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Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-13
STATEMENT

State Of Nebraska.
Douglas County.
George -. Tzschucl
fishing company. bel
actual number Of ful
Daily Morning, Evcr
during the month OF
lows.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-13

Detroit Free Press: Here" shouted the
indignant citizen to the secretary OF the
water hoard "this minnow came through
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Hannah Brewer, the old postwom-
an of Btton, England. has been on
duty GO years. during which time she
has walked a quarter of million miles.
--Ex-Secretsry Herbert has gone in
10 the business of pressing claims
against the navy department.. He says
In a circular letter to claimants that
he is ''in position to prosecute claims
and get prompt action"
Maj. Ginter, the Richmond tobacco
king. has resigned his position as di-
rector of the American Tobacco COM
pany and will soon retire from active
business, worth $s,Ooo.0o0. When he
laid down his musket at Appomattox
he did not have a dollar.
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison is a very
beautiful woman. She looks like an
Italian. with soft brunette colorinR and
a superb complexion. She knows very
little of her husbands scientific work.
but dcvotes much time TO reading de-
tective novels with him. form Of liter
ature of which he is very fond.
One of the most costly crowns in
the world is that of the king of Portu-
gal. The jewels which ornament IL are
valued at $s,50O.ooo. Queen victoria's
crown is valued at $1,s00,oO0. In his
state clothes, including the crown, the
sultan of Johore wears diamonds worth
s12,000.0o0.
-Fraulein Anna Siegmund. grand
niece of the great composer, Shubert,
who is student in the dramatic de-
partment of the Vienna conservatory,
recently appeared in that city as Fran
cisca in "Minna Won Barhelm" and
Viola in "As You Like It." 1t was her
first public performance.
Judge Advocate Samuel T. Shaylor,
OF jacksonville, Fla, while sitting on a
wharf during the court-martial recess.
found in the hem of his trousers SIS
diamond ring. He had purchased the
trousers year ago of Capt. Letter, of
Sanford, Fla, but had not had occasion
to use them before.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

A Guthrie dispatch says Attorney
General Cunningham has been asked
by the treasurer of Oklahoma county
10 decide knotty and interesting
problem OF law which arose when the
law requiring taxes to be paid in cash
was passed by the last legislature.
The county treasurers, In many in
stances, received large sums in war
rants for taxes between the time of
the passage OF the law and the time
when they were officially notified.
The law said that IL was to be effective
on its passage. This would require
the county treasurers to send cash to
the territorial treasurer, and pay the
of the deprecated warrants
out of their own pockets. The attor-
ney general is preparing decision on
the point.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

BURGLARS ut Chicago notified the po-
lice the other night by telephone that
they were blowing up the safe at 40
Dearborn street and to come quick and
get them, but the police considered 1t
IA joke and did not go, although it was
only two blocks from the station
Afterwards the proprietor of the place
informed the police that the premises
had been robbed and an attempt made
to blow up the safe. y.
NEAR Bordley, KY, some young
children were playing ut "hide and
seek" when Laura and Jennie Melton,
jumped into an old trunk, which shut
with spring lock, in the cellar of their
house. They could not be found and
when their parents came home II search
was instituted and both children were
found smothered to death.
DURING a heavy storm at Hopkins
vile, KY, on the gath two earthquake
shocks were distinctly felt and the
walls of large buildings were shaken.
The president has signed the act
amending the act providing for the en-.
try of lands in Greer county Ok, so as
to extend until January next the time
allowed settlers to perfect their entries.
Pie Brussels Reforma reported on
the :4th that the entire Dhanis expe-
dition to the he adquarters of the Nile,
including Baron Dhanis himself, had
been massacred by Soudanese. The
baron had enlisted 5000 men in the
Congo Free state to take part in a
secret expedition.
In the parade of the United Confed-
crate Veterans at Nashville, Tenn,
on the cath 10, 900 veterans took part
/ Gen. w. q. Jackson was the chief mar.
shall.
Two dead bodies have been taken
out of the ruins of the Mulhol-
land building at Watertown, S. D.,
which collapsed the other night, and
four other persons were rescued, one
of whom will die from his injuries.
FUNERAL services were being held
over the body of Miss Clarisse Purk-
ing, near Denbigh, Va, the sermon
having been preached the prayer said
and the last hymn was being sung,
when one of the female singers gave a
shrek and fell to the floor in faint.
1t was then noticed that the supposed
corpse was alive.
A MOB of 800 infuriated peasants
seized and lynched one Dudnik, charged
with l3 murders, who was being con-
veyed by the police from Kovibourg TO
Kherson in Russia. The police have
arrested 35 of the mob leaders.
SECRETARY LONG is planning to man
the United States navy with native
born Americans, as many of the sea-
men now enlisted on American battle.
ships are of foreign birth.
In a head-end collision on the Inter
national & Great Northern railway
near Conroe, Tex, three white and
three negro men, tramps, were killed.
Several other persons were more or less
Injured. The engine, mail car and six
freight cars were demolished.
ONE man was killed and three Others
were fatally injured by an express
train near Mansfield, o. They We're
waiting for a freight and laid down TO
sleep and then rolled ON TO the track.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
DO YOU KNOW 2


