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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
Lightning PLAYS Havoc.

Ponca City Courier: Mrs. William
Thomas was shocked by stroke of
lightning last night during the thuu-
der storm. The house was badly dam
aged and Mrs. Thomas was injured by
falling debris. John Kroutils resi-
dence was also struck and part of the
chimney was broken off. The Catho-
lie church was struck in the steeple
and caught fire among the loose
straw and grass which the birds had
carried up there. George Chrismap
did valiant work in putting the fire
out, and again the chemical fire engines
saved building. A horse was struck
by lightning on First street, near
Pratt's blacksmith shop, and Instantly
killed. The owner, who stood near,
was shocked but not seriously injured.
The barn of Ben Quinn was struck and
a valuable mule therein killed. Three
boys who were in the barn were Sc
verely shocked. The flashes of light
ming were almost continuous and the
peals of thunder became constant
crash and roar. 1t was the most Sc
we're lightning storm which has visited
this section since they let the white
men in.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
OF INTEREST IN CYCLEDOM.

Considerable cycling is carried on in
the neighborhood of Gibraltar, Spain,
Observation-Disclosures the noun talhous char
acter of the country.
Bicycle tires are TO be made of fiber,
treated with parafin and silicate TO
render II impervious to water, rolled
into sheets and crimped 10 make it
resilient after 1t is rolled up to form
the tire.
An Englishman has designed an APP
paratus for determining the proper adj
justment of the saddle, pedals and ham
die bar of bicycle, thus enabling pur-
chaser to get the right size Of frame
without q trial on the road.
Bicycles can be fitted with q new
pavement cleaning device to keep the
wheel from getting muddy which Is
frame ahead of the front wheel and
geared to the axle to revolve and sweep
the street as the wheelman rides along.
Another wise cyclist is the one who
knows his own tools. Manufacturers
furnish tool bags according to the Pc
culiarities of the wheels they make, and
the rider who knows what sort OF
wrencbes, spanners, ETC., are intended
for special use on the machine he rides
may at times find the knowledge val.
liable.
A cycle which has two seats, one of
which gradually sinks under the weigh:
of the rider while the other rises empty
is the latest thing described. After the
loaded seat gets to its lowest point the
rider climbs to the other, and again
utilizes his weight to help propel the
machine.
Fashionable bootmskers for lady
cyclists say that only two classes OF
riders are buying high boots now-the
very stout and the very angular; and
such customers want their boots made
Of the thinnest kid, with light, flexible
soles and moderately high heels, which
give pretty look to the foot and brace
the arch firmly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

ACTING SECRETARY MEIKLEJoHN, OF
the war department, on The 25th sent
an order by wire to every military
hospital in the country, calling atten-
tion Of the surgeons in charge to the
order of August 10 which allowed the
expenditure of 60 cents per mau per
day for the purchase of delicacies for
sick soldiers. 1t was thought proba-
BILE that many surgeons in charge of
hospitals were ignorant of the exist.
enee OF the order, as there were sew.
eral points where 1t had not been OBJ
served. The department thought that
many surgeons had been very derelici
in their duty.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
FRANCE FRUSTRATED.
A Plan Was Conceived to Rescue Spain and
Rebuke America, but England
Spoiled 1t.

London, Sept. William Wilson,
editor of the London Year Book and
other publications, amplifies the arti-
Gle which was published by the Spec.
tator regarding Frances attitude to-
ward the United States in the late
war. He says that not long after the
opening of the war the French govern
ment conceived a plan. the object of
which was to rescue Spain, to admin
lister rebuke to American ambition
and to assert European supremacy
in the complications in the western
world. BY combinatio of good for
tune and diplomatic adroitness the
French government secured the sup
port of the other continental powers.
Germany and Russia included. The
stroke was all but completely pre-
pared, and nothing remained but to
secure, if not the active adherence al
least the tacit consent or neutrality,
of the English government To the
unmeasured surprise and grief of the
French cabinet, the English govern.
ment replied that if the plan was not
directly abandoned England would
Join forces with the American govern
ment and declare war on France and
such supporters as should come to heI
assistance. The negotiations at once
fell through.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

THE univeral peace plan of the czaI
81 Russia, and his suggestions that all
The powers hold an international con
terence to discuss it, were literally
commented on in the departments at
Washington. In the war department,
the outlined scheme of the cZar was
believed to be too stupendous for any
active realization in the near future.
"Such a plan, so great in all its pro-
portions and far-reaching in its ef-
tects," said Adjt Gen. Corbin, might
be carried out in the course OF n quar-
ter of a century of discussion, but not
earlier" Officials generally thought
the plan utopian.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
Cattlsmen and Farmers Have Trouble.

