The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-12

TEN MILE Ff.AT, a section Of coun-
! Try ten miles long ard three miles
wide in the western portion OF Cleve-
land county, Ok, was reported as be-
ng completely under water on the 5th.
| Great damage was done to crops, but
20 lives were lost Lexington. Ok, 10
nilee south of Norman, was also two
I ieet under water.
A BEPoRT reached Muscogee, /. r.. on
the 9Th that skiff containing a wom-
an and three small children capsized
and all were drowned in the high wa
ters Of the South Canadian river near
Eufaula- Ano ther report stated that
u families had perished in the floods
OF that swift and treacherous stream.
Both accidents caused by excessive rain.
THE 18th inst. was one of the most ex.
citing days ever known in the history
OF the wheat market May wheat
closed in Chicago at si.5O. Cash wheat
No . soft advanced 70 cents on the
Kansas City market. There was an
advance OF seven cents in Liverpool
and an advance In every market in
continental Europe. The advance was
not due TO the manipulations Of spec
dlators, but because The supply in
many European countries had been ex-
hausted.
Gov BLACK authorized the aqueduct
commissioners of New York to appoint
100 special deputies TO guard the Cro-
ton aqueduct so as TO prevent any at
tempts that might be made by Spanish
spies to blow IL up and thereby cripple
the water supply OF New York. The
commissioners told the governor that
rumors were current that il was the
intention of Spanish spies in New
York city TO destroy the aqueduct.
PETER ScHUCHER, living near Erie,
Pa, shot and fatally wounded two
men, George Henderson, pathmaster.
and Edward Skinner, and then com
mitted suicide. The shooting was
caused by a dispute over cutting down
ditch in front of the murderer's
property.
IRA RALEs. ten years old, was
drowned in the Ohio river at Camel.
ton, Ind. While he was rowing a
skiff the craft capsized.
SUPPOSED Spanish spy was captured
aboard the auxiliary cruiser st. Paul
at Cramps yard, Philadelphia. The
suspect enlisted some days ago as an
oiler and almost from the time of his
enlistment was under suspicion.
THE A. II. Terry post at Amsterdam
! n. ", adopted a resolution to amend
the constitution of the 6. A. R. SO as
! to make eligible to membership all
| who have served under the flag of the
United States in any war.
The schooner Crown was lost off St.
Johns N, f., and her entire crew of II
men were drowned.
| MAY wheat on the 4th opened on the
Chicago board of trade at sl.21 and
then, by jumps, advanced to s1.3l.
THE United States torpedo boat
Ericsson discovered force of men
building fort near Cojima, Cuba, and
notified the Wilmington. In less than
two minutes the Wilmington reduced
the fort TO a shapeless wreck.
An engineer was killed, fireman
hurt and two cars carrying several cap
italists interested in the road barely
escaped being hurled into a stream
near Ballard, Ark, by a wreck which
occurred on the Pittsburg & Gulf
Heavy rains had raised the stream over
the bridge, which had been weakened
| by the food.
THE United States gunboat Castine
took To Key West, Fla, on the Sd the
Spanish two-masted schooner Antonio
v Paco, having on board cargo of
fish, which was captured off Mariel,
bound for Havana.
| JoHN GRAMME, small shopkeeper in
New York, murdered two of his chill
dren, mortally wounded a third and
inflicted fatal wounds on himself
Neighbors thought he was deranged
from physical suffering.
The state department at Washing
ton has learned through its secret
agents that the wreck of the battle
ship Maine, lying in Havana harbor,
has been destroyed by the Spanish au-
thorities. IL was supposed by officials
of the administration that this action
on the part OF the Spanish authorities
has been taken to prevent raising of
the wreck after the capture of Havana
PART of the Passaic rolling mills at
Paterson, N. j., was blown up on the
4th. One man was killed and three
injured. The explosion occurred in
the boiler and gas section of the build
ing. The damage TO- the works was
SIS, 900.
DISPATCHES on the LIST reported Sc.
we're storms in Iowa and the Indian
territory on the previous evening. In
Iowa the towns of Primghar, Hart.
ley and Curlew were badly wrecked,
Hartley being almost completely de-
stroyed. Several people were reported
killed. Macedonia, near Council Bluffs,
was also badly wrecked, but no loss
of life was reported there. Other
places also suffered. Duncan, |. T.,
was nearly wiped out. A child was
killed and ten persons hurt some
fatally.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire broke out in the
business part of Loogootee, Ind, on the
night of the I'd, destroying is houses
WILL BAYNHAM, bookkeeper, and
Louis Leopold, cigar dealer, were
drowned at the wharf at Paducah,
Ky, recently, and Joe Douglass. their
companion, received painful injuries,
his escape from death being almost
miraculous The men had started for
skiff ride, but were sucked under a
passing steamer by the current
LABOR COMMISSIONER PowDERLY said
that the prospects of the present war
have had the effect of increasing the
immigration TO this country. Many OF
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