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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY , AUGUST 7, 189G.
NO. 33.
VOL.-13.
OREGON
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TEfiSE TICKS FROH TUB WIBKS
An Interesting Collection of Item. From
the Two llemt.pneres rnuiM
la Condensed Form.
- Biortns in Wert VirittnU bav or
ted great huvoo and railway traffic
ha bwi upo)d.
Th roemberi of a camping party
noar Oakland, Cal., were forced to
oliinb treea, while a madeoed bull de
stroyed their camp.
B. L. Harrison, who wa formerly
traveling auditor for the Northern
Paoiflo railroad, oommltted aaloide in
Taooma, by abootiug hlinielf In the
month, the bnllet from hi revolver
penetrating to the brain and killing
him almoal Instantly.
A freight train on the Vandalla rail
road ran through a bridge sear Otaw-
fordevllle, Ind., killing Oonduotor
M oKenala 'and Fireman John Berber
and seriously injuring Boadmaiter J.
, ti. Brotbera and Engineer Bowman,
The wreck waa oaaaed by washouts.
Bev. Geo. P. Knapp, who wai ar
retted In Bitlia, Eastern Torkey, on the
oharM ot oonspirins against the Turn
' tab government, and who waa onoe lib
erated, bat refaaed to leave the ooantry
before bli tnnooencs waa eatablHbed,
haa aaaln been arretted and will be
tried on a charge of inoiting riot,
i B. I Moody, logger, made a oow
ardly attempt to murder Mr. H. J
Bnnn in a hotel kept by the woman's
husband at Elma, Wash. Moody
atabbed bia victim in the wrist and in
the riaht breast with a knife, and then
fled, leaving Mrs. Bnnn seriously if not
fatally wounded. Moody is still at
large.
A Havana dispatch says the polloe
bive captured a oolleotion of maps of
the island, highly colored, showing the
auDDoaed insurgent beadquaiters in
Onbltas, the rebel flag and piotartng
various chiefs of the insurrection. The
map bear the Imprint of a Baroelona
Arm. The Havana stationer, Don Fer
nandea, in whose possession they were
found, was arrested.
The two daring navigators who left
New York Jane 88. in a sailboat but
iarhteen feet Ions, to arose the Atlan
tic, are all right. Tbey were sighted
on July, 10 in latitude 68, longitude
II.6S. by the American liner Indiana
and asked to be reported. Tbey ap
peared to be in the best of spirits and
required no assistance whatever from
tbe Indiana, although provisions and
water were offerod them.
It is rumored that the Turkish gov
ernment oontemplatea an issue of paper
money. ,
In Viator, Colo, .fifty pounds of giant
powder exploded, causing 15,000 worth
ot damage. Many people were out by
glass, but none killed.
In Bedalia, Mo.. Mart Crawford, a
section foreman on the Missouri Pa
cific was banged by a furioua mob for
tbe attempted rape of a 18-year-old girL
Tbe socialist congress, whioh met in
London, proved to be a noisy gather
ing. Bceoes of violence were enacted
and a free fight was narrowly averted.
Tbe oomlng year it is said wines will
come btgb, owing to the failure ot Cal
ifornia's grape crop. Little wine will
be exported from tbe golden state this
eason.
A New York dispatch aays Senator
Hill is now in favor ot a third lloket
The Information, it is said, comes dl
wot from a personal friend of tbe sen
ator, who ia a prominent Democrat
A stockman named John LAwrenoe
waa found dead upon tbe range near
Union, Or., with a bullet in his head,
and a pistol lying a few feet away. It
is supposed that be oommltted suicide.
The trial ot the South African raid
en baa ended in London, and Dr.
Jameson baa been given a aentenoe of
fifteen months imprisonment without
labor. The others reoelved light sen
tences. In Qnlnoy, 111., five fatalities by
drowning or otherwise occurred in
forty-eight hours, James McLean was
killed by an accidental fall from the
roof of the Bicker National bank; Her
bert Harrison, a sohool teacher, Fred-,
eriok Gross and Fred Bantngarten, aons
of prominent oltlxens, were drowned
la Boar creek; George Betero, another
youth, waa drowned in a pool south
of the city limits, and bis two brothers
were saved only with great dlftloulty,
Pennsylvania was visited by a disas
trous burrioane, resulting In loss of life
and property. Steeples were blown
from churches, adjoining buildings
were crushed, houses were unroofed,
and treea broken off or torn op by the
roots. Great bavoo was oansed by tbe
heavy ratnfall. Two lives were lost,
thirtv-six injured, some fatally, and
nronertv damaged to the amount of
100.000. A boarding-house near Ceoll,
Washington county, was washed away
nd Its oooupanta, fifteen coal miner,
were drowned. Seven of the bodies
have been recovered. Eight are still
missing.
