THE
OREGON
MIST
VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OKE(JON, FRIDAY, OCTOHElt 8, 1807.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
11IIIKF AND I NTK RUSTING ITEMS
Comprehensive- Review of tn Import
ant Happening of the Cur.
nmt Week. ;
' Three person were- killed on tlie Bal
timore. & Ohio railroad traok near
Chester, Ph., by a pussenger train
crashing Into A wogon.
The Dully Mail laugh at tlio report
of the Cunadian expedition in HuiUoii'i
bay hoisting the Bluish flag over
Dnffli'i Land, to Rot ahead of tin
American, and declare that the terri
tory ha long been a Brltlah ponaewiloB.
The first of the lealing fleet to re
turn to Victoria was the Oaaoo.
She brought 1,064 skina, taken off the
Japanese coast and (.Copper Inland. She
report that the Calotta, with 1,400
akin, and the Director, with 1,000
tkin. are clone behind her.
Five men met horrible death from
thick damp, the after.accumiilution of
a lire in the Jermyn mine near Kend
hatti, Pa. ' The boding were discovered
by a gg of men who went down Into
'tlie mine with aiippllo for oomhating
the Are. Noobdy knew of their death
unlit ihediaooveryot the lifeless bodlo.
During the pant month nearly to
000,000 worth of grain ha left the Pa
cific port for Europe. Beside thii, IS
lumber venae have aalled for foriegn
port with cargoes valued at over $300,
000. A the month of August nearly
equaled September, the export of grain
and flour alone for the two month
would eaiily run into the ten-million
ggurca,
Huron von Stumm'a organ, the Poit,
' Berlin, published an article calling at
tention to the fact that 8,808 home
were imported from America daring
the (Iml even month of 1887, and in
luting that tlii new import ought to
be exploded. In the tame artialo the
Pout claim America senda even greater
number of dead horav to Germany la
the shape of sausage.
Over 5,000 textile worker have been
locked out at Loebuu, Germany, and in
Ita vicinity.
Cotuninndur Booth-Tucker ha ar
rived in Denver to complete the ar
rangntnenti for establishing a Salvation
Army colony in the Arkansas valley.
Michael Pinunonds, a railroad brake
man, aged 98, hot and tried to kill hi
wretheart, Alia Jenny Long, aged 19,
at Baltimore, and then committed
luidlde.
Iioae the IByeabr-old daughter of
John Miller Murphy, died at Ulyrapla,
Wnali. Her death waa caused by an
overtloee of laudanum, taken to allay
neuralgia pain.
Knglneor K. Bennett Mitchell wo
killed and Fireman John II. Cawley
H'rinuoly Injured by the explosion of a
locomotive on tlie Northern Central
railway at Georgetown, Pa.
I , Secretary ilnon haa aecured an or-
t Jwr from tin. ftrtfttoffu-e iletiartment to
attach the government (rank to pack
age of ogr-beot aeod to be ont
Uironghout the country for analyst.
The Intent new from Guatemala re
ceived here state that a price of $100,
000 ha been phiucd on the head of
) Prosper Morales and hi aide, Manuel
tin'iitp. It I assorted that an order
to thl effect has beeu promulgated by
President Barrio. ,
A a reault of the breaking of a cable,
three colored men who were being car
ried np in an elevator shaft of the
Northwest Laud tunnel, at Chicago, (all
95 feet to the bottom of the excavation.
One of them was killed instantly, and
the other two sustained fatal injuries.
Word come from Kuslo, B. C, that
thrco mon who were out on 4he lake
about 600 yard were drowned by the
boat ciiiwi'iinur. A atiff breeie wu ;
blowing, and, a the boat reached the
beginning of the ewift undertow oppo
ito Kuslo, the men tried to change po
rtions, and the boat waa overturned.
Iu a recent interview, Lieutenant
Peary, who ha juat returned to Boston
from tho Arutiu on the whaling bark
Hope, aaid: "The 100-ton meteorite
in tho hold of the Hope foil from the
kiug hundred of Tear ago. and ha
long been the source of iron luppliea for
the Esquimaux. I discovered it
in
May, 1804, and since that time have
been trying to secure it and bring it to
America."
The duel between Count Badenl, the
Austrian premier, and Dr. Wolff, the
Gorman nationalist leader, has caused
the wildest sensation. Connt Badenl
sent his second to Dr. Wolff, who ac
cepted the challenge. The premier
sent a tolegrara to tlie emperor, asking
permission to fight tho duel, and at the
nmo time lenuerinic ins resiKiiauon.
