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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-11-22
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IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE TERRITORY.
Form OF nnllo. prennred.

Form ot Ballot Prepared.
Guthrie.-The territorial board of
election commissioners met on the ~
to pass upon the certificates and peti.
tions OF nominations OF candidates for
delegate ip Congress and the two
houses OF che general assembly and TO
prepare the form Of the official bal.
lot. w. NJ Jenkins, territorial secre-
tary and acting governor. sat as chair.
man IN the absence Of Governor barnes
Joseph w. McNeai represented the re-
publican party and Joseph wisby In
the absence Of 9. q. Hornsr, appointed
for the democrats by Governor Barnes,
was appointsd for that party by Acting
0overnor Jenkins. AL the candidates
OF the different parties succeeded In
ming their certificates or petitions Of
nominations before le o'clock on .hc
night OF the 10, and none was received
after that hour. The fusioniats have n
full ticket. The republicans made no
nomination for the 2fth council dis.
trict, h. Duffy, anti.fusion populst,
appearing as the republican candidate
by petition. In the twenty.four leg.
islative district, the fusion candidate,
raul Nesbit, and the eauti.fusionist pop
ulisi, w. Il. Spear, contested for the
name populist. 1snac Ferguson, fus-
ion, and a. Macarthur, populist, made
similar contest In the twelfth council
district. For purposes OF campaign
strategy the two dominant parties
brought out tickets In the different
council and Legislative districts,
bearing these names: The Bryan
Ticket" Free Silver" Independent
Republican" Independent Democrat" !"
Straight Democratic" and Abraham
Lincoln Republican"
Dennis 7. Flynn, as the republican
congressional, was given the device Of
an eagle. Robert A. Nef's name will
appear in two places on the ballot.
Asa democrat his device will be .
rooster. As populist his device will
be a pillow. John :. Allen was given
the name Of anti.fusion popnlist, and
his device will be the picture VI u home.
Edgar I. Tucker, socialist candidate
for Congress, will have an open hand
rs the emblem Of his party. The fus-
ion and anti.fusion populis,s each
wanted the device of plow, but the
fusion populis,s won BY reason Of their
being first to fiIe the certificate OF NOM
ination Of their congressional candi-
date.
The election board was divided rs to
whether the names OF congressional
and legislative nominees should be
printed on one ballot. McNenl favored
separate ballots, but wisby and Jenkins
were for consolidation.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-11-22
Anti-Horse Thief Association Moo,

Oklahoma City. The annual session
OF the An,i-llorse Thief association
met here Wednesday. The meeting
was called TO order in the opera house
in the morning by Presiden. Barnes OF
Pawnec. After the usual routine bust
ness the convention went into execu-
tive session, which lasted ull the utter
noon. The most effective method OF
capturing and dealing with horse
thieves was discussed. The conveu.
tion lasted three days.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-11-22

Jones-Come, b. honestj when you hsv,
to walk The baby don't you swear littlsi
such noias with his crying that nobody car
hear me.-Boston Transcript.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-11-22

When q man 10 looking for trouble he
never loses his way.-Town Topics.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-11-22
Frisoo's Oklahoma City ExtsnsioN,
The terminal railvoad thrsa rutles

The terminal railroad three. mlies
long, which gives the St. Louis and
San Francisco at Oklahoma City 10
uptown station was oomplstsd Sstur-
day night and the trains nov run up
town. The Frisco has been At gSsss
disadvantsgs heretofore because its
station was 10 far from the business
center.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-11-22
Reward for Heads Of Rebels.

Kinou Chau. Oct. 26.--A detachment
Of German marines, in battle near
Kaumi. killed 200 boxers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
SAYS CURRENT CANNOT KILL HIM.
THIS MORNING, DOES NOT THINK
HE WILL DIE.

