The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-03-03

during the recent gales and that her
entire crew Of - men had perished
WINE Mrs George n Huelswede
was al fancy dress ball in 81 Louis
The other night her costume that Of
fairT T-canght FIRE at store and she
was probably fatally burned
The United States military and
naval authorities are actively engaged
in making legitimate arrangements
for emergencies The present avail
able snppiy of powder Is considerable.
the Frankfort arsenal a. Philadel phia
i turning out about 10000 cartridges
per day and can double the outDut
Wheu necessary. and the ordnanee
factories arc mixing encouraging pro-
gress on guns and carriages for sea-
coast aud field artillery.
IN the midst Of AIS b1sy proceedings
Of Judge Berryis court a. Atlanta Ga.
the other day bailitf called atten-
iiOn 20 the peculiar expression on the
face Of Arnold Bumstead. a teacher.
who was defendant In thc case on trial.
and Shea funetionarg Of the court
room reached him. be was found dead
Az avalanche at Soufh Quebec. Can.
she other night destroyed two houses
In one house resided . man named An
gers. his wife and six children. The
father and two children were taken
oui dead aud the mother was ia . crit
ical condition In the other house
James King lived with his wife aud
two children Mrs King was killed.
the Others escaping serious injury.
AL the government departments
were closed in Washington on the s5S
save the navy department, where the
signing of the wreeking contract was
the most important event There
were no important Developments con-
eerning the Maine wreck Lieuts-
Holman and Wainwright. two of the
vessels officers. were examined by the
court of inquiry.
A cIRcuLkR addressed to veterans Of
the Atlanta campaign. whether wear
ers Of the blue or gray. has bc.,n sent
out from St Louis TO secure the organ
ization of all surviving participants
into q society of the Atlanta cam
paign-7 The organization will be a
purely social one. and will have for its
principal object the creation of ma
tional park in and around Kenesaw
mountain. where the principal battle
of the campaign was fought
JINrcT MICHAEL the wheelmsn. the
greatest rider the field OF bicycling
has ever known, has left Chicago and
gone to New York to enter the employ
of Phil Dwyer as a jockey and will
ride Dryers horses this season.
NEWS has reached San Francisco of
a rich gold strike on American creek.
lSO miles down the Yukon river in
Alaska The new diggiags are on
American soil, . miles across the
boundary line
TnoaAs FoRD, who had been jailed
at Mascot, Neb. for cutting his brother
in-law's throat, escaped and before
he could be overpowered he killed
four men. Intense excitement pre-
vailed at the place
Al Lake City, = c., on the 22d Post
master Baker. negro, and his family
were burned out of their home. the
| postmaster aud n baby killed and his
| wife and three daughters shot and
MANNED for life. There was a protest
against the negro's appointment by
the whites. but the suthrities did not
heed IT. All mail matter was destroyed.
JosEPH ADAMS and Thomas Barnes
| fought duel over a woman al Dallas.
Tex. the other night, in which the
former was shot through the body and
has since died and the latter was re-
ported dying from wounds inflicted
with a bowie knife The men had
been rivals and met unexpectedly and
then sprang upon each other
1 1t Il. -,
work al Havana on the 3lst for the in
vestigation into the cause of the dis
aster TO the battieship Maine, Capt
sigsbee being the first witness Capt
Sampson. the president of the court.
has announced that nothing OF i'm
portance will be made public until all
the testimony has been received and
the findings considered The divers
brought mp Capt. Sigsbee's state docu-
nents and the keys to the magazine
THE annual meeting of the Dau III
tiers of the American Revolution
opened at Washington on the sIst- A
hot fight was in prospect over the oiiiec
OF president general.
COBALT has been discovered at Grand
Encampment, Wyo.. by the French
mineralogist, Charles Poulet IL is the
first discovery of cobalt in America.
cobalt is more valuable than gold
A SEVERE snowsiorm recently caused
the collision of two passenger trains
on the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST Paul
railroad in deep cut six miles south
of Rockford. III Both engines were
demolished. Engineer Tilden was in
stantly killed and a score of persons
injured.
TPE new wharf AZ Tampicu. Mex,
the finest on the American continent.
was DESTROYED by fire. together with
the custom house. Loss. S3.o1O, 0Jo
4 DIsAsTEoUs fre occurred al Pres
eott, Ariz, the other night, by which
the johnson hotel was totally de.
stroyed and the guests had q narrow
escape FOR their lives As il was they
lost nearly everything.
GES. LEw WALLACE has been chat
lenged TO a duel by George Z. Oakes,
OF Indianapolis, Ind. Wallace. in an
address delivered At Lebanon. Ind. on
Lincoln day, told 40 unpublished story
rejecting on Gen. McClellan's courage
and Oakes denounced il as false and
challenged Wallace 10 a meeting on
the field Of honor. The affair has
caused much excitement throughout
Indiana
PEoF. CHARLES c GEoEsEsoN. of the
United States agricultural department 4
was said To be trying to find a locz'