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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16
M'KIN!LY HAS 1T.
War Investigating Committee Sub
mits Report to the President.
Member Of the Com mission Talks About
the Report aud says It Contains Criti-
cism- wherever rhey Are Due
Facts Not Concealed.

Washington, Feb. l0.-The report of
the war investigating commission is
in the hands of the president and the
commission is dissolved. All of the
mem bers of the commission, including
the secretary, Mr. Weightman, and
the recorder, Co. Davis, met by ap-
pointment at the white house at 4:i5
o'clock yesterday afternoon and were
at once shown into the cabinet room,
where they were received by the pres.
ident Gen. Dodge, the chairman of
the commission, presented the report,
and President Mckinley in receiving
it congratulated the commissioners on
the completion of their task.
Seated around the cabinet table, the
members went over their work in a
general way and, at the request of the
president, read portions of their re-
port which covered certain points in
which he had expressed an interest
The conference lasted ebout / y hours,
and as the commissioners were about
to leave the president stated that he
was satisfied that each member had
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16
A HUSTLING HOST.
He Had n Little scheme for Making
His Guests Pay for Their
Dinners.

II was an apparently innocent little din,
ner invitation which drew a number OF
California street heavyweghts to the
handsome home of capitalist on Pacific
avenue, who is no longer popular in the
Pacific Union club After the dinner.
which was eaborately planned, perfectly
served and thoroughly appreciated, the
host led the way to the billiard room, where
he produced for the inspection of his friends
new roulette wheel which he had Just pur-
chased.
After it had been examined and duly ad.
mired monsieur proposed that his friends
tempt fo.tune with it, announcing that he
would be banker, and smilingly invited
them to break him" The guests scarcely
expected this sort of diversion, but they
hardly could decline the "entertainment'
which had been provided for them. Hav-
ing carelessly undertaken to call the turn
on the black or the red they expected to
anticipate any such financial catastrophe
as overlook each of the players.
The bank won steadily. Soon all the
player guests were BROKE" but the host
offered, in an off-hand way, to stake ona
and all, guarding against a loss of the
frequent loans, however by taking the
checks of his friends. For the purpose. with
admirable forethought, he had provided
himself with blank checks on every bank in
town.
There was no escape for his victims. They
were all thoroughly trapped and well
scotched before they were released. The
guests caught the first car home in the mora
ing, the urbane host, with unparalleled gem
erosity, presenting each guest with a nickel
to pay his fare.-San Francisco Newsletter.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16
Costly FIRE Ia Now yers CITY.

New York, Feb. 10. "A fire which
caused loss variously estimated from
5000, 900 to 1000, 900 and which threat
ened to destroy an entire block, started
in the bag factory of Walter Il Pellet
at No. and 8 Front street, five-story
brick building, early to-day. The fire
spread to No. and then 10 9s Moore
street A large number of girls, who
are employed in the bag factory build
ing, rushed down the stairways in a
panic, shrielling for help. A fireman
who happened to be passing and sew
eral citizens succeeded in calming the
girls and getting them out safely.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

The St Louis Republic says that
"there can be no doubt that most of
our wild fowl and field birds are being
annihilated faster than human neces-
sity and the process of reproduction
warrant This diminution of the bird
supply has led to the passage of stat
utes in many of the states with partly
encouraging results. Both branches
of congress have now agreed on IA bill
to supplement these preventive meas.
ures. The general scope of the bill is
toextend the jurisdiction of the United
States commission of fish and fisheries
over game birds and over wild birds
useful TO man"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

WHAT friends of Bishop Potter call
his twentieth century saloon" is now
assured in New York. The fund of
$4,000 needed to start the work of
providing a substitute for the saloon,
which shall have all the attractions of
the saloon, minus Intoxicating drinks,
has been contributed. Carpenters have
begun the work of tearing out the
heart of the six-story building at l3l
Bowery and it will be fitted up as
squirrel Inn No l." Bishop Potter
hopes in ten years there will be in New
York Squirrel Inn No 100 and that
they will solve the great social prob.
lem of the saloon.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

THE Office of director OF the census
is to be created and made independent
of any other department of the gov
ernment, and ex.Gov Merriam, of Min
nesota, it was said, would be appoint
ed. This is the presidents plan and
the house committee has prepared the
legislation to execute it. Heretofore
the census has been taken by a super
intendent who has been subordinate
to member of the cabinet. usually
the secretary of the interior. The
president desires that the census bu.
reau shall be independent and that
the director shall be responsible Ia
him alone
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

