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TO TMI DAYTON DEATH Property Loas Will Reach One Hundred Thousand. OREGON JUT TUY LITTLE WAS SAVED IsteraaUs* CelleeUea of Items Fl the Two Homis photo« Pros* ote* la a Condenso* Perns. munitions and provisions for th* insur- gants, ha* bean sained by the Turkish offidAU The French guardships started for Valova with 87.500 to pay ' A violent wind and rain storm visit the ransom of two French ladies recen t- ed Newark, N. J., Md did damage to ly captured near that place by the brigand* _______ the amount of 8150,000. Russian engineers have been tn Philadelphia and have made a contract A special from Bombay say* the tor 8500,000 worth of machinery there. British aeoond-claa*, twin-screw Bona Mr* Annie Dyer, the baby farmer, venture, the flagship of the East Indian of Rudbig. Eng., arrested on March 9 squadron, flying the flag of Rear-Ad on the charge of murdering many in miral Edmund Drummond, loot seven- fanta intrusted to her care, was hanged tv men by sunstroke on a voyage from in Newgate prison. Colombo to Podflioherry. * - The throe-masted schooner Edward Koergaalaation el *M Mertkora. a A lien true, Captain MflUughlin, Thor* to much discussion in Now from Baltimore for Portland, Bank off Job’s neck, on the south side at this York among those concerned in the re organisation of the Northern Pacific, iiland, From the fact that the vessel’s boat* as to the form of charter the company have come ashore in piece* and ar to to have or whether it to advisable to ticles of clothing have been picked up foreclose the property ** present, in it 1* feared that all on board were lost. view of the fate that the present con-. Sixty cloakmakers employed by * Chicago firm, were thrown in to a panic by a fire, and it seemed for a time that A Three Ttaw« Murderer Heuged. some of them would bo trampled to John Craig, 'a three timea murderer, death in the scramble to escape. The fire was in the stairway on the second was hanged in Folsom prison. There could not have been a more perfect floor and escape waa finally effected by execution it is mid. .The condemned rushing through the flame* It waa man was completely resigned to his soon extinguished with but little dam- fate, and walked to the gallows as pooiy a* though going to a wedding. is a prisoner in Richmond, Va., charg ed with ahooting with intent to kill Jack Carr, a young negro. Tyler is a dairyman residing near Richmond. Ho went to the assistance of another person who got into a difficulty with Carr, and saya the ahooting was in self-defense. The accused was sent to the grand jury and allowed bail. One hundred And eighty can* of dynamite exploded about a mile below Lilly, Fa., with frightful results. Ona man was killed by the explosion, and seven others fatally injured. Con tractor McManus' workmen on the [r* Zoneshhondia -aa killed by jump- Frank Garbala, aged 5, waa suffocated to death. Lot tie Garbeia, aged 13, waa internally hurt and may di* Frank Garbeu' was badly burned. The fire was caused by the explosion of a barrel of Tbelr Courage galled Tkem. Forty miles east of Charleston, W. Va., masked men boarded an express train at midnight and crawled over the engine tender into the cab with revolvers drawn. The engineer stopped the train. Ho waa commanded to out loose the express oar. Thia waa don* James Crflilan, the war correspond The paaoengers were awakened and the ent who had to leave Cuba recently by light* wer* extinguished. After ten order of General Weyler, says be minutes work, the bandits became thinks there will be a war with Spain. thunderstruck when the documenta in the possession of the state department are made public. Spein is anxious for way. Twenty-five million dollars’ worth of American property has bean deetToyed in Cuba and many Ameri can* killed without provocation. Since the collapse of the "brick trust” at the oloee of May, the local brick market in Chicago has been de moralised. The demoralisation has reached such a point that common brick were sold at 84.10 per 1,000. A member of one of the largest bank ing houses in Honolulu is4n this coun try for the purpose of interesting oap- italiota in the refund!) of the Ha- waiian government'« idebtednna. The government has 88,096,000 of bonds