Two oable cars broke loose at the
top ot the Ninth-street Incline In Kan
sas City, and dashed down the deolivity
Into the Union depot sbeds. The grip
oar and those on board escaped injury,
but tbe trailer was thrown from the
track just inside tbe elevated sheds and
literally smashed to pieces. Several of
the oooupanta of this oar were badly
burl Among tbem are George D.
Fearon, of KansxsCity, and his two sis
ters, Mra Gay and Miss Fearon, both
of New York. Mra. Gay suffered an
Injury of the spine.
Victoria to Ktlro.
The rumor that Queen Viotorla in
tends to retire in favor ot the Prinot ot
Wales is again current in London. It
is added that oourt otroles are greatly
troubled regarding tbe oonditlon of the
queen's health. Such reports have fre
queotly appeared reoently, only to be
seml-ofllolally oontradtoted later, but It
seems that there may M some aotuai
foundation for tbe statement made.
It is added that ber majesty bas de
rided to spend her time in future at
Balmoral or Osborne, and will give tne
Prinoeand Princess ot Wales the use
of Buckingham palaoe and Windsor
oastle.
Is tef, Dumb and Blind.
An interesting experiment in educa
tion will be oommeooed at tbe deaf,
dumb and blind institution at Berkley,
Cel., on tbe opening of the sohool year
in August Grace 0. Bperow, aged 10
years, who was been stone blind from
childhood and is now almost deaf and
dumb, is to be made special student
and educated at tbe expense of the
attte. This obild will be given a nine
years' oonrse and will reoelvo instruc
tion from speoial teacher employed
for that purpose. This will be tbe
first attempt to educate a deaf, dumb
and blind person and in oonsequenoo
great Interest oenters about the oase.
ehrader In Texas.
August Shrader, the so-oalled divine
healer, put in an appearanoe in Dallaa,
Tex., where be treated 1,000 persons In
four day. Some reported they bad
been oored. He left suddenly, leaving
the following notet "I am called
from here, and obey my Father' will"
neeeaefnl Plllbnaters.
Passenger from Havana, arrived In
tr WA.fc tU ataimw f arvitfc ra.
port a rumor ot the uooessful landing J
of a nlibnaterlna- axnedltlon in tne VI-
olnity of Cieufuego. The expedition
is believed to be under tbe oommand
of Captain Cabrera.
Ongva'i ohool Censna.
The Mate school oensns, which bas
just been completed by Superintendent j
Irwin, at Balem, shows that there are j
in Oregon at present 128,039 olbldren j
of sohool age. ' . ' 1
B.pnbllcaa Stele Convention. j
The Republican state committee of ;
Washington decided to hold the state j
convention at Taooma on August IS.
The convention will be attended by
488 delegate. '
Jadge Carpenter Dead.
Word oome from Holland by cable
that Judge George M. Carpenter, of the
United State district oourt for the die
trlot of Rhode Island, died of paralysis
of the heart. ' - ;
Kpldemloof Seleldea,
Driven to despair by different causes,
six people attempted to end their own
live by suloide, in Chicago in on day.
Dsvnatated by tha Storm.
TKa mrwik rfAafcrnnfclva atorm in' tha
history ot Sunday Creek valley oo-;
rr.A .t ninnA.f,r. a minlno- town
twelve milea north ot Athens. O., re-
suiting in the almoal total destruction
nf nn nf tha nriudnal thoroushfare of
the town. Tbe fury of tbe wind ia
almost lndesorlbable. Buildings were
toppled over, trees torn from their roots,
and the town Is a scone of desolation.
Nearly every building in tbe town is
damaged. To add to the horror, Bun
day oreek I (weeping, raging torrent
Several houses have been waahed away,
and word was received that tbe list of
dead will reach fifteen.
' Mia Bnraad by (Ulnars.
The mine of the old Pittsburg Coal
Company, at Hymeau, Sullivan county,
Ind., baa been burned. A oommittee
from the minora' organisation visited
the mine and sought to Induce the
miners to qolt work. Tbe watobman
wa captured, oarrled some distance
and tbe work burned. The loss is
35,000.
Italian Warahlp Destroyed.
