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THE DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1892.
NUMBER 45.
TIJE KANSAS ROBBERS
: Hold Hp Another Train on the Missouri
Pacific Railway.
NOTORIOUS COFFEYVILLE GANGS.
Express Messenger Wounded
but Xo-
body Killed in the Scrap
DISAPPEARED IN THE DARKNESS.
Conflicting Statement as to the Amount
of Money the Robbera Got Away
With Other Neirl.
Wisfield, Kas., Oct. 14,--A Coffey-
ville dispatch last night says the east
bound Missouri Pacific train was held up
bv two robbera at Caney station. The
robbers boarded the engine, compelled
, the engineer to pull out two miles, then
uncoupled the express car from the rest
of train and pulled it half a mile farther.
Express Messenger Maxwell had blown
ont the lights and barred the door and
refused to open it. The robbers fired
through the door, wounding him in the
arm. . He then surrendered and opened
. the door. The robbers covered him with
revolvers and compelled him to give np
the express packages. All the express
: money was transferred at Congress
Springs, so it is not thought the high
waymen got much. The identity of the
robbers is unknown, but they are be
lieved to be the same men who last week
held up the station agent at Sedan, Kan.
One of the robbera entered the car,
' while the other remained on guard out
side. The messenger's safe was opened,
and the robbers hastily grabbed the
packages . and envelopes containing.
money, placed them in a small sack and
jumped from the car. They then ordered
She engineer to back the car to where
he train was left standing, and, after
firing a few more shots as a warning,
disappeared in the darkness. Both
robbers wore heavy black mustaches,
ai their clothing was spattered with
mud, indicating that they were mounted
and had ridden hard. The express
messenger claimed be does not know the
value of the booty secured. . ' Express
officials and railway men at different
points along the line claim 'that the
robbers did not secure $500, if, indeed,
that amount. It is pretty certain, how
ever, that tne robbers securea several
thousand dollars, as the train connects
with the St. Louis, Kansas City and
Southern's lines. When the train
reached Tyro, the watchman was told of
the robbery, but no effort was made to
get a posse and pursue the robbers.
This morning the railway people sent a
squad ot officers to Tyro, ana will begin
active eeach for tne men.
The Notorious Kid.
ToiussToxB, Oct. 13. News of the kill
ing of a man by Kid and another Indian
in the Swiss helm mountains yesterday
- was brought to town last night. Two
. wood-choppers at Moore's camp bad lost
their hirses and started out to find
them. They saw two Indians some dis
tance away, and, thinking they were
scouts, one of them started toward them
to inquire if they had seen anything of
the stock. "When within a few rods of
them the Indiansstepped behind a rock,
- and in less than ten seconds the unfor
tunate man was lying on the ground
with a bullet through his heart. His
companion witnessed the deed and ran
back to camp and told his comrades,
After much persuasion he consented to
go to the scene with a posse. They
found the dead body, with the head
nearly beaten off with rocks which . lay
near by. From a description given by
-." the survivor it is ' positive that the
Apache who did the killing is no other
.- than the notorious Kid. After the kill
ing they rounded up about 30 horses and
, went toward Sonora.
. The Chestnut Crop.
Guaymas, Mex., Oct. 13. News of the
transactions or Evans and Sontag, the
California train robbers, has reached
Guaymas, and copies of San Francisco
papers received here containing accounts
are more eagerly pursued from the fact
that two strangers, resembling the
printed descriptions of Evans and Son
' '' tag, have been seen here by a number of
persons, including United States Vice
Consul Hale, during the past week. " On
observing that their movements were
being watched, the two men disappeared
and are believed to have taken passage
on the steamer Korrigan for Santa Ro
salia, Lower California. .
THE EDITORS VISIT.
What our Fraternal Brothers Hare t
say About the Dallas Convention.
Heppner Gazette. On Tuesday morn'
inz, promptlv at 7 o'clock, a. m., the
Regulator sailed from The Dalles, with
one of the merriest crowds that could
have been conveniently gotten together,
among which was your representative.
The day was a beautiful one.. The air
pure, the atmosphere, clear,' the world
renowned scenery of the Columbia never
looked grander. The boat arrived at the
Cascades at 11 o'clock where a landing
was made, the ladies and gentlemen at
once proceeding to the depot, where they
met the members of the association, who
had just arrived in a special car. - They
then proceeded to the government
work9 to observe for themselves the locks
and canal, when after a thorough ex
amination of the work that had been
j done by the government, all expressed
themselves in favor of an open river,
and it is needless to say that they wi
urge same at the earliest date.
