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rm OREGON MIST .JUJ VOL. 13. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCT. 2, 189G. NO. 41, EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome oi the Telegraphic Newt of the .World. TEfiSB TICKS FROM TUB WIRES a Intonating Collection of It.ni.l"ruui the Two llenilapherea rnuaUil la a Coodeuaed form. In oolliilop between an express and in exoanluo train on tb Ureal Knit em railroad, near London, seventeen person war seriously Injured. Dr. Lewis Bwlft, of tb Moout Low obieravtory, Paindana, Cal., hai dis covered two new comets close toegther, both being about one degree from the IUII. I A terrlflo gale hi iw.ept the ooeit of the United Kingdom. The itorm played bavoo with the tree In London purlin, and oh mod great damage among coast and flablrig oraft The 'loia of life la reported slight The Clyde line paiaenger iteamer Frederick DeBarry, New York to Jack oiivllle, waa wrecked at Klttybawk, N. O. The orew of seventeen men were taken off by a, life taring boat. There were no pauengera or oargo aboard. , In pitched battle between .quad of policemen and gang of hoodlums, at Philadelphia, Pa.. Mlohael Pizza waa ahol and killed and five othera, three of whom were oftloeri, were seri ously Injured. Tbe aueue of the affray wi dingy three-story brick bouse in the heart of the Italian distrlot Cbarlea Pfelfer, living at Bright wood, Iud., out bif wlfe'a throat aud banged himself. Both are dead. Pfeifor waa an operator on tbe Big Four. The oonple were married year ago and lived happily, it la be lieved that Pfelfer waa temporarily in line. Tbe boiler of a ninety-ton ten-wbeel looorootive on tbe Big Four road buret I Pekln, 111, barling the engine more than 100 feet, partly demoliihlng a factory, killing the fireman and break lug nearly all the glaia within a quar ter of a mile of tbe loene Plenei of tbe engine were picked up 1,000 feet way and one of tbe big drive wheela wn burled 400 feet from the traok. The turnpike riotera are ont again In Lawrenoeborg, Ky., and have de stroyed twenty of the twenty-four toll gate in Andenon oounty. The oounty tail fall voted to make the plkei free. Prooeedlnga for appraisement con demnation and purchasing have been made, but the people did not wait for relief in that way. Under the lawa of Keutuoky the oounty will have to make good the Ion and damage by the mob. Klubard Will la mi, the eiomtonii Inipeotor, of Ban Frinoiioo, convicted of eitortion, baa been sentenced to ail yean' Imprisonment and 10,000 fine. A bakery at Woodburn, Or., waa destroyed by Ore, and baker named Kuhl waa burned while trying to aave eoine of hla effect! from the building. Tbe loea la 3,000. Hupa aggregating In quantity over 75,000 poundi bare been contracted by Marion oounty growers to Charles Green A Bon, tbe purchase prioe being 8 oeuta pound, Edson Keith, for forty year a promi nent oltisen ot Chloflg), threw himself into the lake at tbe foot of Thirteenth atreet In that olty, while temporarily insane, as a result of obronlo dyspepsia and insomnia. . Tb American ship Luzon, Captain Park, wbloh left New York May Si for Shanghai, passing Anjeron August 18, grounded on a bai at Woo Bong. It l probabl the ship will be floated after ahe has been lightened, but the mint be dry docked before putting to sea again. "Kill me, kill me; shoot me out of this misery." Thl waa the agonising ory of Anton Dnsbaok, who baa been employed In the Guggenheim smelting works near Woodbridge, N. J. Due baok was working near tank of ml phnrlo aold, when be loat hla balance ttnd plunged headforemost to a fate more horrible than death. Bis eye were badly burned and bla balr eaten off. Be oannot recover. , From Pittsburg, Fa., oome word that Russian spies sent out by the gov ernment of the ozar have stolen Ameri can armor-plate secrets and propose to turn their, acquisition to profit by fur nishing information by moausof which Kuula may make her own sheathe tor battle-ships. This In brief is the dis covery wbloh has been kept quiet for aomemonths by the officials of the Car negie Company, and which has worried the naval authorities and ofllolala of thia country and of the ateel oompany. The engineer and ordinance depart ments ot the array are preparing for the ieoution ot the legislation of the last oongress, looking to tbe Improve ment and strengthening tbe fortifica tion! and