In reply he received not only permis-
lion to fight, but also the imperial ap
proval. Count Butleni then made his
Ti .ll, fho l! L
tawftnJK
mill T.nH fmiu P !. ItT
wifo and family knew noth-!,,
will, after
st tho Jockey
"rt. Hig wifo and family
big about the affair until the duel was
over. It is thought that, as the premier
has set example, with the emperor's ap
proval, there will be a serious epidemio
l dueling.
Commissioner Evans estimates that
the payments for pension for the fiscal
Tear will foot up 1147,500,000. The
ppropriation wa $141,868,880. Tho
iii!h-water murk for pensions was in
'BUM when the payments amounted to
$160,857,607, since which time they
nave been kept down to the figures of
this year' appropriation. The pay-
"'"iits for neiis ons this veur will be
'thin $30,000,000 of as much as the '
ntire receipt of the government from
CUatnn.. - 1 .1 I
customs last year, and more than equal
sioms last year, and more than e
" the entire internal revenue tax.
A BROKEN JOURNAL.
Caused a Serious Aoolilunt on the Den
ver ft Illo Grande.
ruouio, uoio., uot. 6. One pcraon
killed outright, one so badly Injured
mat no tiled soon after the accident,
unotner severely injure!, and many
allghlty hurt, I the reault of a wreck
on the Denver & llio Grande, at Colo
paxi, (even mile west of Pueblo, at 2
o'clock tlii morning, canned by the
breaking of a journul 011 one of the
coaches. The train, the first loction
nnrrow-gnuge, from over Marshall pans,
waa slowing down to take the siding at
Colopaxl, While running at 10 miloa
an hour, a journal on tlie rear trunks
of the first day coach broke. The car
pitched over on its side und drained
with It all tho curs behind, another
couch, two sleepers and the company's
paycar. Three touriat ours, the vug'
ttuga-our and the engine, all nheud of
the first coach, remaiued on the track.
The cars were all crowded with ex
curalonlst bound to the Festival of
Mountain and Plain at Denver. There
was little excitement and not much
wreckage, a the train waa running
very siowiy.
Mr. Mclntyre wa In a lower berth
in the forward leeper, and wa found
after the wreck lying dead on the
ground near her berth window. She
wa badly ornahed.
Mr. Bcyler wa standing on the plat
form between the two cnache when
the wreck occurred. He was badly
crushed. He wu comcious and dictat
ed aeveral telegram to relatives.
Of the injured, Mr. Robinson alone
Is (eriously hurt, and her death I
feared. She I at tho railroad hospital
atSullda.
The list of those hurt is complete
from her case to those who received
only a scratch.
Immediately after the accident a re
lief train wa sent out from Halida,
and all were promptly given attention.
Ituilroad officials have been overwhelm
ed with Inquiries all day, and have
freely given all the information at their
disposal. Wrecking crew were sent
from Pueblo, and the track was clear j
t 5 a. m.
Mew Railroad Lin.
Biggs, Or., Oct. 0. The Columbia
Southern Railway Company ran its first
train over the road tonight, connecting
with train No. 4 00 the O. K. & N.
At precisely 8 p. to. , Engineer Speur
pulled the throttle, and engine No. 1
moved out of Biggs up a heavy grade.
The run was made to Wasco in one
hour.
D. C O'Reilly, the genera) manager,
tilted that at least three months' bust,
no awaited shipment. Two hundred
thousand sacks of wheat are stored at
the Wasco terminus, and the farmer
Of Sherman county will haul the bulk
of their grain to Wasco and ship it by
the Columbia Southern.
It f proposed to extend this road tp
Prlnoville, and eventually build on
through to Southern Oregon.- This will
reclaim from the wilderness a vast area
of country, and relegate to tho past
the stago couch which has herotofore
been the only means of transportation.
E. B. Lytle is -president, D. O. O'Reilly
i general niumigor, ami Miss May K.n
rigiit is secretary of the Columbia
Southern. They have their own passenger-oar
and engine' equipment, but
interchange with the O. li. & X,, using
the car of that company for freight
transportation.
Htryehnln In the Co (Toe.
Sohuyler, Neb., Oct. 5. A physi
cian summoned iiastily to the homo of
Frank Davis, nine mile northwest of
bore this morning, found four of the
seven Davis children and the mother
dead, a fifth child in a dying condition
and a sixth victim ill. Strychnine had
been put In the coffee, apparently by
the mother, but for what cause is not
known. ' :..':: .