Assistant United States Attorney
Scolhorn and the chief United States
deputy marshal were called to Wood
ward county to investigate the trouble
between the catllemen and home
steaders. 1t was reported to the
authorities that settlers who had filed
on homesteads inside of the great cat
tie pastures fenced on government
land contrary TO law had had their
fences and crops destroyed, their
stock driven off and their lives threat
ened, in one case house being riddled
with bullets. The federal authorities
will take prompt action to suppress
the trouble and protect the settlers in
their rights.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

1T was reported that Lieut.. Morgan,
United States engineer corps, was
drowned at Savannah. Ga, on the S1st,
with six soldiers. They were trying
to rescue the soldiers on the Italian
bark and the yacht capsized.
fuE official announcement was made
on the lst that the interest on the four
per cent United States bonds due Oc-
tober will be anticipated. The cou.
pons will be paid off September 10 on
presentation and the interest checks
on the registered bonds will be sent
out about September 2G for immediate
payment. The early payments are due
TO the large amount of money in the
federal treasury.
Miss MARY CROWLEY, IS Syears of age,
in fit of insanity the other morning
set fire to St Johns Roman Catholic
church at Peoria, H., thea got a re-
volver and started for the parochial
residence, threatening to kill Rev. J..
f. Quinn, the priest
OK the same track at Readville,
Mass, on which he made the record
time last year, 1891, Star Pointer on
the lst again tried for n worlds record
of a mile in harness, but failed to
equal his performance by half a second.
The commissioner of pensions has
issued an order prohibiting the send.
ing of pension checks TO general de,
livery" The intention of the depart
ment is to have all such checks deliv.
cred at the individual local addresses
of the pensioners.
The receipts of the federal govern.
ment for August from all sources ag,
gregated Sal, 7s9, 7O7, an increase OF
SEE, 759, O9S over August, 1897.
IT was officially announced at SimlH
on the SOth that there were ., SOC
deaths from the plague the previous
week in the Bombay presidency. The
! epidemic was spreading.
by order of the interior department
| all the fraudulent Creek warrants in
the hands of innocent holders will b,
paid.
THE dry goods store of Philip lIatz
deld, the largest at Dallas, Tex, wa
destroyed by fire. Loss, Sl35, 000.
! HALVoR FLARIN, aged 22, and Ami,
| Dillenar, aged is We're drowned while
boating ON Diamond lake near Grow
City, MINI. Two others In the boa
had narrow escapes
No orders for the mastering out o
troops at Camp Merriam, at san Fran
cisco, have been received by Gen
Miller nor any intimation of the wa
department to do SO in the near future
Two enlisted men of the SiNty-nint
New York volunteers were killed, on
fatally injured and six seriously hur
In a train wreck near Birmingham
Ala, on the 2Sth. The cars jumpe,
the track.
A BIG fire broke out at Nashville
Tenn, on the 3Oth on the fifth floor O
the large establishment of the Philips
Butthotf manufaetory, dealers in stove
and tiRware, on College street, an
spread rapidly, destroying several 9th
er buildings. The loss was estimate
at $500, 600, and was covered 10y insuI
ance.
A STORM which ragged at Savannah
Ga, during the night of the SOth di
damage to property which will foot u
To $500, 600 Probably 100 building
were wholly or partially unroofed an
as many more damaged otherwise
The streets were impossible whe
daylight came.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
Charged with Bigamy.

Calvin Logue and Mrs. John j.
Green were placed in Jail at Chandler
on charges of bigamy, both having
been bound over to the next grand
jury. The woman is the wife of John
J. Green, who enlisted in the army on
the frs. call for troops, and went to
Cuba. Before he had been gone a
month his wife married Logue, and
the two were living on the money
Green was sending home when he uu-
expectedly returned on a furlough.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
okIahoms,. Gain in Population

The statistics show that Oklahoma
gained 25,9l9 il habitants in two years
not quite ten per cent. The largest
general gain was shown by the south
western counties, and the greatest in
dividuGl gain was in WashiIa county,
which increased its population nearly
75 per cent; Blaine shows gain Of SO
per cent; ID IS per cent and Lincoln 80
per cent. Grant count lost 2,256 of its
inhabitants. Noble s,9sl.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

NAVY department. vficials are trying
TO devise some plan to ooviate the leap
frog method now in vogue in advanc-
ing navy officers for meritorious serv-
ice during the war; This injustice has
been clearly shown in the promotion
of officers in Admiral Dewey's fleet
After the battle at Manila the captains
were ordered advanced from five to
seven numbers, but after the battle Of
July the captains in Admiral Samp-
sons fleet were also advanced, many
of them going above the Manila cap
tains, SO that the latter really lost ?
point or so.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

