Oregon Gity Courier.
At W. OBINKT, Fahlleher.
OBEQON CITY ...OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAK
Am lateraitlng Collection of Items Front
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in Condensed Form.
P. O. Minor, a pioneer resit ent of
Ban Jose, Cal., a prominent lawyer
and capitalist, ibot and killed him
self in that oity. No cause ii assigned.
United States Marshal Thomas and
deputies killed Bill Doolin, a noted out
law, In a buttle near Clayton, Payne
county, I). T. One deputy was
wounded.
Charles Cnuroh, a young banker, of
Lowell, - Mioh., shot and fatally
wounded his wife and then committed
suicide. Finanoial reverses drove bim
to desperation and to the commission
of the deed.
O. M. Schilling, the one-armed
athlete who has undertaken to walk
from Pittsburg to San Francisco and
back in ten months, and to return
with $1,000 in cash, although restrict
ed from begging or purobasing supplies
en route, has arrived in the latter oity,
twenty-six days ahead, but $200 be
hind his schedule.
Captain Burnside and twenty-two of
the crew of the British tramp steamer
,Moldaya were pioked up at sea in
three open boats by the Anchor line
steamer Ciroassia, which has just ar
rived in New Ycrk. The Moldava
struok an iceberg in a fog and sank
giving the crew barely time to provi
sion the lifeboats and lower them.
All hands were saved.
The wedding, of Miss Gertrude Van
derbil, the eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, to Mr.
Harry Payne Whitney, the eldest son
of former Secretary of the Navy W. C.
Whitney, took place at ."The Break
ers," jNewport, a. I. Tbe affair wai
somewhat of a disappointment to so
ciety owing to its simplicity. Only
fifty persons were present
The sultan of Zanzibar, Earned Bin
Thwain Bin Said, is dead. He was
about 40 years of age, a nephew of
the late sultan, All Kbalif, and Bur
gash, and suooeeded to tbe sultanate on
the death of Sultan All, Maroh 6, 1803.
He was one of a number of olaimants,
and was selected as the most fitting
by the British government, whioh ex
ercises a protectorate over the sultan
ate. Feeling againBt the Southern Pacifio
Company ia intensifying among the
15,000 wheelmen of San Franoisoo and
40,000 wheelmen in the state, over tbe
reoept decision of that oompany to
charge 25 cents for oarrying a bioyole
' between any two points, and for tax
ing bioyolists who cross tbe bay 1U
oenta for each wheel. A boycott has
been declared on the Southern Paoiflo
by a large number of .wheelmen ' and
the others, it is said, will doubtless
take the same oourse.
Peter Kyan, foreman of tbe St. Law
renoe mine, the property of the Ana
oonda oompany, Jack Campbell and
John Manning, two miners, were killed
by the fall of a cage in a shaft.
It is stated that measures will be
taken by the New York exchange to
aooure tbe importation of a large
amount of gold, variously estimated at
from $200,000,000 to $25,000,000.
The president has appointed Colonel
Charles Q. Sawtelle quartermaster-general
of the army, vice General Batch
elder, retired. Colonel Sawtolle is
now stationed at Governor's island,
N. Y.
An $1,100 gold brick was brought to
Baker City recently from the Baisley
Elkhorn mine, it being tbe result of a
ten days' run. Tbe average yield of
the ore taken from this mine ia about
$50 per ton.
Six oars of a Rook Island stook train
were derailed five miles west of To
peka, Kan., and four white men, rid
ing in the feed box, were crushed to
death. The head and limbs were com
pletely torn from one body.
Mr. Harrison, the owner of the Santo
Domingo gold mines iu the province of
Carabaya, department of Puno, and
other rich gold mines in Peru, has dis
covered a whole bill in the Andes
mountains, extending at least two
leagues and full of veins of riob quartz.
In cousequenoe of frontier disputes
beween Bulgaria and Turkey, the Bul
garian government has notified the
Turkish government that unless the
latter appoints delegates to tbe frontier
commission by a oertain date, Bui
gaiian troops will bo ordered to re
occupy the positions recently occupied
by the Turkish soldiers on tbe territory
Bulgaria claims.
