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

THE secretary of the interior received
advices on the Sd that the
Creek Indian nation in the Indian ter
ritory had ratified the agreement
reached between it's commissioners and
the Dawes Indian commission in the
reorganization of the Indian territory.
THE United States treasurer's report
to the secretary of the treasury for the
past fiscal year states that the net or
dinary revenues of the government
were $405, ,32l, 1896, while the net ordi-
nary expenses were Sii3, 1858, $50. Up to
the close of the fiscal year the increase
of expenditures on account of the war
was Si3, 04l, ,732 for the war departmen
and So, ,o6e, ,s09 for the navy depart
ment The expenditures of the war
department for the four months of
July, August September and October
were Sl07, $50, ,36s and for the war de-
partment s27, 450,577.
THE National Association of Hard
Wood Dealers convened at Cincinnati
on the Sd with about 200 delegates
present The principal proposition
pending was one to establish n system
of uniform inspection and uniform
grades-grades that will be recognized
in European, as well as all American,
markets.
THE lockout of the 600 employees of
the breweries in Denver, Col, has
ended, the men conceding the right of
employers to discharge men at will
aud the employers granting the men
n nine-hour day without reduction of
wages.
THIRTEEN houses were burned by n
recent fire at Middlesboro, Ky.
THE Thompson wagon factory at st.
Louis park, n suburb of Minneapolis,
MINI, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
500, 900.
A FREIGHT train on the Cincinnati
Hamilton Il Dayton left the track be-
tween Toledo and Lima, o., Is cars be-
ing piled up in a deep cut shutting off
all travel.
PRESIDENT GoMPERs, of the American
Federation of Labor, has sent letter
from Washington to state branches OF
the order in reference to the bill to
create an eight-hour day for all gov
ernment work, whether done by the
government or by contract, in which
he says that the executive council i'm
structed him TO request them to wait
upon senators for the purpose OF se-
curing n promise from them that they
will favor the eight.hour bill at the
coming session OF congress in Decem-
Der.
NANCY j, BARGER, n centenarian, of
Center county, Pa, died recently, aged
i06 years and one month. She fell and
broke limb and owing TO her ad-
vanced age the injury would not heal.
The request of the First Colorado in
fantry TO be returned from Manila to
the United States was not granted by
the war department. twas stated by
officers of the army that such requests
had been frequent from soldiers of vol.
unteer organizations who enlisted 10
fight, but did not enlist for garrison
duty. Nothing can be done, the ofii.
GERS say, until congress meets and pro.
yides some kind of force to take the
place of the volunteers
The Transmississipp exposition al
Omaha, Neb,, closed a. midnight on
the 3ist 1t was Omaha day and there
was an immense crowd present
A PARTY of boys playing Halloween
pranks at Toledo, o., frightened Mrs
Sanger so badly that she died before
help could get to her.
THE receipts of cattle at Kansas City
during October were $50, s45, tn,
largest monthly cattle receipts in Jh'
history of the trade
THE majority of the annual reports
| of the Indian agents TO the commits
sioner of Indian affairs are of an en-
couraging nature and indicate a prog
ress generally along civilized lines
The agent of the Lemhi Indians II
| Idaho, however, characterizes thos
redskins as about as idle and degrade'
a set as one can find, and morall
| they are as bad as they were 30 year
| ago and no better off financially.
A DISPATCH from Gloucester, Mass
on the ist stated that the past yea
had been very severe on the tishin
feet Of that city, II vessels being los
So men drowned, 2S wives widowed an
90 children made orphans