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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

Ell Reno Globe: Que of the best ag
ricultural displays at the state fair at
Guthrie was from ID county. 1t was
surprise to the people in eastern Okla
homa, that ID county, which is com
monty supposed to be in the short
grass country, should be able to make
an exhibit of corn, cotton, wheat, cab
bage, potatoes, pumpkins and in fact
all kinds of agricultural products in
cluding fruits and grasses, that equal
ed, if it did not surpass any other
county in the territory. Captain Me-
Donald had charge of the exhibit and
it was he that collected tue display
and hauled it l2O miles across the
country to Guthrie.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
FRIGHTENED AWAY.
The First Man He Met I'm Ais.l,
scared Him on.

NO" said a man who was sitting on
box in front of a grocery store. II can't say
AZ know very much about Alaska"
His companions looked at him in astonisb.
ment II was the first time he had ever I'D.
mitted not knowing much about anything
II reckon, then you're not thinking about
going to dig for gold, said one bystander.
"Mebbe, though. as the stories of sudden
wealth keep pourin' in, you'll change your
mind said another.
1T won't be possible. I've been there"
And come back without getting richg"
Yes. ! didn't much more than cross the
boundary line before ] turned around and
struck for home"
"Scaredy"
That's the answer"
What Of! Polar bears"
No"
Supplies give out 81
No. | had plenty Of food What changed
my plan was seeing man digging a hole.
had these ideas about gold being found any
and everywhere. and | went up thinking
TO get some points about mining ! asked
him in an offhand way whether he had strucl
any pay dirt yet. and he turned around and
glared at me and said Young feller. what
do YOU think I'm doin' this forg' told him
| thought he was digging for gold. lie
glared at me again and said: Gold nothing,
| m doing this for fun. I've been living here
for four years and there's one thing that
my curiosity has never been satisfied about
I'm going to dig this hole good and deep so
as to allow plenty of room. and then find
out just how far down this climate will make
the mercury go. Washington Star.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
strnck While rirhtlng Elre.

CARTHAGE. III, Oct 80. While Mr..
and Mrs Riggin, of ST. Mary's town
ship, were fighting fire in the timber
back of their house, some unknown
person struck Mrs Riggin on the head
with club, stunning her and telling
her, face down, in a bed of fire. Her
husband heard her scream and rescued
her. The neighbors were aroused and
the night spent in search of the perpe-
traitors of the deed. Incendiaries
burned the dwelling house of Il. Husey,
near there, about "a month ago II is
thought the same parties were guilty
of last nights work.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Deafness Canno, BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
he diseased portion OF the ear There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
10y constitutional remedies Deafness IL
caused by an infamed condition OF the mu.
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets nfismed you have a rumblng
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con.
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused BY catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Cstarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. Cheney & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
nrhe cnleE consPlRAIoR." :"
Thus W. ,. bryan Refers 20 Senator Han
mas Work In the Campaign Of 1897.

Thus W. ,. Bryan Refers 10 Senator Han
mas Work IN the tantpatgn Of 1897.
CINCINNATI. Oct. 90 The meetings
Of W. J. Bryan yesterday were at
Mount Vernon. Newark and Shawnee,
and were all largely attended. Mr..
Bryan discussed the silver question at
all his meetings, and also reviewed the
records of President Mckinley and
Senator Hanna. He said the first six
months of the Mckinley admins
tration were the most disastrous in
the history of the country. lie charged
Senator Hanna with hostility TO labor
interests. and also with being the chief
conspirator in the presidential cam
psign Of last year, when the result
was due to the twin agents of fraud
and coercion aud traceable to the
money powers of this and other coun.
tries
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Minor Territorial Sotes