Miss Mattie Overman, of San Fran-
oiso, of the celebarted Brown oase fame,
has at last confessed to the intimacy
with the ex-Congregational minister
that Dually caused his downfall and re
tirement from the church. Tbe oou
fosaion is in her own handwriting, cov
ering many sheets of legal oap, and for
the present is in the safe keeping of
Bev. W. W. Scudder, of Alameda,
chairman of tbe Congregational com
mittee on credentials.
It is reported that tbe Northern Pa
oiflo is about to enter upon the work of
reduoing many of its grades, with the ,
view of decreasing the oost of operat
ing tbe road. By lessening tbe grades
it will be possible for the road to haul
train loads very much larger than at
present -It is said that tbe Great
Northern nauls trains 60 per oent larg
er than those on the Northern Pacifio
and tbe Northern Pacifio proposes to so
Improve ita property that it will be on
a level with iu competitor in the near
future.
A Fatal Campaign Quarrel.
A curbstone disousslon of tbe ooinagt
question in Columbus, O., led to a
shooting whioh may prove fatal.
Joseph Rath, a retired manufacturer
and advocate of free coinage, engaged
in warn dlsonsaion with Horaoe Way
man, an Englishman. They separated,
but Rath trot a revolver and when
Wayman returned, be fired three allots
at bim. As Wayman is an old man
the injuries be reoelved will prove seri
ous. They Will Ball Coal Oil. '
Miobael and John Cudahy, wealthy
paokers of Cbioago, have entered into
an oil deal of enormous proportions. If
their present plans materialize Cbioago
is to have a new Industry, a rival of
the great plant of tbe Standard Oil
Company at Whiting, and the first pipe
line from the oil fields to enter its
limits. Tbe Cndabys have placed an
order for $600,000 worth of pipes.
Hoooablnara Capturad.
A party of twenty revenue officers,
representing all sections of Virginia,
went to Franklin county to break up
the most noted band of outlaws and
illicit atillera in that state. By arti-
floe they suooeeded in capturing twelve
of tbe outlawi without bloodshed and
destroyed several stills.
Cod Fishery a Total Failure.
The Labrador ood fishery, in wbiob
80,000 Newfoundlanders are engaged
every year, is a oomplete failure, ao
oording to latest reports brought from
the Labrador coast Widespread desti
tution among the fishing olassea is in
evitable. Turkish Consul Murdered.
It is officially announoed in Vienna
that the Albanians have murdered the
Turkish consul at ' Vraniak, Servia,
near the Macedonian frontier. Though
tbia statement is officially confirmed,
no details of tbe affair have been re
ceived. '
A Bank Bobbed.
In Kansas City, Kan., an unknown
thief entered the branoh of the Ameri
can National bank during the mo
mentary absenoe of tbe oashier, and
prying open a desk secured $1,000
in currency or more and esoaped.
They Will Be Deported.
Leander Cbanis, the French fenolng
master, who is detained at Ellia ialand,
N. Y., with Marie Cobonrge, for hav
ing eloped with her from her home
in Franoe, has been ordered deported
by tbe government authorities.
A Premature Blait.
While men were blasting rook near
Parry" Sound, Ont, a heavy oharge of
dynamite exploded prematurely. Two
men named Smith and Hillman, were
instantly killed. Others were seri
ously injured.
Ohio Miners Strike.
Twelve hundred miners have strruok
at Corning, Rendville and Hemlock,
O., in oonsequenoe of a resolution
adopted by the miners' convention.
Visited by s Deluge.
A terrible oloubnrst ooaurred near
Mogollon, N. M., and George Knigbt,
a miner of Georgetown, was drowned.
Twenty others are reported missing,
but only two bodies, those of Knigbt
and an unknown Mexioan, have been
recovered. About 100 families have
been rendered homeless, and thirty
houses washed away. Several mines in
the vicinity suffered from the water.
Fram Ia Bare at Home..
Nansen's Arotio exploring ship Fram,
Wbiob he left behind in tbe ice early
in January, 1805, in order to explore
the sea north of the route he proposed
to follow, arrived at Skjervo, province
of Tromsoe. The oaptaip reports that
he saw Professor Andree, who was still
waiting for a favorable wind to enable
him to attempt his balloon trip across
the Arotio region.
Wounded by Burglari,
Walker B. Adams is lying at
point ol death at Bedford Station, i.
Y., as the result of an encounter with
four burglars. Two of the burglars
have been oaptured, having been
mortally wounded by Adam's son Wil
liam, who was himself struck by a bul
let, whioh glanoed off his suspender
buckle.
