The Meeker herald., 1903-06-06
SHORT TELEGRAMS.

been suffering from smallpox at SIAM
ford. Connecticut.
The will of Benjamin F. Jones. the
Pittsburg steel manufacturer. divided
$4,000. 900 among the widow and four
children.
A Paris dispatch says that Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer prOnounces the story of
her engagement to the Prince OF Mon
AGO as absurd.
A fire at Laconia. New Hampshire.
on May Goth. burned 100 buildings and
left $50 people homeless. The loss Is
nearly 100000.
The Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Central Pennsylvania has voted almost
unanimously against the proposition to
change the name of the church.
Sarah Bernhard made her second
appearance before Berlin audience
few days ago. She had a cool recep-
ton by the public and the press.
Director of the Mint Roberts has
purchased 5.162, 07O ounces OF silver for
the Philippine coinage, at an average
price of about 53A cents per ounce.
Tod Sloane, the American jockey has
ben expelled from further entrance to
the tracks Of the French Jockey Club
Tor exercising horse without au-
thority.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox urges that wo-
! mems clubs throughout the country
should hold special meetings and ap-
peal to the cZarina of Russia in an
effort to stop the massacre Of Jews.
Miller Reese Hutchinson of Alabama
is said to have perfected new dry
storage battery that is much lighter
hA~ tn, h0tfnrtnR
can be made to run portable lamps.
At the demand of General Bobrikoff.
the governor general of Finland, M.
Savon, the Swedish counsel at Nystad.
Finland, has been dismissed for paru-
cipation In the anti-Russian agitation.
The national convention Of the Fed
Grafton of Musicians at its meeting
Just closed in Indianapolis. abolished
the color line. and unions OF colored
musicians will not be designated as
'.colored" any longer
John d. Rockefeller has offered to in
crease his donation to the student
building fund of Indiana University at
Bloomington. from 100000 to $4,000
| on condition that fund OF $50. 600 be
raised from other sources.
Two thousand native houses have
been destroyed by fire in the Tondo
district OF Manila. About 5000 persons
are homeless and are being fed and
sheltered by the municipality. The
damage is estimated at 1000, 900 pesos.
/ Paul Blouet, the famous French
writer and newspaper correspondent.
who wrote under the name of Max
O'Rell." died at Paris May Gath from
| the effects of an operation for appen-
\ Mt p.
vious.
A fire at St Hyacinthe. Quebec. on
| May goth destroyed the shoe factory OF
+, Cole Brothers. ard hals dozen other
| industries, together with $50 houses.
leaving nearly a quarter of the city's
population homeless. The loss was
about 100000.
John D. Rockefeller has given $4,000
| to the Washington, d. c.. Young Mems
4 Christian Association, conditioned on
| raising $3OO,OOO before January LIST.
| 1904. The total contributed thus far
| is raised by Mr. Rockefeller's subscrip-
ton to $4,000.
The district managers Of the Nation
| al Metal Trades Association, in session
| at Cincinnati, decided to extend the
labor employment bureau by organic
Ing local bureaus in all the districts OF
! the association. One of the bureaus
| will be in Denver.
At a special election held May 26th
| In the Seventh congressional district.
| Of Kansas. to fill a vacancy, Victor
Murdoch, Republican nominee. carried
every one of the thirty-six counties and
| probably every one of the 1900 pre-
cincts In the district.
DIR. 8. Hobart Peabody. assistant d.
rector of exhibits of the Louisiana
| Purchase Exposition and widely
/, known educator, died at St Louis on
| May 26th, aged seventy-four. He was
| a noted mathematician, linguist, nat
4 uralist and astronomer
The congregation OF the propaganda
| in Rome is examining proposition to
| divide the diocese of Davenport, Iowa.
\ In two, besides establishing four new
| dioceses in the west. which would
bring the total of the American do
ceses from eighty-five to ninety.
The semi-official as well as the in
| dependent press of Berlin takes pains
| to explain that Prince Renry's (of Prus-
! sia) visit to Spain is without political
| significance and even casts rtdicule on
| the Spanish papers for discussing
| German-SpaIish alliance in connection
with the visit.
| The Legislature of Chihuahua. Mex
leo, a state bordering on Texas and
New Mexico. has proclaimed General
| Luis Terrazas governor for the next
four years He is the wealthiest man
! in Mexico and is the father-in-law Of
Enrique C.. Creel, Mexico's leading
banker and financier.
| Great Britain has decided to accord
| China the same terms in the settlement
! of the boxer indemnity as those ac-
| cepted by the United States. The
state department has been informed
| that the English charge at Pekin has
| signifed the WILLINGNESS Of his gov