drawing 6 per oent interest out standing at present, which it is pro posed to pay and issue in their stead bond* drawing intereat at the rate of 4 per cent.. ________ H s Death a Mystery. A Peoria, 1IL, dispatch states that Daniel Anderaon, w^o was nominated for United States senator by the Pro- hibitionista at their Springfield con vention, has withdrawn from the rao* and the party. The body of a man with hia head split open, was discovered floatinFin the Columbia river near Wallace’s island. It ia not known how ho waa killed. A four-cent faro ordinance wa* passed 'in Milwaukee. Thirty day*’ time to given in which to allow the companies to print regulation ticket* and make ar rangements for carrying out’the terms at the ordinano* The company will carry the matter to the court* The trustee* of the university of Illi nois were arreited in Champaign and hold in 8200 bail to answer to the grand jury the charge of failing to fly the flag* from all univeriaty building* Governor Altgeld to a member of the board. While two dosen people crowded on a portico were witneasing a circus parade in Ottawa, Kan., the structure gave way, precipitating men, women and children fifteen feet to the walk below. Seventeen were injured Mr* David Day, of Rantoul, will probably die of injurie* the body of An Astoria dispatch i Gus Norburg, foreman the Fisher- men's cannery, who waa reported miaa- ing, and alao that of a Russian Finn named Oviok, who ia suppoeed to have been out in the river with him, were found in the river below Tongue Point It ia not ao far known bow their deaths occurred, but the oonjecturea is that they were both accidentally drowned. Failed to Fly Flag*. Except Savanah, the -capitals of the new states of Wyoming, Montana and Utah are the only place* that got ap- propriationa for public buildinga at thia aeasion of oongreaa. The bouse policy has been to report no bills for new buildings. The Hammond incident is finally settled. At a special «.meeting of the executive council held in, Pretoria, it was decided to release John Hays Ham- mond, Cecil Rhodes, Georg* Farrar and J. W. Leonard, the leaden of the Johannesburg reform committee, upon payment of a fine of £35,000 each, or The emperor of China has testified in default, fifteen yean’ banishment. hia appreciation of the gallantry ahown by the bluejackets of the American Ben Dice, a rancher living on the warshipe in rescuing drowning persons in the recent terrible disaster resulting Tule river, twenty mile* southeast of from a collision at Woonsung between Viaalia, OaL, killed hie brother-in-law. Grant Smith. They quarreled about by presenting to the captain of each of water in an irrigating ditch, and Dice’s Uncle 8am’* cruisers in Asiatic water« wife attempted to remove the dam in an elaborately engraved and highly the ditch on Smith’s place. complimentary testimonial. The once beautiful little village of Lake City, Cal., at the head of Sur prise valley, in Modoc county, to a scene of devastation, ruin and disaster. What waa once a brisk and lively burg of 300 inhabitants with neat and oosy dwellings to now but a vista of tangled wreckage, nearly every building in town being wholly or partially de molished. It was struck by a water- spout—a veritable water cyclone. Chicago.—The Union Pacific Com pany has given notice that it intend* to ignore the action of the other tran*- oontinen dining to« make a reduced rate for the ¡Utah schoolteachers, who are anxioui to come East to spend their vacation. It will take independent action in the matter, and will make a one-fare foe the round trip for the teacher* Teheran, Persia.—Mumffer Eddin, the new shah of Persia, baa been form ally enthroned. Cnlraralty Blot. Three thousand Harvard men, en couraged by the phenomenal event of a Harvard victory, fought 100 policemen in the streets of historic old Cam bridge. It was the biggest riot that the university has ever seen. Many students and policemen wer* injured in the melee, hut the blneooats finally came out victorious and the student* were looked up. • Hop* Idaho, Jun* 16.