Eiploslou of Molten Metal.
By an explosion of molten metal at
the furnaoe of the I. Edgar Thomson
steel works in Pittsburg, Pa., ten men
were burned. Two were seriously in
jured but will recover. Tbe explosion
was caused by tbe molten iron striking
a pool ot water.
A Mining Man Held I' p.
George H. MoCauley, secretary of the
Cariboo Mining Company, of Spokane,
was held up by a masked highwayman
while returning to that city from Camp
McKinney, B. C, and robbed of three
gold bricks, valued at nearly $11,000.
Wanta to Fight Corbett.
Now that Choynski has managed to
seoure a fight with McAuliffe. he
yearns for more gladiators to conquer.
ChoynBki says tbat after bis battle with
MoAuliffe he intends to go east to
challenge Corbett.
A Fatal Fire.
Fire in the residence of John Fel
bail', in Watertown, S. D., burned to
death Mr. Felbach and his three daugh
ters. A Cnbaa Blockade-Runner.
The fast river steamer Unique,
whioh has been running between Port
Huron and Detroit, bas been sold to an
agent of the Cuban government She
will be taken to tbe coast in ten days.
It is intended to cut her cabins down
and turn her into a blockade-runner.
The prioe paid was not stated. The
Unique was built with an ee to speed
alone, and has made some wonderful
time in the rivers. She is the first
vessel purchased for blockade-running.
WHY HOKE RESIGNED
Had Promised to Support the
. Chicago.Ticket.
RELATIONS WITH THE PEES!
DIs Suecesaor Will Probably Be
Oeld Democrat From the
Middle Weak
Washington, Aug. 25. Tbe news
that Secretary Hoke Smith had re'
signed, and that bis resignation had
been accepted by the president, has
made a considerable stir in political
oiroles here, although tbe probability
of Mr. Smith i retirement bad been, in
a measure, anticipated ever since bis
paper, tbe Atlanta Journal, deolured
that it would support Brayn and
Bewail. Mr. Smith still declined to
discuss tbe subject today, but it is
known that tbe personal relations be
tween the president and Smith have in
nowise been disturbed.
Mr. Smith's resignation, bis friends
aay, grew out of his differences with
bis obief on the question of party
policy, and his desire not to embarrass
the president at such a time. Beyond
tbe. question of his party loyalty in
acquiescing in the will of the majority,
Mr. Smith, during his campaign for
the gold standard in Georgia, with ex
Speaker Crisp, had given a personal
pledge that he would, if defeated, sup
port tbe nominees of the convention
As an honorable man, his friends say
be felt it his duty to redeem that
pledge. . He informed the president of
his position and intentions, and to
avoid embarrassment, he placed his
resignation at his disposal. It is said
Mr. Cleveland remonstrated. The cor
respondence on tbe subject, if pub
lished, would no doubt be interesting,
but it is doubtful whether it will ever
be given out.
It can be stated, however, with great
positivehess, that tbe step which Sec
retary Smith felt himself compelled to
take has not in any way affected the
warm regard the president and Mr.
Smith, entertain for each other.
There has been a good deal of gossip
about Mr. Smith's successor today. It
seems altogether unlikely that John M.
Reynolds, the assistant secretary, will
be promoted. It is regarded as much
more probable that a new man will be
selected, probably from tbe Middle
WeBt, Indiana, Illinois or Missouri.
The names. of ex-Governor Franois, of
Missouri; 'Bynum, of Indiana, and
Cable, of Illinois, are those around
whom gossip most persistently dings.
All are prononnoed gold Deincortts
THE FRENCH EXPOSITION.
An American Commissioner lias Not
Yet Been Named. , i
Washington, Aug. 25. The French
government is rapidly perfecting de
tails for the international exposition to
be held in Paris in 1900, oommeinorat'
ing the ' birth of tbe century, and in
this connection, has asked tbe state de
partment for the name of the commissioner-general
who will represent the
United States, and 'for Bivh other in
formation available as to tbe participa
tion of this country. To this, Acting
Seoretary Rookhill has replied that the'
commissioner-general has not been
named, as tbe American conge took
no steps at its recent session to provide
for American representation at "he ex
position. He expressed tbe belief,
however, that the approaching session
ol congress will bring about an ac
ceptance of tbe invitation of tbe French
republic.
