The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-01-13
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was shot dead and Frank Dean and
Martin Donahue were probably fatally
wounded in quarrel In n saloon at
Chicago the other night From an eye
witness of the shooting itappeared to
be that Donahue killed Murphy in self
defense and Dean was shot while act.
ing as peaccmaker.
The American Express company in
New York was robbed ON the 9th of
SO, $50, and Clark Braden, Jr.. n trusted
employee. is missing. The theft gave
rise to wild report which was telc-
graphed over the country, To the effect
that the company had been robbed OF
81, 900. 900 which had been given il for
transportation.
EiaHr million feet of lumber was
burned on the docks of the Saginaw
Lumber & Salt company at Crow
9th. The docks aud drill house were
also destroyed. Loss, slso,o0o
Mrs JAMEs BAKER, living near
Frankford, Del, gave birth to quad
ruplets lately. There were two boys
and two girls. All doing we'll.
BURGLARS broke into the office of
the Standard Oil company near Altos.
III, the other night and blew up the
safe with dynamite. The explosion
was terrific, the safe door being blown
open and almost the entire office
wrecked. There was only $50 in the
safe and this was all the robbers got.
A MEAaER account OF the whipping
to death of Dave Hunter, n negro, by
party OF farmers AT Clinton was re-
ceived at Colunbia, ;. c., the other
night The man had been a tenant on
farm in the neighborhood and had
violated his contract by secretly NOV
ing away. He was caught soon after
by party of men, tied and terribly
whipped, from the effects of which he
died
BLoopHoUSps were given the scent
OF the men who recently tried To wreck
passenger train at Murray, la, and
they followed IL across the fields from
| the Burlington tracks till 1t ended in
some box cars at small station on the
/ Great Western road, IL miles south.
II was thought the men took freight
from there.
BECAUSE of proposed reduction of
wages the electric car motormen and
conductors of the Bristol (Tenn.) Street
railway went on strike. IL was said
no ears were running and IL would be
a week before an agreement could be
reached.
ANOTHER great prairie fire was re-
ported in Cameron and Nueces coun'
ties, Tex. The large ranches of John
q. Kennedy and j. II. Armstrong were
burned over and many thousands OF
acres OF Cne grass destroyed.
News was received from the Algoru
Agricultural and Medical college for
eolored people near Rodney, Miss, that
the president of the college, 4. q. Trip
lett was shot and fatally wounded
while on his way TO prayer meeting
by an unknown assassin.
A DISPATCH from Albany, n. u.
stated that giant combination hat
been formed OF the print paper man
ufaeturers. which will be known as
tae International Paper company, will
capital stock of $50, 900, 600. Tn,
trust will take formal possession o
the various mills in the combination
on January ~
TuR residence OF W. - Carver nea
, Kay Center, Ok, was burned to tn
$ ground early the other morning an'
? his remains were found in the cellar
D partially burned, with n bullet in hi
E skull. The SoppoSition was tha
5 Carver was murdered.
a A RANK at Moreheat, Ky, opened IL
= doors for business the other morning
c by the reading of psalms and an invc
o cation by minister. after whicl
; various addresses were made.
FREDRRIcK IINNEs, eS-poliee com
y missioner OF Rochester, \. Y, was Il
. the act of throwing some parcel frou
I. the window To his coaehman when h
l fell out aud was killed.