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r HE OREGON VOL. 13. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPT. J8, 1896. NO. 39. MIST EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic New. of the World. TKJtHK TICKS FftOH THE WIRES Aa Interesting Collection or lUml From th Two Hemispheres Presented 1 u Ciiort"J Parol. ,-. ' Ex-Presldnt Harrison bat boon ton darnd tbe pr.eideiioy of tbe new mil veraity of Indiana, but h declined Auutlicr balloonist met bli fate near Ward's Island, N, Y. Ill balloon eatiglit fits In mid air and be full into tlm Water near Hollgate cud wi drowned. - Mr. Bryan bat Issued fain Inttor of ac teptanae. Me define bis position ou the question of the day and statu that h will uphold every plunk of the platform adopted at Chicago. Seventeen people wore Injured, tome of thwn seriously, by tbe overturning of I wagon, wbiob rolled down en etn biiiikiueut of ton ftM't. Tbe aooldeut occurred near Claokamae tatlou, Ore' OU. There have been received at tbe irranarlr at Saloin thui far this season 10,000 buHbeli of wheat, and it le esti mated tliat about 85,000 bushel are . ret to ooma. Wheat now wit in tbe lupttal olty for 43 oont a boibel. , Jauhi Applogato, who died at Mon rovia, waa one ot the earliest pioneer, to ooine to tbe Pao flo ooaat. He oame to Oregon from Missouri in 1843, to gnther with hi father and two brother. Ue wa 63 years old at the time of bla death. . , .'- Superintendent Paine, of tbe Oregon Btate Insane asylum, baa filed with the board of asylum truatee a atatemeni tt eipouditarei for the month of August, whlob how the par oapita ixpense for that mouth to be tbe lowest In tbe history ot tbe institution. William a Bradford, ot Mary.ville, tul, mot bl death In tbe Webb mine, Dear Brown'i valley, through tbe prem tore explosion of a blaat looated at bout the 500-foot level and some fifty feet in a drift Tom Powers, who was tome llfty fuet away also suffered seri ous and possibly fatal injuries. Engineer K. F. Ingles, the hero ot WebaUT. who saved bla passengers from being robbed by killing bandit Morgan on September S, w called b ' (ore J. A. Ftlmore, A. D. Wilder and other oRloers of the Southern Paoldo . ind given a testimonial for bravery, The oeremony was simple. The brave laigueer was given a check for $250, toother with a beautiful watoh and ohain sultubly'engraved. A terrible tragedy was enaotcd on Broad street,- Klohuioad, Vs. J am is & Wliitmer, aged 40, a blacksmith working at tbe Hicbmond locomotive work, Mauled and killed & G. That bimer, sou of a well-known liquor merchant The cause of tbe hoiniutd was the alleged betrayal of Wlmmor's partially paralyxed daughter by young Tbathoimer. Wimmer, who was bout lug for the youth, oame up with htm ou tbe streot, caught bold of him and tabbed blm in three places. That beimer walked half a block and fell doad. Wimmer surrendered himself. The losses by th rooent sever Are at Monmouth are being rapidly adjust ' sd, and as aoon a all are settled near ly all tbe firm will take immediate Hep to rebuild tbelr respective plaoes of business. Tbe annual exndu of bop-ploker has begun from Balem and other town In Marion oouuty, and, although the ptoker will receive but Si5 cents a box, the usual number are leaving tor tbe Bold with undiminished enthusiasm. The twenty-foot boat In which Cap tain Frank Cbarlsen and bis brother John, ot Nyaok, left New York on June 91 last for (Jueenstown, wa sighted two weeks ago bottom up some 860 miles off the Irish ooaat, and the fate of her orow 1 merely a matter ot eenjaoture. There has been an election bet made In Milwaukee, which for originality lay over anything which haa been ' made thu far. Fred W. Burke and Albert Donaldson are tbe parties to the wager. The former agree to leave the oonntry forever on or before Janu ary I, 1897, if William MoKlnley 1 elected president, and tbe latter will do the oonntry a like service if W. J. Bryan is elected. Tbey have drawn tip a contract to this effect which has been formally attested before a notary public. , . The appellate oourt of the fourth district, of Illinois, haa decided that pi iwliig oorn on Sunday in light of ohuroh-goer does not in itself consti tute a disturbance of th peace. In oonstrulng aeotion 301, which relate to disturbing the peaoe by labor on Bun day, under which Mr. Foil, a Seventh Day Aventlst, wa