The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-05-15
A,KlnGAS NEWS BRIEFS.

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The Independent Long Distance Tele
phone Company has opened It's dis
tance line between Topeka and EN-
poria.
Mort ANtush. chairman OF the Re.
publican state committee, has come
out In an Interview advocating the re.
election OF President Roosevelt In
1904
Rural free delivery service will b.
established on July I, at wathen /,
Doniphan county, with two carriers
length OF routes, forty-six and one-ha
miles; population served, 1900.
Alice Biery. Of Abilene, 20 years old
has sued Robert Kenney, a wealthy
young farmer, for $4,000 damages Tor
breach Of promise. Their wedding was
set for March 10. but he refused 10
marry her.
Wild Tom. the famous Sunny Slopt
Hereford bull. died recently st Sunny
Slope farm. The animal won h:si
prize In cattle shows all over the Uni.
ted States and Canada. An oirer o.
S25,0O0 was refused for him by the la.c
G. s. Cross.
At the Twenty fourth judicial dis
trict convention held at Harper. Judge
Preston b. Gillett was nominated b,
Rcclamation. No opposition has as y,
developed and Judge Gillett's election
promises to be as unanimous as his .e
nomination.
Last November man near yelling.
ton caught bald eagle alive. He put
q silver band bearing his name and
date around the neck OF the bird and
then liberated II. On Thursday mora.
ing he received o letter from a man O,
Phillips. wyo., informing him that thu
eagle had been killed at that place.
Professor II. o. Jones, director O
music In the public schools at I'm.
poria, who has had charge OF Elm
poria's chorus for several years. ha,
accepted an invitation from the Centea.
AIRY Methodist church of Chattanooga
Tenn. TO take charge of the choir q
ihst Church. ut a salary Of $1,000 .
year.
The bond OF Jessie Morrison for $l0..
COO was filed Wednesday at Eldorado
and she was released after an imprls.
onment Of eight days. There wer,
four signers to the bond. who qualifc /
for $4,000. Miss Morrison spent most
of her time doing fancy work. She l.
expert in her work. when brings bic
prices. Miss Morrison was convicted
of killing Mrs. Olin Castle.
There Is every indication OF a Li,
fruit crop In Cherokee county thh
year. Peach. plum. cherry. apricot ant
cpple trees are loaded with health,
and uninjured bloom AMI IT is too lat'
In the ses son to have any fears o. H.
jury by frost. Owing to the drouth
last summer the strawberry crop vii
be short and of inferior quality, bur
the fruit crop will be immense.
Representative Miller, OF the con,
mittce on claims In the house. has re
ported favorably the BDwersock bill
giving the State University OF Kaasa.
$1,000 on account OF the destruction
Of the Free State hotel at Lawrence. u
1855. The claim has been before con
Eress for number Of years. IL va
made over to the university by !;
number of those who owned the lot!
and building OF the Free State hotel.
A peculiar land case has been dccld
ed In the district court ut AtchlsoD
Some years ago the course OF the river
near Doniphan changed, leaving tn,
Old river bed dry ana valuable as farm
land Christian Stelnweiden. who llvcs
In Kansas, claimed the land under the
law OF accrctlon. but L. j. Mcbride.
who lives In Missouri. also claimed tn
land by the same law. The case was
decided In favor OF Stclnweiden. Tn,
case will be appealed.
Joseph p. Dean. an old man, appar
entity about so years OF age, who ha,
made Topeka his home for about two
years, has been taken In custody
charged with insanity. When searched
al the Jail 5000 In government bonds
and $1,000 In gold were found In hi
clothes. He also had. notice In hi
pocket which showed that he In,
81. 900 on deposit In the Cross bank, II
Emporia. when II suspended. Tn
authorities are unable to locate any o
his relatives.
City Editor--Why do you Insist thrl
the colonel IA n candidate? Didn't u,