VOL. XXXIII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1896.
NO. 21
transportation.
East and South
-VIA-
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific Co-
"EXPRESS TRAINS RUN DAILY.
8a0? Leave Poitlaud Ariive I 8:10 a h
12:10 a m j lave Albany Arrive) 4:45am
10:45 am . A nive 8. Francisco Lave 7:00 r H
Above treins stop at Eat Portland, Oregon
City, Woodbma, tialem. Turner, Marion, Jefter
son, Albany. Albany Jiuction,Tau;-nt,Saedds,
Hatrey, Ilarifebutg. Jmictiou City, Eugene,
Gieswell, Drains, and all station! from Kose
burg to Asb'aud, inclusive.
KOSEBDKG MAIL DAILY.
8:i A M Leave
12:25 p m Leave
6:20 f M j Auive
jroriiana
Albany
R os-burg
Air.ve 4 4i r M
Arrive 1 12:5 . r u
Leave I 8:00 A M
Pallman Buffet sleepers and second-class
sleeping cars attached to all through trains.
SALEM PASSENGER DAILY. '
4:00 fm L?ave Portland Arrive 1 1):15 A M
:!& r M Arrive Salem Leave I 8:00 A M
- WIST SIDE DIVISION.
Between Portland and Corvallis Mall train
daily (except Sunday).
730 a m Leave
12:15 r M Arrive
Portland
Corvallis
Auive o.m r u
Leave 1 1:86 fm
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains
of the Oregon Central A Eastern Ry.
XX PRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except Sunday).
4:45m I.vave Portland Ariive ' 8:25 a m
7:25 f m I Auive McMinnville Ieave 5:60 A H
Through tickets to all points In the Eastern
states, Canada aud Europe ean be obtained at
lowest rate from A. K. Miller, agent, Corvallis
R. KOEHLER, Manager.
K. P. ROGERS, A. Q. F. A P. A., Portland, Or.
' E. McNEIL, Keceiyer.
TO THE
IE A S T
GIVES THE CHOICE OF
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL -
BOUTBS
VIA ,
! GREAT
NORTHERN RY.
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
AND '".
ST. PAUL
VIA
UNION
PACIFIC RY,
DENVER
OMAHA
- "and ,
KANSAS CITT
X W BATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES
OCEAN STEAMERS
kEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS
..FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
For fall details, call on or address
W. H. HURLBURT,
Gen'l Pass. Agent, Portland, Oregon.
OREGON CENTRAL
AND EASTERN R.R.CO. -
Yaquina Bay route
Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the
San Francisco & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP COMPANY. ;
Steamship " Farallon "
Sails from Yaquina every 8 days for San Fran
cisco, Coos Bay, Port Orford, Trinidad and
Humboldt Bay. Passenger aco mmodations
unsurpassed. Shortest route between the Wil
lamette valley and California.
Far From Albany or Points Wast to
San Franclsoo: ;:
Cabin f Steerage 8 -
To Coos Bay and Port Oriord Cabin..
To Humboldt Bay Cabin......-.............-
Round trip, good for CO days, special. -
- River Division. ' '
Steamers ALBANY and WM. M. HOAG, newly
furnished, leave Corvallis duly, except Satur
days, at 7 a. m-i arriving at Portland the same
day at 5 p m. Returning, boats leave Portland
same days as above at a. m., arriving at Cor
vallis at 9 p. m.
i. C. Mayo, EDWIN STONE,
Bupt River Division. Manager.
H. B. Lowmah, W. Schmidt,
Depot Agt, Corvallis. Agt River Division,
Occidental HoteL
BENTON COUNTY" .
ABSTRACT : COMPANY
Complete Set of Abstracts
. of Benton County.
Conveyancingand Perfecting
Titles a Specialty.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
V. E. WAITERS, Prop.
Offloe at Courthouse, CorvalUs, Or.
lyJoJUoliXlo
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0E0PATHIST ,
Diseases of women and children and general
practice.
Office over Allen A Woodward's drag store.
Office boars 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 5 and 7 toS
P. M.
At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after
boars and on Sundays.
