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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
OKLAHOMA NEWS.
Events of Interest Culled From
Territorial Newspapers.
To okiahnm. Editnr.

To members Sf the Oklahoma Press
Associations: Arrangements are now
being made for the regular semi-aunual
meeting of the Press association at
Heuuessey in November. Correspon-
dence is also under way looking to the
holding of ar excursion to New Or
leans on December l6. on the occasion
of the postponed meeting of the West
ern Editorial federation. In view of
the fact that only members in good
stsnding are privileged TO share the
enjoymen, of such proposed excursion
the undersigned deem it expedient to
caution all editors whose dues are de-
linquent. 20 remit at once. to Recording
Secretary whorton.
Article ?. section 9. of the associa-
tons constitution and bylaws as re.
vised at the Shawnee meeting, THE
membership fee of this association
shall be 81 O0 to be paid at the time OF
election, and the annual dues there
after. the sum OF 81 90 to be paid on or
before the annual meeting of each
year. Failure TO pay dues annually
forfeits membership" Members re-
mitting their dues will receive a new
membership card and certificate
which entities them 10 railroad trans
portation. Owing 10 the large amount
OF correspondence necessary to secure
membership in and transportation to
the federatian meeting. it is absolutely
necessary that members m arrears act
promptly. All members of the asso-
citation not holding certificates for
1897, will not be entitled to member
ship in the western federation, which
constitutes the price of trip To the
south.
l.. g. NIBLACK. President.
LoN WHORToN. Rec. Sec'v.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
OPENING AN ACCOUNT
woman is's Bank for the First Time
Makes Trouble.

"a woman opening bank account for the
first time is a peculiar creature, said one OF
the clerks in a national bank. "Ohe came in
a few DAYS ago and glanced around suspi-
ciously. Then she smb'ed up to the window
and said:
q II you please. | want to deposit some
money.
"'Yes'm; just 20 to the next window
"She stepped over in a careful way. as If
she was breaking some rule OF other, and, al
most in whisper, said
=" 'Is this where they deposit money
Yes, ma am. Do you wish to open an
ACCOUNT
a. 'Oh, no., she said I don't want to have
ANYTHING charged. | Just want to deposit
nv money. Is this bank really safe!'
"She was assured that i was.
:. This bank is AS firm as Gibraltar.
madam. You have come to the right place
We will have to have your autograph. just
write your name right there
Oh, | can't write without stub pen.
Haven't you got stub pen and some nice
violet INK
"She was fitted out. and in the most care
ful way imaginable she wrote out her full
name. Then she was provided with a de
posit book, which she looked at in an in
quiring way. She produced her money. huns
on to IT for minute. and then handed il
in. all rolled up and tied with thread The
receiving teller counted IL in a rauid w,y
and threw il in with the other receipts.
Now she said. this amt a good bank
You've Just gone and thrown my money in
with all the rest, and you can never pick
it out again. Take your old book and give
me my money. And scratch my name of
that big autograph album. Mother said yon
couldn't tell anything about bank
he was given her little roll, the auto
graph was scratched off and the deposit
ticket destroyed. She founced out in de-
cisive way. as much as TO say: They can't
cheat me, # l am a woman Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL


A DisPArCK from Port an Primes.
Hayti. said that the German minister
at that place had taken down his faC
and three German warShips were ex-
Pected there to demand an indemnity
for the illegal imprisonment Of Ger
man citizen.
The Tammany candidate for msyor
Of Greater New York was elected BY
2,(5,I votes Seth Low Was second
with l4s.5i3 votes and Tracy third.
with l0l, s2S Young Henry Georges
vote was Unexpectedly light
Miss FRANCES Z WuLAKn WAS re-
elected president OF the National
Women's Christian Temperanee union
at the session az Buffalo. " Y. on the
Cd.
MAEsHAL BLASCo. the new captain
general of Cuba, has sent cable mes
sage 10 the spanish government. say
ing he has formed favorable opinion
regarding the prospects Tor the pae.S-
cation of Cuba-
PosTSAsTEK GENERAL GARY is q pro-
nounced candidate for United States
senator in Maryland to succeed Arthur
z. Gorman-
Mrs CEIIA WALLACE. who resides at
the Auditorium Al Chicago and Is a
childless widow. has taken n fancy TO
Evangelina Cisneros and has offered to
adopt the Cuban maid and make her
an heir to fortune estimated at $500
ooc
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DEAL.
'Friseo secure. ControI OF the BiaIr the
and vrtI Enter Ean... CITY.