ooast defenses of this country. Plans for these important works have been formulated, and in moit initancei the approved projocti are under head way. The appropriation of 118,000,000 maaa Dy the last congress has been al loted so M to aooomplish the greatest good with the means and facilities at hand. The dwelling of James Madison, a farmer living near New Era, Or., burned to tbe ground while Mr. Madi son was away from home. Tbe build lug wa worth about laoo and Madi son had $1,000 in paper money, notes ndaooount and f 40 in gold in the house, all of whioh was lost, There was no insuranoe. A man named Baker, in oharge of the pumps at the White Swan mine, near Baker City, fell down a '400-foot baft and waa instantly killed. He d relatives la Portland. - A Macro Hot's Awful Crime. One of tbe most heinous murders in the history of Louisiana was committed by a negro boy named John Johnson In a farmhouse four miles south of In dependeuo Jo Cotton, his wife, her brother and two sinters were killed, the first by a pistol ibot and the other four with an as. Tbe flond who com mitted thl i quintuple murder Is a negro boy who has been In the employ ot, Cotton since April 9. He was allowed to sleep in the same honse, Tbe mo tive is mystery, as no attempt at robbery had been made. Tbe only member of the family who escaped was little Maud Miller, 14 years old, She darted from the house and gave the alatn. Hhe iayi she saw Johnson begin the butchery by atrlking her mother with the ax. Tbe murderer is till at large and ia being traoked with bloodhounds by a mob. He will prob ably be lynohed if oangbt On. Killed, Three Injured. By an esplosion of gas at tbe Phila delphia 4e Heading Compuny's Middle Creek colliery, near Trnmont, Pa., live men were burned. Two of the men died two hours later from their in juries. Two of tbe others oannot re cover. . ' P-tal Accident at Hon. The ship Pythomene, from Sydney, which ha Just arrived at Ban Fran cisco, report tbe death at soa August 18 of Henry B. Moyinghum, an 18-year-old apprentice, wbo fell from the foreyard to the deck. He lived forty eight honra, and was buried at sea. Fisherman lodlotod. True bills bare been returned by the grand jury at Aatorla against four fishermen for molting to riot and as sault with dangerous 'weapons, the crimes being alleged to have been com mitted it Booth' oannery during tbe reoent strike of tb flihermen. A Young M.ar liuuLr. Louis Hartwlg, a 18-year-old boy living at Astoria, killed an old bear and cub in tbo outskirts ot that olty, after an esoiting battle with tbe mother bear, in which tbe daring yonng almrod narrowly escaped being killed. , A Thousand Armonlaoe Killed. It appears that a thousand Arme nian! have been killed in a reoent masaaore at Egln, in the Kharpoot re gion. It ia reported that a hundred Armenians bive been killed at Divrig, in tbe lams villayet OH Tank. Burned. Ten large tanka of oil belonging to the Waters-Pieroe Oil Company, of East St. Louli, were destroyed by fire. Many thousand baneli of oil were burned, oausing loss of 140,000. A Horrlbla Crime. Joseph Bash, of Cleveland, O., for some unknown reason, conceived the ghastly Idea of killing bis whole fam ily, and, securing a crowbar, repaired to the room where bla wife aud two daughter were aleeplng. With one blow he oruabed the ikull of bis wife and then turned to the oradle of bla youngest child. Tbe 19-year-old daughter in another bed awoke and sprang to arrest the fiend' arm, but the blow fell aoross tbe infant' faoe. A desperate fight between father and daughter took place. Tbe girl'a aoreami brought assistance and the man fled. Tbe woman ia at the point of death, but the infant may live. A Destructive HIih, The Miasouri military academy, situ ated about a mil south of Mexico, Mo., burned to the ground, causing a loss of 175, Q00 on the building and a bcavy loss in personal effects. Tbe insuranoe Is 137,000. Hundreds ot students were in the building wben tbe fire broke out, but no lives were loat Many had narrow escape and reoeived injuries. The fire ia thought to have been ot inoendiary origin. wlft Vengeance. ' James Hawkins, a negrj, outraged a 8-year-old whit child in Gretna, La. Wben the offloers attempted to oapture blm they fired into a crowd of negroea, killing Alexander and Arthur Green. Hawkins was later lodged in jail. A mob broke through and took him out, hanged blm and threw