The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-11-10

boro, Tex, for assaulting a 12-year.old
negro girl.
Mrs. MARY wEBBLE, residing five
miles south OF Vandalia, Ill, recently
gave birth to triplets, all girls.
The passenger steamer Pacific was
burned at the Grand Trunk wharves
at Collingwood, Ont, and the railway
freight sheds, filed with Canadian and
American goods, were also destroyed.
The Pacific was valued at S65, 900 and
was insured for S25, 500. The loss from
the burning OF the freight sheds was
very heavy. The steamer was oper-
ated between Collingwood and Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, stopping at way
points.
THE transport Panama, with several
hundred Americans aboard, whose loss
had been reported from Santiago, ar
rived at Havana on the Sd from that
port and landed seven American pas
sengers, including some military Off
GERS She then left Havana for New
York. II was reported the Panama
had about 400 sick on board.
STATES ATTORNEY WIMBIsu has filed
his report with Gov. Gambler at At
lanta on the claim set forth by Georgia
that 1900 square miles of territory
lying in Tennessee and North Caro-
lima belongs to the first named state
lie goes over the case as far back as
1882 and says the question is still an
open one and is matter for the courts
To decide.
JOHN MEADOWS shot and killed John
and Clayton Mathews, brothers, at
Pineville, Ky. Meadows was school
teacher. He surrendered and was
jailed.
THE cashier of the First National
bank, of Hanover, Pa, who recently
died, was found to be short S57, 600.
THE Cotton Belt fast freight No. Is,
northbound, was wrecked near Oge-
nav, Ark The drawhead pulled out,
fell down, and four cars of cotton and
dry goods were completely wrecked.
No one was hurt.
JENNIE HoLDERMAN, a quarter-blood
Cherokee at Pryor Creek, l. T., killed
herself because her Indian lover, John
WatlSa, met death while resisting ar
rest. She took morphine.
THE monthly statement of the di-
rector of the mint shows the total
coinage at the United States mints
during October to have been IS, 600, ,S41,
as follows: Gold, S5, 100000 silver, 49,,
354, 1911; minor coins, SOC, $50.
FIRE broke out in the warehouse OF
the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Boat Oar com
pany's factory the other night and de
stroyed 250,OOo of the finished oars
The Office building was also burned
with all furniture. The loss reached
$50, 900; fully insured. The plant and
machinery were saved.
NJ. LEE CuANEy, was run over and
killed by an Illinois Central train at
Cairo, Ill. He was crossing track to
step aboard the Cotton Belt train,
when the fast mail knocked HIM down
and horribly mangled him.
THE sale of the Transmississippi ex-
position stamps has more than realized
partment. Up to date about S., 200, o0C
worth OF them have been sold. Prob
ably about $500, 900 of these have gone
to collectors. The department will
continue to issue the exposition stamps
up to December 81.
THREE distinct shocks of earth
quake, each being about ten seconds in
length, were felt at Cleveland, o., or
the Goth.
BUSINESS is paralyzed in Monterey
Mex. on account of yellow fever.
On November / Salvador, Nicaragua
and Honduras combined under a com
mon administration entitled tn,
United States of Central America.
CHICAGO was suffering from an epi
demic of influenza on the 3ist
ENSIGN WILLARD, of the Machias, II
has been officially announced, was the
trstman to raise the stars and stripes on
Cuban soil. The decision entities him
to Sl00. which w. r. Gratz sent to the
New York Herald on April % to be
given to the man who thus distin
guished himself Willard is Missouri
boy, having been appointed to the ma
val academy from that state
The towboat Eagle ran afoul o.
some obstruction in the harbor neal
the Union Stock yards at ST. Louis
knocking a hole in her hull She sanl
in the water up to her boiler deck anc
careened to the larboard side. No on,
was hurt in the accident
THE powder house of the Titani,
Smokeless Powder company at Soutl
Acton, Mass, was demolished by al
explosion on the Slst The men for
tunately escaped injury.
ROSE LAuRER aged %, and J. +
Cleckner, aged SO, tied themselves to
gether at Cleveland, O., and jumped
in to the lake. Two railroad detective,
witnessed the act and rescued then
after a hard struggle. The coupl,
said they were tired of living.
ADAM HAMMER became suddenly in
sane in Beaver Dam, Wis, and, secur
ing a gun, wounded nine men and wa
then shot to prevent his doing furthe
injury. No one was fatally hurt
The report of the Dawes commission
was submitted to the secretary of tn,
interior on the goth. 1t presents tn,
conditions in the Indian territory
The lack of educational facilities 70
white children is shown and congress
is asked to appropriate money 70
schools for them.
The Richmond. Ind, Ministerial as
sociation has entered the fight now ol
state and uon-state schools. A lette
to each of the ministerial association
in the state has been prepared, askini
for cooperation in the work for favor
able legislation for denominations
, schools
A FIRE at Tuskegee, Ala. destroye
nearly the entire business portion c
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