The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-17

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Porto Rico and other West Indian IN.
lands and did appalling damage, hun.
dreds Of houses being demolished and
food stores destroyed. Mcager adviccs
reported large number Of persons
killed. Al Montscrrat, In the island OF
Guadaloupc, 102 persons lost their lives.
In many towns few buildings were left
standing. Gen. Davis. the governor
general ot Porto Rico. cablcd an ap.
peal TO Washington for means TO as.
sist the distressed.
THE Smcltcrmcn's union at Den YER.
Col, voted almost unanimously To con
tinuc It's strike until the American
Smelling and Refining company agreed
to pay the wages awarded by the state
board Of arbitration.
Two million bushels OF wheat were
estimated to have been lost In hail
storm which partially destroyed the
crop on nearly $50. 900 acres Of land In
North Dakota on the 10th. The storm
struck the northern part Of Cass and
the southern part of Traiii counties.
TnE monthly report of the statis,i-
clan of the department of agriculture
NJ Washington showed the average
condition of cotton ON August TO have
been ~ There was n decline during
July amounting to two points In Mis-
souri. On the other hand there was nm
Improvement Of two points In okla
homa and the Indian territory. The
averages on August were ms follows:
Missouri, 81; Oklahoma, 30; Indian ter
ritory, ai.
THOMAS MARTINS home at Marion.
Va, was burned the other night and
Martin and his three children. aged y,
II and II years. pcrishcd.
FIVE negro children were burned to
death ON Mckowan's plantation, near
jackson, La, the other night. The
parents locked them up in their house
aud went Ia church. TN their return
the charrcd remains of the little ones
were found.
DELLA, the i3-ycar.old daughter Of
Mrs. Edmond Lynn, living three miles
south Of Benton, H., was killed by
lightning a day or two ago while
standing under an apple tree.
STREET ear was wrecked early on
the 9TH NJ Cleveland. q. Residents
within n radius Of miles were awak-
"ncd by the roar and sprang from their
beds Ia seek the cause. The car was
blown from the track and badly de-
molishcd. but nobody was hurt. The
explosive used evidently was nitro
glyccrinc. There was no clcw as TO
the Identity ~ tha miscrcants who
committed the outrage.
WILLIAM and Fred Young. aged 10
ana III years respectively, were drowned
while attempting 10 drive across Scott
Hollow branch, near White Hall, Ill,
ON u blackboard.
TnE ottawa express which left Mon
trral. Can, on the nth was wrecked
near Cotcnu Junction and seven pcr,.ons
were killed.
lianrSING struck the barn ~ Engcl-
bert Jccrsly near Camp Douglass, Wis,
destroying IL and killing his two sons
aud seriously injuring his wife.
A TIDAL wave at Valparaiso. Chill,
did immense damage.
TnE annual conclavc Of the colorcd
knight Tcmplars met at Chicago ON
the I'h with representatives Of more
than 30 communicates present.
TiiE business portion Of Carlisle, Ky.,
was destroyed by fire, including 30. 900
pounds Of tobacco. Loss, $50, 600
WHILE some gas pipe was being laid
at Royal Center, Ind, an explosion
took place and one man was killed and
three Others severely injured.
TnE steamer Iowa was sunk below
Mount Vernon, Ind, the other night.
The steamer carried colorcd cxcur.
sion party ~ about 900. No lives were
lost, but there were many narrow cs-
capcs. The steamer struck a snng.
THE business men ~ Cleveland, o.,
held u meeting on the 9th to protest
against the boycott and Ia subscribe
money for maintaining law aud order
during the street ear strike.
ECno brown, colorcd was shot and
killed the other night and Edgar and
Edward barr severely logged by u
gang of armed men at Amitc City. La.
The negroes were charged with nuncr-
Ous crimes.
RACE riot occurred at the Poe cot.
ton mills near Grcenvillc, =. G., the
other night In which one white man
and five negroes were wounded. II re-
suited from several negroes firing into
the home of Mr.. Grccnberg, "a mill
operator, while he and his family were
at supper.
TnE engine and u portion of the
l.os Angeles express train
On the southern Pacific railroad
were drrailcd near Don Palos, Cnl., the
other morning. Engineer e. !. Ford
was killed, but none of the passengers
l...as
badly wrecked. being hurled into "A
ditch.
IS response To n call issued some time
ago 10y the Central Federated union, 81
delegates, representing lO5 labor or
CARNATIONS, met In Clarendon hall at
New York ON the 7th and formed
permanent organization for n new la
bor political party.
DAVID DALTON, swimming In
structor. was drowned at Hog island,
near Rockaway, y. Y. Tie was In the
water giving an exhibition of swim
ming, when he suddenly disappeared
from sight. lie did not rise and II WAS
supposed he was showing how long he
could remain under water. when his
body was recovered II was found that
death resulted from apoplcNy.
carr. A. h WATKINS, II county oiii-
cial at Chattanooga, Tenn, was
stabbed Ia death by his il.ycar-old son,
Clarence. Watkins was whipping the
boy ON account Of breach of family dis.
ciplinc when the lad became cnraged,
pulled u kni f. and plunged II through
his fathers heart.
j, L. PAi.LocK, alias j. Z. Mckibbon,
was arrested at Pccos, Tex. ON the
charge of countcrfciiing United States
notes. Pallock II well known IN Kan