The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
Ar mass meeting OF the wo men q

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Griggs decision In reference TO the
canteen system and appealing to Pres
idcnt Mckinley To carry the anti-can-
teen law into full force.
A DISPATCH from Mini Novgorod ON
the 2Ith reported that cargo vessel
and passenger steamer collided ON
the river volga The passenger steam
cr sank and i55 persons were drowned.
The captain OF the cargo ship was ar
rested for disrcgarding signals.
A PECULIAR disease among cattle has
been discovered In the herd owned by
James Cunningham, n farmer near
Clare, Ia. within n month. out of n
herd of -, onc.third lost their sight.
Stockmcn said that they had never
known anything like u. The blind.
ness was caused by n film formin over
the eve.
Tur agricultural department ut
Washington II In receipt of informa-
tion Of n threatened invasion 81 grass
hoprcrs in North Dakota and Mime.
sofa. The insects are of n migratory
species aud breed IN the Turtle noun
| tains.
POSTMASTER GENERAL SMiru has is
sued an order directing the rapid trans
mission and forwarding from place
to place of all mail matter of any kind
addressed To persons connected with
the army, navy, marine corps ar other
branch OF the public service. serving
In ar cn route to or from Cuba, Porto
Rico, Hawaii. Guam or the Philippines.
or to persons In the government service
in the United States whose change of
address Il caused by official orders. No
additional postage Is io he required.
TnE delegates to the national convcn-
iion on the bankruptcy law concluded
their deliberations u, Chicago on the
aTth and adjourned. before closing
the organization was made permanent
under the name of the National Asso-
citation ~ Referees in Bankruptcy. The
intention l. Ia hold annual cnnvru-
tinns.
| BERT kiNnNi.i, an arronaut. was
drowned nj liillsdalr. Mich. his para.
chute dropping in the middle Of Baw-
bees lake.
TnE mystery surrounding the murder
Of Charles a. I.rani. the stcnographcr
who was sho, aud killed at ~. Louis
on July -, is''S, has been cleared up.
Three men participated in the murder.
and all of these are now. year from
the date of the commission Of the
crime, in custody. The men who by
their own admissions. killed lbrant are
John tunnors, Harry Morris and
Edward IIcllnan.
Tul Roman Catholic rcforinatorv
ship Clarence was destroyed by fire
NJ Liverpool. Intense excitement pre-
| vailed until II became known that the
hundreds of lads and officers an board
had been saved 10y fcrrybonts. This
was the second Catholic rcfnrmatory
ship Of the same name tina, burned on
the Mcrscy river. Her predecessor was
| tired hy boys on board of her.
ANDREW CAHNE"iE has given sa0. 900
to the Fort Worth C'rrN.D Library as>,,-
citation.
TuE Epworth league convention at
indianapolis, Ind. adjourned on the
aid
| llENRN NOVELS, n negro who attempt
| cd to assault RoSalinc Davis nj llattirS-
burg, Miss, was captured near Bond,
Miss, and later identified by the Young
| lady. A mob tied him Ia u tree aud
! shot him Ia death.
a SPECIAL Ia the Atlanta journal
from Crimson. TIA, ON the 18th said:
Charles Mack. the leader of the gang
that has been robbing and raping in
this vicinity, was lynrhcd at Sairold
aud his hody cut into hundreds of
pieces.
Two large lumber sheds belonging t.
the Morton n Helms Lumber company
ut Cold Springs switch, Miss, were
burned. About SUI feet of the main
track of the Illinois Central railroad
and righ, freight cars were also de.
stroyrd. delaying all trains III hours.
FnuErEEN persons came near losing
their lives ~ u result of eating poi
Sonrd lee cream the either night In
Rcvcls boarding house u, Montgom
cry, Ala.
rnE wife of sam l.cng, Chinese
laundryman NJ san Francisco. was
found brutally murdered in her home.
suspicion points Ia sam Leng. who
has disappeared.
TnE convention of the Harrison
family of gypsics, which was to have
been held near Scotch Plains, n. j., on
the Esd was postponed unit! the 3oth.
The convention Is tn choose n successor
To Snake Mary, the prcsrn, queen.
Mary Is now ~ years old, hut as spry
and active as u woman Of 80,
l!rCArsE he heard that his wife was
about Ia rlope with another man,
Icsse Adams shn, aud killed her and
then fatally shot himself near Louisa,
NY.
4 runrsiiiNU machine engine blew up
on John Finncy's farm near Drwc"sc,
Nrh., the other day aud seriously In.
iurcd four men.
tuiCR DAVIS, the negro murderer of
William Grin, n farmer, was oyrrtakcn
IN n cornirld near Wilmo', Ark, early
IN the aith aud instantly killed hy his
pursurrs
TuE fourteenth national convention
of former soldiers of the German army
now living IN the United States will bc
held u, Chicago from August ~ tn u,
inclusive.
\ WNsmiSUroN dispatch stated that
d movement tn secure for letter ear.
ricrs u 3O-days' vacation each year has
begun aud the agitation will bc carried
on In the annual con vrntion of the Ma
tional Association of Letter Carriers at
scranton, Pa, In September.
lN the contests at London an the I'D
between the English IOxford and Cam
bridget and American tllarvardI uni
vcrsi'y athletes the English won the
odd event, The winners were: Throw
ing I'll" hammer, i36 feet 81, inches,
Harvard; long jump, - feet, oyford;
ioO-yard run, time 0:io, Harvard; one