The Italian armored wraship Bola,
of about 8,800 tons displacement, was
struok by lightning near Borne. Tbe
flames spread rapidly threatening to
reach tbe magaalne. It was found ne
OFssary to sink the ship by discharg
ing torpedoes. '
Both Are Daad,
Robert Stark and Abe Tinkey, the
former a merobant, tbe latter post
master at Sequim, Wash., attempted
to acquire a oheap jag on wood alcohol,
Tbe effect was inch that within a few
hour after drinking the fiery doooo
tlon both men died. .
It Olorjr Bas Departed.
' Tti .rut anriitnrinm in which
the
Rnnnhitnana and Ponnlista held their
national oonventiona in St. Loul. will
be turned Into a Madison square garden
fnr hnraa ahowa. blovole meeta and1
other great indoor sporting enterprise
tbe coming fall and winter.
Raarjr Damage tn ooth Dakota.
Dispatches from Melitt and other
point in South Dakota state that a hail
atorm devaatated a stretoh of country
sixty mile long and five or six miles
wide. The damage amount to hun
dreds of thousands of dollar.
. A Terrlde Bxplotlon.
A speoial from Vienna say an ex
plosion In a powder magaalne at Fuen
fkirohea resulted in the death ot five
persons, injuring eighty others and
rreoklng the town ball.
. Not Paid to Do Campaign Duty.
Postmaster-General Wilson ha is
sued an order to the railway mall
olerks directing them not to take an
active interest in the political cam
paign suoh as would be Involved in at
tending political oonventiona a dele-
gates or making political . speeches.
The postmaster-general', circular ex-
preasly states that be doe not desire to
control tbelr opinion on potutoai mas
ters, but tbey must retrain from tak
ing an aottve part ia political matter.
NEW LINE PROPOSED
To Run Between Yokohama
and Portland.
CAPITAL Of TWO MILLIOS YIN
the Company, After Perml.iton Has
Boo Granted, May Amalgamate -,
With Oriental Steamship Co.
Taooma, Aug. 4. News has been re
ceived ber of the establishment ot an
other steamship oompany at Tokio, to
be oalled the Daito Kisen Kaisha, with
capital of 9,000,000 yen. The Japan
ese Weekly Gasett saya he new oora
psny propose to open up regular ser
vice of steamer between Yokohama
nd Portland with tbe object of effect
ing oonneotlon with Oregon railroads.
Aooordlng to ths present plan, three
steamer of 6.000 tons eaoh are to be
employed on the new line. The signa
ture of the projectors are being taken
preparatory to applying to the authori
ties for a oharter. It is said tbe pro
posed steamship oompany, after official
permission bas been granted, may
amalgamate with the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Com
pany), whose formation bas been re
ceived with great popularity by the
publlo in Japan.
ONLY A FLESH WOUND.
Bat Harrow Bseape, However,
for A.
T. Bose.
Astoria. Or.. Aug. 4. Aboot 8
o'clock this morning Jack Kenney, pro-
prletor of a danoehall, ahot A.Y. Ross,
laun
one sue uwuma v. w.
dry.
Rosa and hi wife left tbe restaurant
after breakfast and started for the
laundry near by, and in paasing a
crowd of mm, among whom was Ken
ny, they were subjected to vile lan
guage, and were followed by Kenny
into the laundry. ) Ross requested him
to leave tbe plaoe, but thla only pro.
voked tbe man to viler language in the
bearing oi tne women employes, noes
then came from behind tbe oounter and
pushed blm into tbe street, whereupon
Kenny pulled a "gun" and Bos pick
ed up a brick and threw it, itriking
Kenny on tbe arm. Keuny then fired,
the ball cutting into Boas,' ahonlder
near the jugular vien, lnfiioting only a
flesh wound, however
Kenney was arrested and plaoed
under 1 1,000 bonds, and this evening
waa committed to jail to await a pre
liminary trial, being unable to furnish
bonds. , " - - - - .'.
STRUCK WITH AN AX.
A Kabraakn Parmer's Method of forc
ing n Betraetlon. ,
Elkhorn. Neb.. Aug. 4. As a result
of the recent ohool election here. WU
Ham Clark wa probably fatally in
Jured by being struokwitban ax in the
band of Georg
wealthy farmer.
Frost Both are
Clark waa en route
from Elkhorn, and a he waa passing
Frost's plaoe, be was balled by tbe lat
ter and commanded to retract a state
ment be made at tbe school meeting,
or abide the oon sequences. Clark re
fused and was atruck on the right aide
of tbe bead with the ax. Tbe blow
knocked Clark out of the buggy and
one ot tbe wheels ran over bia body.
He aaya Frost struck him while
he wa lying on the ground, but
finally desisted upon tbe tearful solici
tation ot one ot hi sons. Beaides
bad wound near bia right eye, Clark ia
; Injured iuternally. Frost is a sohcol
director snd Clark aooosed him of
j falsifying the sohool records. A war
rant wa placed in an officer's hands,
bnt Frost eluded him.