G. R. FARRA, M. D.
, Office In Farra A Allen's brick, on the corner
of Second and Adams.
Residence on Third street in front of court-
house. .
Office hoars 8 to 9 A. M., and 1 to 3 and 7 to
r. u. All calls attended promptly.
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST
Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed
Corvallis, Oregon
F. M. JOHNSON
ATTO R N E Y - AT - LAW
Corvallis, Oregon
Does a general practice in all the courts.
Also agent for all the first-class Insurance com
panies. NOTARY PUBLIC.
JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Office In Zelroff building, opposite postoffice.
Joseph H. WlLSOH.
Thomas E. Wilsoh
-WILSON & WILSON
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
Office over First National Bank, Corvallis, Or
Will practice in all the state and federal courts
Abstracting, collections. Notary public ' Con
veyancing. B. HOLOATE. H. L. HOLGATE.
Notary Public Jasiice of the Peace.
HOLGATE & SON
ATTOENEYS-AT-LAW
Corvallis - - ' - - Oregon
W. E. YATES.
.-r-et.' :
J. FEED YATES
YATES & "YATES
LAWYERS '
CORVALLIS OREGON
The Tramp's Story.
A tramp appeared at the door of a
house in Takcma park yesterday. He
was not an ordinary looking tramp. Al
though ragged,' there was an air about
him that betokened good breeding. He
touched the rim of his battered hat with
the grace of a Chesterfield, and the lady
of the house gave him something to eat.
"You look as though you had been a
gentleman, " she said. "I am afraid you
are addicted to drink. ' -
".- "No, madam, ycu are in error," he
replied. "Addicted implies a habit I
am ; therefore not addicted to either
eating or drinking. - I was, however,
once a gentleman. My downfall came
from learning a trade. " : ,;
. "Learning a trade?" '
'"Yes, madam. I worked at the ma
chinists' trade for five years, and so in
jured my thumb and forefinger that I
could, follow my profession no longer,
madam."
"What was your profession?"
"I wrote checks, madam. "
- And even then she did not know what
he meant not until her husband came
home and told her why the writing of
checks made him have to learn a trade.
Washington Star.
j He Was a Little Dutchman.
I heard a good old German giving his
little grandson a lesson in English the
other day, says a writer in the San
Francisco Post The old man sat tilted
back in a chair against the sunny side
of the house smoking his pipe, while
little Paul played on his lap and the
collie Joe frisked about them.
"Come, Yoe! Hero, Yoe!" called the
little boy. " .- 1
The old man knew that Yoe was not
the English pronunciation of Joe, so he
undertook to correct the little fellow.
"No, gran'pa's boy don't say him
right, laughed the old man. "You
mustn't say ' Yoe. ' Say 'Yoe. ' "
"Yoe," repeated the child. --
"I'm 'fraid, Paulie, youvas a Dutch
man und can't say 'Yoe. Now look at
gran 'pa und say him right Say ' Yoe. ' "
The child watched the old man's
mouth and then repeated Yoe. "
"I t'ink, Paulie, your tongue vas too
t'ick. You vas gran 'pa's little Dutch
man und can't say 'Yoe. ' "
Then they both langhed and the little
boy called :
"Here, Yoe! Here, Yoe!"
Nothing; Above the Table.
A popular and - well known lady of
central Mississippi visited New Orleans
at the last Mardi Gras for the first
time. She was delighted with the city,
but was considerably shocked at the
"decolleteness" of some of the costumes
at the balls.
One day while here she was enter
tained at a fashionable dinner, and up
on her return to the house of the friend
whom she was visiting she was asked
to describe some of the costumes worn.
"What did Mrs. C. wear?" said her
friend. ,
. "I didn't, look under the table, but
she didn't have on anything above it "
New Orleans Times-Democrat
EY5NTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
News of the'World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An I uteres ting Collection of Items From
. the Two Hemispheres Presented ,
.1 km a Condensed Form.
Storms to West Virginia have cre
ated great havoo and railway trafflo
has been suspended.
