The Beaver Advocate. (Beaver, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1894 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 24 x 18 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
=
VOLUME VIII.
BEAVER, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 189L
CURRENT COMMENT.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Two socialist members of the Ger-
man reichstag have refused to ttke the . _ „
oath of allegiance to the kaiser. Gleaned By Telegraph and Mall
NUMBER 12.
A Dispatch from Vienna saysJohanti
Strauss has received from ex-Khedive
Ismail two giraffes as a jubilee present.
Sugar, fifteen times sweeter thaD
the sugar beet product, has lieen ex
traeted from cottonseed meal by a < er
man chemist.
The Nawab of Rampur, an Indiar
potentate, has paid $350,000 to an Eng
lisli army surgeon who attended him
for three months.
The commissioner of Indian affair?
has returned to Washington from a
tour of inspection in the northwest,
lie concludes that the reservations are
In good condition and that stock rais
ing among the Indians should be en-
couraged by the government.
A medal of honor has been awarded
to Andrew \V. McCormack.late sergeant
of the One Hundredth and Twenty-Sev-
eth Illinois volunteers, now a resident
of Monticello. Minn., for distinguished
gallantry as a member of the storming
party at Vicksburg, May 22, ISiiS.
Thk first agricultural fair ever at-
tempted by Indians took place recent-
ly on the Oneida reservation 7 mile?
west of Depere, Wis. The show opened
with more than 200 entries, including
a fine display of fruits and vegetables.
The Indians controlled it entirely.
A RECENT dispatch from Dubuque,
la., said that the Chicago Great West
em railway presented $:,<> to Emma
Jacobs, the 7-year-old girl who saved a
train from plunging through a burning
bridge near DiirtTlee on September '.'ti.
She flagged the train with her red
apron.
The official ballot to be voted No-
vember 6 in Illinois will be the bulkiest
ever known in that state, as it will
contain nine tickets as follows: Demo-
cratic. republican, populist, prohibi-
tion, independent, independent peo-
ple's, people's silver party, independent
party and people's party.
A Washington dispatch stated that
the record made by the life saving serv-
ice all over the country during the re-
cent storm was most creditable, there
having been not a single loss of life
where the wrecks took place within
the range of life saving stations. The
total wrecks reported were 13: total live."
saved. 78. Nearly all of the rescues
were effected at night.
Tub National Woman's Christian
Temperance union have commenced a
war against living pictures and ob-
scene lithographs at New York. Mrs.
Martin, the superintendent, stated that
she had received a letter from Phila-
delphia apprising her of the fact that
indecent publications and pictures had
been removed from the news stands in
that city us a result of the efforts of
the society.
The latest news from New York it-
that the Salvation army has been taken
up as a "fad" bv the "400." Not a few
of the millionaires and aristocrats of
Gotham are sporting the rich cardinal
badge of the Salvationists, and it i'
even intimated thBt some of them will
be seen on the streets in the uniform
of the army of the cross. Mr. Whitney,
the ex-secretary of the navy, is report-
ed as heading a list of wealthy men
who have pledged themselves to snp-
port Gen. 1 tooth in his benevolent
schemes.
Mis* Jessie A< kk.hman. an "around-
the-worb'" missionary of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union, arrived
at Chicago recently after a trip of 150,-
000 miles, which is probably the long-
est journey ever made by a woman.
Her work carried her through China,
Japan. New Zealand. Australia. India,
tomtit Africa. Madagascar, Java, Sing-
apore and the Hawaiian islands. She
has been a guest of 2.000 homes, has
been entertained in palaces, slept in
ancient tom Its. lived through the jun-
gle fever, and. as she expressed it, tied
the white ribbon of the W. C. T. L'.
twice around the giobe.
Tiie twenty-sixth anniversary of the
founding of the Ancient (irder of
United Workmen is to be celebrated
..during tli* njxt four weeks in the
United States. The anniversary day is
October 27, but as It is not practicable
for all lodges to celebrate on that day,
members will hold their anniversary
demonstrations within the two weeks
before or after the 87th. The order
was founded by John Jordan I'pehurch
at Meadville, IV, tK'tober 27, lHtis. It
had on August 1 last a membership of
$83,000 in the I'nited States. Theordei
has 25,000 members in Kansaa and Is al-
most as strong in Missouri.
The road parliament to be held in
connection with the Atlanta (Ga.) ex-
position < ctober l«, 17 and 18, im S, is
looked upon by advocates of the good
roads movement as perhaps more im-
portant than any meeting heretofore
held to advance the Interest In this
cause. The programme of the par-
liament, as outlined in the invitation,
will include discussions of the con-
struction and maintenance of public
highways, employment of engineering
•kill, utilization of convict labor, use
of Improved road machinery and regu-
lation of the width of wagon tires.
