The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-06-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE general store of Edward Town
send at Mack burg, la. was totally de
stroyed by fire. While the citizens
were fighting the flames an explosion
occurred and the walls collapsed, kill
ing Thomas Wentworth. The explo-
sion was caused by gunpowder stored
in the building.
The freight handlers strike at Buff
falo, n. y, which originated at the Lee
high freight house and spread TO other
freight houses threatening to involve
1000 men. was checked by an agree
ment reached at a conference and the
men voted TO return to work on the I'd.
TnE month Of May was record
breaker for Cripple Creek, Col, district,
the gold production amounting TO ST.
625, 600
As the result of family quarrel
Charles Hcrzog, IA teamstcr, aged 80,
shot his young wife and her mother,
Mrs Mary Sopp, and then killed him
self at st. Louis. Mrs. Mary Sopp is
dead and her daughter cannot live.
A BOAT containing Fred Willis, his
wife. two children and John Griffith
capsized at Little Current, Ont, drown
ing Willis and both children. Griffith
and Mrs Willis clung To the upturned
boat until picked up by tug.
THE Chicago & Northwestern limited
train the other evening crashed into
| the engine of a suburban train at Des-
/ plaines, IL miles west OF Chicago, de-
molishing both locomotives, killing a
colored man and injuring three train
men,
MRs MoLIIE BLOND at Kansas City
Mo, endeavorcd to fill lighted gaso
/ line stove while holding her baby in
her arms, when there was an explosion
and both were SO severely burned that
they died in the hospital soon after.
\ TORN 40 passed over Lincoln, III.
early ON the 3lSt, The Chicago 4
Alton depot was lifted from its founda
tion and carried several yards. Sevcra
store buildings were unroofed ant
many residences were badly damaged
Large forest trees were torn up 10y tn,
roots
TuE winter wheat crop of southern
Russia has been destroyed by drought
\ RECENT dispatch from Montreal
Can, stated that a train ON the ST
Guilliamc- Farnham branch of the Ca
madam Pacific was stalled by hord
of caterpillarS crossing the track
Where they crossed the track the cat
erpillars were said to have been 81,
inches deep.
SUIT has been brought against the 5
members of the Kansas City Pharma
ccutical association on the ground tina
! g.. i Ia.
plant alleges that the association wa
formed to get the wholesale druggist
TO boycott the retail druggists that SCI
at reduced rates.
4 DISPATCH was received by the nav
department at Washington on the Sis
stating that escaped Spanish prisoner
from the Filipino insurgents reporte
seeing Lieut., Gilmore we'll The lieu
tenant was believed TO have bee
captured 10y the insurgents some tim
ago.
FLYING Fox won the English Dcrh
, at Epson on the 3lSt.
, TnE country around GrigRsville, IN
was deluged by rain on the 29th sue
, as was never known before II wa
o accompanied by high wind and hail an
D did much damage 10 buildings, tire,
! and crops. Many bridges were also d.
Stroyed.
TuREE men were stabbed in the al
domen in the course of "A row in "A restal
- rant in Fifth avenue, y. v, and tgo I
T, them were said 10 be fatally wounde
Adolph Rabb, the proprietor of Il
!, place, and John McNea, a waiter in h
employ We're in custody, charged wit
u doing the cutting.
e JonN TAYLOR, who was to have be,
d tried in August for the murder of w
o liam Lee, was shot and killed in al
T. bush near Louisville, Ky.
II A STOCK train went through bridI
y near Otis, la. Two tramps were kill
I. and 100 head of cattle perished. Mi
: ears of cattle and three Of freight we
wrecked.