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Oregon City Courier A, W. CBENKT, Publisher. C3IQ0N CITY OREGON IWS OF HIE WEEK ftaiterestlng Collection of Current Events In Condensed Form from lioth Continent. Freight rates have been reduoed oon iderably by the O. K. & N. and N. P, to British Columbia points. The Seattle Coal & Iron Company men at Issaquah, Wash., have quit work. They want more pay, and object to a deduotuai hy weight for carloads having alate and shale. The government armor board met in Washington and accepted the offer of Cramps to furniHh diagonal armor for the battleship Indiana. The govorn ment price was satisfactory. The New York Tribune, in discussing events that led up to the assassination of Canovas, makes the statement that the government is responsible for the rise and progress of anarchy in Spain An explosion of a lamp started a fire in a load of hay in a livery barn in Lewiaton, Iduho. The flames spread with great swiftness, and before they oould be suppressed caused a total loss of 111,000. F. L Johnson, while driivng a band f homes near the Pine Creek reserve, in Baker county, Oregon, bent over to drink out of a stream in the ravine, 4iia revolver fell oat of his pocket, and, exploding, killed him instantly. The supreme court of Oregon has de cided that the secretary of state must audit aocounts and draw warrants due, The decision reverses the lower court, and is the outcome of complications rising from the failure of the legisla tare to organize in January. An official dispatch received in Con stantinople says several thousand Ar menian agitators from Persia invaded Turkey and killed 200 of the Migriki tribe, including women and children The wife of the chief was put to death with the most cruel tortures, and sev oral other victims had their noses and ears ont off. Consul-Genera 1 Hayward, in a report to the state department, states that during 1806 American vessels number ing 247, of 243,984 tons, entered Ha- waiian ports, while vessels of all other nationalities numbered 130, of 234,014 tons. These are the only foreign ports where a majority of the carrying trade is now under the American Aug. Golli has confessed that lie killed Senor Canovas to avenge the Barcelona narchists, and the insurgent leader, Don Jose Rizal, who .was executed at Manila, Philippine islands, December 80 last, as the instigator of the Philip pine revolution. Dr. Uizal denied that he was a rebel leader, but he admitted that he had drawn up the statutes of the Philippine league. A dispatch from a press correspondent in Medeltin, Panama, says that Charles Radford, of Alabama, has been con demned to death for the murder several months ago of Charles Slmmomls, a wealthy merchant of Calli. In all probability the sentence will be com muted to life imprisonment, as capital punishment there is never exercised ex cept in exceptional cases. A Portland, Iml., dispatch says: A south-bound Grand Hapids & Indiana freight train went through the bridgo spanning the Wabash river a mile north of Goneva. The engine and tender fell into the river and cars piled on them. Engineer Barney lieid and Fireman James Gallagher went down with the engine. The former had both legs cruahed, and was otherwise badly injured. He will die. Fireman Gal lagher and Brakeman James Clifford were severely injured The nativeB of New Guinea are mur dering Australiau miners. The corn crop in Kansas is now said to be damaged 60 per cent by the pre vailing hot weather. Senators Quay and Morgan are to go to the Sandwioh Islands to post them selves on the country and its possibil ities. The internal revenue oftlce has issued orders to local collectors to seize tobucco prise packages under the provision oi the new tariff law. Over 100 tramps and harvesters took possetision of a freight train on the Northwestern line, near Uiuaha, Nob. The train was sidetracked, and the sheriff and police were called upon for assistance. After an hour's delay the tramps were dislodged. Tho sheriff had a desperate fight in trying to jail the men, hut was successful. The sur rounding country is overrun with tramps. The following is an extract from a private letter received in San Fran cisco from Manila, Philippine islands: "Here things are in a frightful mess. Spanish dollars have been introduced at 10 per cent less value than Mexican. Everybody wants to sell out. Native brokers are nil over the plane trying to sell their Hssession8, and llnd no buy ers. In the sugar provinces, cane plants are being burned up for lack of rain." Assistant Secretary Howell has ren dered a decision in which he holds that calfskins should be classed as "hides of cattle," and are therefore dutiable under the new tariff, but at 15 )cr cent ad valorem. In the engagement of Chakdara the British troops suffered but slight loss, but the native loss was heavy. Six thousand tribesmen were preparing to attack the fort when they were at tacked by the British column, under Colonel Meikeljohn, and completely rout I ENGLAND AFTER SHERMAN. British Newspapers Comlder HI marks Highly Offensive. Be London, Aug. 11. Commenting on the interview of the New York World with Secretary