Com. Review. The people of The
Dalles and Spokane were unstinted in
their hospitality and gave the editors
welcome that could not have been ex
ceeded in cordiality. The visit to The
Dalles has been productive of good. It
gave them a view of the importance of
the Columbia river. They were all ini
pressed with the necessity of an open
river and learned this Irom actual ot
servation. They examined th unfin
ished cascade locks. Now that thev
have seen for themselves what ought
be done by the federal government
to
in
opening the Columbia river, we hope to
see them make some attempt by their
influence in demanding the completion
of the same and also for the state
make an appropriation to build a por
tage railroad from The Dalles to Celilo.
Eugene Register. The Oregon Press
Association, which met at The Dalles
last week, has finished its labors and the
editors have returned to their respective
homes. From air accounts they must
had a good time, whether they accom
plished any good for themselves or not.
as they were entertained and banqueted
almost every place they went. After
their stay at The Dalles they went to
Spokane and met the Washington Press
Association, and here they were given a'
grand reception, after which- they took
the Northern Pacific to Tacoma. The
people always give the association 'the
best they have in the town, and the an
nual meeting is more of a picnic for the
editors than anything else.
.Daily juispatcn. xo convince a man
that there has been something rotten in
the construction of the locks at the cas
cades, let him go up there and take
view of what has been done with the
two million of dollars already expended
It is simply an outrage that the locks
have not long since been completed
The money has been worse than squan
aereu, ana we understand that the new
plans under which they are now to be
completed requires the destruction of
most of the work done.
All Serene Again. '
Homestead, Pa., Oct. 13. The mili
tary espionage, kept over this citv 95
days, came to an end this .morning. Al
most the entire population of the town
gathered to witness the departure of the
militia, but there was no demonstration
of any kind. At 10 o'clock every vestige
of camp was removed and then the men
marcnea to Aiunnau station and em
barked on a special train in waiting,
After the departure of the troops the
crowd dispersed and the town took on
its wonted quiet. General Wylie said to
a reporter that, while he anticipated no
further trouble, . the troops would be
held in readiness and if circumstances
required they would quickly return to
Homestead. Sheriff jtf. Learv's force of
deputies now numbers 30 men. Frick
visited the works this morning, but de
clined to oe interviewed.
The Grain Teams. '
Courier. The roads between Golden'
dale and Grants are in a frightfully cut
up condition. ' One day last week three
wagons were broken down while hauling
wheat to the latter place. It seems that
some effort should be made to keep the
main road in the county in repair. ' If
the county must go in debt let it go in
debt for some good purpose. On last
Thursday, while on his way to The
Dalles with a load of wheat, Dwight
Roth rock, of High Prairie, met with a
painful accident: He was going down
the grade on the other side of the moun
tain when one of the stay chains came
down. ; Mr. Roth rock got off to fix it
and let his team walk along slowly. - In
some way he stumbled and fell. The
heavy loaded wagon passed over his arm
and leg, badly crushing the former. He
walked two miles to Mr. Pitman's house
and' was taken to Centerville, where it
was ascertained that no bones were
broken. ". Mr. Rothrock is at present
getting along nicely. .
A DAY FULL OF GLOOM.
It is
Sail Mrs. Harrison's Deatii is
Only a Question of Time. , -
THE TRHEAD OF LIFE PARTING.
Weakness
so Great
That An? New
Complication Ma' be Fatal. ' ,
LOST THE CSE OF ONE LVN6.
What Dr. Gardner Says of the Case Los
'. ing Rather Than Gaining Ground
. Faint Hope.
' Washington", Oct. 13 The impression
is general tonight that Mrs. Harrison's
condition becomes graver with the pass
ing of every hour. The- day has been
full of gloom to the White House family,
and the shadow has even sunk deeper.
A member of the honsehold said today
that it was not expected that Mrs. Har
rison would see another Sunday, and
that she was still alive was simply re
markable. Her weakness since Sunday
has been extreme, . and, if posibie, has
increased today. The thread of life is
kept up by stimulating nourishment
every little while. Today at intervals
of three hours ehe was given a raw egg
fixed up in a palatable way with a little
wine. Eggs and malt extract are about
the only things she can take. The doc
tors visit last night was between 7 and 8
o'clock, and before 9 o'clock the massage
treatment was given the patient. Her
weaknesses so great that it is not thought
possible she can not survive any. new-
complication, ' no matter how slight.
