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IlII.LSIiORO, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1.'?.
NO. 21.
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HVi.MS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM TUB WIRKS
A u Intirvlliig Collection of llnnii I'm in
the Two llemUplieiot I'lr-aeiileol
lu a Cumleiiaed Kuriii.
At Sun Antonio do Ioh Hiiiioh, a pro
prietor limited )iiilltlll lldllli'llill 7.
who was 70 .years old, h;iH been hanged
by the insurgents
August Florentine, a saloon keeper,
wuh Hhot and killed nt the four mile
houso, on i lie hnti lirunn road, near
Sun Francisco. Tim iniiu who Hhot
him is named Jui'Jisoii. j
J At the Novelty theater, London, in !
a Mabhing scene, the spring dagger :
madu lor mage use tailed to act and an 1
actor was Htuhbed to the heart so that !
hu died in a tew minutes.
Henor Marcel de A'aearra, Spanish-
minister of war, is consider, ng :
chemu to introduce conscription in
order to facilitate the recruiting of I
fnrnua f.ir tliu U....lwl, ,,r, 0,ui,. i
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MiHt (darii linrton, president of the
American branch of thu ited Cross Ho-
oiety, has started on her return to the
Unitid States, her mission of distribut
ing relief to tho Armenians having
been ended.
A. W. Fawcett, tlio reotntly deposed
mayor of Tacouni, announces that tho
fight for occupancy of the office is not
yet elided by any means, and that he
will immediately carry tho contest to
tho supremo court for settlement.
John Thompson und Jay Leonard
were killed by lightning lu a violent
storm at Sandusky, () They wore
working on thu new government pier
nt Cedar Point, with angers in their
hands, which attracted tho lightning.
Tho body of a newly born male in
fant was discovered lloating in the
Willamette river near New Krantie day
Inst woek. A coroner's iiiq.ie.st was
hold over the remains, but nothing was
developed which would tend to throw
any light upon the mystery, as to why
the body of thu babe was thrown into
tho river.
Tho steam schooner Point Arena,
bound from San Francisco to Mendo
cino, went on the rocks near Point
Keyeg. Captain Johnson, her muster,
was on the bridge when she grounded,
lie nt oneo begin to back her, and
within ten minutes she was freo of tho
rocks. As soon us tho vessel was
loosened the water began to rush in
through n hole in her port bow, just
forward of the forward bold. Captain
Johnson headed for Han Francisco, nn.l
cime up under u full head of steam, '
the pnmps boirtg kept in action all the
while. By tho time bIio reached the
Mission slip, where she was docked,'
thero was four fect of water in her for
ward hold.
In a severe thunderstorm near Oma
ha, Neb., three pooplo were killed by
lightning.
A dispatch from Neath, auuonnoes
that forty miners were entombed in
the Briucoch pit by an explosion.
Miss Ida Fuller, a Now York actress,
while, in bathing ut Manhattan beach,
was graspu.1 by an octopus and nearly
drowned.
Governor Altgeld has issued a mani
festo declining that oight horns shall
constitute n day's work on park im
provements in Chicago.
Miss Anua Pritclmrd, a widow from
San Francisco, lift f 1 ,280 in green
backs done up in a newspaper on the
Oakland ferryboat, nud has not been
able to find the package since.
John Hazel jumped from an Illinois
Central piissonger traiu that was run
ning forty miles an hour and was in
stantly killed. He was in custody of
an officer and was wanted for horse
stealing in Missouri.
A detachment of company I, who
wore guarding the Brown hoisting
works, near Cleveland, O., flreti upon
a mob of strikers and wounded ono ol
them. Excitement runs high, ud
more trouble is feared. 1
In Chicago, twelve porsons sno-1
opmbed to the hent in ono day. Two
or three of thoe are not expected to
recover. It was the hottest day of the
year, the signal mrvico thermometer ,
registo ing ninety-four in tho nftor
noou. Thevmometers on tho streets
registered four and live degrees more
than that in the tower. j
A bloody affray occurred among u
orowd of school boys at lluohvillo.
Ark. Robert Chew nud Ueurognrd
Poole beoimo Involved in a light
Friends of the belligerents joined in
the fray. Pocket knivoa were used,
Several boys were dageronsly wounded.
Poole was stabbed iu the breast several
times and died of his wounds.
