The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-08-12


high stage of water in the river a
women's swimming bath anchored
along the bank was swept away. The
bath was occupied at the time by 400
women, 200 of whom were drowned.
THE long standing breach in the
Ancient Order of Hibernians in the
United States, which occurred in 1884,
has been closed and the 1876, 900 mem
bers of the order are again affiliated
under one head. The union was effect
ed at n joint conference of the national
officers of the rival factions held in At
lantic City, N. j., on the 5th.
JURsE PERUVIAN was legally hanged
at Hattiesburg, Miss, for assaulting a
woman.
The commissioner of the general
land Office is having a new map made
Of the Alaskan country, which will be
of the greatest value to persons con-
templating trip to the gold regions.
II will show all the rivers and lakes
and all the routes to the gold fields,
including those through British Co
lumbia. The maps will be out in a
couple of months.
AT Philadelphia over $4,000 wheel
men had registered at the national
headquarters of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmcn on the 5th. Owing TO
rain the all-day run to Valley Forge
was abandoned
ABOUT 200 girls and women struck
work on the 4th at the Fulton bag and
cotton mills at Atlanta, Ga, because
the president proposed to put negro
women To work with them. Some time
after the men employed in the mills
walked out in sympathy with the fe-
male operatives in obedience TO the or
ders of their union. This forced the
closing down of the factory. About
500 men, women and children were
affected by the strike.
THE Glucose Sugar Refining Co., with
an authorized capital stock of $40, 0O0,-
900, has been Incorporated at Trenton,
| N. J.
THE Rock Island passenger train,
Chicago bound, was recently stopped
by hailstones near Ottumwa, Ia, which
rolled on the track in the cuts Every
window In the train was broken. Crops
were cut to pieces.
Ir was reported at Ardmore, /. T.,
On the 4th that the Kiowa and Conan
che Indians were putting on war paint
and general uprising was feared.
The three Pamble sisters and Miss
Adams were drowned in Skunk river
near Lancaster, Ia, the other evening
while bathing.
lNCITED by the newspaper publica-
tions recently made, some of the high
government officials at Washington
have been looking up the title to the
Klondyke gold fields and say that they
are unquestionably within British ter
ritory. lying east of the 14lst meridian,
which defines the boundary line, by
about 85 miles at least.
The fast flyer on the Kansas Pacific
railway was wrecked about daylight
on the Sd about 40 miles east of Dem
yer, Col, and two trainmen were killed
and ten passengers badly hurt
Heavy rains of the previous evening
had carried away portion Of bridge
which spans Comanche creek between
Byers and Strasburg, and the engine
plunged into the abyss and was fol-
lowed by several cars.
MRS. PETER Kaufman, wife of a
Wholesale cigar merchant at St. Louis,
had her throat cut from ear to ear with
q butcher knife by her insane daugh-
ter. The daughter was found upstairs,
chuckling over the terrible deed. 1t
was supposed the crazy woman's con-
dition had been made worse by the in
tense heat.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad
bridge at Dillonvale, o., was fred by
strikers and serious trouble was feared.
AT Aberdeen, 5. d., over 100 tramps
took possession of n freight train, but
were finally dislodged by the police.
At Groton, s. D., tramps terrorized the
town after big fight, but were Jailed
at last.
HARDIN JOHNSON, his wife and
daughter and Dan Hazlewood, all col.
ored, were poisoned at Louisville. KY,
by laudanum being mixed in their
food, a neighbor being suspected Of
the crime. 1t was feared they al
would die.
THE burning out of fuse on an elec
trio car at Milwaukee created panic
among rs women and children and sew
eral were seriously injured.
at his home near Redwood Falls, MINI.
Seven gashes in his scalp were made
by some blunt instrument and his
clothing had been saturated by oil and
his house set on fire. According to the
statement of three of his children
Mrs. O'Connell was the perpetrator OF
the deed, being driven crazy by the
man drinking and abusing his family
while under its influence.
Mrs. DARLINGTON BooTH told of the
work the Volunteer Salvation army
was doing in the penitentiary at Joliet
Ill, and at the end of her remarks 800
convicts were enrolled under the Vol
unteers' banner.
NOTICE. has been served by the super
intendent of the Pennington mines o
Grafton, w. Va, to every striking min
er occupying the company's houses
to vacate the property Immediately ol
their goods will be thrown into tn,
street. An attempt will be made Il
operate the mines by non-union men
Excitement was running high.
ROW occurred at negro dance a
Guthrie, Ok, the other night and tn,
police were using force to protec
themselves. One policeman struck
negro over the head with his revolver
knocking him down, at the same tim,
the weapon was discharged and fatal,
shot another negro in the crowd.
A NoS-UNIoN roller employed at tn,
| iron and steel works at Scottdale Pa