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ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. i f4Ua'Aja,J",C,iV" 3 The ASTORIAN has the largest LOCAL 2 circulation) the largest GF.NtfiAL clrcu'a- tlon, and the largest TOTAL circulation of till papers published In Astoria. R TODAY'S WEATHER. 4 Forecast, showers, followed by fair weather, Jj cooler, fresh south to west wli ds. h EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XL IV. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895. NO. 22 J. rfM ill 1' 1872 1895 Lubricating OILS A Specialty. pisfper Brothers, Sell ASTORIA Ship Chandelery, Hardware, Iron & Steel, Coal, Crocerie-i & Provisions, Flour & Mill Feed, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Loggers Supplies," Fairbank's Scales, Doors & Windows, Agricultural Implements Wagons & Vehicles. B. F. ALLEN Dealer in Wall Paper, Artist Materials, Paints and Painters Supplies Glass, Mouldings, Japanese Mattings, Rugs and Bamboo Goods Centractor for Fresco Painting, Paper Hanging, Etc. 765 Commercial Street. Snap A Iodak at uuy niau coming out of O our siote and you'll get a portrait of a man brimming over with pleasant thoughts. Such quality In tin liqiuns we have to offer are enough to PLEASE ANY MAN.. Conoe and Try Them, HUGHES & CO. ASTORIA IRON WORKS Cooromly St. , foot of Jackson, Astoria. General Machinists and Boiler Makers Land and Marine Engines. Boiler work, Steam boat and Cannery Work a Specialty. Castings of All Descriptions Made to Order on Short Notice. John Fox. President and, Superintendent A. L. Fox Vice President O. B. Prael Becretar; They Lack Life There are twines sold to fishermen on the Columbia river that stand In the same relationship to Marshall's Twine as a wooden Image does to the human being they lack strength life evenness and lasting qualities. Don't fool yourself Into the belief that other twines besides Marshall's will do "Just ax well." They won't. They cannot. C.J. TRENCH, RD, Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. and Pacrfic Express Co. .H01BE and PHOENIX INSURANCE CO'S. Custom House Broker and Commission Merchant. 502 Bond Street. Kopp'a Beer Hall. Choice Wines. Liquors and Cigars. KENTUCKY WHISKEY Only handed over the oar. The largest giast of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half; sc. Free Lunch. Chas. Wirkkala, Proprietor. Cor. Conromly and Lafayette St. THOMAS MOKKO, Tti'j BlackBmlth -vhoso shop to oppos ite Cutting's cannery, is now prejicred to do such odd jobs as making new tannery coolers, repairing eld enes, making new flshin boat irons, and re pairing old ones, and all other black smithing that requires first-class work manship. MUSIC RhU. r KEATING & CO will open their Music Hali at 309 Astor itreet, Saturday the 16th. Tbey will www keep numberless gool liquors and clears beaidet having good music ail the time. SEASIDE SAWJHILL. A complete stock of lumber on band In the rough or dressed. Flooring, rua tic, ceiling, and all kinds of finish; mouldings and shingles; also bracket work done to order. Terms reasonable and prices at bedrock. All orders promptly attended to. Office and yard at mill. H. 1" L. LOGAN.. Prop'r. SpsMe. Ore roc Eiiv to take, sure cur, no pain, noth ing to dread, pleasant little pills.- De Witt's Little Early Risers. Best far Sick Headache, Biliousness, Sour Stomach and . Constipation. CrPf k's Cream Baking Powder Contains m Aasaaoaia or Aloa. ers, and showing undershirt double: front 1. JU. OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. 508 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. chool 00KS! choo At Greatly Reduced Prices. A Fl'LL LINE OF Oregon Books Pencils ens Sponges Everything Necessary f0p School Use. Griffin & Reed. THREE LOTS. In a desirable location, CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS On the new Pipe Line Boulevard -Just the place for a cheap home. A Block IN ALDER BROOK. STltKET CAR LINE will he estendet this sumuwr to within 5 minutes alk of tins properly Will Fell nt decided ACREAGE. In 5 or 10 acre tr.icta inside the ity limit, iila j adjoining Flavel. GEORGE HILL,. --471 KondSt., Occident Block, HILL'S KEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. $7,500 CASH To be raised from our stock Therefore, we -PUBLIC CommenclngSnturitay, September from day to day until tho amount is DRESS GOODS, SILKS, PLUSHES', MEN' SUITS, OVERCOATS, UNDERWEAR LADIES' AND GENTS' SHOES, UMBRELLAS, BLANKETS, etc., etc. Will be sold ntyour own price. 