President Cleveland called the atten
tion ot congress to the invitation in
bis annual message last Deoember, and
expressed tbe most earnest hope that
steps would be taken for an adequate
representation by the United Stafs.
But congress acts slowly on these
affairs, and no measure was considered,
the idea being that there was plenty of
time before 1900. It appears, bow
ever, that Great Britain, Germany and
the other leading powers have been
quiok toacoept, and the French govern
ment is allotting space to tbese coun
tries. Amerloan' exhibitors are begin
ning to make inquiries as to where
their good) will go, but no answer can
be given tbem.
The prospeot is that the best spioe
will be taken before tbe United States
accepts the invitation and makes appli
cation for space. This was the case
at the late exposition, when American
exhibitors were at much disadvantage
in point of location
It is expected in official ciroles here
tbat when congress acta, it will provide
for a commissioner-general and an as
sistant. This was tbe case with tin
last French exposiitnu, when, General
Franklin was commissioner-general at
a salary of $10,000 and the assistant
commissioner received $5,000. The
opinion prevails that as the appointee
will serve after tbe present administra
tion eucis. President Cleveland will not
make the appointment, even though i
congress passes tbe act before March 4 j
next Aside from the dircet emolu
ments attached to offices, a fund is pro- !
vided for office and living expenses, j
In the case of General Franklin, the .
French government conferred on bim I
the exceptional honor of the cross of
the Legion of Honor.
Fanle at a Circus.
Huntington, Ind.. Aug. 25. Apanio
was caused at tbe Wallace circus here
last nigbt by a storm, which wrecked
the tent and did considerable damage
to property. The menagerie and horses
were stampeded and gome of the ani
mals were hurt
After the Anarvhlste.
Madrid, Aug. 85. The chamber of
deputies has nased tbe anti-anarnhUt
bill after an extended discussion.
J Shot Out Their Quarrel.
Madison, Fla., Aug. 28. George
Page and Will Morgan, young men
living near here, last nigbt fought a
duel, considered to be one of the most
remarkable on reoord. They were riv
als for the affections of a pretty young
lady. Tbey both attended a dance at
which the young lady was present
Her ooqduot drave them to desperation.
Finally Page invited Morgan to ac
company bim for a walk. Morgan
consented, ana as soon as tbey were
outside Page proposed tbat as each was
armed, tbey take each other by tbe left
I I A -A .1 i. i .L. 1 il.
uauu buu aiiuut cat me quarrel, wis
survivor to take tbe girl Morgan
agreed, and then with left hands
clasped they drew pistols and began
firing. Eaoh man fired five shots.
When friends arrived Morgan was
found dead and Page was dying.
Ex-Mayor Frank's Heath.
Portland, Or., Aug. 26 Hon. Geo.
P. Frank, ex-mayor of this city, ia
dead. He died last night at Long
Beach, but tbe sad news was not re
ceived here till this morning, when
Mrs. Frank wired it from Ilwaoo. The
remains will arrive here tomorrow
morning, and will be conveyed from
the steamer to tbe late residence of tbe
deceased on Fifteenth and Yamhill
streets. While Mr. Frank's death was
not in tbe strictest sense unexpected,
the announcement of his passing away
provoked many expressions of sincere
regret all over tbe oity today.
Brakes Did Mot Work.
Frederiok, Md., Aug. 26. Forty
persons were more or less injured by
tbe brakes of a trolley oar failing to
work last evening on the steep incline
on the Frederick & Middleton eleotrio
railway. There were over 100 passen
gers on board, many more than its
capacity. Tbe brakes refused to hold,
and tbe car after going wild for a dis
tance of two and one-half miles turned
completely over. People who had wit'
nessed the disaster rushed to the resoue
and tbe bruised and maimed passengers
were removed to their homes.
Passenger Train Wrecked.
Pittsburg. Aug. 26. Tbe through
Chicago mail, No. 14, on the Pittsburg
& Wbstern railroad, was wrecked at
Valencia station, twenty-two miles
from this oity. Fifteen or twenty
persons were badly injured. The wreck
occurred through a collision with a
wreok train.
Passed Hngua Coin.
St Louis, Aug. 25. Jonh R. Mo
Math, of Ottumwa, la., was arrested
in the corridor of tbe postofflce yester
day afternoon by United States secret
service agents, who bad been waiting
there for him for a week or more. He,
it is alleged, is wanted in Ottumwa for
passing counterfeit silver coin. Mo
Math will be held until the Ottumwa
offioials arrive or are beard from.