SCARED THE BRITON8.
Bnglnnd'S Hnvat Bulwark la Not Im
pregnable. .
London, Ang. 4. -Tbe result of the
naval maneuver just conoluded have
given a shock to Englishmen, who im
agined that Great Britain's naval bul
wark was Impregnable. Tbe idea of
the maneuver wa that tbe foreign
fleet wa trying to reach Lougbswilly,
and that a British fleet, whioh wa
much stronger and faster, had to pre
vent it The foreign fleet met off Tor
bay and the British fleet waa spread
from Land' End to Lap oape, oloseby,
but the forelgbn fleet did not try to
pas up the Irish sea. It went around
the west ooast of Ireland and snooeeded
in reaching Lougbswilly unmolested.
i Thla was a complete reversal of what
waa generally expeoted, and Is held to
prove that the landing ot an invading
foroe in Great Britain la quite possible,
even though a greatly superior naval
' foroe will be trying to bar tbe way
A Ten Var Cant Reduction,
Belief onte, Pa , Aug. 4. An order
ha been lssned at tbe Valentine Com
pany' works that, commencing August
I, a ten per cent reduotlon ot wages
would be effective. Over 600 men are
treated by tbe reduotion.
A fight and n Drowning.
New York, Aug. 4. James Murphy,
8B years old, and Stephen Garvey.aged
50, fought tonight at pier 86, North
river. During tbe struggle, both men
tumbled Into tbe river and were
drowned.
an Franolaeo's Maw Poatoffloo.
San Franolsoo, Aug. 8. Work oo
San Franolsoo' new poatoffloo is soon
to oommenoe. The tenants now oc
cupying buildings on tbe site, at Mis
Ion and Seventh streets, have been
notified by the government to vacate
within twenty day. The site oost ovt r
,.000.000. and the postoffloe building
j cost about 13.000,000 more when
, completed,
Tbe annual "cattle crop" ot
' South Wales 1 about 400.000.
New
Gnarded by M alltla.
Cleveland, O., Aug 4. The labor sit
uation in this city 1 again critical.
One hundred and fifty nonunion men
went to work at the Brown hoisting
works this morning, guarded by four
companies of militia and a large foroe
of polloe. A big crowd of union men
were present, bnt no outbreak occur
red. The police and soldiers kept the
striker moving. A sympathetic strike,
threatened ever ainoe the strike at tbe
Brown company' work began, eleven
weeks ago, was inaugurated this morn
ing. Eighty-seven men employed by
tbe Van Wagner & Williams Com
pany, hardware manufacturer, laid
down their tools and walked out.
Sold at Auction.
Seattle, Aug. 6. All of the lands ot
the Northern Pacifio railroad in the
state ot Washington, comprising 11,-
902 sections of patented and an indefi
nite quantity ot unpatented land, were
old today at publio auction by Special
Master Alfred L. Carey. Tbe aale was
under decree of tbe United States cir
onlt court of tbe eastern district of
Wisconsin. . The property was bought
In by Edwin W. Winter for tbe North
ern Paoiflo Railway Company, of
which be is president, for $1,700,300.
Oakland Building Collapsad.
Oakland, Cal., Aug. B. A two-story
bnilding on Seventh and Clay street
oollapsed last night, and nine people
occupying tbe house bad narrow es
capes from death. Tbe underpinning
of tbe house gave way shortly before
midnight, and the building fell two
feet with a orasb. Tbe building is still
standing, but the first wind probably
will topple it over. It was!built forty
years ago, and is one of the landmark
or to city.
Three Ware Drowned.
La Crosse, Wla, Aug. 6. While
boating laat evening Henry Hendrlok
son, Anna Amsrud and Llssie Oldj
stadt, three La Crosse young people,
were drowned in the Mississippi river
jnst below tbe city.
. , , .
M nrdarcd Threa People.
." Providenoe, N. Y., Aug. 6. Near
Clay, eight miles west ot here, Tom
; Brown, a farmer. 80 years old. butch
ered his wife, mother-in-law and baby
last nigbt Brown comes of a feeble
minded family.
Building Bia Own Church.
Ban Franolsoo, Aug. 4. Rev. Henry
Victor Morgan, pastor ot the First
Christian oburob society ot Alameda, is
building a meeting bouse with the as
sistance of several members of his con
gregation. In laborer'a garb, with hi
j coat off, hi ileevea rolled up and a
i straw hat on the back ot bis head the
' Bev. Morgan may be seen daily plying
the saw and hammer in the construc
tion of a bouse of worship.
