Oregon City courier. (Oregon City, Or.) 1896-1898, November 06, 1896, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textdill Oregon Gity Courier. A. W. OHBNKT, Pnblleber. OREGON CITY ORKGON EVENTS OF HIE DAY Am Interesting Collection of Items Ttoi the Two if analiphcrei Presented In a Condensed Form. Mayor McClelland of Roanoke, Vs., was ron down by an electric car aud fatally injured. He stepped iu front of the oar when it wai less than five feet from bin). . The demonstration against the Italian residents oontinue iu Sao Panlo, Uracil. The government of the state refuses the aid of federal troops, but promises to punish the Jaoobins, who an the chief offenders. The North Gorman Gazette, of Ber lin, says the statement ia incorrect that a recent order renders the import of Amerioan canned meat virtually im possible by providing for examination of each tin of the importation. Tbe controller of the currency has deolared dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent national banks as follows: Twenty per cent, Columbia National bank of Taooma, Wash; 10 per cent, First National bank of Ban Bernardino, Cal. : An Italian named Piotro Simoni met with a shocking death on tbe road near Forestville, Cal. With a friend be was going down a steep bill in a light wagon, when the team ran away, throwing Simoni out. His leg caught in tbe vehicle and be was dragged nearly a mile, bis head being literally pounded to pieoes. On a trolley oar of the Consolidated Traction Company, in Newark, N. J., filled with Italian laborers, the fuse of an eleotrio motor blew out, sending a puff of smoke into tbe car. In fear the men rushed for the doors. Lambustor Angelo jumped, or wus pushed off the car, and bis neck broken. Lincoln Uuiseppe's head was badly out, and he may not survive. A south-bound passenger and express train on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas road was held np and looted by train robbers at a point one mile south of Al varado, Tex. It is said that the rob bers secured little treasure from the express oar. The bandits are supposed to be beading for Indian territory, aud all tbe United States marshals have "been notified to be on the alert. Annie Vanderwall, aged 7 years, was instantly killed and Ella Berk man, aged, 9, fatally injured at the Joseph street orossiug of the Chicago & Alton railroad in Chicago. The gates had been lowered for a switoh engine wbioh was approaching. Thinking they bad plenty of time to cross, the two children stepped under the gates on tbe first traok and were struck by a freight oar wbioh bad been switched by the engine. A courier from Usal, Cal., a lumber mill town 20 miles south of Cahto, brings meager details of the murder of John Mudgett, a wealthy rancher aud landowner of that plaoe. Mudgett was unmarried and lived alone on a 100 aore ranob. He was reputed to have coin about the bouse. His dead body waa found half cremated in the ruins of the partially burned house. Tbe body showed evldeno e of violence, aud parties are suspeoted. The sheriff has been notified, to burry to tbe scene. Mudgett was a native of Belfast, Me., 40 years old, and has relatives both there and in Fortuna, Cal. A disastrous fire iu a Brooklyn sky- acraper caused a loss of f 300, 000. An official dispatch from Manilla says a conspiracy has been discovered iu tbe Sooloo arohipelago, a portion of the Spanish oolony of the Philippine islands. Perry Bathalow, United States con sul at Mayence, is being prosecuted for severely injuring an inmate of his -.house by striking him on the head with a revolver. The price of broad has gone up half a peuny a loaf, aud the increase is be ing actually felt iu the poorer districts of Loudon, whose many families bave, in oonsequouoe, been obliged to roduoe their supplies. An explosion of natural gas at Ava lon, Pa., killed Bessie Osborne, agod IS, seriously injured her brother Dale, aged 9. and her sister Edith, aged 0. Tbe house was badly wreaked. The xplosiou was caused by a leak in the kitchen pipes. Thomas P. Gillespie, superintendent of the Sterling Miuiug & Milling Com- I pany, at Montgomery, Nev., was shot ! and killed on the road