The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-03

ladies tsscued, was reported dying from
the effects ot the exposure
A sKIFP, in which were r Y. Holly.
! wife and infant child and . nurse.
Lulu Brown. was overturned in the
Ohio river, near Cairo. Ill. and the
nsrse and child were drowned.
HELESA. Ara. the other night was
startled By severe earthquake shock
/ Houses were shaken 10 their founda.
tious and subterrznean noises were
heard that sounded like immense ex
plosiOnS People who had assembled
in the Presbyterian church for prayer
meeting rushed out expecting the
walls 70 tumble down on them
A MOB Of 100 men surrcun nded the sa-
I loon Of Jake Mace at Young Amer.
lea. Ind. while another party forced
| entrance and demolished the entire
I contents The citizens were incensed
against Mace because Of his treatment
of q young man who came for his
I father. who was intoxicated. to take
him home. Over 2Oc kegs of beer were
destroyed.
ASsELo CABs0SE has been snatched
from death when 1t seemed almost
as though nothing could save him
as be was sentenced TO die in the
electric chair at Sing Sing, y. v. on
the 3ist Alexander Claramello. the
real murderer. was caught on the 26th
in Baltimore. Nd, and when con-
from ted with the evidence against him
broke down and made a full coufes-
sion.
IL a letter to the Buffalo IN. W
Courier Kid Mccoy says that unless
! Fitzsimmons or Corbett cover his
money within six weeks from January
2j be will claim the heavyweight cham
pionship and defend 1t against all
comers as fast as they come
The department of agriculture at
Washington has recently issued two
farmers bulletins, one on forestry and
another on the value of common crops
for forage. The latter treats on stock,
melons, starch and potatoes, crimson
clover, geese for profit, cross pollina
tion and germ fertilizer.
In saloon row at wellsburg, Ia,
John Mullen was killed by being struck
on the head with beer keg. He had
a quarrel with ice-cutters-
BY head-end collision of two freight
trains on the Louisville & Nashville
railroad near Upton, KY, the other
morning three men were killed and
four badly injured.
As the result of a blow inflicted by
Mark Schlesing. IS months ago in New
| York, William Scott has been uncon-
scious ever since. and Schlesing has
been under indictment since the occur
renee to await the result
REPRESENTATIVE of the Indians on
the neighboring Omaha reservation ac.
kuowledged the contract before Dis
trict Judge Evans at Dakota City.
Neb., for the prosecution of claim
against the government for $4,000
acres in Knox. Cedar, Dixon and Holt
counties, Neb. The Indians claim the
tract was ceded to them by the treaty
of 1854, but never has been turned over.
A FIRE in East st. Louis, Ill. on the
night of the 25th destroyed the Union
elevator. with 1900. 900 bushels OF
grain, the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy freight house adjoining, with
ten cars of merchandise, s5 car loads
of corn, the stables of the ST Louis
Transfer company and several small
| N"thiuBn Lpooi tohmdtcu at SisVVV,
900.
A coLLIERY accident near Mons. Bel
gium, resulted in the death of II per.
sons.
Rev. T. w. II. DAWSON, an aged re
cluse. was burned to death in his cot
tage near Troy, Ill, the other night
SECRETARY BLISS, in a statement sent
TO congress of the disbursements 10
agricultural colleges. showed that
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas. Missis
sippi, Texas and Oklahoma each re
ceived s22. 900 during the past year and
will be entitled to SIS, 600 the coming
year.
FATHER FRANCIS DENT has com.
menced suit in New York for slO0, 0OC
damages against Arch bishop Corrigan,
Bishop Keane and DIR. Angels. the
head of the order of Friars OF ST. Fran,
els. He alleges that he has been ma
liciously prosecuted by the defendants
aud expelled from the order of St
Francis
THE preliminary steps in the wrestle
with the arid land problem was taken
the other day by the public lands com
mittee of the house. Several bills for
tue ulSpOSltiou Oh tne Immense bFl0
tracts to the various states were uI
and their consideration by the commit
tee was commenced
The interstate joint convention oi
bituminous coal operators and miners
came to an end at Chicago on the 26th.
fhe miners were jubilant over the re
suit of their ten days session, for il
means to nearly 200, 900 soft coal min
ers an advance of ten cents per ton and
a uniform day of eight hours at uni
form day wages
EUeESE V. DEBs has issued a plea
10 the public in behalf of Salter T.
Worden under sentence OF death foI
train wrecking near Sacramento, Cal
during the railroad strike of 1894 Mr..
Debs saws that Worden is the victim oi
a conspiracy of railroad detectives.
Juan SALAs. a boy. was thrown from
a runaway horse at San Antonio, Tex.
and his foot hung fast in the stirrup
He was dragged eight blocks, his head
being frightfully mutilated.
THREE corpses were found on this
beach near AshtG1ula, o., on the cath
The men had probably been drowned
in the gale on the lake during IN,
previous night
A FIRE at Spokane, Wash, on th'
a5th destroyed the Great Eastern
block. The upper floors were occupied
by roomers and it was feared that ten
to fifteen of them had perished in the