That youth is prone to be ungrateful,
and age forgetful.
That young persons are not apt to
make very exact adjustment Of means
Ind ends.
That he who shows his hand too much
rarely succeeds in plucking the plums
from the pie of life.
That muscular and nervous exhaus-
ton can readily occur, as the fhscina-
ton of this form of exercise leads peo.
pie to overwork.
That rapid boiling or baking will
toughen the tenderest meat, while slow
and careful cooking will render the
cos rsest parts tender.
That a mixture of equal parts of vase
line and olive oil is a quick remedy for
skin burn. either from March winds or
August sunshine.
That head stains on wall paper may
be blotted out by an application Of a
mixture of the soft parts of molding
clay and water applied at night. and
brushed off with whisk broom in the
morning.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
First Load Of wheat.

Ponca City Courier: o. NJ. Morton,
who lives six miles west and two miles
south of this city on the southwest
quarter of section 33, brought the first
wagon load of new wheat to market
today. l.. Miller & Co., who are doing
their best to give the farmers the ben
eft of the best prices obtainable,
bought the grain for 60 cents bushel.
1t is strong No. 2. Mr.. Morton told
the Courier that it was yielding be-
tween 80 and IS bushels TO the acre.
He has 16s acres, principally of soft
Golden Drop wheat and it will yield
close TO 40 bushels per acre, This
yield will about represent what Mr..
Morton's neighbors will be.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
OKLAHOMA NEWS.
Events of Interest Gathered From
Over the Territory.
oKLApoMA.s RAILROAD noon.
Hundreds of Miles of New Line to b
Buiit In the New Territory

Hundreds of Miles of New Line to be
Buiit In the New Territory.
A dispatch from Guthrie reads:
Oklahoma and Indian territory are
getting ready for great forward
stride in railroad building.
The following lines through the
territory are among the railroads
projected for construction in the south
and west during the present year,
Muskogee, Oklahoma & Western,
Tahlequah, l. T., to Enid, Ok 300
miles, surveyed; ST. Louis, Oklahoma,
Texas, Air lines, st. Paul, l. r., to AL
bany, Texas, $50 miles, surveyed; Sa-
pulpa, /. T., to Lexington, Ok, 110
miles, and miles completed in 1896;
Fort Smith & Western, Fort Smith,
Ark. TO McAlester, l. T., 81 miles;
grading begun last year; Choctaw,
Oklahoma & Gulf, Wister Junction, l.
T., TO Kansas City; Pittsburg & Gulf,
8 miles; Shawnee Ok, north to Cush-
ing, about so miles, surveyed; st.
Louis, Oklahoma & southern, Sapulpa,
l. T., TO Henrietta, Tex. $50 miles,
contract let for 100 miles, from Red
Fork to Shawnee; St. Louis e. okla
homn, Sapulpa, |. T., 10 Oklahoma
City, Ok, 25 miles; St. Louis & San
Francisco, Sapulpa, l. T., TO Ell Reno,
via Guthrie, 1876 miles; Texas, Louis
lana & Eastern, Fox to Sillsbee, Tex,
so miles; Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas
City, Kirby north to rock quarries, 25
miles, surveyed; Kansas, Oklahoma
Central & Southwestern, Coffeyville,
Kansas to Vernon, Tex, via. Ell Reno,
10 miles
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
ON THE FARM.

