The Ashland Advertiser.
A ¿hooting In Klamath Falls.
R. li. West Dead.
Published Every Wednesday.
Authentic reports from Klamath Falls
are to the effect that a killing took place
there last Wednesday. The victim was
Tom McKay, a half-breed Indian of a
quarrelsome disposition. The shooting
was done by Klamath Falls’ marshal,
C. N. Gordon. C. D. Willson was the
only witness to the shooting, which oc
curred in front of Hotel Linkville.
To abbreviate a story of some length :
McKay had been drinking and did not
conduct himself in strict conformity to
the rules of good citizenship. Gordon
placed him under arrest; McKay object
ed and made some threats, whereupon
Gordon shot him through the head, pro
ducing instant death.
Gordon was placed in custody under
bonds of $1,000. The coroner’s jury
stated that McKay came to his death
bv a gunshot wound inflicted bv C. N.
Gordon, and that it was the belief of the
jury that a crime had been committed.
At the hearing before the Klamath Falls
Justice of the Peace, no charge was sus
tained against Gordon and the case was
dismissed. ______________
D ied .—At his home in Ashland, Tues
day morning, January 26, 1897, Mr. R.
H. West, aged 66 years, 9 months and
5 days.
Funeral services were held this (Wed
nesday) afternoon at 2 o’clock, from the
residence of his son, Otho West, on
South Main street. Interment in Ash
land cemetery.
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ASHLAND,.............. WEDNESDAY, JAN.
27, 1897
Condensed from our Exchanges.
As time advances, the suffering from
the famine in India assumes a less
threatening character.
The highbinders of San Francisco are
again at work. Quite a sensation has
been created in that city by the killing
of “Little Pete,” the leader of China
town.
News from across the water states that
Marquis of Dufferin, the retiring British
ambassador to France, has accepted the
presidency of a committee to celebrate
the 400th anniversary of Cabot’s dis
covery of America.
A cold wintry wave swept over the
Atlantic states the latter part of last
week. The cold snap continues to the
present time. In the cities the poor
suffer to a great extent, having nothing
to protect them from the merciless cold.
In Missouri, several people have suffered
death as a direct result of the cold wea
ther.
An unusual number of expulsions of
American citizens from Germany have
lately been ordered, one case being that
of Max Siemens, a Portland merchant.
Ten American citizens have been ex
pelled this week. The embassy is said
to be powerless to do anything in the
matter.
C ity of M exico , Jan. 24.—Earth
quakes occurred in the state of Oaxaca,
and the city of that name has been
shaken severlv. Scientists believe that
a volcano is forming under the hills,
and the continued seismic disturbances
have created alarm, while on the Pacific
coast the ocean is in continual com
motion, caused by submarine explosions,
sending huge waves on shore, and ter
rifying fishermen who still boldly ven
ture out.
Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman, National Rec.
Sec. of the W. C. T. U., will speak in
Ashland Feb. 24. Of her, Miss Willard
says: “She is the Thomas H. Benton of
the prohibition cause, every whit as !
able as that great senator of Missouri.” I
Mr. A. J. Anderson of Yreka. Cal.,
and NIiss Ella Meeker of Medford, were
married in Medford at the home of the
brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. II.
Meeker, last Wednesday, January 20,
1897.
The Arlington kept by S. Smith was
entered at 2 p. m . Friday by a sneak
thief and a gold ring ami a purse con
taining some money belonging to Mrs.
Smith and an overcoat of Mr. Smith’s
was taken.—Dunsmuir Herald.
Miss R. Pyburn, of Woodville, was
thrown from a horse one day last week
and badly hurt. Her face was badly cut,
and a number of her teeth were knocked
out, l>esides which she received other
injuries. It was at first thought that
she was fatally injured, but she is re
covering.
Deputy United States Marshal Carrol
arrested Sam Howard at Canyonville, in
Douglas county, Thursday. Howard is
charged with passing counterfeit money.
He has been in Grant’s Pass ami other
Southern Oregon towns for some time,
following the vocation of basket making.
When arrested Howard had but a few
pieces of bogus coin, consisting of dollars
and half dollars, bearing the date of
1890. The work is rather crude, and it
is not believed that he has lx*en in the
business very long. His partner has
not been located as yet, but the officers
believe he will be captured.—Oregonian.
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R. H. West was born near Chicago,
Illinois, April 21, 1830. He was a mem
ber of a family of eight children, four
girls and four l>oys, he being the third
child. From Illinois, he went to Iowa
in 1865, where he was marritMl to Miss
Julia Merrell, of Iowa. He came to
Oregon in 1895 since which lime he had
been a resident of Ashland. He leaves
two sons, O. T. West, of Ashland, with
whom he was residing at the time of his
death, and A. T. West, of Portland.
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To Form a Local Union.
A movement is now on foot to form a
union of the young people’s Christian
societies of Ashland, the object being to
recruit strength through unity, ad
vance the interests of the several local
organizations eligible to the union, and
generalize the acquaintance of the in
dividual membership. Already, con
stitution and by-laws have been drawn
up. subject to the approval of the sev
eral societies.
K. O. T. M. Installation.
The regular installation of officers of
Granite Tent, No. 4, K.O. T. M. w ill I hj
held this (Wednesday) evening.
All
members of the order are requested to
be present.
G. W. C rowson , Com.
C. H. G illette , R. K.
The president of a bank in Louisville
died the other day, having in his sole
possession the combination of the lock
on the big vault. Experts have been
trying for a week to get into the vault,
but in vain, and at last accounts it was
feared the bank officers would have to
advertise for a burglar.—Chicago Trib
une.
A special meeting of the voters of
Bellview school district, No 73, to levy
a tax to maintain the school during the
ensuing year, is called to meet next
Monday. The five months’ term of
school in this district closes Fridav Jan.
29.
Kitson.—Ah, there is a lovely girl,
Miss Lulu. Her face is her fortune.
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