; . 20 CBXTS A WEEK. ALBANY, OKEUOJU ffiqPAY, AUGUST i. 190. VOL. V.UO.fe
Bzclusive A.goncr f 3 lie
ft L t M li K KG v II I M CK
ALBANY BAKERY.
PARKER BROS., PROPRIETORS.
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
0KF FORv
..VKIDING-i-
VFREH FRUIT- RF.R "."
KIB AND VEGETABLES
Choice Table Delicacies and a Full
Lin
ie of Fancy and Stajile Groceries ail Pro
, Canned Goods, Nuts, Candies, Etc., Etc.
vi910D8
A Fhll J.ineuf JiitjtortKl
I A. m i im I rr
CL) KLEIN
VV. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE. GENTLEMEN.
BEST IN THE WORLD.
-FOR-
CHICKENS
$5.00 FEB DOZEV,-
EGGS IS CENTS.
J uellrr Garrett,
tors d'
NSUR NHE CO OK
Albany Orboon
rinru
rr triTL
OFFICERS.
W. F. Rpd.
V'l-H-Pwiilf nt-.f . O. Writsman.
Tr-asurvr .T. L. Cowan.
Sei-rtarv .1. K. F.hlerkic.
K. ?. Mrahan, .f. L. Cowan,.!
O. WritsmiiM, F. irnpwin. W
F Rend, i. K. UVHli. rf..r.l. I.
L. FoVy, .fu!in Rurnetl ami M.
trnhe'rif.
Safe, Sound, conservative
A Vqurtre Company,
Managed by Square Men.
Patronized by Square People
JiTJoaii Soza Saterprisa
SEARLS
Biy CfiiilKitien
LAU1LS AND GENTS FTR
. . MSHINOS.
Alto have a complete Um of
boots mm
FrffeHstrarte-.at frioe
ht .!(. fiutaiMeitioii. tiiv
n Ttlf ul tioy jiwif hi t'
at bwiruck price'. L0.
u ami qae lUaling.
Ludlow Fins Shoes
FRESH RAKEP
".-.V BREAD .".".
tivif JU nnUr Cifarr.
FIRST NATMiLBANE
PKKSlnKST L. FLINR.
Vl K PRKS1DE.NT 3. P TDCNO.
CASiiihK a. w. Lam xn.
I'KAASACTs A UEI 1.1AL BAKKIM
SISXCTCBS :
K. Yoirn., L. Fun
U F. hum. E. F. box.
E. W. Laasdun
Cavhiar.
COWAN' RALSTON AID tKIEIHlt
Albany, i - Oregon
TraiiiacU a xeneral bknkinK huniiiet..
lraw aiht draft on New tur. fan ait.
tf-or ' Hortlaiin, T.
Loan money on approved aecurity,
Kecetve depoaita auhject to rnrck.
CalkwUoii eu trusted to ua will n
prnD'bt attitiiicu
BANK OF 0I!EG0.V,
ALBANY, OREGON.
itr:r4L m,
,r'llrtil...
rr frre....
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II. RMVVI
H I MIHKIIL
. J .bLAI.
uiaacTOKS:
H. Bktaxt, J. W. Blain,
(tro. Hcmphrbt, r H. Stewart,
E.J La n nino. H. F. Mvkkill.
LADIES' UNDEMYEAR
Crntlrmri. hlli. I bllalirn'k lulb
Ink, at d all Ladlra Caravmla mad
in ordrr al llir
Japai ieseBazaar tore
icm mm low. hVM NO WO KS.E CO.
aSirre on Fltlt Miett lull tr
Kluckl.uriia.
H. A. CKOWUEK. O. W. CKOWUER.
CIUJWDER liROS.
Contracto8 and Builders.
Office on First street with Wal
lace A, Cusick, real estate agents,
Albany, Oregon. Estimates given
on all kinds of buildingsor carpen
ter work. All work intrusted to
ns will be promptly executed.