Before most NEWCOMERS have read their morn
ing papers to-day, Antonio Ferraro will have re-
ceved the fatal shock in the electric chair. Two
Sisters of Mercy from ST. Joachim's Church, Roose
velt-st.. Manhattan, and Father Orreste Alussi,
priest from the same church. went 70 the prison
yesterday to Ferraro for the purpose Of con-
vertng him. The condemned r'01 has no religious
belief and asserts that the ec tic current cannot
kill him. He told the Sisters that man who eats
food and is well cannot die. The Sisters say they
believe that he has been brought up under an evil
influence and that he knows OF the sun and moon
only objects to be worshipped.
The priest did not arrive until last evening. He
expects to be at the prison when the execution
takes place, before 8 o'clock. While the prison
authorities believe that Ferraro will go to the chair
without making scene, the Sisters predicted that
there would be trouble with him. He powerful
man. and should he offer resistance, the guards
would have no easy task There has never been any
resistance offered by the thirty-two men and one
woman who have preceded Ferraro, but many OF
them weakened through fright and had to be held
up in their efforts to walk
Guards and convicts work yesterday
getting the electric plant in readiness. There has
not been an execution In Sing Sing prison since
last August. when two condemned men were put
to death Davis. the electrician, win be in the
death chamber at o'clock, and will test every part
of the machinery.
G. Ferraro's crime was committed In BROOKLYN on
september 4, 1888, when he stabbed Luciano Muir
chic, in front OF No, IS Dyckman-st.. who refused
to pay him money that Ferraro alleged his victim
owed him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
HARD FIGHT WITH 4 BURGLAR.
HE USES BOTTLE ON PoLICEMAN's HEAD AM
GETS THE NIGHT STICK IN RETURN.

HE USES BOTTLE ON A POLICEMAN's HEAD AND
GETS THE NIGHT STICK IN RETURN
A burglar who is was said. had only recsntIv
returned from Sing Sing Prison. was brought TO the
Leonard-st. police station last night by Policeman
Michael Kehoe. of the steamboat SQUAD who was
doing duty at the Canal-st. pier where the CITY
dumps are. Both men were covered with blood
from wounds in their heads and Il was evident
that fight of more than ordinary violence had
taken place.
Policeman Kehoe charged the man with burglary
and assault The prisoner said he was Alexander
w. Collier, twenty-sx years old OF No. Sc Charles
Kehoe was the pier named last night when
William McAndrew. night Waterman for Steers tho
contractor who Is doing work along the
river front, to him and said that three burg
lars had broken into the liquor store at No. 29a
West-st.
Kehoe ran TO the spot and found a big plate
glass door smashed to pieces. He was then told
that the burglars had taken three loads of booty
to the layatory In the little park at the foot of
Canal-st and he at went there. He found
/ Collier and another man dividing box OF cigars
and trying 10 open a cash register
Kehoe Is stockily built strong man. and he
grabbed each burglar by the coat He had hardly
done when Collier raised bottle and dealt the
/ policeman a blow the head, and quick as a
fash, although the bowl of the bottle had been
broken by the first blow struck him again. The
other prisoner then took advantage OF the binding
OF the policeman by the blood which tricked down
his cheeks, and, dropping the cash register seized
/ the drawer OF st. out of the Enclosure and
1 escaped.
! Kehoe had slipped down on a piece of ice. but he
managed to draw his night stick and soon took all
the fight out of Collier. In the time the third
burglar. who still at work ransacking the sa-
! loon, managed to get away.
Kehoe then took his prisoner to the Leonard-st
station. and Sergeant Cosgrove at once sent for an
! ambulance from the Hudson Street Hospital DR.
| Page. who responded. found two ugly gashes In
was locked up.
The policeman suffered intensely. There was a
/ long scalp wound top of his head In which the
surgeon. who took him to the hospital made six
severed his left eyebrow and q cut across his nose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
FIVE KILLED AT GRADE CROSSING.
FAMILY OF SEVEN RUN INTO BY EXPRESS
TRAIN.

Buffalo Feb 25-A Geneva dispatch to 1.-The
Buffalo Courier" says that shortly after mid
night this morning the midnight express the
Lehigh Valley Railroad struck a carriage contain
ing persons at Tuttles Corners crossing.
about twenty-five miles of Rochester instantly
killing five of the occupants. fatally njuring
other and badly bruising the other. All men,
bers of family.
The dead are Mrs Amy Smith, forty-eight years
old; Bert Smith, twenty-five years old: Miss Miriam
da Smith. twenty-four years Old Glen Smith, four
teen years old. and Catherine Smith, eight years
old.
The injured Porter Smith husband of Mrs.
Smith and father OF the other victims and Gardner
Smith, twenty-one years old
The family had spent the evening at a friends
house Tuttles Corners crossing and started
home n little before midnight. The carriage In
which they rode was three seated affair Porter
smith and his son Gardner occupied the front
Before reaching the crossing the carriage
stopped, and Mr.. Smith listened for the train. but
cid not hear IL in the bowling gale. The horses had
the express crashed down upon the carriage and its
occupants
Gardner Smith, who was the least injured.
crawled TO the station by and secured
sistance The bodies of Mrs. Smith and her daugh-
ter Miranda were carried for mile the
catcher of the engine. The body Of the little girl
ana her TWO brothers found the scene Of
the accident The bodies taken 20 the homes OF
friends and later removed to the family home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
DISASTROUS FIRE IN PARIS.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE INJURED
BY EXPLOSIONS OF ALCOHOL.