Sherman, St. James's Gazette this afternoon suys: "Sherman's utterances afford no ma terial for denial by his friends of the statement that he is suffering from senile decay." St. James's Gazette refers to the Kalnoky incident when it says "Austria properly severed diplomatic relations with Great Britain, and Glad stone apologized for bis attack on the dual monarchy, and asked why there is one law in Europe and another in America?" The Globe savs: "Secretary Sher man iiad better rid himself of the idea that Unolo Bam is going to boss this country either on gold or on the fish eries. The idea of Europe being afraid of a third-rate naval itower like tho United States could only have occurred to a lunatic or to Sherman." The utterances attributed to Secre tary Sherman uKn which tiie com ments of the London papers was based are as follows: "England is a great country, but jt s nut always safe to assume she is ready to follow up every quarrel with blows. She quarrels oftener than Bhe fights. It would be exceedingly diffi cult for her to fight us all alone about our seal catch ings. Russia and Japan are in a similar position, and any quar rel between the United States and England on this score would probubly involve those other countries." AWAKE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. Htrange Case of a Carpenter Living at St. Louis. St. Louis, Aug. 11. John O. Sutte, a carpenter and builder, lias ueen awake 25 years. His lust slumber came so many years ago that he has forgotten what it is like to lie down at night and awake refreshed and rejuvenated. Sleep is an unknown quantity with Sutte. He either lies upon his bed and gazes on the stars, or, if in a rest less mood, takes long walks into the country, returning ut day break to begin work in his little shop, just north ot the house. His neighbors call him "The man who never sleeps." Sutte attributes his sleeplessness to a noise .which continually roars in ins lead like a cataract. At times it sounds like the buzz and whirr of wheels sawing their way through heavy timber. Again the sounds resemble escaping steam, but at times tuey mingle in a horrible deafening roar. Owing to the noises in his bead, Sutte does not hear readily. He says that the ringing in his ears was canned by an overdose of quinine which was administered to him in 1872. He 4ook 62 grains at one dose, and when he awoke next day he heard a noise in his head which has remained there ever since, keeping him awake every day and night for 25 years Sutto is 70 years old. He carries his age grace fully and does not look the worse lor his long siege of wakefulness HER BOY WAS UGLY- I A Quitman, Georgia, Mother Commit! a Terrible Crime. Quitman, Gtt., Aug. 11. Fishermen iscovered the body of a 6-year-old boy floating on the surface of a pond near this plaoe and later identified it as the son of Mrs. Idella Powell Banks, a widow, owning a farm just outside of Quitman. The actions of the mother when noti fied of the disoovery aroused the suspi- ions of the coroner and she was subse quently arrested and placed in jail. Here she was visited by a minister, to whom she confessed having murdered her child. The reason she gave was that he was too ugly to be permitted to live, and was a constant source of em barrassment to her on .that account. She said that she walked by the pond, ami when she tried lo push him in he resisted with all his feeble strength. She broke down completely in jail, and says she wants to be hanged as soon ns possible. The child s face was dis figured by a birthmark. A Grevmmne Discovery. Valley, Nob., Aug. 11. A grading company at work near here exhumed 19 keletons. All the bodies were in a good state of preservation, and were evidently buried with their clothes on and without coffins. Five were fe males. The bodies hud probably been in the ground 15 or 20 years, hut no resident of the locality can recall any burying ground located here, nor does rumor relate of anything in the past that will account for the presence of the skeletons. The bodies were covered with only a few feet of earth, and were placed in a largo trench. Apparently the skeletons are those of white people. Fall In Spanish NiM'iiritrt. London, Aug. 11. On the stock ex change here today Spanish securities fell one-half a point on the news of the assassination of Premier Canovas del Castillo. Later in the day Spanish se curities recovered three-eighths of the loss. The chemist of the agricultural de partment in Washington thinks that the oil made of sunflower seed, which he says is a perfect substitute for olive oil, is the coining salad oil. A llad-Knd Collision. Indianapoils, Aug. 11. The Chicago express on the Pennsylvania line and a Motion switch engine came together in a head-end collision at Market street crossing this morning. William Mar tin, the Monon engineer, was instantly killed and both engines completely wrecked. No passengers were injured. The tongue of most serpents is really forked, though this member seems to be of no particular use to the reptile. WEALTH OF TDE YUKON Hugh C. Wallace Talks ot the Great Gold Strike. EXTENT OK THE RICH DIGGINGS It Is Estimated That 100,000 Men Will lu In