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Oregon City Goofier. A, W. OHBNBf, FaalUker. OIKION CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Allatereetlng Collection of ItemiFron Ik Two Hemispheres Freaenttd la Condensed Form. Two mon auJ twenty-five hornet lost , their lives in a fire in Milwaukee, Wis., which partially destroyed Albert Manger'a livery stable. The flamei spread no rapidly that only three meu ud a few horses muling"! tJ eupe. Owing to the collapse of a aangway lauding at Buesingen, Germany, forty-five persons were thrown into the Rhine. Three were drowued, five were polled out of the water in a criti cal condition, and it U feared that ev eral otheri were drowned. Hon. W. 8. Allen, chairman of the Populist national committee, hag mailed to W. J. Bryan a letter official ' ly notifying him of hia nomination by thnt body. No sacrifice are demanded, and Mr. Bryan is neither asked uor ex pedited to abandon bis adhesion to the Chicago platform. William Porter, former cashier of the Bunk of Kansas City, Kan., whioh failed last Fobruary, was arrested in that city on warrants charging him with receiving deposits when the bank was in a falling condition and be knew it was insolveut. The complaining witnesses are two former depositors. ; Porter was placed in 1,500 bonds and 1 in default went to jail. The American schooner Frederick Hearing whs seized off the coast of Nova Hootia, having been caught inside ; the three-mile limit. She was con- i derailed by the oourt, and the depart- j ment of justice has now been notified . that the owners will appeal to the su preme court of Canada, as they claim that she was not within the three mile limit at the time. John McCarthy, the alleged bank-', robber, was arraigned in Los Angeles. ! He made a statement to tne court to : the effect that his alleged confession, aid to have beeu made to Captain Lees in Sacramento, was a bogus one lu toto, and that he has nothing to con-1 fess, an he was not connected with the attempt to rob the First National bauk I of that city in any way. He was held, j and bis bail fixed at 15,000. ! Mrs. Elizabeth Cuvauangh, an agnd woman of Ban Franoisoo, has brought suit In the superior oourt of that city against her husband and her son, charging them with having conspired to rob ber of her possessions, and with having held ber and caused ber to be held a prisoner for four months iu a local private insane asylum. The property was acquired through her own bard work taking in washing. N Ida Buchanan, of Hannibal, Mo., aged 16, committed suicide by shoot ing herself. She dressed herself for burial, then went ont in the front yard, lay down on the grass and blew out her brains. She was engaged to be married, and ber lover was in the bouse at tbe time. She left a note say ing her health was poor and that she did not wish to become a burden on any one. Her mother is a widow. Mr. Bryan has issued his letter of ac ceptance. He defines his position on the questions of the day and states that he will uphold every plank of the platform adopted at Chicago. Seventeen people were injured, some of them seriously, by the overturning of I wagon, whioh rolled down an em bankment of ten feet. The accident ooourred near Clackamas Btation, OroJ j gon. There have been reoeived at tbe granaries at Salem thus far this season 1 (10,000 bushels of wheat, and it is esti mated that about 25,000 bushels are 1 yet to come. Wheat now sells in the j oapital oity for 42 oents a bushel. Janiea Applegate, who died at Mon-1 rovia, was one of the earliest pioneers I to oome to the Paoifio coast. He came to Oregon from Missouri in 1843, to gether with his father and two brothers. Ho was Oil years old at the time of his death. Engineer E. F. Ingles, tho hero of Webster, who saved his passengers from being robbed by killing Bandit Morgan on September 6, was called be-, fore J. A. Filuiore, A. D. Wilder aud other oRloers of the Southern Pacific aud given a testimonial for bravery. The ceremony was simple. The brave enigneer was given a check for t'JoO, together with a beautiful watch aud chain suitably engraved. A terrible tragedy was enacted on Broad street, Richmond, Vri. James E. Witnnier, aged 4(1, a blacksmith, working at the Richmond locomotive works, stabbed aud killed S. (i. That heiiuer, son of a well-known liquor merchant. The cause of the homicide was the alleged