Oregon City Courier. CNSABT, PablUhnr. ORKGOJf CITY OREGON MS OF Till! ell-rllus) ef Current Keent la lMd-ad farm frwM Both CmhIImvhU. T lauihrring town of Aoitlo, Pa., waa waarly wiped off the map by Are, mf Ave dwellings remain. Fully tOO persona are homeluM, Tha- Hotel Lafyeti, at Mlnnetonka, Mina.,the largest summer rmort in tlx Wart, u totally ilamrotkl by Art. It m owned by the Great Northern railway. For the month of Heptwnber, tha at tendance) at the Naahvilhj exposition waa 111,714, and Ida total atu-ndanoe ioea tha openiug up October 1 amount J tol.19fl.6H5. Tha emperor of China hu forbidden II aorta of banquets and junkMing caoae an ec-lipae will occur on January rt, 18BH. An eclip) of the iuii if laid lit tha Chinese to ba proof of tha wrath of heaven at the lack of virtue la a ruler. A 13,000,000 power plant ia to ba aUbliahed near Butte, Mont While tha plant will furnab electricity for liatu and power for general puriioaca, it ia being built chiefly to supply power to several large copper mines, which are located near Butte. Five hundred thousand arret of One land along the Dig Plney, Lubarge, Footanelle creek and (irnen river, which bare recently been surveyed, trill be thrown oK)ii to settlement uader tha United States land lawi after November I, when plata of the land ' will be filed in the local land office. The Und comprise eight tnwiiahi,'all In Uintah county, Wyoming. A vessel carrying supplies of raedi cine, clothing, arma ami ammunition for the Cuban army haa loft 'Montreal for Cuba. The scheme win not author iatnl by the Cuban junta in New York, bat raa undertaken on behalf of two gent'enien, one a Canadian, who de cided on running an expedition to the ooaat of Cuba, ami, if successful, iden tifying themselves with the cause. Keal Dow, the great lompuranoe ! locate, died at till noma In Portland, Me. It waa through hie'efforta that in 1884 an amendment to the constitution of Maine wan adopted by a popular vote f nearly throe to one, in which it waa declared that the manufacture, dale and keeping for aale of intoxicating bever agea waa forever forbidden, and com manding the legislature to enaot suit blo lawa for the enforcement of the prohibition. The topic of the dny in Parii has been the refusal of M. Loxo, French auibaaa 4ar at Vienna,' to accept the appoint ment tendered him ai governor Algeria, on tha ground that he does not desire to leave bii aged pareuta. He declares that he will remain in V ion tin, but tha Marquii d'Reversau haa already boon appointed to replace him, and the cab inet haa decided that thia appointment moat etand. M. Loao, therefore, will have to make an ignominious retreat. The Orange-Judd Farmer, in ita final estimate of the year's crop, says that figure, bailed on actual threshing retnrna, indicate a total yield of 589, 000,000 bushels of wheat, of which 87S.OO0.0U0 bushels in winter, and 115,470,000 bushels in spring wheat. The report says the corn crop ia exceed ingly disappointing, and an outside es timate is 1,750,000,000 bushels. Drought during the puHt two months red need the average condition from tti.S month ago to 78.0 on October 1. An average oats yield of 38.7 huahels per acre suggests a orop of 814,000,000 bushela, 100,000,000 more than lust year. Three persons were killod on the Bal titnore uiuo railroad trucks neur (Wheeler, Pa., by a passenger train craahing into a wagon. The Daily Mail laughs at tho report of the Canadian expedition in Hudson's bay ho'iRting the Birtish Aug over Baffin's Land, to got Ahead of the Americans, and declares that the terri tory has long been a British possession. Tho drat of tho seuling fleet to re turn to Victoria was tho Cusao, She brought 1,004 skins, taken off tho Japanese coast and Copper inlands. Shu reports that the Culotta, with 1,400 skins, and the Director, with 1,000 skins, are oIoho behind her. Five men met a horrible, death from black dump, the after-acuuuuilation of a Are in the Jenny n miue near Rend ham, Pa. The bodies were (Uncovered by a gang of men who went down into tho mine with supplies for combating the fire. Noohdy knew of their deaths until the discovery of the lifeless bodies. During the past month nearly $5, 000,000 worth of grain has loft the Pa cillo ports tor Europo. Besides thia, 88 lumber vosses have sailed for forlegn poita with cargoes valued at over 1300, 