"I bave alwaya been bandy with
tools and I am not afraid to work,"
aaid the Rev. Mr. Morgan. "I took it
upon myself t superintend the con
struction of our little meeting house. I
am being assisted by some members of
my congegatlon. This (truoture will
be nsed for a oburob only temporarily.
Inside of a year we expect to build a
church edifice and then this structure
will be moved baok and attached to
the rear and need aa a Sunday-sohool
room. I think I am doing good work
tor tbe Lord in this way, I am anx
ious w should have a home."
, : Andre Delayed.
Stookholm, Aug. 4. News has been
reoelved from Spitsbergen that Pro
fesaor & A. Andree's balloon has been
filled and that be wa ready to start
July 86. The Virgo, with Professor
Andree, hi two oompanion and bia
apparatua on board, aailed from Strom
soe June IS. Since June 80, tbe expe
dition bad been established in Pike's
house, in the northern halt of West
Spitsbergen, opposite Dane' island.
Tbe store and equipment had already
been disembarked and the position con
sidered very favorable. Aa the explorer
had planned that bia preparations
would all be completed and bia balloon
filled by tbe first week In July, it
seems probable that some unexpected
obstaole waa met In completing the
preparations. .
pain May Buy Warahlps la Qlaagaw.
Madrid, Aug. 4. The shipbuilder
at Genoa, with whom tbe Spanish gov
ernment ha been negotiating tor the
pnrohase of two ironolada, have finally
deollned to sell to Spain the cruiser
Garibaldi, on the ground that Argen
tina has a prior right Admiral Ber
anger, the minister of marine, will in
oonsequenoe send a commission of na
val officer to Glasgow to negotiate for
the purchase of two ironolada
Carried Off a Wife
Clinton, Mo., Aug. 4. Several
months ago Jim Carey cam from
Iowa and made hi home with hi
nncle, W. 8. Carey, near Clinton.
During the latter' absenoe yesterday
Mrs. Carey eloped with her husband'
nephew, taking her baby along A
warrant ha been Issued, bnt It ia
thought tbey have fled to Iowa.
horn Angela Ohlneae Shot.
Los Angeles, Aug. 4. Wong Cbee,
one of the most prominent and influ
ential Chinese In tbe city, was shot and
seriously wounded by one of his ooun-
j trymen this evening. Three Chinamen
i have been arrested and Wong Chew
Gow, one ot the number, is believed to
be the man who did the shooting.
A Beward for Informer.
Havana, Aug. 4. The offlolal ga
aette publishes a decree offering a re
ward of $84,000 to any one enabling
the Spanish cruisers to effect tbe leis
ure of filibustering steamers and offer
ing a further reward of 89.000 to any
pwjw; """'
, capture nUbusterlng sailing veel or
person enabling the Spanish cruisers to
over SOB tons.
At least $160,000,000 worth of Brit
ish property 1 alwajsi on tbe sea.
THE TRAINS COLLIDED
Came Together at a Diagonal
- Railroad Crossing.
TES BE3ULT8 WEBB 8ICEEHIRO
An Bipreea Catenas nn Bzenrslon Train
;. Broadside, Literally Cleaving
V IS la Twain.
Atlantic City, N. J., Ang. 8. A
railroad aocident, horrible in it detail
and sickening in it remits, occurred
this evening, just outside ot this oity,
and as a result about 100 person are
either killed or injured.
Tbe Reading railroad express, whioh
left Philadelphia at 6:40 o'olook this
evening for Atlantio City, crashed into
a Pennsylvania railroad excursion train
at tbe aeoond signal tower, about four
milea out from here.
Tbe Pennsylvania train was return- j
ing to Bridgeton with a party of exour-1
slonists from that place, Millville and
neighboring towns. It was loaded i
with passengers, and a rough estimate j
of the killed and injured at a late hour ,
places tbe number at 100. It is hoped
that this is an exaggeration, but tbe j
number ii undoubtedly more than fifty, j
At the second signal tower, the J
track of tbe two road diagonally :
cross. The Readirg train was given !
the signal to stop, but the brakes either
failed to work or the speed of the ex
press was too great to be cbeoked in
time. It caught the exouraion train
broadside and ploughed through, liter- j
ally cleaving it In twain. The engine
of tbe Beading train was shattered to
pieces. Every car on tbe excursion
train waa jammed to its fullest ca
pacity, As soon a tbe new reached Atlantic
City, the utmost consternation pre
vailed, but the authorities wete equal
to the emersencv. Belief trains were
UUiiuudu w. uouo, tuauDU mi-
Nil and bearing staffs of surgeons.