betrayal of Wimuier' partially paralyzed daughter by young Thatheimer. Witnnier, who was hunt ing for the youth, came up with him on the street, caught hold of him aud tabbed bim iu three places. That heimer walked half a block aud fel1 , ' dead. Wimmer surrendered hiuiNclf. Senator Butler, of South Carolina, chairman of the Populist executive committee, has officially notitied T. K. Wataou. of Georgia, of his nomination is candidate fur vice-president by the People's party. Iu a long letter con veying the notification. Senator Butler reviewed the history of the People's party and the c.iuses which led to the adoption of a co-operative ticket, which h referred to a "the best silver ticket in the field anf one wheh i more rep resentative of Auierieau iuterett than any other." A Tmml Maulao. For several dayi reports bare been received in lone, Cal., that a woman with long black balr, piercing blaok eyes, bad been seen In the woods above that town, entirely nude. A farmer and bia wifo, while driving borne some three miles from town, enoonn- j tared the woman, who sprang from the j brush at tbe roadside and seized ths bridles of tbeir team. The larmer left j tbe wagon, and grappled with the stranger, who was frothing at ths j mouth and gave vent to fearful shrieks, but ibe broke away from bim and escaped. A systematio search for ; the supposed maniao will be made with bloodhounds. An Old KMubllnhea Firm. Thomas B. Pearce, Henry T. Atkins and Henry Pearce, owners of tbe Franklin cotton mills, ol Cincinnati, 0., doing an extensive ootton business in that oity, under the name of Pearce, Atkins & Co., and the Henry Pearce Sons' Company, assigned us a company and as indivduals to William C. Coch ran, a cotton-mill owner. The assets are 240,ouu; liauiuiies, aiuo.uuu. : The oause of the orash is slow colleo-! tions and dull business. ' rit.Clmll.pgM Corbett. . Robert Fitzsimmous, tbe pugilist, and bis manager, Martin Ju lan, gave , aomnerinew iur, iwu.Uu UOU.o.j00nn uiinoi. ln 1842; thenoe to (jornett was cnaiiengeu uy sumui mous. A 5,000 forfeit was posted. ! When Corbett was informed of their . huiiuu, ue emu iunt ii.oi"u."n . j riroonn arriving in thu fall of . again bluffing but that to'ZlTn SIIL'1 " his bluff, and that be would fight him i "' . . . , . n . - . been announced. min..M after his fl.ht with : u lty' .and ' ?n.?,fe?, bome i One of the strong points in the scere- Shaker. 1 " """'" "-""'V' i be the record of ecouomy ooupled with Aero., th. Be. in . V..L ing. In the '50s it was his custom to, effl whiob h ollliraoterized the The latest San Fraucisooadivces from, drive bands of cattle into the Rogue j nt Hdulini8tcatiou of the war de Yokohama say that a twenty-foot yawl river valley to graze off of nature s rtinent For tl)H (irst ,inie iu mHUy. Btarted from that port for San Fran Cisco August 10. It was the Nadjus ka, and iu ber Captain Ridderbjelke hopes to cross tbe Pacific. She left tinrr Hiiiirl t.hn nhnars nf a larire doleaa- tion of American skippers and tars j from the cruisers in the harbor. The strike ! oir. The strike of 2,000 union hod oar- j riers in Chicago has ended in almost ; complete viotory for the men. By , gaining recognition for thoir union from the bosses, the hod-carriers olaim they have won all they oould have wished when they struck over a month K- An Oil Tank Exploded. An oil tank on a freight train in Wellington, 111., exploded, setting fire to and burning twenty-two cars of ooal. Peter Morton's elevator, containing 21,000 bushels of wheat, was destroy ed. Tbe railroad pumping station I was also burned. A Wr It lie lliirned. Ender's tobaooo factory, in Rich mond, Va., which, during tbe war used to accomodate the overflow of prisoners from Libby prison, one square away, has been burned. It was a very old structure. About $50,000 of leaf to bacco was destroyed. A Rook by GenernI MUee. Major-General Nelson A. Miles has written a book. It will be issued within tbe next two weeks and will HnnhrlAfie nnnan nnmment from one end of the oountry to tbe other, and from i oivilians and military men alike. The book is entitled, "Personal Recollec tions and Observations of General Nel son A. Miles, Embraoing a Brief View of the Civil War; or, From New Eng land to the Golden Gate." Tunneled it Bunk Vault. John McCarthy was arrested in San Frauoisco for complicity in the at tempt to tunnel into the