000. As the month of August nearly equaled September, the export of grain and flour alone for the two mouths would eaaily run into the ton-million figures. Commissioner Evans estimates that the payments for pensions for the fiscal year will foot up 1147,600,000. The appropriation was 1141,203,880. The high-water mark for pensions was in 181)3 when the payments amounted to $159,857,657, since which time they have been kept down to the figures of -this year's appropriation. The pay ment for pensions this year will be within 130,000,000 of as muuh as th entire receipts of the government from customs last year, and more than equal to the entire internal revenue tax. , DECISIVE BATTLE IMMINENT. , Turning I'elnt la Ins Guatemala at Hand. War New York, Oct. . A dispatch to tha Herald from Guatemala says The government is still mobilising ita force at Toloninapan, and isprepar ing to make an attack on the rebels, ho have taken a poHitinu on the heights of Coxon, near Toloriicapan. It i believed that there will be a big battle there which will mark the turn ing point of tho war. The rebels, safely place.) in the hills, 0ned Are on the city at an early hour on the morning of Heptember 39. The fire proved Ineffective, owing to the great distance. The government forces did not return the Are. Dictator Barrios has issued a decree granting amnesty to rebels who will lay down their arms insido of ten days. A dispatch to the Herald from Rio da Janeiro says: The French minister lis demanded an immediate settlement of the Amapa question and an explana tion of Brazil's delay in the matter. It is asserted that the French minister has received practically an ultimatum from his government for presentation to Brazil, but has not thus fur present ed it because of his belief that the question would be speedily settled. France is now, however, to occupy the disputed territory. The French cruiser Dehnrdie has ar rived here to look out for French in terest. A dispatch from Lima says the com roittee of deputies which was recently appointed to agree upon a plan to set tie the affairs of the Peruvian Corpora tion have not been able to reach an agreement. Several members of the committee advocate a plan to authorize the government by special act of con gress to negotiate with the corpora' lion's creditors on a buais decided upon by congress. Other members want the committee to have full authority to make any terms with the creditors and the corporation, and have authority to alter the terms of the cancellation of the foreign debt, which debt the cor poration assumed. A dispatch from Valparaiso says it I stuted there that a powerful syndicate of Herman bankers haa offered to the Chilean government a loan of $1,000, 000,000 in gold at 3 per cent and 3 per cent amortization for the completion of publio works and railways. . Paaaenger Train Wrecked Columbus, O., Oct 6. A special from Piqua to the Dispatch says: Panhandle passenger train wus wrookec two and a half miles east of this city this morning. The train was coming down grade at the rate of 40 miles an hour, and in crossing the frog of switch at Jordan loft the track. For 67O foet the engine bumped over the ties and then went into the ditch. The tender went in the opposite direction while the baggage car was thrown acrosstba track. Two dayooaohea were crushed together. Eli Carroll, the en gineer, was hurled 60 feet and fell on a portion of his cab. Fireman John Baird was pitched 76 feet over into a Aeld. The engineer sustained a ter rihle scalp wound, remaining uncon scions lor some time. The fireman was hurt internally. C 8. MoCowan, the baggage-master, was bruised by be ing pinned in by the trucks. A Train load of Gold. Colorado 8prings, Cola, Oot. 6. A novel scheme for handling the gold output of the Cripple Creek mines will be put into use by the operators of that district. The plan is to set aside the output for one month, take the bullion therefrom and ship it to the United States mint in Philadelphia in a sin gle consignment. A speoiul train will be secured for the purpose of transport ing it, the bullion will be placed in charge of some express company which can guarantee its safety, and all neces siuy precautions will be tuken to pre vent accident while the consignment is in transit. As the present output of Cripple Crock is about $1,000,000 per month, this