The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-03
MISC EI.I.ANEOlS.

| ALrNotGN the amount of capitaliZa.
tion has not been settled on the exist.
cncc Of n great comprcsscd-air power
trust Is an accomplished fact. New
York dispatch stated.
Az offer has been made by Andrew
Carnegie To give sjO.oOO for public II.
brary in San Diego, Cal, IL u site bc
donated and the library maintained as
ut present.
| Apoiru l.. LuErGrRr. the wealthy
Chicago sausage maker, who was scrv-
ing n III, sentence in the pcnitrntiarv
nj .ulic,, Ill.,, for the murder of his
wife. was found dead in his cell A
ost-lnortcm examination showed that
he died from fatty degeneration Of the
heart.
TnE secretary Of war has received
the report of the Missouri river com.
mission for the year ended June 10.
JrFr,rsoS BARRACKS, Mo-. has sc-
cured an allotment of sIi, 900 from the
general appropriation for the improve
Aent of army posts.
a NuRAciors little pest. which closely
resembles the army worm IN appear.
ancr, has attacked the alfalfa and late
Tex. and thousands nf acres have been
stripped Of all foliage
WILLIAM PiNKsrAff's livery stable
at lIicknrll, Ind, was burned down.
Fourteen horses were rrrmatrd aud 20
buggics aud other contents Of the
stable were destroyed.
Ir was alleged that Mrs Fannie Ste.
venson, colorcd, crushed her infants
head with au ny at Wcstchcstcr. Pa.
aud then threw the body Ia some hogs,
which dcvourcd IL, The woman aud
her husband He'd.
\. A. x. ELLIOTT. of Kansas City.
Mo-. defeated W. u. Crosby nj batavia.
y. ", In match for the winpshot
championship nf America. Elliot, now
holds every championship trophy, both
Al live birds and inanima,r targets, ar
mud pies, and II Is the first time in
he history Of this class of American
sport smanship that one man has held
all Of these rnblems at one time.
DASiEL KANE was killed hy light.
aing near Napoleon, a., aud eight
'thcrs composing u thrcshing machine
gang were knocked scnsclcss hy the
same bolt and two will probably die
from their injuries. The barn was
burned
| TnE United States hospital shin Nor
gan city arrived from Manila nj san
Franchises with $50 sick ar wounded
men on board. or these ~ were mem.
beers oi the Twentieth Kansas
A uNCioSE struck the eastern nor.
tion of La Porte, Ind, the other night
aud wrecked the boo, and shoe store
of iIuttcrworth Il Co. II lcvclcd other
buildings to the east Of the city and Il
was feared that the families of Jacob
Horton and william Steele, who live
ON the kankakcc marsh, were killed.
| Their houses were wrecked.
TmERr were several small riots at
Cleveland, a., on the atth caused by
the strike of the street railway en.
ploycs. Harry Cornweit, n boy, was
| ductor and the latter was arrested.
The state board of arbitration has prnr-
| tically abandoned its efforts Ia bring
the strike Ia an end.
TUX plague is increasing In rroona,
India.
WILLIAM RIcuARps, aged -, was
drowned In Robinson Park, n pleasure
resort near Fort Wayne, Ind. He was
swimming behind u boat occupied by
friends, when he was overcome by the
cramps.
TnREs mcn sought refuge under n
tree uear Logansport, Ind, during n
storm, when II was struck by light
ming. Two were instantly killed and
the other was reported dying.
DURING u thunderstorm ~ persons
who were leaning ON wire railing at
the Chnrlotten burg cycle track In 6ef
many were struck by lightning
Three We're killed aud 10 were severely
injured.