vaults of the First National bank of Los Angeles, five months ago. When arrested Mc Carthy drew a revolver, but was over powered. He is believed to have been the leader of tbe gang who opearted in Los Angeles. Cyclone In Parle. A violent oyoloue swept over por tions of Paris, France. Omnibuses, oabs and stalls in the streets were over turned, trees blown down, store win dows broken, carriages sunk in tbe River Seine, and the firemen had to be railed. Many people were seriously injured. - Died From Hurne. Mrs. Bird, the wife of a farmer liv ing near Rankin, Wash., was engaged in fighting fire in a olearing near the house, when ber dress took fire and he received burns wbioh in a few hours caused her death. Two Men Drowned. Two men named Painter and White, respectively, attempted to go from the Nostuooa river to Alsea in an open boat, by way of the open sea. When near Alsea tbeir frail craft capsized in the breakers and both were drowned. Another Bank Failure. Tbe Mutual National bauk, of New Orleans, has closed Its aoors. ine t oapital stock is $300,000 aud the line of deposits was very small. It bas been regarded weak for a long time. A lleleua Suicide. Dora Forest and Madfce Dow, two disreputable women of Helena, Mont., took morphine with suicidal intent. The former died, but tbe latter will re cover. Small Boy Drowned. While a number of boys were swim ming in the Mokelumne river, near Lodi, Cal., Bert Cornwall. 15 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Corn wall, was drowued. He attempted too long a distance, aud weakened, when a companion went to bis rescue and was nearly drowned himself iu bis brave endeavor to save the struggling boy. ' Tbe case is a peculiarly sad one, be being the oldest chilJ. The body hai not been recovered. IS OVER A HUNDRED j John Durbil), of Marion Coun ty, Oregon, Is 102. BORN BEFORE WASHINGTON' DIED II lla Mved a Life fall of Adventure -IU FIT Children Living, lb Youngeit Over Sixty. Salem, Or., Sept. 15. Marlon coun ty olaims the oldest living pioneer in TaT' H sn, a DmWb.1 and he was 102 years old Sunday. , John Durbin was T " Z tx .September 16, county, Pennsylavnia, 1794. His birth antedates tbe death of George Washington five years. He I did service as lieutenant in the war of ! 1812, and lived through tbe Mexican and civil wars. He knows what In dian warfare ia from having lived am0ng them, and bus survived all. in jgoo, Mr. Durbin moved from his native state to Richard county, j Ohio, where, in 1820, he was married! F1 Qf th(g nnioD born ten ohildren, five f whom are u . The fafflil move(J tQ Hauoock ioounty, Illinois, ln 1843; thenoe to Clayton county, Missiouri in the ume; h , d n" he trun8portation f,6"- to WW tmi Secretary Lament is known to ily. with a body of emigrants, set out;. rfiln(ltllnt ' inoat th8 e.Dense. rQr .r:.?1: 1 drive bands of cattle into the Rogue j I river valley to graze off of nature's ' rich pastures. He had a large baud 1 j in the valley at the time of the threat I ened outbreak of the Rogue River In-' ! dians. It was Mr. Durbin's good for-, tune to get along peaceably with the Indians, even when they were bostilo towards the govenrment settlers. He treated with the Rogue River Indians ftt tbe start by promising them two head of fat cattle a year for the privi-: lege of pasturige, and be always lived up to the treaty. An accidont occurred while he was looking after his cattle in the Rogue river valley, to which Mr. Durbin at-; tributes his total abstinence from to- bacco since. He had stopped on the , mountainside to liht hia pipe, when he heard the snap of an Indian's gun only a few rods away. "The thought came to me," he afterwards said, "that that pipe might be the cause of : my death, so I threw it away, and i haven't used tobaooo since." Mr. Durbin makes his home with bis son Ibhhc, who lives on Howell ; prairie, nine mileB from Salem. It was the intention of his children and ; grandohildren to have a reunion and invite all pioneers of '45 iu the state to be present to celebrate their father's 102d suniversary, but as the day drew nigh it was apparent the stun of his health would not permit of the exoite ment attendant upon suoh an occasion. The frailty of age is apparent. The venerable pioneer baa passed the usual limit of old age, and is living in his second childhood, and a younger gene ration will soon be culled upon to honor h'B