.Vol. XVII. No. 10.
CORVAIiLIS, . OREGON, APRIL 30. 1904.
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Was in Act of Shooting Up Lodging
House When Shot to Death
Whole Company of , Min-
strels Asphyxiated. . '
Oakland. Cat., April 27. A re
volver battle fought in the dark be
tween a negro ex-soldier on one
side and a dozen members of the
Oakland police force on the other,
had the lower portion . in a state of
nerve-shattered excitement ; laBt
night. The sieze lasted through
the night, and this morning xesult-
ea in the killing of the negro.
Tne trouble began about 1(J o'clock
when the negro whose name is Smith,
began to disturb the occupants of a
little lodging house on Third street,
near .Broadway, in which be lived.
The negro had two relics . of bis ar
my days in the shape of two large
navv revolvers, and he started to
shoot up the bout e in most approv
ed frontier style.'
; Policeman Jack cherry and spe
cial Policemen Ford heard the shots
and. started to arrest the man. ' " As
the? dashed up the steps that lead
to the house, ' Ford holding a ' po
liceman's night lamp and Sherry
with his revolver ready for action,
they were greeted with a bullet
from one of the negroe's revolvers,
which went wide of it3 mark. Sher
ry replied with two shots, and the
negro fired three more shots at the
officers, all without effect.
The officers retreated in' good or
der, and assistance was ca led for.
Police Captains Wilson acd Peter
son, Detectives" Holland and Quig
ley, Sergeants Clark and Lynch,
and half a dozen patrolmen armed
with eawed-ofl shot guns and Win
chester rifles, surrounded "IheTidusei
Even the appearance of this small
army failed to frighten the negro,
who held his ground, and whenev
er a man appeared in front of the
houBe he fired through a window or
door.
Many attempts were made dur
ing the night to dislodge the negro,
but all were in vain. In the morn
ing a new melhed of attack was a
dopted. Special' Policeman Wil
liam Moffat climbed over the roof
of a house adjoining on the west
side, and Sergeant Clark lay con
cealed behind an improvised pro
tection of another roof, while Po
liceman Sherry, determined to land
his man, occupied a place near one
of the windows. Presently the ne
gro pulled the curtain aside and
looked out. Quick as a flash Sherry
fired and the man withdrew.
Through another window Moffatt
saw him. One shot from his revolv
er winsed the colored bedcarrier
and sharpshooter, and he dropped
in a hallway in such a position that
Sergeatit Clark had a view of him
Clatk took aim and fired. The in
lured prisoner raised bimeelt upon
one of his arms and returned the
shot. As it whis'led passed the
sergeant's bead the officer took
"steady aim occe more and his vic
tim dropped for the last time. He
had been wounded nice times. The
fia shot was fired by Clark at
8:30. During the final
one of the bullets from the negro e
gun pierctd Policeman Sherry's
Coat sleeve.
Immediately after the fatal shot
was fired Chief Hodgkine, Captain
Peterson and others rushed into the
house. They bad the dying negro
at once removed to Jhe receiving
hospital only a few blocks distant,
and all tbe available hospital phy
sicians were summoned in tbe hope
that his life might be saved. Dr.
O.D.Hamlin, however, from the
start pronounced the case fatal and
hopeless. At 9:35 the negro breath
ed his last, while his aged 'mother,
Mrs. J. F. Anderson, knelt by the
side of the operating table, weeping.
used as fuel. Not understanding
the furnace, he ,had turned the
wrong draft and sant the choking
gases in a rush through the dressing
rooms and corridors, where 40 min
strels were assembling. ;They no
ticed a sickly, sweetish odor in the
air and starting for the outer doors
weie seized with giddiness and fell
unconscious before they could reach
them. "
The house stage manager,Ed ward
Norih, discsvered them just in time
to avert the death of at least eight,
all cf whom were removed insensi
ble. Some of them were prone in
the coriidors, others in the dressing
rooms and two on the stage . itself.