arrested, tbe oourt hold that thl seotlon docs not prohibit work or amusement ou Sunday, but prohibit only such oonduot as disturb the peace and good order of society. The defendant being a Seventh Day Adventlat, observe Saturday a tbe Sabbath, and plowed oorn on Sunday, and bis arrest and conviction resulted. The old publio school building, at Cheney, Wash., whloh had been pur chased by Rev. R. Manier, ha been burned, The Are wa doubtless of in oendiary origin. There la an intensely bitter feeling between two faotions in Choney, one side asserting that it would retain oontrol of affairs, even if it had to resort to Are or other atroug . method. It i stated that the enemies of Kev. Manier are responsible for the loss of the building, but there is noolue to tbe perpetrators. Tbe building wa worth about f 1,600. A Female Maniac. For several day report have been received in lone, Cal. , that a woman with long black hair, piercing black eyrs, had been seen in tbe wood above that town, entirely nude, A. farmer and bis wife, while driving borne some three mile from town, encoun tered the woman, who sprang from the brush at the roadside and seised the bridle ot tbelr team. The farmer left the wagon, and grappled With the stranger, wbo was frothing at the mouth and gave vent to tearful shrieks, but ibe broke away from blm and esoapod. A systematic search for the supposed manlao will be made with bloodhound. v , An Old Kstabllahed firm. ' Thoina B. Pearoe, Henry T. Atkins and Henry Pearoe, owner ot tbe Franklin ootton mill, of Cincinnati, O., doing an extensive ootton business in tliat olty, under the name of Pearoo, Atkln A Co., and the Henry Pearoe Son' Company, assigned as a company and a indivdual to William O, Coch ran, a ootlou-mlll owner. Tbe asset are 1340,000; liabilities, 9108,000. The cause of the orash i slow collec tions and dull business. Fits Challenges Corbett. Robert Fltaslmmons, tbe pugilist, and bl manager, Martin Julian, gave a dinner In New York, at wbiob James Corbett was challenged by FiUsim moos. A f 5,000 forfeit was posted. When Corbett was informed of tbelr aotion, be said that Fitasimmon was again bluffing, but that be would oall bis bluff, and that be would fight blm twenty minute after hi flgbt with Sharkey. 1 ; Across the In at Tawl. The latest San Franoiaoo adivoe from Yokohama say that a twenty-foot yawl started from that port for San Fran cisco Auguat 10. It wa tbe Nadjes ka, and in bar Captain Rldderbjelke hope to cross the Paciflo. She left port amid the cheers of a large delega tion of American skippers and tar from tbe orulsers in tbe harbor. , The atrlke la Off. Tbe strike ot 8,000 union bod car riers In Chicago has ended in almost complete victory for tba men. By gaining recognition for tbelr anion from' tbe bosses, the bod-osrriers claim tbey bava won all tbey oonld bave wished when tbey struck over a month ago. . . ' Am Oil Tank xlodd. An oil tank on a freight train in Wellington, 111., exploded, setting fire to and burning twenty-two oars of coal. Peter Norton' elevator, containing 11,000 bushels of wheat, wa destroy ed. Tbe railroad pumping station wa also boruod. A War Hello Burned. Ender't tobaooo faotory, in Rich mond, Va., which, during the war nsed to accomodate tbe overflow of prisoners from Libby prison, one square away, bas been burned. It was a very old structure. About 160,000 ot leaf to baooo was destroyed. A Hook by General MlUa. Major-General Nelson A. Milea baa written a book. It will be leaned within tbe next two week and will doubtless cause oomment from one end of the country to the other, and from civilians and military men alike. Tbe book i entitled, "Personal Reoolleo tiom and Observation of General Nel son A. Mile, Embraolng a Brief View of the Civil Wart or, From New Eng land to the Golden Uata.'' Tumu.l.d a Bank Vault. John McCarthy wa arrested in Ban Franoiaoo for oomplloity in the at tempt to tunnel into tbe vault of the First National bank of Los Angnles, five month ago. When arrested Mc Carthy drew a revolver, but wa over powered. He is believed to bava been tbe leader of the gang who opearted in Los Angela. . . . Oyeloa, la Parla. A violent cyclone swept over por tion of Pari, Franoe. Omnibuses, oab and stall in the streets were over turned, trees blown down, store win dow broken, carriage sunk In the River Seine, and tba firemen