memory. The living children of John Durbin j are: Casper J., of Huntington, Or.,, aged 74; Mrs. Fannie A. Martin, four miles east of Salem, aged 71; Solomon j Durbin, 8j' miles east of Salem, aged i 67; Isaac aged 04, nine m'lea north-; west of Salem; Mrs Mary J. Starkey, i of Salem, aged 61. The AiHkan iiondary. Chicago, Sept. 15. Charles Harail- i ton, secretary of the North American Transportation & Trading Company, is en route to Washington to preseut to DB destitute. One man, who came out the authorities there evidence that Dy tUe steamer Bertha, saw the steam American interests in Alaska are bo aohoouer Excelsior lying at Sitka and ing seriously jeopardized by tbe fail-1 learned that she is to go to the inlet ure of this government to demand the ; an(j oarl.y out a ioa(i 0f passengers free. location of a boundary line compatible ; with the law and terms under which ; A Peaceful settlement. Russia ceded Alaska to this country. Buenos Ayres, Sept. 10. A oorres Hamilton takes to Washington a j pondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, tele copy of the report made by the Cana dian surveyor, William Ogilvie, last May to Inspector Constantine, in charge of the Cauadiati police along the Yukon river. So uncertain are the Canadian police authorities as to their lights iu arbitrating deputes along the disputed boundary iht Iu- spector Constautiue deemed this re- port to be necessary. Without it he f -It that arrests and other police duties : demauded of the British represents fives on the bounday line could lu.t be had. A WYOMING GOLD FIND. A Klt-h Diicovery ar the Colorado "t.me. Rawlins, Wyo., Sept. 15 There is much exoitemeut here over a recent ! gold discovery on Grand Encampment creek, about forty-five miles southeast ,'of tbi9 city, and just north of the Colo, rado line. The discovery was nne by A. H. Huston and Ben Culltonin July. They haTe kept the matter qniit untl h present time. At a depth of twelve feet they have a pay .feak twenty-two inches wide, assaying from $200 to $10,000 iu gold. The vein has been traced for several miles. Some forty or fifty claims have been lcafed. Numerous parties htve gone out to the fields today and others are outfitting ' and Btartingas rapidly as possible. To Depone King Alrirtntlrr. London, Spt. 15 The Vienna cor respondent of the Chronicle say that a conspiracy has been discovered t Bel grade to depose King Alexander of Servia. Cnminanda the Mediterranean ttln. London, Sept. 15. Vice-Admiral Sir John O'Manney Hcpkins, K O. B., has been appointed to succeed Sir 1 Michael Culme Seymour, K. C B , as commander-in-chief of the Mediter ranean station. ARMY CHANGES. Proposed Moving iif Three Keglmentt of Artillery. ! Washington, Sept. 16. Major Gen eral Miles baa recommended to tbe ' secretary of war an important change . in stations - of artillery regiments, i The regiments involved are tbe Fifth artillery, stationed on the Paoifio : coast; tbe Third artiilory, stationed in Florida, and incidentally the First artillery, located at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. His recommondations do not specifically mention tbe latter regi ; ment, but it is known to be bis inten . tion to recommend that this regiment ! be ordered to Florida to take tbe place of the third, in case the secretary ap proves the plan for sending that regi- tQ peMi0t ,n CaUlorniai i nl bringing the Fifth East. Tbe , pifth wag 00 daty in New york bar- between regiments on the Altantid and Paoifio was made, so that it will come buck to its old stamping ground if the scheme of General Miles prevails. Secretary Lament is generally op posd to extensive movements of troops merely for the sake of a change of sta tion, mainly because of the expense involved. Although a smaller number of regiments ia involved in tbe present plan of General Miles than the last, the lorn? iouinev across the continent . ,h - -,,.. wnnl, miike W forthcoming annual report will ! years a balance instead of a deficiency will be shown iu various appropria tions. For a number of years past the mileage fund has been short, resulting in offloers being compelled to await for a special appropriation by congress be fore they had refunded to them the money spout out of their pockets to comply with orders issued by the war department. The new system of re cruiting and paying the army by oheck aooounv in a large measure for the