Charged With Her Huaband'a Murder.
t Guthrie, O- T., Aug. 25.Mrs. Dell
Manning, the wife of a farmer, mur
dered last Monday, has been arrested
and charged with complicity in tbe
murder. The officers state they have
evidence to prove that Mrs. Manning
and Grove Huntley, who is also in
jail, were in love, and oonspired to put
the husband out of the way. Mrs.
Manning is a handsome woman of 23.
A Railroad Town.
Astoria, Or., Aug. 25. The first
railroad train to leave this oity started
for Seaside at 11 o'clock this morning,
with 1,000 people. There was the
greatest rejoicing, bands playing, tin
horns blowing and people shouting.
The seoond train was run at 1 o'clock
in the afternoon. Excursions were
given under the auspioes of the Astoria
Football Club. The formal opening of
the railroad company will occur later.
Weylere Intentions.
Havana, Aug. 25. Captain-General
Weyler announces his intention, as
soon as reinforcements arrive from
Spain, to ooncentrate his . forces and
sweep the island from end to end. By
this means he hopes to speedily put an
end to the present insurrection.
Reports have been received tbat the
band of tbe leader Zarraga had at
tacked an exploring train in the prov
ince of Pinar del Rio. Twelve sol
diers were wounded. .
Yesterday the insurgents attacked
Fort Los Mangas. The insurgents
were repulsed, but two of tbe members
of tbe garrison were wounded.
In consequence of the reoent attaok
by the insurgents on Guira Melena, a
large number of Cubans have been ar
rested, and nineteen persons have been
imprisoned on the charge of being con
cerned in tbe movement
Colonel Tort, learning tbat tbe in
surgents were encamped in tbe vicinity
of Gomez, in the province of Matanzas,
ordered a cavalry charge on tbe part of
tbe Spanish forces. Tbe result accord
ing to tbe official advices, was a de
cisive victory over tbe insurgents. The
Cubans were compelled to fly for their
Uvea They left nineteen dead on the
field, including Dr. Bacallao and Law
yer Gavilin. Two prisoners and a
large quantity uf ammunition were
captured.
Captain-General Weyler is about to
issue a decree placing certain limita
tions upon tbe next sugar and 'ooffee
crops. By this plan he hopes to de
prive the insurgents of their resources
and bring tbe planters to the support of
Spain. J
Orer a Blnft".
Los Angeles, Aug. 25. This morn
ing at Santa Monica, J. B. Bojorquea
and his young son were riding along
high bluff overlooking the sea. At a
point where the bluff is over 200 feet
high Bojorques suddenly announoed
that be was tired of life and springing
over the bluff, was dashed to pieces at
the bottom.
Ovid, Martial and Horaoe all refer
In their poems to the use of artificial
tveth as common in their time.
TROUBLE FOR SPAIN
In
a Fair Way to Lose the
Pbillipine Islands.
A CONSPIPACY 18 DISCOVERED
Japan Said to Be at the Bottom of th
Trouble Aim to Secure Com
plete Independence.
Madrid, . Aug. 24. An official dis
patch from Manilla announces the dis
covery in the Pbillipine islands of a
separatist conspiracy, tbe object being
to seoure independence from Spain.
Aooording to the official advloes, twea-ty-one
persons have already been ar
rested, several being Free Masons.
The news baa caused great exoitement
in Madrid, and tbe police in oonse
quenoe tonight raided tbe Hispano
Pbillipine Clnb and seized a large
quantity of papers. '
It is suggested by some of the papers
that Japan is endeavoring to foment
trouble in tbat part of tbe Spanish pos
sessions for the purpose of extending
the jurisdiction of her island empire
over tbe Pbillipine islands. . The
islands lie only about 250 miles south
of the newly acquired Japanese posses
sions of Formosa, a number of small
islands intervening. Spain's army in
the Pbillipine islands is ' estimated at
seven, regiments of infantry and one of
artillery, with a squad of cavalry,, tbe
effective force being 684 officers and
about 20,000 men.
While commenting on the outbreak
in the Philippine islands in the senate
today, Senor Castellano, minister for
the colonies,, read several telegrams
from tbe governor of the islands, Cap
tain-General Blanco. These telegrams
were tbat the conspirators aimed to se
oure tbe oomplete independence of the
Phillipine islands.