At first tbe doctors were puzzled by
this, there being no suggestion that
asphyxiation bad taken place, and
were treating for ptomaine poison
ing. Then, with the facts clearing,
they started to work with a will
and had a majority of the victims
so restored that they . were able to
take part in the performance.
Not so, however, with the featur
ed European specially performers,
Percy Lee and brother, head and
hand balancers, who, until early
this morning, werestiilunconecious,
their hearts dangerously feeble. It
is problematical if they will recover.
The others seriously affected were
Dave and Jule Walton, Tony Odell,
Aldo Mignani, Franck Mincb, Tom
my Hyde and lommy McKenna,
all of whom were pronounced out of
danger and able to accompany the
troop to Vancouver.
KILLED FOUR WHALES.
WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE AND
A HATCHET AS HIS ,
ONLY WEAPONS.
St. Petersburg, April 27. Ad
miral Verkhovsky has shown the
empress an image of the Virgin for
which are claimed miraculous prop
erties, which the Russians fervently
hope is going to turn the lids of
battle at Port Arthur. The admir
al told the empress the story . of the
image, which depicts the Virgin as
Bhe appeared in a vision to a sailor,
a veteran ot the siege ot bebastopoi
Two months before the outbreak of
te. present waj tfye .VJrgin.came to
the sailor in a dream and Eaid:
"Many woes are going to befall
Port Arthur until my image is sent
there. Thm Port Arthur will be
victorious."
The sailor told his dream to ten
thousand pilgrims there. Each of
them gave five kopres (2) to have
the dream depicted,, but the sailor
who had the image refused to re
ceive pay for it. It was eventually
sent to Admiral Verkhovtky as
senior admiral. It represents the
Virgin bearing an image of Christ,
with archangels on either side, and
God the Father above, caying,
"There can be but one flock and
one shepherd."
Los Angeles, Cal., April 27,
"Holy Jumpers" narrowly missed
a jump tonight that was not on the
programme at the unique ' Gospel
Mission" on Kopler street. Some
body with diabolical intent placed
seven sticks of dynamite under the
pulpit of tbe little church where re
ligious services of the boisterous or
der have been held tor several weeks
It was the evident intention to blow
up the church, and the "'jumpers'
at tbe same time.
The plan was defeated by Officer
Roy Allen, who went to the church
and secured tbe deadly explosive.
at a time when no services wsre be
ing conducted. The scheme to
i blow up the little bnilding is the
scrimmage culmination of -a long-drawn-out
feud between the religious fanatics
and residents of Kopler street, who
have long sought a way to put a
stop to the orgies that have dis
turbed the entire neighDornooa.
A "tip was received in Captuin
Aubles' office from a woman who
telephoned that the church was to
be blown uo at night and she knew
dynamite bad been placed under
tbe building, bhe refused to give
her name. Officer Allen found dy
namite sticks capped and fuse
ready to be fired. Rev. Mr Kelley
and his wife were abeent at the
time. -
His Knowledge of tbe Anatomy of a
Whale Told Him Where to "
Strike A Big Favor Paid v.
After Sixteen Years-
Other News."
Florence, April 22. TuesdayJ
Mormug L. M. Cbrislensen, who is
watchman at the government works
at the mouth of the river, saw four
whales inside of ' the bar. They
played around for awhile and then
came up beyond tbe jetty. Mr.
Christensen armed himself with a
gun, and getting into his boat pro
ceeded to capture the whole herd sin
gle banded. He pulled around
them and backward and forward,
driving them before him until he
bad them in tbe entrance to the
south channel, when he commenced
shooting at them, which frightened
them so that they made a dash for
the south channel and landed them
selves high and dry on the sand .
They, tore around and spouted con
siderable, but were- unable to get
back into swimming water. '
Finding that he could not kill
them with his gun, Mr. Christensen
procured a butcher knife and a
hatchet and again went , to tne at
tack. His knowledge of the anato
my of a whale came in good - plav.
Cautiously approaching each victim
in turn he gave it a vigorous slash
with his hatchet, cutting the arte
ries and letting; them bleed todeath.