saving in the mileage fund. CAME FROM COOK'S INLET. KeturnhiK Mlneri Tell if the .Condition of Tlume l.ttit Behind. Seattle, Sept. 10. Seventy-six Cook's inlet prospectors were brought : down by the schooner Sophie Suther ; land, whioh arrived this afternoon. About two thirds of them paid their passage in gold dust aud the remainder : fell back on tbe stock of money they : had taken into the country. Those ! of the prospectors who were seen said that the rapidity with whioh miuers j were leaving the inlet had reduced the number there to about 500, exclusive I of a number at Coal bay. They calou ! lated that $500,000 had been expended ', in taking men in aud out of the ooun I try, while tbe amount from tbe mines would not be more thun $100,000 at the highest. The Polly Mining Company, near the junction of Mill's and Canyon oreeks, they considered to have the best paying mine in the oountry, and said $35,000 would be shipped out by that iniae in the fall. Canyon oreek, be tween Six-Mile and Mill's creeks, and two miles up Mill's oreek, they thought was a fair estimate of the pay streak in tbe country, and said a dozen or less men are the only ones doing well. Starvation was a remote possibility, as the departing prospectors have dis- posed of their provisions at a saoifioe. ine majority are able to leave the ocmntry. and not more than 100 will ! graphs that the. Brazilian foreign min ister, Senor Cerquiria, bas informed a oiroie of friends of high standing officially that he regards the prospect for a peaceful settlement of the Italian question as extremely favorable. Senor Cerquiria says the good will of the government at Rome is assured but he does not disguise tbe fact that the quir- inal will certainly demand full satis- faction for all wrongs suffered by Ital- inns iu Brazil, before it will cousont to enter into a negotiation for a final dis-1 position of the matter. j Signer Bruno, the Italian represent-' ative in Santa Paula, declared in an interview with Senor Cerquiria that j the situation was still grave. Seven thousand insurgents have left Santa Paula for Argentina. The United States gunboat Castine will accompany the Argentine fleet in its evolutions iu Brazilian waters. Three Miners ToUoned. j Victor, Colo., Sept 16. Charles Mo Govern, Charles O'Tool, and George btevens were found dead this after noon in a cabin a mile from Victor. ; The meu, with Harry Doyle and John j McDevitt, had been occupying tbe cabin for some time, and all had been drinking heavily. Tbe two latter have been arrested on suspicion of poisoning their companions. Deruing, N. M., Sept 16. Fifty Tomoobie iutlU'H surrounded tbe cus- , torn-house at Palomas, Mexico, tnirty miles south of this city, today. The officers repulsed them. Three of the ludiaus started for. this town, two of whom were wounded. One was caught jut south of town, and is under arrest at this place. It is said there are 800 Florida south of excited. Tomuchie Indians in tbe j mountains, fifteen miles j here. The town is greatly THE TRADE REVIEWS Political Uncertainty Still Pre venting Improvement. WOOL, WHEAT, AND CORN CROPS Light Demand for FlnUhed. rrodutili -Hpeculatlre Buying of Haw M terial-Hrudatreel's lleport. New York, Sept. 14. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly trade review says: Better prospeots and relief from monetarty anxiety do not yet bring larger demands for finished products, though large buying of pig iron, wool, leather hides, cotton and other ma terials continue to show a growing be lief that a general upward movement in pirces will oome with the replenish ment of dealer's stocks this fall. Most prices are so extremely low, that noth ing more than an extraordinary de mand would advance them. But bauk failures at New Orleans cause tem porary hesitation; crop returns indioate disappointment in some cotton and some spring wheat states; prices of corn aud oats make it unprofitable to sell at present; the number of manufacturing works and mines in operation does not gain, but rather decrease. Reductions of wages are somewhat numerous, oc casionally observed by strikes, aud all these conditions diminish for a time the buying power of the people. While many think general improvement oan- not come until the election nas re moved political uncertainty, others ex pect soon to see the result anticipated in trade. Sales of wool for tho week