between the I Johnny and Chispa mines, by unknown j parties. Tbe shooting was doue from behind some bushes. Paul Iaeubttrg, the wealthy Ha waiian sugar-planter, who with his family has been spending several months in Europe, has arrived in San Krauoisoo. Mr. Isenberg'a European trip was for the purpose of interesting i Mobilising France-Rrusalan Troops. A dispatch from 8t Petersburg to Soliel says there bas been an import ant exchange of views between tbe Frenoh and Russian, ministers of war, by which certain modifications bave been effeoted in tbe general plan fo the mobilisation and concentration of Franoo-Russian troops in time of war. Soliel adds that proof of tbis statement will soon be seen in a number of fron tier changes, and the first step is said to bave been taken by an inorease in tbe number of Russian dragoons. Piano Factory Burned. Fire completely destroyed the piano factory of House & Davis, at Des plaines, 111.' The loss is estimated at $50,000... Twenty-five new pianos were destroyed, with 250 in process of construction and a large stock of valu able hardwood lumber. A lady living over the factory lost diamonds valued at $1,000. 1 Has Sued the Hall Club. Mrs. Caroline B. Newman, a woman muoh interested in baseball, while wit nessing a game in Baltimore, was struck by a fottl fly. She bas sued tho Baltimore base ball olub for $6,000 for injuries she claims to bave reoeived. This is probably tbe first suit of the kind on record. A REPUBLICAN VICTORY 180,000. There is no question' of the election of Bryan electors by over 100, 000 plurality. AdHtns, the silver can didate for governor will be elected. Wnt Virginia Wheeling. MoKinley bas carried the state by about 12,000. The state THE SIEGE OF HAVANA Asphyxiated by Gae. John Houston and wife were asphyx iated by illuminating gas in their apartments in Chicago. Houston is dead and his wife's condition is criti cal. The accident was dne to careless ness on the part of Houston who forgot to properly turn off the gas. William McKinley and Garret Hobart the ioket Republican congress j-ttm . . I UIVU DIUUtCII, Choice oi the reople. THE GOLDEN METAL IS TRIUMPHANT North Carolina. Raleigh. Bryan's majority is va riously estimated at from 10,000 to 20,000. Maximo Gomez to Surround the Cuban Capital. WILL STB1KK THE BLOW SOON M'lannnaln. Madison. McKlnley's plurality Wisconsin is probably above 40,000. in i Maeeo Believed to Hare Marched Through the Provluee and Evan Mow to Ha at Colon. The Republican Majority Will Probably Kcach Otic Million A Majority of Over One Hundred in the Electoral College Three Hundred Thousand in Pennsylvania and Xew York Nearly as Much Oregon for McKinley. With seven states yet in doubt, it ia Met Death In the Cyclone. The known dead by the disastrous cyclone in Lincoln aud Payne conn- ties, Oklahoma territory, number seven, with three perhaps fatally injured. Many others reported dead may swell the list of fatalities. Tbe scene of devastation is hard of access. The property damage is heavy. ' known that tbe Republican national ticket is eleoted by a majority of over 100 in the electoral college, and of 1, 000,000 plurality of tbe popular vote. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts and Ohio bave rolled up nnpreoedentedly tremendous majori ties, from 100,000 to 800.000. Tbe rest is detail, to be settled by complete returns. These are slow in coming in from many states that are doubtful, not because tbey areolose, but because fail ure to complete the count gives no basis for positive assertion, Indiana is a case in point There iB no doubt ' Republican that it bas gone for MoKinley, but tbe actual count is unreasonably delayed. TWo or there others are in the same oase, like Caliornia, Kansas and West Virginia. Others are doubtnl because on the state and county ticket. Gar field, Whitman, Douglas, Kittitas snd Asotin counties will give Bryan ma jorities, but iu Klickitat tbe race is close. Iu Western Washington tbe race is close and returns ho far are uot com plete enough for either party to base an estimate McKinley leads in King aud Pierce counties. The question is will Western Washingtou give a large