The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-11-11
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THREE little negro boys were struck
by a westbound Cotton Belt train the
other afternoon near Greenville. Tex.
They were knocked OF = bridge and
killed.
The large hay sheds of the Ardmore.
IL IT, Oil a Milling company, contain
ing about 40 cars Of baled hay and
some machinery, were destroyed by
FIRE.
JAMES BOSWELL fatally shot Mrs.
Smith and James Barton aud then
blew his own brains out at East Dal-
las, Tex. Jealousy was the cause.
SELMA. Ala. experienced a dis
astrous fire the other evening. the
losses being approximated at si0o, oOO
A lantern exploded in the basement of
Cawthone & Coleman, wholesale drug
gists, and the basement and three
floors being packed with infiammable
goods the fire department had all they
could do to keep the fire within the
building.
Two earthquake shocks were felt at
ESQ a m. on the 4th the entire dis
tanee from Silver Bow, Ida, to Mon
ida, Mont
NEAR Lawson. Neb.. Willis Dunn,
aged 81, and two younger brothers
found what they supposed was bottle
of whisky in a wheat bin. Each drank
of the contents and all will die. The
stuff proved to be horse medicine.
THE agreement entered into between
the ChOctaw. Chickasaw and Dawes
commissions at Atoka last April has
been ratified by the Choctaw council
at Tushkahoma, |. T.. and approved
by the governor. bill was passed
creating n commission of six members
TO wind up the affairs of the Choctaw
nation.
Four negro workhouse prisoners
made a desperate break for liberty at
St Louis the other evening. Twenty
shots were fired by the guards and
fugitives One managed to escape, but
the others were captured.
DURING a row at Guthrie, Ok, over a
game of craps, involving 50 cents. Bob
Howard shot and killed Tom Capers
and fatally wounded Burt Henderson.
All were colored.
HARRY JOKES. an engineer on the ST.
Louis, keokuk S Northwestern road,
was killed at Viele, Ia. the other night
by the cars
GEN. NELSON A. MILES has suggested
to the supervising architect for the
new Chicago post Office building that
il would be a wise plan to make provi-
sion for mounting a few gatling guns
over the several approaches to the
new structure. Gen. Miles has had
-. -sa
| and riotous mobs and he thinks that
some precaution should be taken to
protect the building from being sacked
and destroyed in time of great excite.
ment or local commotion. Local labor
leaders denounee the scheme.
THE seventh Day Adventists of Bat
tie Creek, Mich, were said to be ex-
cited over the propbesied coming of
| Christ They have received a special
communication from Mrs White, the
prophecies, and they are commanded
| to go out into the highways and
hedges and give the last call to sup
per"
WHILE 65 men were on n scaffold
working on the Wabash building at ST
| Louis, which was recently destroyed
I by fire, n section gave way and carried
down eight men into the mass of debris
Two men were fatally injured and
/ four others seriously hurt
A SHOCKING state of affairs in the
Illinois soldiers orphans home at
Bloomington is being revealed by
committee of the Grand Army. Wit
nesses upon their oaths stated they
had seen little children knocked down
| by the superintendent and that girls
had been kept in bed two days as pun
ishmeht for trifiing offenseS
The Columbus house at Gilmore, Ill,
was destroyed by fire early in the
morning and SIS guests escaped in their
night clothes.
The great horse show at Chicago
opened on the lst, 10000 people being
present
JUDGE THANER- Of the United States
court, heard arguments at St Louis
on the lst on the question of the pro-
lection Of cattle shippers pending the
appeal of the Kansas City Stock Yards
company Va the new Kansas law. IL
was decided that rebate checks should
be issued and the cattle shippers would
thus be protected
DURISG the progress Of fire at Bor-
not's dyeing establishment at Phila-
delPhia a large can Of benzine explOd-
ed Thirteen iremen were 50 seri-
ously burned that that they had 70 be
taken to = hospital and il was feared
that some Of them would lose their
eyesight