Tho Chicago stock exchange will re
main closed until the Moore Bros.'
failure has boon settled. The action of
the governing committee in closing the
doors is siid by some financiers to have
averted a panic "There is no telling
where it .would have ended," said a
member oP tnoV stock exchange. "It
might have resulted in the ruination
of a dozen business houses and banks."
A. W, Pile, of California, seorotary
of the national silver committee, wsb
found dead at Washington, D. U , un
der oiroumstauces which lead to a sus
picion of foul play. He h id been mis
sing for four days. His body was
found under the aqueduct bridge.
When last seen he had considerable
money, but the money. was missing
when the body was discovered. A sil
ver watch, howevcrf had not been dis
turbed. There is no evidence of sui
cide. Mr Pile was the son of ex-Congressman
Pile, of California.
Matahulaa Defeated.
Details have been received in Cape
Town of a decisive victory won by TOO
ltritish troopioouip'iHing .iulnnnl Plum
trier's column, over a uutive force esti
mated at from 6.000 to 7,000. The
latter fought desperately und bravely,
charging within a few yards of the
liritiwh rapid-firing guns. About 500 ,
Miitabelo war r 101 a were slain during :
tlio engagement, which la Hied neveral
hours. About thirty of the British
soldiers and six officers wore killed and
bO wounded.
A Wife-Murderer Hanged.
Churle Tbiedo was hanged in the
yard of the county jail, at Salt Lake.
The execution was witnessed by a large
number of people, it is the Feoond
hanging in the history of Utah,
j Thiedo, who was a saloon keeper, was
' convicted of murdering his wife on the
night of April UOtli, 181(4, byuealiy
! severing her head from her body with
a knife. lie asserted bis innocence to
the lust.
Wit! TraverM the Cllnbe.
Miss Clara Parish, the seventh and
youngest W. O. T. U. round-the-world
missionary, has left Paris, 111., for St. j
Louis, starting on her trio around the
wot 11. She will bo given a big recep-,
tion there. She will leoture ut several i
points in the West, and will sail flora 1
,San Francisco for Japan August 20. !
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The Montreal chamber of commerce
has passed a resolution expressing up
proval of the action of the banks in that
district in charging a discount of 10
per oeut on all American money. It
also issued a warning to merchants, :
farmers and tho public generally not to
accept Americuu money upon any con- j
sidcrutlon. 1
Fatal Kniiaun City Fire.
One man was killed outright, one
perhaps fatally injured and live others
sustained more or less serious injuries
iu a lire which started in Swift's pack
ing plant in Kansas City, Mo. The
property loss ia nearly 1 100, 000. Joseph
lioblowitz, a night watchmun, was
snffoouted or burned to death.
A Tutul Cotillugratlon.
A disastrous firs occurred in a fao-,
tory in Christiana, Norway, and before I
it was extinguished, several buildings
were destroyed. A fulling wall killed I
s:x men and thirtoen others wtro seri- i
onsiy hurt, of which three have since
tliid. It is believed that three children
huvo perished in tho ruins.
A Kbvert-ud rolnoncr.
Rev. J. C. Hull, a preacher, was ar
rested in St. Paul at tho request of his
wile, charged with attempting to lull
her by administering poisou in repeat
ed small doses. Hull is prominout in
bt. Paul church oirclcs.
Held Dp tiy Itnliberi.
James A. Campbell, a Honolulu
millionaire, who disappeared from San
Francisco, returned with a bullet hole
through his hat and an exciting tale
about nn adventure with robbers.
Campbell says thatwbilo be was drink
itig in a privato room in a saloon ho
was confronted by two masked men, who
demanded money. Tho millionaire re
fused the demand, and iu the fight
that followed a bullet went through
his hat Campbell says l:e was robbed
and kept a prisoner for two days.
When released he was given a uickle
for his car fare.
A ltiinn War Threatened
A war between whites and negroes ia !
imminent in Polk county, Ark., on tho I
linn of construction of the Texarkana
Ai Fort Smith railroad.
It seems that
tho hardy old mountaineers of that Beo
tiou have not allowed any negroes to
stop iu that seotiou for several years.
The contractors building the road have
employed oolored labor. Troublo is
feared and the contractors have hired
guards to proteot the negroes.
Floods In Nicaragua.
Kuins have oansed the rivers Bama
nud Suqua, in Nicaragua to rise rapid
ly, and the patiio stricken inhabitants
of El Rama have taken to the high
ground and on board steamers. Nearly
all buildings in the latter place were
destroyed. 1 Plantations near the town
were ruined and the damage is esti
mated at 11,000,000.
