The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-06-01

/ the medical corpsOf the United States
/ navy at the congress. made an address
and was elected chairman of the Anne r.
lean delegation.
GEN. MACARrHuR and Gen. Funston.
with the Kansas and Montana regi-
ments and Utah battery. dispersed 500
Filipino insurgents who were in
trenched on the railroad near santa
Arita. Gen. Funston led the charge at
the double-quick.
THE feature Of the second dav Of the
national peace jubilee az Washington
was the civic parade. it was over an
hour passing the reviewing stand where
President Mckinley aud a distinguished
company were seated There were
many floats decorated by the leading
firms at the capital
TWENTY thousand people attended
the sham battle at the state G.. 4. u.
cncampment at Terre Hautc. Ind. the
other day. Six companies Of state
militia and two light batteries partici-
pated 4 fort had been constructed
and a part Of the militia were ordered
10 defend II. They were supposed to
DE Spaniards. The invading forces
Spanish flag from the fort. while the
old veterans shouted themselves hoarse.
JoHN 7. RoACH. Of Montreal. Can.
was arrested at Boston on the charge
Of being implicated in the robbery OF
the Dominion bank. Napanee. Ont, on
August 2, 1897. when So. 900 in cash
and notes were taken.
THE Mexican Central depot. which
was built across the Rio Grande at FL
Paso. Tex, ~ years ago at a cost OF
$40 OOO was entirely destroyed by fire
the other morning The origin of the
fire, il was said. was lighte cigarette.
The Kansas state treasurer on the
23d stamped warrants in the sum of
S47 $50 mot paid for want OF funds. -
When the treasury opened that day
there was sl9,O 600 in the general reve-
nue. fund. 1t did not last an hour.
a LoNG dispatch was received at
Washington on the 23d from President
Schurman, of the Philippine commits
sion, giving the results OF the meetings
thus far held with the Filipino commits
sion sent by Aguinaldo TO treat with
the Americans President Mckinley
was much gratified at its contents, but
the text OF the dispatch was not made
public and will not be.
SPECIAL from Miles City, Mont, on
the 23d stated that there were indica-
tions of Cheyenne uprisings. Armed
Indians had driven Mrs. Lorain and
child from home, burned haystaclls and
killed cattle.
WAsuISGroN on the 23d inaugurated
"A three days peace jubilee. The city
was gaily decorated with bunting and
the day opened with the boom of guns,
the ringing of church bells aud the
blowing of whistles. In the afternoon
there was parade of military and
naval organizations stationed in and
around Washington. At night a grand
display of fireworks and "A realistic
production of the battle of Manila were
/ given.
A TORNADO visited Texas on the 21st.
Several houses and church buildings
were wrecked in several localities, the
most serious beng at Mount Pleasant,
| Titus county, where one man was
killed and - others were injured, some
fatally, by the church being wrecked.
| Many Buildings were leveled in Ste
phenville and several persons were
reported killed near that town. Near
Dublin one man was killed and several
others injured.
FIRE destroyed the oxford hotel
building at Philadelphia, including OK
ford hall and the stables. All the
horses were rescued. Loss, 500, 600.
a FIRE started in Wells Bros plan
ing mill at brooklyn on the 22d and
4 al,
destroyed. Loss estimated at $3.50, 600.
THE oil tank of the gas company at
Macomb, H., was struck by lightning
and the oil was ignited and caused
fire which required seven hours of
! fighting TO Subdue. II was finally con
qucred by the and of chemicals. The
tank contained $1,000 gallons of oil and
all but 1000 gallons was burned.
THE United States commission sub
mitted written proposition to the
Filipinos on the 22d Offering them
government similar to the one adopted
| in Cuba.
THREE men were blown TO atoms by
an explosion of tank of nitro-gly-
cerin at the powder mills at Etna,
Ind, the other night. Not "A vcstige
of the building remained.
! Miss AGNES SUFFER-, an aged spin
Bter, was burned To death in her home
in Newburg, n. Y 1t was believed that
the lighted lamp was upset by the cat,
and the fire, which resulted in her
death, was thus started
AN automobile started from Clevc-
land, o., for New York the other day
| in an attempt to break the horsclesS
carriage time record between tine two
cities The route selected was about
| $50 miles.
OWING 10 the fight in progress
among the Transcontincntal roads
over passenger rates for the National
| Educational associations convention
| in Los Angeles, Cal, a Chicago dispatch
stated that the rates to Colorado points
| points will be cut in two and the affair
viii probably bring about an extensive
western rate war.
DURING "A thunderstorm the residence
Of George Simpson, three miles east of
| III Dorado, H., was struck by light.
ming, which killed his daughter Flora
and Oscar Murdocll, n hired hand, and
seriously injured Jake TrouSdale.
| A BIG strike of gas was made on
farm at Titijn, O.
THERE was a rumor at Washington
on the 2lst that there had been a hos
tile meeting at Bluefelds between the
Nicaraguan gunboat san Jacinto and