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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
ReductIon in Post once Force..

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-An order
will be issued from the post Office de.
partment within few days material
ly reducing the postal carrier force in
the employ of the government. This
will be in accordance with the plans
which the postmaster general has pre-
pared, whereby the cost of the carrier
service can be brought within the linn
tied appropriations made at the last ses-
sion of congress. The carrier forces in
the large cities will be cut down. the dis
elimination in favor of the small cities
being due To the small forces which
are, as a rule, employed at such places
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
PIroseE FAvoRs SILVER.


NBasuai Attitude of the Republican NotnI-
49, fer Governor Of Michigan.
BosToS. Aug. eL-MAyor PsnVree. Of
Detroit. republican candidate for gov
erDor Of Michigan, announc es that he
IS against single gold standard. and
he is in favor of an income tax He
takes the position Of free coinage of
silver. and says be will make his race
for governor ON this line. He be-
lieves that the republican party can he
relied upon 10 legislate for silver. but
it will be a fearful fight inside the
party lines and among some of the
leaders Some features of the Chicago
platform are so Objectionable that
.hey overcome the friendly expression
for silver, and in his judgment there
is no necessity for silver republican
TO leave the party. but he insists that
!; is the best plan TO fight it out in
party lines
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
EUECTRICITY.

BOTTLED sunlight" is what they call
resla's new light.
Lightning struck young man who
vas driving near Martinsburg, W. Va,
md so shocked him that his fingers had
10 be pried from the reins, and his
physician fears that paralysis may set
n.
Lightning split two oak trees from
the top to the ground just outside tie
house of ). B. Lee, Jr., near Myrtle
rille, Va, and then passing down the
chimney killed Mr.. Lee and shocked his
wife, child, father and brother, who
we're sitting about the hearth.
The officers of the Oakland (Cal.) San
Leandro & Haywards Electric railway
DO not agree with President Vreeland, +,
Of the Metropolitan Traction company,
n his policy of discharging employees
frequently, and have established grad
uated wage system to encourage long
lerms of service on their line.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and HAL
PERSONAL AND PorIIIcAI.


PRESIDENT BLACK, OF the National
Association Of Democratic clubs. has
called convention of delegates OF the
clubs 20 NEE, in 81 LOUIS on Septem-
ter 30 Each club on the roll Of the
national association will be entitled to
one delegate for each 100 mem bers In
good standing. bat no club will be en-.
titled 70 more than five delegates
MAEY ABIGAIL DoDeE. better known
as Gail Hamilton, the writer. died at
Hamilton. Mass, on the nth of parsl-
ysis. aged 6s years.
TIN. executive committee Of tho ma.
tional democratic party was In session
at Chicago on the 18th and issued q
call for a national convention Of demo
Gratis opposed 20 the Chicago platform
at indianapolis, Ind. on September ?.
The London newspapers expressed
ubfeigned satisfaction at the state
ments Of Lord Salisbury and Mr. Bal
four on the progress towards an aroi
tragiOn treaty between the United
States and Great Britain.
THE report that Father Martinelli
has been appointed TO succeed Cardinal
Satoili as apostolic delegate 70 the
United States has been confirmed by
letters received by Cardinal satolli a.
Washington from the vatican.
Mr. BoUEKK COCHRAN addressed an
immense audience at Madison Squau
garden. New York. on the 18th, hh
speech being entitled.In Opposition tt
RepudiatiOn" and adverse to the Chi
cago platform.
PROP. FREDERICK CROUCH. the com
poser of the Irish song "Kathleer
MavourDeen," died on the 18th at Port
land, Ne. aged IS.
PosTMAsTEB-GESERkL WILSON sailed
for Europe on n vacation on the 18th.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has appointed
Col. Charles @. Sawtelle quartermaster.
general of the United States army
vice Il y. Baichelcer retired.
SEsoB AJoSzo has been proclaimed
president Of the republic of Bolivia.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has officially
indicated that Ii Hung Chang will be
the CUES. of the nation during his
forthcoming visit to this country, and
Gen. Ruggles, stationed at Governors
island, y. Y, has been designated &c
take charge of the details of the recep
tion. The presidents reception of Ii
will take place at New York.
The 10000 republican clubs of tho
country are going 10 endeavor To find
out every republican who intends Ia
vote for Bryan and every democrat
who intends TO vote for Mckinley.
GEORGE r. SWEENEY has teen ap.
pointed by the silver party national
president Of the various non-phrtisau
silver and bimetallic clubs OF the
United States and has called national
convention OF such clubs 10 meet al
Chicago September % The repre-.
sentation will be three delegates-at.
large from each club Of 20 or more aud
one additional delegate for every 81
members on the club rolls.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
The strike of Leadvi,le Mlner..

