The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-16

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clergy in the great quadrennial legis-
lsture Of the church.
NEAR Churchville. o. burglars en-
tered the home Of George Smith and
overpowering him secured 81. 800. In
the scuffie Mrs Smith was shot.
TIE annual report Of the auditor for
the interior department shows that the
amount paid for pensions during the
last year was si4O a.. .ss7 The pay
ments on pension account for the fscal
year Of ise5 were si3s. 7s2 i27. and for
;he fiscal year iso5, si4o. .5ss,64I
DoUBT has been thrown upon the ac-
suracy Of the survey of the boundary
between Georgia and Tennessee. and
II the theory Of eminent legal author
titles is confirmed. II will be found that
Chattanooga is on Georgia soil
a DAHING attempt was made on the
night Of the 9th 20 hold up a katy
train near Bond. l. T. Engineer Rag
land slowed up the train in response
to the signal, but when he saw eight
men standing by the tracks Re opened
the throttle and sped by them
Al Pittsburg. Kan, on the 9th the
representatives Of 5. 900 miners met in
convention and organized the Western
Miners and Mine Laborers' Protective
association. which is expected 10 BE-
come power in the west Headquar-
tiers will be al Pittsburg.
In has been definitely settled that
Henry Wall. a young white man who
was lynehed near Richmond. Va. for
an alleged assault upon sadie Cook.
was innocent, and there is great indig-
nation against the leaders OF the mob.
A REVISED list Of the victims Of the
terrible wreck on the Santa Re near
EmPoris. Kan. on the night Of the sth
places the number Of dead at Il. The
corOner's jury viii meet and try to
place the blame for the catastrophe.
The loss 20 the Santa Fe railroad will
exceed slOO. 600.
AT Huntington, Ind, Timothy Sulli-
van and two other members OF his
household were dangerously poisoned
by eating fried chicken which the
hired girl had accidentally rolled in
arsenic instead of -four.
II. l.. PRESTON. formerly publisher of
the Sunday Bee and Sunday SUN news
papers, was indicted by the jackson
county grand jury at Kansas City, Mo.
The coinage Of silver dollars and
minor coins, which was suspended at
the various mints during July and Au-
gust, will be resumed.
THREE unknown tramps perished in
the Jail at Conway, y. D., which was
set on fire by unknown persons
AT Niles, Mich, Foo Lee. Chinese
laundryman, easily won an exciting
bicycle race from several fast wheel
men.
WITHIN a radius OF 50 miles of Jack
son, Tenn, no rain has fallen for
period of five months.
YELLOW fever and malaria are kill
ing hundreds of Spanish soldiers in
the vicinity of Havana.
THE United States pension Office on
the sth received contribution of $3.50
from pensioner in Pennsylvania. who
said he had obtained the money fraud
ulently.
II. 5. PERRY was hanged at Decatur,
Ga, on the sth for the murder of Bailey
Lanier, a theological student, on March
last Perry protested to the last that
he committed the act to avenge an in
suit offered 10 Mrs Perry by Lanier,
and that he was justified in killing him.
AFTER much opposition the Creek
council at Okmulgee passed bill pro-
viding for treaty with the Dawes
commission and allotment of their
lands. This leaves only the Cherokees
and Seminoles, of all the five tribes,
who have not entered into an agree
ment with the Dawes commission.
REPORTS to the St Louis Republic
al q l. Al Z
ducing states indicated decrease in
this years corn yield of about ten per
cent, caused by the drought of the late
summer
w. II. KURTZ, the freshman who was
badly injured in the rush" at the Cal
ifornia state university last week, will
recover, though he will be marked for
life
DRoUGHT and extreme heat have
practically ruined late corn in Mis-
souri, and Kansas. Pastures have been
burned by the sun, and in some places
trees have been killed during the
drought
The attorney general of Missouri has
begun quo warranto proceedings in
the supreme court against 20 fire in
surance companies OF the state, alleg-
ing that they are parties to pooling
trust
MOBILE, Ala, has been quarantined
on account of yellow fever. At Ocean
Springs, Miss, ten persons had died
from the malady. New Orleans also
has been quarantined.
WESTERN passenger rates are rapidly
becoming demoralized. While freigh,
business is the heaviest on record. The
passenger business on nearly all west
: ern roads has shown little or no i'm
provement
A WASHINGTON dispatch said there
had been a greatly increased demand
for American meat abroad and as q
consequence more meat inspectors are
needed at Kansas City and other west.
ern points.
LABOR day was universally cele.
brated throughout the United States
on the 9th. At Kansas City the crowd
: was the largest ever seen there on a
similar occasion. Gov. Leedy and 9th,
ers spoke. At St Louis w. J. Bryan
. spoke to a crowd of 900 people.
In northern Arizona wild horses
have become so vicious that the attor-
ney-general has been asked il they
may not be legally slaughtered.
The fast mail on the Wabash was
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