The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-16

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Mr. JANIS CANrBErr factory in
/ spector Of Pennsylvania, was before
the Industrial commission AZ Washinr-
ton on the 9th. Hs spoke euIozis-
,icallv Of the labor orzanfzati0u of the
glass workers u bis state He de-
nouuced the sweat shops where cloth
ing ls made for their fIth and was
opposed % allowing undes5rabIe for
s.gners 20 come % this country in
drovss
AREAyGENzvTs have been cora apIe.ed
for the incorporation % the iaterua-
tional Cement company. which j. 20
Be a consolidation Of the cement In
dustry of The United states The uew
company wilI have an authorized cap
itaI Of so. O00. 080
TIE ashes of li;tis Josephire Kip
ling rest ia a small urn a. the French
Pond crematory iE New York, the
body being incinerated there Rad
yard Eipling himself is a strong advo-
cate cf cremation His long residence
10 India, where all bodies are burned.
inclined him toward &c.
" New York Veil Burgess. the actor
and stage manager. fled a voluntary
petition ia bankruptcy. His total LA
bilities were si04, go all unsecured; no
assets, not even a wardrobe
TIE ladies' Ot the Memorial associa-
tiOn at Winchester. Va together with
the Dau ghters Of the Coufederacy 10
south Carolina have succeeded in rais-
ing the necessary funds % erect a non
u Hs--. q. a
ate dead who lie buried ia StonewaII
cemetery at Winchester. The moug-
ment ls 70 be unveiIed on Memorial
day, June g
Broom manufacturer and brokers
and dealers in broom corn held ses-
sion at Chicago on the -.h % regulate
the price Of raw material a. we'll a.
the finished broom& broom corn, il
was said, will bs advanced S. a ton.
while the price Of brooms will be ad-
yanced 50 cents more a dozen.
STEEL billets took a jump upward at
Pittsburgh, Pa. on the sth and sold at
s24 ton, the highest price since ls90
THE Tenth immunes lcoloredI were
mustered out az Macon, Ga, on the sth-
LAEGE f5I-stOry building, S. 20 IS
Charlestown street, Boston, occupied
By a dozen firms. was destroyed By
fire. causing a loss estimated at s75 0Qc
DETAILS Of the iasurrection in the
central part Of China stated that the
rebels had defeated the imperial troops
and had captured several towns, mas
sacrsiny the men, women and chill
dren and committing other barbarities
Il was feared that great famine will
follow the insurrection, as the natives
were too terrified 70 attend 70 any
crops
RECENT reports Of the health Of the
American volunteers in Cuba have i'm
pressed the United States government
with the expediency OF their speedy
Withdrawal from the island
An explosion occurred near Parkers-
burg. ". Va, In which two men were
killed and four others seriously in
iured. IL was caused by nitro-gIycer-
inc used in drilling an oil we'll
PRAIRIE fires were raging IN Nueces,
Starr and Duval counties, Tex, on the
5th. Near Aguilsres a ranch foreman
and two labOrers were surrounded By
flames and all three perished-
FIRE in some tenement houses on
Fifth street, in New York, drove 80
families into the street One child
was probably fatally hurt By being
thrown from window.
The Mary Holmes seminary at West
Point, Miss, the leading negro college
for women in the south, was burned.
The loss was estimated at SIS 600,
while the insurance carried amounts
to only $40, OJ0.
THE residence Of DR.. George l. Mil
ler at Omaha, Neb., burned early the
other morning. In addition 70 the
building large number OF valuable
art works, letters aud documents coll
lected during the doctors long career
as editor OF the Omaha Herald were
destroyed, among them being letters
from the late Cows Seymour and Til
den, Of New York.
TIE boiler in Paxley's mill at Owens
boro, KY, exploded the other day,
killing one man and fatally 20 iuriug
two Others
The army winter hospital at Savan-
nah, Ga, AZ buildings, 1000 cots, was
opened for patients on the sth.
The San Bruno hotel, an old land
mark near san Francisco, was burned
on the goth and the porter Of the botel
perished in the flames
DIRECTOR MERRIAM, OF the census
bureau, opened his first official day by
calling on the secretary OF the interior.
The selection of 800 supervisors OF cen
sus districts will begin ia a few days
As a general thing the census districts
will follow the boundaries Of congress
sional districts and the parpose IS TO
select a resident OF each district for
the position.
AFTEB suffering for % years with
PIN in her throat Mrs Catherine Hack
man died al Lebanon, Pa, on the 9Th.
OVER l, 900 aTistocratic dogs from all
parts of the country were on exhIbi-
tion at Chicago on the sth at the open
ing of the Macoutah Kennel clubs
annual exhibition. Many eastern
owners were in attendance, including
Frank Gould, who owns Chantrel
Prince, the pride Of the Gould kennel,
entered in the ST Beraard class
Among the other entries is the bulldog
Tramp, the mascot OF Roosevelt's
rough riders
NEAR Jennings, Ok, deputy marshalS
attempted to arrest samuel Dodd on a
charge Of selling whisky TO Indians,
but he attempted to escape and was
fatally shot by one OF the deputies.
The furniture factory at huntsville,
Ala, was entirely destroyed by an in
cendiary tire early the other morning.
TIE factory gave emplovmeut To $50