'Wednesday unci Friday afternoon, specialty reserved for Indies, and every other time for everybody. 600 Commercial Street. ROSS HIGGINS & CO. Grocers, : and : Butchers Astoria and Upper Anoria Ine Tea and Coffee, Table Delkades P nettle and 1 roplcal Frulta, Veifetabiea, Surar Cured Hani, Bacon. Etc. "Choice - Fresh - and - Salt - Meats. EVETIT ONE HF.KV9 A BU3TNF9 8 EIMTCATfON. ITany young men and women ran pend but one er two yrs af vhnohr rnf.k a eotir that es be compietM In tht tlm? The collcje Include a Minrf KVOM"H COT'RSE ta aiI a nt SrVK.-S and SIK U!THAXI roi;kSB For nUatojroas ad4ias, 414 TAJIHILL ST. - - HOLMES BUSINESS COLLEGE, - - PORTLAHD, OR. Gents' Furnishing Goods. The Luzerne Hygienea under- wear.in double breasted and double seatpd knit; nnnWsliirr, and draw is well adapted to this climate, which conies in the following lines: Lot 330, Natural Wool Shirts or Drawers -Lot 380, Camel's Hair Shirts or Drawers Lot 240, Scarlet Wool Shirts or Drawers Lot 245, Vienna Wool Shirts or Drawers -Lot 250, White Wool Shirts or Drawers $1.25 1.25 1.50 1.50 1.50 I ALSO CARRY FULL, LINES IN "Ribbed" and plain Wool j p. i. rr- T7- 'L tt alia Uamel S Hair Knit Un- derwear from the best mills in the country, which for quality and prices cannot bo excelled. I Supplies! Slatea Tablets Erasers 2 blocks from Hisjh School. A BARGAIN. FIRST ADDITION. unrumn. of goods inside of 45 days. will sell at RUCTIOj- siat, 1895, at a p. m., and continue raised, ading co. hTOrJIfl PUBLIC LlfiVl READING BOOM FilES TJ AIX. Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 :30 sod 0:30 ioVHO p. m. Subscription rates 3 per annum. Southwest cor. Eleventh aud Duane St. HERE IS A WORKER The Head of the M.E. Sunday School System. SOME STARTLING STATISTICS Rev. Dr. Hurlbut Tells of the Won derful Thiriffs Accomplished by Methodist Church Members. Tho Rev. Dr. Hurlbut. e-enernl Run. lay school editor, and secretary of the fhTchyf A?l?rtom,ofKtha, Methodlst church of America, who has beem in at- 'endance at the opening of the Norwegian M. J. conference in this :ity, left last nlffht for rorttond, where he beirlna series of Sunday school meetings. Dr. Hurliburt was interviewed yesterday afternoon by an Astorian representative to .viihom he spoke for a considerable time on the subject which he has made a life study. He Is a man with a strong personality, and impresses a listener in a very short time with his ntnesa for the, responsible position he occupies. Ho said; aiy primary errand to this state was to visit the series of Methodist EDlscr.nj conferences now meeting In Oregon and Washington, hut olnce coming nere, and at the request of many pastors of all denominations I have decided to give a course of Sunday school teachers Which will take me to 'Portland. Aihn Oregon City, Pendleton, Bafcer City, end other places. In these meetings I will tur.k of tho work In a general! wav. with. out reference to our own denominational ideas, for it is considered bv all th liberal unfon churches that Sunday eehools partake more of an universal than a narrow end sectional Christian effort. There is no department of Chrls- 1w.11 wotk wnere so much similarity and unity of sentiment exists., nor Is this to be wondered at. A Metiiodlst nravr meeting differs in some important re peats from one held by the Baptists, Congregiatlonaitets or Presbyterians, but their Sunday school methods dlwnJnir nn such differences. Their alms and objects are all very much alike, and we Metho- uiacs rejoice to twnk th'at 1t la so. Ten million people of our country one-sev. enth of the total population ore con nected with the Sunday, schools, cettlni? some sort of an education from hm and, tho various denominations have an army of over one million Sunday school icttunerg wormng 'nand In hand to bring about a common result." In connection with mv i t eight periodicals. With aftj tfaflTl iMrrnlla f Inn of 3,300,000 copies. These papers go a'l over the country, and penetrate every where. Since