The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-09-03


'f her lover TO another girl at a dance
:sused the act.
/ THKEE men lost their lives in a fire
10 John Dundin's saloon at Minneapo.
lis, MINI. They were sleeping on the
third hoor and were srrocated in bed.
THE barn Of Norton McDougsl. near
Warner station. in Henry county. ILL.,.
was fred by trsmps. Three horses, Is
I tons of hay and l.. 800 bushels Of grain
7 we're consumed
TIE supreme lodge OF the Knights
/ OF Pythiss a. Cleveland. o. on the 27th
elected officers as follows. Supreme
chancellor, Philip Cosgrove: supreme
vice chancellor, Thomas G. Sample, Of
Allegheny, Pa: supreme master-at.
arms, James Noulson, of 81. John, y.
u supreme keeper Of records and seal.
DIR. r. L. c. White, of Nashville, Tenn. /:
supreme prelate, Albert steinhart, of
Greenville, Ala.
THE pythian sisterhood at Cleveland.
o., on the 27th elected tl4. following
officers: Supreme chancellor, Mrs.
George w. Bemis, of Massachusetts:
supreme vice chancellor. Mrs II. r.
Libby, Of Maine; supreme preiate. Mrs.
W. II. Dilworth, of Nebraska; supreme
mistress of the exchequer. Mrs. L. A.
Small, OF New Hampshire; supreme
mistress of arms, Miss VI. Mueller, OF
Rhode Island.
SAYID KHALID. who seized the pal
ace at Zanzibar and assumed the title
Of sultan. was bombarded in his palace
by British troops and he afterwards
fed to the German consulate for pro-
lection. 1t was believed Sayid Khalid
had poisoned the late sultan.
UNITED STATES MINISTER TERRELL,
at Constantinople, cabled the state de-
partment on the eth that great blood
shed and rioting had occurred there.
Several hundred Armenians were killed
and all the houses 10 the city were
closed. Dynamite bombs were ex-
ploded in the streets by Armenians
and about 80 Turkish soldiers killed.
The revolutionists were placed on
board steamer and conveyed to a
foreign port
FOREST fires were surrounding Che
quemagon Bay, Wis, on the Goth, but
had not got near enough to place the
city in danger. The fires had swept
over a wide area and many homestead
ers had been burned but.
FARMER FLAGER and his wife were
run down by train and killed while
crossing the railroad track near Mont
rose, Pa.
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Pulley
Co.'S plant was destroyed by 6re.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, s29,0o Two
hremen were also seriously hurt
THE Louisville, New Albany & Chi
cago (Monon) railroad was placed in
the hands of a receiver on the cath.
The next meeting of the repu blican
league clubs will be held in Detroit
Mich, July, 1891
A BICYCLE relay express was started
at noon on the 25th from San Francisco
to New York, Clothilde Devane, aged
seven, and her brother. aged five, be-
ing the first riders. They received
pouch from Col. Shaf,er containing a
craven gold plate addressed to the
commanding general Of the east and a
letter from the postmaster of San
Francisco to the postmaster of New
York and a parchment for the sigma
lures Of the governors through whose
statss the couriers will pass. The un-
dertaking is under the patronage of
the United States authorities.
BILL DooLIS, the noted bandit was
killed in battle with deputy mar
shals on the cath near Ingalls,, 50 miles
northwest of Guthrie, Ok. The battle
took place near Doolin's home, the
marshals waylaying him. One marshal
was badly wounded.
The town of Ontonagon, Mich, was
destroyed by fire on the 18th, hardly
house being left standing, and 1000
people were made homeless, 1900 of
them being In absolute want. Con-
servative estimates place the loss at
ST, 500, 900.
THE city OF Ironwooi, Mich, and its
neighbor across the river, Hurley,
Wis, narrowly escaped destruction by
the forest fires raging in that section.
Both fire departments and the citizens
turned out in body and fought the
flames for hours, when the wind
changed and the danger was averted.
Several dwellings of poor people in the
outskirts were burned.
WHEN Richard LantZ and his wife,
of Columbus, o., returned home late at
night they found half-burned fuse in
their bedroom which had gone out.
Half an hour later their barn burst in
TO flames and the contents, including
three fine horses, were burned. A re-
jected lover of Mrs. Lantz was sus-
pected of the crime.
FARMERS living near the east line of
Kingfsher county, Ok, are losing
their cattle through Texas fever. The
territorial inspector and veterinary
surgeon have isolated the stock on
several farms and are using every
effort to pre- vent the spread of the dis
ease.
The naval demonstration to signal
ize the arrival OF Ii Hung Chang at
New York is TO be on a large scale and
IL is proposed TO show the distinguished
Chinaman the choice ships of the
American navy under the best circum-
stances
A STORM on the night of the 29d did
considerable damage in Ohio and Indi-
ana. Near Mount Gilead, o., barn
was destroyed by lightning and seven
blooded horses were burned. AT Sey-
mour. Ind, the barn of George Stahl
was also struck and several valuable
horses aud cattle were killed. In the
oil fields derricks were blown down
and many houses were unroofed.
NISETY-sIx telephones were burned
and several persons shocked by light