Pursuit Is Abandoned,
Pnrsuit of the bandits who held up
the Wilhoit stxge has been abandoned,
a their trail was lost in the mountains
about fifteen miles from where tho
crime was committed, making it well
uigh impossible to further truce them.
Nicaragua Mont (Jive Up.
A government organ deolares that if
Nioarngua refuses to relinquish Islp.s
Manglu, which she seized contrary to
tho.wishes of the inhabitants, the Co
lombian govenrment will regard the
refusal as a casus belli.
Boy Murderer Surrenders
Amos Deokor, the boy who murdered
a playmate near Findlay, O., has given
himself np to the authorities. He suo
cessfully eluded capture ' for several
days by hiding in a coin Hold, but hun
ger drove him out
The Holler Kxploried.
A traotiou engine boiler exploded on
a farm near Anderson, Ind., and one
man was instantly killed and several
others seriously injured.
Ill' uey for Cuba,
It is reported in Philadelphia that
the Cuban junta in the United State
this week raised a fund amounting to
$375,000 Part of this money has been
tharged into Bdi' Hud is on shipboard
ouun I for Cuba, whore it will be placed
iu the hands of the fillers command
ing the insurgent army Tho balance
has been retai led by the heads of the
jntita in Philadelphia, who will use if
iu a way that will I'est serve tho Cuban
sause.
A DEATH-DEALING SUN
The East Stricken by an Ex
tremely Hot Wave.
NUMBER OF DEAD EXCEEDS 200
Over loo la Greater New York -The
Witvs Eitended u Far Hot at
Kkuihi City, Mo.
Washington, Aug, 11. The report
of fatalities resulting from beat in vari
ous sections of tho country indicate that
the present hot spell will bo as disas
trous in effect us a national calamity
or plague. The (loath roll of to lay ex
ceeds 128 in the principal places. Fol
lowing is the reported fatalities
New York and vicinity, 160; Phil
adelphia, 18; Washington, 10; Balti
more, 19; Bayonne, N. J , 8; Newark,
8; Albany, 12; Jorsuy City, 1; Pitts
burg, 1; Rochester, 1; Louisville, 1;
Memphis, 1; Cleveland, 2; Cincinnati,
C; San Antonio, 1; St. Louis, 4; In
dianapolis, 2.
1'libllo Department! Incapacitated.
Chl'iago, Aug. 11 The continued
MRU,
heat has greatly affeoted the police
patrolmen and the letter tamers.
iimnt fr f n,Q itt- v...-,,
compelled to quit work and two or
three may dio. Some of the big de
partment stores have, during the last
few days, practically been turned iato
hospitals. Tho girl clerks have faint
ed by the dozens at their counters and
hundreds of thorn have quit work on
account of the heat. Thirty-five hsve
died. Last woek 577 doaths were re
ported to the department of health,
which ia the largest for any week in
many years. It is estimated that over
1,000 animals which have been killed
by the heat are lying in different parts
of tho city, and the authorities admit
they are unable to remove the animals
promptly.
Ten additional deaths from the heat
have been reported tonight
SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED
Three In Detroit Hlvnr at Detroit, and
Four In Lake Michigan.
Detroit, Aug. 11. A heavy wind
and thunder storm, which swept over
this city this evening, resulted in the
drowning of at least threo men in the
Detroit river, and several yachtsmen
had narrow escapes after the capsizing
of their craft. Two others were
drowned during the afternoon from
other causes.
The capsizing of tho yaoht Corsair
oatned tho drowning of Frank Hughes.
William J. Thieuior wg drowned from
tho yacht Alberta. John Heike, jr.,
was drowned while swimming near
Pecho island.
A dispatch to the Free Press from
Benton Harbor, Mich., says:
Four persons were drowned In Lake
Michigan this aftei noon a mile north
of here. They were M. Manning,
James Butterick, Frank Yerriug and a
stranger. The men, with a dozen
others, were bathing, when two of the
number, who could not swim, were
caught by the undertow, and the others
went to their rescue.
WINE FIRM ROBBED.
Weekly Tnyroll Taken by a Daring and
Iiigenl .ua TliieT.