From the Wichita Eagle.
Charles ii. Love, a boy preacher, j.
years of age, is holding forth in okla
homa, in "a sermon on Love"
Mrs X. A. Cameron of Alva was bit
ten last week by eentipede, but
amonia killed the poison at once.
John Day who runs thre shing ma.
chine in Woods county has threshed
out 80, 600 bushels of wheat this season
and hasn't had breakdown.
The Iowa Indians are indulging in g
grand autumDal medicine dance or
their sacred stamping ground between
Headquarters and Dugout creek, few
miles below Perkins.
Ponea City Courier: ]. S. Green il
sowing 400 acres of wheat this fall
He is figuring on getting 25 cents .
bushel for his 10000 bushels Of cora.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
PARENTS WITNESSED 1T.
Two Baby Children Burned to Death In a
House Near Alexandria, MINI.

has just been received of the burning
of the house. with contents and two
small children, of John Kuhne, living
in the town of Miltona, Is miles north.
The parents and older children were
in the field some distance from the
house at work. leaving a little girl
aged three and baby one year old
shut in the house. By the time they
reached the house the fire was so
fierce they could not get in, but saw
the children through the window
burning, but could not rescue them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Indians VIII Work.

Cloud Chief Hcrald.Sentinel: Last
week Mr.. Seger thought of useful
way to supply the Indians with spend
ing money TO attend the reunion at
Cloud Chief. He started squad of
over a hundred in a cotton patch. pay
ing them the regular price for picking.
The Indians took to the work so well
that each had earned neat little sum
TO blow in. They also demonstrated
considerable speed as we'll as clean mad
careful picking. Ed. Harrs aud Paul
Goose each picked over so pounds of
seed cotton in the first three hours.
The balance varied in quantity, but as
a whole they picked about as much as
the same number of white folks would
have done with no more experience.
Now Indian cotton pickers are in de-
maud
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

The next year will see more car
building than was ever known before
The profits made by the railroads in
handling the big crops will largely go
toward building new box ears. Some
of the roads have already placed large
orders for cars, and the others win do
so in the near future. This is largely
caused by the new national law which
goes into effect the first of the year,
providing that all freight ears shall be
fitted with automatic couplers and
that any road may refuse to receive
from another road or from any ship.
per any car not fitted with an air
brake.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

SEVERAL of the most prominent
thief catchers of the country, compris-
ing the board of governors of the Ma
tional Association of Chiefs of Police,
met at Chicago the other day and form
ally organized the cenSral bureau of
identification of criminals The ex-
penses of maintaining the new bureau
will be divided between the different
cities where central Identification bu-
reaus have been established. A de-
scription by the Bertillon system of
measurement of all criminals arrested
and convicted in the United States and
Canada will be sent to the Chicago bu,
reau and distributed from there.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
scarcity OF waterat Chelsea.

Chelsea Reporter: The cry comes
from all over the country that water
famine is imminent unless IL rains
soon. Ci>terns are fast yielding up
their supply and wells tnat have never
been known to refuse their accustomed
yield are becoming exhausted, and
should the elements refuse TO give up
their moisture much longer not only IL
water famine will visit us, bat there
Of various types.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
a FEMALE FiEND,
Alabama Girl Kills Her Rival and Laugh.
Her Victim Dies.

BIBNINGHAM, Ala. Oct. 29.-Ella
Barnes and Bessie Thomas, two l6-
year-old cotton factory operatives, who
met at friends house at social last
night, quarreled over their mutual re-
gard for the same youth. The Thomas
girl advanced on the Barnes girl with
pair of scissors. Miss Barnes threw
a lighted lamp at her adversary. The
lamp exploded and burning oil en-
yeloped the unfortunate creature The
gathering fed in horror. The Barnes
girl walked out quietly. closed the
door on her antagonist and laughed as
her agonizing cries pierced the air.
Miss Thomas burned to death before
rescue came. The murderess is in hid
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
BsuL.r TAYLOR Convicted.