WW A5
LinnCounty Bank
Us olKLt Wtia Uv 1mm.
Buj&iIotir : Propertj
' Through t)ie iral eaUte firm of
Burkliart 4 Keeney:
The Meat Renl Entte Firm in tbe
Willaracitdally
They hav &nfo of al' dencrip
tions for ale at tlie verv lowet
prices and on the mottt favorable
'erma.
We have some fine bargains in
mail tracts of garden and fruit
I nd near the ciy, which we are
ifferingata areat racrifice. This
property lies near the city, and in
'he very bent on the market, part
f which la set out t fruit. .
CITY PROrERTY
We have a large list of choice
U8in'ss and residence property
or pale im-luding the Goltra park
nl! it ion, the best, nearest and
heapost suwrhan nropertv on
he market. A lot in this addition
vvill double in value in less than a
ear.
EAST PAYMENTS.
SUB ART & KEENEY,
II KA L EST A SE I J A A
a CO
INSURANCE ACEHTS.
LBANV OREGON
rownseud. L Wilson,
RBAL I STATE BBOKKKS,
INSURANCE AND LOANS.
First street, opposite Farmer &
Merchant Insurance Co. Albany,
iregon.
Agents for the foilowing Insur
i nee Companies :
ittna Insurance Company, .of
Hartford. Connecticut; total assets
y.7HU,7Dl.D.
The Guardian Assurance Com
nnriy, of London, t'nuland ; capital
o.uuu,uhj.uu.
The Columbia Fire and Marine.
of "ortland, Oregon ; capital, $500,
uuu.uu.
TOWNSKNI) & WILSON.
FOR BALE BY ALL PRroOISTS.
"8me rnontlis ssro I purctiaaerl
hoiofDr J. P. 3I11 Cstarrb Cure for
tnv own use t ut finrilnc bit nephew
f. A. M-M Bhmi neerlinir iuh mid,!
i-ine 1 let him have ri y box of medi
ine. Hi now aona lor three more
boxes, S:iyinif it 1 the bes tliins: for
atiirrli ever trle"1 tiy h!m and hif
frletida. 1 trot another hox to nse It
n-y esse, and cheerdilly recommend It
toot lit rs,
(SiLmdi. JOHN MrMAfiAN.
Fx t' unty Comminsioner Lane Co.
recnn.
Snrirpf 'i Lane count v. Oregon.
Pr.if W, -lo'inaon. preiiident of the
State i t i?a .t, 'ays it rur. d him ol
a c-ontl allof I. other prerription
hwt fsPeu. Likewise two of hla litil
irlcuned it to cure their couifha. Mr
Mirk Kailey. wife of Prof Bailey
etil it to rroi jonnao. ana reeom
tro nds it to all who fuller from colds.
and i-i.unlii. For coughs it arts lik
a rhaim, and ran be mlmled into th
pipes or pasaairee. where; o other
cough cures can reach
X1TANTED Ce t
Woaei.
WILL CASE ENDED.
Florence Gets the Thomas. 5.
. Blythe Estate :
FAKBWtV to cBsatKaOnrc.
Sal n't Hotel TJoder Hew Lmsn Ifllj
CkaBf iu Hame-Sa Fraaba
- Favors Bstifsdt." ; '
. 'V -
. - -
- 8 an Fbanci-co, July SfTK'
pn'gref8eu steailily t"r over aywir,
ended to-day in .lu-lge Cotl'ey ren
dering a voluminous ilecinion in
iavorof Klotei ce, he i leni'im.ite
diiMof Ihoiu-s li. Blwl.e, tn.
ic H8 d millionaire, awarding
her ih'. rulk of the e-tate cous-isi-ing
of iiouaeo and land- it. the city
ami i.liier property oi the value o
almi H,0i,Ui 0. The conteMante
im ludeil the pla ntitfs. H.ience
Blythe, Alice hJith Dickeison, tlie
aliened wilov oi Bttne, the
Williams heiiB of Liverpool, the
Blttlie company, the Gipsy
Blythes, the Savag-s of Lond n.
the Scott;h Savaaes, James Wi't
I'lane and Wil.i.iiu and David
Sav.ige. The ciiurt'r) opinion h-ld
ih-it, a- coriliiig to the las f thi
Htate, Fior nee ha I established
tier claim to B ythe's paiernit ,
the latt r, orally and in writi.ig,
having acknowledged her as his
child.