Senor Monterro Rico declared that
tne liberal party was prepared to sup
port all government measures for the
maintenance of Spanish integrity.
Nearly all of the opposition leaders in
the chamber made similar promises.
A BALLOON KITE.
Interesting Experiment Made at Tort
laud, Maine.
Portland, Me., Aug. 24. Charles
L. Lamson performed a feat here yes
terday praotically demonstrating tbat
a large airship or kite capable of carry
ing a man can be floated successfully
and steadily. He raised bis ship with
a dummy man on 600 feet. The retain
ing rope broke when the ship was at
tbat altitude. Had it not been for
tbia break Mr. Lamson would have
sent up a man to navigate bis ship.
As it was, W. A. Eddy, an authority
on aenl experiments, declared that
La'mson's achievement was tbe great
est step toward solving tbe problem of
aerial navigation of tbe age. Two reo-
orda, at all events, Lamson made. He
flew tbe largest kite or airship ever
floated; he carried by means of this
kite the heaviest weight to the greatest
altitude on record.
The kite when in the air resembles
two large boxes parallel to each other
and attached in tbe middle. It took
fifteen men to carry tbe ship into tbe
field Iron) whioh it was to be sent up.
Tbe retaining oord was a large braided
window cord, tested to pull 600
pounds. Tbia was made fast to a huge
teel, and four men attended to it
About 400 feet of tbe rope was run
nut along the ground and at a signal
from Lamson the ship was release! It
quivered a moment, and then steadily
rose skyward. Seated on the car of
tbe ship was a dummy, weighted to
150 pounds. The ship' carried it
without any perceptible jar. It rose
to an altitude of 600 feet, and was
lising steadily when, with a sudden
gust of wind, snap went the rope,
showing what a tremendous pressure
was brought upon it by tbe ship.- Tbe
ship floated out a half mile and de
scended as easily and gracefully as it
went up. Had a man been in the car
he would not have been harmed in the
slightest
Ammunition In Hay.
New Orleans, Aug. 24. Informa
tion is received by tbe Macbecba
Steamship Company, whose ships ply
between here and Central American
ports, that a consignment of hay on tbe
last trip of tbe steamship Wanderer
contained contraband goods. They
learned that twelve bales of hay wbicb
had been shipped by a Cincinnati firm
to R. E. Caldwell, an .American im
porter, on being opened by oustoms
offioials had been found to contain
8,000 cartridges and other munition
of war. It has been also discovered
that two similar shipments have been
made to Caldwell and H. C. Park, at
Port Barrnis. It is not known whether
the munitions were intended for Cuba
or for an uprising in uuatemaia.
Caldwell bas been arrested, and the
state department will be notified.
Debarred Frmu Clttsenship.
Washington, Aug. 24. A young
German was debarred from ejeizenship
today after a practical demonstration
tbat he oould not read tbe English
language. Judge Cole, of tbe supreme
court, held that no one is entilted to
citizenship who cannot read English.
Bright Outlook for Harvest In Idaho.
Mosoow, Idaho, Aug. 24. Tbe de
mand for harvest hands here ia great
The wages range from $2 to $3 a day.
The yield is good, in some places run
ning forty-five bushels to the acre.
The outlok for the crop is bright
Toung man, don't forget tbat tbe
world ia watching you, and moat of us
are more ready to charge your account
with something bad than something
i good.
NO HELP FOR THE BOY,
Be Drowns In Galon Before IZelp
Beaches Bim.
Portland, Or., Aug. 36. Ernest
Carter, tbe 9-year-old son of Mr.
Charles Carter, who resides at 167
Grand avenue, fell from a trestle in -Sullivan's
guloh yesterday morning at
about 8:80, and was drowned before
help oould reach bim. Tbe boy had
been in the water overman liour before
the body was recovered. '
Ernest Carter and another boy named
Frank Prltohard, went down on the
O. R. Si N. railroad track .in Sul
livan's guloh in tbe morning. About
200 yards east from tbe Grand avenue
bridge tbe railroad crosses from tbe'
north side of tbe guloh to the south
side over a trestle, wbioh la fully
twelve feet above tbe , water. Tbe
water is quite deep at this point Tbe
boys proceeded along the railroad traok
to this trestle, and, It seems, undertook
to oross over it They bad not gone
very far before they heard the train
coming from tbe east. The train
swings around the ourveand ianot seen
until it reaohet the trestle, but is easily
heard. Tbe boys started baok. The
Prltohard boy reaobed the end in safe
ty, but Ernest failed to get off the
trestle. Just bow he came to fall is
not known, but is it supposed when he
found be oould not reach the end of
the trestle be got ont on tbe end of a
bent and then fell off before the train
oame on tbe trestle. Tbe aooident
either ooourred this way, or he stum
bled and fell.