1'factical demonstrations will be given.
Tiie temperance demonstration in
Chicago on the loth was a great exhi-
bition of that aort of union which is
atrength. The celebration occurred
on the 104th anniversary of the birth
of Rev. Theobald Mathew, an Irish Ca-
puchin friar, who was led to embark
on a great work for temperance In Ire-
land by,the advice of tfuaker and Bap-
tist friends of his. In the great pro-
cession marched IVotestants and Cath-
olies, nuintx-rlng among the rest thou-
sand* of children of both faiths, who
Were thus taught that, however much
their ancestor* may have contended, It
was their duty to fight Intecnperanoa.
person a i. and political.
According to the latest reliable ad-
vices from Yokohama the Japanese
army is still pushing steadily on to-
ward Moukden with a view toco-oper-
ating with the 40,(MM) troops sent to the
gulf of Pe-Chlll to march on I'ekin. K
seeins the fixed purpose of the Japan-
ese to capture the Chinese capital be-
fore cold weather sets in. and if China
should sue for peace before Pekin's
capture Japan would not he« *d such
suit, for the determination is to cripple
China to prevent the possibility of an
attempt at retaliation.
Dr. George I. V. Schmidt, a German
traveler at Minneapolis. Minn., on the
15th received secret dispatches, written
in sympathetic ink on apparently blank
paper, which stated that the czar oj
Russia was at the point of death, that
the excitement in high circles of Rus
sia was tremendous, as it was under
Btood that the czar's sickness was
brought about by scientific means and
that his death will not lie a natura)
on<-.
Tine annual report of Maj.-Gen. How-
ard, commanding the department ol
the east, has been made public. The
general recommends an increase of the
army as the best method of preserving
the peace until many vexatious ques-
tions. which are now troubling the
country, are put at rest by a solution
satisfactory to the people of the nation.
He presses the opinion that our
coast defences are in fairly good condi-
tion. and that, in conjunction with our
ever increasing naval armament, there
would lie little to fear from outside ag-
gressions.
Assistant Secretary Reynolds, of
the interior department, has decided
that section 471* of the revised stat-
utes relative to the payment of accrued
pensions was applicable to pensioners
under the act of July 27, Hit'.', granting
pensions to the survivors of certain In-
dian wars. He also held that the sec-
tion authorizes the widow of the de-
ceased soldier to prosecute his pending
claim under that act and receive the
accrued pension to the date of the sol-
dier's death. This action reverses the
decision of the commissioner of pen-
made in May. 1893.
Dr. George von Schmidt, the Ger-
man traveler stopping at Minneapolis,
Minn., on the 18th claimed to have re-
ceived another cryptographic letter
from Russia that students,military men
anil clergymen were in a conspiracy to
set aside the czarowitx and place Prince
George on the throne.
It was believed in^government circles
that the ameer of Afghanistan was
dead, although no official confirmation
had been received. In view of the!
demise of the ameer, the situation at
Caboul was considered to be serious. ,
A telegram from London on the 18thi
said that the czar of Russia was in
such a critical condition that hi^ phy-
sicians had given up the idea of having
him moved from the Crimea, where he
now is. to Corfu, and that his death
was only a question of a few days. His
immediate relatives had been tele-
graphed for. The news had created i
great consternation at St. Petersburg j
MlftCEI.LANEOtrn.
Dvring the reception by the Irish
National Federation to Edward Itlake,
M. P.. at the Lenox lyceum. New
York, a cry of Are was heard from
some women in a box. A policeman
rushed into the l>ox and picked up the
burning frame of an umbrella and saw
lying among the fragments a bomb.
The fuse had half burned away. The
bomb was one of the typical nitro-
glycerine variety.
The annual report of Hrig. -Gen.
linger, commanding the department of
California, is devoted largely to a re
cital of the events of the great strike
in that state.
I At Grosny, Russia, a large naphtha
spring became ignited in some tin
known manner ami the flames spread
to a number of buildings. Seventeen
woivmen were burned to death.
The triennial conclave of the King'r
Daughters and Sons has opened 1p
Montreal. Miss Tilley. of London. Ont.
the dominion grand secretary, presided
anil Mrs. liottom. the president of th<
American union, was present.
At El Reno. Ok., on the 17th. while
some twenty-five Indiaus were riding a
broncho race their animals collided,
throwing the whole party into a heap
killing two Indians and fatally wound
ing several others.
Di king the progress of a Are in the
yards of the Thayer Lumiier Co. at
Muskegon. Mich., John Ellis, assistant
chief of the tire department, was buried
under a pile of burning lumber and
died shortly after being rescued.
