. After considering the mat-
ter for time the men agreed to the
proposition.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

Little girls under 10 years Of age
can no longer be employed in South
Carolina cotton mills. This shuts the
babies out at any rate.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

When man sees two women whirl-
ing along alone together in an auto
mobile he always looks instinctively
to see the smashup.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

The present position Of Europe
seems to be that Turkey is not to be
allowed to fatten herself even if she
should win q war;
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
LOVERS COMMIT SUICIDE.

Parents Had Refused Consent to an
Early Marriage.
Scranton, Pa. May 31.-The body Of
Jchr Cavanaugh. aged eighteen years.
was found at the foot of West Noun.
tain, tho spot indicated in letter left
by Mary McAnd1 ew, who committed
suicide by taking carbolic acid. It is
'saio the young couple had wanted to
n,arry for some time, but the parents
of the girl objected to the union.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

The strike of the Montreal grave
diggers is the worst of all. 1t incon-
veniences people who have no way Of
retaliating.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
/ HONOR GRANTS MEMORY.

Washington Ladies Place Floral
Tributes on Statue Of the General.
Washington, May 31-ln accordance
with the annual custom, the ladies Of
the Ulysses S., Grant circle Of the
G. A. R. yesterday gathered around
the statue of Gen. Grant in the no
tunda of the capitol to do honor to his
memory. Each lady deposited a floral
tribute, and remarks were made by
Ger. John S. McCalmont and Mrs
Beiva A. Lockwood.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

A woman can be jealous of the de-
votion of man to the very work
that earns her bread and butter.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

DR.. Barrows says that the way to
cure criminals is to exterminate their
evil tendencies. In many cases this
would not leave much Of the criminal
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

Sometimes woman will stop low
ing man just because she thinks
he's far enough gone to love her any
way.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
klDhAP YOUNG GIRLS.
New York Police Discover Colony Of
italian 1lackmailers.

8f Italian 6IackmaiIers.
New York, May 81. - Following in
vestigation Of. the disappearance Of
Louise Diviniero, a fifteen ear.old.
girl, the police announced yesterday
that they had discovered IN "i.l.,le'
Italy" a band of men who wess max.
ing business OF kidnapping young
girls and holding them ts:s ransom.
They say league of fo:rnhs tellers:
are working with the kiGna!pers 10.
get blackmail from parents of the
stolen girls.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

AS soon as King Edward heard that
Mr.. Morgan had come over he hurried
back to England.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03

When the island of Heligoland was
named there must have been present
iment as to the way it would finally 60.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-06-03
c. c. jenkins Drops Dead.

" V 0S'7N''tS 010Po 0S00s
Fergus Falls, Mimi, May &c. c.
jenkins. leading citizen and proper
ty owner here, dropped dead while
dressing. He was prominent Mason