The court proceeded to read the
The Celebrated French
CURE
-Ml
3
AFTER
the urner tie urirane ot either ax whethei
anidnic frutn the e&cssWe uw of etimnlaute.
icbaccu or opium, or through )nuthful imliti
cretion.oter indulirri , etc, auch aalooKO!
Brain Poaer, Wake i.'nea. Bearinir Kowi.
Pain in (he Ha- k, EHrminal W akneeH, ll)
tria, Ner ou l'ro ration, Moutiinml Oniio
ioii, Leuu r.hi-e. Hirxin Wt.ik Menior).
Lieeof Poar aid Inipulenev, whii-h if nv
lecTed often load to prjiiiutnre ild
inaamty. PnceslaN.x; fllioxfi lcr6.i
Sent Uj nail on re"oit uf price
A WKII I K il atli:K la pn.
with every $6 order received, to refund m
monev if a Hrranmiml i-ure i notrflei tei.
We have thvueaiidaof tektinioiiiala from old
and younif, of both oexea, who have lievi
permanently cured by the uae "f Aphroditim
Circular free. Addrem
HK arilKtt flDM'lE '.
Western Brauch. boa. x7. PortlaniL Oreiton
Kor aale by Foabay a Maaoii. who eaaleanii
rtait dint eini. Altaic f..r.
TUB People's Baked
Frssb Sreii Pies ad Cakti
DAILY.
Fine Cakes a Specia'ty.
BLACKBURN' & TIRONI,
LEADING CR0CER3 AKD BAKERS.
FEMALE Pills
For Female Ir
regularities; noth
init like them oi
the market. Sere-
ail. Successful!
ised by proiuinem
ladiea montlily
Guaranteei to re
lieve sui'presse
meiiStniatiim.
SureiSafe, Ceriok
Dnntbe humbuv
ged. Save time
health ami money
Take no other.
Sent to any ad
dress mali tn ret ipt of prtcr. $2 00. Ad-
drres tiihrv HedlrlHr 4 i pom
West Bram h Box !f7, I'ntllaiid, ir.
Sold by Torhtf A Maon, AlhsoT. Orten
GRANT'S PASS
PEACHES I
MUELLER & GARRETT,
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS
Orders for any quantity will
e promptly oiled.
Albany Opera House,
JI ST TWO NIGHTS
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,
AUGUST 6TH AND 7TH.
Special engigement of the famous
: mots anu tne
Q JAPS 9
INCLl'DING
2 JAPANESE J
LADIES -
The Original Imperial Jananee
Chrvnanthemum Tmnpe, direct
from the Mikado's Palace 1 lieHtre,
Tokio, .laiian. Positively the only
lapane-e lady peitormers in Amer
ica, together with
25 PREMIUM ARTISTS 2o
European and American celebri
ties in one of the m st novel,
unioue. original and refined. pro
grammes ever offeied in one per
formance. PRICKS 50 AND 75 CENTS.
aTry Seats on sale at Willdt
Liak'a sauaic atoia.
or mone
refunded
V"v ""f B.E
i si
Fita's eolden
ion holding the fact first 10 be
tained was the paterni v of
UfUcbild. Three elements ere
Tiplished in the opinion, i the
tfe'ft. Fii8t, Thrfj w9 an ill
gUlaate ch '. l: secon.l, PlaintifT
i that i"haJ : tnird, Thonns H.
