The Corvallis gazette., September 11, 1896, Image 1

VOL. XXXIII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1896
NO. 26.
TRANSPORTATION.
East and South
VIA
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific Co.
EXPRESS TRAINS RCN DAILY.
a m p h Uuve Portland Arrive 8:10 A M
12 10 a u Wave Albany Arrive) 4:45am
10:45 a M j Arrive 8. Francisco Leave 7:00 ru
Aove trains stop at Ea.-t Portland, Oregon
City, Wotidburn, balpm, Tamer, Marion, Jeffer
son, Albany. All-auv Junction, Taus nt, Sbedds,
Haltey, Mnrrisburg. Junction City, Eugene,
C res well, Drains, and all stations from Rose
bnrK to Ashland, inclusive.
- ROBKBPRG MAIL DAILY.
a... niuue rurilauu Ainve I 4:40 ru
12:25 P h I Leave Albany Arrive 1 12:5 p u
:2ii r n j Arrive Bos-burg Leave I 8:00 A M
Pullman B net vleepers and second-class
aletpiug are attached to all through tralua.
SALEM PASSENGER DAILY.
4:00 ph Leave Portland Arrive 10:15 A M
8:15 PM Arrive Bulein Leave I 8:00 am
. WEST SIDK Bl VISION.
Between Portland and Corvallls Mail train
daily (except Sunday).
730 A M Leave Pun laud Arrive I 6:20 P M
12:li p M Arrive Corvallia Leave 1 1:35 r m
At Albany and Corvallia connect with trains
Of the Or-g n Central & Eastern Ry.
rXPRKn TRAINS DAILY (Except Sunday).
i . .v . m j. o t imiiu Arrive 8 25 A M
7 2 r m I Arrive Mi-Mlnnville lave 6:10 a m
'liin.UKli tickets to all points In the Eastern
Hate, ( anitda and Enrone can le obtained at
lowokt rate from A. K. Miller, agent, Corvallls.
R. KOEHI.ER, Manager.
E. P. ROGERS, A G. F. & P. A.. Portland, Or.
TO THE
EAST
GIVES THE CHOICE OF
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL
ROUTES
VIA
GREAT
NORTHERN RY.
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
AND
ST. PAUL
VIA
UNION
PACIFIC RY,
DENVER
. OMAHA
AND
KANSAS CITY
OW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES
OCEAN STEAMERS
b,EAVE F0RTLAND EVERY S DAYS
FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
For full detail?, 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 FFaneiseo & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamship "Farallon "
Pails Iron Yaquina every 8 days for San Fran
cisco, C os Bay, Port Orlord, Trinidad and
H'lniboMt Bay. Passenger acc mmodatlons
vnvurpasFed. Shortest route between the Wil
lamelte valley and California.
Fare From Albany or Points West to
San Franciaco :
Cabin I 9 Steerage 5
Ronnd trip, good for 60 da' s, $15.
To o Bav a d Port Orlord Cabin..... 6
To Humboldt Bay Cabin .. 8
Yaquina Bay.
Ti e most popniar !casi1e re ort on the North
Puclflccoast. So undertow surf bathing abso-
Inteiy safe.
ror thi s- wishing to combine hunting and
Ashing with acquatic sports, this rrsort has no
equ 1. Deer, bear, elk, cougar, brook trout and
saimcn trout, can be found in abundance with
in a few hours' dr:ve of the bay.
Reduced rates to all points.
J. C. Mayo, EDWIN STONE,
T. F. & P. A. Manager
H. L. Waldkn, A;zent, Albany.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0E0PATHIST
Diseases of women and children and general
practice.
Office over Allen & Woodward's drug store. -Office
hours 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 5 and 7 to 8
P.M. ,
At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after
hours and on Sundays.
G.R.FARRA,M:D.
Office in Fairs & Allen's brick, on the corner
of Second and Adams.
Residence on Third street in front of court
house. Office hours 8 to 9 A. if., and 1 to 2 and 7 to
r. at. All CA-1 attended promptly.
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST
Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly Flrst-Clas Work Guaranteed
Corvallis. Oregon
lit HEWSOFTHl WEEK
From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Fast Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns'
Ex-President Harrison nas ueeu sol
dered the presidency of the new uni
versity of Indiana, but he declined.
Anuther balloonist met his fate near
Ward's island, N. Y. His balloon
caught fire in raid-air and he fell into
the water near Hellgate and wss
drowned.
Mr. Bryan has issued his letter of ac
ceptance. He defines his position on
the questions of the day and states
that he wilt uphold every clank of the
platform adopted at Chicago.
' Seventeen people were injured, some
of them seriously, by the overturning of
a wagon, which rolled down an em
bankment of ten feet The accident
occurred near Clackamas station, OreJ
gon.
There have been received at the
granaries at Salem thus far this season
60,000 bushels of wheat, and it is esti
mated that about 25,000 bushels are
yet to come. Wheat now sells in the
capital city for 43 cents a bushel.
