The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-12-15

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ASoNG the 500 people in Bedford,
Pa, there were said to be sbou; 200
,ases of smallpox on the sth. The
spread of the disease was said to be
iue to the doctors making a wrong
diagnosis, not one of the physicians in
he town ever having a smallpox case
before. Many Of the people stricken
with the disease had been walking
the streets and visiting houses, think.
ng they had only harmless skin dis
ease.
THE private bank Of Taylor & Mer.
ture at Arrowsmith. Ill. was entered
.he other night by robbers, who Sc
cured "a. 900 worth of negotiable paper
and escaped. They used dynamite on
the safe, which was wrecked. Blood
rounds were used TO track the robbers
THE Farmers National congress az
Fort Worth, Tex, on the sth adopted
resolutions favoring aid in construct
ng the Nicaragua canal; government
control of the same; favoring the de-
,elopment Of the beet sugar industry;
recommending the passage of laws pro-
riding that grain be separated from
put on the market; favoring the lease
Dr. sale OF arid lands, so as to make
them taxable. and asking congress for
increased appropriations for rural free
nail delivery.
DELMAR, Cal, was recently much ex.
cited over mysterious fires in the town
and the poisoning of the water used
by railroad section men A vigilance
committee was formed and William
Bennett, proprietor of a hotel which
was recently burned, was ordered &c
leave town within a certain time.
Trouble was feared.
A CHAMPAIGN, Ill, dispatch stated
that pure food and pure seed con fer.
ence, taking in the entire state. will
be held at the university of Illinois
December 10 for the purpose - consid.
erinR the adulteration OF foods and
putting on foot a movement which
will bring legislation against adulter.
atoms.
NORTHWEST mounted police, who
were about to set out from Skaguay
for Tagish, in the Klondike gold coun.
try, were deprived OF 40 out of 40 OF
their Labrador dogs, who got hold Of
some strvchnine, which killed them.
JAKE GLOVER, a negro, was tried at
Monticello, Ga, for being concerned
in a murder, but was acquitted. A
mob at night nevertheless took him
from his bed and hanged him to a
| nearby tree.
! WHILE fighting fire in the dock of the
Lehigh Coal & Coke company at West
Superior, Mich. four men were buried
under thousands of tons OF burning
coal. One was got out in a precarious
condition.; the others have undou bted-
ly perished. 1t was thought 20, 900
tons of coal were burned.
The Lincoln theater at Chicago was
damaged by fire.
FIRE damaged the inside of St
Agnes Catholic church, New York,
sl0O, 900
THE elevator at Saunemin, Ill, was
burned with 80, 900 bushels OF grain.
The Farmers National congress met
at Fort Worth, Tex, on the 9th.
The report of the secretary OF the
treasury to congress was made public
On the 9Th. In the report Secretary
Gage says the revenues of the gov
ernment from all sources for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1898. were S4q4
3J3, 95375. The expenditures for the
same period were s532 3sl, 2O1 35. Sec
retary Gage discusses the arguments
against government issue of paper
money, the proposal to substitute bank
issues for government notes and the
advantages of a properly constituted
bank currency.
THE post office at Clifton, 90 miles
south of Fresno, Cal, was robbed the
other night by two masked men who
held up A. L. Wilkinson, the postmas-
ter, and secured everything of value
in the place.
The United States transport New.
port, bearing the Twentieth Kansas
regiment, under Lieut. Col. Little, with
the Wyoming light battery, which left
San Francisco November S, arrived at
Manila on the 7th.
The strike on the Dallas (Tex.) Con.
solidated Street railway was settled
on the 9th by the men being taken
back to work and their union recog-
nized.
AN account OF how the navy was
equipped to meet the emergency crea.
ted by the war is contained in the
annual report recently made by Capt
r. B. Bradford. chief OF the bureau OF
equipment in the navy department at
! Washington.
THE four statues of the confederate
soldiers monument on Capitol hill at
Montgomery, Ala, were unveiled on
the 18th. They represent infantry.
cavalry, artillery and navy. The IS
confederate states were represen ted
by 10 young ladies and the four
branches OF the service by four young
ladies' There was an immense at.
tendance.
THE Merritt Wrecking company, a
dispatch from Norfolk, Va, on the 5th
stated. will in few days send to San.
tiago, Cuba, an expedition to raise the
sunken Spanish cruiser Reina Merce.
| ies.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the Delaware
/ Indians In the Indian territory left on
the 9th for Sonora, Old Mexico. with a
view OF negotiating for the purch ase
of new home for the tribe.
Tom SHARKEY and Kid Mccoy have
been matched to fight 20 rounds before
the LenoN Athletic cub in New York
for purse of $50, 900 The battle will
be fought early next month and tn
winner will go after Bob Fitzsimmons
A HUNDRED girls, inmates of the
Cleveland Female Orphan home at Yer
sailles, KY, were in a precarious con-
dition on the night of the 5th, having
been poisoned. Physicians thought
they were poisoned from drink ing
water standing in lead pipes. Som