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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17
BEAVER HERALD.
N.r. DAVIS. Publisher.
BEAVER, OKLAHOMA
CURRENT COMMENT.

THousASps Of Mexican goats, IL Is
asserted, are being slaughtered In Kan
sas City and Chicago every year and
the meat sold for mutton.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17
n, vii, ,,sud,, IN. Money,

Washington, Aug. ia.-Maj. Charles
Il. Kilbournc, paymaster Of the army,
has been appointed To duty as treasurer
OF the Philippine islands and the island
Of Guam. All moneys OF the civil gov.
ernment Of the islands will be placed
In his hands.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17

The rainfall. according 70 the wealth.
er bureau, for Oklahoma last July was
6.i7 inches, the greatest since the es.
tablishment Of the weather demnr,.
mcnt
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17
,irnnh'. sui,i.n Death.

J. G. Crank, the man who shot and
badly wounded Hugh Gerali, of Tecnm.
sch, and who was recently appointed
city marshal was IN the act of making
an arrest when he died. Two men
were creating u disturbance when
Crank happened along. He stepped up
10 them, put his hand ON the shoulder
Of one Of the men, suddenly sank to the
ground and In n moment was dead.
Physicians were called ut once. They
made nm examination and decided that
death was caused by heart disease.
Crank claimed that 6erah threatened
his We and he shot him In sclf-defense.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17

SANTA TERESA, the Mexican woman
who has long been revercd ms saint
by the natives of chihuahua and
Sonora, and who Is believed To possess
the power Of healing the sick by the
laying ON Of hands, Is said To be more
or less responsible for the present out.
break among the Yaqui Indians 10
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17

In his address at the annual congress
Of the British Medical association at
London DIR. Cousini referred 10 the
steady increase In the length of human
life during the past so years. ''Ther.
Is every reason" he said, ITO antici-
pate that the death rate In Great
Britain may still be greatly reduced,
and ten or twelve per 1000 may be the
figures of the coming century" Mean
time. the overcrowded and unsanitary
conditions OF the working classes Is u
drawback. II this prophecy Of the
death rate Ia justified by events the
average life ought 10 rise TO very near
the pstriArohsl figures Of 100.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17
New iiooks.

New books to the value Of $500 are Ia
bc purchased for the library ~ tn,
University OF Oklahoma. Two new
tutors, one assistant pharmacist and
one assistant Librarians, are To be added
Ia the fucultv
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17

RAILROAD men express the belief that
before very long all of the prominent
railroads Of the land will have adopted
the pension scheme recently taken up
by the Pennsylvania system and now
being worked out, In which employees
are to be pcnsioncd when 20 years old.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17
raiysrsity Flset,o,

The board OF regents Of the universi.
ty Of Oklahoma reelected the old fac.
ulty.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17
Passenger. Have . Miraeulous E.c.ps.

Merrill, Wis, Aug, IA street car
ran of the Prairie street bridge to-day,
dropping into the river 20 feet below.
The car was completely wrecked.
None of the passengers were fatally
In iured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
BREVITIES

Quay's character is SO very bad, and
fensive showing him to be a rascal that
thirteen of his supporters in the legis-
lature have "pented Themselves as
Cuffer Mayo said, and have deserted
his colors.
That beef our is a fine set. There
has been enough evidence introduced
to hang every beef embalmer in the
land Of such indefensible conduct were
a hanging matter. But the smelling
committee say the charges are un-
founded. How much do they get from
Armour & Co. for such finding? The
great court Of the American people will
bring in a very different verdict.
The New York World praises the
speech of Col. Bryan at Topeka. It
says editorially (and the World is for
gold only:
1.-THE inspiration of this strong and
eloquent speech was the struggle be-
tween democracy and plutocracy''-be-
tween republicanisn n Imperialism
which the arrogance and blindness of
the men in power have thrust to the
front as the dominating issue for the
coming campaign.
Mr.. Bryan's warning and his appeal
will not fall on needless ears"
1t is time for the American people to
call a halt at once. The Mckinley gang
have got to sea and lost their heads
A little while ago republican and
mugwump papers were jibing and
abusing Bryan as dead and silver with
it. The N. Y. Tribune is so worried by
the tremendous enthusiasm over Bryan
in that great city that it prints it in
big letters on two pages-"Idolatry of
Bryan" It says that "as a demon
stration for William Jennings Bryan
and free silver is was a tremendous
success" THE sun do novel"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
Deaths from Typhoid Fever
Der 100, 900 Population.