James Applegate, who died at Mon
rovia, was one of the earliest pioneers
to come to the Pao'fio coast. He oame
to Oregon from Missouri in 1843, to
gether with his father and two brothers.
He was 63 years old at the time of his
death.
Superintendent Paine, of the Oregon
State Insane asylum, has filed with the
board of asylum trustees a statement
of expenditures for the month of
August, which shows the per capita
expense for that month to be the lowest
in the history of the institution.
William C. Bradford, of Marysville,
Cal., met his death in the Webb mine,
near Brown's valley, through the prem
ature explosion of a - blast located at
about the 500-foot level and some fifty
feet in a drift. Tom Powers, who was
some fifty feet away also suffered seri
ous and possibly fatal injuries.
Engineer E. F. Ingles, the hero of
Webster, who saved his passengers
from being robbed by killing Bandit
Morgan on September 5, was called be
fore J. A. Filmore, A. D. Wilder and
other officers of the Southern Pacific
and given a testimonial for bravery.
The ceremony was simple. The brave
enigneer was given a oheok for $250,
together with a beautiful watch and
chain suitably engraved.
- A terrible tragedy was enacted on
Broad street; Richmond, Va. James
E. Wimmer, aged 46, a blacksmith
working at the Richmond locomotive
works, stabbed and killed S. O. Tbat
heimer, son of a well-known liquor
merchant The cause of the homicide
was the alleged betrayal of Wimmer's
partially paralyzed daughter by young
Thatheimer. Wimmer, who was bunt
ing for the youth, came up with him
on the street, caught hold of him and
stabbed him in three places. That
heimer walked half a block and fell
dead. Wimmer surrendered himself.
The losses by the recent severe fire
at Monmouth are being rapidly adjust
ed, and as soon as all are settled near
ly all the firms will take immediate
steps to rebuild their . respective places
of business.
The annual exodus of hop-pickers
has begun from Salem and other towns
in Marion county, and, although the
pickers will receive but 25 cents a box,
the usual number are leaving for the
fields with undiminished enthusiasm.
The twenty-foot boat in which Cap
tain Frank Charlsen and his brother
John, of Nyack, left New York on
June 21 last for Cjueenstown, was
sighted two weeks ago bottom up some
350 miles off the Irish coast, and the
fate of her crew is merely a matter of
conjecture.
There has been an election bet made
in Milwaukee, which for originality
lays over' anything which has been
made thus far. Fred W. Burke and
Albert Donaldson are the parties to the
wager. The former agrees to leave
the oountry forever on or before Janu
ary 1, 1897, if William McKinley is
elected president, and the latter will
do the country a like service if W. J.
Bryan is elected. They have drawn
up a oontract to this effect which has
been formally attested before a notary
publio.
The appellate court of the fourth
district, of Illinois, has decided that
plowing oorn on Sunday in sight of
church-goers does not in itself consti
tute a disturbance of the peace. . In
oonstruing section 261, which relates to
disturbing the peace by labor on Sun
day, under which Mr. Foil, a Seventh
Day Aventist, was arrested, the court
holds that this section does not prohibit
work or amusement on Sunday, but
prohibits only such conduct as disturbs
the peace and good order of society.
The defendant being a Seventh Day
Adventist, observes Saturday as the
Sabbath, and plowed corn on Sunday,
and his arrest and conviction resulted.
The old publio sohool building, at
Cheney, Wash., which had been pur
chased by Rev. R. Manier, has been
burned. The fire was doubtless of in
cendiary origin. There is an intensely
bitter feeling between two factions in
Cheney, one side asserting that it
would retain control of ' affairs, even if
it had to resort to fire or other strong
methods. It is stated that the enemies
of Rev. Manier are responsible for the
loss of the building, but there is no clue '
to the perpetrators. The building was '
worth about f 1,500.
Thomas Salter, employed on the
ranch of John F. Allen, near Tulare.
CaL, shot at a skunk in a cellar where
seventy-five pounds of giant powder
was stored. A terrifio explosion result
ed, shaking the oountry; for miles
around and totally wrecking the hodse
and blacksmith shop near by. Slater
was thrown about thirty feet . and in
stantly killed. -
A Buluwayo dispatch says that Chief
Makonis' camp has been captured and
Makonis court-martialed and shot
The chief showed no fear of death, and
Work of a Fiend.
At Ohadron, Neb., an unknown fiend
saturated the bedroom floor and beds
upon which were sleeping Assistant
Postmaster W. A. Danley, hia wife
and two children, with kerosene, then
set fire to the room. When the fire
men succeeded in removing the occu
pants both babies were dead, and the
parents unconscious. The motive for
the crime is unknown.
Now Secretary Francis.
Ex-Governor Francis, of Missouri,
took the constitutional oath of office as
secretary of the interior, succeeding
Hoke Smith. The oath was adminis
tered by Assooiate Justice Harlan, of
the supreme court, in the offioe of the
seoretary of the treasury. Secretary
Francis will take formal charge of his
department immediately.
