The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-01-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

Two children of Tilman Milks were
left alone in their house near Manis-
tee, Mich, for short time and when
the father returned the house was in
flames and the charred bones of the
children were found after the fire
burned out
PADUCAH, KY, has been flooded with
counterfeit nickels.
A STATEMENT to the effect that the
Liggett & Myers Tobacco company of
st. Louis will be consolidated with the
Union Tobacco company, the purchase
price being placed at about 81, 900. 900,
was emphatically denied by Col. NJ. C..
Wetmore, who is at the head of the
first company.
THE fourteenth annual meeting of
the American Historical association
opened at New Haven. Conn, on the
2Sth. Many interesting papers were
read.
THE elevator of the Paducah (Ky.)
Coal Il Mining company was destroyed
by fire at an early hour the other
morning. The fire was supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary.
AN eastbound passenger train on the
Santa Fe railroad was wrecked near
Hoehne, Col, on the 2sth. The train
was running about go miles an hour
when the engine left the track and
rolled down an embankment The
Pullman cars followed. Many passen.
gers were badly shaken up, but none
seriously injured.
Two girls, IL and II years Of age re-
spectively, were recently found in
Perry county, O., suffering from gen.
uine Asiatic leprosy.
A NEW two-story building in course
of erection for the Hoydt Bakery COM
pany at l6lS-i6i7 Biddle street ST.
Louis, collapsed the other afternoon,
burying two workmon, who were got
out dead
ROBERT FELLOWS dropped dead at
Ottumwa, Ia, while commemoratiug
the fiftieth anniversary of his wedding
at a dinner party.
Two women and an infant were
burned to death near Hillsboro, Tex
The house was set on fire by trying to
kindle fire with kerosene.
AYARD engine collided with freight
engine at Lexington, KY, causing the
injury of nine men and the destruc-
tion OF the engines Two of the men
were expected to die of their injuries.
JOSEPH JOHNSON, n laborer, shot the
wife of James Anderson, burglar,
and then killed himself at Covington,
Ky. Anderson is in the penitentiary
and Johnson was living with the WON
an, whom he shot because she would
not give him money.
A CHICAGO dispatch recently stated
that every important steel and wire
producing concern would soon be alb
sorbed into one gigantic trust
CHARLES w. LITTLE, physician from
Kirksville, Mo-, practicing osteopathy,
was arrested at Lincoln. Neb., on the
charge of practicing medicine without
a certificate. DIR. Little charged ply
sicians of the other schools with being
responsible for the arrest and that
they had raised purse to prosecute
He said he would make test case in
the courts and fight to the end.
The vote on the confederate pension
amendment to the Texas constitution
has been officially canvassed and shows
that there were SO, 79l votes cast for
the amendment and 53,050 against It,
1T being carried by a majority Of only
S,73i. Hundreds of applications have
already been received oy the different
state departments from confederate
veterans, who want to receive pensions
from the state.
THE three children of Charles Hager-
man were playing on the ice of Wells
island, N. Y, in the ST. Lawrence river
when it broke and they fell in. The
mother rushed To their rescue and the
whole four lost their lives