enough Republican majority to offset the vote of the eastern part of the state lor Bryan. Virginia. Riohmond. Tbe Democrats bave carried Virginia by about 20,000. Wyoming;. Cheyenne. Wyoming is in doubt, but indications poiut to Bryan's selection. Salt Itnh. Lake. Indications are that New York, Nov. 8, A dispatch to the Herald from Key West, Fla., says: A prominent Cuban resident of thia city said to your correspondent that, without assuming the role of a prophet, tbe Herald could positively announoe that the city of Havana would be be sieged by Maximo Gomea witbin the uext sixty days. To tbat end be said Monies and all the rebel fooea were now maorbing westward toward the capital. Tbis Cuban is in direct comumnloaiton with the insurgent Bryan has carried the state by about i , . . . . ... .,, " 10 000 leaders in the field, and is the looal me Montana. Butte. Bryan's majority in tbe state may reach 15,000. Tbe entire state fusion ticket is eleoted. California. San Francisco. MoKinley is ahead so far as the oouut has proceeded. The state central committee claims the state by 80,000. Six Re publican congressmen out of seven have been elected. Nevada. Carson. Iud icationa a re that Bryan 'f plurality will reach 2,000. Nehraaka. Omaha. Up to midnight the returns Hank Gardner Dead. Hank M. Gardner, a one-armed man, fell from bis bicycle in Buffalo, N. Y., striking on bis head aud fea turing bis skull, dying almost instant ly. Gardner was on old-time tele graph opera to; and well-known to the fraternity throughout tbe country. An Elevator Kope H,oke. Tbe rotten rope of an elevator caused the death of John Rahenberg in St. Louis. Tbe accident occurred while be was alone, aud for eleveu honrs bis body served as food for rata lie fell a distance of forty feet and muse have been killed instantly. Oil Stove Exploded. An oil stove in tbe residence of Wil liam Allenbaob, in Milwaukee, ex ploded snd scattered the burn'iig fluid over the little family group in the kitoben. AlUubaob, his wife aud baby in arms were fatally burned. Have Renewed Their I'ledge. After several weeks of daily confer ences, tbe lumber men interested in the domestic trade bave arrived at the con clusion that their various interests cau be best subserved by remaining in the pool which tbey have maiutaiued dur ing tbe past year under tbe name of the Central Lumber Company, of Cali fornia. It required an enormous amount of conferring to settle tbe mul titudinous interests iuvolved, but thi bas at length been accopmlished and nearly all of the mills on the books last year have renewed their pledge to stand by each other. Prices will remniu the same for tbe present, at least Minnesota. St Paul. One hundred and twelve precincts in Minnesota, including St Paul, give McKinley 16,915, Bryan 10,782. South Dakota Sioux Falls. Returns are meager, but the Republican ticket will bave a majority. Kausaa. Topeka. Sixty-four preoinots out of 2,128 preoinots in Kansas give McKin ley 8,679, Bryan 8,386. Florida. Jacksonville. Bryan will oarry the state by 14,000. Ohio. Cincinnati. Hamilton oounty will give McKinley 16,000 majority. Tbe vote outside of Hamilton oounty, bow- ever, is close. Alabama. Birmingham. Tbe state vote will be large and the Demooratio ticket will receive a large plurality, but an esti mate cannot yet be made. Loulaana. New Orleans. The indications are that the Democrats have made a olean sweep. Bryan bas oarried the state by not less than 80,000 majority. Mississippi. Jackson. Mississippi gives Bryan a majority of 50,000. Tne vote lor Watson will not exceed 10,000. Coal One Exploded. A terrible explosion of gas occurred at the South Wilkesbarre shaft of the Lebigb & Wilkesbarre Coal Company. It is reported tbat fix men were so badly burned they will die. The mine waa not in operatiou and only about fifteen men, mostly repairers, were inside. So great was the force of the explosion tbat it shook the surface for miles around. Smoke coming up the shaft prevented the rescuers from going down. The mine is cue of the most gaseous iu the anthracite fgion. Five years ago seveu men perished in au explosion there. tbe vote is close, like