Norman Transcript; Banker George
A. Taylor, brother of f. F. Taylor,
formerly Of this city, was found guilty
of ID charge of receiving deposits from
the bank of Argentine, Kansas, last
fall when the bank was in II falling
condition, by jury at Kansas City,
Kansas, last Monday morning. Though
they found him guilty a. charged, the
jurors recommended clemency from
teuce Will Ue a light one.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
GEORGE DEAD.
The Jeffersonian Democratic Nominee
for Mayor of New York Stricken.
A SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
ris Experience as Newspaper Man Th'
Works He Publi.hed-Favored a sin-
gle Tar on LaDd-BoN His Nom
inatioB Came About.

NEw YORK. Oct. % Henry George.
Ieffersonian democratic nominee for
mayor of Greater New York, the most
picturesque and aggressive figure in
the present municipal campaign. died
from an attack Of apoplexy in room
at the Union Square hotel at 4:45
o'clock this morning. He arrived at
the hotel about one o'clock this morn
ing. He had just come from several
large mass meetings in the borough of
queens and Brooklyn. The work Of She
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

THE figures sso, o76. .O5s. IS represent a
big lot of money, but that is said to be
the exact amount received by the
American board of commissioners for
foreign missions during its 81 years of
missionary labor. The annual receipts
of the board have steadily grown until
they are now nearly $3.50, 600, and still
the current needs of the work call for
more. This will convey some idea of
the magnitude of the operations of
this great Congregational organiza-
fiou
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

THE claim of DIR. Joseph o. Hirsch-
fielder, of San Francisco, that he has
discovered cure for consumption, an
nounced last April, has been investi-
gated by the faculty of the Cooper
Medical college of that city. Sixteen
patients who have been treated with
oxytubcrculine, as the doctor calls his
preparation. have been examined and
the report on the cases was favorable.
DIR. l.. c. Lane, president of the col
lege, announced his faith in the dis
covery, which is in no sense a secret
one, as the method of its preparation
is freely given to the medical profess
sion
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
A SEALING AGREEMENT.
solution ofA Very Vexing Question Seem
Now IN sight.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-In reliable
quarters it is said that the conference
between Russia, Japan and the United
States now proceeding here, in refer
ence to sealing in the Behring sea and
the North Pacific, has advanced to an
important stage. and that PROPOSE
tion has been reduced TO writing.
which, If accepted, will bring about
complete change in the sealing ques-
ton. The proposition is said to be ac.
ceptable to the United States.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

J. WATTS KEARSY, a grandson OF the
famous Gen. Phil kearny, was TO be
taken into custody by sheriff because
he is a common drunkard and unable
to take care Of himself. His father
Gen. J. Watts Kearny, caused two
writs TO be issued by the court of chan
cery TO deprive his erratic son of his
liberty. IL was a sad recital of facts
that Gen. Kearny made in the petition
which was presented TO Chancellor Nc
Gill at Trenton, \. j., the other day.
He asserted that his son acquired the
drink habit while at college and at the
age of % he was a common drunkard
incapable of taking care of himself.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

Mrs E. BRooKISs PRENTICE and her
daughter, Of Chicago. are getting up a
society among the children of the pub
lie schools there which is called the
Worlds Good Habit society. The
members wear a badge of red. white
and blue and pledge themselves to
courtesy and kindness They will be
kind to dumb animals and courteous
to their fellows They will neither
use bad language nor lie nor steal.
They will not touch the deadly cigar
cite or drink Intoxicating liquors
And, last of all, they will not gamble.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
VOTERS RIGHTS SACRED.
An Illinois Judge Holds That Secrecy a
Ballots Cannot Be Destroyed.