bad to be called. Many people were seriously Injured. - Dlad From Barns. Mr. Bird, th wife of a farmer liv ing near Rankin, Wash., was engaged in fighting fir in a olearing near the houaa, when her dress took fire and she received burn wbiob In a tew hour caused her death. :., Tvs Maa Drownad. . Two men named Fainter and White, respectively, attompted to go from the Nestuooa river to Alaea in an open boat, by way of the open sea. When near Alsea tbelr frail oraft oapsiaed in the breakers ana notn were urownea, Another Bank Failure. Tba Mutual National bank, of New Orleans, has closed its door. The oapital stock is 1200,000 and tba line ot deposit wa very small, it nas been regarded weak tor a long time. A Bains aulolda. Dora Forest and Madge Dow, two disreputable women of Helena, Mont, took morphine with suicidal Intent Tbe former died, bnt th latter will re cover, Bmall Boy Drowntd. v While a number of boy were wim ming In the Mokelumne river, near Lodl, Cal., Bert Cornwall, IB year M inn of Mr. and Mrs. Thomal Corn wall, wa drowned. He attempted too long a distance, and weakened, wben a companion went to hi rescne and was nearly drowned himself . in hi brava endeavor to lave the struggling boy. Th case is a peculiarly sad one, he being the Oldest ohild. Th body ha not been recovered. IS OVER A HUNDRED John Durblo, of Marlon Coun ty, Oregon, Isioa. JlOItM BEFOBE WASHINGTON DIED He Hat Mvod Lire Full of Adventure -Has Five Children Living;, the Youngest Over Slaty. Salem, Or., Sept. 15. Marion ooun ty claims the oldeat living pioneer in Oregon. His name is John Durbin, and be wa 103 year old Sunday. John Dnrbln wa born in Fayette oounty, ' Pennaylavnia, September 16, 1704. Hi birth antedate the death of George Washington five years. He did service as lieutenant in tbe war of 1813, and lived through tbe Mexioan and olvil wars. He know what In dian warfare, i from having lived among them, and ha survived all. In 1800, Mr. Durbin moved from bis native state to Richard oounty, Ohio, where, in 1830, be was married to Sarah Fitting. Of this onion were born ten obildren, five of whom are living. Tbe family moved to Hanoock oounty, Illinois, In 1843; thence to Clayton oounty, Missiourl, in tbe ssme year. In the spring of 1845, the fam ily, with a body of emigrants, set out for Oregon, arriving In the fall of 1845. Mr. Durbin settled in Marion oouuty, and it bas since been bl borne. He bas lived an aotlve life, giving mcst of bis time to farming and itookrai- log. In tbe '60s it was bis custom to drive bands of cattle into the Rogue river valley to graie off of nature' rich pastures. He had a large band in tbe valley at the time of tbe threat ened outbreak of tbe Rogue River In dian. It wa Mr. Durbin' good for tune to get along peaceably with tbe Indians, even wben they were hostile toward tbe govenrment settler. He treated with the Rogue River Indian at tbe itart by promising them two head ot fat cattle a year for tbe privi lege of paatunge, and be always lived up to tbe treaty. , An accident ooourred while he was looking after his oattle in the Rogue river valley, to wbiob Mr. Durbin at tribute hi total abstinence from to baooo since. He bad stopped on tbe mountainside to light bis pipe, when be beard the snap of an Indian's gun only a few rods away. "Tbe thought oame to me," he afterward said, "that tliat pipe might be the cause ot my death, so I threw it away, and baven't nsed tobaooo since." Mr. Durbin makes bis home with bis son Iaaao, who lives on Howell prairie, nine miles -from Salem. . It was the intention ol bis cniidren ana grandchildren to bave a reunion and invite all pioneers ot '45 in the state to be present to celebrate their father's 103d anniversary, but as tbe day drew nigh it was apparent tbe statt of bis health would not permit ol tbe excite ment attendant upon snob an occasion. The frailty of age is apparent Tbe Venerable pioneer baa passed the nsual limit of old age, and ia living in his second childhood, and a yonnger gene ration will soon be oulled npon to honor bis memory. Tbe living ohildren of John Dnrbln are: Casper J., ot Huntington, Or., aged 74; Mrs. Fannie A. Martin, fonr miles east of Salem, aged 71; Solomon Durbin, miles east ot Salem, aged 67; Isaac, aged 64, nine miles norm west of Salem; Mr. Mary J. Starkey. of Salem, aged 61. The Alaakau Hondary. nhinatrn. Sent. 15 