Delaware, Ten nessee, Nebraska aud tbe Dakotas. It will take another day to make up an absolutely trustworthy table of electoral votes. On the most conservative estimate, MoKinley has 250 electoral votes, or 25 more tbau a majoirty. Probably he will have 800, or two to Bryan's one. He has carried every state east of tbe Missouri and uorth of the Ohio and Po tomac, besides Kentucky in the South aud Oregon in tbe West certainly, and perhaps others in both sections. Mo Kinley's total majority on the popular vote will be more than 1,000,000, the largest in tbe history of the country. The following table shows the elec toral vote of each state. Tbe asterisk in front of the states indicate those claimed by tbe Republicans. Tbe re maining Btates are either for Bryan or in doubt This gives McKinley 288 electoral votes. The Bryan forces olaim 69 positively, while 90 are in doubt: from the state were very meager, but tbe state is claimed by the Repub licans. Tbe total vote polled is much heavier than two years ago. The vote is so close that cotuplete returns must be bad before it cau be decided. Maine. Portland MoKinley 's total vote, 4,480; Bryan's, 2,278. Tbe state will have a Republican majoirty. A Bate Rnhhed. A mysterious burglary occurred in Spokane in the office of the steam lam dry company, on Main avinue. The safe wasop'iied snd between 1,20(1 and 1,800 in cash taken, but ihe rob bers, who bad gone to tbe trouble, of opening the safe and Inking the miuey in one part, left 87 25 iu another al though about 40 was taken from tbe same drawer iu which the money was left The mouey left was all silver. Alabama. 11 Nevada 3 Arkansas s'Sew Hampshire 4 The Car Turned Over. One person was killed, two fatalTy injured and others seriously injured iu an accident on the Wyoming Valley traction line in Wilkesbarre, Pa. The car left tbe track and fell upon its tide, pinning four passeuegrs under tin wreck. California., Colorado ('Ollliei'lll'llt... Itelaware Florida tteorgia. Idaho Illinois Indiana Inwa Kansas 'Kentucky'. I-ontsiana , Maine Maryland Massachusetts, Michigan Minnesota M ississippt Missouri Montana Nebraska Necessary tor a choice, V 'New Jersey 4"sew York North Carolina , :i 'Vnrth Jiakota.. I 'Ohio M:-t treiton :irennsylvanta SI 'Jl'llhoilt-Island l.VSotitli ('arnllna WSnith liukota In 'Tennessee l.'ITcxas H I'tah tV'Verniont , a Virginia l.'i asiiiu'tnn 14 'West Virginia y 'Wisconsin 1' Wyoming. l?l ill Total Kentucky. Lexington. Late news from the state indicates that McKiiiley's ma jority will exceed 15,000. This state was tbe greatest surprise of all to tbe silver forces. Breckenridge will be elected to congress. Mlchl.au. Detroit Returns from 24 out of 83 counties give 17.270 majority for Mo Kinley, indicating a Republican ma jority in the state of upward of 50,000. Iowa. Des Moines The Demoorstio state oommittee coucedes Iowa to McKinley. 1 M .L. XT Vl. i . i1 respumieuuts mr tuo now xuia juum passes. ' He also stated that there waa no confirmation of a rumor circulated i by Cuban passengers who arrived here ! last night, tbat towns in tbe outskirts I of Havana bad been already besieged ! by tbe insurgents. While tbe Havana papers, many ot which were reoeived by steamer last night, oontinue to maintain silence 'in regard to Maoeo's movements sinoe bia brilliant attack on tbe Artemisa, it ia , still insisted by active partisans ber in direct communication with tbe load ers in Cuba that be unquestionably crossed the military trooba at tbat poiut during tbe bombardment of the town, aud with a small following baa since marched through tbe entire provinoe of Havana, and is now at Colon, a central poiut iu Matanzas. It is also alleged tbat bis mission there is to concentrate and assume oom maud of the foroesof Rioardo, Trujillo, Rojas and other minor rebel leaders, who bave been operating in tbat vicin ity with between 4,000 and 6,000 well armed men. Notwithstanding the per sistence of this report, other Cubans here, apparently equally informed, ex press doubt tbat Maceo bas left tbe provinoe of Pinar del Rio, which move ment they say would imply defeat by tbe superior forces sent against him by Weyler. The