eomlnir in tho. iir. , ha.ve been remarkably Impressed with "10 imng. -rne methods of Sunday school work out hero, tha s-nnnrai of the work, and tho results obtained differ In no material points from the i nast. 111 some of the re mote vlUagea this sldo of the Rocky Mountains I have come aoma flnnrtn schools, small of course, but Juat a a proline in results, Just as earnest In every way as the school in the heart of New Yortt city. And when you begin to consider how this comes to be, -the explanation Is easy. Our Sunday achool literature Is so simple and exDllelt K universal applicability is so practicable, that any man or woman of common aver ago Intelligence can after readlna- it carefully for a few months become thor cughly capable of teaching a class, no matter In .what part of the world they put forth their efforts. They have tha same means of educating themselves in me worn ais their fellow laborers in iu.rse cities ana n 1 taen.Hi: it ., be said to their credit they bring forth resu.isr mat are not beaton In mv crowded center of population. There Is mure or tne rtal Sunday school enthus iasm in tho West than I expected to find here. Your people are on tha whnlo Just as devout and regular attendants at church as they are anywhere in the East, and In fact I believe that the pro portion of church going people compared with the population is bigger In Orearon than It is In Pennsyivanla or New York." l he m. B. church Is beginning to turn Its attention this year to educating Sun day school teochem more carefully and ipecinca.iy than has been done in the ,.it. We are starting normal training .iooIs, Just ais you 'have In secular work, ana are Deginnmg to send out thorough ly grounded mn and women who will 10 doubt In a few years give the work a stable character that It lacks at pres ent. In mining districts of the country we find the work greatly handicapped by the transient character of the popu lation. Teachers are continually chang ing, and of . course that does the schools no good. But in settled communities like you have in this city and state the results are most satisfactory. In many parts of the unsettled West the Sunday school is the forerunner of the church. A few earnest people who cannot get together money enough to eitart a church begin with a Sunday chool. Th"y have a cheap room and apply to us for sup plies. We at once send them books of all kinds and a small but well selected li brary as well aa a grant of money, out of a fund specially set aside for such pur poses. Towards this fund a prominent Caltfornfan a few years ago made us a grant of 125,000." "The if. E. Oiurch Is establishing 20 SunJay uehoola and three churches in this country every week. We have two thousand Sunday schools In India, and sixteen thousand regular attendants at M. K. schools in Switzerland. Our mis sionaries are doing .magnificent work In India; In the last nine months we have had 16,000 conversions there end we hear that there is every probability of the acceirslon of another 16,000 In the next nine months. Our Sunday crhool operations there are conducted In a pe culiar manner. The caits for men ta teach the gospel are so great that our own missionaries cannot begin to supply the demand. They take a native, teach him to read a little, teach him some par ables, ami a shor sermon, and send him out among his countryman, lis will get a band of them In a circle on the ground around a tree, and, using the rand for a blackboard, will talk to them. He delivers thai single sermon throe times a day for a whole month, and then goes back to headquarters to be taught more, his place being taken by another na tive who ras advanced a little further than th novir. And so it Is the world over. Our workers accommodate themselves to their surroundings and ,4 . the gospel ! through the Sunday school and .the pul pit, unceasingly. The church is becoming stronger, grandter, and more self-reliant every day in tha year, audi we who stand at the head of operations . are amazed and gratified to see how God has Messed our efforts and the efforts of our people." THE A. P. A. MUDDLE. Situation in Spokane Remains Where It Was, Just Spokane, Wash., Sept. 19. The police muddle becomes more complicated dally, Two