the body into the liver. Rata Again Advanced. The governors of the Bank of Eng land have again advanoed the mini mum rate of discount one-half per oent to 8 per oent This la ant advanoe of 1 per oent in less than a month. Good authorities say that this will but tem porarily oheok the large gold with drawal for shipment to the United States. Biploaives In Church. Three bottle of nitric aoid, two bot tlei of lulphurio acid, fourteen pounds of glycerine, two vessels for the manu facture ot explosives, some printing type and aome threatening letters were found in an Armenian oburoh in Con stantinople. A Schooner Loat. The South sea missionary lohooner of the Josepbites, Evanella, foundered at sea, and the missionaries and crew took to boats and were saved. , Preparing to Celebrate. Newfoundland is organising to cele brate the fourth oentennary of Cabot' disoovery ot the island, which occurs next year. - ' 1 Warehouse Collapaed. In Geneiaeei Idaho, the warehouse owned by Frank Bros, and operated by H. A, Thatcher, collapsed while the men were at work unloading teams, completely demoliihlng the building. One of the teams was caught in the oollapse. There were six men in the buildi'Jg, but all were gotten out un hurt The loss will be severnl thou sand dollars. ' ; Portland, Or., street Improvement warrants art being sought after.. 4 GRADUATE OF YALE Notorious Crook Under Ar rest in San Francisco FOE U TTEEINd A FORGED CHECK Caught by tha aa JPrancLeo ollce .d Wanted la Texas -Waa Liv ing at the Pnlaoo Hotel. San Francisco, Sept 29. W. C. Wallaoe, a young man of many aliases, and a graduate of Yale, ia in the city prison awaiting extradition to Fort Worth, Tex., where he 1 wanted for uttering a forged draft for 820,000 on the First National bunk of this place. Tbe prisoner was oaptured two weeks ago by detectives as be was ooming from breakfast at the Palace hotel. Chief of Polioe J. H. Maddox, of Forth Worth, is here awaiting to take Wal laoe back for trial, but there is some hitch in the extradition papers. Wallaoe is also wanted for alleged crooked work at Colorado Spring!, Denver and Kansas City, where he and a partner named J. T. MoKay are said to have cut a wide swath in first olaiM hotel!, without paying for the entertainment. , Early in thil month, the polioe here reoeived a ciraular from the polioe at Colorado Spring! itating that one J. T. McKay and J. W. Aib had been swin dling hotels at Kansas City and the Springs, It waa alo stated that Wal laoe, who sometimes went by tbe name of Brown, had deposited a 830,000 draft at Fort Worth, representing him self to be a wealthy cattleman. Then he and McKay traveled about tbe coun try inning checks on the worthless draft The sum ot f 580 was realized in thia way. Wben the pair left Colorado Springs, they oame to thir oity, arriving here on September 15. McKay registered at the Occidental hotel under the name of J. F. Camden. Ash or Brown fav ored the Palace, where he was known as Wallaoe. On the way to the ooast, the swindlers mailed letters to them selves, which were duly reoeived at tbe botela named one day after tbe ar rival ot the goeita. AN ORIENTAL ROMANCE. A Fortune Awaiting tha Son of John , ' . at eParlane. San Francisco, Sept 29. An ordin ary four-liue advertisement in last week's personals announoed that a Glasgow firm of attorneys is looking for John MuFarlane, who was last heard of in San Franaisoo five or six years ago Back of tbe advertisement lies a story of Oriental romanoe, rare even in thia day of strange happenings. The father ot John MoFarlane, wbo is wanted, waa a oanuy Scotchman, free linoe, out for adventure. The re mit of his career wai that (760,000 i waiting for hii ion. He wai a jeweler by trade, and, after wandering about tor some time, finally settled In Hong Kong in 1840. Before long, he amassed a fortune, and then, unaware that there was a law agaiust the marriage of foreigners with natives, married s mandarin's daughter. The affair al most precipitated a riot in Hong Kong, but was ultimately smoothed over through the influenoe and wealth ot bis father-in-law, and in time a son was bom christened John. In 1860 McFarlane returned to Glasgow, invest ing his money in an iron foundry, with his brother as manager. On his death, Walter MoFarlane sent for his half-Chinese nephew, and bad blm eduoated in England. Ai be grew, be developed bil father's nom