explanation, however, is offered that uo abandonment of ter ritory has boon made, as General Ruia Rivera, a veteran of the last war, has been left in comamud in Pinar del Rio, while Maoeo has gone eastward, in obedienoe to orde'i from bis superiors, to operate with Maximo Gomez in tbe latter's new capmaign of invasion. Gomez bas not been heard from sinoe bis attack on the town of Casoorro. The ominous silenoeof Gomez is said to presage tbe planning of a seiiea of important attacks on the principal oities witbin Havana and Matanazas provinoes, his apparent innotivity hav ing been oaused only by a desire to await the fulfilment of necessary pre paration. A CHURCH DEDICATED. Connecticut. New Haven. Wftb one town miss ing, MoKinley 107,586, Bryan 54,498. Returns warrant the belief that tbe state has gone Republicad by at least 40,000. Arkmiaaa. Little Rock. Arkansas gives 25,000 majority for Bryan. I n d Una Indianapolis. Tbe vote in Indiana is the largest ever polled. Under the law no reports can be sent out until the count is complete. Forty preoinots in Indianapolis give McKinley 4,284, Bryan 2,861. Maryland. Baltimore. Chairman Talbot, of the Democratic central oommittee, oonoedes Maryland to the Republicans, but gives no figures. Republicans claim tbe state by at least 30,000. New .leraey. irenton. A proportionate estimate of the counties so far heard from in- Cyclone In Oklahoma. A cyclone struck Mitchell postoRire. . and ! swept away farmhouses for miles. j Postmaster Mullen and wife are known j to bave been killed. Many others are j reported dead. Rescuing parties with 1 coffins have been sent from OtKbrie. a i i. ..!;.. ; iu. : - i . l. - . . , e R "vv " l twenty miles from Guthrie, O. T. iaiiuiiiuu Muir, vl nuiuu au uiuuu has been written lately. His mission was in a measure successful, for he is now returning to Houolulu with a guaranty of about 1,500,000 from sev eral Dutch millionaires. J. B. Walling, who died in Boise, Idabo, was an old Oregon pioneer. He waa 87 years old, tbe eldest of six sons, and came from Iowa to Oregon in 1847, settling iu Yamhill oounty. He isid oat the town of Amity, and lived in Oregon until 1865, when he moved to Boise, Idaho. Mr. Walling built the first irrigation ditch in Idaho, and set out the first orchard. Tbe Puyallnp-Indian commission has been ordered disbanded, to take effect December 1, iu accordance with the provision of an act of congress. ' A Storm la New Orleana, A severe wind and rain storm passed ' over New Orleans, causing one death I and doing other dmae. Tbe light- ning, wbioh was heavy, struck five I bouses. Albert Trabina was instantly killed. A large number of trees were , blown down and bouses were unroofed. : Tbe greater portions of the fruit sheds of tbe Queen & Crescent road were de- stroyed. Most of the ekctrij cars were stopped on account of interference witb the wires. Ore fon. Portland. Oregon is in line for Mo Kinley with a majority that will be between 3,500 and 4 600. Of the ooun ties taat were considered doubtful Yam hill is claimed by the Republicans. Dooglas ia in doubt. Benton is for McKinley. Clackamas also. Jackson bas gone for Bryan. Linn and Joseph are also for Bryan. Mariou oounty bas gone for MoKinley, and Multno mah's majority for MoKinley will reach 6,000. Complete returns from the city of Portland and from 23 out of 28 county precints show over 5,000, bnt it is expected tbat this will be reduced by outside precincts. 10 ' North Dakota. Fargo. Fargo gives MoKinley 400 majority. Bryan carries but one ward in tbe city. Texaa. Galveston. The Galveston News concedes the election of the Bryan and Sewall electors, also tbe election of Culberson, silver-Democrat, for governor. dicate that McKinley will carry the state by from 45,000 to 60,000. Washington. Spokane. Eastern Washington, ao cording to latest estimates, will give Bryan 7,000 majority, and the state ticket nearly tbe same. Rogers, Peo ple's party candidate for governor, is not behind tbe ticket, and tbe congres sional candiatee, Lewis and Jone, are nearly even with Bryan. Spokane county will probably elect by majorities I'emiavlvanla. Philadelphia. McKinley, tccording