of tho three commissioners today ap pointed H. It. Humphrey to the post tlon of chief of police, made vacant by the removal of Chief Merts. They have legal advice sustaining their action, and are sustained by a majority of the members of the council. Mayor Belt, who disputes their authority to appoint, issued a proclamation tonight warning the mem bers of the force to Ignore the chief appointed by the commissioners, and dl rectlng them to recognize only the au thorlty of Officer McKerna, who has been named by him as acting chief of police. Tho force Is divided in its opinion, but a majority of the members are with the mayor. Meanwhile the two sets of au thorltles continue to give orders at the police station. CAUGHT RED HANDED. An American Schooner Gets Into Hot Water. Washington, Sept. 19. Information reached tho treasury department today or the seizure of the schooner Lark oft 'Pine Key, Fla. The Spanish minister to day caled at the state department with a stiaitement obtained from tha Spanish consul at Key Wtet, to the effect that the Lark was only a part of on extensive filibustering expedition fitting out in i'lorlda waters and asking that com- Wanders of revenue cutters now on duty there be Instructed to uso Increased dlliJ gence 1n apprehending all offenders. In structlons in accordance therewith were sent out by the department. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg. Sent. 19. In the nrnv- Ince of Valihynla from August 18 to Aug ust 24, inclusive, 6849 cases of cholera wwre reported and 2134 deaths resulted from the disease. In the province of Podolla from the 21st to the 31st of August 101 cases of cholera and 45 deaths were re ported. IN FULL POSSESSION Dedication a Success fromEvery Point of View. NATION HAS ANOTHER PARK Chicaruatiga and Chattanooga Bat tlefields Consecrated by 75,000 People. Chattanooga, Sept. 19. Tonight the gov. eminent of tho United States Is In full possession of tl)e Chlckaroauga aiff! Chattanooga fie.ds. The nation has an other park, which, while It may not be as grand from a scenic point of view as the Yellowstoni, yet It will be far dearer to the heart of the people. The park dedicate! to tho nation today was consecrated by a battle which for desperate fighting and carnaga has few If any ecjua.B In the world's history. But the unique feature of tho dedication to- aay Is that tho men who otruggled and fought against each other at Chlcamauga rhto day 32 years ago, met again today as Drouners and ooi did his share tow ard making the dedication a success They signed a- compact by which the la4t vestige of venom caused by the civil war was blotted out. Within the limits or this grand historic nlace of -Dleasum for tho nation today, were upwards of ra.uuu people. Among the throng were some of the nations heroes and there were also some of her highjst ofncliU. Of President Cleveland's cabinet there were Attorney General Harmon, Secre tary of the Navy Herbert, Secretary of tne interior smith and FOBMn-Lstar f!n. eral Wilson. There was a baker's dozen of governors and hundreds of -men of renown Who took part In the conflict be tween the North" and South. Genorail James Longsti-eat In his ad dress mid: "I would look la tho un finished work, the great task remaining before us, in which the due and gray, and sons and dia-ughtws of veterans on both sides, can heartily Join in extend ing, .broadening, confirming and perpetu ating, a government of the people, by tho people, and for the people. I allude, my countrymen, to the happenings In 1893. to the exasperating European .in terference in Hawaii, Nicaragua, Ven ezuela, Trinidad, and the general but steady piiriiose of Geirat Britain to nul lify or encroach on the Monroe doctrine. Strengthen the army and navy; look to the armament of our wanrhlp, and ren der more efficient our seacoosc defenses In a word, make the United States the first naval power of the world.'" ALASKAN EXPLORER. Seattle, Sept. 19.-Mlner W. Bruce, an Alaskan Mtplwrcr, and author of Brace's "Alaska," arrived! today from Point Hope, Arctic Ocean. He came on the schooner Jessie, with which he left here three months ago today. Mr. Bruce brought five natives whom he will take to Washington thrts wlntsr co urge tha p'slm for propagation of ralndeer for food and clothing of the Esklno. GRIGGS FOR GOVERNOR. Trenton, N. J., Sapt, 19.