Charles Hamil ton, secretary of tbe North American Transportation & Trading Company, is an mnt tn Waahinntnn to nreaent to the authorities there evldenoe that American interest in Alaska are be ing seriously jeopardized by the fail ure of this government to demand the location of a boundary line compatible with the law and term under whlob Russia ceded Alaska to this oonntry. Hamilton take to Washington a nf the mnnrt made bv the Cana dian surveyor, William Ogilvie, laat May to Inspector constantine, in nharae of the Canadian nollce along tbe Yukon river. So uncertain are tbe Canadian police authorities as to their rights in arbitrating disputes along the disputed boundary' that In spector Constantino deemed this re port to be necessary. Withont it he It that armata anil nthar nolioa duties demanded of the British representative . . i i .i ..... on toe nouuoay iiuo wuiu hm w unu. A WYOMING GOLD FIND. A Rich Discover j Kenr the Colorado .. i-lne. . Rawlins. Wyo., Sept. 15 There is muob excitement here over a reoent gold dlsoovery on Grand Eooampment oreek, about forty-five miles outheat of this oity, and just nortn or me Colo rado line. The discovery was made by A n Hun ton and Ben Culltonin July. They have kept the matter quiet until the present time. At a aopio or tinntva fnt thnv have a nay streak twenty-two Inches wide, assaying from 300 to 110,000 in gold. Therein bas been traced tor several mile. Some fnrtv nr fifiv olaima have been looatea. Numerou parties hive gone out to the field today and other are outfitting and starting a rapidly a possioie. To nrnose King Alexander. London, Sept. 15 The Vienna oor. respondent of the Cbronioie says was a onn.nlran haa been diaoovered at Bel grade to depose King Alexander of Servia. .' Commands the Mediterranean Station. London, Sept 15. Vioe- Admiral -I. lnhn (VM-nnAV HoDklns. K C. B.. has' been appointed to suooeed Sir Michael Culme Seymour, ri. u. a., as oommander-in-ohiof of the Mediter ranean station. . . : ,1 Mlpped la tbe Bad. London, Sept. 16. It is generally believed here that tbe police, by tbe arrest of Edwin Bell at Glasoow, J. Wallace and John E. Kearney, at Rotterdam, and P. J. Tynan (No. 1), at Boulogne-sur-Mei, Franoe, bave nipped a widespread dynamite plot in the bud. At Rotterdam tba police oaptured a number of infernal, ma obinea and correspondence whioh may result in further arrests. Tbe men ar rested in Rotterdam were in bed when arrested. Many infernal machine were found in their possession, togeth er with a quantity of oorrespondenoe in oipher. The correspondence is said to bave contained plans for dynamite out rages, including an attempt upon the life of Queen Victoria. At Last a Ueelslon. Washington, Sept. 16. The Span ish government bas yielded to tbe de mands of tbe United States for a trial by a civil oourt of the Competitor pris oner. Anthentio information to tbis effect has reaobed tbe state department unofficially, and tbe formal announce ment Is expected in tbe next mail from Minister Taylor in Madrid. Tbe Spanish government reaobed tbis con clusion soma time ago, bnt ha delayed tbe formal announcement of its deci sion until after the cortex adjourns, in order to escape oritloism from tbat body for making concessions to the United State. ' An Italian Bark Wrecked. Highland Light, Mass., Sept 16. The Italian bark Montetabor, from Trapanl for Boston, with a cargo of salt, was wrecked on Peaked Hill bar at midnight. To escape death by drowning it i presumed Captain De lassa shot bimself and the mate cut bis throat with a razor. Four of the crew of ten, all of whom were swept overboard, were drowned. ; The re maining six reached shore on the ves sel' deckhouse. BUTCHERED BY SPANIARDS. Cubans Massacred In the Hatanaaa Provlnoe. Key West, Sept 16. Advices from Havana by the steamer Mascotte give detail of a massacre ot Cubans in Matanaas proviboe by Spaniards under General Molinas. Tbe butchery occur red on Las Calas sugar estate. Molina beard an insurgent band was en camped on the estate and ordered a raid. The insurgenta had gone wben the Spaniards arrived, and Molinas ordered the buildings on tbe estate de stroyed. ' The Spaniarda surrounded the homes of the employes, applied tbe torch and shot tbe Cuban a they rushed out Eighteen men and four. women were killed outright. While thirteen other, including three cbil dren, were