Earthquake In Iceland.
A report comes from Iceland that the
severest earthquake since 1784 occurred
there. The report states that two
churches were destroyed, cattle killed
and farms destroyed. No people were
killed. The center of the disturbances
appeared to be the volcano Heola.
Grand Array Election.
The Grand Army of the ' Republic,
at their annual meeting in St Paul
elected Major Clarkson for commander-in-chief
unanimously. All other can
didates withdrew in his favor. Gen
eral Mullen was tendered the position
of vice-commander according to estab
lished custom.
To Kxpel Americans.
Information is received that the local
government at Mosul, Turkey, has got
up a petition to the oentral government
at Constantinople, asking for expulsion
of the 'American missionaries from
that distriot, on the ground that they
are disturbers of the peace, stirrers up
of sedition and rebellion.
The Philippine Revolt.
A dispatch to the London Times from
Hong Kong says the revolution in the
Phillipines is less serious than it was
at first reported, and that no danger is
feared for the lives and property of
foreign subjects.
Unfounded Rumors.
The Pall Mall Gazette heads its edi
torial column with the following:
"The rumors industriously circulated
that the editorship of the Pall Mall
Gazette has been offered to Mr. Edward
Bok are entirely unfounded. "
Another Bank Failure.-
The First National bank, of Helena,
Mont, has failed. The reasons stated
in its published notice is that it was
unable to. meet withdrawals. The
creditors will be paid in full.
General SchouvalofPs Condition.
General Count von Schouvaloff, governor-general
of Rusisan Poland, and
formerly Russian ambasador at Berlin,
is suffering from a paralytio stroke.
His condition is critical.
Palmer and Bnekner.
Th e newly organized gold-standard
or National Democratic party of the
Dnited States at their national con
vention held in Indianapolis nominated
Senator John M. Palmer, of Illinois,
to carry the standard as its nominee for
the office of president Senator Palmer
was nominated upon the first ballot, re
ceiving 757 votes out of a total of
983. He was then declared the nomi
nee of the convention by acclamation.
General Bnekner was nominated for
the office of vice-president by acclama
tion, after which the convention ad
journ d sine die.
Hundreds Are Homeless.
Fire destroyed the immense five
story brick plow foundry and imple
ment factory of S. R. White & Bros. ,
in Norfolk, Va. A brisk wind scatter
ed sparks in every direction, and de
stroyed a number of dwellings. Hun
dreds of families, white and oolored,
are made homeless. Twenty-five houses
were destroyed. The total loss is
1200,000.
Aeoident on a Cable Line.
Four people were injured, one per
haps fatally, by an accident on the de
pot Incline of the Ninth-street cable
line in Kansas City.. The grip-hook
on the train broke and permitted it to
go backwards at a high rate of speed.
Steel Works Close.
The Edgar Thompson Steel Works,
of Carnegie, Pa. , has closed down in
definitely. The suspension was a gen
eral surprise. At least 1,500 men
were thrown out of work.
A Bad Railway Accident.
A street oar was run into by a Min
neapolis freight train near the state
fairfgrounds in Minneapolis and eight
persons injured. The engine struok
the fore part of the car.
Fire in a Mine.
The Superior mine, in Hurley, Wis.,
caught fire and has been burning for
some time. There is no possible way
to save it, Shd it will prove a totaJ
loss.
Drowned While Ba'hlns;.
Lieutenant James W. Benton, qurter
master of the United States army at
Fort Robinson, N. D., was drowned
while bathing in a plunge.
A Defensive Alliance.
Fire in the factory' of S. White &
Bra, at Norfolk.Va. , totally destroyed
it A number of buildings in the lane
leading to Main street oaught fire and
the flames spread rapidly, oonsuming
the entire block. .The union stock
yards were destroyed. The flames
comunioated with the rowv of houses
adjoining the stockyards on the south,
and they were burned. One hundred
families are made homeless. ' The loss
is estimated at 120,000.
ChiU to Manufacture Cotton Goods.
Chili is contemplating a revision of
her tariff laws, which, when effected
will have an important bearing on a
number of American products, princi
pally cotton whioh Chili will place on
the free list, with the hope that the in
troduction of the raw product from
the United States will encourage the
manufacture of the 'finished prod not in
Chili.
Believing right has everything to do
with feeling right
. The London City mission reclaimed
1,748 drunkards last year. :
PALMER-AND BUCKNER
Chosen to Head the National
Democratic Ticket.
DOMINATED AT INDIANAPOLIS
two White; Heaoed Veterans of the War
Who Were Rival Commanders of
the Blue and Gray.
John M." Palmer, of Illinois, and
Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky,
two white haired veterans of the war,
rival commanders of the blue and gray,
were nominated at Indianapolis by the
National Democratic convention for
president and vice-president on a brief
but emphatic platform which repudi
ates the doctrines enunciated by the
Chicago convention, indorses President
Cleveland and his administration in
glowing terms, declares for the gold
standard, tariff for revenue only, lib
eral shipping laws, currency reform,
civil service and economy in publio ex
peditures.
