The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-02-09
MIsrEIIANEOUs.

THE steamer Dierigo recently ar
rived at Victoria, B. C., from Skaguay
with passengers from Dawson City.
They reported the temperature at so
degrees below zero when they left the
Klondike capital.
AT Lafayette. Ind, Patrick Flynn,
his wife and their son Owen were
found dead in bed. They had been as
phyxiated by natural gas
The engine of the fast nail train
was derailed at Grand Junction, Ia,
on the I'd as the train was approach
ing the Rock Island crossing.
Through an oversight of the engineer
or the failure of the brake to work,
over, crushing Fireman Casey. The
ears remained upright and none of the
passengers were injured.
ADVERTISEMENTS have been issued for
the sale of all the land grant of the
Union Pacific Railway company The
iale is to occur at Omaha, Neb., on
March o and is held under n decree OF
he United States circuit court There
ire in Nebraska /, iO7, ,759 acres of this
and, 500, 600 unsold aud the remand ell
an equity.
THE other afternoon, while bathing
Ter baby in the bath tub at her home
N St Louis, Mrs. Hattie Maffray
ainted and fell upon the floor. When
he recovered consciousness she found
he baby lying lifeless in the water
md all efforts to revive it proved
utilC
A STEAMER, name unknown, went
ashore near Sand Key, Fla, on the 3lst
A sNowsLIDE a mile long buried sew
eral men and teams near Cokeville,
Wyo. All the men were taken out
alive with the exception of Burt Handy,
who was dead when found.
WHILE thawing nitroglycerin, pre-
paratory to shooting well, near Lib
erty, Ind. the compound exploded and
James Thompson and Glib Gooden, ex-
perienced men, were hurled to their
death, being almost torn to pieces.
Every thing in the neighborhood OF
the well was demolished.
TWENTY children were reported to
have been drowned by an ice disaster
at the village of Warpuhnen- -Boirhein,
in Prussia.
lT was announced In New York that
the American Tin Plate company had
advance the price of tin plate to SO, %
a box.
Mrs. BARBARA ADAMS. wife of q
popcorn vender, was burned To death
in her home Mt Kansas City, Mo-, as the
result of a gasoline stove explosion.
tha In
bearing the negro troopers of the
Tenth cavalry ON their way to Cuba
was set on fire by some unknown
persons and was entirely destroyed
at luka, Miss, and the rest OF the
train barely saved. Three negro wom
en- following the troopers lost theil
lives in the burning car and a dozen
men were injured
GEN. MILES gave out a statement on
the night of the Slst in regard to the
embalmed beef controversy. lie said
he has 80 official reports To prove his
assertions that the beef was treated
with chemicals to preserve ii, besides
n mass OF correspondence, both from
civilians and military men, corrobo
rating what he said on the matter.
A sSowsLIDE was reported near Gla'
cier, b, C., station on the Canadian
Pacific. in which seven people were
killed aud number of others were
buried. The wires being down, par
ticulars could not be learned.
THE Farmers Elevator company al
St Louis recently made an assignment
Its elevator was one of the largest in
that city, having a capacity of 1900,
600 bushels.
A. C. BRADLEY, the old soldier who
shot Gov. A. }. Smith. OF the soldiers
home at Santa Monica. Cal, was found
guilty of assault with a deadly weapon
but recommended to mercy. Smith
was at one time governor of the
Leayenworth (Kan.) home.
TIE house of George Brown, Lonl
Island farmer. took tire while the fam
lily was asleep. Brown dashed out th'
window and broke his neck. The wifi
and i've children escaped uniniured-