the Muring Callfornlan Change U Ml ml. Tucomu, Aug. 10. Hugh C. Wallace, the prominent banker, who has proba bly made a more careful investigation of the Klondike than anybody on the coust who has not actually been there, having interviewed a great number of the miners who came down on the Port laud lust month, and other people who have traveled in the upper Yukon coun try and prospected along ihe main river and its branches, suid to a press repre sentative: "There is no doubt that the Yukon will yield more gold than has been taken from any river on this coast, or probably in any other part of the world. The Yukon runs through a country not yet explored by white men, and its bars are universally reported to be rich. Miners who have worked along the river since 1883 agree tliat ground 5 to $100 per day is easily found. "The existence of gold in such quan tities along the main river is abundant proof of rich diggings in other branches than the Klondike. It is certain there was two months ago somewhere between $0,000,000 and $8,000,000 already taken out and sent to Dawson City. Fully one-half of this, it is believed, will come down on the next two steamers. "The gold thus far taken out has come from two or three small oreeks emptying into the Klondike. Reports of other rich strikes have been obtained. Keturning miners unite in declaring that prospecting has scarcely begun. Men engaged in profitable enterprises on Puget sound are leaving them for the Klondike. I am informed that profit able diggings and prosperous towns in Alaska are being almost deserted in the rush for the new eldorado. "There will be a mighty and contin uous stream of people from Puget sound for the next six weeks, and I believe it is no exaggeration to say that there will be 100,000 men go in next Febru ary, March, April ana May. To my knowledge, letters are being received daily from every section of this coun try, and from European cities as well, making inquiry as to means of reaching AlaBka in the spring. Old Yukoners say the trip can be made any month in the year. The perilous and difficult part of the trip has consisted heretofore of a climb over the mountain passes requiring a portage of 28 miles from salt water to the first of a series of lakes, forming the Yukon headwaters. This difficulty is now over, for since the using of White's pass be gan, three weeks ago, horses can be used for packing outfits the entire dis tance over the mountains, and miners themselves can ride if they choose. It is three days from Puget sound to this pass. ' "The effect of these discoveries on business on Puget sound has been elec tric, and the effect of the immense in crease in the production of gold will stimulate every artery of trade." No Klondike for Him. Port Townsend, Aug. 10 An evi dence that many people started for the gold fields of Alaska during the strain of mental excitement was given here lust night, when the steamer Queen sailed for the north. Just after the steamer blew her whistle to cast off her lines, an excited passenger, who had $800 worth of provisions billed through to Dyea, yelled out: "Boys, divide thed d mess between you; I'm going back to California." The disgusted passenger refused to give his name, but said he would pre fer to give up his outfit than to take the chances of crossing Chilkoot pass this fall. Evidently there were several disciples of counterfeiter Dean and wife, of San FranciBco, yesterday bound for Alaska, for just before the Queen sailed last night, several well dressed young men rushed around the city in quest of change for greenbacks. They said they were going down the Yukon river in boats, and, in case they fell overboard, paper money would be mined by get ting wet. In many cases they succeed ed in passing bills, two-thirds of which have been found to be counterfeit. One saloon ist, in a butch of $240 in bills, received two $20 Confederate bills of tho mintageof 18(13. Investigation de veloped the fact that they were left here by people who went north on the Queen. Impracticable Exposition Kcliemca. Paris, Aug. 10. A hundred projects for attractions for the Paris exposition of 1000 were submitted to the commit tee today. They included the building of a copy of Bartholdi's statue of lib erty in New York harbor t00 feet high; the construction of a restaurant under water, to be built of glass; an enor mous vertical screw, with a nut fitted as a cafe; a reproduction of the Trojan horse, capable of holding 1,000 people, and plans for fitting the Eiffel tower with a spiral railroad and toboggan chute. The committee decided that none of the schemes were practicable. Caught by a Mower. Wilbur, Wash., Aug. 10. While cut ting grain yesterday afternoon the 4-year-old son of Peter McKay in some way managed to get in the tall grain in front of the machine, and had one of his little limbs completely severed. The other was badly mangled, but Dr. Young thinks that he can save it if he can save the child's life. A five-cent stamp must adorn everv day book, ledger or other account book kept by a business bouse in Mexico. MORE REGULATIONS'. Canada Will Now llcilure the Rlie of Milling Malm. Toronto, Aug. 11. A special