An estimate Of the loss of the soluble
portions of manure that is exposed to
rains and the direct rays of the sun, IL
1t could be made, would show that one
half of its value is lost by leeching, fire,
fanging, etc.
In dry season there is no fertilizer
which produces better results with po-
tatoes than wood ashes, notwithstand-
ing the fact that ashes seem to dry
themselves. Equally good results will
follow when they are spiinklea on the
strawberry bed.
The mistake of keeping and using
crossbreed males aids materially in de-
generating the hogs on many farms.
The boar should be thoroughbred. or
there will be no uniformity in the off
spring. There is little pleasure in rails.
ing mongrels.
1t is claimed that the use of ensilage
enables the dairyman to keep twice as
many cows as when no ensilage is used.
There is no crop so easily grown and at
so small an outlay for labor as ensilage
corn. and it not only provides large
addition to the bulky foods, but enables
the dairyman to give succulent food in
winter. thus keeping the animals in
good condition.
Navy beans can be grown profltably,
and they bring as good prices as any
other crop. The heaviest yields are
secured when they are carefully culti-
waited and grown on ground that has
been well manured the previous year.
The harvesting of the crop is the crit
ical work with them, as they are liable
to damage if exposed TO rains after har-
vesting them, but there is machinery
now in use which lessons the labor
and makes them as sure as any other
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
Minor Notes.

The Enid Wave says the reason Ok
lahoma isn't blowing about her big
crops is because the news might reach
Washington and knock free homes sky
high.
BY the new law school district and
township treasurers now have nothing
TO do with the calling in of warrants
that the county treasurer has to pay
off Some papers are publishing the
old law on the matter.
The Oklahoma delegates to the ma
tionai encampment, g. A. r. will have
a special car from Oklahoma City, dec
Grated with Oklahoma products. The
date of the opening of the encamp-
ment is August %.
Duncan q. T) Eagle: Lewis Wilk-
ins, living near Enid, is 3 feet inches
high, weighs 365 pounds, measures 4s
inches around the chest, wears 91<
hat, a IA glove, a 20 collar, a "a shoe
and is still growing. He is 90 years
old.
McLoud Sunbeam Richard Beeson
farmer living north and east of
McLoud, in the Kickapoo country,
brought to our office Tuesday radish
is inches in length and 12 inches in
circumference, he thinks he will raise
sweet potatoes this year that will
have to be quartered to get them to
market.
The following officers were elected
by the Territorial Christian Endeavor
Association at the meeting held re-
Gently in Kingfisher: President, w. A.
Humphrey of Guthrie; vice-president,
j. C. Wilson of Fort Reno; secretary,
Miss Nellie Whitfield of Kildare, Ju-
nior superintendent, Miss Grace Foster
of Okarche-
Woodward News: j. w. Holman re-
turned from Ochiltree, Texas, June 12,
with 1900 head of cattle. He has 500
head more which will be brought here
soon. These cattle will be put in Mr..
Holman's pasture, IA miles south of
town for the present. They are high
grade aud the best cattle that could
be bought in the Panhandle.
Meena Weekly News: The Kickapoo
Indians announce that their annual
dog feast will take place on the next
full moon. 1t is an inspiring feast,
All the dogs they can beg, buy or
steal are made into soup thickened
with corn meal. A nice fat dog will
make Kiclsapoo Indians mouth wat
er the same as luscious watermelon
does a colored mans.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

Newkirk Democrat: Our town is
not without its sensations. On Mon
day last, Andrew CARRIER. farmer
from near Blackwell, got into an alter
cation with one of our leading mer-
chants N. Marr, when without the
least provocation he struck the latter
in the face, while sitting in his Office
Quicker than fash the merchant who
is typical southerner. opened his
desk, snatched his revolver therefrom
and pulled the trigger several times.
Fortunately for CARRIER, the gun re-
fused to discharge having in some
manner got damp.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