Mr. Davis and his eldest son left
home before breakfast. Whon the
meal waa prepared, the rest sat down,
and early in ita course, the mother
made such a remark as: "But a good
breakfast, and we'll all go together."
One of the sons, frightened at the re
mark, did not partake of tjie mcjil.
llurnml to Inth.
Springfield, Mass., Oct. 8. A special
to the Union from East Langmciulow
says that Mrs. George Brownlee and
her two sons, Thomas, aged ST1, and
James, aged 10, were burned to death
in their home early this morning, and
1 the house destroyed. - The family had
'all escaped. Mrs. Brownlee, losing
her head, rushed buck into the hoi:so,
! thinking her sons had not come out.
Thomas rushed after her to save her,
and James after Thomas. The mother
and elder son were overcomo, while
James got ont, but was burned so se
verely that he died this afternoon,
Mr. Brownlee himself was badly
burned on the hands and face. .
The riitol Ilvharg'd. .
Visalia, Cal., Oot. 8. Those who
find diversion in nlavfullv nointiiis a
.... - . , . ...
-im.
:ed sense of ,
lesson here
this afternoon in the killing of Austin
Orr, 13 years old, by his half-brother,
30. Crow had
i xAeA his pistol only a few minutes
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earlior, and hud laughingly pointed tlie
weanon at his brother.''.. The nistol was
unintentionally discharged
ied. the Do Hot
entering near the loft eye, killing the
boy instantly.
A Well Known Fronttpi.iimn.
Donver, Oct. 6. A special to the
News from Cheyenne says: Chief
Packer F. P. Deluney one of the bost
known and most respected frontiurSmen
in the West, died at the Fo t Russell
hospital today. Mr. Deluney had been
unable to leave his bod for some
months past. ' f 1 .
Tha Innrnnnn in tho Production of
sold bus boon vory rapid during the '
1 . 1.... 1 n,.,w
past tWUlVO yours llllil. 10 j-iwiivouiiig Mvn
. ' u than ev0.
FREEDOM OR NOTHING
Cubans Willing to Purchase
Their Independence.
WILL NOT ACCEPT AUTONOMY
acarraga Could Not Bluff the Quean
, Prowler Nagaata Vays What II
Will nnd Wilt Mut Uo.
New York, Oot. 8 The Herald
print a number of interviews with
leading Cubans hero on tho situation in
tlie island.
fcstrada Pulina, ropresentativve of
tne Cuban provisional government,
Maid:
"The Cuban are more firmly deter
mined than ever to push the fight until
absolute independence of Cuba is ac
knowledged. I believe the Cubans are
willing to pay a reasonable indemnity
to Hpain, provided she withdraw her
troops from Cnba before the island i
totally ruined." !
Enrique Devarona said: "The only
practical solution of the Cuban problem
is absolute independence."
Colonel F. Lopec de Queralta. for
merly of the United States army, and
veteran of the 10 years' war in Cuba,
said:
"To avoid further shedding of blood
of innocent people I would, although
painfully, sign and give my consent to
a compensation to Spain for the sake
of getting rid of the Spanish." .
E. Trujillo, editor of El Porvena,
said: "Cuban are flithting for abso
lute independence, and will accept no
other solution."
Regarding the proposition for the
purchase of Cuba from Spain, General
Em llio Nunex, who has been in consul
tation with the junta leaders in New
York, said:
"I oannot see how the plans for the
freedom of Cuba on the basis of guar
antee by tne united mate ot an in
demnity of $300,000,000 in cash can be
displeasing to any of the parties, except
that the amount is greatly in excess of
the true value of the relics left by Wey
Icr. The United State could afford to
back up the proposition, because it
would have the revenue of Cuba to
guarantee reimbursement, and would
gain immediate improvements in its
trade relation."
SAGASTA'S POLICY.
Immediate Recall 0 Weyler and the
Urautlna of Ft-inUed Reforms.
Now York, Oct. 0. A dispatch t3
the World from Madrid says:
Tlio World -correspondent called to
day on Premier Sngasta, who said, in
response to inquiries: "You ask me if
the liberal party would assent to medi
ation by the United Statee.with a viow
to hastening the pacification of Cuba
and inducing the rebels in arms and
the exiles to accept autonomy. Why
should we need mediation, when our
intentions long and often expressed
by the liberal praty aim at realizing
all that America could suggest?