The president went out for his usual
drive yesterday afternoon, remaining
away an hour. Dr. Gardner, Mrs. Har
rison's physician, frankly acknowledged
that Mrs. Harrison is in a very precari
ous condition. He is equallv frank in
saying that the distinguished patient ,is
losing rather than gaining ground,
continuing, he said: "Her condition
fluctuates from day to day. That, how
ever, is not unusual in diseases of this
character. . She may live for a couple of
months. She slept a good part of the
day, but she has lost the use of one lung
and the other is involved to such an ex
tent that it renders her condition criti
cal. In my opinion, however, there is
no immediate danger of a fatal termi
nation. There is liable to be, at any
time, an effusion of fluid in the cavity
of the pleura. This has already taken
place once and is liable to occur again."
I,ct Him Escape.
Hazletox, Pa., Oct. 13. Miss Lena
Scholler, daughter of Christopher Schol
ler, of this city, awoke this morning just
in time to discover a burglar in herroom.
With remarkable coolness she drove the
intruder from the house, and saved the
other members of the family, who had
been chloroformed.' It was shortly after
midnight when Miss - Scholler was
aroused by a noise in the room. The
figure of a man crouching. behind a cur
tain was plainly outlined in the rooon-
:ht. Seeing he was discovered,' the
burglar made a break for the stairs and
disappeared. The young woman tried
to arouse her sister, but failed. She
rushed ; to the room occupied by her
uother. She found the latter and a
young sister motionless, and to all ap
pearances dead. Hastening from the
house, Miss Lena aroused some neigh
bors. When the neighbors arrived she
was cooly applying restoratives to the
other members of the family, who were
soon revived. .
Coal Mines in Idaho.
Boise, Oct. 14. A. B. Schermerhorn,
the geologist, -who has been exploring
central Idaho for World's Fair Commis
sioner Wells, for the purpose of making
geological and mineral collection for
the Idaho exhibit, and whose discovery
of an immense, glacial field in Lemhi
county has been reported recently, re
ports that he has made an examination
of valuable " coal surfaces in Custer
county.' The coal lands cover an area of
500 square miles. The veins have only
been prospected on the surface, but Pro
fessor "Schermerhorn - is satisfied that
some of the largest bodies of coal in the
West will be found, and that the coal
will take high rank in the market. In
view of the fact that IdaSo is dependent
upon other states for its coal supply, this
information is of the highest importance.
OREGON MINERALS.
Some of Which ire are Boasting About
in The Dalles.
It has long been established that min
eral exists in various sections in Oregon
ine minerals found in the state are.
gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, nickel
chrome, quicksilver, platium, mangan
ese, ' iridium, zince,' graphyte, . coal
barytes, ealt, steatite, fire clays, brick
clays, potters clay, ochre, quartz, pum
ice, infusorial earth, mineral . waters
nitre, gypsnm, marble, limestones, slate,
sandstone, granite, gneiss, syenite, ba
salt, andesite, cement, asbestos, opals,
koalin, 'cinnabar, jet auriferous sands
and rock salt. We have it on authority
that every county in the state ' produces
one or more of the above named articles,
The names of thecounties areas follows:
Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Col
umbia, Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglass,
Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jackson, Jose
phine, Klamath, -Lake, Lane, Linn,
Malheur, Marion, Morrow, Multnomah,
Polk, Sherman, . Tillamook, Umatilla,
Union, Wallowa, Wasco", Washington
and Yamhill. Gold is foundin eighteen
counties and silver in not less than six
counties, coal has been found in eleven
or more of the counties, iron and copper
are each found quite abundantly in sev
eral counties and building and limestone
is quite generally found. One produces
j.thhteen or more. Three produces fully
ten each ; one, nine; one, seven; two or
more, six ; six produce four each ; and
the others two or more. The total out
put of gold and silver for the years from
1880 fo 1885 inclusive averaged over $1,
000,000 but for the years 1886 to 1890 in
clusive the average was less thanthat
amount, due no doubt largely to the
stringent placer mining laws. Within
the past year many of the old camps
have assumed an air of old time activity
only on a much more substantial basis
with greatly improved methods and
machinery and better transportation
facilities, and we may look for a very
much increased output for the five years
ending with the year 1896.
Open The Columbia First:
Klickitat Leader. The $60,00d appro
riated by the Oregon - legislature for
building a portage railroad at the Cas
cades, has saved the people of Klickitat
county alone in one season- that sum.
It has. no doubt saved the people of
Wasco county a larger sum. If this be
the case, need facts be more forcible to
prove that the Columbia should at Once
be open to navigation? If the simple
construction of a portage railway has
saved two counties so ninch, what will
the saving be to the people of Eastern
Oregon and Washington if the Columbia
is open to navigation? This alone is
barrels of argument in favor of the.
speedy completion of the Cascade locks.