San Francisco, Aug. 11. A daring
j and ingenious thief got away with
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ui uaciiuiHu oc jac-oui, ine org wiue
firm, today. Superintendent Ciprioo
had received the money from a mes
senger, and placed it in a cabinet in
the office. Then he made out his pay
roll, and when bo went for the money
it was gone. A search revealed the
fact that a square hole had been cut in
a wooden partition against which the
back of the cabinet rested. The pieoe
of wood sawed out had been retained
in plaoe by binges, and the work must
have been done tho night before by
someone familiar with the place and
its oustoms. While Ciprioo was en
gaged with his payroll, the thief bad
opened his little trapdoor, cut out of
the thin baok of the cabinet, and
walked off with the two sacks of gold.
No traoe of the robber has been found.
Between Japan and Germany.
San Francisco, Aug. 11. According
to mail advioes from the Orient to lay,
the commercial treaty between Japan
and Germany has been approved by the
privy council of Japan. The exchange
ot ratifications and the subsequent pub
lication of the treaty are expected to
take place within sixty days. While
the terms of the treaty are not known,
It is balieved that Japan has oonoeded
more to Germany in the way of oom
meroial privileges to German residents
in Japan than she accorded to Great
Britain in the treaty made with the
British government some time ago.
Advioes from Peking are to tbe effeot
that a commercial treaty has been rati
fied between China and Japan.
A Coatly Fire.
Ashland, Pa., Aug. 11. The Lehigh
Valley Coal & Iron Company's roam
moth Logan colliery breaker at Cen
tralia, Pa., valued at $90,000, burned
early today. About 600 men and boys
were employed in the mine.
Havana, Aug. 11. News from
Puerto Prinoipe is that Samuel Nolly,
an English seaman, and an Amerioan
named Augusto Bortberman landed
near Maternallis on June 11, and have
surrendered to the iusurgents, having
failed to pay the $200 monthly agreed
upon, Rioardo Barrois Robado will be
exeouted at Matnnzaa.
To be, "in a brown study" is a cor
ruption of a brow study, requiring
mnoh thought and contraction of the
brows.
WENT TO SEE M'KINLEY.
Bryan Itrci-iitiim Committee Vliltl the
Kepuhlirau Nominee.
Canton, O , Aug. 12 The Bryan
reception committee from Pittsburg,
composed of about sixty prominent
Democrats of that city, headed by
County Chairman Howley, arrived at
Canton at noon today, and, finding
that they had nearly two hours to wait
before the Bryan traiu arrived, de
cided to cull upon Major McKinloy.
Morris Forster acted as spokesman.
lie said he believed that any candi
date for the presidency was worthy of
the greatest respect of every one re
gardless of political affiliations. In
response, McKinley said:
"I am deeply grateful to reoive this
friendly visit from the Bryan reception
committee. Although we are of differ
ent political belief, we are as American
citizens proud of our country and be
lieve in common that we have now and
will continue to have in the future, the
best government in the world. I sin
cerely thank you, gentlemen, for this
visit, and assure yon it gives me great '
At the conclusion of a brief address
McKinley greeted each member of the
delegation in person.
C'lilneim Laborer Attacked.
Sigsons, Cab, Aug. 12. A demon
stration was heid in Sissona yesterday
against the Chinese laborers employed
in the new McUloud river railroad to
the Fall river tinber belt. A crowd
of white men, consisting of laborers,
tramps and men out of work, gathered
and incited each other to riot. After
dark Sunday evening, a large orowd
left for the railroad camp, four miles
from here. They drove the Chiuese,
about forty in number, with their
equipment, from camp to MoCloud
river, five miles away. Several Chin
ese were bruised with stones and clubs,
but none were seriously hurt Manager
Van Arsdalo. of the Siskiyou Lumber
Company, which is building the mad,
says the Chinese were employed be
cause it is necessary to finish tho road
' this season. He prefers white labor if
1 they will work steadily. Tho Chinese
get the same wages as white men, ex
cept board. Sheriff Hobbs, of Yreka,
will be asked for deputies to protect
the road, and the Chinese will return
to work. No further trouble is antici
pated. Torpedo llnat Eric. sun Damaged.
Now York, Aug. 12. Au accident
which caused upwards of 10,000
damage occuirrfd at the navy yard in
Brooklyn Saturday night. The scene
of the disaster was thd drydock built
about seven years ago. A wave caused
by a passing steamer forced itself past
the heavy caisson at the mouth of the
drydock and capsized it, throwing it
into the dock and allowing the water ,
to rush in, which is the oause of the
damage. The foroe of the water
caused the moorings of the torpedo boat ;
Ericsson to snap and the boat was
hurled against the end of the dook,
oarrying away about 12 feet of the for
ward cud of the boat.