LEADvILLE, Col, Aug. 2l.--One thou
sand of the striking miners were in
session until nearly II o'clock last
night and passed resolutions refusing
TO accept the offer of the leading mine
managers to go to work at the old scale
of wages until the prices reached the
average quotations of rs cents an
ounce. The resolutions declare tina,
the mine managers are trying TO
threaten and coerce them. II is now
conceded that no settlement can be
made unless the miaers get their de-
mands and this the mine managers re-
fuse.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
SPORT AND PASTlME.

A one-legged newsboy in Buffalo
serves a route of papers on bicycle.
DIR. James P. Cooke, of Boston, though
blind. is cle of the most enthusiastic
bicycle riders. He rides a duplicate
with Mrs. Cooke.
When Linton. the professional bicy'
clist, was buried the other day, his b.
cycle draped in black was led behind
the hearse.
A letter has been discovered in the
British museum which gives the origin
of the game of billiards. 1t was in.
vented by a London pawnbroker whose
name was William Kew.
Cricket was first played in England ir
1898 at place called Broad-halfpenny
common in eastern Hampshire, 1t i
proposed to celebrate in some way the
tercentenary of the change from "clut
bali to cricket.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
CHILDREN CAUSED IT.
They Wrecked a Train That Killed Two
Wen and Injured Many Other~.

They Wrecked a Train That Killed Two
Men and Injured Many Others.
CANTON. O., Aug. 2i.-A thorough in
sestigation was made into the cause Of
the derailing of engine No. 80, which
was hauling a work train near Carroll
ton. the locomotive rolling down an
embankment and killing Engineer
Joseph Kirk and Fireman John Har-
desty of this city. The invesiga-
ton shows the accident to have
been caused by children having
placed three spikes on the out
side rail of the curve where the derail-
ment occurred Twenty-six men in the
saboose escaped death by falling sew
sral hundred feet down an embank-
ment because the caboose was caught
in the branches Of big tree.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

fnoM official information received at
the treasury department from 81 com
tries the coinage Of silver during the
calendar year of 1895 amounted In the
aggregate to slIS,6oe, zoo OF this sum
si3, COS, 200 was recoinage. The coun-
try coming the largest amount of sill
yer In 1895 was Mexico, with a coinage
of s24, s32, $50; followed closely by ia
pan, with coinage of s23, ss3, 500
Next comes China, with 81, ,253, 3iO;
Spain, 81, 900, 100; Great Britain, s5,s2i,-
ISL; United States, IS, COS. 600; Austria
Hungary, s5.2e9.ooo; Peru. s4,O7a, 900;
Russia, 1854, coo; Ecuador, $500, 600;
Germqoy, sl,s26,0 200.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

Gov. MoR:iLL, OF Kansas, recently
received letter from William Logan
Rodman post, g. A. r., of New Bed.
ford, Mass. The post will celebrate its
3oth anniversary by planting liberty
tree" upon the commons at New Bed
ford. The tree Is To be an elm from
the birthplace of George Washington.
Soil has been obtained from Bunker
Hill, Yorktown and Saratoga. The
letter wanted to secure some of the
virgin soil OF Kansas. Every other
governor has been asked TO contribute,
and the tree will be imbedded in soil
which symbolizes American growth
and American history.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

MENA, Ark, Aug. 2l.-A great crowd
of eXcursionists, home-seekers and ma.
tives of Polk county participated in
the Mena jubilee yesterday. Ex-Gov.
Fishback, of Fort Smith, and State
Senator Adams, of Pine Bluff, delivered
the principal addresses. Among other
things, Gov. Fishback said that the
per cent. of illiteracy was 10 wer in Ar
kansas than in any New England
state. New York or PennsYlvania
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