"No Spanish party, certainly not the
liberals, oould assent to foreign inter
ference in our domestio affairs, or with
our colonies. No government could
hope to induce the nation to accept
such interference. If America, as we
firmly believe and hope, is disposed to
be friendly with us, let her observe the
rules of international law, and stop the
flow of mortal and material aid, with
out whioh the insurgents could not last
five months.
"We shall reverse the policy in
Cuba, beginning, naturally, with tlie
recall of Wey lor. I informed the
queen yesterday that tlie liberal party
would accept the responsibility of office
most willingly if ber majesty honored
the party with her confidence; that the
liberal party had plans for all pending
questions of the day in Spain, and cer
tainly would grant to Cuba autonomy
along the lines traced in the program
of the Cuban autonomists themselves.
I said so in ray manifesto in June, and
I have repeated the same promise dur
ing the government holidays. The lib
eral party is prepared to grant to Cuba
all possible government, a broad tariff
and every concession compatible with
the inflexible defense of Spam's rule
and sovereignty in the West Indies
We believe this will satisfy the major
ity of Cubans jtod we will act thus
spontaneously."
Tortured by Thibetan.
Bombay, Oct. 8. Henry Savage
Landor, a well-known artist, traveler
and writer, and the grandson of the
celebrated Walter Savage Landor, ha
just returned from India, after a ter
rible experience. He had undertaken
an exploring tour in Thibet, but he wa
abandoned by all the members of his
company, except two coolies. Finally,
the Thibetans arrested him by an act of
treuohery, sentenced him to death, and,
after torturing him with hot irons, ao-
tually carried him to the execution
grounds. At almost the last minute,
the exocution was stopped by the grand
lama, who commuted the sontei
torture by the "strexhing-log," ,
cies of rack which greatly in
r..,i..
sentence to
a spe-
injured
Mr. Landor's spine and limbs. Alter
beinK chained for eight days, he was
released. Air. ijantior naa no xewer
than $2 wounds as the result of his tor
ture. Hamilton, Ala., Oct to. While re
turning from a party near here late last
night six people wore thrown from a
I boat into the Buttahachie river and
four of the occupants drowned. Those
drowned were Misses Lizzie Smith,
I Belle Key, Mary T. Wearingon and
I Ella Phillips. Their escorts, Robert
and John Wright,, brothers, who caused
1 .. . . . ... . t: 1. I
the DOat to capsize oy ruuKiug iv,
thoir own lives. The feeling is so bit-
anAnml tit tvn mnn rhfit thev llava
..." j
lett town.
ROCK ISLAND HOLD-UP.
Neither
Paiaencer Nor Train
Cre
Kacaped the Bandit.
Kono, O. T Oot. 4. Bandits
robbed the aouth-bound Rock Island
l-n.ijsor train ana alt its passenger
at U o'clock this morning, five mile
sonui 01 Mlnco, in Indian territory.
The trainmen were comnletnlv mr.
prised, and were not prepared to offer
any resistance wnen Ave masked men
came upon them at the lonely siding.
Tlie place is uninhabited, and the only
persons in the vicinity at the time wers
lour section men. Tlie section men
flagged the truin, the robbers huvinir
compelled them to do so. The bandits
were bidden in a brush pile, and jump-
eu out as soon as tlie train had taken
the siding.
Under hte pressure of Winchesters
and ugly looking six-shooters, the train
men, express messenger and all of the
score or more of passengers were mode
to leave tlie train and stand in a line.
hands up, on the prairie. While three
of the robbers covered the badly friirht
ened crowd with their guns, the other
two coolly and carefully robbed them
passing from one passenger to another
down the line. The bandits secured
about 1300 in cash and such other valu
ables in the way of watches, pins and
jewiery a were In sight.
Jim VVriKht, of Minco, showed a dis
position to resist, when the bandits or
dered "hands up." They shot one of
iiis ears off to prove to his satisfaction
that bis bravery was ill assumed,
right's hands then went up. No one
else was injured.
The passenger and trainmen havin
been thoroughly pluoked, three of the
bandit turned their attention to tb
express and mail coaches, the others
standing guard over the helpless crowd
on the prairie. The registered mai
pouches were quickly rifled, but the
through safe in the express car resisted
all the force and ingenuity of the road
agents. hen the messenger had con
vinced the bandits that be could not
open the strong box, they resorted to
dynamite. Several heavy charges were
exploded, but the safe proved bandit
proof, and, though badly battered, its
contents were saved to the company.