-The Republi can state convintlon today nominated Jehn W. Griggs, of Passaic county, for governor, on tfie third aV.ot. A COUNTERFEITER CAUGHT. Wafa WaKa, Wash., fiopt. 19.-Dcputy United States MarrfiaH p-arker arreated a man named George King on a chirrs of pasting counterfeit money todty King pxwed se-verst h'f dollars in s, saloon nr. n TiTTn. bti.i ir , i ':its before he was arreartwl. Jflmr la , t) OH Hlrr- I i ten owratlng T Ea""rn Oregon. wlU, -rnnuH a 1. . a A WEI Steamers Collide in Cuban Waters With Fatal Kesult. FIFTY MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES The Cruiser BarcastequI, at the En trant to Havana Harbor, Sinks With All on Board. Havana, Sept. 19. Tho cruiser Uarcas- tegul cojllded at midnight last night with the steaimer Mortera, at the entrance of tho port of Havana. Marine General Parejo, three officers and fifty of the crew of the cruiser were drowned. , General Delgardo Parelo wias the com mander of the Spanish, naval forces In Cuba. He arrived on the Island June 17. The Barcastegul .was a third-class cruis er, carrying five heavy and two rapid firing guns. She was of 1000 tons dis placement, built in 1876. The cruiser left for BarcastequI at midnight with General Delgardo Parejo on board. On reaching the mouth of the narbor, close to Aieero rort, the Bareastenul came In coj.islon with the iMortera, a steamer engaged in the coastwise trtide. The Mortera strnck the cruiser m the star board elde and badly Injured her. 6he same at once. The Mortera. although badCy injured, stood off to give assist ance to thosj on board the Barc-tstequl and saved a greater part of the crew. Genoral Parejo, Captain Ybanez, First Lieutenant Lopez Aldazjoa, Second Lieu tenants Junco Soto and Canjo, Dr. Mar tin, Purser Pueyo. Machinist Zarzunla and thirty-six of the crew were drowned. Victor Aroga, another offlcM-. hal a imr broken, but was picked ud bv a boat from the Mortera. Tee total loss of life is now set at an. When a rowboat, In wihJch was Admlrti Delgardo Parejo. was about to start for the shore tha suction occasioned by 4he sinking of the BarcastequI carried1 the boat down and all on board were drown ed. BANK PRESIDENT SUED. To Recover on His Stock in a Defunct Bank. Tacoma, Sept. J9. Tha receiver nf ha anlc of Tacomla today, by direction? of me court, Drought suit against W. B; Allen:- president of-the bank, to 70,000 on- note which' Allen nvA I ha bank in payment of his subscription of 700 shares of the capital stock. IT WAS MANSLAUGHTER. Seattle, Sept. 19. Joseph Carter, a. deck hand, who killed Charley Ling, a Chinese cook on the steamer Idaho on August 15. after being attacked by the Chinaman witn a knife, was convicted in the super ior court today of manslaughter. The Jury was out one hour and fifteen min utes. The verdict has occasioned consid erable surprise, as the coroner's Jury de clared that the deed was done purely in, seii-aetcnise. The trial lasted three days, THE HOP CROP. Seattle, Sept. 19. It is estimated by Ezra. Meeker, a leading grower and Shipper of hops In Woahlngton that the crop will not be more thun half of that or lormer yean and will reach about 10,000 or 12,000 bales wo.it and 8,000 to 10,000 boles east of the Cascades. As a result of low prices growers are only paying 75 vents a box and as lice have devoured a large purt ot t'he crop and p-icKerw worn is Increased in proportion, they are having difficulty- in securing pickers. Some growers who pick riper oops ana nave taken good care of vines are more successful In securing nickers. but they have paid CO cents per 100 pounda ana navo now raised the rate to 60 cents, ODD FELLOWS MEET. Atlantic City, Sept. 19.-At today's ses sion or the sovereign grand lodje I. O. o. Jv. groat surprise was occasioned by tne receiving of the resignation of t-'ov- ereign urand Treasurer Isaac A. Shen ard, of Phtludelphia, due, he wrote, to the Pa'l.ing of his 'hoiU'Lh. It was accepted by a standing vote. 