: The members of a camping party
near Oakland, Cal., were forced to
climb trees, while a madened bull de
stroyed their camp.
E. L. Harrison, who was formerly
traveling auditor for the Northern
Paoifio railroad, committed suicide in
Taooma, by shooting himself in the
mouth, tire bullet from his revolver
penetrating to the brain and killing
him almost instantly.
A freight train on the Vandalia rail
road ran through a bridge near Craw
fordsville, Ind., killing' Gondnotor
McKenzie 'and Fireman John Herber
and seriously injuring Roadmaster J.
8. Brothers and Engineer Bowman.
The wreck was caused by washouts.
Rev. Geo.' P. Knapp, who was ar
rested in Bitlis, Eastern Turkey, on the
charge of conspiring against the Turk
ish government, and who was once lib
erated, but refused to leave the oountry
before his innocence was established,
has again been arrested and will be
tried on a charge of inoiting riot
E. L. Moody, a logger, made a cow
ardly attempt to mnrder Mrs. H. J.
Bonn in a hotel kept by the woman's
husband at Elma, Mash. Moody
stabbed his victim in the - wrist and in
the right breast with a knife, and then
fled, leaving Mrs. Bunn seriously if not
fatally wounded. Moody is still at
large. .
A Havana dispatch says the police
have captured a collection of maps of
the island, highly colored, showing the
supposed insurgent headquarters - in
Cubitas, the . rebel flag and picturing
various chiefs of the insurrection. The
maps bear the imprint of a Barcelona
firm. The Havana stationer, Don Fer
nandez, in whose possession they were
found, was arrested. ..
The two daring navigators who left
New York June 28, in a sailboat but
eighteen feet long, to cross the Atlan
tic, are all right' They were sighted
on Jnly 19 in. latitude 53, longitude
U. BI-thmericanltaeirTOfliimi
and asked to be reported. They ap
peared to be in the best of spirits and
required no assistance whatever from
the Indiana,' although provisions and
water were offered them. -
It is rumored that the Turkish gov
ernment contemplates an issue of paper
money. 'f'-:
In Victor, Colo., fifty pounds of giant
powder exploded, causing $5,000 worth
of damage. Many people were out by
glass, but none killed.
In Sedalia, Mo., Mart Crawford, a
section foreman on the Missouri Pa
oifio, was hanged- by a furious mob for
the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl.
The socialist congress, which met in
London, proved to be a noisy gather
ing. Scenes of violence were enaoted
and a free fight was narrowly averted.
The coming year it is said wines will
come high, owing to the failure of Cal
ifornia's grape crop. Little wine will
be exported from the golden state this
season. ' -
A New York dispatch says Senator
Hill is now in favor of a third tioket
The information, it is said, oomes di
rect from a personal friend of the sen
ator, who is a prominent Democrat
A stockman named John Lawrence
was found dead upon the range near
Union, Or., with a bullet in his head
and a pistol lying a few feet away. It
is supposed that he committed suicide.
The trial of the South African raid-
era baa ended : in Liondon. ana ur.
Jameson has been given a sentence of
fifteen months imprisonment without
labor. The others reoeived light sen
tences. " " ' '-
In Quinoy, I1L, five fatalities by
drowning or otherwise occurred in
forty-eight hours. James MoLean was
killed by an accidental fall from the
roof of the Bicker National bank; Her
bert Harrison, a school teacher, Fred
erick Groas-and Fred Baumgarten, sons
of prominent citizens, were drowned
in Bear creek; George Betero, another
youth, was drowned In a pool south
of the city limits, and his two brothers
were saved only with great difficulty.
Pennsylvania was visited by a disas
trous hurricane, resulting in loss of life
and property. ' Steeples were blown
from . ohnrohes, adjoining buildings
were crashed, houses were . unroofed,
and trees broken off or torn np by the
roots. Great havoo was caused by the
heavy ralnfalL - Two lives were lost,
thirty-six injured, gome fatally, and
property damaged to the amount of
$100,000. A boarding-house near Cecil,
Washington county, was washed away
and its occupants, fifteen coal miner?,
were drowned. . Seven of the bodies
have been recovered. Eight are still
missing. ' " -;'-;v.' ' :
Two cable cars broke loose at the
top of the Ninth-street Incline in Kan
sas City, and dashed down the declivity
into the Union depot sheds. The grip
oar and those oq board escaped injury,
but the trailer was thrown from the
traok just inside the elevated sheds and
literally smashed to pieces. Several of
the occupants of this, oar were badly
hurt Among them are George D.