wounded. Molinas was a pleased spectator of the masaaore, and reported it to Weyler a a "gloriou viotory." ' Thursday Insurgents raided and burned tbe town of San Francisco de Paulo, a suburb of Havana. ' The Spanish garrison of 800 men surren dered, but were released after being disarmed. The smoke and flames were visible in Havana, and caused great exoitement Weyler teems to bave completely lost his head. He is having leading citiaens of Havana arrested by the wholesale. Weyler says the men ar rested bave been plotting to bave him reoalled to Spain. The arrests bave profoundly stirred Havana. THE FIRST BIG BET. MoKlnley nnd Bryan Supporter. Back Their Belief. With Col-. San Franoiaoo, 8ept 15. The first big bet ot the presidential campaign so far recorded was made bere last nignt, when Charles D. Lane, manager for Alvina Hayward, and Henry Brat nober, tbe mine promoter, affixed their sianatnrea to note in which each pledged to pay tbe other 35,000 in case tbe candidate of hi cboioe ia not the choice of tbe people In November. The nartie to the wager have known one another for maoy year. Lane was ohairman ot .the reoent silver conven tion, and 1 an ardent supporter ot W. J. Bryan and the white metal. Brat- nober i just a enthusiastic a supporter of Maior MoKiaiey. The two friend were on the point of taking a "nightcap" at the Grand hotel bar, wben the politioal aituatlon wa broached. In the beat of tbe de bate Bratnober offered to bet f 100,000 on MoKiuley ' success, and Lane promptly accepted tbe bet, but by mn tual oousent it was subsequently de olared off. Just before parting, how aver, Bratnobes remarked to his friend that be guessed Lane bad saved bim self $100,000 by not making tbe bet. and the latter thereupon offered to bet any amount on Bryan at even money. Bratnober named 135,000, the bet was made, and a oouple of minntes later their respective note were signed and deposited in the hotel safe. Its Success A""!. Omaha, Sept 15. Tbe committee having charge of subscriptions for tbe trans-Mississippi exposition today re sorted tbat the $800,000 guarantee re- qnuired before the congressional appro priation would ne eneotive nas oeeu so rmred. Three hundred and fifteen thousand dollar unconditional sub soription have been received, and $40, 000 conditional. . .-To Avoid Trouble. -ttnnnna Avrpa. Sent IB The Her aid's correspondent in Rio Janeiro end word that President Moraea of Braail ha bad a conference with Gen eral Cereanlra. the minister ot state, over the Italian troubles. It was the object of the oonfesenoe to devise a plan tn avoid trouble in the diplomatic rela tinna between Italy and Braail. The oongreaa bas adjourned until Ootober. There ia some talk of haviug a sloop regatta at Bay Centre soon. THE TRADE REVIEWS Political Uncertainty Still Pre venting Improvement. WOOL, WHEAT, AND CORN CE0PS Light Demand lot Finished Products Speealatlve Buying of Raw M , terlal-Bradatreet's Report. New York, Sept. 14. R. G. Dun & Co.' weekly trade review aya: Better prospect and relief from monetarty anxiety do not yet bring larger demand for finished produote, though large buying of pig iron, wool, leather bides, cotton and other ma terials continue to show a growing be lief that a general upward movement in piroea will come with tbe replenish, ment of dealer' stocks this fall. Most prices are so extremely low, tbat noth ing more than an extraordinary de mand would advance them. Bnt bank failures at New Orlean cause tem porary hesitation: crop returns indicate disappointment in some ootton and ome spring wheat states; prioe of oorn and oats make it unprofitable to sell at present; the number of manufacturing worts and mines in operation does not gain, but rather decrease. Reductions of wages are somewhat numerous, oc casionally observed by strikes, and all these condition diminish for a time the buying power of the people. While many think general improvement can not oome until the election has re moved politioal uncertainty, other ex pect soon to see tbe result anticipated in trade. Sale of wool for the week have about equaled tbe normal consumption, for the first time in months, not be cause manufacturers have more order or are doing more work, fcr no gain in seen in demand or output The buy ing is mainly speculative, based on the belief tbat prices must advance. Wheat declined a cent, but