Having taken forcible possession of
everything they could carry away, the
bandits mounted thier horses and rode
off toward the west.
At Chickasaw, the next station,
posse of citizens was hurriedly formed.
These citizens Bet out in pursuit of the
gang, and officers have been dispatched
Irom cd Keno and other points in this
section. It is hardly possible that the
bandits can be overtaken in the prairie
country, and they will probably be able
to reach the Wichita mountains.
THE WOODFORD NOTE
Mediation Tendered, But Not Forced
' Upon Spain. ,
Chicago, Oct 4. A Washington
special to the Times Herald says:
It is now possible for the Times-Herald
to give, not the exact text of the
famous Woodford note to Spain, but 1
fair statement of its substance.
This now celebrated and muoh-dis
cussed document simply expressed on
the part of the United States the hope
that the war will be brought to a close
as speedily as possible. There is no
date fixed wnen the consummation is
to be readied, but the interests of
Spain no less than the interests of the
United States and the interests of ha.
inanity and of the world at large are
reasons whv the war should be ended
with the least possible delay. And
with that in view, acting as a friend of
Spam, because of the great stake which
the United States has 111 Cuba, finan
ciully and otherwise, because of the an
noyance to which tlie United States has
been put by maintaining a patrol and
preventing the sailing of filibustering
expeditions, and beoause civilization
opposes war, the United States tenders
ti Spain its good offices to act as a
friend between the mother country and
her rebellious colonists, in the hope
that she may be able to effect a settle
ment and bring the warfare to a close;
This is all there is in the note.
There is not the faintest suggestion of
this government forcing upon Spain her
good offices, if she does not care to vol
untarily accpet them, nor is there an
intimation that the , war . must be
brought to an end within a certain
time or that Spain must answer this
note within a fixed time.
Sickening Tragedy.
Carrollton, la.. Oct. 4. The
slaughter of a mother and her six child,
ron occurred at the home of John
Boecker, a farmer, living eight miles
northwesst of here, last night. Boeck
er, the fiendish husband, completed his
bloody work by sending a bullet into
his own head, inflicting a fatal wound.
The family were prosperous Germans,
and, as far as is known, had lived
happily. No moitve for the tragedy
has been disclosed. Boecker's victims
are his wife and six children Caroline,
aged 14; Christine, aged 0; Henry,
aged 8; Lizzie, aged 6; John, aged 3,
and an infant All are dead but
Henry, and the latter cannot recover
from his wounds.
Jumped From a Window.
San Francisco, Sept. 29. Henry
Joyce, 65 years old, while temporarily
iiieane, jumped from a second-story
window of the county hospital today
and received such injuries that he died
two hours later.
' Springfield, 111., Oot. 4. In a raot
that was witnessed by at least 6,000
people, Star Pointer, on the traok of the
Illinois stato fair grounds, this after
noon not only maintained his reputa
tion as the king pacer by defeating Joe
Patchen, hut he also lowered the world's
pacing record in a race by half a second,
making a mile in 2:00 the record in
a race having been 2:01, which Star
Pointer made on Saturday, September
18, at Indianapolis, when he defeated
Joe Patchen.
TRAMWAY OVER PASS
Electric Power on the Sum
mit of Chilkoot Trail.
PORTLAND-JUNEAU ENTERPRISE
A. Company Organised to Transport
Freight and Passenger Over
the Worst Mile.
Portland. Or., Oct. 4. Ample fa.
cilities for the transportation of froigli
and passengers over Chilkoot pass will
be . provided by a Portland-Juneau
company, in time for the rdsh to th
Yukon next season.
Articles incorporating the Dyea-Klon
dikre Transportation Company were
filed here. The objects of the corpora
tion are announced as follows:
"To conduct a general transportation
business from the headwaters of Lynn
canal, Alaska, too all points in Alaska,
and in British North America, and to
carry freight and passengers.
"To acquire, build, locate and oper
ate tramways, bridges, wagon roads
sawmills, etc.; to navigate the Yukon
river and its tributaries from St Mi
obaels to Dawson City, and to purchase,
build and operate all manner of vessels
between Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Ju
neau, Dyea, Skaguay and St. Michaels.
Capital stock, $250,000."