The monitors Puritan and Terror
also broke their cables. The boats
were not seriously injured, however.
A court of inquiry will be held to de
termine who is respansiblo,
The ( ontribution Was Large,
Old Orohard, Me., Aug: 12 At the
Christian Alliance meeting here Sun
day tbe contributions in cash and
checks and jewelry banded up to the
platform reached the amazing total of
$101,500. When Dr. W. L. Lacheur
stepped forward to make the announce
ment he said:
"Such u oontribution in the oause of
Jesus Christ has never before been
, known."
' Last year tho contributions at the
same place amounted to $70,000, and
; that was said to be tbe high water
1 mark. The Christian Allianoe meet
: ing began two weeks ago, and the at
tendance has been enormous. The
largest Btngle contribution was en? of
' $25,000 made by an estate, the Dame of
. which was not made known. Fiom
: this splendid gift the amounts tanged
all the way to a few oents.
I Leaped From a Loftv Steeple. 't
J Vienna, Aug. 12. A shooking ase
i of suioide occurred here. The ' aot
was oommitted by a leap from the lofty
' steeple of St. Stephen's cathedral. The
i viotim was a young man named Egy
t dius Lelss, the son of a shoemaker. He
took a ticket to mount the tower at
; the same time as a party of English
tourists. After he had reaohed the his
! torical spot half way up where, during
' the last si"ge of Vienna by the Turk,
in 1G83, Count Starhemberg, the com
i mandor of tbe city, sat in order to
watch the movements of the besiegers,
! young Leiss threw himself from the
steeple and fell on the roof of the
cathedral, breaking his neck, so that
death was instantaneous.
More Camon ( rookedness.
San Francisco, Aug. 12. It has dt
veloped that Harry K. Brown, ex ;
ohimge olerk of the Bullion & Ex- 1
ohange bank ot Carson, Nev., who left
that city suddenly about two inonthB
ago, is a defaulter to a large amount
He robbed the institution in which be
was employed of nearly $75,000.
The proposed railway np the Jung
fran, Switzerland, will be 13 8 kilo
meters long, and will cost 8,000,000
francs. To pay, it would have to
carry 17,000 passengers a year.
Columbia Mine Hold.
Baker City, Or., Aug. 12. Minnea
polis parties-have paid $5,000 to olose
the deal for tbe purchase of tbe Colum
bia mine, on Cracker creek. The bal
anoe, $7R,000. will be pnid in a short
time. Tho Bonanza mine's monthly
clean-up was $3,500. The vein is
venty-flve feet wide; all pay ore.
Some gleaners of human family sta- ; Women medical students will, in all
tistios says that a man or woman of 1 probability, be admitted to the univers
oorreot proportions is six times as high 1 Uy of Budapest during the next term,
as the right foot is long. '
FLED THE COUNTRY
Escape ot a Woman Journal
ist From Cuba.
"STOW AWAY" 05 A STEAMSHIP
Win
Bnrrnunded by Spaniard
and
Kttided 1 1ieiu by Douulug
Male Attire.
New York, Aug. 10. Miss Cecilia
Charles, who cays she went to Cuba
several months ago for the purpose of
obtaining material for a book, was a
passenger by the Ward line steamship
City of Washington, which arrived
from Havana Wednesday, and whose
passengers were sent to Hoffman island
for investigation.
Mii-s Charles says that after travel
ing through the island a newspaper
rciTrPEnnnrtpnf wurnorl VoT that Vnr llh.
erty al)d p0BfjiUy her hfe wag in dal). ,
ger. She acted upon the warning as storm at aagtnaw.
sotn as it was received, and, going to Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 12 A lightn
her hotel, made preparations for leav- jng ana winrl storm caused $100,000
ing the city. damage in this city and vicinity early
Before i-he could do so the house was this morning. Jefferson avenne Metho
Furrouiided by Spaniards. Becoming dist Episcopal chnroh was struck by
then thoroughly alarmed, and fearing lightning, and damaged to the extent
evuy moment that the would be bur-
ried to prison, she decided to evade ar
n st by disguise. She arrayed herself
in boy's clothes, tucked her hair under
an old straw bat, soiled her face and
hands, and unobserved stole out by a
tack door and made ber way to the
city. The Ward line steamship City
of Washington wss at anchor in the
harbor
and making ready to get under
way. Miss Charles hired a small row
boat and went alongside. The gang
way ladders had been taken in, but a
rope ladder was trailing over the side,
and she succeeded in getting on board.