IN THE BAD LANDS.
Discoveries Made by a Geological
Ei.
plorlng Party.
Sioux City, Ia., Aug. 86. The geo
logical exploring party from the South '
Dakota state university whioh left
Vermillion, S. D., early in the summer
for a tour of tbe ' bad landB, has re
turned with a collection of specimens
weighing nearly a ton. Characteristic
speoimens of about twenty extinct
speoles of vertebartes were found, to
gether with twioe that number of in
dividuals. The most valuable was the
complete skull of a titanotherium, a
kind of gigantio hog with horns.
Many forms not yet determined were
inoluded in the collection.
The records of many geological sec
tions were opened, throwing light on
the natural history of the state, and
adding vastly to possibilities of tbe
agriculturist One of tbe problems -wbioh
Professcr Todd, chairman of
the expedition, proposes to solve at his
leisure concerns the agricultural bene
fit of mixing the cretaceous soils and
the silts and marls of the teritriy for
mation. He also intends to look for means by
whioh tbe day solution called water
in tbe bad lands oan be precipitated
and made fit for drink, and to dis
cover, if possible, new water courses
in tbe barren region where a water
supply is at present unknown.
SUCCEEDS
HOKE
SMITH.
Ex-Governor Francis Is Appointed Sec
retary of the Interior.
Buzzard's Bay, Aug. 26. Tbe an
nouncement was made by President
Cleveland at. Gray Gables tonight of
the appointment of David R. Franois,
ex-governor of Missouri, as seoretary
of tbe interior, vioe Hoke Smith, who
recently resigned the secretaryship be
cause of his finanoial views. Mr.
Franois will probably assume offioe
September 1, as tbat is the date named
in Secretary Smith's resignation.
A Fight in a Church.
Maoon, Ga., Aug. 26. A sensation
Was caused in tbe leading Methodist
ohuroh last nigbt by a difficulty be
tween Rev. Alonzo Monk, pastor of
tbe oburob, and Tilden Adamson, a re
porter of the Daily Telegraph. Adam
son reported the reverend gentleman's
sermon last Sunday, wbioh was pro
nounced by the pastor to be inoorreot.
At last night's eervioe the Rev. Mr.
Monk was pretty severe on the reporter,
and reflected on him in suoh a manner
as to cause Adamson to resent it at the
end of the sermon. Going to the pul
pit, the yonng man demanded an ex
planation of the doctor's remarks. An
exchange of words angered both, where
upon they grappled each other. Dea
cons rushed forward, and an exoiting
exchange of blows between them and
the reporter followed. The newspa
perman stood firm and defended him
self as best he oould against odds.
The polioe were sent for. The congre
gation was greatly excited, more tban
1,000 people being present Women
and men stood on the chairs to watch
the outcome. Finally order was re
stored, but tbe services were shortened
by the scene.
Killed In a Sparring Contest.
Van Buren, Ark , Aug. 26. While
sparring yesterday morning Emsie
Williams was hit on tbe left breast by
Will Clark and sank down and died
immediately. Clark was examined by
the coroner, who acquitted bim, tbe
verdict being excusable homicide.
Williams was a farmer and leavea a
large family..
Andree'e Scheme Failed.
Tromsoe, Norway, Aug. 26. Pro
fessor Andree arrived here from the
Danish island on the Virgo, having
apparently abandoned for this year tbe
attempt to cross the Arctio regions in
balloon.
Mississippi Boat Beached.
Memphis, Aug. 25. Tbe steamer
City of Hickman, from St Louis to
New Orleans, struck an obstruction
this afternoon at Island 40, about
twelve miles north of Memphis, and
was badly disabled. A big bole was
torn in the Hickman's bottom and tbe
officers beached her to prevent ber sink- '
ing. All the passengers were taken off.
She will be a total loss.
j Virginia possesses the greatest mag
i nesium mine in the world.
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