HlSh. decelent. here. as the
fc fer of the child. As to the al
naih'r wherein Blvthe ex
ly and fo'ni-tlly acknowledned
ence to le his child, the court
d adversely, holding that the
ence in lavo" ot it was men-a
but all tnai the law of ( an
a required in a ca-m of an ille-
ite ci.il l, is m:h rec.-Kniii.ri
' knowleiijeinent, an the -vi-
Jv. produced bv pl.iintitF would
icii ilo show, and did show.'
In the case of the alleged widow
t ie court siva: Coniradirtons
in the c.ise A the cUira ate iriec-
oiiciladle and cannot reconciled
on tbe ba is i lint, i lie decedent and
defendant were man and wife.
Florence, th heires-, is the
laughter of Thomas II. Blvthe
and Juli.i Ferry, wn m Blyhe m-t
in lAimion in l.syt, and who after
wards married .loe Ashcrofi. Little
ii knounoi Blvthe'saiiu-cedert"'.
He led Liverp ml on the Memier
Anti'0pe in 1849, and arrived in1
this ci'y in the fnme ear. lie
invented wliit mniv y he had in
the pirchase of a block of land
now in the heart of the busine.-s
onion of the city, and the in-
creai-e in value maiie mm ru n.
He also owned a large ai ountof
lnd in Sin Diego and in Arizona
and Mexico. He died Apr l 4,
18S3. in this city, where lie was
living with Aid e Dickereon, who
claimed 10 be married to him by
con t-act. Blythes fureitrn hirth
and certain im i lents in his c ireer
led the ptiuing lonh of claims
fiom m.my sections of the United
Kinudom. hut Judge Coffey t lay
ruled hat the fore'itn contestants
had made no case, wiih the excep
liou of the Williams heirs, who
acre dec'ared by him to the
next of kin.
A HOTEL CHANGE.
The
Mew Manager Takes Charge
at Once.
Salem. July 31. The Chvmek
e'te h iiel has been lers. by A.
I. Wrntner. from California, who
akes cha-ge in the morning. The
name will be change. i, probably t
"Th SHlem.'
At five o'clock this morning a
fire wms I'i-c-V' red in the new thy
kiln '. Churchill' nish and dxji
and ma unac urinif company, at
i he gfvHitural Works. Tne hose
was j r npilv fiirneit on and by a
ia- ti ;in a big conflagration was
aveite . The fire a un ler t'ie
floor and was hard to get at. The
los a s-iiiill.
CHA.UKEK
otr
COU.VI EI.CE.
In Favoi of
It
Speaks Oat
Reciprocity.
San Francisco, July 31. The
chamber of commerce adopted
re-olutiotiB this afternoon, declar
ing that whereas, the chamber of
commerce de-ires the adoption of
a p Hey calculated to develop the
trxdes anil induptries of the Pa
cific oo int. as well s of the entire
republic, by ectirini for out
pioducts control of our adjunct
mttkets, it wan resolved that in
view i if the consideration of these
questions in connection with the
t a iff bill before the senate, tbe
chamber is strot-gly in favor of
commercial reciprocity, as in a
letter received Jul f 25th by r-ena
tor W. ji . r rye, of Maine, from
ilon. J. G. Blaine, secretary oi
state, and the chamber requests
the racihc coast doiee'tea in con-gres-i
to give it their "tnanimous
support.
A UOl'ULE MURDER.
A Saloon Keeper Shot, and a Mother
and Child Killed
Fort Thomas, Ariz., .Inly 31.
At a tefort near Foit Grant yester
day, J. W. Cress, keeper of the
ulace, wa idiot and killed ny Con
ntahle Kolierts. of Ronita, in a dis
pute overs-ome land. Snortly after
Frank Nelson munlered Sarah Mc
Hrri and her 3-ver old child in
. fir (.f ienlousv. The woman hnd
left her htrshand, who is a soldier
t K-rt Apache. Both murderers
were arreted.