She "stowed away," she said, and
did rot make ber presence known until
the ebip was clear of the harbor. Then
she revealed her identity, paid her pas
cage, and was given a stateroom and a
stewardess fitted her out with female
garb.
THE VEIL LIFTED.
Alleged FactR In the Krown-Orennan
Cane ltelatrd br 31ra. Tunnell.
Sr.n Fiancisco, Aug. 10. - After
many mouths of waiting and of eva-
sien, of hunied flight from town to
town in California and across the
southern border, Mrs. M. F. Tminell
has consented to tell the story of her
relations with the Rev. C. O. Brown
nud Mattie Overman, and to explain
why she fled at the very moment when
her presence was needed to dispel the
shadows of
scandal, or to ctntiemu
the pastor who was seriously accused,
Mrs. Tunutll is tho last witness to
FDeak. and as far as facts are con-
cerned, tbe testimony she gives closes
tbe great oase. concerned. It is also stated here that , connty in a nnmbet of rear9. The
She explains the important points the captain-general and his deputy j graa9 wag bnrne(1 Doforo jt ripened,
upm which the clerical judges of Dr. commanders have held a conference in an(J it ia probabie that not enough hay
Brown were in doubt she removes relation to this important movement has been produoed for home oonsump
the elements of uncertainty that-made The authors of these striking declara- j tion
the ecclesiaBtioal court hesitate before tions say that the truth of their reports : : . . ... TVwl
pronouncing a final judgment of con- is established by the faot that within c cll
Lunation. She fied from San Fran- the last few days many influential "Y.iir,,0
ci.co.she said, to shield Dr. Brown emissaries have arrived here and at
from the consequences of his own guilt othw points in the United States, from flnMeino S , Lh
She says she knew of the love between Cuba, bearing important dispatches to , a lZ Zt nfP ThB
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j-utiLiao viviiuuu owu tuo aotvi, auu
would have revealed her knowledge if
she had been summoned to the witness
stand,
She says that Dr. Brown paid her
expenses while she was away, and
when she relumed, tried to induce her
to ko to Central America. She tells
when and where she received the
famous letters from Mattie Overman,
and for the first time explains how they
nnssed from her nossession into the
keeping of a man who allowed them to tion, of which they are sorely iu need. Supreintendent Stevens has appor
; be published. i By far the greatest importance, how- tioned $3,284. 57 to the school districts
I She traces in detail the career of e'er, is attached here to the report that ; of Paoiflo oounty. .
j Mattie Overman and she came to know a truce is likely to occur soon in the The asse9sed vaiuation of personal
! it through the confidences of her young island. Ernesto Castro and Jose Ros- property in chebalis county is $93,000
1 friend. The reoital lifts tho veil from sell, picked up by the pilot boat Jewett, - lesg thia thftn lagi
me nume oi iue uiumrsu pasior, ami
shows how he struggled
to
save his
pulpit and bis good name.
Outlook unght for Peach Crop i proceedings were held today, however, j ,ew Qay8 later
New York. Aug 10 Although the and the men may be released. The prospect of ever catching the
annual wail of the American peach- The apparent anxiety and the un-, burglars who stole the balolt boxes
growers went up early in the season usual efforts made to secure the release ( from a vault in the Taooma oity hall is
about alleged short crops in some pro- of the two Cubans detained, in order to , aid to be growing less every day.
lifio peach-prodiioing sections, the pres- enable them to proceed to New York, I The Indian war veterans held an ad
ent outlook is for abundant receipts are evidences of the importance of their 1 journed meeting at Willapa, reoently.
from most of the old and some of the mission to the United States. Their The name adopted is "The Indian War
new sources of supply for this market arrival was telegraphed to the junta in j Veterans ot the Northwest Coast "
Shipments from Georgia are ended for
the sf ason, but the product of Mary-
lano, ueiuware ana vatiioruiu is com-
ing in ireeiy.
The Maryland and Delaware fruit
first received was small and unsntisfao-
tory, but good peaches aie now coming
in. They are being sold at wholesale
for from 85c to 90o a b mket, according
. 1 1 i .
choice lots commanding somewhat
higher prices. California peaches ot
small sizes are quoted from $1.80 to
$1 60 a box, and large ones $1.80 to
$2.10 a box.