—A fir* broke out her* tbto afternoon about 8iM, originating in the Northern Paciflo steam laundry, owned by the dining car department. The town to built on the mountain aide, and in a few mo menta, th* flame* spread to the build ing* <m Main street and Railroad ave- nu* Although men, women and children turned out and fought the fire, but few buildinga west and north of the laundry wer* aaved for a dtotrict over a block. The Pend de’Oriell* hotel, owned by E. Wanamaker, wa* one of the first buildinga destroyed. His targe gen eral merebandtoe *tore, the town hall, warehouae, butcher abop, and a build ing occupied by Mr* Milla aa a dresa- making parlor and^ residence, burned. Thet next'waa a small building used by N. G. Biaeon a* a warehoua* Next to thia building waa the Examiner printing office at J. W. Betti* Black'* tailor shop, th* Odd Fallow*’ hall, A. O. U. W., O. R. G, and K. O. T. M.. wqr* destroyed, a Bibi* and a «mail atand being all that was aaved. Dr. Martin loat all hi* etook of drugs, men’* furnishing good*, notion*, etc., together with all hia houaehold and kitchen furniture. N. G. Sisson, proprietor of a large merchandise «tore, lost building«, houaehold gooda and kitchen furniture, and almost everything in the store. The Twin Wo Co., merchant«, loot a large two-story building, merohandiae, ete. O. C. Smith lost hi* residence, a lodging-house, a tenement bouae and a building occupied by Chinese aa a gambling and lodging-houset.. Among the buildings and contents destroyed were the steam laundry, Mr* Head's lodging-house, J. O. Mo- Dougall’* residence, W. Piling’* reaidence, Ed Ginn’s residence, Perry Morgan’s nidence, C. T. McElvaney's residence, several small shack* and a section-house. Very little furniture was aaved from any of these buildinga. The residences on Highland avenue, owned by T. F. Roby, -Conductor Quinn, Rev. Mr. Roth, Firemap Han ton and Miaa French, were destroyed, with moat of their content*. All of Gaines blow after blow on the head. Finally Mm Gaine’s reached her rival's throat with the raaor, revering the jugular vein and causing almost instant death. Neighbors who came in found Mm Gaine* unoonsciou* beaide her rival. An examination «bowed that the blow* from the hammer had fractured her skull. Both women came from good families, and both were noted for their beauty. ■ A »other Petal Affray. Birmingham, Al*, Juno 17.—Mon roe Jackson and J. W. Vest, prominent Populist*, bad an affray at Hartselle, Ala., last night, which resulted in the death of both. Th* trouble occurred over A political argument and they fought with knives and pistols. Jack- son leaves a widow and ten children. Vest leaves a widow and six children. NEW STYLE OF WARSHIP. Washington, June 16.—The report of the board of batteries on battleships, of which Admiral Walker is-president, has been banded to the navy depart ment. The report show* that the board considered, with much care and in great detail, the whole subject fo battleship*. A* a result of this invest igation ICrecom mends a slightly differ ent ship with a somewhat different ar rangement of battery from any hereto fore built While apeaking very fa vorably of the superimposed turret, as designed for the Kearsage and the Ken tucky, the board does not recommend installing more turrets of this descrip tion until experiments with the two ships named have demonstrated their utility. The hull recommended for the ship is like that of the Kearsage of the household good* in the similar in many respects to the Iowa. The main battery recommended to com One hundred thousand dollars trill posed of four 18-inoh and fourteen 6- not cove the loss. Giant powder was inch guns, so arranged aa to fire two used to good advantage fb blowing up. 18-inoh and four 6-inoh guns directly several small buildings, thus stopping ahead, two 18-inoh and two 6-inch di the ravages of the flames. rectly astern, and four 18-inoh and seven 6-inch in broadside. It to be lieved by the department that the snip Waahington, June 15 — The presi outlined as above will bo an improve dent having approved the act passed by ment on any yet built in thia country. congress at the instance of the Ameri- The aecretary of the navy has ap oan delegates to the international mar proved the general features of the re itime oonferenoe, relative to the pre port of the board, and directed that the vention of oolltoiona at sea, the state plana be taken up without delay. The department has taken ateps promptly iteoretary haa already decided upon all to acquaint the British government preliminary steps. with the fact that the amendments to A Boy’« Awful Crime. rules suggested by it have been made, Roseburg, Or., June 17.