have about equaled the normal consumption, for the first time in montliB, not be cause manufacturers have more orders or are doing more work, fcr no gain is seen iu demand or output. The buy ing is mainly speculative, based on the belief that prices must advance. Wheat declined a cent, but then ad vanced, closing a cent up for the week, j Western receipts still exceed last year's, having been in two weeks 11,- , 298,000 bushels, against 9,828,200 last year, while Atlantic exports, flour in cluded, have been for the same week 8,893,205 bushels against 2,415,872 last year. Corn is almost wholly out of danger, and the yield iB generally expected to be the largest, as the price here is the lowest ever known. Failures have been 315 in the United ; States against 187 last year, and 47 in Canada against 61 last year. As Kradatreet viewed it. New York, Sept. 14. Bradstreet'fl weekly review of trade says; The feel- i ing among jobbers and funufaoturers ; last week that an improvement in de- j mand for seisonable staples was in i sight was evidently well founded, for I at more than a dozen centers, South ! and West, the demand is now more ao- tive, the volumes of sales has in creased, and the general outlook is j muoh more favorable to business later j in the autumn. ' J. H BUCKMAN KILLED Walter Falnnaii Hit Him on the Head With a Pitchfork. Spokane, Wash., Sept. 14. J. H. Buckman. one of the most prominent farmers in Lincoln county, was killed near here last evening by Walter Fair man. A threshing crew was at work on Bookman's place, aud Fairmau was measuring grain. Buckman accused Fairinan of swiudling, au.l Fairtnan called Bookman a liar. The latter struck Fairman, who retaliated by knocking Buokmau down He then jumped upon the prostrate form of Buckman and choked him until he cried quits. Buckman walked away, apparently satisfied with the thrahsiug he had re ceived. About ten minutes later, as Fairman was measuring grain, he looked np and saw Buckman coming toward him with a knife. To protect himself Fairman grabbed up a pitch fork that was standing olose by. The spectators say Backmau made a rush at Fairman with the uplifted knife, when Fairman raised the pitchfork and struck Buckman a blow over the head with tbe handle. Bookman fell like a log, the blood gushing from his ears, nose and mouth. A messenger was sent to inform Mrs. Buckman, who came and fell upon the nniHtrate form of her husband, beseech ing bim to speak, but he was beyond all aid. Without recovering con sciousness, and before a physician could arrive, Buckman expired, within half an hour. Fairman made no effort to escape, but remained in tbe vioinity until Deputy Sheriff Frazier arrived. He was locked up in jail here Fairman, who is not very well known, expresses sorrow at the fatal termination of the quarrel. He said he had no intention whatever to kill Buckman, but was forced to strike him to protect bis own life. Spokane, Wash., Sept. 14. Waltei Hall, a 13-year-old boy, was thrown from a borse last evening, his bead striking a stone and bis skull being fractured. He died an hour after ths accident. Mail Train Burned. Goshen, Ind., Sept. 14. The Lake Shore through express, carrying mailt and express from New York to Chi cago, caught fire near here tonight, and thousands of dollar's worth of mail were destroyed. The origin of the firs is supposed to bave been spontaneoui :ombustion. Last year the farmers of this conn try exported 331.722 cattle, for which they received $30,603,796. ALASKA'S DEMANDS. The reople Want Territorial Form ol Government. ! Chicago, Sept. 18. Congressman Aldriob, of this oity, who bat Just re ' turned from a six weeks' trip to Alaska, , brings the news that the people of that distant territory think it bas outgrown ! its swaddling clothes, aud wants to govern itself. A demand is made for a ' jegular territorial government, a new l set of up to-date lawa and the privi , 'ege of sending a delegate to congress like Arizona, New Mexico and Okla homa. The restless Alaskans bave already caused to be introduced in the national house of representatives several bills to bring about these projects on which j they have set their hearts. Tbe fail ; ure of congress to advance these bills, ! has, Aldrioh says, disgusted tbe people ' of Alaska. There are many Americans iu Alaska who point with unconcealed riigust to congressional neglect and thu to