CHOLERA IN JAPAN
The Rice Riots Becoming- Alarm
ing;.
San Franaisco, July 31. Japan
e-e advicex vav that in Chikuzen
ml Huzen districts on the llth
in-dant. theto'al uumberof cholera
cases were rei--rtel to be 239, with
1 14 deaths. The 1 test re orts O'
li-Krder on acconn' of the high
uric- f rice lome from Aikawa-
sodo inland. Two thousand people
.nded bv miner-, began a riot on
the 1st inht.. and the 1 ol ce being
powerle-s, the governor ordered
roops troin tne nearest, garrison,
feleuraphic newi" on tliH 4th said
the rioters were becjming more
nowerful and were destroying the
residences and property of the
rice merchants. A c-anpany of in
fantrv were sent from hibata to
1 he foene.und t 'outisell-ir Knerod.
of the home department, also went
to Akavp, fnot the most pios
lieroiis towns of Sij1o island, wih
a population of 13,'W
n. ii.o :)ih the first woolen mill
in J i,-:in, tvbicli is snpiiltea witn
.... 1 - I .U
n E igli-h nra le plant, was for
ma lly,oiei.ed by theToki.) Woolen
Mai.ufiic'iiri. g "company, a Jpin
firm with a cap talof 350,'HX).
latest designs in jewelry
received at F. M. French's.
just
FATAL DUEL.
Cholera Id the Orient and
anese Riots.
Jap-
WORK OJf THE SILVER BILL.
Goa-ema's ti. 8aa SalTtdor Araf atin
ilepBbUo-WoTld'a Fair Matton
The luijaal Oama-
Ghkenwood, Miss., .Inly 31.
Walt Moildard, a local arti.-t, ami
J. 11. Moilev, a brot ier of ex-Con-gressmarr
Morrey iottgiit a duel on
the street to-day. btialdard was
instantly killed and Mrr'ey bad y
"ounded. The trouble itrew out
of charges of corruption made
against the government.
CHARGES OF CORRUPTION.
Mad. Acalnat Members of the
House of Representatives.
Washington, July 31. In the
house O ilex, of Alabtma. arising
to a question of privilege, offered a
resolution for an investigation oi
t'e charges of cerruptioii against
members of the house, contained
in a recent editorial in the Na
tional Economist. After some di--ussion
the siieaker ruled that the
the resolution was not a privileged
one. In doing so he said the ed
itorial as uf the vaguest charac
ter. It made no asseuion except
tiy inference. It made the sta'e
ment upon wh-ch auybo ly could
be expected in p edicate belief or
conviction. It was within tht
knowledye of every member when
paragraphs of this character wete
floating around in the newr-ppeip
of the county. The house coul'
-ee the inconvenience which
would result to the bueinesM of the
house if any memb-r had the
rii;ht in the pru lui'tion of a pa a
jctaph like this, to demand an in
vest g.ttion.
SHVTTINO OFF THE BREAD.
Two Men Likely to Make Chleafo
Oo HnD(rr.
Chicago, July 31 Unless Ba
kers Aldnch and Bremer, who-e
lare e-tabbeh-nent i a parte
the American Biscuit Co., accede
to t e demand of the striking jour
neymen bakers, it i-i deci ied by
the linkers union t decline a s'un
ilon -f tvery bakery in tie city,
includ nil tho-e wno acceded to
be strikers terms. Aldrich ani
Bremer, so far, refuse to accede to
lerms.
HOW THE PLITKBa WIN.
Reports if the Games from Various
Places.
PHiLADei.PHiA,July31.-Athletics
16; Columbus, 9.
New YoHK,Juiy 31. Brooklyns,
9 ; Toledos. 4.
Rochester.JuIv 31,-Rocbesters.
3 ; Louiavillet: , 8.
LBAGl'E.