The national military conven tion
VAS organized at Tampa, Fla, on the
9th by the election of the following
terfield, of New York; secretary, Capt
j. " Wilson, of Florida.
THERE was an earthquake with pro-
nounced vibrations at May field, kv.,
on the morning of the 9th.
WEBB MEEK, prominent resident of
Carrollton, Ill, was frozen to death
while returning from his farm near
that city.
The national military convention
met at Jacksonville, Fla, on the Sth,
ISHABITANTs of Belen, n. NJ, were
much alarmed on account of series
of earthquake shocks that have oc-
Cured there recently. Many have
taken themselves to prayer and fast.
ing.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., reported 2s de-
grees below zero on the 9th.
THE Moultou Hin winery at Clover
dale, Cal, was destroyed by fire, to-
gether with 200, 900 gallons of wine.
The loss was estimated at between
$4,000 and 500, OoO, partly covered by
insurance.
The negroes whose importation
from Alabama caused the battle at
Widen, Ill, few months ago, in
VIII ch several miners were killed, were
reported on the 9th as freezing and
starving in graders camp near
Cahokia. Unaccustomed as they were
20 cold weather. and very thinly clad,
their condition was said to be pitiable.
TH2 Tennessee river at Chattanooga,
Tenn, was on great boom and reg
ular spring freshet was looked for.
All the head waters were rising on the
7th and farming lands adjacent were
overfiowed Factories were also being
closed down and lumber yards washed
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

The little daughter of a local clergyman
has reached the age where big words ara
apt to floor her, and where she is very sem
sitive to the remarks OF an older brother.
Not long ago she came running to her
father.
Papa, papa, George called me Names"
"Why, what did George say?"
"Oh,' said the little girl with strong ex-
what / preached. I'don't, do i:''
well, my child, /"
"But | don't. do l., papa? l don't any
more than you do, do I|
And then the rector choked up. But he
took a half hour from his sermon and ex-
planned the meaning of the obnoxious ex-
preston to the best of his ability.-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

FARMERS of Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey. Ohio, Indiana, South De-
kota, Wyoming, Iowa, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas, Ar
kansas and California are forming
state branches of the proposed new ma
tional farmers party, and are prepar-
ing to send represen tatives to the ma
tional executive committees meeting
which Is shortly to be called by the
projectors of the new party move
ment at Avon, Ill. The meeting viii
probably be held in Chicago.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16
No Brevet for GEN. Miles.

Washington, Feb. no. Maj. Gen.
Miles will not receive brevet for his
conduct of the campaign in Porto
Rico. This has been decided by the
board considering the rewards to be
given officers and men who performed
acts of courage and gallantry during
the war, This is due to the fact that
there is no reward which, under the
statutes, can be given him. He could
only be breveted lieutenant general
and that office does not exist.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

TROLLEY cars made in Pittsburgh,
Pa, are to invade the land of the
Pharaohs, negotiations having been
closed by the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company for the
equipment of IA cars of the ordinary
trolley type for use in the city of
Cairo. This line will be the first in the
country, but it is proposed to build
another line to the pyramids, as soon
as the natives become accustomed to
the operation of the cars, and later to
connect Alexandria and Cairo by
trolley.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16


Pe-ru-na works harmoniously with
nature to eject the tubercles from the
lungs, and works so successfully that
If there is cure for consumption
Pe-ru-na is the remedy.
Read this letter from Mrs. II. A.
Tyner, of Four Oaks, N. c., about her
daughter, Mrs. L. Keene. She says:
Pe-rR-na Medicine Co., C0lHm6ns,O.
DEAR SIRs:-"My daughter had every
symptom of consumption-suppr
of menses, night sweats and great ema-
citation. She was so low that none of
our neighbors thought she could live.
In May Mr.. c. Il. Adams, of this place,
who had taken Peru-na, told me il
anything would help her Pe-ru-na
would. l got a bottle of it and some
rock candy and began giving it to her.
During the first few days she was SO
weak she could only take q half tea
spoonful at a time, but / gave it to
her as often as she could bear it. In
less than a week she could walk two
hundred yards and back without rest
ing; she kept getting stronger, and in
twelve months she seemed to be as we'll
as she ever was in her life. / feel, and so
does every one that knew about her
sickness, that Pe-ru-na saved her life.
My daughters name is Mrs. l.. Keene."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE DEPARTMENT
The wyoming Supreme Court speaks
Edited by the Woman's Suffrage Asso-
eiation Of Oklahoma Territory.