Although the announcement of ob
jects is made to cover a wide field, the
company's present attention is directed
solely to providing means for the trans
fer of Elor.dikers and their outfits over
tlie most diffioult portion of their jour
ney, which is from the steamer at
Dyea,' over the pass to Lake Linde
mann. Construction is already bfyun
a wharf being well under way at Dyea
and the work of putting up a 6,000-foot
cable tramway at the pass itself being
started. The company announces that
it will be ready for business by Feb
Tuary 1, by which time it will bo
ahape to handle, if necessary, the out
fits of 20,000 people a month, doing
the work at a reasonable figure.
. Members of the company make the
following statement:
"The trip from Dyea to Lake Linde
mann has been made by a man with an
ordinary outfit, amply provided with
packers. We do not propose to lessen
this time very much, but we do pro
pose to take over a very much larger
tonnage than could otherwise be taken
in the same time. When finished, our
cable tramway, which will be quite
similar to those used at some of the
big mines on mountain sides, will ex
tend from Sheep Camp to the summit.
cutting off a distance of four miles as
at present traveled. Our immediate
attention, however, will be directed to
the most difficult part of the ascent,
stretch of about 6,000 feet, over which
we shall be ready to operate by Feb
ruary 1. We shall use the water fall
of the Dyea river to convey electrio
power to our plant. '
Though the short period that is at
lowed our company for preparation
gives us time only to overcome the
worst difficulty of the trip, yet we have
ample means to do more as may be
justified by the progress of business.
When this route is open it will be pos
sible for any number of people to go
from here to Dawson with their outfits
at less than half the cost of the trip via
St. Michaels, without an outfit, at the
same time saving 20 days.
"From Portland to Dawson via Chil
koot Pass the distance is only 1,700
miles; via St. Michaels it is 3,700
miles. It takes five weeks at least to
make the trip via St. Michaels, and
not over 15 days is required by the pass
when the lakes and rivers are open,
Another important saving of time is
in the fact that one can get over the
Chilkoot and land supplies at Dawson
two months before the first steamer gets
np the Yukon from St Michaels, which
is usually not before the middle of
July. The St. Michaels route is open
but four months of the year, while the
Chilkoot will practically be open all
the year around when our line is com
pleted. We do not advise the trip be
ing made before February, however. ;
One of the delavs heretofore encoun
tered in the overland trip is the neces
sity of building boats at the lake. Ten
days is usually required for this,
though it was much longer this year,
owing to the rush, and the price was
prohibitive to a great number of travel
ers. This company will be able either
to furnish boats, or lumber for them, or
it will transport to the summit any
knocked-down' boats included in the
miners' outfits, it has never been pos
sible heretofore to take a boat over the
pass, except by piecemeal, which don't
pay.
A most important part of the work
wti are doing is the construction of a
wharf at Dyea. It will have 200 feet
frontage and the approach will be 1,700
feet in length. Any steamer will be
able to dock at this wharf, thereby sav-
ng the heavy expense and great loss of
time to both passengers and steamship
people, of lighterage, as at present.
Had it not been for work already done
by Juneau people it would have been
almost impossible to have oompleted
this work in time for the early travel
next season." -
About $10,000,000 in gold is now
oucealed in the teeth of people in the
or Id. -
'. Indicted for Larceny. . ,
Astoria, Or., Oct. 4. The grand jury
today returned a true bill in the case
of B. L. Ward and W. G. Howell,
treasurer and deputy treasurer, respec
tively, of this county. The indictment
oharges them with the larceny of public
money to the amount of $11,963.
Found Dead In Hi Room.
Baker City, Or., Oct. 4. William
Hoey, aged 46, was found dead in
is room in a lodging-house this even
ing.
FOR FORGETFUL ENGINEERS
New Life Having device That Ha Been
, Huceessfully Tested.
St. Paul, Oot. 4. A very ingenious
and valuable contrivance for the saving
of life by pi eventing railroad accidents
through the forgetfulness of trainmen
has been.invented. The machine has
just stood a very severe test on the
Great Northern railroad, after bavin
been previously operated successfully
on the Ht. faul 6c Dulutri road. Prac
tical railroad men have given strong
indorsements to the device after seeing
US WOrK.
The object of the device is to provide
an accurate and reliable reminder sig,
nal and distance indicator for locomo
tives by which engineer are prevented
from forgetting their train orders as to
stopping or meeting places. The mech
anism is simple, but positively connect
ed with the forward trucks of the engine,
accurately mesauring the distance tray
eleu.