Fearon, of Kansas City, and his two sis
ters, Mrs. Gay and Miss Fearon, both
of New York. Mrs. Gay suffered an
injury of the spine.
Victoria to Retire. ' r:
The rumor that Queen Victoria in
tends to retire in favor of the Prince of
Wales is again current in London. - It
is added that court circles are greatly
troubled regarding the condition of the
queen's health. Such reports have fre
quently appeared recently, only to be
aemi-ofBoially contradicted later, but it
seems that there may be some actual
foundation for the statements made.
It is added that her majesty has de
cided to spend her time in future at
Balmoral or Osborne, and will give the
Prince and Princess of Wales the use
of Buckingham palace and Windsor
castle.
- Is Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
An interesting experiment in educa
tion will be commenced at the deaf,
dumb and blind institution at Berkley,
Cal. , on the opening of the school year
in August Grace C. Spercw, aged 10
years, who was been stone blind from
childhood and is now almost deaf and
dumb, is to be made a special student
and ' eduoated at " the expense of the
state. This child will be given a nine
years' oourse and will receive instruc
tion from a special teacher employed
for that purpose.- This will be the
first attempt to educate a ' deaf, dumb
and blind person and in consequence
great interest oenters about the case.
" Schrader In Texas.
. August Shrader, the so-oalled divine
healer, put in an appearance in Dallas,
Tex., where he treated 2,000 persons in
four days. Some reported they had
been cured. ; He left suddenly; leaving
the following note: : "I am - called
from here, and obey my Father's will."
Sucoessfnl Filibusters.
Passengers from Havana, arrived in
Key West by the steamer Masoott re
port a rumor of the successful landing
of a filibustering expedition in the vi
cinity of Cienfuegos. The expedition
is believed to be under the command
of Captain Cabrera. " '
Oregon's School Census.
r The state school census, which has
just been completed by Superintendent
Irwin, at Salem, shows that there are
in Oregon at present 129,628 oihldren
of school age. - -.- ;
Republican State Convention.
The Republican state committee of
Washington decided to hold the state
convention at Tacoma on : August 2 8.
The convention will - be attended by
436 delegates.
Judge Carpenter Dead.
Word comes from Holland by cable
that Judge George M. Carpenter, of the
United. States district court for the dis
trict of Rhode Island, died of paralysis
of the heart - - " . - " " ,
Cpldemie of Snfcidee.
: Driven to despair by different causes,
six people attempted to end their own
lives by snioide, in Chicago in one day.
Devastated by the Storm.
The most destructive storm in the
history of Sunday Creek valley K oc
curred at Gloucester, a mining town
twelve miles north of -Athens,' O., re
sulting in the almost total destruction
of one of the principal thoroughfares of
the town. The fury of the wind is
almost indescribable. Buildings were
toppled over, trees torn from their roots,
and the town is a scene of desolation.
Nearly every building in - the town is
damaged. To add to the horror, Sun
day creek Is a sweeping, raging torrent
Several houses have been washed away,
and word was reoeived that the list of
dead will reach fifteen.
Aline Burned by Strikers.
The mine of the old Pittsburg Coal
Company, at Hymeau, Sullivan county,
Ind., has been burned. A committee
from the miners' organization visited
the mine and sought to . induce the
miners to quit work. The watchman
was oaptured, carried some distanoe
and the works burned. The loss is
125.000.
Italian. Warship Destroyed.
The Italian armored wraship Rola,
of about 0,800 tons displacement, was
struck by lightning near Rome. The
flames spread rapidly threatening to
reaoh the magazine. It was found ne
cessary to sink the ship by discharg
ing torpedoes. - -.-',
.Both Are Dead, P-i
Robert Stark and Abe Tinkey, the
former a merchant, the latter post
master at Sequim, Wash., attempted
to acquire a cheap jag' on wood alcohol.