The spirit that animated the conven
tion was contained in this declaration
of the platform:
"The Democratic party has survived
may defeats, but it could not survive a
victory won in behalf of the doctrine
and policy proclaimed in its name at
Chicago."
And so, in the language of Mr. Ham
mond, of Georgia, this convention
placed in the hands of other nominees
their banner and bade them fling it
forth, "skyward and seaward, high and
wide."
The real work of the convention was
soon transacted when it was reached.
John M-Palmer-
When the nominees for president
were called for, it was apparent that
Palmer would be nominated over his
protest, as the opposition to Bragg had
concentrated upon him. These ' two
names were the only ones presented to
the convention.
Some of the nominating speeches
were eloquent and full of fire. Kil
bourne, of Michigan, placed Senator
Palmer in nomination, and there was a
series of seconding speeches.
Burr W. Jones, of Wicsonsin, nomi
nated General Bragg, the "hero of
fifty battles and the commander of the
'iron brigade. ' "
The roll-call developed an over
whelming majority in favor of Senator
Palmer, but it proceeded to the end.
Palmer receiving 757 votes and
Bragg 124).
By a subsequent motion Senator
Palmer's nomination was made unani
mous. There never was any doubt about
General Buckner' s nomination for vice
president, and he was elected by accla
mation. The Platform.
The platform adopted by the Nation
al Democratic oonveniton was as fol
lows: "This convention has assembled to
uphold the principles upon whioh de
pend the honor and welfare of the
American people, in order that the
Democrats throughout the Union1 may
unite their patriotic efforts to avert
disaster from their country and ruin
from their party.
"The Demooratio party is pledged to
equal and exaot justice to all men of
evevy creed and oondition; to the larg
est freedom for individuals consistent
with good government; to the preserva
tion of the federal governemnt in its
constitutional vigor and to the support
of the states in all their just rights; to
economy in publio expenditures; to the
maintenance of the publio faith and
sound money, and it is opposed to pa
ternalism and all class legislation.
"The declarations of the Chioago
convention attack individual freedom,
the right of private oontraot, the inde
pendence of the judiciary and the au
thority of the president to enforoe the
federal laws. . They advocate a reckless
attempt to increase the prioe of silver
by legislation, to the debasement of
of our monetary standard through un
limited issues of paper money by the
government " They abandon for Re
publican allies the Democratic cause,
and tariff reform to court the favor of
the protectionists to their fiscal heresy.
"In view of those and other grave
departures from democratic principles,
we cannot . support the candidates of
that convention, nor be bound by its
acts. The Demooratio party has sur
vived many defeats, but could not sur
vive a victory won in behalf of the doc
trine and policy proclaimed in its name
at Chicago.
"The conditions, however, which
make possible such utterances for the
national convention are the direct re
sult of class legislation by the Repub
lican party. It still proclaims, as it
has for years, the power and duty of
the government to raise and maintain
prices by law, and it proposes no rem
edy for existing evils except oppressive
and unjust taxation.
"The national democracy, here con
vened, therefore renews its declaration
of faith in democratic principles es
pecially applicable to the conditions of
the times. Taxation, tariff, excise or
direct, is rightfully imposed only for
publio purposes, and not for private
gains. Its amount is justly measured
by publio expenditures, which should
be limited by scrupulous, eoonomy.
The sum derived by the treasury is de
termined by appropriations made by
congress.
"The demand of the Republican
party for an increase of tariff tax bat
its pretext in the deficiency of revenue,
whioh has its causes in the stagnation
of trade and reduced consumption, due
entirley to loss of confidence that has
followed the Populist threat of free
coinage and the depreciation of our
money and the Republican practice of
extravagant appropriations beyond the
needs of good government.
"We arraign and oondemn the Pop
ulistio conventions of Chioago and St
Louis for their co-operation with the
Republican party for increasing these
conditions, whioh are applied in justi
fication of the heavy increase of the
burdens of the people and further resoit
to protection. We therefore denounce
protection and its ally, the free coinage
of silver, as schemes for the personal
profit of the few at the expense of the
many, and oppose the two parties
which stand for these schemes as hos
tile to the people of the republic, whose
food and shelter, comfort and property,
are attacked by higher taxes and depre
ciated money.
"In fine, we reaffirm the demooratio
doctrine of a tariff for revenue only;
we demand that henceforth modern and
liberal policies toward American ship
ping shall take the place of our imita
tion of restrictive statutes of the 18th
century, which were abandoned by
every maritime power but the United
States, and which, to the nation's
humiliation, have driven Amerioan
capital and enterprise to , the use of
alien flags and alien crews; have made
the stars and stripes an almost un
known emblem in foreign countries,
and have virtually extinguished the
raoe of American seamen.