BY EXPLOSIONS OF ALCOHOL.
Paris. Feb. 25.-As the result of fire that
broke out this morning at st. Ouen, suburb or
Paris in a collection OF alcohol and oil stores.
series of explosions occurred, spreading the
flames until block of six immense warehouses
was involved in a huge confagration-
great concourse of spectators had assem-
bled, and had approached too near, when sud
denly and Unexpectedly the explosions occurred
A large number Of people. including some fire.
men, were more or less injured.
The last explosion occurred at o'clock this
afternoon when 1t was thought that all such
danger had been averted. Thirty persons were
injured by flying wreckage. The official compu-
tation shows that $50 were hurt number
seriously
The fire broke out at 8 o'clock, from some
cause as yet unknown and had obtained firm
hold before it was discovered. It went on with
out exciting incidents during the morning, and
at l o'clock had been got under control. AT
o'clock. however, the falling walls permitted
the flames to reach a number of alcohol watts,
and then the explosions began to take place.
The block Of warehouses was almost sur
rounded by unoccupied ground over which the
burning alcohol spread when the buildings COL
lapsed resembling a sea of flames and causing
CONSERVATION throughout the district. People in
the dwellings near by began hastily removing
their furniture. The sufrocating heat and fumes
seriously hampered the work of the Fire Bri-
gade. number of engines were sent from
Paris TO assist. The fremen worked Iearlessiy'
and more than were precipitated TO the
ground by falling roofs and walls.
| detachment of soldiers aided the fremen In
emptying the adjacent houses of furniture, and
| the ambulances were busy in carrying victims to
| the neighboring hospital.
Fortunately, the flames did not reach the I'M
! mense reservoirs Of petroleum. The loss is esti-
| mated at 100000 francs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
FAMILY DOUBLY AFFLICTED.

FIRE IN THEIR HOME FEW HOURS AFTER THE
DEATH OF THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE
James R. Golding thirty-nine years old who
lived at No. 70 East observation-disclosures fteenth-st
died in a most peculiar manner early yesterday
morning and a few hours later his family were
nearly burned out of their home. Golding was
weel known in Harlem the owner of several
feminist and Fifth-ave. Early yesterday morning
one wanted to him about the moving Of some
household effects at No. East One-hundred-and-
tWelfth-st.
Golding left his home at 1870 o'clock to see the
prospective customer, and half an hour later he
found dead in the hallway of No East One
hundred and -twefth-st. His head was resting on
the landing at the foot of the stairs while his feet
were several steps higher UP. 1t looked if he
had fallen. Mary German, the tanitress OF the
house. called in a policeman, who summoned an
ambulance. DR.. Backmar. who responded to the
call decided that Goding had died either from
heart disease or apoplexy. The body was removed
TO the East ne-hundred -sixth-st. sta
ton mouse, and later TO the undertaking rooms at
One hundred and e!ghteenth-st and Second-ave
About 2:3o p. m, as Mrs Goldng sitting
surrounded by her five children, sorroWing
loss of the husband and father she smelled smoke.
On going to the front OF the fiat which is on the
first floor. she discovered that sofa and other
She screamed for help and alarm was sent in
and In short time the fire had been overcome
Damage TO the amount OF Sl5e done.
During the fire there confusion becausa NJ
the disappearance of James the ntne-y -old son
Of Mrs. Golding and II feared that he had
been suffocated by the dense smoke that filled the
under table. He believed that he could thus
escape from the smoke and fire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
HOUSE COMMITTEE GOES BACK.
AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY's POSTAL FACILITIES

AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY's POSTAL FACILITIES
SHOULD BE IMPROVED.
The members of the House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds who have been in New
York looking at various sites proposed for the new
postofice, returned 10 Washington yesterday. The
committee while in the city looked at a number
of sites, and conferred with Postmaster Van Cott
and First Assistant Postmaster-General Heath
The consensus OF opinion in the committee was
that something should be done to improve the
postal facilities OF New York and their views
were summed up in a statement made by David
H. Mercer, chairman of the committee, who said:
We shall try 10 do something to improve the
postal facilities OF New-YOrk. think speak for
the whole committee when ] say that the New
York Postofice needs room. We may not
be able 10 get through appropriation this SEES
a office. but are disposed TO DO
something early date, and it is possible tho
appropriation may be voted this session
The committee looked at Madison Square Garden
and half a dozen other places. but Will wait for
recommenda lions from Postmaster Van Colt be-
fore seriously indorsing any particular purchase.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
EEW-HAMPSHIRE'S FLAG REVERSED.
POLICE WENT ABOARD THINKING PERHAPS
THERE WAS MUTINY

THERE WAS MUTINY.
Percy Williams telephone operator OF the Depart-
ment Of Charities. looked out OF his window on the
East Twenty-sixth-st. pier yesterday and noticed
the flag on the old warship New Hampshire flying
upside down. The ship is used as a home for
the Naval Reserves. A flag Is sometimes reversed
in this manner a signal TO the police that there
is mutiny aboard. Williams to the telephone
and called up Police Headquarters.
There's mutiny on the New-Hampshire" he
said. Her flag is flying upside down"
Police Headquarters called up the East Thirty
hfth-st. police station. and the message was re-
peated. The sergeant called up the policeman In
charge of Bellevue Hospitals prison ward and
ordered him to send two men TO the New-Hamp-
shire at once.
Patromen McKenna and Banks lost no time In
boarding the ship. and when they told Captain j.
W. Miller their errand he was first indignant and
then amused. Looking up at the flag he saw that
the strong wind had severed the halyards about
six feet below the flag IN Tapping about the line
had caught at the top OF the mast and the result
was the reversing Of the flag ALMOST as neatly as
If done Intentionally Captain Miller said the in
eident would be regarded as an i'll omen on regu-
lar warship. which time only would make the crew
forget Fortunately most OF the men the New
Hampshire We're landsmen still unacquainted with
superstttions of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
MINOR ALBANY TOPICS.
MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED TO-
NIGHT-CHARTER REVISION BILL
TO BE PUSHED.
TO BE PUSHED.

Albany. Feb % CSpeciaD-The New-York Charter
pe,,,ston Commission bill win come up in the
Assembly Tomorrow night for final passage Much
comment has been awakened by the siowness Win
which this important measure has oeeh auVanSeu-
The Governor openly expressed surprise on Satur-
dav that the bill was only advanced from seconu 10
third reading In the Assembly on Tuesday III Is eA-
pected that the appearance of the bill on the cae-
dar will precpitate a lively tilt In the Assembly,
between the leaders of Tammany han anu tlOS NJ,
members who are DESTROYS of lettering the locai
government of New-York City. Mr.. Green, OF New
York. opposed the bill last Tuesday on the ground
that 1t was in violation of the principles OF nome
rule and a forage for campaign tocuer' MI
Hvnoan of New-York. also fought the Dill
The bill of Assemblman Brennan establishing
senarate department of elections in the CITY OF
New-York will come up for final passage
The bill of Assemhlyman Fallows to prohibit the
playing OF policy will come up before the AS
sembly tomorrow evening on the order OF thiru
reading The long time which has elapsed oel"e7''
the time when the bill was reported py .re Is IS
semhIv Committee on Codes and its appearance on
the calendar has been explained so as 10 disslpdt
all suspicious that there were any lhtention9 ~,
hold mn the measure The bill was reported Dy
the committee on February Il II hau 5Ia1. bas
sderaby amended In committee ana t thigbt that
been caused by reprinting. 1t Is not th0uEI.
there will he much opposition 20 the nlll- ~, the
Fallows will try to secure us nhai Ier there
may be objection on the part OF i-
members the contents of whose sleeves can never
be determined in advance -.
Among other bills which will come up before the
Assembly at this time on the order OF secTno Cav
relating to the taxa ton OF vessels me 80 ~ ~
repeal of existing statute whlch proV,es
NauyorE owned bv American citizens or cornora-
lions organized under the laws or the State OF view
York and engaged in commerce between any POT h
OF the United States and any foreign port shall De
exempt from taxation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
CATALOGUE OF DOUBLE STARS.
PROFESSOR s W. BURNHAM's WORK ISSUED BY
THE YERKEs OBSERVATORY.