will be one of the largest ship nionts of gold bullion that ever crossed the continent. Fight With CnttU Thl.. Baker City, Or., Oct. 8. Sheriff Kilburn and posse had a hot fight last night at 0 o'clock with two cattle thieves on Lower Powder river. Forty shots were exchanged. Fred Hull was shot through the arm, but escaed to this city, r-arl Wheeler was not cup' tured. Hull called a doctor to his lodging-house and was caught there to day. The thieves had 80 cattle, which they were drnvng to Idaho across Snake riv er, expecting to exchange them and bring buck strange cattle to the butch er. The gang is auspected of having 0eruted for a long time. Fatal Iriilrta Fir. Miller, S. D., Oct. 6. Persons from 20 miles north state that as a result of the big prairie fire, one man has died and others may die. Seven or eight were badly burned, ono family named Preston all being in a dangerous condi tion. Hundreds of tons of hay and gram were destroyed. The tiro was caused by men making a fire break. Four Klulmrnmn Drowned. New York, Oct. 6. Four pound fishermen of North Long Brunch, N.J., were drowned today while about their work, about 100 yards off shore. Man for Wjrlr. Havana, Oct. 6. The steamer Retna Crista, which arrived today, brought to Captain-General Weylcr, $3,000,000, it is asserted, to be applied in military ex penses. Tomorrow, 100 Spanish sold iers sick or otherwise incapacitated, will return to Spain. St. Paul, Oct. . Samuel P. J. Mo. Millan, United State senator from 1876 to 1883. died at his home in thia city last night of anemia. He bad been ill for nearly a year. FREEDOM OR NOTHING Cubans Willing to Purchase Their Independence. WILL NOT ACCEPT AUTONOMY Asearrni-n Could Not Bluff the QMfeo l'rmlr HnfnaU Hart what It Will and Will Not Do. New York, Oct. 5. The Herald prints a number of interviews with leading Cubans here on tho situation in the island. ' Estrada Palma, representative of the Cuban provisional government, aid: "The Cubans are more firmly deter mined than ever to pnsli the fight until absolute independence of Cuba is ac knowledged. , I believe the Cubans are willing to pay a reasonable indemnity to Spuin, provided she withdraw her troops from Cuba before the island is totally ruined." Enrique Devarona said: "The only practical solution of the Cuban problem is absolute independence." Colonel F. Lopez de (jueralta. for merly of the United States army, and a veteran of the 10 years' war in Cuba, said: "To avoid further shedding of blood of innocent people I would, although painfully, sign and give my consent to a compensation to Spain for the sake of getting rid of the Spanish." ' E. Trujillo, editor of El Porvena, said: "Cubuns are fighting for abeo Inte independence, and will accept no other solution." Keuardina the proposition for the purchase of Cuba from Spain, General hrnilio Nunez, who has been in consul tation witli the junta leaders in New York, said: "I cannot see how the plans for the freedom of Cuba rn the basis of a guar antee by the United States of an in demnity of $300,000,000 in cash can be displeasing to any of the parties, except that the amount is greatly in excess of the true value of the relics left by Wey ler. The United States could afford to back up the proposition, because it would have the revonue of Cuba to guarantee reimbursement, and would gain immediate improvements in its trade relations." SAGASTA'S POLICY. Immedlnt Keca.ll mt Weyler and Granting of Fromlied Reform. thi Now York, Oct. 3. A dispatch to the World from Madrid says: The World correspondent called to day on Premier Sagasta, who said, in response to inquiries: "You ask me if the liberal party would assent to medi ation by the United States, with a view to hastening the pacification of Cuba and inducing the rebels in arms and the exiles to aocept autonomy. Why should we need mediution, when our intentions long and often expressed by the liberal praty aim at realizing all that Amerioa conld suggest? "No Spanish party, certainly not the liberals, could assent to foreign inter ference in our domestic affairs, or with our colonies, rto government coma hope to induce the nation to accept such interference. If America, as we firmly believe and hope, is disposed to be friendly with us, let her observe the rules of international law, and stop the flow of mortal and material