Im1 are water kills readily and thou
sands die annually from drinking bad,
poisoned water that brings on typhoid
fever. Wilmington has had sad expe-
rience with this disease. In Lawrence
in 1894, of AZ deaths from typhoid %
were among cotton mill operatives. In
1895, IL out of 81 cases were among
operatives. But in 1896, but 4 out of
19. The operatives were then using the
sand-filtered water. The subject is so
important that we copy from an article
bearing directly on sand liberation"
Professor Lea, a distinguished backte-
biologist says, and it is prefaced by a
remark of the Philadelphia Record:
"The question may well be asked:
How is it possible that a porus material
like a bed Of sand a foot or even two
feet in thickness can remove organisms
so minute that they are only revealed
to sight under the highest powers of
the microscope? Biological investiga-
ton has answered inquiry most clearly,
and has at the same time revealed a
wonderful provision Of nature for the
publication of water; for these germs,
while constituting the most dangerous
element in the pollution OF drinking
water, are the chief agents IN its puri-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
THE FIRST PUBLIC GRADED
SCHOOL IN NORTH CARO-.
Ina

The Townsville Charity and Chill
dren," organ Of the Baptist Orphan
age" discusses the point as to what
was The First Public Graded School
in North Carolina" It was started
at Charlotte and was the beginning OF
a movement in this state that has
one more to stimulate what is called
our history. And the names of those
who projected the enterprise ought to
be known and remembered, as we'll as
the place where the public graded
school "a born"
In 1873, the public schools were at a
low ebb in that section. Rev. ]. B.
Boone, pastor of the Baptist church at
Charlotte, was appointed a county ex-
aminer without his knowledge . After
hearing DR.. Barnes Sears, he and Cen
Rufus Barringner and w. Fl. Houston,
a schol committee, determined to adopt
the graded school plan. Mr.. Boone was
induced to accept the principal and "on
the 14th Of September, 1872, in the dwell
ling and school room Of Miss Hattie
Moore, the first session Of the first pub
bic graded school OF North Carolina be-
gan its work. The teachers were as
follows: Miss Hattie Moore. Miss NJ.
H Barber, Miss Sarah FL. Miller fsister
of Rev. DR.. Miller. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church), Mrs. A. E. War
ing (wife OF Senate Waring, who after
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

wards procured the passage Of . bill
providing for the levying OF a tax and
the appointment OF a board). and Miss
F. A. walsh
This was the beginning Of a really
very important work in North Carolina.
Wilmington has been a most fortunate
and bFest beneficiary OF this system,
and its public schools today OF the
kind indicated are q vas benefit to the
children Of our city. The Charlotte
Observer takes pride. and very reason
ably and naturally, in the fact hat the
first school originated there. II says:
This Is the straight Of the matter.
The graded school Is another one Of the
many good things in which Charlotte
and Mecklenburg. beginning in 1775.
have led the state"
Charity and Children adds this in
formation: 1T should also De stated
that a graded school for colored people
was established at the same time by
b same committee and Bishop Harris
OF h A. NJ. E. Zion church was pr!n-
cipal."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
MOST IMPORTANT FOR WATER
DRINKERS

In the north towns have been trying
the benefits arising from what is called
sand filtration" Southern towns
would be wise to study the matter and
city authorities should be awake to it's
Importance. The North Carolina state
board of health should give it attention
it if has not already done so. In 1898,
the town of Lawrence, Massachusetts,
adopted a system of sand filtration.
Typhoid fever was something of a
scourge. We give a recent table show
ing the benefits that came to the peo-
pie in this one fearful disease by using
this new means of safety and immun-
ity: 81,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