"We denounce the pretense that dis
crimination duties will promote ship
ping, and we declare that scheme is an
invitation to oommerical warfare, upon
the United States, un-Amerioan in the
light of oar great commercial treaties,
offering no gain whatever to Amerioan
shipping, while greatly increasing
ocean freights on agricultural and
manufactured produots.
"The experience of mankind bar
shown that, by their natural qualities
gold is the necessary mone of the largf
affairs of commerce and business, while
silver is conveniently adapted to minor
transactions, and the most beneficial
use of both . together can be insured
only by the adoption of the former at
the standard of monetary measure and
the maintenance of silver at parity
with gold by its unlimited coinage un
der such safeguards of law. Thus is
the largest possible enjoyment of both
metals- gained, with the value uri
versally aooepted throughout the world,
which constitutes the only practical
currency, assuring the most stable
standard, and espescially the best and
safest money for all who earn a liveli
hood by labor or the products .of hus
bandry. They cannot suffer when paid
in the best money known to man, but
are peculiar and most defenseless vio
tims of a debased and fluctuating.cur
renoy, which offers continued profits tc
th money-changer, at their cost
' "Realizing these truths, demonstrat
ed by long publio inconvenience and
loss, the Demooratio party, in the in
terest of the masses and equal justice
to all, praotically established by the
legislation of 1834 and 1853 the gold
standard of monetary measurement,
and likewise entirely divorced the gov
ernment from banking and ourrenoy is
sues. "To this long-established democratic
policy we adhere, and insist upon the
maintenance of the gold standard and
of the parity therewith of every dollar
issued by the. government, and are
firmly opposed to the free and unlimit
ed ooinage of silver and to the compul
sory purchase of silver bullion.
' "But we denounce also further, the
maintenance of the present costly
patch-work system of national paper
ourrency as a constant source of injury
and peril. We assert the necessity of
such an intelligent currency system as
will confine the government to its
legitimate functions, completley sep
arated from the banking business, and
afford to all sections of our country a
uniform, safe and elastio bank our
renoy under : government supervision,
measured in volume by the needs of
business.
"The patriotism, fidelity and courage
with whioh President Cleveland has
fulfilled his great publio trust, the
vigorous charaoter of his administra
tion, its wisdom and energy in the
maintenance of civil order and the en
forcement of the laws, its equal regard
for the rights of every class and every
section, its firm and dignified conduct
of the foreign affairs, and its sturdy
persistence in upholding the credit and
honor of the nation, is fully reoognized
by the Demooiatio party, and will se
cure him a plaoe in history beside the
Father of the Republic We also oom
mend the administration for the great
progress made in reform of the publio
service, and we indorse its efforts to ex
tend the merit system still further; we
demand that no backward step be
taken, but that the reform be support
ed and advanced until the undemo
cratic sytem of appointment shall be
eradicated. We demand strict eoonomy
in appropriations and in the adminis
tration of government. We favor arbi
tration for the settlement of internation
al disputes. We favor a liberal policy
of pensions to deserving soldiers and
sailors of the United States.
"The supreme court of the United
States was wisely established by the
framers of our constitution as one of
the three co-ordinate branones of gov
ernment, and its independence and au
thority to intepret law without fear or
favor must be maintained. We oon
demn all efforts to defame the tribunal
or - impair the- confidence and re
spect whioh it has deservedly had.
The Demooratio party ever has main
tained and ever will maintain the su
premacy of the law, the independence
of its judicial administration, the in
violability of oontraot and the obliga
tion of all good citizens to resist every
Illegal trust, combination and attempt
against the just rights of property and
the- good order of society, in which are
bound up the peaoe and happiness of
our people. Believing these principles
to be essential to the well-being of the
republic, we submit them to the con
sideration of the Amerioan people."
Harvest Hands' Strike Decided.
Colfax, Wash., Sept 7. The harvest
bands' strike, whioh has been waged
for the last three weeks, has been de
rided in favor of the strikers. The de
mands of the workmen were for $1.60
a day for all oommon work. The
farmers, threshing . machine and head
er men had offered the men $1.25 i
V -
OF
Further Details Brought by
the Steamer Windward.
LETTERS FROM F G JACKSON
the Maps Entirely Alter the Geography
of Frans Josef Land New Sea Found
Where Land Had Been Shown.
London, Sept 9. Henry FiBher,
botanical curator to the university col
lege museum, Nottingham, and the
botanist of the ,Jackson and Harms
worth Arctic expedition, now entering
on its second winter on Franz Josef
Land, reached Grave lend on Saturday
with four companions of the, expedi
tion by tlje supply steamer Windward
The vessel landed Dr. Nansen, the
Norwegian explorer, at Vardoe island;
in the northern part of Norway.
In an Interview Mr. Fisher furnished
further details ol the meeting of the
two parties on the ice, and a letter
trom F. G. Jaokson, just received,
throws additionaL4ight upon the most
interesting chapter in northern explora
tion history. Mr.' Jackson's letter is
addressed to A. C. Harmsworth, and
oontinues the story. He wrote:
"Hearing that some one had been
seen on the ioe, I started to meet him.