aid, with out which the insurgents could not lust five months. "We shall reverse tha policy in Cuba, beginning, naturally, with the recall of Weyler. I informed the queen yesterday that the liberal party would accept the responsibility of office most willingly if her majesty honored the party witli her confidence; that the liberal party had plans (or all pending questions of the day in Spain, and cer tainly would grant to Cuba autonomy along the lines traced in the program of the Cuban autonomists themselves. I suid so in my manifesto in June, and I have repeated the same promise dur ing thegovernment holidays. The lib eral party is prepared to grant to Cuba all possible government, a broad tariff and every concession compatible with the inflexible defense of Spain's rule and sovereignty in the West Indies. We believe this will satisfy tho mujor- ity of Cubans and we will act thus spontaneously." Tortured by Thibetan. Bombay, Oct. 5. Henry Savage Lnndor, a well-known artist, traveler and writer, and the grandson of the celebrated Walter Savage Landor, has just returned from India, after a ter rible experience. lie hud undertaken an exploring tour in Thibet, but he wus abandoned by all the members of his company, except two coolies. Finally, the Thibetans arrested him by an act of treachery, sentenced him to death, and, after torturing him with hot irons, ac . luauy cameo nun to me execution grounds. At almost the last minute, the execution was stopped by the grand lama, who commuted the sentence to torture by the "stro.ohing-log," a spe cies of rack which greatly injured Mr. Landor's spine and iimbs. After being chained for eight days, he was released. Mr. Landor has no fewer than 22 wounds as the result of his tor ture. Hamilton, Ala., Oct o. While re turning from a party near here lute last night six people were thrown from a boat into the Battahachie river and four of the occupants drowned. Those drowned were Misses Lizzie Smith, Belle Key, Mary T. Wearingen and Ella Phillips. Their escorts, Robert j h and John Wright, brothers, who caused ' and thinking Martin was one of the boat to capsize by rocking it, saved ( them j,e fi at him with a double their own lives. The feeling is so bit- : h.rrolnt ihot?nn. Bnrch in a nrom in ter against the two men that they bav left town 1 SUNK OFF THE RIVER. Schooner Orion Cut, Down hy the Hlilp 1'eru. . Astoria, Oct 0. Shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon, just as she was completing one of the fastest trans pacific sailing trips on record, the big four-musted Oerman ship Pern crushed into the little coasting schooner Orion, cutting her in two, and sending her to the bottom immeldutely. When the little vessel was struck by the big steel ship, the captain wus thrown across the deck, badly bruised, and every one of his four men were knocked about and more or less seri ously injured. They succeeded in grasp ing ropes of the German bark, and climbed aboard, and thus made their escape. Captain Nelson was loath to say who he thought was tq blame for the collision. He avers that his schooner was on her course for Shoal water bay. The weather was perfectly clear and the sea smooth The acci dent occurred north of the lightship, some 13 or 15 miles off the mouth of the river. The tug Relief was towing the Ger man bark, and the captain declined to make a statement. The captain of the schooner laid his case before the Brit ish vice-consul here tonight, and the matter will be thoroughly inevstigated. The shipwrecked crew are now at a hotel in Astoria, without a cent of money or clothes other than what wus on their backs at the time of the colli sion. The Orion was en route from San Francisco for Willappa harbor in bal last,' and at the time of the accident was on the starboard tack, steering by the wind. While the reticence of the men in charge of the vessel makes it difficult to get at the exact cause of the disaster, it is apparent from what little information they volunteer that there was a miscalculation us to the speed of the vessels, which prevented their hav ing sea room until it was too late to avoid a collision. The Peru being a heavy steel ship could not be much damaged by the en counter with the smaller wooden ves sel, but she came out of the collision with her jibboon and bowsprit cap mi8ing. The Peru wus on her wuy to Portland. The