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


Anti-Spiritualist Association of the
United States was formed, with J. II.
Becker, Of Dayton, o., as president
Organizations will be formed in every
state and an anti-spiritualistic paper
will be started.
OVER 500 delegates from every state
in the union asse bled at Indianapolis.
Ind. on the 9th TO attend the annual
session of the Sons of Veterans. The
annual national convention of the
Ladies' Aid society, auxiliary to the
Sons of Veterans, also convened. Both
organizations show an increase in
membership the past year.
SIX young men were drowned in
Lake St Clair, near Detroit, Mich, by
the capsizing of yatch from which
they were fishing. The men were
drunk and rocked the boat over.
AT Denver, Col, on the sth the Colo
RADIO Midland railroad was sold under
foreclosure TO Chairman Olcott, of the
reorganization committee, for s295, 900.
NEAR Los Angeles, Cal, on the night
of the sth bandits piled ties on the
Southern Pacific track for the purpose
of looting the express train. When
the train slowed up two deputy sher-
IFS began firing and the bandits hur-
riedly abandoned their plans.
THE situation in the infected yellow
fever districts OF the south on the sth
was decidedly improved. There had
been in all 74s cases of the fever, nine
deaths and 81 were sick. further
spread of the plague was deemed inn
possible.
AT Owassa, Mich. Mile Comstock, n
music teacher, wrapped herself in a
blanket saturated with kerosene and
lighted it. She died as the result of
her burns.
CHARLES Cross, a mail carrier of
Huntsville, Ala, is Seventh-day Ad-
ventist and resigned his position rather
than deliver mail on Saturdays.
SIX persons whose names are known.
and others who are unknown were
killed by terrible explosion of nitro
glycerine at Cygnet, o., on the 7th
ONLY one death had resulted from
yellow fever at New Orleans up TO the
sth. Physicians declared the disease
| TO be under control in that city and
| there was no exodus on account of the
/ plague Rigid measures are being
! adopted at all southern coast cities To
stamp out the disease. Ocean Springs,
the most infected place, is absolutely
cut off from the world except by wire
and mail.
REPORTS from Chelsea, |. T., say
| Mexican lions are numerous along the
| Illinois river near there and are kill
! ing much live stock.
AT Sheepshead Bay, y. ", Orna-
ment, the greatest of three-year-olds,
won the Twin City handicap at IL
miles. He ran the distance in 2:O5 2-5,
An English syndicate has taken
charge of Depew, the New York Gen.
! tral railroad town near Buffalo, n. Y,
! under an agreement that they will
build not less than $50 houses during
the coming year. 1t is proposed to
make Depew the model town of the
! United States.
A MOVEMENT is on foot at San Fran
cisco TO organize a national league for
the propagation of Christian socialism
THERE is big demand for cotton
seed in Texas The price Is now 50
and $40 a ton and may go higher. Tex.
as mills have all the European orders
they can fill.
MRS. RICHARD MILIKES, widow of a
wealthy sugar planter, has presented
the Ne'v Orleans charity hospital with
| $4,000 20 found children's building,
To include a kindergarten.
HARRY +. LEADLEYs of Rochester,
n. y, who died at Bancroft, Mich,
on the 7th, made an ante mortem STATE
ment in which he confessed to having
murdered a Miss Emerson in Roches-
! ter and embezzling from a Rochester
firm