Will This Move RuMiaf
Athens, Aug. 10. It is rumored that
the Mussulmans have invaded Herak
lion and committed frightful excesses.
Many are reported killed and wounded.
Tbe Mussulmans forced the Russian
consulate and severely maltreated
Vioe-Consul Sarrows. The troops are
powerless to check the disorder.
Valor's Better Part,
Christiana, Norway, Aug. 10. A
paper here publishes a dispatch received
from Spitzbergen, saying Professor
Andre declates that unless the wind
soon ohanges he will pack away his
umiouu iuu puBiyuuD u.o onou.y. w
cross me ijrouu regious uuiu iomi, ua
there is no midnight sun
after August
24.
Maananre In Crete.
Athens, Aug. 12. At Ananolis
Pedadad, near Herkalion, in the island
of Crete, on Saturday, 1000 armed
Musselmen butchered thirty unarmed
Christians in the precinct of St. John
monastery. Several priests, women
and children are among the victims. !
One woman was slaughtered for Bav- '
ing her children and her husband. ;
She was butchered on her knees.
Several churches were desecrated, j
and a priest named Jeremiah bad his
ears and nose severed from bis head
and was then burned alive on a pile of
t sacred pictures.
Tlie Uuat Caplzed.
Chicago, Aug. 12. Charles Johnson
and Edward L. Schnbel were drowned
in the lake by the capsizing of their
boat last evening. They went down
in sight of their wives and children
and a number of friends who were pic
nicking on the shore and enable to
help them. The boat was not more
than 800 feet from the shore, and was
upset by two companions who jumped
from its side into the water for a
swim,
0f $50,000. Fifty other buildings and
lactones were unroofed or
wrecked, hundreds of trees
down and wires prostrated.
badly
blown
Five Were Dr.wnrd.
Philadelphia, Aug. 12. Five persons
were drowned last night in the Dela
ware river, opposite Bridgeburg by the
capsizing of a email rowboat The vio-
tims were: Amelia Holman, Rose valley are engaged in putting up bay,
Berninger, both of this city; Charles but the crop is so heavy that in some
Minnik, of Cincinnati; John T. Reeder, ; sections much of it will be left stand
address unknown. The boat was caught ing. Huge stacks dot the valley
in a squall and upset. ! throughout its length and breadth. U
Alfred Tennyson's Widow.
.London, Aug. 12. Baroness Tenny
son, widow of the late poet laureate, is
dead. She was the daughter of Henrv
Sellwood, and married Alfred Tenny-,
son in 1850. Her son. Rallman Tennv-
son, is the present Baron Tennyson.
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Kidnaper Captured. I
San Francisco, Aug. 12. O. W. J
Winthrop, who is accused of kidnaping :
Janles Campbell, the aged millionaire
of Hawaii, was caught in Oakland this
morning and brought to this city.
TO END THE WAR
Negotiation! for I'eace to
Cuba.
Be Begun In 1 .
Key West, Aug.
11. It is openly
declared
here that Captain-General
vv eyier nas reacuea au uuaerstanaing
with the chief insurgent leaders and
that negotiations will be begun with a
view to the cessation of hostilities in
Cuba upon terms satisfactory to all
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ot the sympathizers in the revolution- j
ry cause admit that these dispatohes I
niny contain references to a possible
truce, but they are not inolined to talk i
freely on the subject.
Other surmises which have been aris-
ins owing to the arrival ot the Cuban !
envoys are to the effeot that insurgents ,
are at this time dispatohing messages j
to the United States, urging immediate
aid in the way of arms and ammuni-
---e-
heia in detention oy tneneuun autnori -
ties, despite the efforts of their friends
; tn have them released. Habeas ooruus
Now York, and the dispatches that they
brought were entrusted to a messenger.
DJrat) prominent iuuui luemuern ui
we uuDan revolutionary party rnuuuiu
the reports ascribed to the presence in
this country ot emissaries from the
rebels. Recent wholesale arrests in
Havana and elsewhere, of insurgent
agents, togpther with the capture of
. : :An jjanninunD .1,
, field, they st,te, has temporarily inter-
: rupted the former means of sending
messages and they have been compelled
to resort to dispatching them direct
from the coast.
i r olson tn Their Food.