The Wyoming supreme Court speaks
have often been asked whether the
fact that women of bad character who
possess the right of suffrage does not
counteract the benefits which might
accrue from its exercise by the better
class Of women But in Wyoming so
large proportion of the better class
of women vote that they greatly out
number the worse element; nor have |
found that the latter is always CON
trolled by those who are in the interest
of the impure or undesirable in politics
Chief Justice Charles \. Potter of
Wyoming
The good and Intelligent women
vote more regularly than the bad, for
almost every woman who is entitled TO
vote casts her ballot at every election,
and the bad women, or those whose
morals are questionable, are of "A tran
sicnt nature, and a great number of
them do not stay long enough in one
place 10 be entitled to vote. | find
this TO be the case generally through
out this state. - Hon. David ii. Craig of
the Wyoming Supreme Court
Our best and most cultivated women
vote, and they vote UNDERSTANDING y
and independently, and they cannot
be bought with whisky or blinded by
party prejudice. They are making
themselves felt at the polls, as they do
everywhere else in society, by a quiet
but effectual discountenancing OF the
bad. and helping hand for the good
and the true.-Hon. John w. Kiugman
Of the Wyoming Supreme Court.
The proportion Of good aud intelli-
gent women who absent Themselves
FROM the polls is not appreeiably great
er than that of men of like class. Our
good and intelligent women vote quite
generally. Hon. John w Lacey OF
Wyoming Supreme court
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

A BILL was introduced in the New
York legislature to authorize the APP
pointment of a public censor, whose
duty 1t shall be to pass upon the fitness
or unfituess of all kinds of theatrical
entertainments to be placed before the
people of New York city. 1t is not
intended to be foolishly squea
about stage affairs, but to draw the
line at indecency.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

UB- -. u. rAIRCmLD, or the depart
ment of agriculture, has gone to South
America in search of new food plants,
which will be introduced into the
United States. IL these plants can be
successfully cultivated here a revolu.
tion will result in the character and
amount OF our food supply.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

Cincinnati. Feb. 10 Fire in the
tenth district school on Elm street
threatened the lives of several hun.
dred children, but by the cool work of
the teachers and the general disei-
pline of the school all the children goi
safely out of the building.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

A SPECIAL cable dispatch TO the Chi
cago, Inter Ocean from Rome few
days ago said that Arch bishop Ireland's
arrival there was the signal for the
starting of quite little newspaper
boom in behalf of Cardinal Gibbons
candidature for the succession to the
papal chair. A good many people hero
believe that his candidature is certain
to be a serious factor in vatican poll
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

A BILL was introduced into the 1lli-
nois Legislature to appropriate $4,000
for the purpose of erecting bronze
statue In honor OF the late Frances
+. willard, the apostle of temperance,
in the national capitol at Washington.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

THE wild horses which used TO roam
the Texas prairies are about all gone,
the Galveston News says. Only few
remain and they are In the large
pastures and are being killed as often
as n shot can be had at them
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16
Farmer Frozen TO Death.

Carrollton, Ill, Feb. 10. = Webb
Meek, prominent resident of this
city, was frozen TO death while re-
turning from his farm near here
His body was found near the city
frozen stiff. He was 40 years old and
leaves large estate.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

A NUMBER of prominent clergymen
of New York have joined in the call
for state conference on religion. 1t
is not the notion of the initiators to
display the peculiarities of their re-
spective faiths, nor on the other
hand to attempt fusion of the various
sects represented into one. But the
call is. predicated on the assumption
that there are some features of religion
which ere common to all denomina-
tions and that common conference and
perhaps common action ought to be
possible along these lines without de-
manding any surrender of the church
loyalty of the individual.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16
CURRENT COMMENT.

A BILL has been introduced in the
New York Legislature TO legalize selb
ing horse meat for food
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

The American Pathological associ.
alton is trying to get bill through
congress which shall correct what it
describes as the evils of spelling The
statement is made that the irregular
spelling of the English language
causes loss of two years of the school
time of each child. and is mainly the
cause of the alarming illiteraey OF our
people; that il involves an expense of
hundreds of millions of dollars annu-
ally for teachers and for writing and
printing superfiuous letters, and that
IL is an obstacle to the progress of the
education Of those speaking English
and to the spread Of the language
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

Am Francisco has decided to hold a
worlds fair in 1901, to be known as the
Pacific Ocean international exposi'
ti0n
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

A coNFEpERATg monument at Frank
lin, Tenn. will be unveiled Novemb Der
13 next, the anniversary of the battle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

A PROJECT is on foot to combine all
the colonies in Australia into feder
alton similar to the United States
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

A"'ai''''s S.....'.'s'.s...' s.s%.SO
Msklng total proposed eXpendi-
ture for this purpose during the
SESSION oi..... 81, 800
That such a list Of additional EN-.
ployes Is not IN the interest OF good
public service is apparent TO every in
telligent citizen. 1t is only necessary
20 recall the statement heretofore
made that this is the cath day OF your
session and that this very brief bill is
the first and only one which have
had the honor TO receive from you, to
carry conviction to- any reasonable
mind that the employment OF 10 assist.
ant enrolling and engrossing clerks.
employed solely 10 enroll aud ehgross
bills when passed by your honorable
houses, Ia addition 10 the enrolling
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-16

Iotal,., ,...............,...
IN THE HOUSE.
Eleven committee clerks at IS per
day each 90 svs............... 1850
Two walters in cloak rooms s. per
day each go days. Gao
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
HOLIDAY BUSINESS.