to the Globe from Ottawa says the Dominion government has received several im portant decisions in regard to the Yu kon country and the working of tho gold fields there. It has been decided to appoint an administrator for the dix trict, who will have entire charge of all the Canadian offlciuls there and be tho chief executor 'or the government. Joseph Walsh, u former commander of the No-thwest mounted police, is to be appointod to the position. The party of mounted police to leave Manitoba next week for the gold country has been increased from 30 to 35. They will take with them two Maxim guns. The mining rules have been amended in an important particular. At present a miner is at liberty to stake outacluim of 600 feet, running along with tho stream and back to the bunk. This has been reduced to 100 feet, and the new regulation will go into force inline diutely. A court for the administration of civil and criminal questions in the gold districts has also boon decided upon. Justice McGuire, of Prince Albert, is to preside over the court STEAMER WILLAMETTE LEAVES The Old Collier HalU With an Immense Cargo. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 11. The steamer Willamette, with' the largest number of passengers ever carried by a single steamer to Alaska, is now on her way to Dyea. She carries 815 passon gers, 200 head of live stock and over 2,000 tons ot freight. A seething crowd of people thronged the wharf to bid good-bye to Klondike' bound prospectors, and every whistle in the harbor gave lustily a parting salute, Freight was piled in every concoiv able nook and corner. In the hold, pilothouse, cabins, dining rooms and staterooms were piled an indiscriminate mass of olotlung, hay, grubstakes, luin ber and supplies of all descriptions. Down below were the horses, crowded together in little cubbyholes, called "stalls" only by courtesy. The horses didn't like the prospect That is to say they made considerable objection before they consented to be swung on the boat by means of an engine and large box. The work of loading the big steam ship Willamette began at midnight. Of the 800 people on board, 565 took passage here, 175 at Tacoma and 85 at Sun Francisco. APPEALING FOR FOOD. Their Kamllle Are Btarvln While the Strikers Itefuse to Work. Pittsburg, Aug. 11. Appeals for food and provisions were numerous at the headquarters of the miners' officials in this city today. It appeared as if there was a wail from every section of the district, and miners in person were present to ask that the suffering ones be looked after. Secretary Warner was kept busy answering the appeals. He said tonight that he had sent more than $1,000 worth of provisions into various parts of the district. The appeals are now coming in from the families, the heads of which are at the various min ing camps using their influence to keep other men from working. A series of meetings are to be' held all over the district It is expected to keep up the interest in every section and strengthen every point where thero is the least indication of weakness. The vigils on the mines of the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company are to be kept up, and the vigor in creased from day to day. Early this morning the miners of West Elizabeth made a march on the mines of the Elizabeth Mining Com pany, formerly operated by Horner & Roberts. About 50 men were going to work. After a consultation the men asked that they be allowed to finish loading a flat. They agreed to go out as soon as it was loaded, which will take several days. Officials of the company made an effort to get permis sion from the miners' officials to con tinue work on a 69-cent basis. This was not given, and it is expected that the mine will be idle as soon as the flat is loaded. From New York to Alanka. New York, Aug. 11. The first ship sailing from New York direct to the Klondike gold fields is advertised to leave about August 21. It is to bo sent by the New York & Alaska Gold Exploring and Trading Company. The company has not yet selected its vessel, but it promises to dispatch a steamship capable of carying 200 passengers and 1,500 tons of freight, it says the ship will make the voyage around Cilpe Horn to Juneau in 50 or 60 days. More than 50 names have been listed for the voyage. Not more than 200 passengers will be allowed to embark. Tho cost per passenger, including berth, meals and transportation of 500 pounds of baggage direct to Juneau is to be $175. More Steamer for Alaska. San Francisco, Aug 1 1. Two steam ers will sail for the north today with their carrying capacity taxed to the ut most. The Umatilla will be sent to Seattle by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, and the South Coast will also be dispatched. The Umatilla will take away about 400 passengers and transfer them to the City of Topeka at gome Puget sound port Although the South Coast is not yet loaded she is very low in the water, and seafaring men say that with her load in a rough sea she will have great difficulty in getting through. The Gypsy' Fredlrtlon. Malaga. Aug. 11. Old inhabitants of this city relate that when Canovas del Castillo was a young assistant