The effeot was such that within a few
hours after drinking the fiery
tion both men died.
deooo-!
I
t
; r . Its Glory Has Departed.
T The great auditorium ' in which the
Republicans and Populists held their j
national conventions in St Louis, Willi
be turned into a Madison square garden
for horse shows, bioyole meets andi
other great indoor sporting enterprises
the coming fall and winter.
- Heavy Dams( in South Dakota.
1- Disnatobes from -Melitte and other
points in South Dakota state that a hail
storm devastated a stretch of oountry i
sixtv miles loner and five or six miles i
wide. The damage amounts to hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
' A Terrific Explosion. -
A special from Vienna Bays an ex
plosion in a powder magazine at Fuen
f kirohen resulted in the death of five
persons, injuring eighty others and
'recking the' town halL " .
Not Paid to Do Campaign Duty.
Postmaster-General . Wilson has issued-
an order to the railway mail
clerks directing them not to take an
aotive interest in the. political cam
paign such as would be involved in at
tending political conventions as dele-
gates or, making political speeches.
The postmaster-general's circular ex-j
pressly states that he does not desire to f
control toeir opinions cm-pouoat mif I
CAra. Vint t.hv mnnt rnfrain from tak.
ing an aotive part is political matters.
NEW LINE PROPOSED
To Run Between Yokohama
' and Portland.
CAPITAL OF TWO MILLION YEH
The Company, After Permission Raa
Been Granted, May Amalgamate
With Oriental Steamship Co. ' .
Taooma, Aug. 4. News has been re
ceived here of the establishment of an
other steamship company at Tokio, to
be called the Daito Kisen Kaisha, with
a capital of 2,000,000 yen. The Japan
ese Weekly Gazette says the new com
pany proposes to open np a regular ser
vice of steamers between Yokohama
and Portland with the objeot of effect
ing connection with Oregon railroads.
According to ths 'present plan, three
steamers of 5,000 tons each are to be
employed on the new line. The signa
tures of the projectors are being taken
preparatory to applying to the authori
ties for a charter. . It is said the pro
posed steamship' company, after official
permission - has been granted, may
amalgamate with ? the Toyo Kisen
Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Com
pany), whose' formation has been re
ceived with great popularity by the
publio in Japan. -
ONLY A FLESH WOUND.
But a Marrow Escape, However, for A.
T. Ross. .
.
Astoria, Or., Aug. 4. About 8
o'clock this morning Jaok Kenney, pro
prietor of a danoehall, shot A. Y. Ross,
one of the owners of the Astoria laun
dry. .
: Ross and his wife left the restaurant
after breakfast and started for the
laundry nearby, and in passing a
crowd ot men, among whom was Ken
ny, they were subjected to vile lan
guage, and were followed by Kenny
into the laundry. Ross requested him
to leave the place, but this only pro
voked the man to viler language in the
hearing of the women employes. : Ross
then came from behind the counter and
pushed him into the street, whereupon
Kenny pulled a "gun" and Ross pick
ed up a brick and threw it, striking
Kenny on the arm. Kenny then fired,
the ball ontting into Ross,' shoulder
near the jugular vien, inflicting only a
flesh wound, however
Kenney was arrested and placed
under f 1,000 bonds, and this evening
was committed to jail to await a pre
liminary trial, being unable to furnish
STRUCK WITH AN AX.
A Nebraska Farmer's Method
of Fore-
ins; a Retraction.
Elkhorn, Neb., Aug. 4. As a result
of the recent sohool election here, Wil
liam Clark was probably fatally in
jured by being struok with an ax in the
bands of George Frost : Both are
wealthy farmers. Clark was en route
from Elkhorn, and as he was passing
Frost's place, he was bailed by the lat
ter and oommanded to retract a state
ment he made at the sohool meeting,
or abide the consequences. Clark re
fused and was struok on the right side
of the head with the ax. The blow
knocked Clark out of the buggy and
one of the wheels ran over his body.