Orion was a small three-masted schooner, of 1 17 tons reg ister. The Peru is a steel ship of 3,093 tons net register, 276 feet long, 89.5 feet beam, 23.9 feet hold. New Yukon Knllroad. New York, Oct. 4. A dispatch from Montreal says: Application will be made to the Dominion parliament next session for a bill to incorporate a com pany for the purpose of constructing and operating a railway from a point near the head of Chilkoot inlet, on the Lynn canal, to the rapids on the Yukon river, following us closely as practic able Dulton's trail, with power to con struct arid operate branch lines, bridges, wharves, telegraph and telephone lines, steamboats and other craft on the lakes and tributaries of the Yukon river. The promoters are a syndicate of wealthy men. Latest reports received at Ottawa of the progress of the Crow's Nest pass railway construction are to the effect that work on the first 100 miles is very far advanced, and that there is 110 question but the company will be able to realize its purpose of completing this Bection before the close of the present season. Six l'ronle Killed. Willow Springs, Mo., Oot. 6. A prairie schooner containing seven per sons was run down in Dead Man's out today by a train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis road. Six per sons were instantly killed and sev enth fatally injured. Those killed were: Philip L. Wooten, Philip Woot- en, jr., Amanda vt ooten, iJora wooten, Mrs. Frances Malbrey and infant child 4 months old. Philip Wooten's wife is so badly hurt that she cannot live. The train was stopped and the remains of the dead and injured were brought here. Conducter Hallaway says the proper signals for crossings were given, but were not heard. The persons killed live in Texas comity, Mo., and were on their way to Arkansas to pick cotton. Segaata's Ultimatum. London, Oct. 6. A special dispatch from Madrid, published hero this after noon, gives the substance of an inter view between a newspaper correspond ent and un un-named member of the new Spanish cabinet. The latter is quoted us saying thut Senor Sagasta will carry out the Cuban reforms pro posed by Martinez de Campos 10 years ago, but would not consent to a cus- J tivins union between the United States and Cuba, and if the former was not satisfied, Spain was prepared to fight, as the Spanish navy is regarded equal in strength to the navy of the United States. Senla Are Plentiful. Victoria, B. C, Oct. 6. Captain rjoXi 0f the sealing schooner Triumph, whjch has returned from Behrine sea with 1,159 skins, says skins are plenti ful in the sea; there is as many there this seuson as there ever were. But for some cuuse or other they are very rest less. In the Tri am pli's catch were four or five skins from which the hair had been burned off the back. They were not branded, but there is an iron mark from which the fur was burned, seemingly by electricity. Deed of a Fool. Denver, Oct. 6. About 10 o'clock last night Thomas H. Burch shot and instantly killed Thomas Martin. The shooting occurred on a ranch owned by Burch, about four miles north of here. Rnrnh waa watchinir for thierea who - j been stealing aonles faorn his or- man and ia well to do. lie cave himlfno Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From All tha Cities and Towns the Thriving lister Statu , Oregon The city counoil of Spokane has fixed the tax levy for that mty at 13 mills. The shingle mill at Machias was de stroyed by fire; also 1,500,000 shingles, A 850-pound bear was killed a few miles above Dudley, in Walla Walla county. A band of 4,000 sheep was recently purchased at North Yakima for ship ment to Chicago. Wm. Orr, of Walla Walla, was almost instantly killed by the breaking of an electric light pole. There is a regular stampede of gold seekers to the new discoveries in the vicinity of Mt. Baker. The Bunk of Garfield, having into voluntary liquidation, will its doors January 1, 1898. A boy named William Hutton gone close , who accidentally shot his arm off recently fled in Bucodu of heart failure. A new publio library has been opened at Walla Walla. The directors pur chased $400 worth of new hooks. Since January 1, 274 articles of incor poration, representing a total cupitul stock of $356, 091,600, have been nle in Seattle. Farmers' institutes have recently been held ut different points in Western