In this manner he dispatched the
whole herd. It was a great under
taking, as a slight blow of one of
those monsters7 tails, would bave
sent him to kingdom come in .al
most nov time." The largest ia about
25 feet long, the tail about four
feet wide, and the fish will weigh
up in the tons.
When the tide raised it floated
them up the bay. Mr. Christensen
landed one just above the govern
ment works. After bitching the
largest one he found he had rather
more than be could manage and the
tug L. Roscoe came to his assist
ance; taking a line from the tug be
fastened it back of the front fins.
While the tug was towing it ashore
Mr. Christensen's boat was capsiz-
ea ana zouea over several limes.
He managed to keep on top, how
ever, and was rescued by tne tug.
The whale was landed at tbe old
cannery.
lion dollars' worth of lumber be
longing to Thomas J. ' Shryrock &
Co. was saved by the gratitude that ,
had lain in the breast of one man ',
for 16 years. It was the afternoon
of the second day of the great fire,
and' the flames were within fifty:
yards of the huge piles of lumber.
The United States revenue cutter
Windom lay off the dock and waa !
ready to pump a half-dozen streams
of water, but there was no hose.
General Shryock appealed to fire '
chiefs and firemen in vain. At last .
he shouted: "One thousand dollars '
to the man who brings me five hun
dred feet of hose in time to save this .
dock." A man stepped out and "
asked the general to repeat his re-
mark, which tbe latter did. With
out another word the man hasten- ,
ed away, disappearing in the dark
ness. In less than ten minutes he
returned driving a big wagon upon .
which was loaded hose enough to .
enable the men on the Windom to
bring their apparatus into full play
and fight the fire from the roofs of
the sheds. In a few minutes the
flames were checked and the ' yard -
with the property beyond it Eaved.
When rhft st.ranoror flrnvA into tha
yard with the wagon load, cf hose.
General bhryock, desiring to make i
good his offer, said to him: "Will
you kindly give me your name and
address bo I can communicate with
you in the morning?" .
lo his surprise the man who bad
saved him a tremendous ' loss re
plied:
"No, General, I don't want to
envfl mv n.mn. Ynn dnn't rcmcm.
ber me, but sixteen years ago yon
went out of your way to do me &
big favor, and this is tbe first
chance I have had to show my apr
preciation. That's all."
And that was all that could ba
got out of tbe man, who as quickly
as he could got away and was not
seen again that night. General
Shryock said today be has not the
remotest idea who tbe man is or
wbatrfayor he baa done .him, . Bat
his prompt' action in bringing "the
1 1
nose rrcm no one Knows wnere
General Shryock says, undoubtedly
eaved millions of dollars worth of
property.
Baltimore, April 19. Two mil-
PhiladelDhia, April 29th. Thom
as Emerson, a negro, whose heart
was1 pierced by a penknife nearly
two months ago, has recovered af
ter undergoing the operation . of
having the wound stitched, andhaa
been discharged from Jefferson hos
pital. The operation was a delicate
one, and is the third successful caBe
ever performed in this country.
Aden, April 26. The town of
Ill g, on the coast of Somaliland,
has been bombarded by the British.
The Sultan of Illig was captured.
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Homeopathist
Office cor 3rd and Monroe eta. Steal
dence cor 3rd and Harrison 8ts.
Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to i and 7
to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10
h one lestdecee 315.
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Physician & Surg eon,
Office up stairs back of. Graham &
Wells' drug store. Residence on the
corner of Jladison and Seventh. Tele
phone at residence 104.
All calls attended promptly.
Victoria, B. C April 27. The
performance of Al. G. Field's min
strels at the Victoria Theatre last
evening came very close to being a
tragedy, for while the audience im
patiently protested againEt a fifteen
minutes' delay in ringing up tbe
curtain, Drs. Milne, Duncan, Hart,
Lucas and Gibbs labored persist
ently in the green room, property
room and office to bring back eight
members of tbe eonipany from the
gates of death. .
A Chinaman had lighted afire in
ths theatre furnace, in which4 gase
ous coke has for soma time been
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