adic taate, and drifted about England, to the neglect ot hi book. Finally he oame to America, and later to Cali fornia. John MoFarlane was living in San Franoisoo when bis nnole died, five or six years ago. He bad made a for tune, and owned a half-interest in the Saraoen Iron foundry, beside muob real estate. The nephew consulted Carmen & Donohue, attorneys, a to his ohanoes ot inheritance, but there wai a widow, and the estate ao tied np that John MoFarlane gave np in dis gust The lawyers did all they could for him, but he left tbe oity, and never sent them bis address. Last week a letter arrived from a Sootoh firm asking for information of MoFarlane. Killed By a Little Boy, Wooster, O., Sept 39. Thomas S. Kidd, aged 14, son of W. K. Kidd. of Cleveland, was murdered today at Dal ton, near here, by Carl , Mollhaney, aged 7. The little boy, who was a cripple, was visiting the Mollhaney home. The boyi were left at home to gether aud quarreled. Yonng Kidd atruok Curl with his orutoh. The lat ter went into another room, prooured his father's gun, and blew off the top of Ktdd's head. The yonng murderer admitted tbe killing, and ia under ar rest. . .. ' Moscow Wheat Market. Mosoow, Idaho, Sept. 89 Yesterday was the busiest day in the wheat mar ket thia season. It ia estimated that at leHSt 20,000 bushels were sold. The prioe went np to forty cents. Wheat In Oakcsilalo. Oakesdale, Wash., Sept. 89. Wheat is coming to town in large quantities. Owing to the advanoed prioe, many farmers are selling, instead of storing, as in former years. The quality is graded Al, and the price is steadily ad vancing. At present wheat brings forty-one cents sacked. A trolley system oapable ot running oars at sixty miles an hour is nnder oonitruotlon for the eleotrio railway between Baltimore and Washington. Cubau. Ware Vlntorlona. Havana, Sept. 80. Thirty-five Spanish volunteers, commanded by Lieutenant Romero, were snrronnded by a superior force of insurgents m they were leaving the town ot Qnivl oan, province of Havana. A desperate fight ensued, the Spaniard attempting to cut their way through tbe rebels. Their efforts were without avail, but they did not oease firing nntil twenty three of their number were killed and four wonnded. Among tbe killed were Lieutenant Romero. Tbe volun teers wbo escaped report that severe losses were inflicted on rebels. Captured Kobber. Chicago, Sept 80. A Metropolitan "L" train on tbe North-avenue divi sion made a thrilling run, in tbe dead hours of tbe morning with a robber caged in tbe motor car frantically en deavoring to escape. Tbe plnoky mo torman and conductor prevented bim from leaping through the window to probable death, and after running tbe train wild np and down tbe line they oooeeded in attracting the attention of tbe police by furiously looting tbe whistle. ' . A Sensational Suteldo. Westminster, Md., Sept 89. Misi Carrie Horner, daughter of1 Charles Horner, of thia place, committed sui cide by taking atryohnine today, nnder peculiar . oiroumitanoes. She was to have been married at 11 o'olook today to William Brock, a grocer. Brock suggested tbey take a walk in the cem etery, and there be informed her, ac cording to her father' itatement, that he was not in a position to marry her. Upon thii she became nervous and said she wished to be alone. Shortly after, Brook beard a scream and fonnd ber in convulsions. Tbe father of tbe girl was so incensed that he started in quest of Brook, swearing to kill bim, but the latter bad left town. Iron Mines Cloaed Down. Iahpeming, Mioh., Sept 29. The Lake Angeline iron mine, which in former year paid 8500,000 dividends annually, closed down all it wqrks to night, throwing 600 men out of work. Tbe oompany had annk its surplus in improvements, and wa unabje to sell ore or secure cash advanoei thereon. MANY OF HIS KIND. An Unscrupulous Adventurer Kobs a Denver Widow. . San Franoisoo, Sept 80. Robert Snowden, wbo claims to be journal ist, was arrested last night on a war rant charging him with felony and em bezzlement The oomplaining witness ia Mrs. Sarah B. Williams, a middle aged widow, of Denver. She claims that Snowden, wbo is 28 years old, induced her to come to San Franoisoo on a promise to marry, and then cajoled ber out ot her money and jewelry and disappeared. - Aooording to the woman's story, she met Snowden in Denver some months ago, and, after a brief acquaintance, consented