the jealous ore with which the Biitish are fostering the interests uf their citizens on the Canadian bouu i dary of Alaska. Congressman Aldrich ays be thinks it is not time yet for Alaska to have a t delegate in congress. The population, I thign containing some 2,000 voters, is scattered over such an immense area (hat he says it would be impossible for I the votes to be counted and returned ; within the time limit now provided by oir eleutiuu laws. Lint, he says, a new set of laws is ibvilutely necessary for Alaska. That cmiutry is now run with the guidance i nf otHolete and ill fitting statutes. Thry are largely such laws as were in the Oregon code before 1H84. No new statute have beeu added, and while the civiliznirtii of Alaska has grown at a , tremendous rata within the last twelve venrs and the population more thau dniililed. the laws under whioh tho Alaskans live have not Hdvauoed a step tow.ird keeping pace with the progress iu every other direction. Alsku is not governed like other territories. It has no legislature and hut few officers, and evin these it does not elect itsolf; they are appointed by 1 the pi iMideu t. Alaskans set forth all . these complaints to Congressman Aid- nc'a, while ho was there. NEW WHATCJM BANKS Hei iiiid Supiialoii of llennett National Within a Vear. New Whatcom. Wash., Sept. 16. The liuieo National bank posted no rice of hiispRiisiou this morning, "on Hcouiint of tho withdrawal of deposits neyoud its power to respond." The notice fuither buys that "All depositors will be paid in full." When called up in by tbe Asso dated Press corres pondent, the officials, while not ready' to make a detailed BUteinent, said that the tJtal liabilities are, in round num bers, $50,000, aud the assets approxi mately $125,000, of whioh $90,000 is in bills receivable. No paper is hypothe cated, and it is believed that the assets are more .than sufficient to meet all olaims. The statoment of the bank's affairs nt the close of the business July 14, showed rio posits of over $106,000, and the cash resources of $52,000. Since tfieu more thun half of the deposits bave beeu withdrawn, tbe cause being generally ascribed to the general lack of confidence, due to financial agita tion. This is the second suspension of tbe Bennett bank within a year, tbe heavy run of November 4 and 5 last, due to the failure of the Belliugham Bay Na tional, having forced it into the hands of A receiver for about six weeks. It reopened December 19. J. H. GRAHAM KILLED. Was Kiiu Over by a Locomotive al Urantu, Oregon. Grants, Or., Sept. 16. A shocking accident happened here at 9:05 o'clock this morning. J H. Graham, a brake man on freight train No. 23, was run over by tbe locomotive and instantly killed, bis .body being completely cut in two. Graham bad run ahead to close the switob, and stepped upon the pilot of the moving engine. He at tempted to cross from one side to the ther, and iu doing so met his fearful fate. The remains were sent to The Dalles. Graham was a brother of Master Mechanic J. E. Graham, of the O. R. & N. Co. The train was ia charge of Conductor Rice and Engineer Johnson. No blame rests upon any one living. Blavlu Knoc ked Out Kllrain. Baltimore, Sept. 16 Jake Kilraiu and Frank, otherwise known as "Pad dy" Slavin, the Australian, were the stars in a lively fistio contest which took place at the Eureka Atlhetio Club, uear this city, tonight. When Kilraiu stripped, he looked to weigh no less than 250 pounds, and tbe flesh hung from him in rolls. Slavin, on the con trary, was in the pink of condition. Slavin bit bard, but Kilrain was not effective. Three times the pugilist came togteher, and then Slavin bit bis man a terrific short arm blow under the heart, and followed with his right on the jaw, and the one-time champion fell like a log. The execution of some of tbe finest French tapestry is so slow that an ar tist cannot produce more than a quar ter of a square yard in a year. Crime In a Kentucky 1 own. Mount Sterling, Ky., Sept. 16 James Bush, of Thompson's station, same here last night and went to where his divorced wife was stopping, called ber to tbe door, shot hfr in the breast and then fled to the woods, followed by i posse of a lynching-turn-of-mind. About tbe same hour, at a bagnio, one Duff, of Clark county, was fatallv dis emboweled in a fight, supanoerily by Ed. Foreman, who bas bctu p'.acd un der smet