Cincinnati, July 31. Cincinnati
3. Philad. lphia 6.
iNniANAPous, July al. Cleve
land 6. New York 5.
Chicago, Julv 31. Chicago 4,
Boston 1.
BROTHERHOOD GAMES.
PITTSBURG, July 31. Fittsburg
13. Brooklyn 1.
Buffalo, July 31. Buffalo 5,
Boston 2.
Chicago, July 31. Chicago 1,
New York 3.
Cleveland, July 31. Cleveland
6. Philadelphia 12.
Spokane, July 31. sponane v
Tacoma 7.
The Silver Bill In Effect.
Wabhington.D CJuly SI. The
treasury department has taken
the first step 10 giving etlect to the
Ust silver a-t, bv the preparation
of a circular, wlrcn will be suei
o morrow. On a ter the 13th inst.
offers for the sale of silver bullion
in lo's of not less than ten thou
and ounces, and the delivery free
of expense to tbe government at
any specified coinage mint will he
received either bv telegrtm or let
ter for consideration at noon Mon
date. Wednesday and Frdavs
weekly, except legtl Holidays.
Damaging; Fire In Illinois.
Walm'T. Ills.. July 31. The
business iiortion of the village was
burned this morning. A high :?ale
t-rev iled and the fn.me building
rendered the the attempts to check
the fire was futile. Fifty-six
houses and stores were de-tro ed
and 16 familie burned out. The
loss is $12V0 0.
One Hundred and Twenty - nve
Families Homeless.
Bradpotk. Julv 31. A fire in
a Hungarian settlement destroyed
thirty-eight honses. About 125
families were nnrneaour, nui most
oftheir effect were saved. Loss
on hous.-a probably 75,000.
The Sailors Will Strike.
Chicago, Jnly 31. An aft moon
pater pavs: lo-morrow morning
will start the sailors strike, involv
ing every species of -ailing ve8;el
on me maes. tin- proBuecns
strike is due to tbe demand of the
I seamens union for an im-rease ol
I . . 1 I lint M.An Am.
ployei he a member of the union.
Michigan Prohibitionists.
.... , ,
Lansing, Mich., Julv 30. The
prohiSition state conv ntion to-dy
nominated Azari h P. Partridge
for governor, ana ueniy J alien
lieutenant governor. The plat
form declares, among other tilings,
fr the prohibition of the manu
facture, transportation or sale of
liquor; for the Australian ballot
system; the election of president,
vice president ,and senators by a
direct yote of the people, and no
disfranchisement on account 01
sex.
Fear Men Arrested for;St.gre Rob
bery. Penvsk, Julv 31. A Trinidad
opecial Bays that bloodhounds wen
put on the track of the men who
tried to rob the Santa Fe train last
night, and after several horns
wandering through the mountain)
returned to the city. Tiie'police a
"ton time after arrested iouxjoea
who gave Hie name of E f. Carroll,
Ed. McCarthy, Thos. Higgins and
D. P. Gold, all of whom have
records in the police station as
hard cases.
Central American Affaire.
La Libertad, July 31. It is re
!orted that Gen. KUas, who war
ecin'lv recalled from Honduras
iy the San Salvador government
to raise troops around Cojutepeque
lid joiu tne main arniy.opernting
igaioht Guatemala, has turned
.raitor. When he was supposed
"o le on the way to the frontier he
turned ba. k with a force of 2 :. 10
Indians toward the capitol and
stormed the barracks. Fighting
!ihb lieen going on for tr:o days
but no detil have been received
communication is interrupted.
Kivas i-tarted a revolution against
the Menendez government some
month., ago, but was defeated. He
then fled to Honduras.
Another Stabbing Affray.
Ukiah, July 31. Particulars
have been received of a :Ming
affray which occurred in Uouud
Valley, this coun'y, last week.
One Harry Weaver seiiously cut
H. Anderson with a pocket knife.
Anderson is not expected to live.