As quiok a the bodies were recovered,
tbey were oarrled into tbe local hos
pitals and undertaker's shops.
A general fire alarm wa sounded,
and the department promptly respond
ed, and aided in tbe heartrending work :
ox Digging ior tne viotims. rear grew
into despair and horror as the vigorous 1
work of the relief gangs revealed tbe
awful extent of the disaster. j
The first Beading relief train bore 1
into this city twenty-seven mangled '
corpses, men. women ana oniiareu.
j Tbe next train, not an hour later, oar
; ried fifteen of the maimed and wound
," ed, and two of these died soon after
j reaobing the oity.
A train after train plied to the
scene of the wreck, and oame back j ana a famine is feared in the district
with it ghastly burdens, tbe Sani- during the oomlng autumn. Great
tarlum, which does duty as the city hos-! number of people who escaped the
pital, quickly found its oapaoity over-1 fary of the waves are left utterly desti
taxed. Meanwhile other ot the dead i tute, without food or shelter or the
and injured were being carried to the means of proonring it
private hospital at Ooean and Paoiflo Hat Chan ia situated opposite Yn
avenue. Chan Island, on tbe coast of Klang So
Eward Fan, engineer on the Bead- j provinoe, which is on the Whang Hai
ing train, was killed outright, aa was . or Yellow aea. The anrfaoe ia mostly
another railroad man who rode on tbe level, whioh may account for the great
engine with him. Tbia man, whose J loa of life. Kiang Sn i one of the
name ha not yet been learned, saw tbe j most fertile province of tbe empire,
collision oomlng and leaped from tbe ; and exports more silk than any other
cab an instant before tbe crash oame. j provinoe ot China. Tbe Yang-tse-Almost
at the same instant tbe engine , Kiang enters China through tbia prov
out its way through and caught him j inoe, the prinoipal city of which I
directly in its path. His body and that j Nanking. :
of Farr were found under a heap of j .... combine
debris, but tbe engineer lay In what THE -UMBER COMBINE.
remained of the oab, and hla right
hand still olasped the throttle. He had
been faithful unto death, and met it at
hia post
Tbe fireman on that train leaped a
few seoonds before and escaped with
i trifling injuries.
j Samuel Thornton, baggage-master
; on the Beading train, is among the
jdead, -,y
j Jame M. Bateman, a Bridgeton an-
Ant-taker, ia known to. ha killed. He
j waa in the third car, and hi hat waa
found lying among the mas of broken
timber.
Biohard Trenohard, a Bridgeton ma
chinist, and his wife are both dead.
Oonduotor Kelly, of the Pennsylva
nia train, had both arma and legs
broken, and was Internally injured.
Albert J. Mosebaoh. of No. 18 North
Eighth street. PhiladelDbla. wa on the
Reading train. He Moaned nnhurt
The exouraion train waa made no of
fifteen care, the foremost of which was
a baggage oar. This and the next two
ooaohe oaught the full force of the
m-aah. and warn nttarl demolished,
What remained of the third oar waa
tumbled into a ditoh at the roadside.
The responsibility for the aooldent oan-
not now be fixed.
William Thurlow, telegraph operator
in the tower-house, was arrested to-
night and held, pending an inquiry.
Europeans Maaaaered.
Paris, Aug. 8. Advice from Ma
junga, Madagascar, report that cara
van of two Frenohmen and three Eng
lishmen have been massacred by tha
Fahavalos, near Ambolipiana.
Crop Failure In Sooth Buaaln.
London, Aug. 8. An Odessa dis
patch to the Times announce that offl
olal report are to the effeot that the
harvest haa been a failure throughout
the most fertile graln-produoing dis
tricts in tbe south ot Russia. ,
.: OH Tank exploded.
New York. Aug. 8. Two men were
fatally - injured and three other se
verely burned by the explosion ot a
tank at tbe Standard Oil Company's
works, at Cravens Point, Jersey City,
todav. The fatally injured are: Rich-
I ovA rnnnlnoham anil jnhn ftnlriamith.
The worka were tet on fire by the ex
plosion, but tbe flames were extin
guished before muoh damage was done.
The world's navies are estimated aa
deploying 6,000,008 men.
MARK TWAIN IN ENGLAND.
His Opinion of the Transvaal and It.
Inhabitant.