then ad vanced, closing a cent up for tbe week. Western receipts still exceed laat year's, having been in two week 11, 399,000 bushels, against 9,333,200 laat year, while Atlantio export, flour in cluded, bave been for the same week 8,898,265 bushels against 2,415,872 last year. " Corn is almost wholly out of danger, and tbe yield is generally expeoted to be the largest, as the prioe here is tbe lowest ever known. Failures bave been 815 in the United States against 187 last year, and 47 in Canada against 64 last year. As Bradstreet Viewed It. New York, Sept 14. Bradstreet' weekly review of trade aays: The feel ing among jobbers and manufacturers last week tbat an improvement in de mand for aeisonable staples waa in sight was evidently well founded, for at more than a doxen centers, South and West, tbe demand is now mere ao tive, the volume of sales haa in creased, and the general ; outlook is much more favorable to business later in tbe autumn. J. H BUCKMAN KILLED. Walter Falrman Bit Him on the Head With a Pitchfork. Spokane, Wash.. Sept 14. J. H. Bookman, one of the most prominent farmer in Linooln oounty, wa killed near here last evening by Walter Fair man. A threshing orew was at work on Bnokman'a plaoe, and Fairman was measuring grain. Buckman aooused Fairman of swindling, and Fairman called Buckman a liar. The latter struck Fairman, wbo retaliated by knocking Buckman down. He then jumped npon the prostrate form of Buokman and ohoked him until be cried auita. . ' Buokman walked away, apparently atiafied with the thrahsing he bad re oeived. About ten minute later, a Fairman wa measuring grain, be looked up and saw Buokman ooming toward him with a knife. To protect bimself Fairman grabbed up a pitch fork tbat waa standing olose by. The spectators say Buokman made a rush at Fairman with the uplifted knife, when Fairman raised the pitchfork and struck Buokman a blow over the bead with the handle. Buokman tell like a log, the blood gushing from bis ears, noee and mouth. A messenger wa lent to inform Mrs. Buokman, who oame and fell upon the prostrate form of her husband, beseeoh ing blm to speak, but be was beyond all aid. Without recovering con sciousness, and before a physician oould arrive, Buokman expired, within bait an hour. Fairman made no effort to escape, but remained in the vioinity nntil Deputy Sheriff Fraaier arrived. He was looked up in jail here. Fairman, who is not very well known, expresses sorrow at the fatal termination ot tbe quarrel He laid he had no intention whatever to kill Buokman, but waa forced to strike him to protect hi own life. ' - - . Spokane, Wash., Sept 14. Walter Hall, a 13-year-old boy, was thrown from a horse last evening, bis bead striking a atone and his skull being fraotured. He died an hour after thf accident -- - : ' . Mail Train Burned. Goshen, Ind., Sept 14. The Lakt Shore through express, carrying mailt and express from New York to Cbi oago, ' oaught fire near here tonight, and thousands of dollar's worth of mail were destroyed. Tbe origin of the fir i supposed to have been spontaneous ximbustion. v Last year the farmers of this oonntry exported 831,732 oattle, for whioh they received $30,603,790. USED MAILS UNLAWFULLY. A Matrimonial Swindle Worked by a . ft York Woman. Newburg, N. Y.. Sept 15 Mra Anna Gossner, a Swedish woman of 80, who bas a busbaud and six obil dren, was arrested in this oity last night on a warrant charging her with using tbe United States mails unlaw fully. Tbe warrant was obtained by Postofflce Inspector McDuryea, on complaint of William A. Biloott, of Mount Vernon, O. Mrs. Grossner is alleged to bave advertised in a matri monal paper tbat ber busabnd bad died and left ber a fortune, but tbat the estate was not settled up yet Sbe wanted tbe assistance of a wealthy gentleman, and stated she would go to his borne for an interview if money to pay her fare was sent her. It is al leged that she obtained $40 from Sil oo tt in this manner. Mrs. Grossner'a busabnd lift bere yesterday morning tor Toronto, and the family waa to follow. Mrs. Grossner and ber baby are in jail, and the other five children are at the Children's borne. Tbe woman will be given an examination by Recorder Hyndmann tomorrow morning. STABBED TO DEATH. A Murder Followed a Wrestling Bout at San Benito. Hollister, Cal., Sept 15. Logan B. Cornwall, aged 83 years, was stab bed