The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-08-04

ia The bOys we're bathsug in the
Mississippi " ben Echele was seen 20
be in danger Of drowning. Heuzle.
zan went 20 his assistance sDc both
boys were drowned
DJEINS q heavy rain at ca no. Ill.
Robert SUITE and his two sons. Frank
AID Harry. on their way 20 work took
shelter under q tree. which was struck
. By lightning Harry. the younger
son Wss instantly killed and the other
. two we're found Ia q helpless condition
sDd both stunned
THE war department posted the fol
lowing dispatch received from Gen.
shafter on the 2sth. dated the previous
aav: Total sick, s.I2Z. total fever. g.
i4o. new cases sZ2; cases fever re.
turned 70 duiy. 5s2 The repor; gave
TIE officials considerable concern and
Secretary Alger wHuts 70 remove the
soldiers al Santiago 70 Montzuk point
L /, a. soon ss il can be safely done.
lmmUnes viii perform garrison duty
81 santiago
THE BaeDgerfest Of the Northwest
srn >aengerbuDd commenced on the
gsth al Davenport, la A grand chorus
% Z s57 voices was q feature Of the
concert
TBOrsANDs Of window panes were
broken in Chicago during heavy hall
storm on the 2sth
JAMES A. YOJ-xs. ouartermzster ser
geant Of the Twentieth Kansas reEi.
menL was ordered under arrest al San
Francisco on the 2stb BY Col Funston
charged with embezzlng govern Deni
property. IL was alleged be had sold
stores issued a. food for the regiment
Young made the excuse that be had
done only what every other comuis-
ssry Of Camp Merritt has done al
along.
THE president has issued a prOcls-
nation restoring the lands known ss
the middle and western saline reserves
10 the Cherokee outlet % the public
3omain.
TIE Orphans home for Daviess coun-
ty, Ind, located al Washington, was
almost totally destroyed by FIRE. There
were about 40 children and adults in
the structure, but all fortunately es-
saped without injury.
AT 1875 a IN on the 27th an eKplo-
sion took place in the nitro-glycerine
house of the Hercules Powder company
al Pinole. Cal No one was in the
building at the tune. Later a crew
was sent 20 clear away the debris and
sxtinguish the Games, and al s:i5 .
second terrific explosion took place,
killing five men and fatally injuring
many others Some unknown miscre-
ant caused the first explosion and very
probably the second also.
FRANK WALLER, who started at Nor
wood, Mass, against the 24-bour paced
road record, finished al Stoughton one
minute short of the - hours, having
covered ]684 miles thereby breaking
feet.
CLYDE DAVIS, a mail carrier OF Bea-
trice, Neb., was recently drowned
while swimming in the river there.
THE navy department has suspended
for time its efforts 10 recruit sailors
in the west The recent work in that
line Of Commander Hawley and Chief
Engineer Webster was highly success
ful and the authorities were well
pleased at the infusion of western
blood and Drawn, which tended TO ma
tionalize the service.
The frst shipment Of the bonds of
The new loan commenced at Washing
ton on the 2jth.
NIws reached Key West, Fla, on the
27th that the attempted landing at
Banes, Cuba, of large expedition of
men and arms by the steamer Wander
er was frugtrated by body of Span
ish cavalry, numbering 1000 or more,
and sharp engagement ensued. The
Wanderer was TO have been met by
party Of Cubans, who had evidently
been driven off by Spanish forces be-
fore the arrival of the Wanderer.
GES, SKATER reported on The 27th
that the total number of sick soldiers
at Santiago the previous day was 3,77O;
total fever cases, 2,924; new cases Of
fever, $50; cases of fever returned 10
duty, 53S.
PUGwAsH, y. s., a town of l,2OO in
habitants, was wiped out by fire on
the 25th, 200 dwellings, five churches,
20 stores, three hotels and several
mills being destroyed The FIRE was
started by lamp exploding.
COMPANY +, Thirty-third Michigan
volunteers, issued the first American
newspaper published in Cuba II was
edited and printed by members of the
company and bore the title of Com.
pany + Enterprise.
THE National Business league is pre-
pairing for a grand national peace fes-
tival 10 be held in ,hicago when the
war closes. 1t viii continue for a
week or more.
Four children of Elmer Wallman, a
farmer near Beatrice, Neb., were
burned to death in the absence of their
parents.
A DROUGHT existed at Lincoln, Ill,
and farmers were greatly alarmed at
the outlook for a crop Of Indian corn.
Logan is the banner corn-growing
county Of Illinois, but estimates from
nearly every township showed that
not bushel over the actual needs Of
home consumption will be raised this
year unless rain came soon.
SINTEES patients suffering from ty-
phoid fever were taken to the Fort
Myer hospital at Washington on the
25th from Camp Alger.
The United States government is dis
patching large feet OF tug boats and
other small craft, carrying few rapid.
fire guns, TO Cuban waters, 70 relieve
the big cruisers now that there Is no
Spanish feet there.
THE Beach hotel at Dallas. Tex,
was burned the other day. The loss