The dial is placed in front of the en
gineer, showing correctly the distance
traveled. Above the smaller of two
dials are placed 16 triggers or does,
pivoted at equal distances around the
center.
When the enginrer receives his or
ders, he sets one or more of these trig,
gers to a point one mile short of the
distance to be traveled before reaching
the stopping place. : The mileage indi
oator, on reaching such point, releases
the trigger, which starts a signal w histle
blowing. This continues to blow for
one-quarter of a mile, promptly warn
ing the engineer of the near approach
to a stopping place. If the engineer is
inattentive ar.d fails to stop when this
lust mile has been run over, the ma
chine seta the air brake and stops the
train (or him. A tram similarly
equip ed coming in the opposite direc
tion would ne stopped in the same
manner. Tiie device can be made to
run forward or backward. For foggy
or stonny weather, or for darkness, the
device is 001 sidered especially valuable
for ordinary road use, although its life-
saving feature was the point at irst
ought for bv Mr. Wallace.
After a trial on the St. Paul & Du
luth, and trials on the Fergus Falls
division of tne Great rtbern, the new
invention was given an unusual test on
the reoent trip of President Hill to the
coast and back. For this trip, the new
scheme, ith one engine, No. 663, with
Engineer John Wilbane for the entire
trip, was tried, and the new life-saving
device was on the engine. For 1,820
miles to Seattle on the Great Northern,
170 to Portland on the Norhtern Paoific,
4S0 to Spokane on the O. B. & N., and
through Montana and back to St. Paul;
the new device measured all distances
with accuracy, and by other tests com
pletely demonstrated its ability to do
all claimed for it President Hill has
approved it with considerable enthusi
asm, as have other officials on his road.
During the past few months, this new
device has been used successfully on
over 10,000 miles of road. A feature
of the test is that it has been made
with the inventor's working model.
Admiral Beardslee Report.
Washington, Oot. 4. Admiral
Beardslee, wbo has been in command
of the Pacific station three years, re
turned to Washington today and called
upon Secretary Long and Secretary
Sherman, With the latter he went to
the White House and called upon Presi
dent McKinley. The admiral, in a
short time, will make a formal report
to Secretary Long, giving his views
and opinions on the Hawaiian situa
tion, and such information as he has
gained during his long stay at the is
lands. The administration is anxious
to have a general review from such an
intelligent and experienced source as
Admirai Beardslee.
Speaking of the reported Apposition
to annexation, the admiral said today
that it amounts to- little. The substan
tial business interests on the islands,
with few exceptions, favor annexation.
Sold Her Husband.
St. Louis, Cot. 4. According to the
Post-Dispatch, John A. Truitt, a con
ductor on the Northern Central electric
street-car line, was sold by his wife for
$4,000 to a woman who declares that
she loves the man more than his wife
does. The deal was the sequel to the
following remarkable statement made
to Mrs. Truitt by a Mrs. Stevens, who
lives in this city with her father:
"Mrs. Truitt: I love your husband.
and 1 want him. I have traveled the
world over, and he is the first man I
ever loved. I will give you $4,000 cash
for him if you will give him up."
Truitt, wbo 1 the father of four
children, seems to agree to the deal.
It is stated that last Tuesday Mrs.
Truitt, knowing that her husband loved
another, attempted to take her life by
swallowing a big dose of morphine. .
1 Aid Front the Canadian Pacific.
Montreal, Oot. 4. It is announced
that tho Canadian Pacific Company in
tends without delay to extend the rail
road into Rosslund, B. C, and that
capitalists closely identified with the
railway company have partly oompleted
arrangements for the erection of a large
smelter -on the Columbia river, which
will treat the Rossland ores practically
at cost, and that the shipping mines
will be connected with the smelter Jby
an aerial tramway. The Canadian
Pacific also proposes adopting similar
methods in the Slocan country.
Carllsts Ready to Strike.:
London, Oot. 4. The Daily Mail, in
its special from Madrid, says: The
symptoms of Carlist agitation are every
day becoming more manifest and at
tracting the attention oi the Spanish
government. Carlist emibsaries are in
the province of Navarre and Castleton,
where the party has its strongest sup
porters. There is the best reason for
believing that the signal for a rising
will soon be given. The revolt will
probably occur in Navarre or Caatle.
ton.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
- and Enterprise.
ITEMS OP GENERAL INTEREST
From All th Cities and Tewaa af
the Thriving Sister State
Oregon
A 48-pound salmon was landed by a
Marshfield troller.