the descriptions of her heretofore had
prepared us to e The Richmond
Times, of the same day, presents "An-
other Winnie Davis Memorial" It ia
a really beautiful tablet, over five feet
long by three feet wide, which is to
be placed on the walls of St Paups
Protestant e. Church in that city. It is
the gift of Ambrose A Maginnis, a
prominent wealthy citizen OF New Or
leans, who has always been a warm
friend of the Davis family. The mod
cling Of the tablet in plaster has just
been completed by MT. George J. Zolnay
in his New York studio. The inscrip-
ton is very simple and yet tasteful.
1.-THE Daughter of the Confederacy."
Then follows the date Of Miss Davis
birth and death and the following:
Blessed are the Pure in Heart, for they
Shall See God"
The tablet is to Us very impressive
and artistic. The design is beautiful
In the centre is a superbly carved por-
trait, side face, of Miss Davis, and 1t il
indeed handsome and noble. The hail
is charmingly arranged. Richmond ii
well favored in the three appropriate
memorials Of one who is so dear to th'
great throbbing southern heart.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
GOSSIP.

Dean Plumptre's well known trans
lation of Dante following the triple
rhyme of the original is to be soon re-
published.
Balzac's centennial of birth is to be
celebrated in France on 10Th May 1899.
That great dictionary of the English
people under the editorship of DR.. Muir
ray, who is an eminent scholar and
etymologist, is the most comprehensive
and exhaustive work that was ever un-
dertaken. 1t has been for more than
thirty years in process of construction.
The number of scholars who have been
engaged upon it count by the score, and
of readers for it by the hundreds. A
recent article On the making of that
dictionary in Good Words" an old
and valuable English magazine, gives
a statement that shows something of
the %stupendous magnitude of the under
taking. There are at any given mo-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

ACu duu C1dSoluCu anu SOIuCu. II
would take you thirty years to look
through them at the rate of n a
minute" The stask was started with
thirteen hundred readers and thirty
sub-editors." Among the names of
early readers were included those of
Rossetti, Hazlitt, Perowne, Lubbock,
Littledale, Lightfoot, Washington,
Craik, Page-Hopps, and Dowden. THE
slips which line the Scriptorium came
from all parts of the world; from
France and from Florida, from Algeria
and Amsterdam, from Upper Egypt,
Stockholm, Rome, Florence, and Ja-
pan" ALL sorts of notabilities have
been written to for explanations of
words that they have used-Tennyson,
George Eliot, ]. r. Lowell, Andrew
Lang, Stevenson, and others.
H. E. Lunt says in New York Sat
urday Review, and it is wisely and
| timely said:
What a blessing to have come to
| know Scott and Goldsmith before one
| had learned that there were classics,
or had found out what was literature!
To have had ones taste formed before
the lure of tales of mere excitement,
having neither merit for style nor sense
of proportion in the subject matter,
had been set for it,"
We usually take time to read any
story that come to hand from Mrs.
Ruth McEnery Stuart, of New Orleans,
but now living in New York City. She
is a capital story writer of the plain
folks and negroes. She is said to be
quite charming as a woman
We found this printed as a good III
scription for the mantel of a library:
o turn thy rudder hitherward awhile;
Here may the storm-beat vessel safe
1y ride;
This is the port of rest from troublous
toll,
=; The worlds sweet inn from pain and
wearisome turmoil.
That remarkable writer, one of the
masters of English style, the late Wal
ter Savage Landor, said that John
Dryden, the very eminent poet in the
days of James II Of England, was, as
Mr.. Stephen Wheeler states in London
"Literature"; "a careless writer who
used any word that came first, and he
assuredly left behind him no treasury
of expressions which contained any
thing convertible to an historians pur-
pose. AS for his being a great poet,
which was Fox's estimate, there was
not throughout his works a single
; stroke of the sublime or one touch of
the pathetic, the only adequate cri-
terra In the imaginary conversation
between himself and Southey, it may
be remembered, Landor in his own per-
son roundly maintains that 'Alexan-
! der's Feast smells of gin at secondhand,
with true Briton fddlers full of native
, talent in the orchestra"
No one was better equipped for an
opinion both as to English prose and
what was great poetry.
Robert Buchanan, poet and novelist,
sneers at Kipling's poetry. Well, there
have been those who sneered at Words
, worth and Byron and Keats and Tenny-
| son and Shelley.
Barrie is reported to have made $780,
/ 900 by the dramatization Of his very
: fine novel, THE Little Minister"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