Washington, conducted hy officials o the state agricultural college. It is reported thut the whole board of county commissioners of Cowlitz county will resign their positions in January, All have the Klondike fever, and will start for thut section in Feb ruary. The Tululups are cumped along the Snohomish river in large numbers pursuing the silver salmon. One morn ing recently they Bold 1,400 at t! cents each, to the locul tish-deulers in Sno homish. I he United States fish commission has placed 8,000 mountain trout fry in Clear lake, near Goshen. Home 50,000 will be placed in the waters of Western Washington. Thurston county, by a lute school oensus, has un enumerution of 2,1 ohildren of school uge, a decrease of 127 from the total of lust year. The decrease is in the country districts, and Olympia shows au mureuse of 83. A orazy man whose name conld not be learned created considerable excite ment in Tekoa by divesting himself of all his clothing and taking a run dojvn Main street. After the man had been captured by citizens and persuuded to don his clothing, he was allowed to leave town. There is a great sourcity of threshing machines in the vicinity of Tekou, and farmers are offering bonuses besides the regular price in order to get thresh ers. One farmer offered a cush bonus of $50 besides the regular rates, to get a thresher to thresh his grain, and conld not get it. Under a recent opinion bv the attor ney-general the apportionment on all uncollected school taxes must be applied under the new law, passed by the last legislature. Under this ruling,' the larger cities will receive from 35 to 40 per cent more out of the school fund thnn they have been getting. Oregon. A 48-pound salmon was lunded by a Marshfield t roller. A Yamhill county man pounds of hops in one day. picked 339 Over 900 acres of flax were cultivat ed in Lynn county this year. Seuferts' cannery, at The Dalles, is putting up 1,000 cases of salmon a day. Soutwheat Oregon Reporter is the name of a new paper at Langlois, Curry county. An Oregon grizzly bear weighing 800 pounds was killed on Gate creek, in Lane county. A yonng man named James Neiil, a sheepherder, accidentally shot and killed himself near Long Creek. A peach weighing one and a half pounds, and measuring 13 inches in circumference, is a Douglass county production. Notices have been posted on the can nery at Marshfield notifying fishermen that the prices of salmon had been re duced to 25 and 10 cents. The completed assessment roll of Clatsop county for 1897 show a total valuation of $3,098,740, as against $4, 012,505 last year. The Oregon Telegraph & Telephone Company is surveying a route for a tele phone line from Monroe to some point on the main line between Harrisburg and Junction. A contract has been awarded to build a levee across Lost river slough, in Klamath county, for $3,490. The en croachments of the waters of Tnle lake have made the construction of this levee necessary. A Lane county fruit grower has can ned seven carloads of pie frnit at his farm, placing it in from one to five-gallon cans, principally the former. The body of the tramp who was killed by a train at Huron, was buried by the coroner. It waa not identified. All that was found on the body was a plat ed spoon and fonr or five pounds of po tatoes in sack. The coroner describes tbe young man as being about 20 year old, five feet seven inches in height, having dark brown hair, blue eyes and as sever having been shaved. A BROKEN JOURNAL, Cauaed a Rarloui Aeeldant on the Den ver U Klo Grand. Pueblo, Colo., Oct. B. One person killed outright, one so badly injured that he died soon after the accident, another severely injured, and many slighlty hurt, is the result of a wreck on the Denver & Kio Grande, at Colo paxi, seven miles west of Pueblo, at 2 o'clock this morning, caused by tho breaking of a journal on one of the coaches. The train, the first section narrow-gauge, from over Marshall pass, was slowing down to take the siding ut Colopaxi. While running at 10 miles an hour, a journal on the rear trucks of the first day coach broke. The car pitohed over on its side and dragged with it all tho ours behind, another coach, two sleepers and the company's paycar. Three tourist cars, the baggage-cur and the engine, all ahead of the first coach, remained on the track. The cars were all crowded with