For the ensuing two years Colorado
will be distinguished as the only state
In the union where the Fourth of July,
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years,
Washington's birthday and Memorial
days are not legal holidays. The dis
covery has just been made that an act
Of the late legislature in regard to
negotiable instruments repealed the
statute establishing the above named
holidays. The only legal holidays left
In Colorado are Arbor day, Labor day
and the Saturday half holiday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
How to Es,ima,s wh..,

Newkirk Democrat; We see in some
dailes an estimate of our wheat crop,
and while we admit the acreage is
large and in some localities very fine.
There is rule by which any man can
come near the amount of grain per
acre. Wheat is ike hogs in certain
sense. Wheat with two grains to the
mesh means 20 bushels per acre; three
grains means 80 bushels per acre; four
grains means 40 bushels per acre;
provided it is pretty thick on the
ground with good long heads aud
large grain.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

AMERICANS are the greatest letter
writers in the world. There are at
present more than 10000 post offices in
the United States. Uncle Sam dis
poses of ,oOo,0OO,0o0 two-cent stamps
every year, which is equivalent to
i,ooO.ooo,0oo letters sent through the
mails. The government, in addition
to this, sells every year 600, 900, 900 one
cent stamps, most of which are used
Tor newspaper and circular postage;
100000 three-cent stamps; 10000, 600
four-cent stamps, and $4,000, 900 five
cent stamps, the bulk of which are
used on letters for foreign delivery.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
A Good Example.

Woodward News: The citizens and
stockmen Of this part of the country
are making large tank or reservoir
about five miles south of town by
building dam across Indian creek.
This is for the purpose of furnishing
plenty of water for herds that are
being driven through the country, and
for other stock when needed. 1t will
be great help to cattlemen, who will
then know where to go to find suf-
fcient water for their herds.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

WHILE there are no prospects of anv
reunion between the Roman Catholic
church and what is known as the
church of England, all hopes in that
direction having been dashed to the
ground by the recent pronouncement
Of the pope on the validity of Angli-
can orders, yet the negotiations with
the view to an understanding between
the church Of England and the ortho-
dox church of Russia are proceeding
apace and the latter church has dele
gated the metropolitan archbishop of
Finland to attend the Pan-Anglican
synod, which is to be held in the early
part of next month at London.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
Badge. are Being Prepared

Committees from the G.. A. r. and
w. r. c. of Oklahoma have selected
badge for these organization. The
badge adopted is very handsome one
The pin is picture of sheaf of
wheat, a stalk of cotton, a cluster of
grapes and peaches; the badge is
white silk with two flags crossed upon
it, and the pendant is the coat of arms
of Oklahoma. On the pin is lettered
G.. A. r.. Ladies of the G.. A. r. or w.
r. c., whichever organization the
wearer represents
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
just Had to Steal.

Some time ago Earnest Bishop who
was under indictment of the grand
jury for burglary, broke Jail at Chick
asha and escaped. The ruling passion
was strong, for in company with Darl-
ing Williams he robbed the house of a
man named w. b. Graham, east OF
NARROW, and stole two suits of clothes
and a revolver. The burglars were
caught with these goods in their pos
session. At the preliminary trial they
We're bound over to the Septemb ber
term of court, and in default of 5000
bond they were remaHded to the Ard
more jail.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
Attack on stewart +. wood,ord.

MADRID, June 26.-.The Heraldo yes
terday published a violent editorial on
the career of Mr.. Stewart L. Wood
ford, the newly appointed United
States minister to Spain, recalling the
pro-Cuban speech made by him in 1870.
1t says IL it is true that he made such
a speech, and that he is a member at
present of the Cuban league, then the
new minister is one filibuster more,
and he cannot enter Spain or be re-
ceived at the Spanish court.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

The village of Arverne, L. L., has s5
voJers, and 2s of them are office-hold-
ers. There is one president, three
crustees, village lawyer. village
clerk. treasurer, collector, a street
commissioner, two policemen, five
members of the board Of health, n
health officer, five sewer commission
ers, two beach cleaners, two street
sprinklers, collector of waste paper
and lamp lighter. They will soon
lose their jobs, however, by becoming
citizens of Greater New York.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
Surplus of Corn on Hand.