An Illinois Judge Holds That Secrecy OF
Ballots Cannot Be Destroyed.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3O.-Judge Freeman
has decided that under the Australian
ballot system vot' cannot be com
pelled 10 disclose fol whom he cast his
ballot This principle of law holds
good, it is declared, even when the
legality of an election ha, been ques-
toned in court proceedings and the
issue depends upon aseertsining how
and for whom certain voters exercised
their franchises
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Bir AUTHORIZATION Asked.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2a.-Chief Moore,
of the United States weather bureau,
in his annual report to Secretary VIII
son, calls for an appropriation of ST.
044, ,O5O for the next fiscal year, and
says this will admit of the establish
and equipment of new stations in im.
portant eenters of population.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
SETTLERS IN PERIL.
Trouble with Ute Indians over the XIII
of several of Their Tribe

of several OF Their Tribe
MEEKER, Col. Oct 29.-Boyd Vaughn
arrived from Snake river with dis
patch for the governor and the follow.
ing letter to Game Warden Lyttle:
James Lyttle. Game Warden. Meeker. Col.
To-day with party OF u men tried to ar
rest a camp Of Ute Indians We used all pa
thence and they fired upon Us and then We had
% eight On Snake river. i've miles above I.ily
park several Indians were killed and wound
ID have sent riders to warn settlers in Lily
park and elsewhere. The settlers are gather
ing at Naughn'S ranch and are very much
alarmed. and think you should turn GU; with
what men you can TO try and arrest the ties
believe that there were about O. UteS in this
camp. but late information shows at least 100
men and some sag 500 have seen about N
but they were az many places and may retali-
ate but II those Indians wish to, the settlers
are entirely at their mercy. you and the
sheriff Of Rio Blanco county had better do what
you can To protect the settlers Yours respect.
fully. w r.. WILCOX
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

Did you ever run after ferryboat only
to find that it was coming in!'
oh, yes, and at the time was courting
my wife and thought ] was winning out in a
hard fight, she and all her relatives were
combined in an effort to make my escape
impossible. philadelphia North American
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

A LEADING physician of Chicago
says: I'VE eat too much. We shun
every physical eSertion that would be
beneficial. There is too much ease,
too much social excitement and too
much education. Our children are be-
ing over-educated, at the expense of
the physical beings | dent mean
that they are sent to school too young,
but they are kept there too long. They
have too few vacations, too little vari-
ation
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Fraud. REACHED sIoo.ooo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct %. Will
Zevely, of jefferson City. special agent
of the treasury department. who has
the frauds in the warrants paid to the
Creek Indians, was in the city yester-
day on his way to Washington. lie
found the government had been de.
frauded of about slOO, 900, but is of the
opinion the money will be fully re-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Miners Charge ChrsiIng.

Over 800 men of the Anderson mines,
three miles east of McAlester, refused
to 20 to work Monday morning alleg-
weights. This matter may be adjust
ed or it may assume the magnitude of
a strike, in which the Anderson men
will be joined by every miner in the
Indian Territory.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
MrthodI,t ConI.rence-

The annual conference of the Meth
odist church for the Indian territory
and Oklahoma convened in FL Reno
Wed nesday OF last week aud adjourned
Mon day. There were 100 preachers in
attendance. Bishop MeCabe, better
known as Chaplain McCabe presided
over the conference.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Slain by Poison.

Not the poison that the covert assassin ad.
ministers ii the drink, the food, OF some
other guise, but the poison of malaria short
ems the lives OF myriads There is a safe and
certain antidote, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, which not only fortifes the system
against malarip, but roots out its seeds when
they have ge.ninated. Dyspepsia consti
patton, rheumatic, liver and kidney trouble
are conquered by the Bitters
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
DR.. BROWN INDICATED.
The Famous san Francisco Case Settled .
the Congregational Council.

the Congregational Council.
CHICAGO. Oct. 80. The Congrega-
tional council called to judge between
DIR. c. o. Brown and the Bay confer
ence of California and to decide
whether the conference was justified
in suspending Dr. Brown from mem
bership on the strength of the finding
him for immortality in April. 1896,
reached a unanimous conclusion at a
late hour last night. The terms of the
finding have not yet been made known,
but the purport of them is a complete
victory for DIR. Brown.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
GOOD FOR poANE COLLEGE.
rhe Nebraska Institution VIII Get a Large
Beuuest.