to marry bim. He was in a hurry to get back to the ooast at the time, and she promised to join him at any time be sent for her. In pursu ance of this agreement Mrs. William! started for San Francisco, arriving here in oompany with . Snowden, who had gone to Saoramento to meet her, on August 10. ; The young man took tbe widow to the Palace hotel, where she registered and procured a room. For aome rea son or another, her intended husband pnt off the marriage from time to time nntil he bad succeeded in borrowing 11 of her money and jewelry, on one pretext or another. Then he disap peared. Mrs. Williams waited pa tiently for him to return, but after sev eral days began to realize that she bad been defrauded and that she was in debt at a fashionable hotel, with noth ing in ber purse to warrant her stay. Mrs. William waited nntil ber bill had reached 890, when the hotel man agement insisted on payment Tbe widow explained ber position, and wai aent away from the hotel, ber baggage being held for her bill. The woman wai utterly penniless, and wai com pelled to seek shelter in charitable institution. Snowden say be met the woman in Denver through a newspaper personal. LITTLE TOWN BURNED. Not Much Left of Cleveland, In Klicki tat County. Arlington, Or., 8ept 29. A disas trous fire occurred at Cleveland, a small town about twenty miles north ot this place, in Klickitat oounty. Nine buildings went np in smoke, in cluding the prinoipal store, two black smith shops, a hotel and livery barn. Tbe town has no fire department, and no water oonld be need except what was thrown on with buoketa. Tbe deitrnotion is believed to be the work of inoendiariei, although there ii no clew to the persons guilty. Those who suffered the greatest losses are: H. Blome, general merchandise; 8. Cooley, blacksmith; A. Dodge, black smith. In addition to his store, Mr. Blome also owned the livery barn and one of the blacksmith shops. The losi of property ii a severe blow to the own ers, as there was little or no insuranoe. The blaze was started in the livery barn, ; A Building Collapaed. New York, Sept 29. A flathouie in the oourse ot construction, on Madison avenue, . between Eigbty-flrat and Eighty second street, fell today, killing three men outright A number of others are in the ruins. Conoy Island Elephant Burned. New York, Sept 29. The big wooden.elephsnt, whioh waa bnilt aome yean ago for use ai a hotel at Coney Island, wai burned tonight PROTECTED BY TROOPS Leadville Received Miners From mlssouri. SAFE IN THE EM MKT STOCKADE striker. Won on Hand to Do Ml. chief but Ware . frightened by tha Dlfht.or tho Oune. Leadville, Sept. 28. The first dele gation of miners from Missouri arrived over the Denver Sc Bio Grande at 4:20 P. M. The train was a special, and was met at Malta, three miles out, by the two new oompanie of militia or ganized thii week and composed en tirely of business men and olerks. They escorted the train to the city, where it was met by one-balf of Gen eral Brooks' command, 600 strong, with a portion of tbe Chaffee light ar tillery, two Gatling guns and a cav alry troop. , The seventy-five miners were sur r'oonded by soldiers and the cavalcade passed down Harrison avenue to East Fifth street, and thenoe toward tbe Emmet mine. Along the route there were freqnent yells of "scab" from strike sympathizers, and the soldier! were booted at After leaving the avenue and getting to a section where many miners live, tbe call of "scab" and jeering at the troops increased in volume. Al Grange' street, the cavalcade baited for a breathing spell, and here tbe enraged crowd grew more demon strative, crowding olosely upon tbe troops and showering abusive epithets alike upon miners and militia. One ot the officers, who was singled out by the men for speoial abuse and crowd ing, grew angry and finally drew hii word, striking one of hit tormentor aoross tbe face with the fiat side of the aword and giving tbe other bard blow on the back as be turned away. The command being ready to move, tbe order waa given to oharge the crowd with gun butta and push them back to give room for tbe marching oolumn. It was a moat weloome order, and the celerity with which it waa obeyed sent a panic through the crowd, wbo fled over fences and through yards. Several windows of bouse were broken in by men blind with tear who simply dashed away from tbe gun and landed inside