A dog rushed among Mine school
children in West Guthrie. Ok., and bit
and tore Hessie Gate*.aged lO.so that it
was feared she would die. The dog then
attacked a pair of horse*. Twoinenat
tempted to shoot it, but the bullet
struck Mrs. Llttlejohn in the thigh and
groin, inflicting fatal wounds.
John W Foster, ex-secretary of
state, addressed the presbytery ol
Washington on the extent to which
Christianity was pushing Its way in the
nations of the Orient and said that the
parliament of religion* at the world's
fair was a mistake, because it gave the
Orientals the impression that Chris-
tianity was a failure and Christiana
were looking for a better religion and
Orientals were getting ready to send
missionaries to us.
Tiie west wall of the new Westing-
house glass factory at Allegheny, Pa.,
was blown down. dangerously injuring
John llalpln and Henry Stackrath. A
doaen other* were slightly hurt by fall-
ing bricks and debris.
The l*acific Express Co.'a office in
The Dalles, Ore . lias been robbed ol
$14,000 or$l3,000. The money was sent
there from Portland.
A teleoram from Peoria, III., on the
Iflth said the whisky trust had reduced
prices on alcohol 2 cents per gallon,
equivalent to nearly 4 cent* per wine
gallon. This wa* regarded a* the be
ginning of a war In iirlcea between the
trust and ita competitor*
Highway robbery is becoming so
common between Tahlequah, I. T.,
and Fort Gibson that the average
drummer who makes that point has
come to consider the holdup as a part
of the programme attending a trip
over the road three knights of the grip
having had the honor of meeting the
notorious Cook gang in three days.
Fire at the county hospital at Den-
ver. Col., recently caused great e\i-it<
meat among the patients, but all were
removed without injury. The tire
started from an electric wire in the
building occupied by the consumptives
and was extinguished by the fire de-
partment.
William Dolby, the negro sentenced
at Washington Courthouse, O., to twen-
ty years' imprisonment and the cause
of the deaths of three memliers of a
mob, who wanted to lynch him, from
bullets from militia rifles, has been
landed in the state penitentiary. The
prisoner stated to the prison officials
that he was not guilty, but had en-
tered a plea of guilty because he had
been informed that he was to be
mobbed and that this was the only
vay to escape with his life.
i the next MAJOR-general. | lfTIT A 1WVU VPPUPU
wWWM^app—- MAW " nrMiLH.
<"«■ Klifer Thought la It* the Man.
Washington, Oct. lit. -Thereismuch The Japanese Parliament Opened by
j talk in army circles over what the the Emperor
president may do about the selection
of
Peraon.
OKLAHOMA CLIPPINGS.
- _ successor to
Maj.-Gcn. Howard. WHAT HE SAYS ON THK WAR.
Hrig.-Gen. Ruger ia
fhe senior of hi. The Jap. Trtad to Surprise , he Chin... C
rank. While It ia
proliable that he
will be the next,
in a Jor-ge n e ra 1, (
there is some un-
certainty, due
d.r Cover of Darkness, hut Were Re-
pulsed The Chlne*e Fleet to
Leav. I'ort Arthur.
Th. < hoe tow Mini.ion.
A mortgage for on.' million dollars
In favor of the Finance company of
Pennsylvania, covering all couI lands,
coal leases, equipment and tracks of
the Choctaw, oklahoma and Gulf r«>ad
has been tiled in Oklahomu City.
George lleasle. jr.. Francis I. Gowen.
Sidney Tyler. George It. Kirbridge and
Nicholas Thoran arc mortgage*
Hiroshima. Japan, Oct 20.—Pari la-
the provisions of merit opened here yesterday and the
the law applying 'peech from the throne was delivered
to grades above the bv the mikado in person. He said that
oen. t. a. blues. colonelcy. I nc I in 1- he had decided to convene an exfra.ir
Ing the grade of colonel in the army, binary session and had given direction'
all appintments are the result of direct1 his ministers to submit for the de
promotion, but beyond that rank the i liberation of the diet a bill providing
selection is left to the president, and it 'or Increased expenditures of the
is held that he could, if he chose, ap-1 arlny *n,i navy. He declared that
point even a civilian to the vacancy was greatly pained thn
caused by Gen. Howard's retirement. China should have forgotten herdutie*
lien. Thomas II. Ruger is now loca- r,' fard to the maintenance of peace
ted at San Francisco in charge of the 'n *he east in conjunction with Japan.
California division. He is alsiut 58 "she having brought about the pres-
himself and he was allowed to with-
draw and Roliert J. was given the race
and sent a mile with a running mate.