He says Frost struck him while
he was lying on the ground, but
finally desisted upon the tearful solici
tation of one of. his sons. Besides a
bad wound near his right eye, Clark is
injured- internally. Frost is a school
director and Clark accused him of
falsifying the school records. A war
rant was placed in an officer's hands,
bnt Frost eluded him.
SCARED THE BRITON8.
England's Naval Bulwark Is Not Im
pregnable. London, Aug. 4. The result of the
naval maneuvers just concluded have
given a shook to Englishmen, who im
agined that Great Britain's naval bul
wark was impregnable. The idea of
the maneuvers was that the foreign
fleet was trying to reach Loughswilly,
and that a British fleet, whioh was
much stronger and faster, had ' to pre
vent it The foreign fleet met off Tor
bay and the British fleet was spread
from Land's End to Lap oape, close by,
but the foreigbn fleet did not try to
pass up the Irish sea. ' It went around
the west ooast of Ireland and succeeded
in reaching Loughswilly unmolested.
I This was a complete reversal of what.
was generally expected, and is held to
prove that the landing of an invading
force in Great Britain is quite possible,
even though a greatly superior naval
force will be trying to bar the way.
A Ten Per Cent Red notion.
Bellefonte, Pa , Aug. 4. Anbrder
has been issued at the Valentine Cckn-
pany's works that, commencing August
li a ten per cent reduction of jwages
would be effective. Over 500 men are
effected by the reduction.
A Fight and a Drowning.
New York, Aug. 4. James Murphy,
85 years old, and Stephen Garvey.aged
60, fought tonight at pier 25, North
river. : During the struggle, both men
tumbled into the river and were
drowned. .
; San Francisco's New Postofdoo.
San Francisco, Aug. 8. Work on
San Franoisoo's new postoffice is soon
to commence. The tenants now oc
cupying buildings on the site, at Mis
sion and Seventh streets,' have been
notified by the government to vacate
within twentv davs. The site cost over
i,oo0,000, and the postoffice building
win about $2,000,000 more wnen
completed. , ' - f
' The annual
oattle crop"
of New
South Wales is about 400,000.
Guarded by BI ml It la. ,
Cleveland, O., Aug 4. The labor sit
uation in this city is again critical.
One hundred and fifty nonunion men
went to work at the Brown hoisting
works this morning, guarded by four
companies of militia and a large force
of police. A big crowd of union men
were present, but no outbreak occur
red. The police and soldiers kept the
strikers moving. A sympathetic strike,
threatened ever since the strike at the
Brown company's works began, eleven
weeks ago, was inaugurated this morn
ing. Eighty-seven- men employed by
the Van Wagner & Williams Com
pany, hardware: manufacturers, laid
down their tools and walked out
Bold at Auction. H
Seattle, Aug. 6. All of the lands of
the Northern Pacific railroad in the
state of Washington, comprising 11,
902 sections Of patented and an indefi
nite quantity of unpatented land, were
sold today at public auotion by Speoial
Master Alfred L. Carey. The sale was
under decree of the United States cir
cuit court of the eastern distrust of
Wisconsin. - The property was bought
in by Edwin W. Winter for the North
ern Pacific Railway Company, of
whioh he is president, for f 1, 705,200.
Oakland Building; Collapsed.
' Oakland, Cal., Aug. 6. A two-story
building on Seventh and Clay streets
collapsed last night, and nine people
occupying the house had narrow es
capes from death. The underpinning
of the house gave way shortly before
midnight, and the building fell two
feet with a crash. The building is still
standimr. but the first wind Tirnrmrilv
j will topple it over. It wasgbuilt forty
' years ago, and is one of the landmarks
of the oity. .
. - . m -
Three Were Drowned.
La Crosse,1 Wis., Aug. 6. While
boating last evening Henry Hendriok
son, Anna Amsrud and Lizzie Oldj
stadt, three La Crosse young people,
were drowned in the Mississippi river
just below the city. -
. Murdered Three People.
