The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-09

ind. the authorities considering the
oadition ashore to be unfavorable.
\ small part of the Twentieth United
states infantry from Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, was on the Morgan City.
THE former Spanish cruiser Reina
Mercedes, which was sunk in the chan
iel OF Santiago harbor during the
COMMANDMENT by the American fleet,
las been raised and pumped out
! CLYDE COLE was shot and killed by
Bert Grundy, his bosom friend, at Endi-
,ott, Neb., because the former was the
lavorite of girl of whom both men
we're enamored. Grundy was after
wards found in a pasture with his
lead blown off, a revolver by his side
elling the story.
! News was brought TO Victoria, Il. C.,
/ from the north that a number of min
,rs were frozen TO death on the Atlin
rail during recent terribly cold snap
The mercury fell to IS degrees below,
and no less than eight unfortunates
we're said to have succumbed to the
,old. Several others were badly frozen.
THE Mobile Il Ohio train bearing
lomeward the Second battalion of
Albany, Ga, who had been mustered
)Gt of the service, was wrecked two
miles south of Tu 10, Miss, on the
| ID. Four cars in which the soldiers
we're seated jumped the track and
were hurled down a 20-foot embank.
nent Sixteen of the volunteers were
more or less seriously injured, but
there was no immediate loss of life.
BY an explosion of gas in a shaft of
The Kingston Coal company at Wilkes
BARRE, Pa. the other night David A.
Thomas and Harry Evans were fatally
burned aud Wassill Shradack was
probably killed, as his body could not
De found.
West Salisbury, Pa, vas burned and
two children, aged two months and
two years, were cremated, Mrs. Haines
was also dangerously burned and Mr.
Ilaines slightly injured
REV. J. c. REXRoAD, a Baptist min
ster of Lewis county, Va, was NOR
tally wounded hy two wealthy neigh
bors, named Clark Simmons and James
lionnett in quarrel over rails from a
inc fence.
A STRIKE of the train hands employed
m the Brooklyn bridge occurred on
he lst, and after congesting traffic for
3 minutes ended in favor of the men.
The cause of the strike was a new
schedule which cut down the earnings
of the men. Thousands of travellers
we're compelled to either walk across
he big structure or take the trolley
| l,t tnh 10, a t.Fit IA
IN impatient mass of disgusted citi.
Lens,
THE home of Mrs. Kenchloe at
Poseyville, Ind, was discovered TO he
in flames on the lst When the flames
were extinguished the bodies of Mrs.
Kenchloe, Mrs. Glowser, her daugh-
ter, and Steve Glowser, the latter's
husband, were found so badly burned
as to be almost unrecognizable From
indications Glowser first killed his
wife and mother.in-law by shooting
them, then saturated the room with
oil and, setting fire to it, shot himself
| just above the heart
The Twenly-third Kansas volun-
teers left Cuba on the 2sth to be mus
tered out
THE steamer Van Meter was burned
at Quincy, III.
AN extensive cavc-in occurred in the
Delaware mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
by which two miners lost their lives
and two others were injured.
TEN per cent. of the cattle were lost
| by the recent billiards in Texas, ac-
cording to President Springer, of the
National Live Stock association.
THE war department received infor-
nation on the 2sth of the sailing of
the Twenty-th I'd Kansas regiment
| (colored) from Santiago de Cuba. The
regiment will be taken to Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, for muster out
THE Deloane rice plantation, 10 miles
west of Beaumont Tex, had au in
cendiary fire started in the barn, con-
suming the building and burning to
death - head of mules and three
horses. Much feed was also destroyed.
A DISPATCH from Manila on the 27th
stated that in the recent fires in tn at
city 60 buildings of stone, $50 substan-
tial wooden structures and 5000 nipa
houses of the natives were burned
A BLIZZARD occurred in Leadville,
Col, and surrounding country on the
/ lSN- hI DOulh arm inc anu lhS ipAut
River roads were hopelessly showed
under aud may not be opened for a
| month, IL was said,
The work of allotting lands to the
| Otoe Indians in Oklahoma has been
completed and the allotting agent,
| Miss Helen r. Clark, will make her re-
| port to Washington in few days.
THE Union Bag and Paper company,
with capital OF 1000, 900, has been
Incorporated at Trenton, \. J. The
company is empowered to manufacture
paper and bags and to do almost any
other business they may choose.
THE 500 employees of the American
Plate Glass company at Alexandria,
Ind, went on strike on the 27th and
the factory was closed down.
ROLAND b. MoLINEUN, son of Gen.
Leslie Molineux, of Brooklyn, was ar
rested on the 27th, charged with muir
dering Mrs Katherine j. Adams in
New York by means of poison in some
bromo-seltzer sent as Christmas pres
ent To Harry Cornish, athletic director
of the Knickerbocker club.
IL head-end collision between a
passenger train and double header,
near White Plains, New, four persons
were killed outright and one seriously
injured.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the Cherokee
Indians of the Indian territory, il is
said, have purchased $4,000 acres of