Now on the other hand : would the
Lake Washington canal save the people
of Eastern Washington ' $60,000 in one
season if it was built. The portage rail
way has done the people of one county
$60,000 worth of good in one season ; the
Lake Washington canal wouldn't save
the people of the entire eastern part of
the state $60,000 in one season. Com
pare the two and see which needs gov
ernment aid first. Every dollar that is
appropriated for the canal cuts off that
much from the locks. We have no ob
jections to the government building the
Lake Washington canal, but the Seattle
people are trying to crowd their canal in
ahead of the locks and receive govern
ment aid for their scheme, which should
by rights go to the locks. "We need the
Columbia river opened first, , and then
let the canal .be built. .
. Columbia first ; canal next. ' -t l ' -
Ned Christie Not Yet Captured. , ,
Tahlequau, I. T., Oct.' 14.- The mar
shall and deputies who went to capture
Ned Christie returned yesterday without
their man. Christie's friends began to
surround the officers from the outside,
and the reinforcements sent from" Fort
Smith were so long in arriving that1 the
officers - were forced to beat a retreat.
Twenty men have been sent from Fort
Smith, and Chief Harris has ordered the '
sheriff of this district with twenty men
to assist them. .W'hen they arrive
another attempt will be made to capture
the outlaws, and a regular 'pitched battle
will probably take place".' John Fields,
who was wounded on Tuesday, is dying,
and Joe Bowerg will lose one foot from
his wound. ' '
"' ' -v.'-;" '-
Eleven are Probably Dead.
Shamokin, Pa., Oct. 14. The number
of men killed and injured in the explo- I
sion of gas in the Sterling Run colliery
is eleven. Of these five are' dead, and
the others' are so badly burned and muti
lated that small hopes of the recovery of
any of them are entertained. 'The last
of thtm was brought to the surface this
morning. .
AN EARLY BLIZZARD.
A Forecast of Winter on the . Opposite
' Side oftlie Continent
SEVEREST STORM EVER KNOWN,
Railway Trains Blockaded in Eighteen
Foot of Snow Cuts.
COACHLOADS AND MORE COMING
oboly Known Where the Belated
" Trains are Great Loss of Cattle
and Horses.
Cheyexxe, Oct. 14 For two days the
severest storm ever known on the Union
Pacific has been raging here and as far
west as Ogden. Telegraphic communi
cation is cut off in all directions. This
dispatch goes through a temporary wire.
All the railroads are blocked with snow
in cuts eighteen feet deep in some places.
Snow plows have been hard at work be'
tween Granite and Laramie, with the
(now five feet deep on a level. Half a
dozen east-bound trains tied up here last
night, and thirty cabchloads of people
from the West pulled in, with more to
follow. The Cheyenne Northern is en
tirely blocked and no one knows where
the belated trains on it are.. Reports
are being received of an immense loss of
cattle and horses in northern Colorado
and Wyoming. It is estimated almost
one-third of all the animals on . the
ranges are destroyed by the storm. An
unknown man perished in the storm
near Greeley yesterday. -
Derastated by Frairie Fires.
Winnipeg, Oct. 14. The. western half
of Alberta, a ranching" district of the
Northwest, . has-been devastated by
prairie fires. Thousands of tons of bay
and many buildings are burned. It is
feared many cattle perished. The flames
advanced so rapidly the ranchmen were
compelled to mount horses and flee for
their lives. Unless they can find new
ranges they scarcely will be able to tide
their stock over this winter, and the
consequent loss will be enormous.
Fatal Train Wreck.
Pbovidenck, R. ' I.', Oct' 14. Two
freight trains, on the New London &
Northern road collided near new London
thia morning. Charles Heeny and
William Gillen, of Boston Springs, 'N
Y., and two other men, names unknown,
riding with a carload of horses on their
way to the fair at Poquonnock, Conn.,
were killed, together with three horses.
Dynamite Found Near Fresno.
Fresno, Cal., Oct. 14. Officers have
made an effort to conceal from the pub
lic the fact that enough dynamite has
been discovered just outside the city
limits to blow up half the city of Fresno.
