The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-10-21

GENERAL.
The recent floods In the Black river
in Wisconsin wiped out ~ hugansss
section Of the town Of BLACK River
Falls.
Hearings In the Lorimsr tnysstiga.
ton before the United States ssnate
committee. have been resumed In Chi
caEo.
A negro. who 1t was charged. At
tackled Mrs. Thomas Coz Ct her home
near Forest City, Ark. was taken from
prison by q mob and lynchsd.
John r. Walsh. sx.bau1sr and
former head Of railroad enterprises.
has been paroIed from the fedora!
prison at Leavsnworth.
Charged with the murder Of his
brother and rival for the love Of
girl. Elmer Ferris, aged n, Of Ava,
Mo, has been placed in jail IN Kansas
City, KanB.
Bertha Westbrook Of New York
wants $4,000 damages because DR..
Albert Plant "blundered" whsn he
mended her face. causing one sye to
be larger than thssetAsf, %, ia can't
be good actress.
Henry Hoo. s psdsstsian, ~ com.
plstsd y sGAst " cdait W1ik. Aaving
jOurnsyed from Jersey City ~ San
Francfsco in seventy-one days. Hona
did mot steal. solicit nor work during
his trip. He used his savings d ssv-i
eral months work ~ = laborer 70 d.
fray his expenses.
BY the sweeping decree entered In
the United States Circuit Court at
Toledo, the backbone OF the so-cailea
Electrical Trust was broken and, IN.
the Judgment Of Attorney .Gsesfai
Wickersham. the government was
equipped with precedents of genuine
value In its prosecutions Of CONNER
cial combinations forbidden BY the
Sherman law.
Denver u believed to have the great
eat number Of automobile trucks IN
use Of any city in the country In pro
portion to its population. Statistics
that have been gathered by the trade
show that Denver has one truck to
every 1900 people. Philadelphia one 70
3.e00. Cleveland one to 5000. Seattle
one to 5000. Los Angeles one to 400.
San Francisco one to $500 and Oak
land one to $500. 49,
In the cathedral in Baltimore. where
fifty years ago he was ordained .
priest. then SUCCESSFULLY consecrated
= bishop. invested with the palliun Of
an archbishop and twenty years after
his ordination received the red beretta
Of cardinal. Cardinal James Gibbons,
archbishop Of Baltimore, received
homage from illustrous prelates and
laymen from both this country and
foreign lands. The ecclesiastical Gale
bration of the cardinals dual jubilee
began with pontifical high mass, cess-
brated by the cardinal. Archbishop
John J. Glennon Of st. Louis delivered
the sermon.
DISASTROUS weather conditions
which prevailed throughout the coun-
try earlier In tho growing season
abated in September and the condl
ton Of most Of the important unAar-
vested crops on October LIST showed
Improvement. Corn was one-teAth Of
one per cent. higher than It waG On
September LIST; potatoes improved II
Per cent: tobacco. - per cent; max,
Ii per cent: apples. 3.6 per cent:
rico declined Is per cent The eject
|of hot weather and drought threagh-
out the growing season was shovA In
the official preliminary estimates q
the production Of spring wheat, oats
and barley. These showed loss h
production over last years harvest Of
an aggregate Of sol .ooo. 900 bushels.
The practice at almost al ns0aa
Catholic churches Of askins contrS.
hutioa At the door or Of charging . fee
for . seat in church. 10 ordered diseon-
tinued In . circular letter addressed
to all archbishops and bishops Of the
church in the United States that mas
been sent out BY Monsignor D. Fal-
COMO. apostolic delegate at WashiAg.
ton.
A discrepancy OF over 33.2Ss.171 b.
tween the material on hand and thu.
called for by the books Of the WASH.
ington navy yard was shown By the
inventory Just completed.