WHoLEsALE liquor dealers from all
Blrts Of the country will meet in
Cleveland, O., on August II to organize
a national liquor dealers association.
II is stated that capital Of 500. ooo. .ooC
will be represented at the meeting.
The chief object of the meeting will be
10 devise plans TO prevent the over pro-
duction Of whisky. The wholesalers
say there has Seen an over production
for the past five years and a gradual de-
crease In consumption during that
period
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

CBgsTERTows, Nd. has found kero-
sene effective in getting rid of mosqui-
toes. After series OF tests the people
were given official notice that every
body should pour a little coal oil in
rain barrels, stagnant pools and wher-
ever water had collected. No great
quaEtity Of oil is required. A teaspoon
full 10 sufficient for barrel of water.
The diminution In the number OF mo-
squitoes was easily noticeable. and
now the pest has been almost gotten
rid ~
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
MUST BE ABLE TO READ.

Two Germans Barred from Citizenship Be
cause They Lacked knowledge of the
English Language.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2L-A young
German was barred from citizenship
Yesterday after a practical demonstra-
tion that he could not read the English
language. Two Germans applied to-
gether to Judge Cole, of the district su-
preme court whose recent ruling in
the case of an Italian that a knowledge
of the constitution is essential to citi-
zenship created general interest. Both
Germans said they could read English
and were given a newspaper as test.
One reached reading requirements and
was admitted to citizenship. but the
other made 50 POOR a showing that
naturalization papers were refused,
the court holding that no one is en-
titled to citizenship who is unable to
read English
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
Fusion in Oklahoma Agreed Upon

GUTHRIE, Ok, Aug. 2L-The terri
torial central committees of the demo.
Gratis and populists, in joint session
here, agreed upon fusion on congress
man, the democrats to indorse Rev.
Callahan, the populist nominee. The
agreement is opposed by leading demo
Gratis here, and a strong effort will be
made to defeat its ratification at the
territorial convention at El Reno, Sep
tamber 2
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
Gen. John 5. Mosby for Mckinley.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-Geu. John S.
Mosby, the celebrated confederate
chieftain, has come out for Mckinley
and sound money. and his declaration
is as full of brilliancy and dash as
were the great raids which made his
name a household word during the
war. His address appears in the form
OF letter to A. p. Rowe, managing
editor of the Fredericksburg, Va,
Free lance
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

DE NAssEs, the Norwegian. who
started in the Fram in 1898. hoping 20
be drifted In the vessel by the currents
TO the north pole. was picked up re-
Gently by the steamer Windward near
Franz Josefand. lie had failed to
reach the north pole, but he touched "a
point four degrees nearer than any
other explorer had done.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
G.A.R. Parade Reviewing Stands.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 9L-Work on
the reviewing stands for the big Grand
Army parade two weeks hence has al
ready begun. The main reviewing stand
has capacity of 1.loO, while the total
capacity of all the stands now under
way will exceed 10000 One of these
stands will be given up to the 1000
children that will constitute the "liv-
ing flag" and their greeting TO the
veterans will be one Of the main fea-
lures of the parade.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
CHICAGO'S BIG CRIB.
The Largest Caisson Ever Built Launch ed
In the Presence of a Big Crowd.

The Largest Caisson Ever Built Launched
In the Presence of Big Crowd.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2L-The big founda-
ton of the new threc-mile crib has
been successfully launched. The
structure resembles huge wooden
water tank more than anything else.
II is an immense affair, being 20 feet
high, 100 feet wide and weighs l,75O
tons, made of oak and steel, and is said
to be the largest caisson ever construct
ed. 1t is to be built IA feet higher of
wood and on top of that will be placed
2j feet of steel The completed struc-
ture will contain $50, 600 feet of lum-
ber and 90 tons of iron. 1t will be
three months yet before it is towed to
its final resting place. The launching
was witnessed by an immense crowd.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