8ah " tAuNfE hansss titNs
KANSAS CRY, Mo. Nov. s-The an
nouncement was made in a newspaper
at New York tha: the ST. Louis & san
Francisco railway has leased, on terms
which mean complete purchase after a
term of years. what is known as the
Blair line of road running from Kan
sas City south to osceola. the object
being TO bring the Frisco line into
Kansas City. A representative of the
blair line said that the whole question
had been considered two weeks ago
in Kansas City by representatives
of the two companies. and that a
proposition had been agreed upon to
submit at yesterdays meeting. The
proposition was accepted yesterday
and the deal closed. The Blair line
people would extend the line to Boli-
var. when the Frisco would come into
control This would bring the Frisco
into Kansas City by the first of Janu-
AIRY. This big railroad deal. closed at
New York yesterday. is Of vast i'm
portanee to the business interests of
Kansas City. BY it the city secures
another big trunk line which has here
tofore been strictly a St Louis road.
and the acquisition furnishes Kansas
City with another direct line to the
gulf and places her in touch with q
new territory
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
In. ct,il s.r,,c. I.u.

WASHINGTON, Nov 6.-Republicans
opposed 10 the continuance OF the civil
service law and regulations are making
active preparations for the fight
which they propose to make in favor
of the repeal OF the measure dur
ing the coming session Of congress
Capt Thomas II. Mckee, the journal
clerk Of the house of representatives.
with a view to ascertaining the senti-
ment of the republican ma ajority. has
begun a poll Of the members. and has
aseertained. IL is claimed, thut many
of them may be classed as opponents
Of The law.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

IT is said that s,soo, 600 alligaiors
have been killed in Florida since iss0,
with . result that the saurians have
very nearly disappeared from the
streams of that state, and are to be
found in numbers only in the Ever
glades and other vast swampS Resi-
dents of the state realize that one of
its notable attractions has gone. and
have been writing to the United States
fish commission recently. desiring tina;
something be done in the way of pro
pagating alligators artificially. tha,
the rivers may be repopulated.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
One Man 10 Killed.

Woodward News: Last Sunday. the
shooting and killing of Vernon .WilE-
inson and wounding of A. j. Chapman,
occurred in the big Chapman & Morris
pastur~ The Wilkinson pasture is To-
Gated inside the Chapman & Morris
pasture. Wilkinson and man named
Bugsbee were riding inside the pas
ture when they met Chapman and
some of his men Hot words passed
between them then guns were drawn
and shots exchanged. A ball from
Chapman's six-shooter entered the left
breast of Wilkinson, penetrating the
heart and passed out under the right
shoulder blade. The shot from WiIk-
inson's Winchester entered Chapman's
right hand between the second and
third fingers and out at the wrist
joint
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

JUDGES SLATED FOR PRISON.
0nheers of Sinclair County. No. Refuse ts
Obey Judge Philips Mandate

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Nov. 6.-The
county judges of St Clair county. Mo,
have been commanded to appear before
the United States circuit court here,
November Is. and show cause why
they have refused to pay large judg-
ment against the county over whose
court they preside. There is judg-
ment against that county held by
eastern men who bought bonds of
Sinclair county railroad that was
never built Judges of that county
have been in Jail at Kansas City for
refusing to order a levy on the
county to pay the Judgment The
new judges were commanded TO pay
the money; they refused. and on No
vember Is they must show why they
should not go to Jail for contempt of
court This matter has become a po-
litical issue in Sinclair county. and
candidates for judgeships there must
promise to go to Jail rather than order
tax levy to pay this county debt.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

st. Louis, Nov. G.-The members of
the state committee of the national
democratic party have determined to
maintain their organization in Mis-
souri, and continue the fight along
educational lines To this end permA-
nent headquarters will be established
here with Secretary l. r. wilhey in
charge. II has been decided to put up
candidates for every Office at every
election hereafter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
Endemic Among Terra. Hor.e.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Nov. 6.-An ap-
peal has been made to the bureau OF
animal industry to investigate the
disease which is prevalent among
horses in the coast country of Texas
The mortality is alarming throughout
Brazoria and the adjoining coast coun-
tries to the east and for 100 miles
along the coast to the west As soon
as IL attacks an animal il loses
strength Immediately and drops by
the wayside, generally dying within .
day or two.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
PETER Predict. Anti-Fu.ion.

TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. Sin an edito-
rial in his paper, the Topeka Advocate,
ex-senator PETER declares that such a
fusion as existed between the demo
Gratis and populists in 1896 will be inn
probable in 1900. He says; 1t must
be apparent by this time to democrats
and populists alike that such an alli-
anee between their parties as was
formed in 1896 will not again take
place
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
ood. Count, acaa.m,

Alva Pioneer-Republican: Out at
Cherokee in this county is large two
story building which contains neat
and costly college fixtures, and in
which is conducted one of the best
courses of study in the west. Prof ii.
c. Fellows is president and he is one OF
the best instructors in the west. The
college WAS started about three weeks
ago and already there is an enrolment
of forty-tive and is increasing every
day. Tuition is free and is run under
the management of the Quaker church.
This before many years win be one OF
the best colleges in Oklahoma Woods
county is great on education
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
Fuaioni.t. Win In Colorado.

DENVER. Col. Nov. 5-At midnight
there seemed little doubt of the election
of Gabberi, populist, as justice of the
supreme court The Rocky Mountain
News has specials giving complete re-
turns of all but six counties The
missing counties are all far from rail.
roads and are but sparsely populated.
Estimates have been made of their
vote and the result gives Gabbert $500
plurality over Hayt, republican.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

DIS MONIES, la. Nov. 5.-The COM
plete unofficial returns of Tuesday S
vote are: For governor, Shaw (rep. },
224,5S5; White tdem.), 1893, 567; populist,
middle-of-the-road, $3.50; gold demo
erat 5,434; prohibition, IO.69a; total.
44O, l9s; Shaw's plurality. So,9ss Shaw's
total vote is the largest ever east for a
republican candidate for governor,
being 10000 higher than the highest
before
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

A GREAT humanitarian exists in the
person of Simon Pavlowski, poor Po-
lish chemist of Warsaw. He has in
vented gas which is forced into n
shell made of gelatine. This gas is a
powerful anesthetic. IL the shells are
used in the wars of the future there
need be no more deaths or mutilations
on the battle field. When the shells
burst in the ranks of the foe the freed
gas will permeate the atmosphere and
hull the enemy into a IS hours sleep.
Their standards, ammunitions, and, II
desirable, their sleeping bodies, may
be removed bsfore they awaken.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

BY order of the British parliament a
report has just been made out and pub
lished concerning the unclaimed funds
in the keeping of the various govern
ment departments at the present mo
ment The ehaneery division of the
supreme court of iudieature has in its
possession over $500, 600. 900. The Irish
court of chancery holds some $50, 600, 900
of unclaimed moneys, while the un-
claimed government stocks and aecu-
mulated dividends retained by the
treasury department amount to s2s,-
600, 600 Unclaimed dividends in bank
ruptcy are $50, OOo, 900, while unclaimed
prize money exceeds s., 00O, 600.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
BRUTAL MURDERS.
Three Girls and Boy Killed in Que
bee BY Some misereant
TO IMPORT CHINESE LABOR.
A Special FROM Joliet. nm. says that Opera
tors WIN ful Up Their Coal Mines
with ChIne-e-A Burglars
Crime.

