The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-06-26


been engaged By the ssnlof class OF
Emporia college - their orator f0f
commencement exercises Ii JunA
W. q. Mccoy. Of the Lss Warren Mil
ling Company. Of saiina, has been
offered and accepted the position oi
manager of the Victorian mills NJ 81.
Louis.
Professor r. w. Blackmar, Of the
state university, took seventeen stu
dents from that school to ToDeka 10
study the degenerate types at the To
peka insane asylum.
Glen Dudgeon. q small boy. aged IL
years, was shot and almost instantly
killed at Oswego while playing with
Tommy Sturgeon. a neighbor VI the
same size. They were shooting BIRDS
with a small target gun when The gun
was discharged accidentally.
Martin Seward. a shot frer ut No. I
mine of the Pittsburg and Midway
Coal Company. was killed at Pittsburg
Dy the premature explosion OF q shot.
and John Quick. his buddy" nearly
lost his life by being overcome by the
gas and smoke from the explosion.
Carrie Nation was convicted by q
fury In the Shawnee district court Fri
day on the charge Of smashing a joint
In Topeka during one Of her raids one
year ago. She was fined 500 and sen
fenced to thirty days in jail by Jucge
Hazen. Az she was carted on to tai.
by the sheriff she shouted to a crowd:
1T is Gods will"
The cornerstone OF the new convent
of the Sisters OF Nazareth was laid s'
Concordia at $50 o'clock Thursfa>
evening in the presence OF an iminehfe
throng. Bishop Cunningham presided
and the address was by Father Mailer
Of Sslina. The building will cost about
tl25. 900.
The stranger who reached Abileus
III with smallpox three weeks ago. and
,aid he had been shipped out by juno
lIon City. while sick. has recovered
and has been released. Action will b'
brought TO compel Junction City Il
uay all costs In the matter. and prob
ably damages In addition. The fact
that the patient was sent on Is admit
ted No one caught the disease al
Abilene.
A report has reached Ottawa from
| Williamsburg OF what was supposed Il
be n hired man" ON the farm of VT
william Bits. giving birth to child
Mr.. Bits hired two men. brothers, they
,iaimed to be. from Arkansas, q few
weeks ago. They worked ON the ranch
No one suspected that one Of them wai
4 woman. When she gave birth TO th'
| hid the couple confessed uiSy were
husband and wife. A home has beer
provided for them.
General Miles and General Randolph
will visit Fort Riley some time mex
week. Secretary Root also exp9cts IA
visit the post rs soon as congress 40
journs. II IL presumed that these Visit
ere for the purpose OF selecting a SIT
10, the concentration camp. Colone
Carr, commanding Fort Riley. has mad
\ request Of the war department Tor
steam laundry. There are LOO sol
d!ers at the post and they are withon
tny laundry facilities there.
Forty shares OF Cowley County Ma
tional bank stock were sold Thursda,
10 Sid Cure, Of Winfield, for 81. 800. w
lT. Kephart. OF Kentucky. adminis'ra
tor OF the Francis Kelly estate, soi'
them. After the sale. he refused TO dc
liver the goods because he sid M
lprice was too low. Kephart then 'e.
and went over to Sumner coun's
where Cure got action on him throug.
he sheriff and made .iim denver th'
tock. Kephart neglected Ia reserve
he right TO reject any or all bids In his
sale notice.
A great oil gusher was shot at Cha
mute. II Is number four on the famou
lett eighty. the property Of the Neo
sho Valley Oil Company. and IS bette
than any other In this field. The dali
capucity is said TO be 500 barrels. A
hour after the well was shot VI nowe
at the rate OF barrel minute. hliin
| n xty-twO- barrel tank In less tina
sixty minutes without seemingly d.
minishing the strength of the tow.
was with great difficulty that the wei
was capped. the steady stream OF o!
spouting higher thaa the derrick with
ont a sign OF subsiding. This make
FIVE monster gushers on the famou
Isett eighty. and over 100 proSucin
wells In the field. Eighteen drills ar
working steadily night and day.
las. Henry Dumprope was Tnursia!
found guilty OF msnslaughter In IN
third degree. at Emporia. Tne jur
was out four hours. II was charge
that Dumprope had foully n.urdere
his companion. George Crowley, Il
s22 while the two were driving fror
Emporia OF Council Grove. but IN
only evidence against him was his or
story. and n strong point In ais fave
was the fact that the killing was dor
on n much Travelled road In the da!
time. The defense was that the killia
was done unintentionally and In sci
defense. The body OF Crowley WI
thrown from a bridge into the Neosh
river. Dumprope says money e.
from Crowley's pocket and he foun
II on the bridge the next mornin
Dumprops Ii not over ~ years old. I
seemed relieved that the verdict W
not more severe.