Brighton, N. J., Aug. 11. Five
members of the family of Jeremiah
. Frasier, a merchant of this plaoe, are
' dangerously ill from poison supposed to
: have been in something which they
bad eaten. Mrs. Frasier and two sons
were unoonscious, and her two daught
ers are in a dangerous condition.
New Y rk Trouera-Maker' Strike.
i New York, Aug. U. Fifteen hun
dred trousers-makers struck yesterday,
throwing 8000 women out ot employ
ment. The strikers complain that
tbeir wageg have been reduced 60 per
oeI1t and working hours increased.
Mis Ashley Held for Trial.
i San Francisco, Aug. 11. Miss Em
ma Ashley, charged with attempting
. to shoot E. J. Baldwin, was arraigned
for trial today. She pleaded not
1 guilty, and was held for trial, Aug. 98.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence ot Steady Growth
end Enterprise.
ITE1I3 OP
GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Town of tho
Thriving Sinter Stales
Oregon.
Eight carloads of wool fron Ecppner
were receivod in ono day at a Dalles
warehouse.
The graders are at work 03 Tansy
point on the line between FUvel and
Warrenton, le-eling off the span on
: which will soon be built tho cut sheds
of the Astoria road.
An effort ia being mado to place Pen-
dleton and La Grande on the regular
bicycle track race circuit A move
ment to that end is now under way,
and already purses arc talked of for a
meet at La Grande.
One day last week a freight train ran
into a band of cattle that were hemmed
in between a bluff and fcuce, near
Blalock. All of the cattle were either
killed by the accident or fo badly
maimed that they had to bo killed.
I John Richie, who lives near Pendle
ton, is the father of n two-months' old
; boy that was born with ten fingers and
i ten toes, besides the thumbs and great
toes, all of which are perfeotly formed.
The family physician thinks these ex
: era provisions may be of great value
' when the boy is grjwa up.
Tho farmers of the Grand Rondo
will be but a few days before t a farm
ers will turn their attention to the
grain harvest.
The National bank of Hrppner of
whicl) E- B- ,Bi9hoP ?ier' baa
6UD 11110 "qumauon. imi step was
. . 1 M .1 .. .1
taken for the reason that the bank can
do no more business profitably for tho
present It has no more money to loan
upon the security offered, and will pro-
ceed to collect outstanding money as
fast as possible.
A whale was driven ashore at Ban
don the first of last week. Captain
Hans Reed secured it, and prepared to
utilize the catch. It came on the
beach jnst above the lookout. It is
over thirty feet long, nud ten and cue
half fect across the nukes. It is ot the
kind called Greenland, or richt whale.
; it will bring the oaptain abou
, j, . ret)orted that the ha
Clatsop county will this sei
Ber '-"j
t hoi "Suae -fcoJl
vory short one. In the mon
there was no rain whatever, an uu
, Breoedanted faot la the history ot that
Dalles. This is because of the pack
ing. There was not an overripe plum
in the lot, and nearly all were picked
at just tho right time, a trifle green.
Washington,
Two new warehouses aro to be built
in Garfield.
It is estimated that the state's hop
yield this year will be about 12,000
. bales.
, , flHahi philan'ednhin arrived in
1 r . , V , T
! Augeles "'ek trom Portland.
The Monterey and Bennington came a
There are thirty acres of arowingysC
' fjax jj, whatoom county and teiTi!Jl l.C
; cu.u oouutV It will be worked tf
as soon as the scutch maohinery at Ne
Whatcom is made ready to receive it
The treasurer of Lewis county has
received a remittance of ovor $9,000
for the oounty school fund from the
state treasurer. Chehalis district comes
ia lor t1'100 and CentodM for $1,400.
The war of prices that has been car
ried on tor a year by the bakers in
Spokane endd lfcu?week. The bakers
came to an unaerotauding.and a slight
advance has been made in the price of
bread.
Most of tho logging camps In the
Gray's harbor country are shut down,
and it is reported that there has not
been a time in ten years when so little
logging has been done. The burning
of the Noith western Lumber Com
pany's plant has much to do with it
The county road between Svenson
and Knappa has been opened and here
after there will be considerable travel
between (be two communities. Tbis
also connects Cathlamet with a through
road to Astoria. - ' " "
Sixteen farms in the vioinity of Fen-'
dleton, some in Oregon and some in
Washington, havo bom harvested, and
tbe returns show the average to have
been 81 bushels of wheat, and. AO
bushels of barley to the acre, with th
quality fair. The heaviest yield, tof
reported is 80 buebcis. !
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