Southampton, Ang. 4. Samuel
Clemen (Mark Twain), with bia wife
and daughter, arrived today on the
steamer Norman from Table bay, Cape
Colony, Although he started out on
bis tour of tbe world in feeble health,
being obliged often to take to hi bed
between the delivery ot lecture,, and,
notwithstanding an attack ot sickness
in India, Mr. Clemens looked the pic
ture of health when be landed bexe.
He bas gone far and seen much, in tbe
Sansdwioh islands, Australia, India,
South Africa. 1 He expressed himself
as charmed with wbal be bad seen in
South Africa.
"I oonsider tbe Transvaal the coun
try of the future," laid Mr. Clemena.
"It ha a delightful climate and bound
lea natural wealth. I bad presented
to me in Johannesburg a little nugget
with figures on it showing the enor
mous increase of the gold output. The
bulk of trade there ia in tbe bands of
English and Germans, bnt Americana
should be able to oommand the lion's
share of the trade in maohinery, the
largest portion ot the machinery in
tbe Transvaal being American. Mr.
Hammond, the reform leader oonvioted
of treason, but whose sentence waa
commuted, intends to bring back from
the .state with Mm $300,000. Tbe
majority ot Amenoan in the Trans
vaal are engaged in mining and en
gineering. The American element ia
email, but tbe mas of the Boer make
no distinction between Amerioana and
English. Indeed, all foreigners, with
the exoeption of Germane, are deferred
to.
"The excitement over the Jameson
raid and subsequent trial of tbe ro
formers baa subsided, bnt all tbe re
former are agreed that the cause of
political reform haa been retarded a
decade by the Jameson ftaaoo." .
ENGULFED BY A TIDAL WAVE
It Is Estimated That 4,000
China
. , Porlahod.
Shanghai, Aug. 4. New of a most
terrible disaster, which occurred on
Sunday last in tbe province of Klang
Su, baa just been brought to this city.
An immense tidal wave, fully five
milea in lenirth and of n-reat height.
iwept a fr0m the sea upon tbe ooast
0 Hajehau, whioh is in tbe outheast-
era part of the province, inundating
the entire country and destroying
numerous small villages in its path.
At present it is estimated that 4,000
people were drowned, bnt It la probable
that when a full investigation haa been
made, that number will be inoreased.
In addition to the great losa ot hu
man life vast numbers of cattle were
drowned. Rioe fields were submerged,
and the crops almost totally destroyed.
Waahtnaton lumbermen Mo
.Afraid
! ' That It Will Be Broken.
I Taooma, Wash., Aug. 4. Manager
: W. H. Hanson, one ot the proprietor
of the Taooma Mill Company, aaid
! that the story sent out from San Fran-
oisoo, that there waa likely to be a dia
i ruption ot the lumber combine, 1 with
' out foundation. ...
"Tbe millmen of this ooast." he
said, "have been losing money long
j enough, and present prions are but lit-
tie higher than tbe aotuai ooat of pro
duction,
"If the retail dealer of Oakland or
any other city see to fit to out rate,
that is hi business, but he cannot ex
pect millmen to get in any out ratea to
them. My opinion of tbe whole
; trouble la that several of the retailer
, have been after the ame business, and
some of those who failed to get cer
: tain orders out under their more soo-
oessful competitors to try and get the
; business away irom tnem.
"It is ate to say there wiU be no re-
duotion in oargo rates, tor two reasons.
i There ia no neoessity for cutting, and
1 the present rate will not stand it, a
j tbe inoreased prioe for itumpage and
the greater distance the mill have to
: go tor log would mate any suon cut-
; ting a ioe to tnemuunau,
Killed by a railing Building.
Birmingham, Ala.. Aug. 4. At Co
lumbus City, Ala., Maynard Covan
wa escorting Miss Dovie Proctor and
Delia Bishop, daughters ot prominent
families, out tor a walk, when a wind
and rain storm oame up, and the trio
stepped into an Old building out of the
storm. The wind inoreased in mry
until the building oollapsed, and all
were oaugbt in the debris. Covans and
Miss Proctor were instantly killed, and
Miss Bishop so badly injured that
death will result
A New Kiteflying Record.
Boaton, Aug. . 4. All records of
kiteflying were broken at the Blue
Hill observatory today. A kite was
sent 7,888 feet into tbe air. This is
1,000 toet higher than the top ot
Mount Washington, and 800 feet high
er than a kite had ever been sent be
fore. Fifty members ot the Appala
chian Club witnessed the exhibition.
Glass houses of a very
kind oan now be built
substantial
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence ot Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEX3 09 GESEKAL IHTEBEST
Proa All the Oltles nnd Towns of the
Thriving Slater State
Oregon.
Foreat fire are said to be raging
throughout the Nehalem country.