—James Dix and it is hoped there will be no delay on, the 18 year-old eon of J. R. Dixon, in putting the rule« into operation by a wealthy and highly respected farmer proclamation. The «ooeptance of the thing north of Umpqua, shot and changes by a third maritime power to killed Charles Rice, aged 35, a eon of necessary to the inauguration of the Mr* Jane Strader. rules, but as Germany in April 1894, The affair occurred at a baseball brought forward the same propositions game, at Blakeeleys, fifteen miles east as those recently ratified, no doubt to of Roseburg yesterday afternoon. The entertained of that country’a adher- immediate cause of the shooting was enoe. trouble over the ball gam* Salt Against Baker City. Key West, Fl*, June 16—An American oitisen, writing fo a friend here, gives an account of outrages per petrated on Cuban women, who obeyed Weyler’a order requiring them to pre sent themselves at the Spanish fortress and oatnps. He was an eyewitness of one of the ourtsge* Recently Señorita Martines and her 15-year old daughter appeared at a Spanish camp. After addressing insulting remarks to them, the officer in command tore the cloth ing I roar the girl and exposed her to the soldier* Then, at the point of the bayonet, the nude girl was forced to march in front of the column of troop* To escape dishonor by the Spaniard*, hundred* of Cuban women are joining the insurgent army. Ata for Armenian Orphans. London, June 16.—A dispatch to the Chronicle from Constantinople reports that an American lady from Maraah makea the following statement: "Hav ing made arrangements with charitable persons at Constantinople for homes and education for eighty orphans at Maraah and Curia, I am prepared to bring them to Conatantinople. The Turkieh authorities absolutely refused to allow them to leave. It was only with the greatest difficulty that I ob tained permission to bring my own children, as the officials said that, be ing hero in Turkey, they were Turkish although their parents were Ameri can*" Portland, Or., June 16.—C. Gold smith, of this city, has opened suit against Baker City, claiming to be the bolder of 82,408 worth of warrants is sued in 1891, said warrants have been presented to the city treasurer for pay ment, which waa refused. The inter est on the warrants for five yearr since they became due makea the whole sum asked for 88,800. Milton Smith is at torney for plaintiff, and the case will be brought before the June term of the circuit court. The city has entered a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that it does not allege facta sufficient to constitute a cause. Spokane, Wash., Juno 15.—John Brannan, aged 31 unmarried, was drowned in Hangman creek, near Waverly, Saturday. With two com- paniohs, he had been shooting fiah with dynamite. The sport was alow, and Branban, went swimming in intensely cold water. He waa aeised with cramp* and wa* drowned. Hi* companion*, unable to swim, could not reach him. The body waa recovered. 836.988,191; they were in»s*md by the senate 823.930.433. an« aa they became laws, they appropriated 819.- 616,634 less than as passed by the sea- ate- 111,383,816 more than aa they pasaed the boom. and •18,874,873 Jem than the estimated requirements off the ing defioienefes, made at the la*» ■**- aion of oongre**, amounted to 8388,- 686,896, and it included bo river and harbor bill. Excluding th* river and harbor act pasaed at thi* saastaa, tbo regular annual bill* aa paaasd by tbo bouse, appropriated only 8373,570,089. or more than 810,000.000 leas than waa appropriated by the last eongros*” mated at 8165,000,000. The bill* establishing salaries in stead of the fee system for edfieesu of the United States courts, be say*, will save 81.000,000 annually, and asinimtao arias of employes in ih* government de partments. The following table off ap propriations is given: Fifty-first congress, 8988.417.188.34; fifty-second oongress,81.087,184.M7.M; fifty-third congress, 8989,939.305. «9; fifty-fourth congress (first aesataa), 8515,759,830.49. Mr. Sayres, in his statement, say* st