Norman Correspondence: There is
but little demand here for corn aud
the farmers are discovering that many
of them are likely to have surplus on
hand when the new corn is matured.
Prices are better than they will likely
be short time later, as there is little
probability of there being a southern
demand this year. Texas has prospects
of big corn crop and Texas last year
was the principal market for Okla
homa grain.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

RECENT reports to the New York
Journal from the several states show
that vast army of tramps is spread
over the United States Conservative
estimates place the total number of
these wanderers at S36, $50, the great
majority of whom are men honestly
looking for work. In the middle west
railway officials report that it is i'm
possible to ignore these men. They
haunt the freight trains and camp by
tracks, existing as best they can on
the bounty of those with whom they
come in contact The Journals poll
showed that there were 1900 tramps
In Missouri and 10, 900 in Kansas
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
Market. to the south.

Norman Transcript: The fruit rails
ers of this vicinity find their best mar
lsets this year in supplying the towns
of the Indian territory, While in
many portions of that territory fine
fruit orchards are to be found there
are not enough of them to supply the
demand, consequently good prices are
to be obtained for fruit sold there
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

THERE has been of late such an ex-
traordinary craze for balloon ascents
in Vienna that the municipal council,
on account of the number of accidents,
has issued an order to the effect that
''every one who should wish to make
balloon ascent must prove that he has
followed the course of aeronautic
science. Married men desiring to take
part in an aerial voyage cannot do so
without the consent of their wives and
children"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
New Ca,tl. Inspection Law.

Newkirk Republican: Under the
new cattle inspection law neither a
farmer nor butcher can slaughter cat
tie for market without having it first
inspected. Failure TO call for the in
spector is punishable by severe penal
ties. A farmer will find IL very diff
cult to ,peddle meat in town or to
neighbors hereafter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

OTTAWA, Kan, June 26.-There was
terrific storm of wind, rain an elec.
tricity here last night Two hotels
and a number of residences were
struck by lightning, but no fatalities
occurred. The central part of the city
was inundated.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
James Pollard Hanged.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, June 25.-James
Pollard, negro, was hanged at 9:22
this morning for the murder of Joseph
Irwin, July 80, 1895. Pollard never
hinched and died of strangulation.
He was hanging 10 minutes before life
was pronounced extinct
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01
ALLorr,sa AGENTS QUIT WORK.
Receive Orders to Report at Washing ton
ms Soon ns Practicable.

Receive Orders to Report at Washingt ton
ms Soon ms Practicable.
Ell Reno Star. The allotting agents
for the Wichita reservations received
orders yesterday to cease work and re-
port at Washington as soon as practi-
cable. No explanation accompanied
the order and The agents are now sur
missing as 10 whether the move bears
any political significance or is the re-
suit of The influence of cattlemen with
the Indians and the latter with their
great father at Washington. At all
events work has come 10 complete
standstill, with little prospect for its
early resumption and final completion.
The same day the order was received
two more engineers arrived in the field
10 go to work, one with new instru-
ments he had just purchased for the
occasion and the other fully equipped
TO form new surveying corps. The
allotters had allotted but something
like twenty Indians and were making
little headway toward assigning the
Indians their lands The redskins
stubbornly objected to allotment prior
to receiving pay for their land. All
hands will leave for Washington as
soon as their camp outfits can be dis
posed of and they will depart sometime
next week. This move probably set
ties the question of the allotting of the
Wichita country for several months or
possibly year.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

RECENT reports TO the American
Medical association, briefly summar-
lied, show that all infectious diseases,
including smallpox, consumption and
scarlet fever, are now fairly controlled
by serum and will eventually be eradi-
Gated by this method.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-07-01

EDWARD MORGAN went crazy the
other night at New York while watch
ing the verascope pictures Of the Car
son fight When the climax of the 14th
round came, Morgan stood up and
shouted: Let rue die on the cross!
want to see that round over again!
win some one kindly take me to
Heaven II Is a Christian act?" Ho
was taken to Bellevue hospital.