tbe window! with bands and faces bleeding from tbe broken g4ass. Tbe march waa then re sumed without further incident The miners were soon inside the Em met stockade, and the escort of miliita returned to oamp. ' . A Long I.land Water. pout. Patcbogue, L. I., Sept 28. A fieroe whirlwind and waterspout swept the great south bay for several miles lait j night It seemed to descend from the I heavens nntil it reaohed tbe lurfaoe ot : the bay, where it started whirling east- ward with the roar of a hundred i freight trains. The spout waa noticed first down to-! ward Fire island and swept east at ! fearful rate. When opposite Bayport 1 it struck tbe yacht Henry G. Miller, turning her bottom up. Then the ; great roaring body of water veered its , course and went whistling away in different directions. When the spout; reaohed point off Patohogue it started ' towards tbe main shore. Sand waa hurled in the air and where there wai ! only three feet ot water there ia now j ix or seven. I Tbe waterspout finally started north 1 and ran ashore opposite and east ot J Patohogue. When it struck the earth a whirlwind formed instantly. . Thii, turned over bathhouses, tore up trees and finally played havoo in oorn field. Wordan Sentenced to Dentn. Woodland, Cal., Sept 88. When Worden wai brought into court for re sentence today, Judge Grant inquired of counsel if there was any reason why the day should not be fixed for carry ing into execution the tentenoe imposed. Reoeiving a negative answer, the oourt fixed Friday, December 18, at FOlaom state prison, aa the time tor oarryingJ tbe sentence into exeoution. An ap peal will be made to tbe govenor for commutation to life lentenoe. Tbe at torney for Worden say there are mat ters that ought to be urged in Worden's behalf, but there ia no legal method of getting them before any oonrt, and they will be nrged before the governor. Four Murderers Ksccutod. Albuquerque, N. M., Sept 28. Dion Sandoval, wbo shot and killed Victor! ano Tenorio July 29, 1985, was banged here this afternoon before a orowd of several thousand. He wa oalm and composed to the last" Perfeoto Padela, who assassinated John Vipond, a, miner, and Rosario Ring, wbo shot and , killed Carlos Mibarri, were exeonted at Tierra Amarilla, while Antonio Gon zales paid the penalty of death for the murder ot Charlea Vanoole at Ross welL Colorado Iron tompany In Operation Pueblo, Colo., Sept 28. Every de partment of the Pueblo steel plant ot the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, about which sensational reports of a genearl shutdown were recently circu lated, is now in full operation, with a force of 2.000 men. Mountain View, Cal., Sept 23. The passenger train leaving San Fran oisoo at 10:40 and alone engine collid ed about a mile south of here today, and bnt for the presence of mind of the euigneer of tbe passenger train, who, when he aaw what was coming, suo oeeded in bringing his engine to stop, there would no ddnbMtave been a seri ous accident The entities did, not fall from the traok, though ,tbejt are con siderably smashed;No .on was in jured. ''"V-,: ; GUITEAU OP BAD MtMORY. Olaplay In Ralam ot a Collection of Groaaomo Hollos. Salem, Or.., Sept 28. The mem ory of Charles J. Guitean, tbe assassin of President Garfield, has been revived here by a display of relics by a busi ness house. Tbe oolleotion Is tbe prop erty of F. 8. Lull, nephew of John C. Crocker, who wn warden of tbe Wash ington oity jail daring the time ot Gaiteau's inoaroeration. Among tbe collection ii a piece of the hemp rope with wbloh the assassin was hanged, and also a piece of the cotton rope that bis bands were tied with. Each is about inohes long. Warden Crocker died two yrar ago, but Mr. Lnll bas a certificate in his nnole's handwriting that tbe hemp memento waa out from the rope that banged Guitean. The collection aleo contain! a bottle of the land nsed in teiticg the itrengtb of tbe hangman's rope, a oribbage board made from the lid of Guitean' ooffin, and a lock of bia hair. A relio among tbe collection that at tract! special attention is a facsimile of the bullet that waa aimed at tbs prisoner by a jail guard. The bullet, after passing through Guitean' ooat and a photograph in his pocket, struck tbe brick wall and flattened oat Tbe shape of the lead when picked np bore such a marked resemblanoe to tbe bnst of Guitean that it waa preserved, and