The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-07-03

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| Ludwig A. Mahglits, OF washingtol
City, has been appointed 3 shoemaker
at Haskell Indian school.
U. 8. Sartin. the new postmaster at
Kansas City, kSs., was formerly Q
school teacher In Newton.
The liquor dispensed at Abilene. says
the salina Republican, is called bio
graph whisky" After the third drink
one sees moving pictures.
Fred Roster. a farmer near Milton
vale. Is fattening 1900 head of cattle
for the market In Northern Kansas in
spite Of the scarcity Of feed. >,
The 4-year-old son of Mrs. George
Donnelly. washerwoman. was scalded
to death at Wichita by falling into n
vat ofd boiling water. which had lust
been taken from the stove by the boys
mother.
Resident Engineer 8. A. PRYOR, Of
the Oklahoma & Western railroad. was
drowned while crossing The washita
river In Oklahoma, in a small boat
Twenty-Five men witnessed the drown
Ing, but could give no help.
The comptroller OF the currency has
declared a final dividend Of 1873 per
cent In favor OF the creditors OF the
First National bank OF Meade Center,
making In all 63.3 per cent of Claims
proved, amounting to S18.710.71.
Smallpox has again broken out in
Midland college, Atchison. There are
but two cases. and they have veen iso-
lated. The faculty has decided not to
close the school as the disease Is in a
very light form. But one student has
left the school.
The following national banks have
been recognized as government deposit
tories: Farmers National, Of Salina;
Exchange National, Of Atchison; .Aan-
ufncturers' National, of Leaven worth
Central National. OF Topeka, amount to
be deposited $4,000 each.
Two complete pack trains have ar
rived at Fort Riley from Cuba. Each
train Is complete with packmasters,
packers, etc. fifteen men IN all. There
are sixty-seven mules with each train,
and the entire equipment was brought
with them. Two more trains will ar
rive soon.
Rev. ]. d. NJ. Buckner, OF the NJ. Il.
church OF Olathe. has been to Topeka
to urge the attorney general to take
hand In suppressing drinking clubs at
Olathe. He says there are three tnere
--the Owl. the Social. and the Wash
ington--and he wants them closed up.
He says all Of them have government
licenses but none are chartered.
Elizabeth NJ. Bradley quarreled with
her husband. Frank Bradley. at Hia-
watha, Saturday. and fled a suit for
divorce Monday. A week later she
made application In the probate court
to be appointed administrative of her
husbands estate. He di.d OF heart
trouble few days after their quarrel.
They were married few months ago
In Atchison.
William Edwards Of Topeka was
found unconscious In an alieyway IN
Wichita and the police took him tn the
hospital where he died later. DIR. Jor-
dan made an examination OF MIN and
stated that he had been poisoned by
eating etrychnine. and the supposition
Ia that II was given to MIN by some
one. He was well dressed and bore u
card showing he belonged to the A. o.
U. w.
The postofflce department has ad-
vised Postmaster Ferguson tnat the
free delievry service will be establish
15. On July Is free delivery will also
be inar.urated on about half Of the
rural mail routes recently laid out.
Sumner county Ia to have the complete
county service. which will require
sixty-two carriers and will reach every
farm house In the county.
For the first time In the history OF
Kansas, Wednesday, a woman argued
case In the supreme court. II was
Catherine Wyatt. a wotaan lawyer. of
Parsons. The case involved .he ques-
tion whether personal property could
be seized and sold to satisfy personal
taxes. A citizen Of Parsons failed TO
pay his personal taxes and the sheriff
threatened to seize his property. lie
enjoined the sheriff from doing so. The
Wyatt woman represented the sheriff.
and presented the case ably. CHARLES
Kimball represented the other side.
AN HONEST PROSPECTUS.
The Bulletin has received a copy OF
the prospectus just issued by the Wh,te
River Mining and Development Co.. OF
Mountain Hone. Baxter county. Ark.
aud Masaa ch usetta buildiug Nansas