Chicago. Eel. 25 Cspec!aD-The first complete pub
LEGATION of discoveries of double stars by the as
tinguished astronomer S. W. Burnham has Just
been issued from the Yerkes Observatory, through
the University of Chicago press. and embodics
the results of Investigations and measurements
during twenty-eight years Professor BuTnham Is
known as the best living authority on double stars
The title of his volume is General Catalogue
OF 29O Double Stars. Discovered from 1871 TO 1893
1t is a quarto of several hundred pages. The
manuscript was first arranged for publication while
Professor Burnham at the Lick Observatory
from 1888 to 1892 Since then he has added ali his
record measurements and observations. In dedi-
eating the volume to Baron Dembowsk the noted
Italian astronomer. Professor Burnham pays him
tribute for personal assistance rendered in the
earlier part of the Investigations. Dembowski was
the first TO undertake systematic measurement Of
double stars.
The number of known double stars has been esti-
mated over thousand. Many of these Pro
fessor Burnham decided too far apart to have
any physical connection. He states that there are
not more than four thousand or FIVE thousand in
the Northern Hemisphere within l20 degrees Of
the North Pole The greater number are OF the
seventh and eighth magnitudes. there being few
first and second magnitude doubles.
and as there was no eataiog ,s of doube stars
that time he made one, a work of labor and pa
Washburn observatory at Madison, Wis. Where he
made MAN. measurefnents and iiscovered ma nv,
new pairs Ten nights spent at the Dartmouth Col
lege Observatory resulted In the discovery OF some
Observatory at washington gave him fourteen new
pairs, and in the course or an evening with DR..
ter. he discovered two pairs. Professor Burnham
attaches the greatest value to his work at the Lick
Observatory. Here for years he devoted his entire
time Of the work. The most important features of
the Lick telescope being admirably adapted for this
purpose
servatory is under obligations to Miss Catherine
w Bruce. Of NeW-York City, patron Of astronomy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26
AMUSING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES,

Albany Feb % (SpecaD.-There are several bills
which are turned into the legislative hopper each
session which afford a pleasant diversion to the
braln-fagged lawmaker. Indeed, they are relier
from measures involving voluminous amendments
to the forest fish and game laws or long chap
tiers Of statutory revision These bills which afford
such an oasis in the work of the New-fork leg1s-
lator never reach the outside world they simply
awaken a laugh among the members OF the com
mfttee to which they are referred and then sink
into the dusty oblivion of the document room
Among such measures may be mentioned one
which was drafted by Mr.. Gale. OF queens MI
Gale has grown alarmed over the numerous news
paper accounts which he has read in regard TO per-
sons being buried alive Accordingly he introduced
a bill which provides that person shall be buried
without a contrvance by which communication
may be esta bIshed. II necessary, with the outer
world The mechanism is to consist or an alarm
clock on the top of the dead mans monument.
Mr. Graham of Orange. has sought through iests-
lative channels stopidogs from barking He does
no. seek keep the peace by any mechanical con-
trivance like the resurrection bell Of Mr.. Gale, but
| would give additional powers TO magistrates and
| According to a bill which he has introduced. any
who is awakened at night BY the parking OF d
trate II the dog does not stop barking inside OF
! five days after the complaint is made the police
! There is more Of gravity than mirth, however. IN
the bill of Assemblyman Phillips which Is INTENDED
| prohibit from carving concealed
weapons in the shape of hatpins. The bill provides
that any woman wearing hatRin Longer r tnh
! mearor Mr.. Phillips did not attract much notice
! speaIer's desk is crowded with women until he
/ Introduced his hatpin hill. but he has now become
numerous protests which he has received from his
..ul,u constituents that his bill will work untold
| Ing their hats on Mr.. Phillips is resolute It is
| said that the only person outside or MS men
| friends who viii support his measure IS Dr. Mary
| Walker.