Time. 2:03!^'.
Baseball men representing six cities
Renfrow received a letter today from
J. S. Works, of Greer county, Texas,
asking to have that county attached
to Oklahoma. He states that all he
w-ants is to be given legal forms of in-
gathered together at Philadelphia on corporating the county and organ-
tliu Idtl. •. .! 1. J..I1I • • • .
the 18th and after six hours delilicra-
tion announced the formation of the
American Association of Baseball clubs,
with a circuit made up thus far of
Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn in
the east, and Chicago, Pittsburgh and
Milwaukee in the west. The eighth
club is to lie located in St. Louis, De-
troit.Columbus or lluffalo.with chances
favorinir the latter.
The tug Monarch, which towed the
big log raft over the Columbia river
bar a few days ago and arrived at San
Francisco on the 18th, reported the
raft a total loss. A terrible gale was
encountered and the raft went to
pieces the second day out. The raft
contained 10,000 spars and piles con-
signed to the Southern Pacific Railroad
Co. and was valued at 935,000.
Sixteen men have been arrested in
.'layborne county. Tenn.. on the charge
jf being a band of whitecaps that un-
mercifully whipped J. It. Phillips at
Tahewell some time recently. All the
persons taken into custody are promi
oent.
At Louisville. Ky.. the ill-fated new
Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge
.vas the scene of another accident on
the !7th. Three were hurt, one per
naps fatally. The accident was caused
by the falling of part of the false work
under the fourth span, which had just
been completed and locked.
An International Anti-Gambling as
««ciation has been incorporated at Chi
•ago. The organization is the out-
growth of the anti-gambling crusade
In that city and the purpose is to enlist
lecturers and otherwise excite and
-rystallize public sentiment through
aut the country against gambling.
Fire started in the San Jacinto hotel
at Houston. Tex., and spread rapidly
to the St. Joseph's infirmary and ad
joining buildings. Sisters Doleral and
Jane were burned beyond recognition
and Sister Clothilde was also fearfully
burned. Two patients were missing
and there was no doubt they had per
ished in the flames. Several storef
were also burned, including W. I*
Foley's dry good* house, the largest in
the city. The total loss was M.'lg.ooo-
total known insurance, $151,50U
izlng it and the people are willing to
take all the risks. He wants the stat-
utes covering elections and states that
they will elect a full set of county of-
ficers this fall, amenable to the laws
of Oklahoma, under the title of county
H. The governor has not yet given
his answer.
A Ms, I llor...
Guthrie Capital, Oct. 18: W: G. llarn-
> kill one of his fin
.rge of constructing the iln,> ""I* that all his subjei
defenses on the approaches to New Or- pmPirp would co-operate with the gov-
leans, lie then resigned and began IFrnmeDt in order to promote the res
practicing law, but at the outbreak of | toration of peace by means of a grea«
the war promptly enlisted and did e.x- lri mph for the Japanese army.
cellent service for the union through- The president of the diet, M. Kuso
out the war He was brevetted briga- r"010, replying to the speech, thanked
dier-general for gallant services, since j,lis «®#je#ty for advancing with the im
the war he has been In almost constant ferial standard and for personally tak
service and held many responsible army | charge of the war, saying that the
offices in all parts of the country. victories were the natural result* ol
this action. He added: "Your majei
THE DOCKERY LAW. 'y might have considered that China
was the enemy of civilization and we
' IT' %,M"' 'Kv the imperial desire to destroy He
I a ti t n y I ii| rolltiilil«* < uMloan t i ... ,, "
Washington, Oct. 19. The Docker, , , .
- « • 1 ne bilU introduced include one call-
day before yesterday. One of his best ation for over two weeks. The effect 11 1,— * —"""J
and gentlest horses suddenly began to of the change has been closely watched. I ""If , r" V th*' of the
act strange and in a few hours was not only by Secretary Carlisle and his I""F' , , ll,"xllul,n'' amount to lie bor-
just literally tearing himself to pieces, assistants In the treasury, but also by r°T |,laced ttt M1®-000'0® yen,
biting large chunks of flesh from his prominent officials In other depart '"I " **t™ord nary budget
d breast and sides. Mr. Barn- ments, who desire to eradicate fromjP, , "f *h"<" llend,tn«'or wa
y at once that he was under the t -eir system of conducting business I j!" « ^ J' W^,°h
ue of hydrophobia and shot him; what might lie termed as "red tape" ,i ' , ' J en " defrayed!by
„ it is feared, before he had en- The Dockery law has reduced thisob- th P l provided for
law, which made Huch a
duction in the clerical force in ineu n ~ w ~~~
treasury department, has been in oper-1 ™rd.t.n,>ry ^ «mpow
vet ping re- < j()r a Bpecia| accountancy of the ex
i Inuinlinnrtf un. .•
•ring the government to borrow money
legs anil
hill
influence
but not,
dangered another horse, as he was I jeetionable feature of conducting bual
biting at him viciously. The other ness with the treasury department to
horse however kept him off by kicking a minimum. Other departments desire
at him. [ to appropriate to themselves these ben-
i eficial results, and already it is stated
M.tlimiut Couf.r.nm. efforts will lie put forth to have con-
The Methodist Episcopal annual con- I gress reorganize the business method*
ference of Oklahoma and Indian Terri- an<' clerical forces of several of the de-
tory held at Oklahoma City, closed its
meetings on Wednesday last, after u
very interesting session. This confer-
ence numbers a membership of over
partments.