CUsAB brothers, aeronauts. of Walk.
erton, Ind, are constructing an air
ship. The ship consists of a cigar.
shaped balloon. with car beneath.
The balloon will be Is feet long and 4
feet in diameter, made OF oiled silk.
The car will be feet long. A battery
for the manufacture OF gas will be
placed in the car, which will supply
the bhip with a continuous stream OF
gas There will be one propeller at
the rear of the ship and two Ia front.
The air ship is built for public tests,
and II 1t proves satisfactory the Cusa
brothers are confident ihey can solve
the problem of aerial navigation.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

THE latest sanitary statictics in the
Havana papers give 10000 as the mum
Der Of soldiers in the hospitals on the
island; z.so0 suffering from yellow
fever. There are over 300 physicians
in the hospitals Yellow fever and
smallpox were both said to be spread
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

BARoxEss HIRscB is continuing the
pt..lanthropic enterprises Of her late
husband. She has just given $4,000,
oos to his scheme providing for the i'm
migration Of INDECENT Jews from Rus
tia 70 the Argentine Republic.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

TwEyTY-sEvEs young women took
the white veil and 30 others the black
veil at the Malinckrodt convent at
Wilkesbarre, Pa. recently. The Ma
1inclrodt convent is the mother house
Of the Sisters of Christian Charity in
the United States
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
cowHtRD Will BE NAMED
ansas City's Ex-Mayor the Democratic
Choice for Congress.

Kansas City. No. Aug. 22.-In the
Democratic congressional primaries
here today, ex-Msyor W. 5. Cowherd,
an out-and-out free silver Democrat. re-
seived everything and II Is now settled
beyond doubt that he will be his partys
aominee for congress. The gold Demo-
srats had no candidate before the pri-
masles.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

PRoF. LEWIS. OF the Washington
Commercial museum, reports that the
worlds gold production for the calen.
dar year Of 1895 was se0s, 80. 900. .
ts.ze increase over lsos, when the pro
luction was sl6l. 80. .OOl.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
Turks XIII Eighty Macedonians.

ATHENS, Aug. "A telegram from
Tarrisa, Greece, says that the Turkish
troops have mas acred so old men,
women and children in the villages OF
Trambuno and Komino, Macedonia.
The remainder of the inhabitants es-
capped to the mountains The troops
carried off the crops aud burned both
villages
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

THE American people have an inter
est IN the movement that has recently
been started in Canada for the separs'
tion Of that country from England
though IL has, as yet, attained very
small proportions.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

AsxA LAMAR, Degress reputed 70 b.
104 gears Of age. died at Chattanooga
Tenn. few days ago. from old age.
Twenty nine children had been born
90 her. while her grandchildren mum
hered ~
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
neer I,arrhsr. to b. Armed.

London, Aug. ga dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Cape Town says that
the 1ransYaal government Is issuing
further orders providing fos th9 arming
OF the Boer 5urgaers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

yArHxR and four fun grown chill
dren living near Anderson, Ind, have
never had a tooth.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

LAST year 4.coo.oOoccc cigarette,
were smoked in the United States.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

WHEN painter claims TO use nothing but
drst-class material, and yet mixes his paints
with lye and water, water lyer heis.-Texas
Sitter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

Too MANY men praise their wives most
after they bury them.-Ram's Horn.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

TIE United States Tobacco Journal
says: "The bike has infatuated, ut the
least calculation, 500, 600 males who
were formerly addicted to the smoking
habit II these 500, 900 male slaves 10
the bike craze have weaned themselves
to smoke two cigars less day-this
must be considered most moderate
calculation, as the bikist hardly ever
worships less than from four TO six
hours at the shrine of his wheel-then
the consumption of cigars is decreasing
at the rate of 100000 per day, and
the decrease In our cigar production
since the bike craze has set in has
actually been 700. 900, 600 per year"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27

Two most interesting machines are
nsed by the government for counting
and tying postal cards into small bum
dies. The two are capable of counting
100000 cards in ten hours and wrap
ping and tying the same in packages
Of rs zach In this operation the paper
is pulled off drum by two long
fingers" and another finger dips In
vat Of mucilage, and applies itself TO
the wrapping paper In exactly the
right spot. Other parts of the machine
twine the paper around the pack OF
cards, and then a thumb presses
over the spot where the mucilage Is
and the package is ready for delivery.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-27