the total appropriations of th* session: "This sum exceed* the appropria tions during the last eenriou of the fifty-third congress by 818.751,999. and those of the first regular session of that congress by 838,538,557. by the second session of the fifty-«stand congress by only 83,744.588. although at the latter aeasion 889,853,494 meso waa appropriated tor pensions than at thia aeasion. It to more than those by the first session of the fifty-first con gress by 821,803.571, and 825,464.940 less than the «poropriations of the aeo- ond session of the fifty-first eostgsee* "The appropriations made by the second session of the fifty-first cengrsso exceeded those made at the first session of the same congres* by 846.676.613, or nearly 10 per cent. If the asme proportion should be made at the next session, tben the appropriations will not be less (ban 8565,000,000.’’ Contract« authorised by thia seaseun he estimates as follows: Rivers and harbors, 859.616,494; public buildinga, lighthouse and roe*- nue cutter service, 81.406,000; dsf—ssu «nd^rmsmefit, 84.195,076; bow war ships. 813.900,000; District of Colnse- bia, 8125,000; total, 878.341,489. He says the total expendi,um ia owe (focal year have never been a* asset, except during the war, and exceed th* estimated valuation of property in any one of the South Atlantic state*. Quarrym«» MHke. Berea, O., June 15 —Four hundred Santa Fe, N. M., June 17.—St Vin quarrymen at the quarries o< the Cleve cent'« sanitarium, conducted by the land Stone Company, struck today. Sister* of Charity, burned last night. They demanded that *11 nonuioB use* The hospital annex was gutted. The be discharged, and that several union loas to 8100.000; insurance, 88,000. men, who recently were dtemiased, be The striker* have taken Both institutions were crowded with reinstated. patients and guest*, but there were no poasemion of all loaded ear* and refuae to perimt them to be moved. fatalitie* A Boayltal Ba rued. A Brutal Muider. In a drunken rage John Wolter, of Chicago, made an unsuccessful attempt to kill hia wife. Ho then shot and killed one stepdaughter and wounded another so seriously that abe may die. Mrs. Wolter is possessed of property valued at |3,500, left by her lint hue- band. It seems to have bean Wolter’s purpose to get control of it. Being un able to make any headway in thia di rection, he became dissatisfied and be- gan drinking to excess and was under the influence of liquor when be oom* mitted the aaaault upon his wife and stepchildren. Chicago, June 15—Thy roads of th* central passenger committee have agreed to a rate of one fare for th* round trip for the meeting of the Order of Elke, which will be held tn Cbaa- nati, July 7-9. St. John’s, N. F., June 15.—Lieu tenant Peary arrived today on the steamer Portia, from New York, cock ing a whaler to convey him with a scientific expedition to Greenland. It is expected be will have great difficulty in obtaining a suitable ship, He re turn* to New York tomorrow. Fire la a DiMHlary. Key West, Florida. — In the recent attack which General Antonio Maceo made no the trooba, four oompaniea of Cubab women took part, according to advice* received in thia city. Them women have joined the insurgent army because their homes have bean de stroyed by th* Spanish. Many of them mourn the lorn of relative* killed by Weyler’* troop* In consequence, th* feeling against ft* Spaniard* is one to the Uttereet hatrod. and to on account of fb* ineseaa* sf 8163,815,400 in the bondad indi!**« neae of the country by tbo peanas* ad- ■ninistartfoa to February, 1995. iates- setand sinking fund chargea ca asm is* of the latter bend tosoni at 8189.988.- 000 in February. 189«. amountiBg to 84.400,000, not being included la the estimates of permanent appesateli** The inarms* in the principal to tbo ia- teroat-bearing debt under toe puit administration amount* to 8^31».- 4Q8, whidh «atolla •> annual intasato ohM«eof 8U.493.fJ«, and to mart lb* sinking fund obligation«, too farther sum at 83,638.154. Louisville, Ky., June-46.—Fire thia morning destroyed a large wareboue of the White Mill* DtotiUevy Company, at Tenth and Lexington street*, entail ing a to** of 8189,000. Which to fully covered by insurance. 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