I saw a man on the pack ice southeast
of Cape Flora, and a second person
further off.
"I fired several shots to attract their
attention, and after an hour's walk,
met the man in a walrus skin, and con
cluded he was a Norweigan walrus
hunter, who had come to grief some
where. Approaching nearer we no
ticed that be was as black as a stoker,
and 'that from head to foot his olothes
were covered with grease. We shook
hands. In spite of his long black
hair and smoke-black skin, I thought
he was Dr. Nansen, whom I had known
in London, so I exclaimed:
" 'Are you not Dr. Nansen?'
" 'Yes, I.am Nansen,' was his reply.
"Then we again- shook hands, still
more heartily. When we reached
headquarters it was midnight, but as
light as noon. ' After Dr. Nansen and
his companion (Lieutenant Schott
Hansen) had a bath, were shaved and
had their hair cut, our photographer
took their pictures, and tbey dined
with us. , Our dinner was a great suo-
36S8.
"To Dr. Nansen's astonishment we
bad roast loon, peas and other vege
tables, cheese, preserevd fruits and
pork, sherry and whiskey."
Mr. Jackson also sent by the Wind
ward a resume of his diary kept during
the past year, and maps of bis own
making, whioh entirely alter the geo
graphy of Franz Josef Land. He has
discovered a great sea where the map of
Payer, the Australian explorer, shows
land. This sea, which Jackson has
named Queen Victoria sea, he thinks
extends without a break from aloat
seventy miles north of his winter
quarters to within three degrees of
the pole, and is considered by far the
most important body of water yet dis
covered in those parts. Mr. Jacskon
also writes: .
"A long channel, through which
we passed, from Tisto to Queen Vic
toria sea, I named the Birtish channel.
Its chief arms are Clements Markham
channel, Allen Young sound and Rob
ert Peel sgund. To this sea I look as
my most favorable route in 1897,
when the sun returns in the spring.
"The mapping of Franz Josef Land
is practically complete, and nothing
should prevent my attempting its open
water or crust of ioe, as the case may
be. I gave Dr. Nansen traoings of my
map and bis route south. As his
watch ran down, be was unable to es
tablish his position oorrectly. Until
he saw my' map of last year, he sup
posed that no one had been there before
him."
AN INDIAN COMMISSION.
To Treat With the Red Men In the
Northwest.
Washington, Sept. 9. A most im
porant Indian commission has been
created to negotiate with the Indians in
the far Northwest, and is now in the
field. The commission consists of
three members, only two of whom
have been appointed so far. These are
John B. Goodwin, of Atlanta, and
Charles B. Herit, of Benton, Neb.
Another selection has been made but
the offer was deolined. The commis
sion will treat with the Crow and
Flathead Indians in Montanta for the
cession of portions of their respective
reservations, and with the Northern
Cheyennes and Crow Indians for the re
moval of the Northern Cheyennes from
their present reservaiotn on the Rose
bud river at Lame Deer agency to the
southern portion of the Crow reserva
tion. Negotiations will be carried on
with the Indians on the Fort Hall res
ervation in Idaho and those on the
Unitah reservation in Utah, with a
view to the surrender of portions of
their respective reservations or for some
satisfactory modification of existing
treaties. Similar efforts will be made
with the Yakima Indians in Washing
ton. -
The feet of truth are slow, but tbey
never slip. '
Stamped to Death.
Wardner, Idaho, Sept 9. Grant
Shaw, a well-known teamster of Ward
ner, died last night from the effeots of
wounds received by him at the hands
of Hank Wilson, another teamster.
' Shaw attacked Wilson in the street
' Shaw drew a pocket-knife, tried to
climb into the wagon, and use the knife
on Wilson. Wilson knocked Shaw off
the wheel, jumped on him and stamped
on him six or seven times. Shaw
never regained oonsoiousness.
i St John's, N. F., Sept 7. The
Peary steamer Hope was sighted by
many Newfoundland fishermen along
the ooast of Northern Labrador, 'about
July 20. Everything appeared to be
right with her, and no ioe floe was in
sight .-- - -
Neponset, I1L, Sept. 7. The bodies
of Lou Wilson, a farmer; Mrs. Wilson,
bis wife, and a 4-year-old son were
found dead on their farm last night
' All-were shot through the temple, and
Wilson still held a revolver in hia
hand. No cause for the tragedy is
I known.
OWNS HALF THE TOWN.
Part of Falouse Townsite Is Awarded
Jacob Schlat.