THREE men were killed and over 0
dozen injured, several fatally. by the
collapse of four-story building at
Eau Claire, Wis. on the 18th. The
men were engaged in pulling ii down.
OSCAR REED. love-sick boy. IL years
old, shot himself at Fort Worth, Tex.
because his parents told him he was
too young to get married.
THE feature of the second day of the
national eneampment of the Union
Veterans union at Binghamton, n.
Y. on the 10Th was the parade of the
veterans, about 500 being in line.
IL head-end collision on the Balti.
more & Ohio at Torch Hill, o., Engi-
neer Fred Rump and Fireman Huffman
were instantly killed. The engineer
aud fireman Of the freight train were
badly injured.
The great Bessemer steel works at
Pueblo. Col, have shut down and will
not resume operations until after the
presidential election. The shutting
down throws over $500 men out of
work.
Australia is the greatest gold pro.
ducing country in the world. IN 1898
producing s4i, 76o, O00 The gold mine
of South Africa come next with sac
27l, 900; the United States hold thi'
rank, with sss, 500, 900; Russia ls fourl
with SEA, 1873, 400.
Mrs James G. Blaine will cree q
tomb 10 Augusta, Me-, In which n
be laid the remains OF her noted is
band and their two sons.
Very young children are not nsi.
tive 10 pain to any great extel l. DIR.
Geuger calculates that sens al " IL
seldom clearly shown in less sha,, -four
or five weeks after birth, .snd oefore
that time infants do notsh sdit Irs
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-17

grammeS, They have been carefully
made of the best ohtainable henn and
thoroughly impregnated with vaseline.
so rs To insure non-ahSorption OF wa
ter. The fate Of the travellers depends
on these guide ropes, because they are
SO constructed as not TO wear out. NJ.
LAehamhre does not think there is any
danger Of this contingency. 9ae points
out that the ice fields witch surround
the Pole are to all inteuts and purposes
smooth, and. at any rate, present NO
obstacle in the form OF Vegetation that
are likely 10 damage the ropes Ii was
at one proposed 10 have recourse
TO = single iron chain as q guide in
place Of rope, hut ii has finally been de-
cided that hemp is the best material.
As he explains ii, nothing is simpler
than the whole affair. AT the begin
ming Of July, when the hallooniSts viii
start from Nors Koe2rna, small ISL
and neaT Spitzenbergen, baluy south
erly winds blow round thar quarter OF
he globe, as If in special provision OF
the needs Of hallooniStS travelling 10
the North Pole, All the three voyagerS
Will have 10 do is TO float along. i'm
PEELED by the friendly sir currents As
NJ. Lachanbre insists, = baby could sail
his balloon. Where the wind goes.
there viii so the balloon. and as no one
hSs reason 10 suppose th2t the wind
viii avoid the North Pole, the balloon
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-07-17
Friend Writes of Her Ways in
Examiner,
MADE SLAVES OF ALL MEN.
some Romancing by an Admirer-An
or Told 1ale-Nisi, To the Benz
ningtou-Her Presence was Always
Enjoyed by Men of lntellect.

was in Honolulu ST the time of the
late Miss Kate Fields arrival there,
and for several months thereafter. |
had known her previously. snd when ii
was announced that she was TO visit the
Hawaiian Islands, partly in the interest
OF 8 Chicago newspaper. but chiefly for
the rehabilitation of her rapidly declin-
ing health. looked forward 10 eapti-
waiting study OF the effect she would
produce upon a community that was en-
Cirely new TO her. I mean captivating
in this sense, that while Miss Field
was in some respects the most splen-
didly unconventional of women that the
North American continent has produe-
ed, the dominating note of the social
symphony in Honolulu, and, indeed, in
all the Hawaiian Islands, is convention
ality. This could hardly be otherwise in
$ country in which the missionary
element, having q social as well as 8
political and business majority. pre-
serve in great part the ironclad ira
ditionS and the neatly stitched social
rules OF their forefathers and foremoth-
ers-
Into social field OF this character