facsimile have since been made. Daring a part of the time ot the as sassin's confinement in jail, bis mail matter waa two to three wagonloads day. It ooniited moatly of letter de nouncing Guitean, often aocompanied with hideoui drawing and picture, nd the contribution of a bouquet by one person, Edward Diokey, a Wash ington floriat The collection secured from Mr. Lnll oontaina a preserved leaf from the booquot and the card wbiob accompanied it On the oard il inioribed: "We met in paardise. Farewell." Another neatly written card ot the collection reads: "Yon call yourself Git tow. Yon villainous, murdering imp; But we are glad to know Yon rarely will get hemp" A pen-and-ink drawing picture a jail with an empty cell and a scaffold in tbe rear. Below the empty oell is written: "Empty is the cradle, Charles Guiteau is gone." Another represent Guiteau in agony juat after the trapdoor baa been prang. Tbe picture ii designated as "tbe irresistible impulse." . A pin, tbe bead representing tbe as sassinated president, is aooom pained with the instructions that it be worn June 80, 1882, tbe date of the execu tion. The Loll oolleotion oontaina a vast amount of Confederate money. One bill for f 50 is made payable two yean after secession ha triumped. AN OLD MAN'S BRIDE. Ploaaar Sanborn's Bouaymoon Bua an Unplaaaant Ending. Jackson, Cal., Sept 28. A few day ago B. S. .Sanborn, an 82 -year-old pioneer, was introduced to Mrs. Julia Hughes, a reoent arrival from Oakland. It was a case of love at first sight, and Sanborn prroposed marriage immedi ately. Next day the two were married and started off on a wedding tour, fol lowed by the good-natured congratula tions of the towmrpeople. Tbe follow ing day they returned and settled down in Sanborn's house. The couple seemed very happy, but today Sanborn's little romauoe came to a sadden end. Tbe old men took bis customary nap today, and when he awoke he missed bi wife, also 400. He investigated and found that Mr. Sanborn bad hired horse and departed with her trunk to some point outside of tbe oounty. Sanborn swore oat a warrant charging bia bride with grand larceny, and the sheriff 1 now pursuing her. A Mayor-a Novel Idan. San Diego, Sept 28. Mayor Carl son sent a novel communication to the council last night A resolution bad been introduced itrongly oritioising the miyor "lor cavorting around the country," and the mayor replied to it by setting forth his plans if elected con gressman. He bases his plea for rap port on a bill be propose to introduce in oongress, providing for the expendi ture of f 600,000,000 in tbe erection of government buildings in every oounty seat in tbe nation. To pay for thia, the government is to issue "public Im provement scrip," which will be met with money saved from rental. The resolution oritioising the mayor ha not yet come to vote. Tail Daaceruto n Cemetery. Canea, Spet 25. The Turk have desecrated and profaned the cemetery at Suda bay under the eye of the offl oers of the British and Austrian men-of-war. During negotiation tor the Cretan settlement Great Britain and Russia agreed to permit Greece to an nex Crete at tbe first opportunity pre senting itself. Maa.aCra ot Armenians Continue. '. Constantinople, Sept 84. Disturb ance! occurred September 18 at Gnm aabmaden, villayet ot Karpoot, owing to an incursion of Kurds. No detaili have been reoeived. Troopi have been dispatohed to the scene. The Arme nians were murdered at Angora, Sep tember 19, on aooount of an outbreak of fire. - : Cru.hlng tha Opposition. . Singapore. Sept 25. The viceroy ot Nanking has issued proclamation forbidding the transfer ot land at Wa Bung to foreigners because the im provements of the river will make Wo Sung a greater port than Shanghai. ; , According to the most careful com putation, only one person. irjt00,000 of both sexes attains the age f 100 years, and only six to aeven in 100 thl age of aixty. . . NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST front All tho Cltloa nnd Town, of tho Thriving BlstGr State. -Oregon. . Wood is being sold in Athena at (3. 