ST. JUEIIESSE. Que. Nov. 6-Four
children OF Michael MeNulty and wife.
who live near Mont Calm Mills. were
brutally butchered yesterday. The
parents had come TO st Juelienne TO
transact some business, leaving their
three daughters and a boy at home.
During their absence q neighbor named
Morrin called and discovered a most
ghastly spectacle. He found the
bodies of two of the girls on the
floor of the kitchen in the house
with their throats cut. The body
of the oldest daughter was
found midway between the house and
barn in a similar condition and the boys
remains were discovered in the barn.
No possible cause for the Atrocious
crimes has been learned. Posses have
been organized and are hunting over
the vicinity for the miseresn:- The
girls were aged is. 10 and Il respee-
lively: the boy was ten years old.
To Import Chinese Labor.
CHICAGO. Nov. "a special To the
Daily News from Joliet, Ill, says:
There is q rumor in circulation here
that the operators at Carbon Hill are
planning TO import Chinese laborers
10 take the place of the strikers in the
mines The company is at work NOV
ing its house close to the shaft and il
is expected will build stockade to
inclose both houses and shaft IL is
reported as coming from one of the
operators that as soon as the company
can get ready to receive them coo
Cinnamon viii be shipped. aud that If
this experiment proves a success other
operators will follow il
A Burglar. Crime
DETROIT. Mich, Nov. John Med
ing. a shoemaker was shot and fatally
wounded by a robber early this morn
ing while asleep in his house on An
toine street Mrs NEEDING was awak-
ened just as the intruder appeared in
the doorway. Realizing he was de-
tected. the stranger fired revolver at
the bed The bullet pierced the breast
of Mrs Nieding's husband, penetrat-
ing lung and blood-vessels- NEEDING
can live bu; few hours The robber
escaped.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

CHICAGO is to have Lab or temple. 4"
The Building Trades council and Chi
cago federation will appoint commit
tee to devise means for raising the
money necessary for the erection of a
large building suitable for the perma-
nent home of over 500 hourishing
trades unions IL is proposed to raise
the funds by popular subscription and
by small per capita assessments IL is
estimated that $500, 900 could be raised
within Sve years by the unions alone.
There are no fewer than los, 900 trades
unionists in Chicago. A per capita
tax Of ten cents a month would raise
sl50. 600 q wear.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

NsE- ANNA LANkow. vocal instruct
or of New York. had several talented
pupils who were anxious TO secure Eu-
ropean experience The pupils sang
their best into a photographic horn
and Nine Lankow took the cylinders
10 Berlin where the voices were re-
produced for the German managers
The experiment was so successful that
engagements TO sing in Germany in
concert and opera were obtained for
two Of the pupils based solely on the
Photographic samples
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

THE sixth auditor in the post Office
department at Washington, in his an
nusl report says that his Office is re-
garded as the largest accounting Office
in the world. Its employees. nearly 800
in number, are engaged in the impor-
tant work of adjusting the accounts
of the entire postal service, with its
SIG, 40, $50. 50 of receipts and expendi-
lures A separate ledger account is
kept with each of the 20, 900 post offices
in the country. 1t receives checks,
asserts and files each of the 20, Ooo 900
money orders issued annually in the
United States, aggregating in amount
$S64, ll3. .olO.93.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
Many Times We'd.

Cushing Herald. Mrs. Coonskin, the
sextuple polyandrist of the neighbor-
Indian village, exhibited her sixth
husband in this town yesterday.
COonskin stepped haughtily around,
arrayed in seven eolored blanket l3
inches long; glittering tin foil chains
dsngled from his ears, while his two
foot high straw hat was adorned With
eaily colored goose tail feathers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
VERY LITTLE INTEREST.
kAn<ss- Missouri Thanksgiying Day Foot
hall Game Likely tn he UaeventfuL

kAn<ss- Missouri Thanksgiying Day Foot
hall Game Likely tn he rnesentfuL
KANSAS CRY. Mo. Nov. 5.-The Jour
nal says: Football enthusiasts look
forward with little interest to the
scheduled game between Missouri and
Kansas at Exposition park next
Thanksgiving. The wonderful strength
and careful training of the Kansans
have combined to place them in class
practically by themselves in this sec
tion of the country. On the other hand.
the Tigers are lamentably weak: their
line is like erumbling wall; their in
reference is Intellectual and there has
been NO evidence of strength in Of
fensive playing to encourage the wan.
ing hopes of their admirers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
wALLA roNAKA RETRIEVED.
New TRIAL Ordered for the Indian Tol
Player at the last Moment

