The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-28
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honory degree of Doctor OF Civil Law
on Joseph II. Choate, the United State,
ambassador to Great Britain.
Tho president has signed the act
amending existing legislation to pro
hibit the passage Of special or loca
laws in the territories to limit the ter.
ritorial Indebtedness, etc.
While n funeral was being held in :
church at Pincri, In the province Of Or
ense. Spain, the building was struck 10y
lightning and as a result twenty v,
people were killed and thirty-llye Ia
turcd.
While rowing on Miller Park lake
Bloomington, ILL.,, two young ladies ui
the city. Agnes O'Connor and Nclli,
Salmon. members OF picnicing party
were drowned by the oyerturning oI
their boat.
A cash donation OF $4,000 to he used
In carrying on the strike In the West
Virginia coal fields was received at ma
tional headquarters Of the United Min,
Workers In indianapolis. IL came from
Illinois miners.
President Arthur r. Iiadlcy has an
nounced that at the meeting Of the
Yale corporation, the appointment of a
professor of mining engineering was
made and the tender was accepted 10y
John Hays hammond, a graduate
the Sheffield Scientific school In the
class of 1876.
The marriage of Miss Mary Louise
Otis. daughter OF General and Mrs r..
we'll Otis, to Ralph Isham, OF ChioagD
was solemnized at Trinity Episcopal
church, Rochester. N. Y, by Right Rev
w. ID. Walker, bishop Of Western ~ "
York. assisted by Rev. Edward NJ. Ia .
Tett. rector Of the church.
In a dispatch from Peking. the cor
respondent Of the London Daily Mail
says he hears upon the highcrt author
ity that the recent mining and raul
ways concessions agreement with
Russia, a clause exists under which
China virtually renounccs all claims tO
sovereignty In Manchuria.
Representative Cowhcrd has secured
the passage In the house Of the b'.'
originally introduced by him, giving 4
medal OF honor 10 the three officers uf
the revenue cutter service, Lieutenant
Jarvis. Bertholf and Call. who took u
relief expedition to Behring sea In lSyS
TO succor 4 starving whaling crew.
A. ID. Lange. n business man at Sew
ard, Neb., shot ana instantly killed
John Hand, another merchant. Wed
nesday night Lango then walked tO
his home, a distance OF "A block, whore
he fired two bullets into his own body.
The tragedy followed alleged persist
cnt attentions on the pal, Of Hand to-
ward Mrs. Lange.
The following Indian school appoint
nents were made Wednesday: Miss
Agola NJ. Cullumber. Of Winfield. kas..
cook. at Little Water school. Arizona;
Abraham l.. East, Of Haven, Kas.,
farmer at Yankton. =. d.; Nancy a.
Rogers. cook. at Sac and Fox school. q.
T.; w. w. Peterson. of Wichita. Kas..
reinstated assistant superintendent
Chilocco school, q. r.
Arrangements have been completed
for moving the presidents offices and
quarters while the repairs TO the White
House are being made. The Scot
mansion, on Jackson place. opposite
Lafayette square. has ben leased for
short time. and here the presidents
offices will be located. and, when In
the city, he will occupy apartments in
the same building.
Three young persons were drowned
at Hopkins lake. n resort six miles
from Ludington. Mich. Bessie Carbon
and Mary Bystrom. OF Ludington. ana
William Beehe and Ed Seymour. of
summit, were out for an evening boat
ride. The entire party became irolic-
some and the boat tipped and filled
with water. drowning young Becbc and
tho two girls. Seymour swan ashore.
The house has passed. the 1ongu"
bill authorizing and g.. ting IT d.-
rector OF the census a. COa . tn a.
the volumes OF agrioa.,-.... .t.,s g.
for 1899 to complete a"i t..s up 20
date Of the crop year lJU- the statistic
relating TO irrigation. the area OF iDnn
reclaimed. the cost and Salnr %. Tho
works and such other information as
can be obtained bearing ON the present
condition of irrigation.
A petition has been filed with the
Jefferson county tTexas) district court
asking that a receiver be appointed for
all oil companies having wells or own
ing property In the Pellham.li liumph-
Iey's survey. The suit II styled Jennie
Halliburton ct al Va. J. y. IiOgg 81 nj.
Two hundred oil companies are inyoly-
ed. Tho plaintiffs claim thrcc-qnar-
ter interest In the Humphreys lease
and value IL at t5.O0o.OO0. The lease
10 part of Spindle Top.
Marietta. o.. was swept by tornado
ubout . O'Clock Wednesday evening
The LOGS is estimated at not less than
100000. Tho nne plant Of tfs Park
ersburg u Marietta Interurban Com
psny 10 laid nat and no ligh, assist
tho hundreds who are Slxiously
searching for friends and relatiycs.
One life 10 known 10 have been lost.
Engineer Severance. OF the electric
light company. was killed when the
building went down. Probably twenty
pernons are seriously injured.
Mont Pelee is probably too contrary