Curry county' ' delinquent tax
amount to about $6,000 tbi year.
Seventeen boxes ot peaob pluma, tha
first of tbe season, were shipped from
Tbe Dalles last week.
Of the 861 students graduated from
the state normal achool at Monumouth,
889 are at present teachers.
The Empire cannery, on Coos bay.
will run through thla fishing season.
Preparations are being made to start up
next month. ,
The board ot equalization for Coo
county will meet in Empire August 81,
nd will oontinue in session until Sep
tember 8, 1896.
The Oregon Centra) St Eastern Bail-
road Company will probably be a bid
der for the government work to be done
on Yaquina bay.
Citizens of Coquille are making great
preparations for the soldier and pio
neers' reunion that will be held there
August 13, 14 and 15.
The county court ot Curry county
has directed the oounty treasurer to pay
state taxes out of tbe county funds here
after and to use no sohool funds for
that purpose.
John Durbin will celebrate bia 103d
birthday at the home of hia ion, Isaac
on Howell prairie, September 18, and
every immigrant of 1845 in the state ia
invited to be present
The postal department has disap
proved of the proposition to establish a
mail line from Klamath agency to Sil
ver lake, and to increase service on the
route from Silver lake to Prineville.
The grain crop in Lane oounty ha
proven to be muoh better than waa
anticipated a few weeks ago. Soma
field of grain are very light, bnt tha
yield in most oases will be very good,
and muoh better than wa expeoted.
Smoke from fire in the Cascade
mountain ha been blown by western
wind aoorss tbe valleys and plains un
til it is thick and blue In Grant county,
nearly obscuring the inn, and Impair
ing the usefulness of the moon, say
the Canoyn City New.
Reports from Sherman oounty are to
the effeot that wheat is suffering from
the oontinued hot weather, and farmers
do not expect the average yield ot the
county will be more than bushel
to the acre. A month ago they expeot
ed the average yield wonld be twenty
five bnhsels.
Mrs. Mary Henkle, who died reoently
in Independence, wa born in Green
oounty, Kentucky, July 89, 1817. She
crossed the plain with her husband in
1866, to California, and they oame to
Oregon in 1867. locating two and one
half milea south ot Philomath. She
wa the mother ot fourteen children,
nine ot whom survive; ' thirty-nine
grand-children, thirty-one of whom
survive, and thirteen great grandchil
dren, twelve of whom survive.
Washington. -
The newspaper men of Seattle have
formed a pre club. -
Grasshoppers are eating the potato
plant in th vioinlty of Sprague.
A schoolhouse i to be built in tbe
Pleasant valley district, tn Whatcom
county.
Harvest ha begun in Whitman
oounty, several headers having started
tn within the week.
The warehouses at Garfield are all
being put In oonditlon to receive this
season's grain crop.
In the Steilacoom, Wash, , insane asy
lum there are at present 678 patient,
200 of whom are women.
A convention ot the various cburob
societies ot Lincoln oounty will be held
in Davenport, Thursday. August 80.
Tuesday, September 16, has been set
by the state land commission for bear
ing testimony oonoerning oonflioting
applications to pnrohase tide lands in
Chebali oounty.
Tbe oommittee of one hundred, whose
task it was to find ont who stole the
ballot boxes in Taooma bas asked tbe
judges of the superior oourt to at onoe
oall a session of the grand jury to in
vestigate the orime.
Treasurer Lewis, of Chehali oounty,
bas remitted to tbe several towns tax
oolleotion, aa follow: Aberdeen,
$510.97; Montesano, $100.06; Ho
quiam. $246.81; Cosmopolis, $461.54;
Elma, $9.74; Ooosta, $18.71. and to
the state treasurer, $14,181.14.
Mora net stealing than ever wa
known in the history of the river i
taking plaoe this season, say the Cath
lamet Gaiette. Some fishermen claim
there ia a gasoline boat whioh is mak
ing a business of staling web. ; Tbe
men claim that the gasoline boat picks
up the web with a hook that reaohe to
tbe bottom and sever tbe lead and cork
line with one (lash.
The statement ot the treasurer of
Skagit oounty for the year ending June
80, 1896, ahowa that receipt have
amounted to $148,060.78, and disburse
ment to $95,489.06. leaving a each
balanoe of $58,651.69. :, . .
Charles Frank, an Indian from the
Lapwai reservation, wa tiied at Col
fax the other day for tbe stealing of a
horse, and waa acquitted. Tbe evi
dence was plain that he bad taken tba
horse and ridden off, but It wa proved
to be a custom for the Indians to ride
an another' bone when the1 wished.