A Yamhill county man picked 339
pounds of hops in one day.
Over 900 acres of flax were cultivat
ed in Lynn county this year.
Sou fer ts' cannery, at The Dalles, is
putting up 1,000 cases of salmon a day.
Soutwhest Oregon Reporter is tlie
name of a new paper at Langlois, Curry
county. .
An Oregon grizzly bear weighing
800 pounds was killed on Gate creek,
in Lane county.
A farm near Pendleton, whioh waa
sold four months ago for $5,000, waa
last week resold for $8,360.
A young man named James Neal, a
sheepherder, accidentally shot and
killed himself near Long Creek.
A peach weighing one and a half
pounds, and measuring 13) inches in
circumference, is a Douglass county
production.
The completed assessment roll of
Clatsop county for 1897 show a total
valuation of $3,098,740, as against $4,
012,605 last year.
' Notices have been posted on the can
nery at Marshfield notifying fishermen
that the prices of salmon had been re
duced to 25 and 10 cents.
A Lane county fruit grower has can
ned seven carloads of pie fruit at hi
farm, placing it in from one to five-gallon
cans, principally the former.
Another shipment of Wallowa coun
ty beef cattle was made from Elgin Inst
week, consisting of 450 big steer.
One of the animal tipped the beam at
1,740. .
The Oregon Telegraph & Telephone '
Company is surveying a route for a tele
phone line from Monroe to some point
on the main line between Harris bnrg
and Junction.
Mr. U. Humphrey, of Lane county,
ho up to the present time dried 60,000
pounds of prunes from his own orchard
and expects bis entire crop to amount
to about 107,000 pounds.
A contract has been awarded to build
a levee across Liost river - slough, in
Kiamatb county, for $2,490. The en- 1
croachments of the waters of Tule lake
have made the construction of this 0
levee necessary. . s i.
A colony of immigrants, 22 in mim- '
ber, have just come out from Nebraska
with the intention of locating in this
country. They shipped all their goods
out, including a number of mules.
They are now looking around Gilliam
county. ... ,
The body of the tramp who was killed
by a train at Huron, was buried by the
coroner. It was not identified. All
that was found on the body was a plat
ed spoon and four or five pounds of po
tatoes in a sack. The coroner describes
the young man as being about 20 years
old, five feet seven inches in height,
having dark brown hair, bine eyes and
as never having been shaved.
The Salem fruit dryers are taking
care of no less than 1,750 bushels of
prunes per day, or 105,000 pounds ev
ery 24 hours. This gives a direct out- -put
of 35,000 pounds daily, and the
company expects to handle 750,000
pounds of green prunes this season.
Just as soon as the prune orop is saved
the dryers will start on apples and all
that are offered will be bought. This
year 6-year-old prune orchards are mak
ing returns to the owners ranging all
the way from $600 to $1,000 per acre
Washington.
The city oounoil of Spokane has fixed
the tax levy for that city at 13 mills.
The shingle mill at Machias was de
stroyed by fire; also 1,500,000 shingles.
A 850-pound bear waa killed a few
miles above Dudley, in Walla Walla
county. ',..
A band of 4,000 sheep was recently
purchased at North Yakima , for ship
ment to Chicago.
Wm. Orr, of Walla Walla, was almost
instantly killed by the breaking of an
electrio light pole.
There is a regular stampede of gold-
seekers to the new discoveries in the
vicinity of Mt Baker.
The Bank of Garfield, having gone
into voluntary liquidation, will olose
its doors January 1, 1898.
A hoy named William Button, who
accidentally shot his arm off recently,
died in Buooda of heart failure.
A new public library has been opened
at Walla Walla. ; The directors pur
chased $400 worth of new books.
Sinoa January 1, 274 articles of incor
poration, representing a total capital
stook of $256,691,600, have been filed
in Seattle.
Farmers' institutes have recently
been held at different points in Western
Washington, conducted by officials of
the state agricultural college.
Thurston county, by a late school
census, has an enumeration of 2,173
ohildren of school age, a decrease of
127 from the total of last yenr. The
decrease is in the country districts, and
Olympia shows an increase of 83.
A crazy man whose name could not
be learned created considerable excite
ment in Tekaa by divesting himself of
all his clothing and taking a run don
Main street. After the man had been
captured by citizens and persuaded to
don his clothing, he was allowed to
leave town.