The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-08-20
BIISCELLANEOUs,

THE eastbound special mail train
from Chicago on the Lake Shore road,
ran into a washout 20 feet long and 80
The train plunged into the big hole
and Engineer James Griffin and Fire.
man Michael Roache were almost in
stantly killed. No Others were in
jured.
An explosion occurred at Somerford's
sawmill near Navasota, Tex, on the
18th and three men were killed and
several others seriously hurt The ex-
plosion was caused by the wa ter in the
boiler getting too low.
The National Retail Butchers Pro-
tective association, in convention ut
Denycr, Col, on the 18th, instructed
its police committee to enforce the boy
soft previously ordered against all
meats handled by the Armonr Packing
Co. The action was taken because. it
is alleged, the Armour company under
sells the retailers in restaurants and
/ hotels
PRcBABLY 80 lives were lost and the
whole Pine creek valley, near Pitts
burgh, Pa, eight miles in length, was
devastated by great food caused by
@ cloudburst on the 18th. At DE Haven
oil tanks, barns aud other buildings
were swept away and the water was
eight feet deep on the main streets and
many people fled to the hills.
A DISPATCH from jeanette, Pa, on
the l3th stated that the Fort Pitt dam
had broken. Houses were flooded to
the second floor, many of the occupants
barely escaping with their lives
A LOUISVILLE, KY, dispatch stated
the warm weather and hot winds were
proving disastrous to the apple crop in
! that state.
THE Popolo Romano, of Rome, re.
calling the lynching of Italians ut New
Orleans in 1891 and referring to the
recent lynching in that city of three
Italians, urges the Italian government
to call the attention of the European
powers to the strange position of for
eigners in America and to promote the
collective action of the powers.
ELI WoFFoRD, chief of police of Tah-
lequah, |. T., and Charlie Proctor, n
deputy sheriff, were killed, and Leon
ard Williams, a sheriff, was mortally
wounded in a row over spilling some
whisky about ten miles north of Table
quah.
JAKE KILRAIS, of Baltimore, Md,
has signed articles to box Frank z.
Slavin, of Australia.
GEORGE SHARP and William Travis,
at Dallas, Tex, were playfully lariat-
ing one another when Sharp's horse
threw him and ran, dragging Travis,
who had been lariated by Sharp, and
breaking his neck.
LIZZIE DAVIS, of Red Cloud, Ind,
shot her husband because he accused
her OF going to Sabbath school to meet
the superintendent She was arrested,
1T was rumored in banking circles
in New York recently that pressure
was being brought to bear on treas
urers of western states TO induce them
to withdraw their state funds deposit
cd in New York, complaint being
made that New York banks were cur
failing loans and marking up rates fol
money for political effect.
OVER half the coke ovens in tn,
Connellsville, Pa, region have beer
banked indefinitely, throwing over 10
600 men out of work. Cause, the dull
ness of trade.
A DROUGHT of three months dura
tion was broken around Malvern, Ark
on the 10th by heavy rain.
A DISPATCH of the 10th said that the
number of deaths from the heat II
Greater New York was lss and addi
tional victims were being reported
hourly. The prostratiops were almos
innumerable.
The report of the statistician OF th'
department of agriculture for Angus
indicates that the condition of sprinl
wheat has fallen since the July repor
from 93.S to $50, a decline of IA
points. Condition of Kansas, SIS; Ne
braslSa, n.
IN New York city for the llth tn
: death list from the heat footed mp NOR
than 100 names. Brooklyn added 20 :
: the list and the suburban town
! brought the total up TO $50 Men an
} women walking along the street
, dropped in THEN tracks and died befor
, physicians could be summoned an
5 horses died as though stricken by
. plague