The Dockery law will effect a saving
of $1,000,000 a year in the treasury.
. The treasury is even going further
8,000. Tho-e who support the ministry 1 ln ,U eff,,rts to reduce expenses. It is
outside the membership reaches weill PmP°>«'d to alwillsh custom houses ,11<>nln WB
up to 40,000 or 30,000 which do not yield sufficient revenue , e„tcrdav
The most imp,rtant appointments I f'Lr thei!" suPP"rt Forseveral years such ThaJani
are as follows: Presiding elder of the have lieen put forth, but unsuc-
aouth district, Rev Joel F Smitlv i ce**,nlly Commissioner Pugh, in his ^ ,
north district. Rev K C. DeUplaine; report to Secretary Carlisle, has given ch|w,
a list of over twenty-five custom houses
by the war loan.
japanese REPULSED.
I^INDON, Oct. 30.—A dispatch from
Shanghai say* that the Japanese at
the Yalu river tried to surprise the
Chinese under cover of darkness but
failed and retired after desultory fight-
ing at long range. The Chinese claim
that they inflicted losses on the Japan'
ese advance guard.
The Chinese fleet which has been un-
lergoing repairs at Port Arthur as
result of the naval engagement fought
jff the mouth of the Yalu river last
>nth, was ordered to leave that port
west district. Key. Malev; east district, I ,_LVV v 'ien. Sing la In command of t
(Indian Territory) Rev. J. M Walbum LThk',h r<"port^1 ™nsac,l"1n" ,lur «* forces at that place.
. «•' i. *- as*, ti i ££Tt.iTsf ... —
The Japanese are expected to croat
the Yalu river at a point 3o miles north
ast of t'huleang Cheng, where the
headquarters are situated.
!«'n. Sing la In command of the Chines'
these are Annapolis. Md.; Brunswick, maaoi'B! K>It)HTM or PYTHI am.
Reno. K*
Murray; Stillwater,
Myers;
South
A MimI l>u| ( rwlr« Kicllcment.
! Micola. Fla.; Petoraburff, Va.; Analachi-
I cola. Fla.; Atlanta, lia.; Ileaufort, N.
*d0* t.:,nVTl,Uk'blC TT I C': ,U"u,°rt. S. C.. and Rappahannock,!^
tom* of hydrophobia ran amuclc in | Va.
THK I.ATIL4T.
Newark, O., Oct. So. —A negro went
Uuthrie last Wednesday and created
great excitement. The primary grade
in the West Side school had just been
and N.
rtaeu.
(Jet. ao.-
I'ythian Voice,
for the
the state
frand bulge meeting yesterday. The
salary of the granil keeper of recordr
ind seal was raised from Sl.'JOO to IS,
per year. The grand chanccllot
bas been getting 700 a year for ex
penses. Hereafter he will he allowed
Maf* In th* IVnltrntlMry.
I ,J U_m t CoLt'MBra, O., Oct ll William I>4-|M.OOO. During the last year twenty
lothe home yesterday, of Mrs/xiebling dismissed when the rabid animal ran hy, the negro sentenced at Washington tix charters have been granted to new
a widow aged .'.3, in the outskirts past the school. It was frothingat the ^"rthouae to twenty years' imprison- lodges.
of the "Ir ragged her, outraged mouth and its wild appearance caused ment and the cause of the deaths of The election of officers took place yes-
1 three members of a mob from bullets tarday afternoon ss
her person, and threw her inte
the cellar and disappeared. Mrs.
