The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-08-10

.ng the distance In 81 hours and ~ min
ates The time by Edge was io5 hours
and teminutes.
PosEYvuLr, Ind, was In the power
of n gang OF 80 tramps the other night
and for awhile they had their own
way. The marshal. with the assistance
Of the citizens, finally arrested ~ OF
the number and the remainder Of the
crowd took the train north. The ~
arrested were released the following
day on the promise that they would
leave town.
ACCORDING 10 the weather bureau
st. Louis was the hottest city In the
United States on the 3d, when the ther-
mometcr on top OF the custom house.
registered % degrees. Al the time sew
eral thermometers In the street showed
the mercury at iO5 while there were
many cases Of sunstroke. none was
fatal.
DURING dance at Wcllsvill.. o.. the
other night the floor of the room gave
way and the audience Of 200 persons
were prccipitated to the cellar, dis
tancc of ~ feet. Many persons were
badly njurcd. but no one was fatally
hurt.
SHEEP hcrdcrs and cattlcmcn were
reported fighting in northeastern Col
orado. Four horscincn, carefully dis
guiscd both rs to person and their
horses. rode into large fiocks Of sheep
which were grazing along Two Mile
creek and shot and killed i50 sheep and
crippled - more.
DAVID CoSSIii was shot and prohab-
ly fatally wounded by an unknown man
at the depot at Cripple Creek. Col. lie
had been soliciting miners to work In
the Cpur d'Alcnc country and seven
recruits were with him when he was
shot. They were surrounded, hootcd
and stoned by large number of men
and u is said they drew their guns and
threatened To shoot. AZ this some one
in the crowd fired.
OSCAR T.. RiCE, white. and John
Kennedy, n negro, were pu, to death
by electricity in the prison nj Auburn,
y. ". ON the I'd. Oscar y. Rice killed
his wife and John Kennedy murdered
John IIummings
DuRISa an electric storm lightning
struck the barn on licn Hammers farm,
In L nion Grove township. Ill. The barn
and 90 tons Of hay and five head o'
horses were burned tn crisp.
DysrSrERy is causing many deaths
among children in Wells county. Ind
WORK has commenced on another
railroad in oklahoma. II is an cxten'
tion Of the Rock Island from Enid "a
Tonkawa, II miles. The first dirt has
been thrown. Several new towns will
sping up ON the new road. ~ Tonka
WA connection with the Santa Fe and
Frisco will be made.
CARABELiE. Fla. was almost com
plctcly destroyed by terrific wind
and rainstorm. Many boats in the
harbor were wrecked and most OF the
, long wharf gone, together with large
quantities of naval stores. Lanark
ST. Michacls and other towns also suf
fcred.
MAX FRAs. was drowned in the rive
at the foot Of Madison street, st. Louis
!, while bathing. lie was I. years old
News reached Ortiz, Mex, that scy
eral Americans and Mexicans had bnc,
killed In towns In the Yaqui river val
; ley by the Yaqui Indians, who are o
the warpath. The inhabitants wcr
" said tn bc In state Of terror and man
were dcscrting homes and minin
. camps and fleeing to the guarded settle
ments for safety.
SOLOMON JoNEs, n negro, was hange
by n mob near Forest, Ga, for an al
IL tempted assault ON u woman.
u LOUIS PuIiERsoN and Michael Nj
" Donald were put To death 10y elcctricit
e In the prison ut Sing Sing, n. u, q
ii A.. ~, Innis pullarSnu n uppT