The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-25

twice and killed at Bryan. Tex. An.
other negro, Tom Sweat, was arrested
for the crime, hut was taken from his
| guards and strung up TO the limb of a
tree. The vigilantes were said TO have
been negroes.
THE annual report OF Secretary of
the Interior Bliss was made public on
the 18th. He stated that there were
200, 600 more pension claims awaiting
adjudication and IL was estimated that
half of them would be finally ad
mitted. Speedy action is recommend
ed in securing proper legislation for
the coming l2th census The Indians
and the Dawes commission, the condi-
tion of Alaska and the Nicaragua ca
nal were also touched upon in the re-
port
OSCAR GARDNER, the Omaha Kid, was
defeated at Buffalo, N. v, on the 18th
by Billy Rotchford, of Chicago, in 90
round bout
A TERRIFIC prairie fire passed through
Lubbock, Hale and Crosby counties,
Tex, doing great damage to the
ranges. The flames made fire ten
miles wide which Travelled at lightning
speed. At least 400 square miles of
territory were burned. Cattle were
burned TO death and north of Emma,
5000 sheep were burned in one flock.
Many farmers lost their winter feed,
fire burning it in the stacks.
AT Carrollton, Ala, Leona Barnes,
an ls-year-old white girl Of prepossess-
ing appearance, was convicted on the
charge of miscegenation and was given
n two years term in the penitentiary.
Last March Miss Barnes eloped with
Andy Beard, a negro laborer on her
fathers farm. The affair created a
big sensation and n mob pursued the
couple and overhauled them and Beard
was shot to death in sight of the girl.
The town of Loreto, Ecuador, was
nearly destroyed by hurricane, the
loss of life being heavy.
THERE is probability that the case
of Capt Dreyfus, the Frenchman con-
victed of being a traitor to his coun-
try, may be reopened.
THE International League of Build
ing and Loan associations held its
annual convention at New York the
other day, about 60 delegates being
present.
JACK MOORE was sentenced at Dal-
las, Tex, to 90 years in the peniten-
tiary for the murder of Deputy Sheriff
Pate.
NATHANIEL s. JOHNSON, manager of
the Central Union Telephone com
pany, at Massillon, o., killed himself in
his Office by shooting himself. He left
letter in which he said that he was
threatened with blindness and had
nothing to live for.
A FIGHT took place at the edge of
Knox and Clay counties, KY, between
John Smith and Fred Harkler over
debt. Both parties drew revolvers and
fred instantly and the two men were
dead in an hour
THE general assembly of the Knights
of Labor completed it's work at Louis
vile. KY, on the nth and adjourned.
Resolutions passed declared in favor of
the independence of Cuba; denounced
the shooting of miners by deputy
sheriffs at Hazleton, Pa, and de.
nounced the sale of the Union Pacific
railroad. The present banking system,
as advocated by national bankers, was
also denounced. The plan to establish
colonies for cooperative plants, so as
to give employment to idle men, is to
be pushed.
SECRETARY WILSON proposes to ex-
tend the benefits of the agricultural
department to the wives and daugh ters
Of farmers and keep them posted on
the departments Investigations into
the food and nutrition of man and
otherwise aid women in the rational
practice of the arts of the home.
| FRED HORN, aged 10, was convicted
at Ell Reno, Ok, of numbering an old
soldier named Tripp, in order to get
81. so, and was sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for life.
Two fires, both believed to be of in
cendiary origin, broke out in the girls
quarters of the Indian school at Car
Isle, Pa, the other night. The blazes
were quickly extinguished and perfect
discipline was maintained by the teach
ers.
| A FARMER at Cushing, Ia, named d..
out his brains The couple were sep
arated and family troubles were the
cause of the crime.
THERE was claim dispute near
Wanamaker, Ok, between John
Hicks, George Malone and William
Roberts and in the shooting affray
which followed Hicks was killed and
the two other men We're badly wounded.
THE 18th annual session of the Bap-
tist congress of ministers opened at
Chicago on the 10th, many of the ablest
divines in that denomination being
present
THE store house of the c. A. Woolsey
paint and color works in Jersey City,
n. j., collapsed on the 10th. The 81
people in the structure had time to es
cape and no one was hurt Loss, $50,
900.
A BICYCLE manufacturer of Toledo
o., announces that pool has been
formed of about n dozen of the leading
manufacturers of medium grade
wheels and that they will fix a scale
of prices and practically control the
output
GEN. KADEsKI, commander of tn,
Uniformed Catholic Knights of Ameri
ca, the military organization of the
Catholic church, has completed making
the rounds of all Communicates in the
nation, gathering written pledges o
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