Niebling's nose was mashed, her body
bruised and lacerated and her nerves
prostrated. Hen Ward ha* been ar-
rested and is in jail heavily guarded.
appearance
the children to flee. Hessie Oates aged I
10 years, was attacked by the .log and
bitten through the arm in two places. |
The little girl's wounds are frightful j
and much fear is entertained for her
life. After biting the girl the animal i
from militia rifles, was landed in the
penitentiary at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning under guard of Sheriff Coolc
and Deputy Busick, and the Columbus
companies of the Ohio national
He was identified' by Mrs. Niehling a* pounced upon a span of mules standing '° ..V'"
her assailant. Excitement Is intense near-by and bit both animals. . d f m
but there are no Immediate apprehen V K. Houghton and another msu h<> ,Bfarnwd th^t he"
both aimed with guns, shot at the w.„ l)e mobbed all(1 th(U thl# WM
brute. During he firing Mrs. Little- the only way to escape with hi. life.
John who was standing in her door He claimed never to have been arrested
way. was struck by two of the bullets „r charged with the slightest infrac-
intended for the dog. One of the ahots tion of the law. Dr. Ireton, In making
struck the un fort una e lady in the the physicial examination, said Dolby's
thigh and the other in the groin. The legs trembled snd his heart fluttered
wounds are serious. as a result of his scare.
slons of lynching.
< iiicaoo, Oct. jo - The federal grand
jury yesterday returned an omlbus in-
dictment against Debs and the officer*
of the A. R I'., and a large number of
persons charged with participation
iu violence kud the olistruction of the
■nails and commerce on the different
roads last summer. In all sixty-nine
persons are included in the blanket in
dictment.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 20.—A special to
the Bee from Dorchester, Neb., says:
Mrs. Mary Sawyer and two young
daughters, aged lfl snd 14, were __r„
killed yesterdsy while driving over the ! fsllen in msny parts
Burlington track nesrhere. The | The corner stone
Minor li.in. Oklahoma's Report.
Fort Worth, Texas, Is agitating the Washington. Oet. la. The secretary
opening of the Fort Sill country. ot the Interior yesterday received the
P county has s new court house for annu*1 r*P"rt uf th® governor of Okla-
.... | homa and i ' * * "
which they pay f.'.40n for Ave years.
Copious rains are
sfiecial order ot
business, resulting as followa: Orand
chancellor, J. A. Frink. Springfield
frand vice chancellor. U. II. Kebald,
St. Joseph, grand prelate. Rev. J.
lireilow, St. Louis; grand keeper ol
records and seals, J. H. Holmes, St.
Louis; grand inuster-at-arms. Dr. W. T.
Ralston, Olrardeau; grand inner guard
J. B. Thomas, Willow Springs; grand
Duter guard, I,eo Keller, lexington.
The ball at Music hall last night wai
in all respects successful. It was at (
tended by a number of ladles froir
Kansas City. Liberty and St. Joseph.
Judge Hawthorne, of Kansas City
past grand chancellor, was chosen su
"ireine representative of the supreme
lodge of the world.
At noon the grand lodge voted W
bold the next session at Hannibal.
Ill.ik Diphtheria.
Axnr.HaoN, Ind., Oct. JO. Hlack diph
peaks very favorably of It, ttMrU jD lu malignant form
reported to have ^''" recommendatUa1^ The report liUted the state ls«rd of health closln
. of the territory ^ J ' ,nt I l ^ot h^-^T elt> ~h""U V-^rday for a.
trainmen are charged with ^^ failing to ^^7^" ^^"7 "C Th'" U ^ -hola-'wer.
rx—
the entire gas belt. Mlddletown achoob
were also anapended.
A 1.4*. of • i ao.ooo.
RicmtoKU, Va., OcL Ma— A large par
eerely Injured while the Indian raues
robbers. The amount secured, it'ls es-1
timated, runs between .V*J and t&.OOo desperadoes
Hiawatha, Kan., Oct. 2«i. Thurston
Chase, said to be the first settler in
Brown county, was found dead in his
liarn yesterday morning He has been
financially embarrassed, had domestic
troubles, and has also been ill. He
may have taken hiaown life.
WmrtBLD, Kan . Oct. o. The Itap-1 were going on but none fatally.
tiat state convention closed ita session
yesterday
ttev. It. M. merrmeiu. oi ottawa, in ha-1 , . ."~l —7 -■ ■ <
nstructed not to receive money to for oelved wonl from s close friend of Mr
wsrd and to dlsoontlnue the ssle of Hill. In which the letter declined to
money orders. Mr Straus' request such
Indians are not very romantle. A ^ Tammany leaders as Mayor lillroy,
lot of them were In the court room at ! ^'•v"r "rant. Ilelancy Nlcoll, John Si.