ex cursionists bound to the Festival of Mountain and Plain at Denver. There was little exoitement and not innclr wreckage, as the train was running very slowly. Mrs. Mclntyre was in a lower berth in the forward sleeper, and wus found after the wreck lying dead on the ground near her berth window. She was badly crushed. Mr. Seyler was standing on the plat form between the two coaches when the wreck occurred. He was badly crushed. He wus conscious and dictat ed several telegrams to relatives. Of the injured, Mrs. Robinson alone is seriously hurt, and her death is feared. Sho is at the railroud hospital at Salida. The list of those hurt ia complete from her case to those who received only a scratch. Immediately after the accident a re lief train was sent out from Salida, and all were promptly given attention. Railroad officiuls huve been overwhelm ed with inquiries all day, and have freely given all the information at their disposal. Wrecking crews were sent from Pueblo, and the track wus clear at 5 a. m. New Kallroad Line. Biggs, Or., Oot. 6. The Columbia Southern Railway Company ran its first train over the road tonight, connecting with train No. 4 on the O. R. & N. At precisely 8 p. m., Engineer Spear pulled the throttle, and engine No. 1 moved out of Biggs up a heavy grude. The run was made to Wasco in one hour. D. C. O'Reilly, the general manager, stuted that at least three months' busi ness awaited shipment. Two hundred thousand sacks of wheat are stored at the Wasco terminus, and the farmers of Sherman oounty will haul the bulk of their grain to Wasco and ship it by the Columbia Southern. It is proposed to extend this road to Prineville, and eventually build on through to Sonthern Oregon. This will reclaim from the wilderness a vast area of country, and releuate to the past the stage coach which has heretofore been the only means of transportation. E. E. Lytle is president, D. C. O'Reilly is general manager, and Miss May En right is secretary of the Columbia Southern. They have their own pas senger-car and engine equipment, but. interchange with the O. R. & X., using the cars of that company for freight transportation. atryehnlne In the Coffee. Schuyler, Neb., Oot. 5. A physi- oian summoned hastily to the home of Frank Davis, nine miles northwest of here this morning, found four of tbe seven Davis children and the mother dead, a fifth child in a dying oondiiion and a sixth victim ill. Strychnine had been put in the coffee, apparently by the mother, but for what cause is not known. Mr. Davis and his eldest son left home before breakfast. When the meal was prepared, the rest sat down, and early in its course, the mother made such a remark as: "Eat a eood breakfast, and we'll all go together." One of the sons, frightened at the re mark, did not partake of the meal. Burned to Heath. Springfield, Mass., Oct. 5. A special to the Union from East Longmeatlow says that Mrs. George Brownlee and her two sons, Thomas, aged 21, and James, aged 19, were burned to death n their home early this morning, and the house destroyed. The family had 11 escaped. Mrs. Brownlee, losing her head, rushed back into the house, thinking her sons had not come out. Thomas rushed after her to save her, and James after Thomas. The mother and elder son were overcome, whila James got ont, but was burned so se verely, that he died this afternoon. Mr. Brownlee himself was badly burned on the hands and face. The rintol Discharged. Visalia, Cal., Oct 5. Those who find diversion in playfully pointing it pistol at a friend from alleged sense of humor had another object lesson here this afternoon in the killing of Austin Orr, 12 years old, by bis half-brotlier, Clarence Crow, aged 20. Crow had loaded his pistol only a few minutes earlier, and had laughinf fy pointed the weapon at his brother. The pistol waa unintentionally discharged, the bullet entering near the left eye, killing the boy instantly. A Well Known frontiersman. Denver, Oct. 5. A special to the News from Cheyence says: Chief Packer F. P. Delaner, one of the best known and most respected frontiersmen in the West, died at the Fort Ruseell hospital today. Mr. Delaney had been nnable to leave his bed for some months past. The increase in the production of gold baa been very rapid during the) past twelve years and is proceeding nor I at a greater rate than ever.