TIAytr aI INC IAst HO"rnt-
De QUEEN, Ark, Nov. 8. 6.-Several
hundred whites and Indians gathered
at Alikchi, Wolf county, in the Choc-
taw nation, to witness the legal shoot
ing of Walla Tonaka, or William Co
ing the Indian who played toll in
h >as City in August, and Wallace
{ roso oy, who were sentenced to death
for the murder of Sampson Going, a
deputy sheriff. Last Wednesday nigh,
a messenger rode in from Antlers with
reprieve fer both men signed by the
judge of the Choctaw supreme court
at Tushkahoma, the capital. With the
reprieve came instructions to the dis
trict court to grant the two men .
new trial
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
Indian. ar. Iner...inr-

Marlow News: Reports of agents
from the tribes in the Indian territory
show that the births exceed the deaths
thus refuting the statement that the
blanket Indian is becoming a thing OF
the past In the Kiowa, Comanche
and Apache tribes the excess of births
over deaths was IS. Indian extinction
viii come through smalgamation not
through death.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 81. E.
Bruner, piano tuner who formerly
lived IN this city, has been arrested in
Nashville, Tenn, for abduction. He
was arrested on a warrant sworn out
by t. T. Newell Bruner eloped from
Nevada, Mo, on March 2s, 1895, with
Mrs Newell and took Newelrs iI-year-
old daughter with him
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
Take the Air Line

10 Louisville and Eastern Cities, So mile.
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. X. A Campbell
General Passenger Agent, ST. Louis, Mo
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
star Plug Combine. All Good au.u-

All the desirable qualities you want in
tobacco are found in Star plug to a sDecial
degree. Its constant use produces no evil
efTects
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
star,Inx To nsaih i'm Ian.

FoSD DU LAC, Wis, Nov. 5.-Sheriff
shaefer has a prisoner at the county
Jail who absolutely refuses to eat food
and who is slowly starving to death.
His name is b C. Murphy and he
claims TO have been a former student
at the state university. He was ar
rested last spring on a criminal war
rant and is to be tried at this term of
the circuit court
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

WASHINGTON, Nov. The National
corps Of the Regular Army and Navy
union has been Incorporated under an
act of congress as a result of the split
which recently occurred at Kansas
City. An injunction will be asked 10
prevent the other organization from,
using the name
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
Her Life for Her Frlena.

FRANKFORT, Ind. Nov. 5.-Unis Mis-.
kell, aged IA. whils trying to push Eva
Toney, a school companion, from in
front Of Lake Erie train, was in.
'stantly killed The cross beam OF the
engines pilot crushed her skull Eva
escaped.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11

DErARcIEUx kept a record of 4s,5sS
deaths in French parish. He found
that lie married women 10 Ia unmsr
ried and - married men to six baehei-
ors reached the age of 90 According
to French figures. by marrying at 70 a
man adds II years TO his theoretical
and statistical chances of life. by
marrying at 40 he adds six years.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
TWILL BE GIVEN a CHANCE.
Interior Department Employees who Are
Dischsrged Can Have q Hearing.

Discharged Can Have a Hearing.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. - Secretary
Bliss has issued an order as to the re-
moval of employees in the classified
service and calling attention TO the
presidents order of last July provid-
ing against removals without due
retary directs rigid enforcement of
this. and allows employees complained
of three days in which to submit,
through the proper officer. to the de-
partment a defense in writing, failure
to do which will be held to be waiver
of defense.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
unr, p.,ro,.~, - n,.,.n..

NEW loRK, Nov. s The Herald says;
More than s., 600 persons will directly
or indirectly draw pay from the city in
the first administration of the mayor
of Greater New York The salaries of
SS, O0O of these. whose names will be
actually on the city's pay roll, will ag-
guegate SIS. 900. 600.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
THE COMMITTEE Reeuke o.
The Georgia Legislature Wants Davis
birthday a Legal HOLIDAY.

ATLANTA, Ga. Nov. 5.-The bill by
Mr.. Oliver, of Burke county, to make
the birthday of jefferson Davis legal
holiday in this state, was adversely re-
ported by the general judiciary commit
tee in the house of representatives
here to-day, and Mr.. Oliver
called up the measure and moved
to disagree with the committee. In
an earnest speech he asked the house
to honor the hero of the lost cause
The report of the committee was dis
agreed to by an almost unanimous
r1-a