The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-04-27
SEVERAL tenement houses belonging


mated. Charles stuart was fatal,
burned. II was believed Rose was mur
dercd for money and the fire started 1,
cover up the crime.
Gov. LIND, of Minnesota. receive,
the following cablcgram from Manii,
ON the Goth: "Thc regiment must bc or
dered home and mustered out Of tn,
service at once.-Ohicers of Regiment =
Gov. Lind said he was unadviscd as to
the exigcncies at Manila and was who'll,
I'm the dark as to the real significanc,
of the message,
THOUSAND Toledo (O.) carpenters
will strike on May unless their de.
mands for 25 cents an hour and eight
hours work are agreed To hy the con.
tractors. This decision was reached n,
n meeting ON the Goth attended by 2OC
men.
SERGT. MAJ. AInRECnT was arrested
ut Brombcrg. Prussia, on the Goth and
taken in chains to Spandau, where the
state prison Is situated The prisoner
is charged with high treason i'm fur
nishing Russian agents with detailed
plans Of German Notifications and
plans for moblizing the German army.
NENRLN all the 800 employees nf the
Illinois iron and holt works uf Carmen
tcrSvillc, ILL.,. struck the other day over
n reduction in wages and the refusal
nf the company To- treat with the union
y long tic-up was expected.
| THE trade Bulletin at Chicago. con-
crding all damage claims in the states
between the Ohio and Missouri rivers,
| estimated ON the Goth that the winter
wheat crop promises ~. 900. 900 bush
els. ar 1000. 900 bushels less than last
year.
Is factional figh, between rivil
companies uf Chinese highbndcrs the
other night nj Fresno. Cal. three men
were killed aud two others fatally
wounded. More trouble was feared in
| Chinatown.
! SERIOUS student riots have occurred
at the University of Kief. Russia.
| The troops were called ont and arr est.
ed 400 of those who took part in the
disorders.
Tnr orphans home at Bernc, Ind,
burned early the other morning. A
panic was caused among the 81 in
mates by the blaze. All were res
cucd but three, who were burned To
death. The fire started from n stove
| on the third floor and swept through
the building with great intensity.
TnE tnnncry at Mattawaumgcag,
Me. burned. Loss, sijO,OOO.
Ir was announced on the 18th that
the Liggett n Myers Tobacco COM
pany, OF 81 Louis, giving employ mcnt
To 5000 men and the largest concern
of its kind in the world, had been sold
To the Continental Tobacco company.
that Is, had passed under the control
of the tobacco trust
The National Federation OF Musical
clubs will hold its first biennial meet
ing in ST Louis May 3 too inclusive
SENATOR PETTIGREw. of South Da-
kota, has written "A letter To the presi-
dent requesting the return of the
South Dakota volunteers now in the
Philippines lie said that under the
law they are entitled to come home
and that they should not be retained
against their will. The senator said
he has received requests from !l9 mem.
bcrs of the South Dakota regiment
asking to bc discharged and sent home.
A rRAIRiE fire, driven by n high
wind, damaged much property around
Vrooman. Neb., and the town wns
barely saved. In fighting the flames
Mrs Anderson was probably fatally |
burned and several other people were |
also severely scorchcd.
ELEVATORS Nos. I and OF the Hay |
exchange at 81. Louis were destroyed |
by fire ON the 10th. Loss, 500, 900.
TnE engineering department of the |
burlington has completed plans for |
the seasons work along the road |
Thirty.fve miles Of double track will |
be laid in Iowa and n new line will be |
built from Grant City To Albany, Mo
A new bridge will also be built across
the Des Moines river.
TnE report Of the government ply
sician ut the Sac and Fox agency in
oklahoma shows IS deaths from small.
pox among the Sac and Fox Indians
and 40 cases still under treatment
The determination Of the Indians not
to allow their possessions to be burned
makes II almost impossible to stamp
out the disease.
TnE Dawes commission commenced
tn take the census of the Choctaw
nation on April ~. 1t Is estimated
that there are about II, 900 Choctaws,
and, with the exception OF the month
OF July, the commission will be in the
field until August 81. closing with the
census at South Canadian, ]. T., ON
that date.
THE desire OF volunteers to return
home from the Philippines is evidenced
in report to Washington which
shows that OF those who have been
offered the opportunity To re-enlist
with the offer Of bonus In travel pay
of over $500, only about seven per cent
will accept.
TmE plant OF the Little Rock Oil and
Dclinting company and the Aurora
Castor oil Manufacturing company at
Little Rock, Ark, was DESTROYED by
fire the other night. The cause Of the
fire was unknown.
Az appeal for aid has been issued
for the people Of Zapata county, Tex.
Hundreds OF families were said tn be
on the verge Of starvation on account
OF the failure Of their crops by drought
The secret service department cap
tured couple of counterfeiters in
Philadelphia on the 18th who were
said to be the makers of the famous
bogus Monroe head" 500 silver Ger
tiiicates.
ORDERS were issued from Washing
ton on the 18th To Gen. Brooke to dis
charge men in the regular army In
Cuba who had enlisted only for the
war with Spain.
HARRISON FLETCnER's sawmill at OF
tumwa, Ia, was blown to pieces by
boiler explosion on the 18th. The pro-
prietor's son was killed and several
employees were injured.