The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-10-07

and 60 deaths In the entire country nj
10 September 30.
PARIS mountain, seven miles from
breenville. ;. G., was shaken bv al
earthquake the other morning. Tn,
guests Of the hotel at the summit wer,
aroused by the rocking of the building
BosroS has won the league pennan'
for 1897 in the National baseball
league.
Tm members Of the National Irriga
ton congress at Lincoln, Neb.. got
through with their business on the
Goth and adjourned. Cheyenne, wyo.,
was chosen for the next meeting place.
Many resolutions bearing on subjects
pertinent 10 the meeting were passed.
J. II. Churchill, of Kansas, and Thomas
Knight. of Missouri. were among those
placed ON the national executive COM
mittee.
fRED d. WABSECKE. president of the
Peoples bank, Of Kingfisher. Ok, was
I found hanging by the neck dead on
the evening OF the 3Oth. He occupied
/ the room in which the suicide was
committed for sleeping purposes War
necke was wealthy aud without a
Z family.
The engine house and electric power
I plant at Newsome Bros. coal mine at
I Kingston, Ill, was DESTROYED by fire.
J. II. IRWIN, owner of the Belcher
silver mine at Boulder, Col, shot and
dangerously wounded his wife and then
put bullet through his own heart.
The couple had been living apart and
Irwin was intoxicated at the time of
the shooting.
a DISPATCH stated that few days
ago two strangers camped on John
Bowdam's ranch, at Pearsall. Tex, in
search of buried treasure, and dug up
an earthcn jar containing s15, 900 in
gold.
MOVEMENT was said 70 be or foot
looking TO the sale by the full-blood
Choctaws of all their rights in the In
dian territory and the removal of the
entire tribe, as far as represented by
the fuil.bloods, TO track of land in
Mexico.
FIRE In a warehouse at Mobile, Ala,
destroyed the shed and damaged 45O
bales of cotton.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway celebrated its silver anniver-
sary at Topeka, Kan, on the Goth. In
the big parade there were 5000 en-
ployes OF the system from four states
and 200 floats, representing the evolu-
ton in commerce brought about by
the roads growth. Afterwards ad-
dresses were made by officers of the
road 10 an immense crowd at the fair
grounds.
al Irr a
Lincoln, Neb., on the 29th was surfeit-
ed with papers on irrigation topics.
Action was taken for a permanent
organization of the association. Hon.
w. J. Bryan addressed the meeting in
the afternoon and at the night session
Mrs. Booth-Tucker, of the Salvation
army, spoke on The Farm Colony Of
the Salvation Army"
AT seven p III. on the Goth the saw
mill of Newman & Spencer at Ironton,
o., was discovered on fire and before
the fire department reached the scene
the flames had extended to the mills
and lumber yards of the Pennsylvania
Lumber Co. The loss was estimated
at from $500, 900 to $500, 900. An area
Of three squares in length and two
squares back from the river was en-
tirely destroyed.
THE six-year-old daughter of Perry
T.. Timberman at Bridgeton, Ind,
struck match in the barn loft, set
ting fire to the hay. The flames spread
so rapidly that she was unable to cs-
cape and was burned To death. as were
also two horses
SIX hundred Sac and Fox, Pawnee
and Usage Indians recently held
grand ghost and medicine dance on
the Pawnee reservation in the Indian
territory. A large part of them
stripped TO the skin and painted them
selves in the most gorgeous style.
IMPORTATION was received at the
general land Office in Washington that
the survey of the Black feet Indian
reservation in Montana was completed
The reservation is now ready to be
thrown open TO settlement as soon as
the reports can be prepared and ap.
proved by the interior department.
The lands win be subject to entry
under the mining laws.
BAD blood has existed for long
time between the Poles of two board
ing houses at Girardville, Pa, and on
the 27th il was brought to "a climax by
u bloody riot, in which at least nine
men received fatal injuries and possibly
two score others were more or less
seriously wounded. The battle was
the outcome of quarrel over. the
Hazleton troubles. The men fought
like demons, using axes, knives guns
and other weapons. Some of the ring.
leaders were arrested.
FIRE at Williamsheld ILL.,. de-
stroyed two blocks of stores in the
business district Loss estimated at
s35, 900.
In was feared that the iron ship May
Flint which recently left Philadelphia
for Japan with ll2, 900 eases of refined
petroleum, had been wrecked in the |
recent hurricane which swept the |
north Atlantic ocean.
ENGINEER PATRICK MCNULTY was |
doing some work under his engine at |
Gladstone, Mimi, when freight !
struck and moved it and the wheels |
cut off his head.
Two companies of cavalry have been |
sent to the Fort Hall Indian agency at |
Rossfork, Ida, TO quell the ant!-school |
riot there. The young bucks are |
hostile to the girls going to school and |
are backed up by the old squaws.
THE westbound passenger train on |
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