Anderson's wife claimed Weaver
usulted her. Weaver denied the
mifgr, but nevertheless Anderson
got his pitol and went afier him.
eaver retreating to a 8 doon and
Anderson following, whereon he
Weaver drew a knife and cut An-
rson in the abdomen. Weaver
had a hearing before a justice and
was discharged.
Close or the Flahlne; Season.
Portland, July 31. The salmon
-ason in Oregon closes to-morrow.
rhe Washington law allows fish-
11 g to continue ten davs longer,
but it is doubtful if many more
will be caught, and bv Satnrda.
til canneries 011 both hides of the
iver will, in all probability, be
closed. Oregon fish commission
.-r-i estimate the Beacon pack at
383,000 to 390.000 oases. This in
cludes chinook salmon. Laet year's
iack wan 326,000 cases.
Short Crops In Kansas.
Kansas City, July 31. A
pecial message from various
jioints in Western Kansas say that
10; winds for the last three dav
has material 'y r duced the al
ready low condition of the crops
In the lower part ot the state
many fields will not yield a single
ear.
Stillman Held Without Ball.
Fresno, Cal., July 31. Joeph
L. btulman, the sUyerot J. u.
Fiske, was to day held for tria
without bail. Tue teeiing against
him is very b tterand the lad is
guarded against mob violence.
Another Railroad.
San Antonio. July 31. The con
tract wa 'et to-day for building
railioad from Matamoras on the
Rio Grande across Mexico to San
Bias, on the Pacific coaat. and tbe
scheme at this end is backed by
syndicate, and on tl-e other side
ny Mexico s government anu ricn
Mexicans. -
Diphtheria a Scourge.
Bombay, N. F., July 31 A vio
lent ouibrea of dipthena
raging at the fishing settlement of
Ke-l Bay. aianyneattiB uav? oc
i-urred and the plague is spread
ing.
Deatroyed by Fire.
Seattle. Julv 31. The ice fac
tory belongi: g to the Seattle Ice
Co", was loUlly destroyed by fire
this evenn g. I ne cost ot 1 ne en
tire outfit i- $00,000, partially in
sured. It has been in operation
only about six weeks. Its capac
it., no a 40 inns of ice ner dav
Trie building was owned by W. B
Bushnell. of Tacoina, who wis in
terested in the business and who
owned similar plants in Tacoma
and Portland.
BO.OOO Fire In California.
Newman, Cal., July 31. To-day
fire destroyed the Corners hotel
about one mile northeast ot tin
place. Ioss, o0, ihe prop-
etty belonged to Mrs. U. Gessin
The River and Harbor Bill.
Washington, July 31. In the
sei at-, Frve s lid th-i river and
harbor bill will be taken up on
Friday.
Cholera In Asia.
Mecca, Ju'v 31. The cholera
epi lemic here shows no sign
,ateIIient
lne deaths average
: 80 daily.
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Fire at Traver, Cal.
I Tn. tf"n1 tnln 'JO t wa.
! tion of two blocks were burned
I lafst ,night". 40,0 H). Nine-
teen head of horses were burned.
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i Cardinal Hallottt Dying.
Rome, July 30. Cardinal Hal-
for lotti isd.ing.
iNEW ROUTE.
FiTt-YearOld Boy Hat
Leg Cut Off.
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AF INSANE MAW STRAKLBa.
Varderert on Trial Uilaots Par
res fer the Wo.U's Pair First la
Tarioai Loealltlsa,
St. Paul, July 31. The north"
estern railroad to-morrow will
say : "The great northern railroad
lii.e a making active preparations
IowanU). ouBioletiiue jbeir line to
iIk Poii llnthsauiswlnfthav''-1
riMite it will start from a point
within three miles east of Ft. As
sinaboine, following tbe Northern
I'acitic, which is located to the
summit of the Rockies. Seattle
is the principal terminus of tbe
due on Puget Sound. Prepara
tions are also made for building
-outh from Seattle towards Port
land. MURDERERS OH TRIAL.
