The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-05-18

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buildings and quantities Of lumber
foated away. a number Of farms were
completely submerged and the lower
part Of the village was like a vast lake
THE building at 12iC-ls Union ave
nue., Kansas City, No, occupied by the
Newly Storage and Transfer company.
wis destroyed by FIRE on the evening Of
the 10th. Foreman McNellis, Of the
Ere department, became entangled in a
live wire and was electrOcuted while
several of his comrades looked on in
horrOr but were pOwerless 10 save him.
The loss was over slOO coo.
ADJr. GIN. COEBfy sent cablegram
on the 9th 10 Maj Gen. Otis at Manila
requesting him 10 inform the war de-
partment az once Of his plans for the
return 70 this country Of the vol
untecr regiments now in service in the
Philippines.
THE Catholic knights of America
opened their twelfth biennial convcn-
tiOn at Kansas City. No, on the 9th
by a parade 70 ST. Patrick's cathedral
where religious services were held.
They then marched 20 Lvceum hall.
where addresses Of welcome were made
and an adjournment was taken soon
after until the next morning.
THE United States cruiser Nashville
arrived at -. Louis on the 10th and
fired a salute Of 81 guns, which was re-
sPOndcd to by battery a, Missouri ma
tiOnal guard, and the whistles OF all
the river craft and factories. The
Nashville was met down the river by
feet Of steamers loaded with excursion
lists and escorted up to the city. The
mayor welcomed the cruiser and cx-
tended the freedom Of the city to the
crew.
REPoBrs received at Manila stated
that the Filipino congress recently held
meeting at San Isidro. A quorum
was not present, but those present ex-
pressed a strong desire for peace.
4 CABLEGRAM was received at Wash
ington from Admiral Kautz on the 10th
stating that all was quiet at Apia,
Samoa.
THE United Confederate Veterans be-
gan its ninth annual reunion at Charles
ton, 5. G., on the 10th. The feature of
the day was the parade of the veter-
ercises at the Auditorium.
POSTMASTER McLAUGmLIS, of James
town, o., with some boys. was putting
"tick-taek" on the window OF the
home of l., L. CHM, when the latter.
thinking TO frighten the boys in fun.
fred through the window and killed
Mclaughlin.
Gov. THOMAS, who had been away
from Denv<r, Col, on his return wired
Adjt. Gen. Corbin at Washington that
the reported interview concerning Col
orado volunteers was false and ma
licious." lie said lie told the inter
viewer that, as the Spanish war had
terminated, the volunteers should be
permitted TO return home.
OKLAHOMA cattlemen were indignant
at the action OF the Kansas and Mis-
souri, live stock boards in quarantining
against Oklahoma and Indian territory
cattle. While Kansas had an open sea-
son this year, Oklahoma kept her line
closed, and it was pointed out that the
federal authorities, after a thorough
! examination, declared the territory
free of all splenetic infection.
Moweaqua, Ill. Hail fell to depth of
six inches and many were as large as
robins eggs. Skylights were broken
and arc lights smashed. The loss to
fruit growers was enormous. Every
thing green was cut to the ground.
AMELIA KoENIG, six years old, at
tempted to cross the tracks in front of
a rapidly moving electric car at st.
Louis and she was struck by it and
thrown high in the air. Falling on the
track, the car passed over the uncon-
scious child, with a crunching sound
that was heard by the passengers, and
her death took place soon after.
FIVE men were seriously injured, two
probably fatally, in a boiler explosion
at the New Jersey steel and iron works
at Trenton, n. J.
THE nitro-glycerine house OF the
powder works at Pinole, Cal, exploded
the other day and two men were killed
| and several others injured.
THE largest fire in the history of Mas
sillon, o., gutted Russell & Co. + mann
moth thresher and engine plant the
other night, destroying property valued
at fully $500, OOO Albert Bamberger, a
volunteer fireman, was killed by fall
ing wall and Christian l.. BaatZ, a
workman, was probably fatally in
jured.
IT was officially stated that 52 per
| cent. of Illinois wheat had been winter
| killed.
SIX masked burglars ovcrpowercd the
watchman and engineer at the Bayari-
an brewery at Wilmington, Del, and
then blew open the safe, securing
| 81, 400.
ADJT. GEN. CoRBIS on the sth stated
| that orders had been issued for the re-
| turn of the volunteers in the Philip
pines and that they would come home
as fast as transportation could be pro
/ vidcd and in the order of their dcpar.
| turc for the islands.
TuE officials at Washington were
much encouraged on the sth by a cable
gram from Gen. Otis giving the situa-
tion in the Philippines. He wound up
| by stating that signs of the Filipino
| insurgents weakness were more ap-
| parent every day.
TWENTY tramps engaged in drunken
| fight at shelby, o., and two of them
were badly shot, one probably fatally,
BURGLARS robbed the branch OF the
Canadian Bank of Commerce at Dres-
| den, Ont, of $4,000 and got away
without leaving any clcw.
TIE postmaster general directed the
postmaster AT San Francisco TO take
out of the mails for Manila three pam