50 a oord, and i soaroe at that A number of proprietor of stores in Astoria have begun closing their plaoes at business at 7 o'clock P. M. Captain Kranse, of Company C, Pen dleton, says that the members of the company will soon qualify a sharp shooters. Thii will give the oompany a good ihowing at tbe encampment, should there be one next June. Tbe irrigating oanal on the weit side of Hood river valley is nearing comple tion, and will furnish water for irri gating that entire section. Tbe oanal will carry 2,000 inches of water, and wa constructed at an expense of $20, 000. The First National bank of Heppner sold 27X100 pounds of wool last Satur day for 6 cent a pound. One hundred and lixty thousand pound is all of the wool that bas been sold in Heppner since tbe wool blockade began last June. A party of hunter on tbe Nehalem are reported to have killed four elk the other day. When they returned to haul the elk out of the woods, they found two large blaok bear after tb carcasses. In order to get the elk meat the had to kill the bear, which they did. The Weston mill have completed tbe 100-ton order of floor for China, and shipment of five .carloads wa made last week. A car of flour and a car of feed were shipped to Portland. The latter wa the largest or ever loaded there, and held 250 barrel. An order ha recently been reoeived from San Franoisoo fox two carloads. A party of government engineer has arrived in Salem and began survey of the Willamette river there, prepara tory to the work of building wing dam above the oity, whioh are to pro tect the point at the Polk oounty side, opposite tbe oity, and to keep the river in tbe old channel. It will also be de termined what bar in the river are to be removed in order to keep the chan nel clear and protect the river banks. Fish oontinne to run moderately, : though there waa a noticeable improve- ment the first of the week over the i catch during the closing days of last j week, says the Astorian. The ran of ! silverside ha not yet commenoed, but it ii looked for within a feW dayi, un til whioh time the eannera will not make any particular effort to increase their daily paoking. The civil engineer who baa been in the Bine river mine surveying a route for a wagon road report! having select ed splendid route, for a road np Quart oreek to the Laokv Bot mine. j and that the grade will be an easy one. He 1 in the employ of the London Ex ploration Company, whioh has recently purchased that property. This road will not be of benefit to Gold .BUI Waohlngtonw The Pierce oounty fair has ended. The association will be nearly $3,000 ahead after all expense are paid. Citizens of Oakesdale have succeeded in establishing a free reading-room in that oity for tbe nse of workingmen. It is reported that some sort of worm ia eating the grasshoppers that have been so numerous in the vicinity ot Wilbur. . . ,w,," , , The lumber shipments of Washing ton thia year are slightly over 20,000, 000 feet larger than tor like period in 1895. Most of the prospectors are being driven ont ot the mountain of the Okanogan reservation by tbe approach of cold weather. ! 3. W. Foster and Martin Becker, the two men reported to have been drowned in tbe Spokane river while on a fishing trip, have turned np safe in Spokane. Tbe people of Yakima are oomplain ing of the hobo nuiBanoe, and are call ing for ita abatement Tbey advocate putting them to work on the streets. Helen M. Henroth, president of the general association of women's olubs, is on the way from" Chicago to Taoo ma, where she will attend the meeting of the state associations. On her re tarn be will stop in Spokane, and be tendered reception by the Sorosis. The Northern Paoiflo railway will erect at Spokane, on tbe site of the old carshops, a new water tank, with a capaaity of 52,000 gallon. : It will stand forty-two feet above the traoks, the top ot it reaching a height ot sixty feet ..v. Bold sneaktbieve are systematically at work in the residence districts of Spokane. When they approach a house and find some one at home they ask for something to eat If tbe door bell ia not answered they go in and ransack the premise for money and valuable - E. F. Benson, speoial land examiner ot tbe Northern Paoiflo railway, ha been busy conferring with iheepmen regarding the leasing of tbe company' land for grazing purposes.' Two hundred thousand aorea have already been leased to sheepmen and cattle men. The latter have all the land be tween Cow creek and the Palonse be low tbe month of Rook creek. The jtheenmen have all the territory north. JAiioepVa'fbw sections that have not yet been rented. 7 It 1 exptoted tne tbe balanoe will soon be occupied. 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