Oklshoms I'lty the other day snd the ""'I others Islsired long snd
squawaeiilertelned the crowd by u|«k. ; "?.rnr\,l,r ,wlth s'raua. bringing
,|. uatssiso's hoad. "s<*tsof argument to U>ar. but the
th ■ pspoose s head, snd olslurate end Insisted up-
•sting them I pll withdrawing" r
A RAILROAD INQUIRY.
fh. Int.ratst. l ommlolon still laveetlga*
tint th. tenia r. R.haln.
Cmicaso, Oct '.'0.—The intcsUta
commerce commission Is still at work
investigating the Santa Fe rebates. Ifc
was stated by ona
of the officials con-
nected with the in-
vestigation that Al«
duce F. Walker, tha
receiver of the road;
is atill carrying on
a search among th«
records of the com*
pany for voucher*
and receipts show-
ing the payment of
rebates. Mr. Walk-
ALnAcn . walk in. er will be called be-
fore the federal grand jury in a few
days to give further teatimony. James
S. Shields, of Dubuque, la., who ha*
charge of the investigation, ia not an
attorney for the interstate commerce
commission simply, but was appointed
by the attorney-general of the United
^tates and holds a commission from
tuat official. He has been assigned to
prosecute all violations of the Inter-
state commerce law in the northern
district of Illinois, and his relatione to
the oommiaaion are not confined to tha
Santa Fe case.
SANTA fk OKKH'EltS INDII/TEDl
CmCASo.Oet.SO.- Indictments against
six officials and ex-officials of the Santa
Fe railway system was returned to-day
for violations of the interstate com-
merce law. The authoritiea refused to
glv«> the names of the officials, but
stated that the warrants would be
served to-morrow. The indictmenta
are the result of the investigation of
the charges that the Santa Fe has paid
millious of dollars in rebates to ship-
pers.
KANSAS BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Th. Session at WtnH.ld Adjourns Aft.r the
Kl.rtion of OMcers.
Win field, Kan., Oct. 20.—The Bap-
tist state convention closed its annual
session to-day, with addresses by Rev.
R. S. Morrifield, of Ottawa; Rev. R.
Atkinson. Dr. K. W. Colegrove, presi-
dent of Ottawa university; Miss Ida C.
Clothier, of Manitou, Col.; D. S. Law-
rence. R. Holt and E. K. Trowbridge.
The following officers were elected:
President, Rev. J. B. Tuttle, of Clay
Center; vice president, W. C. Simpson,
of Emporia; recording secretary, Rev.
L. H. Holt, of Emporia; treasurer,
John R Mulvane, of Topeka; board of
directors, I). King, Dr. P. Callahan, B.
E. Northup, Miller Dobson, S. Coff-
man, W. H. Parker, J. B. Thomas, J.
II. Tavenner, John Book, W. B. Brad-
shaw, E. M. Harper, O. F. ' arson,
Oeorge D. Rogers, (ieorge W. Caasidy,
C.J. Pope, O. M. Rogers. Isaac Johnson;
trustees of Ottawa university, Rev. C.
S. Sheffield. A. V. Aby, I)r. F. O. Het-
rick.
moM JAIL TO A rVHKRAL.
Harry M" Ash, la Chare of sa Mae, At-
tend. tho Hartal or His Wlfa.
Kansas City, Mo.. Oct SO.—Harry
McAsh, whose wife, Mary McAsh, died
Wednesday night from starvation and
neglect while he was locked up in Jail
at Independence, was brought to Kan-
sas City to-day to attend his wife's
funeral. McAsh was out of work, and
to secure food for his wife shot a tame
turkey, lie was sent to jail for sixty
dsys, very much in the same fash-
ion that Jean Valjean, in Victor
lingo's story was sent to the
galleys for stealing a loaf of bread
to give his sister's starving children.
Deprived of her husband's support,
Mrs. McAsh slowly starved in a
wretched room at '4715 Vine street and
died in agony, too late for the tardy
assistance of the city authorities to do
her any good. McAsh was accompa-
nied by Jailer Ross, and after the fir
neral was taken back to Jail.
Ka.d for Mpawrh Writ Inf.
cheyenne, Wyo., Oct 20.— Suit wa*
begun in tha district court to-day by
C. S. Bartlett, formerly private secre-
tary to H*nry A. Coffeen, democratic
candidate for congress, against Coffeen
to recover $200 which he clsims Coffeen
retained from his wages and $343.30 for
extraordinary services," sueh as writ-
ing Coffeen's speeches, preparing
eulogies, newspaper Interviews, puffs,
etc.
Chief Eagtaoor MeBwoa at Km*.