to latest estimates, will have a plu rality of 300,000 iu Pennsylvania. New Tork. New York. Nine hundred and twenty-four districts out of 3,354 elec tion districts outside of the city and King's county give Bryan 49.521, Mo Kinley 82,514. The state will give MoKinley about 250,000 majority. M aaaarh naetta. Boston. Seventy-five precincts in Boston give Bryan 11,713, McKinley 30,270. Mleaoari. St Louis. One hundred and sixty- nine precincts in St Louis give Bryan 19.359, McKinley 22,792. Tenueaaee. Nashville,. The Republican com mittee admits that Bryan has carried the state. Nitroglycerine Explosion. Cincinnati, O , Nov. 4. A special from Geneva, Ind. , says that TOO quarts of uitro-glycerine iu the Empire maga zine near tbat city exploded today, at 3:40 A. M. Tbe concussion was felt miles arouud. Hundreds of windows were blown out,, walls cracked and chimneys torn down. It is reported that a wagon was unloading at the magazine, but no trace of tbe waguu, horses or man can be found. Indeed, tbe wreck is abso lute. A larger quantity of nitro glycerine stored in tbe Hercules maga zine uot more than seventy-five yards away, din not explode, tbougn a por tiou of tbe wall was blown in. Seattle Has the Only Kuialan-Oreek Church lu the Northwest. Seattle, Nov. 3. The only Russian Greek church on tbe Paoifio coast north of Han Francisco Svas dedioated today in tbis city by Right Rev.Bishop Nicholas of tbe diocese of Alaska and the Aleutian islands, assisted by Rev. Ambrose Wretta, D. D., aud two can didates for the priesthood. The deoo rations were elaborate, and tbe rich robes and vestments found a fitting background in the vivid coloring of tbe altars aud their trappings. The flags of the United States and -Greeoe were conspicuously displayed. The musioal programme was of a high order. . Bidbop Nicholas title fails to oonvey an idea of the extent of his diocese, wbioh includes the entire United States. There is a rumor tbat he will soon be conseorated an archbishop. Tbe parish created today is the twenty fifth in tbe United States. His emi nence has only been iu America four years, and all of the organization has been oarried on ' under bis supervison. His headquarters are in San Francisoo. He bas been twice deoorated by the czar. A Rrakeman Killed. ' Cheney, Wash., Nov. 3. Brakeman Maboney, of the local freight, east bound, was killed in tbe yards this morning. In switching, be attempted to make a ooupling between box and flat cars. The oars backed witb suffi cient force to break tbe bumper, crush ing Mahoney's shoulders and chest He did not gain consciousness, and died in a few minutes. Whether the negligence is attributed to tbe de ceased, a fellow-brakeman or the engi neer was not ascertained. Tbe train was on a curve, tne other brakeman be ing stationed at the curve giving sig nals from Mahoney to the engineer. Tbe deceased was unmarried. I Celarada. Denver. Tbe vote ia rerorteI to I ranging from 1,000 to .500 every man j be about tbe same as two rears ago. Windy Across Ihe Strait. Port Townsful, Nov. 4. The beav iest win! storm of the season, accom panied by torrents of rain, began, tbis morning aud bus continued all day. No damage bas been done shipping in tbe bay, but fears are entertained for small craft that may be in the straits off Cape Flattery. Tbe storm is a i typical southeaster. I He is bappy whose circumstances I suit bis temper; but be is happier who j can suit bis temper to bis circumstances. Kaalan Currency Kefortne. St Petersburg, Nov. 3. An official denial has been made of the report originating in a dispatch from Berlin to the London Times tbat it has been i decided to postpone tbe reforms of the j Russian currency. Stevens Point, Wis., Nov. 8. An attempt was made to assassinate Rev. O. Zilenecki, pastor of St Peter's Pol ish Catholio church, last night The Zilenecki parsonage was burned two weeks ago. At his new borne lsst night, two shots were fired through a window, one of which grazed the bead of tbe housekeeper. There has been a row in the church for a long time. No . arrests bave been made. Tbe priest la ' now on trial for an alleged assault on tbe church janitor.