The Meeker herald., 1903-11-14
SHORT TELEGRAMS.

Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks.
died at Indianapolis November 3D.
Lord Goshen has been elected to the
chancelIorship OF Oxford university, in
succession to the late marquis Of Sails
bury.
The president has issued a proclama-
ton designating Thursday. the 10th OF
November. as day of general thanks
giving.
Prof. Theodor Mommsen, the great
German historian, died at Charlotten-
burg November LIST at the age Of
eighty-six years.
Rock Island telegraphers have been
granted a strict nile-hour day for all
classes and an interest Of from ten TO
fifteen per cent. in salaries.
The cities of Whatcom and Fairha-
ven. Washington. have voted to con-
solidate under the name OF BellinghaM.
after BelIingham bay. on which both
are situated
The Enid Anadarko railroad in
Oklahoma with all its stations, rolling
stock and other property. has been sold
to the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
for 1852 600.
Baron Nordensk jold has arranged for
. geological and ARCHAEOLOGICAL ex-
petition to the frontiers Of Peru and
Bolivia The party starts from Stock
holm January l.
The British embassy at ct. Petersburg
Is being renovated for the occupancy OF
King Edward next spring. when the
British monarch is expected to pay his
accession visit to Russia.
Governor Yates of Illinois has ap-
pointed five commissioners to purchase
q statue Of Frances e. Willard. the
temperance worker. to be erected in
Statuary hall. Washington.
The United States Supreme Court
has advanced the case involving rights
Of freedom In the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw nations in Indian Territory and set
the hearing for January %.
The recent Bulgarian elections have
resulted In the return Of LAG supporters
Of the government, nine Democrats.
thirty members Of the stoiloivist party
and four representatives Of other fac
tons.
Sir Edward Egerton. British minis
ter at Athens. has been appointed am
bassadOr at Madrid, In succession to
sir Henry Mortimer Durand. recently
appointed ambassador to the United
States
Senior Mariscal, Mexican minister Of
foreign affairs. who is now in Germany.
has visited q number Of commercial
schools in Berlin and will endeavor to
establish similar schools In Mexico on
his return.
Thomas McCauley. youth Of six
teen, had his neck broken In football
game in New York city few days ago.
While running with the ball he was
downed and the whole team piled on
top Of him.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close Of business
October 81, 1903, the total debt. less
cash In the treasury, amounted to 1920
400, sol, which is an increase for the
month of $2.64s.s56.
The total coinage executed at the
mint during October. 1908. was 43,672,-
20. - follows: Gold. 91.640. oOOs aaver,
$2,324,0OO. In addition to the shove
there were coined 1,425,000 pesos for
shipment to the Philippines.
Hon. John e. Russell. former partner
of BENJAMIN Holiday in the old over
land transportation line between the
Missouri river and Salt Lake City and
other stage lines in the territories car
rying United States mails, died at
Leicecter, Massachusetts, October 29th.
At a recent telegraphers' tournament
in Philadelphia the winner was Harvey
Williams, Philadelphia. who sent SOC
words Of straight matter in eleven min
utes thirty seconds G. w. Conkling Of
| New York, was second, sending SOC
words In twelve minutes and six Sec
onds.
The strike begun by the messengers
| of the Pacific Express Company Octo-
Der is for ten per cent. increase in
wages, which resulted in . general
walkout of the employees has been Of
!lcially declared OF by President Mode
of the Brotherhood Of Railway Ex-
| pressmen.
It has been estimated by the state
department at Washington that 1t may
be a long time before United States
Minister Beaupre returns to Panama
The inference is that the minister will
stay away as . sign Of disapproval by
our government of the manner in
which the canal treaty was disposed Of
A London dispatch says that George
l.. Watson has declined the commission
of a prominent Clyde yachtsman to de-
sign a cup challenger. on the ground
that 1t is hopeless for British or other
challengers to continue to contest foI
the trophy under the measurement rule
by which the challengers have been
rated.
Eighty students from McGill univer-
sity, who undertook to celebrate Halo
we'en in Lonxueuil. Just across the
river from Montreal. in = manner not
appreciated by the citizens. were driven
| into the river, number being severe
ly beaten. About fifty were more ~
less injured and several were taken to
the hospital.
Realizing that further curtailmep,
of their product Is necessary to restore
the mig iron market to its normal con.