to the heart and died instantly last nigbt at San Benito, thirty-five milea south of here, by George Smith, a obnm of the deoeased. Both men were skylarking and Indulegd in some wrestling, in wbiob Cornwall threw Simth. This angered the latter some what, and, another bout taking place, Smith was thrown again, Cornwall falling upon him. Smith reached into hi pocket and pulling out a knife, slashed at Cornwall several time. Two cuts, six and five inches long, were made across his abdomen, and one stab was directly over bla heart, whioh waa fatal. Cornwall roae, walked about fifteen feet and expired. Smith went home and, upon the arrival of Sheriff Holbrook this morning, urren dered himself and waa plaoed in jail. He deeply deplores bis act, aa be and Cornwall were warm friend and had been raised from boys together. Corn wall leaves a widow and two ohildren. WENT THROUGH A BRIDGE. Petal BIIroad Aecldeat in Northern California. Eureka, CaL, Sept 15. A fatal railorad accident ooourred this after noon five miles north of Areata, which resulted in tbe death of fonr persona and the serious, if not fatal injury of several others. Tbe train whioh leave Areata at 4:30 for Corbel, went through the bridge aoros Mad river, both coaches, engine and box car being pre cipitated to tbe river bed below, about forty feet Those killed were: Sandv Cameron, brakeman; Annie Holland; Mrs. Kirkbam, of Riverside; a child, whose name oould not be learned. A relief train immediately went to the saene and Draught the dead and in jured to Areata. The injured were given all possible attention. Drs. Felt, Wallace and other physicians were summoned and attended to tbe injured. This is the worst aooident that ever oo ourred in Humboldt, and tbe telephone and telegraph offices were beseiged for news. Tbe news spread quickly and excited groups discussed tbe aooident on the streets and about tbe offloea. STOPPED HS OWN FUNERAL Mistake Made by the Friend or a Mtae lng Salesman. v San Franoisco, 8ept 15. Matthew Roche, a missing dry-goods salesman, made bis appearance today just in time to interrupt hia own funeral services and to prevent the interment of a corpse tbat bad been identified by a score ot former associates aa his. The body had been picked up on the beach Fri day morning, and aa Roche bad been missing for eome day, wa out ot work, despondent and given to drink, his ex-employers and several of bis friends, who called at the morgue, readily identified it as his, and made ar rangements for bis decent burial. While tbe cortege wa on tbe way to the cemetery, Roohe telephoned from the oity and oounty hospital to the coroner's office that be had just read in tbe papers an aooount of bia death and tbat some one had made a mistake. The funeral was promptly stopped by he coroner, and the body taken back to tbe morgue, where It now awaits Iden tification. The unknown man ia said to olosely resemble Roche in figure, features and age.- , Five Fi-hermen Drowned. Halifax, N. a W., Sept 15. Henry Warford and hi tour cons, of Green Bay, N. F., were drowned in tbe straits ot Belle Isle while on their way home in a smalt schooner from a fish ing cruise. r ' ' :: : -Alice Blythe Vagged. San Franoiaoo, Sept 15. Alice Edith Diokerson-Blrtbe. tbe woman ' who olaimed to be tbe oontraot wife of I Thomas Blythe, and as such olaimed a ' half interest in the dead millionaire's estate, wot arrested this afternoon and booked at the oity prison upon a charge of vagrancy. During tba past two years the woman has been arrested on all of a score of times. San' Franoisco, Sept 15. An old lady from Seattle, who gave hor name aa Mrs. Weber, oame near being as phyxiated by gas at the Park hotel last night ; Sbe waa found unoonsoious at 8 o'olook this morning, and waa taken to tbe receiving hospital, where she is slowly recovering. Sbe said she oame to the city for treatment at tbe Ger man hospital. ' Tbe old lady got up in the night to take her medicine, and, it ia thought, accidentally turned on the gas. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF eSNEBAL INTEREST From All the Cities and Town, of the Thriving Sister States Oregon. Horses sold at tbe pound in Athena last week did not bring very high prioe. On wa sold for eleven cents. The flooring mill at Long Creek be- gun grinding and will oontinue until . all tbe surplus wheat around Long . Creek haa been made into flour. Tuttle & Carry have extended their telephone system from Tillamook to Garibaldi, and are thinking of extend ing the line up tbe beach to Nehalem. Soottsburg, in Douglas oounty, has the oldest tannery in Oregon. It was built in 1858 by Levy Kent, now a , prominent and active business man in Drain. Tba yield of grain per acre in Har ney oounty this season 1 said to be heavier than aver before. Tbe hay crop ia aimply immense, and every fruit tree in the country ia loaded with fruit , , : Manager Fell, of the Pendleton woolen mills, aays that the company will enforce the payment of the sub scriptions made to tbe stock by oitizena of Pendleton, or olose the mills. All .' subscriptions were due last March. A petition has been crioulated in . Linooln oounty asking tbe oounty oourt to put a bounty of $2 on bear scalps. In some part of the oounty bear are " getting pretty thick and the ranchere would like to see them thinned out a little. Drain ships to Rosebnrg from 800 ti 1,000 carload of wood a year. It for wards also by rail 500 carloads of lum ber to different points, and from twenty-five to thirty oars of live stock, and it receives about 100,000 ponnda ot merchandise a month. About all the surplus sheep and cat tie in Coo and Curry bava been hipped via Port Oxford and Rosebnrg. Quite a lot of money baa been distri buted among tbe farmer by tbe ship pers, and a glut in tbe home market -haa also been prevented. A prominent Philadelphia wool-buy-, er aaya tbat Oregon ia the only state that haa not sold it wool. All tbe olip from tbe other states, or the great er portion, were moved off aa early as' July 1. But Oregon wool men have' held for bigher prices and consequently bnt a small amount had been disposed ot Tbe sawmill at Hudson, in Donglaa oounty, will resume operation this week, and will give employment di rectly and indirectly to fotry men. The mill is a donble cironlar with a oapaoity ot 80,000 feet a day, and will get out material for the Bio Grande railway, and whatever oontracta may turn np, the product consisting of fir and spruce. With the sawmill are two planers and a lath mill, and every de- -. partment will be utilised. Washington. The Paciflo oounty fair will be held at South Bend September 23, 84 and 35. The total reoiepta of the Seattle land offioe laat month amounted to $1, 848.12. . . . The Douglas oounty industrial expo- - sition will be held at Waterville Octo ber 1, 3 and 8. Tba disbursements in Spoakne coun ty laat month for oounty puprosea aomnnted to $40,049.81. . The Northwest Mining Association will hold its second annual convention tbis year in Spokane, Ootoker 6, 7, 8.- Wednesday. October 14, there will be a reunion of the old Union soldiers, sailors and marines of Columbia coun ty in Dayton. The total exact cost of Spokane county's new oonrthouse was, accord ing to a synopsis from the auditor's re port, $339,081.53. . The United States pays to pensioners through the oounty clerk's offioe in the oity ot Walla Walla alone, annually, tbe anm of $36,000. Tbe new machinery tor the Ritaville flouring mill haa been shipped, and will aoon be plaoed in position. It is the plansifter process. The 1896 potato orop in Kittitas oounty will not be half aa large as that of 1895, and In oon sequence potatoes are rising in prioe in that locality. - The committee appointed by tbe " grand lodge ot Odd Fellows of Wash ington to select a site for the proposed Odd Fellows' home ha decided in favor of Walla Walla. Gold i said to bave been discovered in the Walla Walla river at tba slide, a abort distance below the month of the Touohet One of tbe discoverers ay a he can pan out $3 a day. The mangagement of the Port Town end Southern railroad baa ordered that the entire road bed be overhauled and repaired, and put in flrat-olass shape for traffic and this work ia to be don without delay. A petition haa been circulated to bava a road opened east from Maltby. Snohomish oounty, to oonneot with the river road to Snohomish. Tba road would benefit many settlers by opening a way to tbe nearest railway station. The Catlln sawmill, in Cowlit oounty, has secured a oontraot for 165.-. 000 feet of log timbers. There will be ; two sticks 34x34, 100 feet long. Tbe "' whole bill oontains exceptionally heavy, timbers, and Mr. Fidler is arranging hia mill in order tbat be may saw them. CM