The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-09-09
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western rail-
road. which left Syracuse, n. V, at
nine o'clock on the mornin ing of the I'd.
jumped the track at Blodgett's Mills
and plunged through the station build
ings. The loco motive, baggage car
and two coaches went entirely through
the structure. Mrs J. II. McQuillan.
of Philadelphia, was killed and II
other passengers were more or less in
jured. The accident was caused by
broken rail
THE Bank of Durand, ILL.,. failed to
open its doors the other day and Charles
Horton, cashier and general manager
of the institution, has disappeared.
after having forged the names OF prom
inent farmers to % notes for various
amounts.
JIMMY MICHAEL broke the American
hour paced record on the I'd at Detroit,
Mich. The broken record was 81 miles.
|, 1,02o yards and ten inches and was made
by Lesna at Boston. Michael covered
3a miles and 1.Oa0 yards.
SMITH kELLUN, prominent stock
man of Greer county, Ok, was shot
and killed by sheepman who claimed
his range. The latter was shot by
Kellum, but will recover.
AT Mexia, Tex, on the I'd Tom
Clark, charged with attempted assault
on a young girl, was indicted and
sentenced to 80 years in the peniten-
tiary 55 hours after the crime was
committed.
The docket for the next term of the
United States supreme court, which
will begin on October IL, is being pre-
pared. 1t contained up to the lst 40
cases, showing an addition of 63 cases
since the court ad journed in May.
THE St Louis conference of the Ger
man NJ. +. church was in session at st.
Louis on the Ist, Bishop John IL. Vim
cent presiding. The conference in
cludes four districts, viz: ST. Louis
Burlington, Ia, Quincy, Ill, and
Belleville, Ill.
The cash and cashier of the state
bank of Ambia, Ind, were reported
missing. The amount taken out was
not known, but il was thought to be
between $40, 900 aud $50, 900.
THE dead body of a negro was found
hanging to a trot line in the Arkansas
river near Robroy. Ark. He had evil
IDENTIFY been lynched and thrown into
the river.
BAR silver made a new low record in
the New York market on the LIST, the
quoted price being 81 y cents an ounce.
making the value of the silver in the
standard silver dollar $500 cents
A REPORT came from the Indian ter
Irfs 49,,
men entered the house of a woman
there, robbed and then murdered her,
but before they could get away a
neighbor appeared and killed all three
of the robbers
ROBERT WILSON and u. r. Hall, stock
men living in the western part of Gus
ter county, Ok, quarreled over the
boundaries of their ranges. The lie
was passed and both drew weapons
and fired. Wilson was instantly killed
and Hall was placed under arrest.
Two children named Alice Winston
and Harry Arnold, while playing with
matches in an outbuilding at Fort
| Wingate, y. NJ, set fire TO a can of oil,
causing an explosion. Alice was burned
to an unrecognizable mass and Harry
was so severely burned that he win
probably die.
/ MARIE, the l4-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Valdez, at Port Tampa City, Fla,
attempted to start a fire with kerosene.
There was an explosion and she was
set on fire. The mother went TO her
daughters aid and her dress also
caught fire. Both ran into the street
and We're burned to crisp The
house burned down and small boy in
il was cremated. The fire spread and
destroyed five other houses
! AT Davenport, la, Mrs Claus Beh.
rens was indicted for numbering her
husband for his insurance money.
IL free fight at dance at Good
win, Neb., Henry Carpenter, farmer,
was shot through the abdomen by
James Lindsay, bartender, who was
/ drunk.
THE labor conference at ST. Louis
adjourned on the 3lst. Many fiery
! speeches were made, but no decisive
| action was taken on the abolishment
of government by injunction. The
resolutions denounced the judiciary
and set apart September as day to
contribute the earnings of workers to
the miners strike. Another confer
ence was called at Chicago ON Monday,
September 81, in the interest of the
! striking miners and labor in general