BosToN. Oct. 30 The will of the late
Thomas Doane, the well known civil
engineer, gives his estate to trustees,
who are TO pay the net income to the
testator's wife and other relatives for
a term of years, and when the young
est grandchild of the testator attains
the age of 81 years, the principal of
the trust fund is to be paid to Doane
college at Crete. Neb The estate is
valued at from $3.50, 900 TO s3OO, 900.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

oSx million dollars worth of special
bonds. each of the denomination of
500 and bearing five per cent interest,
are to be offered for sale TO the work
ingnen and women of Chicago Banks
and large investors are not expected 20
buy these bonds.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Arizona. Chief Justice Dead.

PHGNIN, Ariz, Oct 30. IL. C. Trues-
dell, chief justice of Arizona, died yes
terday. He was born at Rock Island,
Ill, was graduated from the Univer-
sity of Iowa and lived and practiced
law in Minneapolis from 1881 until his
appointment by President Mckinley
to the position he held at the time Of
death
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

Are you stockholder in any of these
Klondike schemesg"
Il guess you might call me a stockholder."
said the man who had bought while the fever
had hold Of him, but I'm beginning to think
that stuck holder would be the better
Dhrase. Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

Wichita (kan.) Beacon: A wedding
that caused considerable comment oc-
CURED in Tulsa, l. I. recently. james
W. Allen, aged &c years, married Ad-
die ). George, aged IL years. His
height is is about 8 feet while his wife
is about four feet tail.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
A CnrefuI borrower.

PA sent me over to borrow your lawn
mower. An he says wouldn't you prefer to
sharpen il yourself?'
why should prefer TO sharpen it,
g Cause pa says he is so awkward about
such things an he might turn the edge
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

The women's club, OF Waterbury,
Conn. has started pioneer movement
for short skirts. As the club is com
posed of women of prominence aud i'm
fiuence, 1t is expected that some radi-
cal reforms will be made.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

THE Chinese laundryman at Muncie,
Ind, who has been boycotted by the
labor unions, has the advantage of be-
ing able to live and save money on an
income that would mean starvation TO
any competitor without Mongolian
blood.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Take the Air Line

the shortest from St Louis. makes quickest
time, Pullman Sleepers, Parlor and Dining
Cars. All trains leave from st. Louis
Union Station. For complete information
address j. X. Tapp, Travelling Passenger
Agent, Kansas City, Mo. r. A. Campbell,
General Passenger Agent ST Louis Mo
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Innocent Man KILLED

Shawnee Blade: George Williams. a
farmer living near Eufauls, was shot
and ki led in a drunken row at a dance
given at John Collins four miles north
of there Friday night lie was taking
no part in the trouble when he was
killed. His slayer viii be tried in the
uitf.d StaI,S cOurt here
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
David HAYS Indietea.

ST. Louis, Oct. so. David II. Hayes,
eN-cashier of the St Louis post Office.
who was removed several months ago
on charges of embezzling $4,000 of
government funds and falsifying the
records, was indicted by the federal
grand jury.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Wolcot. Not Withoa, Hope.

LONDON, Oct Ex-senator Woleott
Of Colorado, chairman of the United
States monetary commission. has gone
to Paris in the hope of prevailing upon
the French government To agree Ia
fresh bimetallic proposals.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
La rgest in the World,

The Star tobacco factory at st. Louis is
the largest in the world. The buildings are
in two rows: 2400 feet on Park and 2i0O feet
on Folsom avenue, with total width OF 27l
feet. You will discover the reason for this
marvellous growth if you give Star plug
tobacco a trial
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04
Fgyptian Money Order..

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. The post Office
department has completed arrange
ments for the direct exchange of money
orders between the United States and
Egypt the maximum amount for a
single remittance being s40O.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-04

THE new roller boat recently tested
at Toronto, Ont, which was expected
10 cross the Atlantic at speed OF 40
miles an hour, disappointed the in.
ventor by refusing to go faster thar
six miles an hour.