roas ter at a school here, a gypsy woman told his fortune. She predicted that he would become great, and would meet with a violent death. A MOST. TRAGIC FATE Three Gold-Seekers Perish in Alaskan Ice Fields. OVERTAKEN BY SEVERE STORM One of Them Left a Note airing an Ac count of Their Terrlbre Huffer lug From Cold and Hunger. ' Seattle, Aug. 0. There now remains no doubt as to the fate of Charles A. Blackstone, George Batcher and J. V. Malique, the Cook's inlet miners who have been missing since April. Black stone's body has been found, and on his body was a diary stating his part ners had frozen to death. When the steamer Lukmesailed from Seattlo for Cook's inlet, Alaska, in March, 1806, she curried among her passengers Blackstone, Batcher and Malique. The men attempted to cross the portage glacier on a prosecting tour and were frozen to death. It is evident Bhtokstone made his way down the glacier to where it pitches into Prince William sound. His body was found at the foot of the glacier, to. gether with the remains of his dog. On his body was the following memo randum: "Saturday, April 4, 1897. This is to certify that George Batcher froze to death Tuesday night, J. V. Malique died Wednesday forenoon, C. A. Black stone had his ears, nose and four fingers on his right hand and two on his left hand frozen an inch buck. The storm drove ns on before it overtook us within an hour of the summit, and drove us bofore it, and drove everything we had over the cliff, except our blankets and moose hide, which we all crawled un der. The temperature is supposed to have been 40 degrees below zero. Fri day I started for suit water. I don't know how I got there with the outfit Saturday afternoon. I gathered up everything and have enough grub for ten days providing the bad weather don't set in. Sport was blown over the cliff I think I hear him howl every once in a while." It would appear that Blackstone went over the cliff with the intention of finding his dog. From his diary it seems that he found his dog, and finally in order to prevent starving to death he was forced to kill and eat the animal, but it was of no avail; no relief came and he starved or froze to death. On May 27, just two months after the men left Sunrise City, the body of Blackstone was found by George Hall, a prospector from Seattle, and the re mains were buried. Blackstone was 39 years old, was a native of Oregon and had lived in Portland, Centralia, Wash., and Seattle. Batcher was a native of Montana, was 86 years of age, and for many years followed mining. Malique was a native of Indiana, was 38 years of age, was a graduate of Hamilton college, Mo., and was a prac tical miner. For many years he bad as a partner Mr. Hall, the hero of this story. FATAL CHICAGO FIRE. Five Firemen Were Killed ind Fifty Wounded. Chicago, Aug. 9. Five lives were lost in an explosion this evening dur ing a fire in the Northwestern grain elevator, at Cook and West Water streets. Four of the dead are firemen: the body of another fireman is thought to be buried in the ruins. From the force with which the explosion swept the spot on which they were standing, they must have been instantly killed. Either the bursting of a boiler or tiie explosion of mill dirt caused the havoc The four firemen, who were killed by the falling wails of the elevator are: Jacob J. Schntir, Joseph Strikmnn, John J. Coogan and Jacob 8. Stramer. An unidentified man was blown into the river, but the body was not recov ered. Besides these dozens Of firemen and passers by were more or lees cut and bruised by glass and flying debris. In all 51 firemen were injured. A SLUMP IN SILVER. The Trice Declined One and One-Quarter Cents at New York. New York, Aug. 9. Silver bullion experienced today the most violent break of the season's decline. In Lon- on, the price dropped ,d per ounce from yesterday's price, selling at 25?4d per ounce, as against 27!d a month ago. The New York price fell to 55?c bid, a break of l4'c an ounce from yes terday and 14c within a month. At this price the bullion value of the sil ver dollar is a trifle more than 43 cents. London dispatches ascribed todav's great weakness in silver to liquidation j of New York holders of the bullion. Such a decline as todav's has not i been witnessed since June, 1893. The ! India mints were closed to free silver coinage June 26 of that year. On the news, bullion fell in London from 87 4'd per ounce to a price below 30d, but it rallied sharply later. A huge cvpress tree in Tule, in the state of Oxaca, Mexico, is 154 feet in circumference. Flour on the Rise. Chicago, Aug. 9. Flour is rising in price, and has reached $5 a barrel. Last April it cost $4.10, the low price of the year, lhe advance has been steady since, and some of those in the trade think it will continue until war-time prices prevail. St. Petersburg, Aug. 9. Word has been received that during the recent floods 88 persons were drowned bv the collapse of a bridge at Kertle, province of t thorn a. SENOR CANOVAS SHOT. Spanish Premier Assassinated by aa Italian Anarchist. Madrid, Aug. 10. Senor Canovas del Castillo, the prime minister of Spain, was assassinated today at Santa Agueda, by