Barcelona, April lei Diario eulo-
giving the Spanish garrison. consisting
of a captain, two ~lieutenants. a doctor
and forty-eight men, who had been de-
Iending Baler against the Philippines.
says: General Rios recently sent
Captain Olmedo to order the garrison
to evacuate, as Baler no longer be-
longed TO Spain. Olmedo, after great
difficulties, got within fisty metres OF
the house in which the Spaniards were
fortified. He managed, however, to de-
iiver his instructions, but the garrison
simply continued to fire from It's forti-
ned quarters, and Captain Olmedo was
compelled TO return 20 Manila without
reply.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
MEMORIAL FHUM PORTO RICO
Asking for a Civil Form OF Government
for Tha island

Washington, April 19.-Dr. J. Hulio
| Henna and MI. Zeno Gaudia today
| presented to the president a memorial
drawn up by them as commissioners
of the people of Porto Rico, asking
that exclusive military control Over
| the island be withdrawn and that mat
ters relating to the various branches
of the civil government of the island
be turned over to the control OF the
departments in Washington having
jurisdiction over similar matters in
the United States; hat the troops in
the island be reduced to the number
necessary to garrison the forts and
military posts; that the people of the
islands be granted all the privileges
and of citizens of the
United States; that the people of the
island be granted a territorial form
of government, temporarily or the ex-
ecutive authority placed in the hands
of commissioners, like those and ex-
ercising similar authority in the Dis
trict of Columbia; that the legislative
authority of the island be vested in a
council consisting of two members
from each of the seven departments of
the Islands; that a census be taken so
that congress can in~telligently decide
pom the permanent overnmen of the
island whether Porto Rico is to be
acquired as a territory, admitted as a
state or disposed of in any other way"
n lastly, that lin compliance with
the provisions of the United States
constitution, trade between the United
States and Porto Rico shall be abso-
lutely free.
Washington, April lit is under
stood that General George w. Davis
is to be the military governor-general
of Porto Rico, to succeed General GUY
V. Henry. General Davis is a member
of he Wade court Of inquiry. He is at
tached officially to Major General
Brooke's command.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
THREE

The Messenger last week had some
thing to say of Miss Winnie Davis,
the greatly loved Daughter of the
Confederacy." 1t referred to the beau
'tiful monument to be erected to her
memory by the southern women.
What is North Craolina doing in her
honor? The Richmond Dispatch pub
fishes a full length portrait of the most
popular woman the south has ever had.
1t is hung in Lee Camp Hall in Rich
mond, Va. Two or three days ago
tributes to her memory were pronounc-
ed by Judge Garnett and Hon. D. c..
Richardson, the orators selected for the
most interesting occasion of receiving
the portrait, which is declared to be ex-
-cellent. The tributes were high and
Judge Garnett aptly said: 'She is en-
shrined ID u heart of herats, not only
for her gracious self, but as the type
and fair embodiment of all southern
womanhood, for whose protection and
in whose defepce We drew the sword"
He added that she had lived to see her.
self beloved above all other women"
The portrait represents the gifted and
noble young woman in perfect health,
With a well developed form, fuller than
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

The Federal Agricultural Department
Succeeds I'm Developing such n Tree

Washington, April 19.-The agricul-
tural department, which has been expe-
rtmenting o produce a sweet orange
that will stand the frosts that have re-
peatedly swept the orange belt in Fori-
da, has progressed to the point OF budd-
in Florida. DR.. Weber of the division
of vegetable pathology, has just gone
TO Florida, taking with him a large
number Of the new plants. The hardy
orange evolved by the department is at
present termed the 'trifoliate" orange.
1t has been produced by breeding he
pollen OF the sweet orange into the
buds of the Japanese 'trifoliata' and
vice versa. The 'trifoliate' grows as
far north as Philadelphia, but bears
no fruit worth mentioning though ii Is
a vegetable cousin Of the sweet orange.
Seedlings from the hybrids so far pro-
duced promise to give an exceedingly
hardy and valuable fruit producing
tree. DR.. Webber's mission TO Florida
is to bud a quantity of these seedlings
ON live orange trees. This, it is hoped,
| will give definite results several years
sooner than if the department waited
for the hybrid seedlings to mature and
bear.
The departments experiment will be
| assisted by a number Of Florida grow
| ers and the work will be extended north
in time as far as Washington.
Precautions are being taken to keep
the new hybribs thoroughly in control
of the department to prevent worthless
or inferior varieties being put on the
market. When the work has pro-
gresed sufficiently, the new varieties
will be distributed through the regular
channels.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

