The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-04-01


projectors of the scheme have secured
control OF the La Junta and Lamar
canal and of large tracts of land that
adioin IL.
THOMAS MARSHAL, for IL years may
or of Keithsburg, H., won the fifth an
nual grand American handicap which
was shot at Elwood park, New York,
on the 95th, having killed 25 birds
straight. His nearest competitors
were DIR. II. G. kocgel. of Newark. and
DR.. w. +. Carver, of Chicago, each of
whom lost one bird
IN the circuit court at Chicago Judge
Horton refused to dissolve the tempo
rary injunction against the telegraph
companies and the board of trade. re-
straining them from removing tick
ers' and supplying market quotations
To n number of firms and individuals
The decision was practical victory
for the bucket shops.
THE Colorado senate on the 25th
passed the bill for the abolition of cap
ital punishment. 1t recently passed
the house.
A DISPATCH from New York on the
| cath stated that more than 5000 social
lists had rebelled against what they
term dictatorship. and the detection
threatened TO spread. Four strong
union organizations had deserted the
socialistic trade and labor alliance.
CHICAGO wheclmen, who claim to
control $4,000 votes, are planning to
organize n bicycle political party The
! object is to secure laws favorable to
! wheelmen.
THE house of Jacob Adc was burned
at Paradise Ridge, Tenn, and in the
ashes were found the charred remains
of Ade, his wife, his daughter and the
! daughter of neighbor who was spend
ing the night with them. A ten-year-
old son was also said to be missing.
! The deed was supposed to be the work
IF tramps and officers had gone TO the
scene with bloodhounds.
Two burglars recently robbed the
German Catholic convent at Fort
Smith Ark, and dangerously wound
ed Sister Theresa, who went toinvcsti-
gate the noise she heard
CONGRESSMAN RAY, of New York. re-
Gently introduced in the house bill to
prevent the multiplication of suicides.
transmitted through the mails of the
United States which contains any pic
ture of a suicide or any details relating
thereto beyond the simple statement
of death by suicide, giving name, date
and place.
TIE plant OF the Acme Bicycle works
at Reading, Pa, was destroyed by fire
on the cath with all the valuable ma
chinery, making the total loss about
SIS. 900, covered by insurance. The
building contained material for fully
5000 bicycles.
The five children of Frank Pcnrod
were burned to death at their home at
Laddsdale, Ia. II was not known how
the fire originated. The children were
all under 12 years of age. The parents
had left them alone while they attend
ed "a religious meeting at the school
house.
JAMES CoLvIILE, of Boston, who was
Corbetts timekeeper in the recent con
test at Carson City, New, is'one of the
eastern syndicate who wants to back
John l.. Sullivan against Bob Fitzsim.
mons for the championship. Colvillc
said II the champion would fight Sulli-
van he can have chance for large
stake, that sullivan had begun to get
himself into shape and that his friends
meant business and have posted for.
felt.
CYNTutNA, Ind, was recently visit.
ed by tornado, which did much dam.
age. The opera house, one brick build
ing and one dwelling were demolished
Barns, chimneyS, fences, orchards and
other property went down before the
gale.
Ar Andrews, Ind, two grocery stores
n meat market, a warehouse and resi-
dence were destroyed by fire on the 22d
One man was fatally burned. The fire
was supposed TO have been incendiary
AN epizootic of glossitis recently
broke out among the horses of st
Louis. Thousands of horses were af
flicted and the veterinarians reaped /
rich harvest in consequence.
THE supreme court of the United
States on the 22d announced its deci
sion that the agreement in the Trans
missouri Freight association to main
tain rates within its territory was 1
violation of the antitrust law of 1896
prohibiting contracts or combinations
in restraint of trade and must be aban
doncd. This reversed the decision o
the court below.
TwENTY-Two freight cars We're OF
the 23d piled in mass on the OhiC
southern track at Springfield, o., 10y
the breaking of coupling betweeI
two OF the cars. Four tramps wer,
badly injured and four Others wer'
supposed to be buried in the wreck.
\ TERRIBLE cyclone swept over n sec
tion of Georgia and Alabama on tn,
22d. The town of Blakelcy, Ca, wa
almost lifted out of existence and man,
: people were injured by falling timbcrS
The academy at Arlington, Ga, wa
wrecked and eight children were talleI
out dead and five other persons wcr,
mortally wounded. The scenes aroun,
the school were heart-rending. !
family of five was also reported kille'
near Geneva, Ala.
JOHN LEE, farmer in Grant county
Ok, ON his return from visit to rela
tiveS in Missouri, found that his houS
aud barn and all their cCutcnts ha'
been stolen from his farm.
The American dramatists and man
ayers celebrated the passage of tn
anti-pirute amendment to the copy
right law by banquetdt Delmonicos
New York, on the Goth 10 the member
of congress who helped to pass tn,
bill. senator Platt, of Connecticut