The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-06-23

Re bad asszrlted . fo1r-yezr-old Tiri
. cay or t9o before and va thsr
saved from death by the rnsrcy Of th.
victims mother. Fifty nen On horse
lack were the lyucherA
FrKg IN Sailing. Hanson & Cos lam
ber yard =, GraylinE. Mich, des;royei
5.oo9. 90 feet of lHnlber. al . IOss ot
5000, fnlly covered b. insurance
Fourteen dwelling hovses were alsS
t1rned-
A yTKg a; Ia Grange, No. on The
i5th destroyed ten business houses ia
the center Of the tOwn. Loss. 50, eco.
A negro was supposed % have been
burnsd 70 death
TIE Interstate Grain Dezlers' zsso
clztiOn met in annual Convention IL
Omaha, Eeb. The association is q
uuiOn Of the Kansas. Sebrzskz. west
ern Iowa and nOrthwestern Missouri
grain dealers
FIEE destroyed the principal busi.
ness bouses At Grove City, Pa Loss,
50. 90.
a COLLISION between Santa Fe pas
ssuger trains az Conroy, Col, the ther
day wrecked several cars and delayed
traffic ten hours Express Messenger
Travis had leg broken and six pas.
senzers were slightly injured
FIEE the other night destroyed some
auEiiiE:y buildings Of the Armour
packing plant at Chicago. containing
the tin shop, lithographing, boiler and
tank rooms Loss, siO0. coo.
a SUBCOMMITTEE Of the senate com
mittee on education and labor on the
10Th gave a hearing at Washington to
representatives Of corporations and
others which have contracts under the
government and which oppose the ex.
tension Of the eight-honr Law 10 con
tractors under the government
FIRE at Charlotte, Ia, on the 18th
destroyed hardware store, hotel and
restaurant a bank. a drug store and
several other buildings Loss $50, 900;
partly insured.
WHILE seining in Flat Rock river,
near Columbus, Ind, the other after.
noon, Bert Krislar and Rollo Rucker,
both aged 25, were drowned.
Il. ~. GOLDSMITH, of Waverly, Ill.
was drowned in the Illinois river, op-
posite Riverside park. He went TO Ha.
vana on an excursion, went swimming,
was seized with cramps, and was
drowned before his associates could
reach him.
The dam which held the water from
Jersey creek in the artificial lake at
Chelsea park, Kansas City, Kan, burst
during the terrific rainstorm on the
night of the 18th and four persons
were known 20 have lost their lives.
namely, Robert Kanute, his son and
daughter and Mrs. Irene Greenlee.
Many houses were washed from their
foundations along the creek aud some
Of the sleeping inmates had great diff.
Guilty in saving their lives The fire
department was called out, as it was
thought that other lives than those
mentioned had been lost
THE secretary Of the interior has or.
dered all porters arrested who sell
whisky on trains through the Indian
territory.
GEoRGR DESTLEMASS. who resides on
the banks of the Kaskaskia river, five
miles southwest of Mascoutah, H.,
recently landed big fish. II was an
alligator gar, measuring seven feet
five inches in length and weighing 200
pounds.
Gov. ATKINSON was asked by several
prominent citizens of Walker county,
Ga, TO take cognizance of the rowdy.
ism which they claimed was prevalent
at the Chickamauga camp. Gov At
kinson said he would investigate the
matter. Gen. Brooke has offered 70
furnish regiment to assist the civil
authorities in making arrests.
Four boys--named Johnnie Whit.
aker, Erwin Wilson, Ray Leeter and
Fred Jepsen-were on a raft on a pond
at ottumwa, Ia, when it capsized and
they fell in the water and were
drowned before help could arrive.
THERE is a financial panic among
the baseball magnates OF the National
league, according To Washington dis.
patch. The war has eaten great
chunks out OF the receipts at the games
throughout the county and several OF
the clubs are spending hundreds OF
dollars day more than they are max.
ing. This Is true of the Baltimore
team, whose daily loss since the west.
ern trip has been about $1,000.
THE British steamer Twickenham
was captured by the United States
cruiser st. Louis off the Jamaica coast.
She had on board 5000 tons of coal for
Admiral Cervera's feet. The Twiclk.
enham was sent as Il prize TO Key
West, Fla.
Four steamers, carrying $500 men,
being the second expedition TO the
Philippines, left San Francisco on the
18th amid the cheers of thousands OF
people assembled on the docks.
MRS. PLYMELL and her two children,
in attempting to cross the North Ca.
madam river east of Oklahoma CITY,
Ok, were drowned. The horses the
woman was driving were also drowned.
THE business part of Spartans burg,
Pa, was wiped out by fire early on the
morning of the 18th. Loss, Sl50. 900.
Most Of the buildings burned were
wooden and the fire burned itself out,
as there were no facilities for fight.
ing IL.
MEASLES, IL was reported on the l2th,
threatened TO become epidemic among
the soldiers at Camp Merritt, San Fran.
cisco, 30 cases being under the care of
the doctors.
THE Case Power building n Detroit
Mich, was burned recently and some
other fine business structures dam.
aged Loss, $500, 900. Six fremen
were severely burned and cut by glass.
A DISASTROUS explosion took place
at the smelling plant of the Texas 4
Arkansas Milling company near Hat
field, Ark, in which IL men were in.