The communication that appears in
the Raleigh News-Observer. signed by
Oscar W. Blacknall, a gentleman OF cul-
calculated to arouse public attention
and Indignation. II is a case OF show
ing the baseness. the treachery and IN
archy Of a certain bad class OF negroes.
The attack upon good citizens Of
Vance county and the threats Of vic
lence and vengeance, are of a nature
TO excite ace prejudice and to stir the
whites to acts of reprisal and punish
ment. While the majority Of the ne
| groes are fairly good citizens and not
| disposed to provoke race troubles, there
is a very dangerous element among
them not confined to any county, blu,
to be found in all the counties. Mr.
Blacknall's communication is too Ions
to be copied by US, and to appreciate
it fully il must be read as a whole
Like all he writes il is we'll done, fol
some of his productions hav appeared
in The Atlantic Monthly. The New:
and Observer says e~ditorially:
1.-THE attack against Mr.. Blacknal
was not only g~roundless, but the spit,
that animated it unwarranted and TN
reasonable. He has ever been conser
vative on the race issue. But he high
ly believes that the future of the south
ern whites depend on the jealous guard
ing Of every social right against negr'
encroachment. And he lives up to hi
convictions be the consequences to hin
personally what they may"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

It's Cause stated by an American WHO'S
-~rutaafa,s Friend and Adviser

Chicago. April 1s.-A letter received
here today from y j. Moore, an Amert-
can merchant in Samoa, who Tor years
has beer Mataafa's close friend and
advisor, relates some interesting de-
tails Of the troubles in the island.
The letter, written March 2srd. says
in part:
When ! received in advance OF its
posting a copy or the proclamation de-
cided upon by the British n Ameri-
can sides and issued by Admiral kautz.
/ thought IL a very moderate docu-
ment and one that might well be OBJ
served. l sent word twice to the ma
tives on Mulinu that l thought they
should obey il and / Iii they so
intended, as Mulinu was soon deserted
and the prisoners liberated, while the
royalists went to Tutuilla for those who
We're up there. l promised Captain
White, of the Philadelphia, when he
came ashore that / would do all / could
to facilitate a quick and satisfactory
arrangement, and sent word to Mtaafa
and the chiefs that no sailors would be
lande n no guns given to the prIs-
oners; that they ought to go to their
homes and observe peace while the
powers deliberated.
Il am sure Mataafa's followers would
navy AOAC just dS <ANLAlll III TAadNL NdhA-
ed, and / was advising, when British
Consul Maxse commenced arming and
returning prisoners and they began TO
boast Of what they were going TO do
with the assistance of the warships.
This news arrived when Mataafa was
speaking in the midst OF a meeting in
which he was dismissing the people. At
once a great number arose, crying:
The weak cannot govern the strong;
our slaves shall not rule us; we Will
nght! and the meeting was broken up.
1t is as singular as 1t is instructive
that these wild savages, As they are
frequently represented to be. have not
up TO now destroyed a single White
mans house, though all over the is
lands they are in full possession OF
them everywhere. and all of the back
par Of Apia is at their mercy now.
While the guns OF the Porpoise can
now be heard blasting habitations, the
homes of Gurr and C~arruthers, who
have caused all his trouble, are unmo-
Tested by Mataafa's following.
TO subJugte this country will re-
quire not less thar 10, 600 troops. with
all accessories. and her a great loss
or life and casualties must be counted
on. The Samoans are not towards
they are fighting in a just cause and
God knows / hope this will soon be
recognized and appreciated"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

Washington, April 19.-The secretary
OF state today received a telegram from
Consul Ayme at Pointe Patre. Guada-
loupe, w. l., saying that fires, alleged
10 be incendiary, started at midnight
or the 18th instant and destroyed six
teen squares in the vicinity of the
American consulate. He says that 400
houses were consumed, thirty-one ives
lost anq -.o~ persons rendered home
less. The loss will approxima
81, 000. 900.
Tne corsul adds that the c~onfiagra-
ton Is out. but great uneasiness ORE
walls among h people. The governor
mas arrived at Pointe Patre with fiftv
soldiers. Aiey