The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-01-29
ONO OF EVENTS

II In ofiiciaily announced At Antwerp.
belgium. that the new coal fields dis
covered recently contain more than
500. 900, 900 tons df coal Of good quality.
The three Swedish pioneers In Min
nesota, Oscar R6cs, Carl Fernstrom
and August Sandabl. have Just had q
monument erected So their memory at
New Scandia. Mimi
II In estimated THAI considerably over
a thousand miles OF nets are set night
by night In the North Sea by the huge
fishing feet now Working out Of Ysr-
mouth and Lowestoft In pursuit OF
herring.
Ballarat, one Of the Oldest and most
famous Of Australian gold fields. has
still some auriferous treasures In re-
serve. The Australian mail brings
news OF the finding Of a nugget weigh
Ing 120 ounces In the Yon Hing mine,
Ballarat East. This mine IN the prop
ercy Of n syndicate Of English and Chi
nese shareholders. hence Its name. The
locality has always been celebrated for
It's nuggets.
J. II. Billiard, OF Topeaa, Kas., has
brought suit against the board Of edu-
cation to compel the removal Of Bible
reading from the public schools. Bill
lard's son was expelled from fchool be-
cause. II is said. he refused to give
proper attention during the opening ex-
ercise. when the Bible was being read.
Leading attorneys are on both sides Of
the case and II is causing much inter-
est In legal circles.
There is n movement on FOOT to erect
n monument on the outer point OF Cape
Cod to commemorate the adoption OF
the Pilgrim compact Of government.
The pilgrim compact was probably the
earliest charter OF Democratic geyern-
ment. adopted by the people. known To
the world. A rugged obelisk. 200 feet
in height. placed upon an cminence on
the outermost point of Cape Cod. where
all passing and repasslig & at sea may see
II, will be, II Is thought, n fitting me-
mortal OF such n landmark of history.
Omaha is developing rapidly into a
cold-storage center. The Armour plant
In that city has capacity for 10000 tons.
and there are a number Of other plants
almost as large. Last year the cold
storage houses OF Omaha handled 300
900 cases Of eggs. and this year the
amount will be increased by 20 per
cont. The Omaha packers are prepar-
ing to add the storage of potatoes. cab
bages. onions. beets and fruits, such as
can he handled In cold storage. with a
view, II IL said, to make Omaha n CEN
trail receiving and distributing point
for this class Of products also. II the
venture this season proves successful.
additional and excessive cold-storage
warehouses are to he erected next year,
probably at South Omaha.
The originator OF half-penny Journal
ism In Paris, NJ. Marinoni. who has
just retired owing to old age. has had
most picturesque career. In his young
days. the London Tatler points out. he
was printer with no money but bril-
liant ideas. For n long time he was
unable to get the capital to perfect
some Of his most ingenious improve
merits In printing machines. and II was
with the intention Of proving what a
novel printing press OF his could do
rather than Of becoming n newspaper
proprietor that he started the Petit
Journal. the first sou paper ever pub
lishcd In Paris. The Petit Journal.
however. prospcred beyond all expect6-
iiors. and Its circulation soon exceeded
900 600 copies day.
George Daugherty. who died recently
nj his home In New Florence. Pa. was
nm employe Of the Pennsylvania Rail !.
road company when Andrew Carnegie
was superintendent Of the Pittsburg d.
vision. Upon the day Of his funeral n
letter from Mr. Carnegie was received
inclosing a check Of SEQ and the an
nouncement that on the LIST Of each
month thereafter. SO long as he lived. he
would receive similar amount. After
the fureral the check was returned 10
the donor with the news of Mr. Dnugh-
er'y's death. In few days afterward
there came another letter from Mr..
Carnegie inclosing checks for $40 each.
made out In favor Of the dead mans
daughters. with the statement that so
long as they remained single each one
would receive $40 on the LIST Of each
month.
budapest has. II not n fall de luxe. at
least one with single series Of apart
ments lavishly comfortable. They are
exclusively reserved for gentlemen tf,i-
ellists. Some time since, according to
the Pesther Lloyd. they were the In
voluntary residence of Baron Bella Ac-
eel. who had them richly furnished. To
him sucreeded NJ. Leo Lanczy. a depu-
~. and director Of the Hungarian Com
mercial bank. After dividing the "cclI'
into three sections-a bedroom, study
and reception room-and holding go
cial leyees with warier disguised In
buttons" to introduce the guests, hc
had thoughts OF Installing the tele-
phone. but relinquished them on realiz-
Ing that his three days arrest would
have expired before the installation
could be effected. In this duellists
limbo the charges are only light and
the enjoyments many.
In Connection with the unwilling M
Lisbon OF a statue OF Alfonso de Albu-
q,erquc. the Portuguese papers have
been devoting long articles to the men,
ory of the famous Indian governor
who. on Feb. n. 1910. in command OF a
feet OF 20 ships Of the line, with I 200
lighting men. captured the city OF Goa
and so laid the foundations OF Portu-
g,iese rule In Infia. The monument
apart from the statue. In tsays the Lon
don Standard correspondent a magnif-
lcent structure In white marble. de-
signed in the style Of the period o
King Emmanuel the Fortunate. and II
erected on n spot opposite the Royal
Palace and facing the Tagus. The
members of the royal family. the min.
listers Of state. the civic authorities and
many thousands Of spectators wer.
| present at the ceremony.
The Spokane wash Chronicle says
Police Commissioned II. L. Lillienthal n
now preparing to organize Northwest
Detective association. with headQuar
| A. L. O. o. h. - A.
ter tracking criminals. Of gaining more
| adva mead Ideaa nm the hest vav IN ha n,