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 10. The title
to 160 aores of land, on which is situ
ated the western half of the city of
Palouse, a town of 2,500 inhabitants,
has been finally awarded to Jacob
Schlat, acoording to information ie
oeived in Spokane by the officials of
the local land office. The land ques
tion includes the Northern Pacific de
pot, turntable, water tank, and even
the right-of-way, beside the large
warehouse of Knapp, Burrell & Co. , a
number of residences and other build
ings. The railroad company originally sold
the land to a widow named Wright,
Who in turn sold her right to the land
to one Powers. The latter, has,
throughout the controversy, which has
been carried on for several years,
olaimed that he rented the land to
Schlat Schlat had been on the land
some time before he located it undef
the homestead law. On his attempt
to prove up, the railroad fought the
oase vigorously, but the secretary 01
the interior has passed on the oase,
and has refused the railroad a rehear
ing. When the oity was platted -an in
vestment company secured the land
from the railorad oompany and sold
lots. The investment company has
gone out of existence, and the people
living on the disputed territory look to
the railorad company for redress.
Schlat will make final proof, serv-s
notioe on the railroad company and
others to vacate, and will demand a
heavy sum to relinquish title.
GOLD IN ABUNDANCE.
Another Rich Deposit Discovered !
Mon'uiiH.
Butte, Mont, Sept 10. Another
great gold discovery has been made in
Montana, and this time in a neighbor
hood which has furnished millions of
gold to the world from its placers
F. S. Thurston, general manager of
the Old Faithful mine, a few miles
from the old town of Bannock, arrived
in the city yesterday with news that a
most important disoovery had been
made there during the past week. A
ledge of ore of unknown width was
opened up which is richer than any
thing yet discovered in Montana.
The Old Faithful was worked man;
years ago, but was abandoned until re
cently, when a New-York company,
headed by Truston, took charge and be
gan work. A force of Ef ty nr n had
been employed tor some time with in
different results until last week, when
the rich body of ore was found.
The richness of the ore may be
judged from the fact that seventeen
ounces of che rock yielded a quarter of
a pound of gold. The reports of won
derful strikes in the new Mayflower
district have been oonfirmed by Inter
investigations and developments. Old
mining men declare that it is the rich
est body of gold ore ever known in the
world.
TOPPLED INTO THE R VER.
Heavy Section of a Wall Undermined
by. Waves Collapsed.
New York, Sept. 10. The Under
mining of the rear wall at the East
river end of Fifty-second street caused
about twenty feet of the street and
about 1,000 cubic feet of the wall, to
cave in and to topple over into the
the river with a crash that startled
the neighborhood for several blocks
around. At the very edge of the
enormous pit made by the cave in
stands the towering wall of a cigarette
factory.
The roar of the landslide brought
hundreds of people to the scene, and it
was with great difficulty that the po
lice kept the crowd from blindly rush
ing in upon dangerous ground to view
the wreckage. The wall whioh broke
away was about fifty feet from the
river bank to the level of the street
Its entire face, with the exception of a
narrow piece near the south sidewalk,
was washed away, and what did not
slip into the river was piled in a con
fused mass at the river edge.
Tons of earth and cobblestones fell
upon a boathouse and two skiffs be
longing to a boatman, crushing them
like eggshells.
SITUATION IN BRAZIL.
Powers Have Combined and Will Sap
port Italy.
Buenos Ayres, Sept 10. The Her
ald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro tele
graphs that Dr. Narvalho, late minister
of foregin affairs, was seriously
wounded by a deputy in the presence
of several persons in the railway sta
tion. Three shots were fired, all tak
ing effect
Messages received from Rome say
that England, Germany and Austria
will support Italy against Brazil.
Yesterday being the anniversary of
their independence, the Italians asked
their consul in Rio Janeiro as to
whether or not they should observe the
celebration. Signor Bruno told them
to fly the Italian flag, ocompanied by
that of Brazil.
United States Consul Dead in Mexico.
Washington, Sept. 10. News has
been received at the state department
of the death in Mexico of United States
Consul John B. Gorman, of Georgia.
FriKhtful Coaching Accident.
Warsaw, Ind., Sept. 10. A fright
ful accident occurred this afternoon to
a coaching party of young people,
! which started out ftrom this city,
i When about five miles north of this
'city their horses took fripht They
1 baoked the 'rear wheels of the tally-ho
rover an embankment and t be people,
horses and vehicles were rolled down
' a hillside in a mangled and bloody
mass, six persons were xiiiea ana sev
eral others injured.
Marseilles, Sept. 10. M. Bonnaud,
chief of police, declares that the Ar
menians under detention here will be
liberated and will go to New York.
M. Hanotaux, minister of foreign
affairs, has ordered that another batch
of Armenians expected to arrive today
should be given their full liberty. They
arrived on board the Sider. They re
fused to speak about the massacre in
Constantinople for fear of exciting the
anger of the Turks against their com
panions, but they bitterly denounced
England's oonduot in promising pro
tection and then abandoning them. . .
118 IRE
Bold Attempt to Hold up a
Train Near Sacramento. .
FRUSTRATED BY THE ENGINEER
tratchlnsr His Chance, He Shot the
Robber in the Cab, and Then Palled
Open the Throttle and Escaped.