Washington,Oct ao.—Chief Engineer
Henry D. McEwen, United States navy,
retired, died here yesterday, aged M
years. He entered the navy in IStil
and waa in charge of the Monitor
Canonicus. He served on the great
lakes, at the New York and Boston and
Philadelphia navy yards snd on th*
stesmshlp Boston when thst vessel was
attached to the White squadron.
at. I aal fcf Mae«e e*e *sst^.
St. Paul, Minn., Oct S0l—Otto Won-
Igkett. aged 21, and Henry Ermisch,
aged 1W. were hanged ln th* jail in-
closure here this morning for the mur-
der of s barkeeper, whom they war*
attempting to rob May I last Th*
doomed youths were calm to the last.
This wss the first hanging h*r* la
thirty-three years.
Jmj Again NaaM* foe t'ls|f«M
St. lions, Oct. W. —The republicans
of the Eleventh congressional district
to-day renominated Charl** F. Joy,
who was unseated by the pre seat con-
gress In favor of John J. O'Neil, demo-
crat Th* republicans of tha Twelfth
district nominated Frank M. MUrrttt
Ookdon Tex Oct 50—No 3 west "'"h"? Vincent presided at the and one which would be of much in-
bound passenger train on the Texas ®« ''rence held tereat to the people of the west.
and Pacific, dee at Gordon at IMS P I * °kUho,n « u>' ***k.
a few minutes before noon. threemH". ^ "ounterfeit limev^' ''«rence l Henry and Edgar Smith! known Tr^egar Iron work, burnee
west of Uordon. The messenger s wsy ^ officers of the St. I^iula Bank Note Co., featerday mornlnir. originating ln th«
safe was battered open and what mon "*'|r*e travelling men were held up who filed a contract with the state of-1 ear "hope. Loss, about $130,000, cov
ey there was in it waa Uken by the | T_JU^d*/,,nLl|r"* T hle.,uah | fleers of Mississippi to print certain "ed by insurance. The company mad.
■>tste warrants, were Indicted tester- B">*t of the cannons for the eonfeder
lay bv the federal grand jury on the - and ainee the war made freight I to oppoae Beth Cobb, a democrat, aow
That story about Geronimo being a chsrge of hsving violated the federsl oars, railroad axles, etc. | running for a third term.
Baptist is false Those who have seen statute prohibiting the printing of
him say thai he doesn't appear to have matter resembling Cnlted State, cur-
been near watar ln ten years. rency.
No Indians were killed as reported straa. Win ProkaMy Withdraw.
at the El Reno fair. Several ware ao- Yonk. Oct. lu. At a late hour
last night an Intimate friend of Nomi-
nee Nathan Straus says: "Mr. Straus
has practically decided to withdraw
SPORTS.
•invention cioaeti im session ,. _ „ .. | >•" ■■■" m wunuraw
Npwi-lir. w.r. miwl. I.v 1 ** , .. 'n,ni rw Thl. .Iwl..
M.rrlR.I.I, ol O.U.., I. I.- P? '"JJ*. .ti''" 'JT.-ST" """
half of the university at that place.
Rev. R. Atkinson spoke on minister-
ial education, and Dr E. W. Colgrove,
president of the Ottawa university, on
christian education A great deal of
time was occupied hy the II. Y. P U.
The report of the secretary ahowa a
nieinberallio of 0.000.
Aa It nor mom Hl.nh.l Nartfap.
_ I Washinoton. Oct. io -A mortgage
I-oni. Roths -. has st,,,-.-! l„ ,,v ^""hern Railroad
fashion of driving a pair of aebra* ia| ' *ntr*',Tru,t
harness.
SEMAton Oali ieoee, of New Hemp
shire, Is said to be the best whist
player In the senate.
OEonoi Ootn.ii's expenses this season
In connection with the yachts Vigilant
snd Atalanta have been nearly $400.00U
Pkksihent Oanfielk's youngest non
who graduated from Wllitama In latu
Is now coaching Williams' football
l*rtfc
Nathan Straus, the Tammany nom-
inee for mayor of New York city, has
withdraw* from the rac*.
York, to secure a loan of $i'.>oiom,oo&
The estimated number of miles In th*
system Is t.&M, passing through Vir-
ginia. Tennessee. North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and the
District of Columbia.
Mr. Mortoo's I narhman Maal Mo.
New Yonk. Oct W.-Judge I .a comb,
In the Putted states circuit court to-
day. dismissed the writ of habeas cor-
pus In the case of John James Howard.
ex-Vice President Levi P. Morton'*
English *oachm*n.
Tmb * hiMilta.y thlnka thai a awlV h In tit
haud weuld b* twice as (vtid la the '-nth
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Hodge, J. C. The Beaver Advocate. (Beaver, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1894, newspaper, October 25, 1894; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc157500/m1/1/: accessed May 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.