Providence, N. Y., Aug. 5. Near
Clay, eight miles west of here, Tom
Brown, a farmer, 80 years old, butch
ered his wife, 'mother-in-law and baby
last night Brown oomes of a feeble
minded family.
Buildlnc His Own Church.
- San Franoisco, Aug. 4. Rev. Henry
Victor Morgan, pastor of the First
Christian ohuroh society of Alameda, is
building a meeting house with the as
sistance of several members of his con
gregation. In laborer's garb, with his
coat off, his sleeves ' rolled up and a.
straw bat on .the back of his head - the
'vi Revs' Morgan may be 'seen daily plying
r the saw and hammer in the oonstruo-
i 1. 1 .
I. have always been handy with
tools and I am not afraid to work,"
said the Rev. Mr. Morgan. "I took it
upon myself t? superintend the con
struction of our little meeting house. I
am being assisted' by some members of
my oongegation. This structure will
be used for a ohuroh only temporarily.
Inside of a year we expect to build a
ohuroh edifioe and then this structure
will be moved baok and attached to
the rear and used as a" Sunday-school
room. -1 think I am doing good work
for the Lord in this way. I am anx
ious we should have a home. "
Andree Delayed.
Stockholm, Aug. 4. News has been
received from Spitsbergen that Pro
fessor S. A. Andree's balloon has been
filled and that he was ready to start
July 25. The Virgo, with Professor
Andree, his two companions and his
apparatus on board, sailed from Strom
soe June 15. Since June 20, the expe
dition had been established in Pike's
house, in the northern half of West
Spitzbergen, opposite Dane's island.
The stores and equipments had already
been disembarked and the position con
sidered very favorable. As the explorer
had planned that his preparations
would all be completed and his balloon
filled by the first week in July, it
seems probable that some unexpected
obstacle was met in completing the
preparations.
Spain May Buy Warships In Glasgow.
. Madrid, Aug. 4. The shipbuilders
at Genoa, with whom the Spanish gov
ernment has been negotiating for the
purchase of two ironolads, have finally
declined to sell to Spain the cruiser
Garibaldi, on the ground that Argen
tina has a prior right Admiral . Ber
anger, the minister of marine, will in
consequence send a commission of na
val officers to Glasgow to negotiate for
the purchase of two ironolads.
Carried Off a Wife
Clinton, Ma, Aug. 4. Several
months ago Jim Carey came from,
Iowa and made his home with his
uncle, W. S. Carey, hear Clinton.
During the letter's absence yesterday
Mrs. Carey eloped with her husband's
nephew, taking her baby along A
warrant has been issued, but it is
thought they have fled to Iowa.
- los Angeles Chinese Shot.
Los Angeles, Aug. 4. Wong Chee,
one of the most prominent and influ
ential Chinese in the oity, was shot and
seriously wounded by one of bis coun
trymen this evening. Three Chinamen
have been arrested and 'Wong Chew
Gow, one of the number, is believed to
be the man who did the shooting.
' ' A Reward for Informers.
Havana, Aug. 4. The offloial ga
zette publishes a decree offering a re
ward of $24,000 to any one enabling
the Spanish cruisers to effeot the seiz
ure of filibustering steamers and offer
ing a further reward of $9,000 to any
person enabling the Spanish cruisers to
capture filibustering sailing vessels of
over 205 tons.
At least $750,000,000 worth of Brit
ish property is always on the sea.
THE TRAINS COLLIDED
Came Together at a Diagonal
Railroad Crossing.
THE RESULTS WERE SICKENINQ
An Bxpraai Catenas an Exonnlosi Train
Broadside, Literally Cleaving
It In Twain.
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 8 A
railroad accident, horrible in its details
and sickening in its results, ooourred
this evening, just outside of this oity,
and as a result about 100 persons are
either killed or injured.
The Reading railroad express, which
left Philadelphia at 5:40 o'olook this
evening for Atlantic City, crashed into
a Pennsylvania railroad excursion train
at the seoond signal tower, about four
miles out from here.