THE pension Office has granted a
pension to All Cum, Chinese subject
and widow of Pascal Martin, n sailor
of the United States navy, to whom
she was married in Shanghai in 1895.
Three children were born to the
couple. The widow will receive IS per
month, and the children 81 a month
each. Almost every other country
furnishes one or more pensioners for
Uncle Sam, but until recently China
was without a representative.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

FRANCE is fully alive TO the neces-
sity of a fostering care over her popu-
lation, in her colonies, as well as at
home, many of her statesmen and
economic writers having pointed out
the danger of extinction from certain
recognized causes. Among the laws
relating to the subject recently passed
is one to take effect in Madagascar in
1s99 After the beginning of the year
every man of % who is not father
must pay an annual tax of is francs.
Single or childless women over 25 must
pay half that amount yearly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22


John J. Ingalls, will address the old
soldiers at the Ponca City reunion.
A new postofiice has been established
at Jenkins, Woods county. The town
was named in honor of Secretary
Jenkins.
The Cherokee Indians have about
concluded that the wisest thing for
them to do would be to accept the
Curtis bill.
Hon. Dennis T, Flynn was nominated
for delegate 20 Congress at the repub-
licuu convention at Ell Reno August
30, on the third ballot.
Townsite board No. has been di-
rected by the secretary of the interior
to proceed TO Perry and complete the
work on the additions of that town
site.
+. C. Nichols of Tecumsen has Just
returned home from a visit with his
parents and other relatives in New
York. He had not seen nor heard
from his folks in 81 years.
Ii. X. Love, writing home from San
tiago where he was with the rough
riders, tells parents to teach their
Toys To love peace, and calls war "the
great crime of the ages" This should
be cut out and pasted in every home
in Oklahoma.
l.. ID. Lewis, prominent grain deal
er aud member of the Graiu Dealers
association, has been arrested in King,
fisher county, under the anti trust
law, on complaint of Bert Barr, an in,
dependent dealer, who alleges that the
association conspired TO force him out
of business. The outcome of the case
will be watched with great interest
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

Topeka, Kan, Sept 3.-A soldier oi
the Twentieth Kansas, in camp at San
Francisco, writes home that 95 per
cent of the men in the regiment are
opposed to doing garrison duty and
would like TO come home, but are pre-
vented by the action of their officials
in making believe that the privates
are enthusiastic over soldier life.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

On September 80 the Canadian peo-
pie are to vote on the question of ma
tional prohibition of the liquor traffic,
and IL seems to be conceded by the
leading Canadian newspapers that the
measure will carry, the people being
apparently in favor of such action.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

Typewriters are being manufactured
which will write on books, the machine
being mounted on frame with an open
space in the center, through which the
type levers are driven down on the
pnge by the keys on the top of the ma
chine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

Governor Barnes has restored their
citizsnship to four Oklahoma convicts
in the Lansing penitentiary, whose
time will expire next month. They
are John Morton of Payne county, SEN
fenced for burglary; James Sioet OF
Clereland county, larceny; Albert
Gilbert Of Canadian county, larceny;
Dick Hamlin of Pottawatomic county,
larnanu
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

New York, Sept. S.-President Nc.
Kinley, accompanied by Mrs. McKin.
ley and Others, arrived at Jersey City
at noon to-day. lie was met at the
station by Vice President and Mrs,
Hobart who will remain with them
during their stay in the city. The
president expects to visit Montauk
point Saturday.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
sheriff Cannon. Funeral a Larr. One

The funeral of Sheriff John NJ Can
non of Canadian county, which took
place Sunday at Ell Reno, was the
largest ever seen in this city. The
procession was mile long and in il
could not be found an open OF farm
wagon. Every vehicle was new and
many were double seated.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
As Ills in Puerto Rico.

I This is what happens in Puerto Rico every
morning: Il am not feeling very well this
morning, general" says Gen Miles TO Gen.
Garretson. Il think Ill take something
Take something with me-" says Gen. Gar
retson to Gen. Miles Guess l WILL" re
sponds Gen. Miles. "Pll just go out and
take a towns Louis Chronicle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

The list of casualties in the army dur
ting the war with Spain has not yet been
compiled, and, in fact, cannot be com
pleted for months to come, because in
cluded in IL must be the deaths from
disease in camp and hospital, which
win far outnumber those from the bull
lets of the enemy. The proportion OF
deaths from disease will probably be
larger than in the civil war. Ac-
eording to reports, which are still sub
iect to revision, the number of officers
aud men killed in action since the out.
break of hostilities against Spain was
ss9 and the number wounded l, 400,
making a total of LIS.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
rorced Miners to out Work.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept 3.-Four hun
ared striking coal miners under district
President Dolan marched from Monon-
gahela City to the Ivel and Catsburg
mines and forced the so men at work
to join the strike. The purpose of the
strike is 10 compel the payment of the
Chicago scale of prices in the third
fpan1
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

Oklahoma City Times Journal: A
steamboat is hauling walnut logs
down tue Arkansas river from the
Usage country contrary to law. -Four
of the crew were captured last week,
but the captain put on full head OF
steam and got away with the boat.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
Miners Fight While Going Home
Leg Crushed by the Car.

