The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-04-14


knocked out by Oscar Gardner. the
Omaha hid. in iz rounds at Colum-
Sus. q. on the 9Th. IL was not hEht
from start 10 fnish. The Knockout
blow was short right-arm swing on
the Jaw.
THE Great Eastern hotel. Of Chicago.
a worlds fair relic. was destroyed by
I SIRE. with loss Of So. coo.
Az audience Of between 5000 and
s o0o people greeted Bryan the other
night AZ indianapolis. Ind. when the
I second convention OF the League Of BIZ
metallic Clubs Of the Ohio Valley
ended Mr.. Bryan was rendered an
ovation
THE proposed withdrawal OF the
I nited States troops from Arizona and
New Mexico has greatly alarmed the
( big cattle ralsers OF that section of the
country, as they fear an outbreak by
the Apaches.
A rooL room in the open Board of
Trade building at Chicago. which is
I patrOnized by women exclusively. was
raided by the police oa the 9TH and 20
women, who were betting on the races.
taken into custody Many Of them
were richly dressed and two had babies
In their arms They were all released
on bail later in the day
JoHS BRYANT, a farmer living near
Seymour, Ia, was found in the Chica-
90, Milwaukee & ST. Paul railway
| freight yard at Kansas City. No. with
his throat cut from his right ear TO
point under his chin. lie told the po-
lice that his throat was cut by two
highwaymen, who held him up and
robbed him of sac.
I MAYOR CARNEY. of Shawneetown.
Ill. which was devastated by a flood.
sent an appeal on the 4th to congress
and also to The gosernor of Illinois for
/ aid for the stricken people. In re-
sponse Gov. Tanner Immediately is.
sued a proclamation. calling on the
people of the state to contribute for
the relief of the sufferers. twas esti-
mated by the mayor that 100 lives had
been lost
Prominent horse buyers at San An
tonic. Tex, claim that there is a scar
city of cavalry horses throughout the
United States. and that in the event of
a large force of mounted troops being
. ~ nohil Ot RO-sAbAG " ~ -
ply the men with suitable horses.
SOME days ago John Geary, of Cas-
cade, Ia, was seized with hiccoughs
which obliged him to take to his bed.
The best medical aid was summoned
without avail and he continued TO sink
until he expired Otherwise he was
in the best of health.
SAM COBB, deputy sheriff, and his
brother, Felipe Cobb, who was a con-
stable, were shot down by Carlos Guel-
len at Brownsville, Tex, on the 5th.
Guellen was arrested and placed in
Jail. A mob at once gathered. broke
into Ihe Jail and shot Carlos Gueilen,
killing him in his cell.
THE residence of James Michaels
near Sisterville, W. Va, was discov-
cred to be on fire and neighbors forced
the door and discovered Mrs Michaels
md her two-year-old daughter on the
1oor almost burned TO a crisp Foul
play was suspected. Michaels could
rot be found
THE World-Herald at Omaha. Neb.
will make the banner shipment from
he west for the relief of Cuba The
paper has gathered subscriptions of
ash, provisions, clothing, medicines
and other supplies, until on the 4th it
had $40, 25s in cash and Is carloads of
supplies of all sorts.
INDICATIONS on the 4th pointed to a
general suspension of coal mining
along the Monongaheia river in Penn
svlvania and it was expected that TO-
300 men would go on strike because
the operators would not acknowledge
the interstate agreement
The mayor and council of Atlanta,
Ga, have approved a plan for purchas-
ing flags and within short time the
stars and stripes will wave over every
public school in the city and scholars
will be required 10 salute "Old Glory
morning and afternoon.
TWELVE buildings were destroyed by
fire at Rock Hin. =. c., involving a
loss of $3.50, 900.
AN unprovoked murder was commit
ted at Mine Lick station, eight miles
west of Cool<eville, Tenn. Clay Bros
well and William Bradford were fight
ing and Giles Bradford, young farm
er, attempted TO separate them. Bros.
wells father and brother came to his
assistance and in two minutes Giles
Bradford was a dead man. He had
been struck with brass knuckles, shot
and stabbed.
A NEW BEDFORD, Mass. telegram on
the 9th said that the great cotton
mills strike. which had been in pro-
gress for three months, was about
ended and work would soon be re
sumed in all the mills.
A NEGRO was recently captured and
lynched by a mob near Amite City, La
for being one of gang that mur-
dered the Cotton family in Tangipahoa
parish in the fall of 1896. Two of the
gang were lynched some time ago by
being dragged through a fire, hanged
and then shot to death
VESSELS have been dispatched to Ha-
vana To take OFF Gen. Lee and our con-
sular officers as well as all Americans
who desire to leave the island, but the
state department has received a dis
patch from Consul General Lee saying
that in case war is declared he will not
he able to get the American citizens
ont of Cuba before the 10th
THE republican subcommittee of the
house committee on banking aud cur
rency laid before the full committee a
bill Ito provide for strengthening the
public credit, for the relief of the
United States treasury aud for the
amendment of the laws relating to ma
tional banking associations" The
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