The Pennsylvania train was return
ing to Bridgeton with a party of excur
sionists from that place, Millville and
neighboring towns. It was loaded
with passengers, and a rough estimate
of the killed and injured at a late hour
places the number at 100. It is hoped
that this is an exaggeration, but the
number is undoubtedly more than fifty.
At the second signal tower, the
traoks of the two roads diagonally
cross. The Readirg train was given
the signal to stop, but the brakes either
failed to work or the speed of the ex
press was too great to be checked in
time. It caught the excursion train
broadside and ploughed through, liter
ally cleaving it in twain. -The engine
of the Reading train was shattered to
pieces. Every ear on the excursion
tram was jammed to its fullest ca
pacity. As soon as the hews reached Atlantic
City, - the utmost consternation pre
vailed, but the authorities weie equal
to the emergency. Relief trains were
dispatched to the scene, loaded with
cots and bearing staffs of surgeons.
As quiok as the bodies were recovered,
they were oarried into the looal hos
pitals and undertaker's shops. '
A general fire alarm was sounded,
and the department promptly respond
ed, and aided in the heartrending work
of digging for the victims. Fear grew
into despair and horror as the vigorous
work of the relief gangs revealed the
awful extent of the disaster.
. The first Reading relief train bore
into 'this oity twenty-seven mangled
oorpses, men, women and children.
The -next- train, not an hour later, car
ried fifteen of the maimed and wound
ed, and two of these died soon after
reaching the oity. .
: As train after train' plied to the
soene of the wreck, and came baok
with its ghastly burdens, the Sani
tarium, whioh does duty as the oity hos
pital, quiokly found its capaoity over
taxed. Meanwhile others of the dead
and injured were being oarried to the
private hospital at Ocean and Faciflo
avenues.
. Eward Farr, engineer on the Read
ing train, was killed outright, as was
another railroad man who rode on the
engine with him. This man, whose
name has not yet been learned, saw the
collision coming and leaped from the
oab an instant before the crash came.
Almost at the same instant the engine
out its : way through and caught him .
directly in its path. . His body and that
of Farr were found under a heap of
debris, but .the engineer lay in what
remained of the oab, and his right
hand still clasped the throttle. He bad
been faithful unto death, and met it at
his post -
The fireman on that train leaped a
few seconds before and escaped with
trifling injuries.
Samuel Thornton, baggage-master
on the Reading train, is among the
dead.
Jame M. Bateman, a Bridgeton un
dertaker, is known to be killed. He
was in the third oar, and his hat was
found lying among the mass of broken
timbers.
Richard Trenohard, a Bridgeton ma
chinist, and his wife are both dead.
Conduotor Kelly, of the Fennsylva
lia train, had both arms and legs
broken, and was internally injured.
Albert J. Mosebaoh, of No. 18 North
Eighth street, Philadelphia, was on the
Reading train. He escaped unhurt
The excursion train was made up of
fifteen oars, the foremost of whioh was
a baggage oar. This and the next two
ooaohea caught the full force of the
crash, and were utterly demolished.
What remained of the third oar was
tumbled into a ditch at the roadside.
The responsibility for the aooident can
not now be fixed.
William Thurlow, telegraph operator
in the tower-house, was arrested to
night and held, pending an inquiry. f
Knropeana Massacred.
Paris. Ausf. 3. Advices from Ma-
junga, Madagascar, report that a cara
van of two Frenchmen and three Eng
lishmen have been massacred by the
Fabavaloa, near Ambolipiana.
Crop Failure In South Russia.
London, Aug. 3. An Odessa dis
patch to the Times announces that offl
oial reports are to the effeot that the
harvest has been a failure throughout
the most fertile grain-producing dis
tricts in the south of Russia.
Oil Tank Exploded.
New York, Aug. 8. Two men were
fatally injured and three others se
verely burned by the explosion of a
tank at the Standard Oil Company's
works, at Cravens Point, Jersey City,
today. The fatally injured are: Rioh- "
ard Cunningham, and .lhu Goldsmith.
The works r were et on fire by the ex
plosion, but the 'flames were extin
guished before muoh damage was done.
The world's navies are estimated as
anploying 6,000,098 men.