A glance at the New York and Bos-
ton newspapers in the past week shows
an enormous advertising business for
the holidays. The Worcester dealers
expect a phenomenal trade, but have
been somewhat backward in pushing
their wares. The season is upon us
Many metropolitan journals published
their Christmas editions last Sunday
Nearly all the great Christmas editions
will be issued next Sunday. There is
hustling in every newspaper office this
week. This morning shows that the
wide-awake dealers have their adver-
Using in The Spy. They offer their
wares to the readers in the homes.
There are ten thousand houses in the
city. The Spy reaches a large ma
jority of the homes through it's own
carriers, and these Christmas ads will
be the most attractive reading for the
next two weeks. The annual list of
Christmas gifts must be up. The real
ly sensible man, woman or youth who
has to remember a circle of friends and
relatives, puts down the names, con-
suits The Spy ads. one by one, arranges
the selections alongside the names
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
CONFIDENCE IN MAYOR DODGE.

A peculiar political condition con-
fronts the voters in this municipal
campaign, one that is not likely to &C.
cur in many years to come 1t is the
fact that while there are five mayoralty
candidates of as many different parties,
there is no issue upon which they are
making the fight for the mayoralty. 1t
speaks volumes for the faith which the
people have in the administrative abil-
ity of Mayor Dodge and in their con-
tidence that he will administer the city
government for the equal advantage of
all in the year to come. 1t is a testi-
monial to the regard in which he is
held by people of all parties. The good
roads movement has been mentioned
within the past few weeks, but the agi
tation easily died out. The condition
Of our roads and streets is always
matter for discussion and complaint,
but they can not be put in the condi-
ton which the public demands unless
there is an appropriation sufficiently
large to cover the expense made by the
city government.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-08
MR.. MYERS MIDDLE.

Hon. James J. Myers seems to be in a
pretty bad middle. Everybody speaks
of him now as the anti-imperialist-m ug-
wuGtp candidate and he is getting him.
self reputation in that respect that
will cling to him as long as he lives.
The matter of his election to the vice.
presidency of the Massachusetts Re
form Club is worrying him consider
ably. He has not repudiated his cleo
ton, however or his allegiance to the
principles of the Reform Club, but he
has gone SO far as to say in reference
to the cutlery against Mckinley at the
club meeting:
Il am aware that in a discussion of
such questions before a dining club
like this, one man is not responsible for
the views and language of another but
my own feeling is that any repetition of
such an outburst as that of last Satur-
day must result in the withdrawal from
the club of many republican members. "
1t is the first time on record that he
has ever protested against any attacks
in the club upon republicans. But in
view of the rapidly growing republican
sentiment against electing a mugwump
to the speakership, he does not seem
now to appreciate the action Of his fell
low mugwumps.
The Springfield Union sums it all up
in very few words when it says that
for Is years, more or less, Mr.. Myers
has been a member of the Reform Club,
and that more than half that time he
has been a vice president. That club
has opposed the republican candidate
for president at every election, except
in 1895, when it could not support Bry-
an, and what declaration has Mr.. Ny
ers ever made? He has himself voted
for Cleveland for president. Now he
talks abou: condemning the Reform
Club because some of it's members
abused republican presidents"
Out upon such hypocrisy! We have
respect for a democrat and an anti.
but none for straggler and a mug
wump like Myers.
Did he make any effort to prevent his
SiSStIOA " I'LL OlliCe III the CluD that has
worked to defeat every republican can
didate for president except one? Ask
his fellow officers. Ask Mr.. Myers him
self.
Do the republican representatives in
the house want such a man for speak
er. Not if The Spy understands what
republican sentiment in Massachusetts
means. The contest today is no mans.
Aside from Mr.. Myers it is a fight be-
tween Mr.. Saunders Mr.. Reed and Mr.
Bennett. Mr.. Benefits strength is mo-
where near what it has been accredited
at any time, any more than Mr.. Myers
has been. This is due to reasons that
are known to every republican that has
kept closely in touch with legislative
doings for the past few years. Mr..
Saunders stands out as a clean, honor
able, high-minded and able man, well
fitted to assume the duties devolving
upon the speakership.