The dynamite was discovered in -a de
serted slaughter-house oh' the eastern
edge of the city by two small'boys. The
dynamite consisted of thirty' cartridges
eight inches long; fourteen of them were
primed and had fuses attached. There
were 150 feet of fuse, ten pounds of buck
shot, gun-wads- and other articles. AH
were wrapped in a blanket. In a sepa
rate package, wrapped in chamois skin,
was a large quantity of pulverized nitro
glycerine, enough to blow up fortifica
tions. Detective' Will Smith has been
here investigating the matter. He is
satisfied the dynamite was meant to
blow up the jail here and liberate George
Sontag. There is enough of it to blow
the jail to atoms.', "A guard is kept in
the jail nigh and day, and the closest
watch is kept. Persons have called to
see Sontag bf late, but they are watched
closely, so that they can pass nothing
through the bars to. him. The kit of
saws found spme time ago in the jail
makes tbeofficers watchful. " Altogether,
there is a very uneasy feeling here at
present. ' . '.---. v
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
AQSl&rTE12f
Iron Hall Officers Indicted.
Indiaxapoms, Oct. 14. Late yester
day afternoon the Marion county grand
jury returned indictments against seven
of the supremo officers of the Iron Hall,
as follows : Freeman X. Somerby, su
preme justice, Indianapolis; Mark
David, supreme cashier, Indianapolis;
J. T. Younghnsband, supreme trustee
and chairman of the board, Detroit,
Mich. ; J. Henry Hays, supreme trustee
and secretary of the board, Camden, NT
Y.j George C. Fountain, supreme trus
tee, Jersey City, N. J.; E. W. Rouse,
supreme .trustee, . Baltimore. The first
count charges them with the embezzle
ment of $700,000 of the order's fundB,
which were converted to their own use.
The second charges them with convert
ing to their own use $200,000, by using
it in Somerby's bank at Philadelphia.
The necessary papers will be issued to
day, and the governor will be asked for
requisitions. The grand jury has not
completed its work as far as the officials
of tho Iron Hall aro concerned. There
are more of the "supreniers" who were
not implicated, and their cases will re-,
ceive attention at the next session.
Want to Come to the Coast.
Minneai-olik, Oct.'14. This morning
when the Congregational council was re
lieved of the soberer parts of its work by
allowing the advocates of the different '.
cities who wanted the next meeting a
chance to speak in favor of their respect
ive cities, wave after wave of laughter
and applause rolled upward from the
auditorium at the humorous speeches
made. The matter came up on the re
port of the committee on place and time
of the next meeting, which was in favor
of the Pacific Coast, either San Francisco
or Tacoma. Dr. Brown, of San Fran
cisco, ' took occasion to say that San
Francisco had long waited for the hold
ing of this or some other body of the
church and hoped now the council would
decide on his city. Dr. Hallock, of
Tacoma, made a speech in favor of this
city, which he said would give $10,000 to
entertain the council. It was voted by
large majority to meet on the Pacific
Coast at a point to be decided upon by
the provisional committee. After further
consideration, committee work occupied
the rest of the session. .
. Too Free With His Knife.
Stkawn. 111.. Oct. 14. This villae-e
wasin a great state of excitement today
over a stabbing affair last night, when
Jess Dennis fatally stabbed Frank Hoff
man and Christ Shippleman. Dennis.
who is a well-to-do farmer living several
miles west of Sibley, overtook Hoffman
and Shippleman on the road, and, after
a quarrel, challenged them to fight.
They got out of their buggy and'Dennis.
immediately attached them with a dirk,
stabbing -Shippleman in the left lung
and Hoffman over the heart. The driver
of their buggy took them back to town.
Hoffman died at 11 o'clock this morning
and word was received that Shippleman
is worse. When the news reached Sibley
the people began to talk of mob law, and
were preparing to come here to storm
the jail. When theauthorities heard of
the matter they took the prisoner to
Paxson. Here a mob of 300 gathered at
the depot,, and it was . with great diffi
culty that the prisoner wa9 pnt on the
train.
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. The Kelpt Wer Forgeries.
. Sax Anting, Tex., Oct. 14. In the in- ,
vestigation Into the alleged shortage of
funds in. tho SaA Antino and Arkansas
Pass railway receivership, ex -Auditor A.
G. Cooper's receipts for sums alleged to
have boen paid Receiver I. F. Yoakum .
were practically proved to be forgeries.
Yoakum was out of town' on the dates
borne by the receipts. The grand jury
today returned additional indictments
against Copper, charging him . with for- '
gery. Xbe apparent shortages in the re
ceiver's accounts amount to $", 000.
Terrorised The Fatfsenirerg.
Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 14. A- trainlond
of passengers returning from a barbecuo
this afternoon were thrown into a panic
by the actions ot an unknown man; who
walked through the coach, Swinging a
revolver and . shooting at , random.
James Kelley, of this city, was shot and
fatally injured. - The man who did the
shooting escaped from the' train and is
not known.- ' '- ' . ' '. , . -.
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