Sacramento, Cal. , Sept 6. The
east-bound overland train, whioh left
San Franoisoo at 6 o'clock this evening,
and was here at 9:40, was stopped
about six miles west of here by train
robbers, who failed in their purpose
through the killing of one of the gang
by a plucky engineer. The train was
loaded with passengers en route to the
state fair, and it is said that the ex
press oontained a large sum of money
consigned to a Sacramento bank.
The hold-up took plaoe a short dis
tance from the place where the big
$50,000 robbery occurred two years
ago. The oountry is covered with wa
ter for miles, with the exception of a
narrow strip over whioh a wagon road
runs to Woodland, and within an hour
after the train pulled into Sacramento
a force of detectives and a squad of
deputies were dispatched to the scene.
Tonight the big passenger depot is a
scene of the greatest animation. Div- -ision
Superintendent Wright, who was
a passenger on the train, is in his office
giving orders and awaiting news from
the men who have been sent to hunt
the robbers.
The Overland train left Davisville
on time, with Engineer Edwin F. In
galls and Fireman Patrick Burns in
the cab. As the train approached
Webster, a man who had been conceal
ed in the tender climbed quietly over
the pile of coal until he reached the
gangplank, when be suddenly leveled
a pistol at the engineer and ordered
him to throw up his hands. The en
gineer did so, and the robber then told
him to slow down. This request was
also complied with, and when the train
was stopped, at a third order from the
robber, a masked man was seen climb
ing up the railroad embankment with
a gun in his hand. When the man
appeared, the robber on the engine com
manded the fireman to climb down and
go with the masked robber. The fire
man obeyed orders, and he and tbe
bandit walked back toward the express
car.
This left Engineer Ingalls and the
other bandit alone, and Ingalls began
to think up a scheme whereby be could
turn the tables on his captor Tbe rob
ber at first was very watchful, but af
ter a minute or more had elapsed, he
turned and looked back, with the evi
dent intention of seeing what had be
come of his companion and the fireman.
This was Ingall's chance and he
seized it. A loaded revolver wa lying
in a box close to Ingall's side. Q iiok
as a flash he lifted the lid, and, seizing
the pistol, fired two shots at the rob
ber. The bandit fell from the cab,
and tbe nervy engineer pulled wide the
throttle, and the train started to Sacra
mento. Fireman Burns was left to his
fate, but when he heard the firing, he
suspected what was up, and jumped
onto the moving train. The masked
robber who was on the platform
express jumped to the ground an
appeared.
On arriving at Sacramento En
Ingalls told his story to Superi:
ent Wright. After relating t'
ticulars of the hold-up and tbe
tore of the fireman with the
robber, he said:
"I notioed that the fellow who
guarding me was rather nervous. " He
would turn every once in a while and
glance back to see how things were
going along. Seeing that there might
be a chance for me to get hold of my
revolver, which was in a box in the
cab, I determined to try it, and-the
next time the robber turned I -opened
the box and get the pistoL I was not
a moment too soon, for just as he
looked around I fired twice. The
muzzle of my pistol was not more than
two feet from him when I pulled the
trigger, and I am confident th:
struck him in the head and breast,'
certainly must have killed him,
reeled forward and plunged out
cab, firing his pistol as he did so.
knowing how many there might
the robbers I determined to get aw
and within fifteen seconds after I
shot the robber I bad opened the tbn
tie and was on the way to Sacramento.
Fireman Barns said in telling his
story:
"The robber ordered me to get down .
off the engine and go with the masked
man, which I did. The masked man
then instructed me to go ahead, but
halted me at tbe express car. 'Get be
tween there and uncouple,' said the
masked'man in a business-like way. I
olimbed up between the cars, but just
then I heard two quick shots, 'anil
after a few seconds, the train began to
move. I drew myself np on the bump
ers and the robber, who had taken up
his position on the express car steps,
sprang off and it went on and .le'-i
him."
Later developments show that there
were but two highwaymen 'and -that
tbey compelled two tramps whom they
met near the scene of the hold-up to
take part in it
"
ririilinnthfl. Ma. Son. 8. Caariflr -f I
Ulmer, a wealthy retired farmer, aged
77, left here last Monday to attend the
national G. A. R. enoampent at St
Paul, where he arrived Tuesday. He .
registered at the Metropolitan hote
and was lodged in a pria-rte sec?
arcoss toe street. At iu o oiock j.ues-1
day night he got up and dressed him-)
self and told his friends he was going
aoross to the hotel. This is the las'
seen or heard of him, and his famil.J
and friends are greatly distressed.
Excursion Train Wrecked. :
Engiisn, lnd., sept 8- An exoui
sion train from St. Louis was wreok
at Taswell this morning, either
frof
a worn-out rail at a curve or from t
n tl1
spreading of the rails. The
. baggaf
car and three ooaobes jumped the
itra
and rolled down an embankment
were fatally injured and ei
ighti
onsly - - ' ':-
Curiosity is that part of
itches when he learns just j
anything to- know that thy
he can't know. i
f
i
be
4
was calm and composed to the last He (
died bravbt-: -c - , vv:.;". . -.
; - ' " ' ' i