NJ. s. Compton, head brakeman on
the lncal Santa Fe freight train from
Arkansas City sonth, met with
an accident at Norman which resulted
in the loss of a leg. He jumped on the
pilot of an engine while it was in mo-
ticu and his foot slipped and caught
nnder the truck of the engine, crush
ing the leg from the heel to the hip,
The leg was amputated above the
knee.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

THE city council of Murray City, KY,
has passed an ordinance which reads:
"If any person shall tie or fasten any
rattlebox or similar contrivance TO any
dog or other animal within the city Of
Murray he shall be fined ST.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

PRIVATE Hook enlisted for the war
on May IL at Milwaukee. On May 10 he
went into camp ut Camp Harvey, near
Milwaukee. On May IS he died. On
May Is his widow, Ida M. Hook, ex.
ecuted her pension application and on
June 1t was fled in the pension
Office. She was the first applicant for
a pension growing out of the pending
war with Spain.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

PORE LEO intends TO show his appre-
citation of Archbishop Ireland's efforts
for the prevention of war between
Spain and the United States by maxi
ing him cardinal
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

McMasters' Weekly; The territory
covers 3s,7 square miles, or 2i,777,sI6
acres, exceeding in total area Vermont,
New Hampshire, Massachu It's, New
Jersey, Rhode Island and Deleware,
The territory now has over 400 miles
of railroad and $50 miles under con-
structiou. The Santa Fe and Rock
Island traverse it from north to south
and the Choctaw from east to west,
while the San Francisco, building
from the northeast will reach OKLA
homa City by October 1, 1898.
Last year Oklahoma produced 90, O00,-
600 bushels of wheat and 100000 bales
Of cotton and the corn, oats and fruit
crops with the cattle and hogs raised
were of greater value than the com
bined wheat and cotton crops.
The enrolment of school children in
1898 was 90. 5s5 in 1909 school districts,
a larger mber than either of 10 states
of the Union. The schools have liberal
appropriations of lands from which the
revenues are now in excess of $500, 900
each year.
The territory also maintains n uni
versity, two fine normal schools and
an agricultural college. All with
splendid buildings, amply endowed
and above all free education to every
child in the territory.
In 1896 at the election of Cong ress-
ional delegate SO, roe votes were cast.
The population of the territory is close
to 400, 900 and it's admission as a state
cannot be long deferred.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

THE battle of Santiago was fought
chiefly by the regulars Of the United
States army and a proper inscription
will be made upon regimental flags.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

DURING the year 1897 disease cut
short the lives of 32, 534 Spanish sol
diers in Cuba, and malarial fever was
slightly more fatal than yellow fever.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

Berlin, Sept SIT is the intention
of Russia, according to reliable infor-
nation obtained by the correspondent
here of the Associated press, to con-
vene peace conference a month after
the adjournment of the Spanish
American peace conference.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
Ex-Attorney General Randolph Dead.

Topeka, Kan, Sept S,-A. NJ. f.
Randolph, ex-attorney general of Kan
sas and for several years supreme
cour reporter, was found dead in his
bed At his boarding place this morning.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

ANOTHER science has been discov'
cred, called "glossomancy." 1t CON
sists in telling peoples characters
from the shape Of their tongues.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

Galveston, Tex, Sept 3.-state
Health Officer Blunt has raised the
quarantine against Galveston and the
city was never more healthy than at
present
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

REPRESENTATIVE citizens, bankers,
herchants, manufacturers, profes-
sional men and committees from all
the leading clubs and trade associa.
lions met in Mayor Warwick's office
at Philadelphia the other day and
took the first steps toward holding a
peace jubilee in that city. The meet
ing was called at the instance of
Mayor Warwick, and it was decided
10 appoint a committee of 100 citizens
to formulate plans and fix upon date.
The latter will probably be about the
middle of October, and the committee
was instructed to make the celebra'
ticn national in character.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-09-22

THE United States last year sent to
foreign countries over 5000, geo in PEN
sions This is an increase of over $50,
D0O since 1897, and was divided among
1871 persons. Canada furnishes ?, l92
pensioners, who received last year
s332, G00 Germany comes next with
BS2 pensioners, receiving SOS, ,74s. 40.
Then comes Ireland with 42s pen
sioners, receiving S64, ,s42.75. Mexico
furnishes ll2, who get annually Sl6,'
e65 20. England has $40 pensioners,
who last year received S4s, 479. 25 from
Uncle Sam. Even Spain has seven
pensioners, who collected si,0695G
from the United States last year.