an anurchist The murderer fired three shots, two of which struck tho premier in the head and the other in the chest The wounded man lingered unconscious for two hours, and died at 8 o'olock this ufternoon. His wife was but a short distance away when he fell. Santa Agueda is noted for its baths. The place is between San Sebastian, the summer residence of the Spanish oourt, and Vittoriu, the capital of the prov ince of Alava, about 30 miles south of Billio. , The prein ior went there last Thursday to take u three weeks' course of the baths, after which he expected to return to San Sebastian to Me United States Minister Woodford, when that gentle-, man Bhould be officially received by the, queen regent. The ussussin was immediately arrest ed. He is a Ncoiolitan, and gives the name of Kiniuldi, but it is believed his real namo is Angele Angelo Golli. The murderer declared he killed Can ovas in accomplishment of a "just ven geance" and as the outcome of a con spiracy. He is believed to have arrived ' at Santa Agueda the same day as the premier, und was frequently seen lurk ing in the passage of the bathing estab lishment iu a suspicious manner. The remains of Senor Canovas will be brought here tomorrow. Marshal Martinez Campos has gone to San Sebastian to attend the queen regent. Senor Sagusta, the liberal leader, has sent the following telegram to the gov ernment: "I have heard with deep pain of the crime that has thrown us all in mourn ing, and I pluce myself at the orders of the government and queen." Most of the liberal leaders sent sim ilar messages, placing themselves at the disposition of the government. The queen regent, on hearing the sud news, dispatched her own physician by a special train from Sun Sebastian. Later, on learning that Canovas was dead, she wired her condolenoo to the widow. , The health of Senor Canovas had im proved greatly of late. He had been leading a quiet life, although he attend ed to the business of state. At the moment of the assassination he was waiting in the gallery of the bathing establishment for his wife, who was to join him for lunch. Suddenly the assassin, who had the- appearance- of an ordinary visitor, approached anil fired at him point blank, One bullet passing through the body and coming out behind the left shoulder, and the other two lodging in the head. He fell instantly, and only recovered conscious ness long enough to speak a few words. Several medical men and his wife were unremitting in their attentions to the sufferer, but his wounds were mor tal, and he died in two hours. Extreme unction was administered amid a scene of mingled sorrow and indignation. The assassin narrowly escaped lynch ing at the hands of the waiters and at tendants who rushed forward. Detec tives and oivil guards immediately secured him. He was very pale, trem bled very much und evidently feared that he would be killed on the spot. He will be first arraigned before the local magistrates at Vergara. JACK HAM B LET ARRESTED. Will Be Tried In Long Creek for the Murder of Henjumln Gaminaiiy. Long Creek, Or., Ang. 10. Jack Hamblet, arrested in Boise City, Idaho, last week, and for whom requisition papers have been applied by Sheriff Livingstone, of this county, will bo tried for the murder of Benjamin Gammany, whom he killed in an alter cation at a dance at Rock Creek on tho morning of February 23, 1894. The circumstances of the killing are as fol lows: Jack Hamblet, who lived in tho mountain, and was considered a quarrel some and dangerous character, was called to order during the night of the dance by Gammany, who was floor man ager. Hamblet resented the interfer ence, and, using abusive language, the two men came to blows. Gam many, who was considerably the smaller, was getting the best of the fight, when Hamblet drew his pistol. The pistol was taken from him and the men sepa rated. Everything was again compar atively peaceable until about 3 o'clock in the morning, when Hamblet renewed the quarrel by asking Gammany to step outside with him. Gammany com plied, and no sooner had the two men reached the outside when Hamblet turned and fired. The shot struck Gammany's left wriet, and, ranging to the elbow, entered the body. With his death wound, body bent, and hands crossed on his breast, Gammany ran back into the room. Hamblet fol lowed him, and, reaching over his shoulder, sent another ball into his brain. Then, defying any one to arrest him, Hamblet mounted his horse and rode away. Armed parties started after him, but he got into the mountain fastness, and eluded all efforts to cap ture him. Before leaving the dance hall Hamblet made the remark that Gammany was his fourth man. Those who touch each other art) sometimes farthest apart Shortage In Eastern Peach States. Chambersburg, Pa., Aug. 10. The Blue Mountain peach belt of Southern Pennsylvania and Western Maryland is the only part of the country that will have more than 20 to 25 per cent of a crop this year. According to the views of Colonel James Englore, of Chambers-, burg, who has returned from a tour of the peach states, the shortage is es pecially great in Wisconsin, Ohio, Del aware and the Eastern shore in Maryland.