Each of Them Will Have Sepnraae
Trials.
Oybtervii le, July 31. The trial
of John Edwards, Edward J Oib
tions, John B. Rose and Geo. Rose
for the murder of J. F. Frederick
son and wife, January 30, 188b,
commenced in the superior, court
yesterday. It was arraigned that
the defendants would be tried se-
arately and in the following order :
First, Edwards ; second, Gibbons ;
third, J. B. Rose; laat, Geo. Rose.
Contrary to expectation there was
nut little trouble had in obtaining
a jury. In Edwards' case One of
the principal witnesses for the
prosecution was Geo. Rose, one ot
the defendants, whose testimony
was objected to by the defense on
the ground that confessions made
Sy him showed him to have, close
connection with the crime, and
further, that bis evidence was in
competent for tbe reason that be
was co-defendant. Objection was
overruled and foung Rose tie
letailed the murder to the lory.
His story tontormed to the confea-
n previouelv made bv him and
hicli have already been pub
lished.
INSANE MAM MTK ANGUS B
His Cell Mate Strangles Miam Dear-
. . lag tie Nig;hs.
Stockton, Cal., Jnly 31. Cha. '
Green, an inmate of the inaa.)
asylum, 2G jears old, was stran-"
led to death last evening by bis
ell mate, Frank Curr. W hen tbe
ell was opened tbis morning.
Green was found dead in bed, but.
t was supposed that his death was
due to natural causes and the body
as removed to tne morgue, wbere
the doctor afterwards found marks
fingers on the throat and foam
on the lips, ine ronugese was
asked about the matter, but only
replief that Green died at ten
clock last nigbt.
Curr was suspected of suicidal
mama and his arms wer Kept
strapped close to his body. It is
imposed be sprang on nis victim
during the night and held him by
he throat with a madman s
trength till he was dead.
CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR.
The Illinois Legislature Arrives a
An Caderetaadiag. -
Springfield. July 31. The sen
ate and the house reached an
agreement on the consti rational
amendment resolution, abd it now
g iestothe governor. The bouse
amended the World's Fair bill
adding, after a bitter debate, the
proviso that eight honrs shall be
a days labor on all work, about tbe)
exposition, exhibitor, to be ex
empt. I he proposition to allow
the south park commissioners to
issue bonds of two million dollars
to be used in fitting up Jackson
park for the fair was amended so
as to make the amount of the park
bonds 1500,000 instead ol t2,WO,nOO
and the bill then went to the third
reading.
Left Foot Amputated, by a 1
Salem, July 31. News has bees
received that last Tuesday evening
I he 5-vtar old son of C Walker.
of Moialla, while play ins in the
stanuing grain wnerc mm timer
was harvesting, had bis lett loot
. ut off below the ankle by the
reaper.
Sent to San Qtieatia.
8an Fbancibco. Julv 30. Jaa.
S. Kennely. recently convicted of
embezzling $10,000, has been sent
to banjuentui. prison to serve hie
sentence.
Mine Eaploeloa.
Berlin, July 31. An explosion
o-curred in the Unseer Fritz mine.
at Ge'senkircb to day. Kigbt men
were killed and seven Injured.'
Affairs Settled.
LoNDoN.uly 31. Parliamentary
secretary announced in tbe com
mons to-day that the government
received a dispatch from Bueuoe
Ay res stating that everything was
settled and affairs were running in
their normal condition.
Flaking; Craft Run Down.
New YoRK.July 31 .-The steamer
Oiidam, from Rotterdam, today
reported that she ran down a fish
ing schooner off Nwfou ldland
banks in the fogs. Four of tbe
schooner', crew were drowned.
A Cardinal Dead.
Rome, July 31. Cardinal Luigi
Pallotu ie dead.
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