'Richard Muckle, of Philadelphia was nominated for the posi tion and unanimously elected. At the afternoon session an amendment to the constitution providing that no saloon keepers, bar tenders or profes sional gamblers shall bo eligible to mem ber ship In the order, was passed- by a vote of 147 to 32, the requisite number being 135. This amendment has been In troduced at tlie annual session for four or five years pant, but its supporters were never table to pa'.s It until today. HALF-MILE RECORD BROKEN. Napa, Cal., Sept. 19,-Foster today broke the world's haW-mlle bicycle rec ord. He rode It in 50 4-5 seconds. BALL OA'MErf. Brooklyn, Sept, l.-iBraoklyn, 5; Balti more, 14. Boston, Sept. 19. Boston, 12; New Yirrk, 5. 1 Cleveland, Sept. 19. Cleveland. 8: Pitts burg, 3. Philadelphia. Sept. 19.-PhllaletDhla. 8: Washington, 8. CHANGE THE RULE. Atlantic City. Spt. 19.-At the leaalor of the Sovereign Grand Lolgo, I. O. O today a cnanga in ths law In re gard to public Installation was m.idc by pamlng a resolution reading as Xo. kws: "The several grand bodies b and they srs hereby authorized to con. fer on subordinate lodges, encampments Highest of all in Leavening Power. . r I d V . X . V 4 Li, - ji -.wwW-s'-4.i4' L Jw,..i and RebekaTi lodges, the rlffht to Instali their officers in public, provided the ct-r-cmonies be conducted by an ofticer of such grand body, a district doputy grand , master, or grand pa-trlarcsh, provided' they ' use the forn provided by this graiiif lodge." Dalas, TexHS, was chosen a3 the next place of meeting. ATTEMPTS TO ESOAPH. Prisoner Makes a Break for Liberty from a, Train. Roaoburg, Or., Sept. 19.-F. H. Skinner was today brought from Walla Walla by Sheriff Cnthicart and lodged In Jail here. Bkinner was arrjsted on the loth Inst., and is wanted here upon two In dictments for forgery. While en route today on the Roseburg local near Eugene when the train .was running 30 miles an hour through an open field, Skinner attempted to escape from the sheriff by Jumping through tha toilet room window. The train was hur riedly stopped, and Cathleart start-d In pursuit. The sheriff was handicapped by being a heavy weight. In a short Time the sheriff brought a gun into service, and although a long way behind, landed a bulltet between Skinner's feet and, he fell. He got up and ran again before Catlhlcart reached him, but was tela to stop or the sheriff would kill hlrr tho next shot. He gave up and was then handcuffed and brougn back to the waiting train. ATTEMPTED MURDER. A Preacher Attacked Because of His Op position to Thugs. Chicago, Sept. 19. A de3porate attempt was mode tonight to murder th Tt.w. J. F. Clancy, of Lamont, th9 clergyman who, emulutlng Dr. Parkhurst. has head ed the prosecution of the tough element or t'he drainage canal town. As the min ister entered his door yard a man sprang up and fired point blank. The bullet missed Its mark and the assailant pulltd the trigger twice again. The cartridges failed to explode, and droDDlmr his re volver the tlhug escaDcd In the diirknp. Lynching Is talked of. Mayor McCarthy of Lemont was hftl to the grand Jury todav on tho phnrpft of proposing to accept and accepting n bribe. The prosecution under the lead ership of the Rev. Clancv will Drew similar charges against other official or tne town. SILVER1TE3 RESOLVE To Name a President on a Single Plank. Chicago, Sept. 19. The executive com mittee of the national silver convention has formulated a resolution, that fh American Bimetallic League and the Na tional 'Bimetallic- Union be requested to Join this organization in calling a con ference, for the third Tuesday .Jn De cember, 0S35, at tha. city of Chicago, to take action In formulating a plan for holding a national convention to iloml-ina-te candidate for president and vice president of the-United States on a plat form with the sole plank providing for the restoration of sliver to Its constitu tional value In the currency of our coun try without waiting the action of any other nation on earth. COURT-MARTIALED. Madrid, Sept. 19. An official dispatch, from Havana says that a court-martlat has condemned the captain of the Amer ican steamer Mascotte to eight years, and the fireman to ten years at hard la bor for landing cartridges In Cuba for the Insurgents. NARJROW ESCAPE. Attempt to Blow Up a Train In Arizona. Plroenlx, -Ariz., Sept. W.-iLast night ait 10 o'clock an Incoming train had a narrow escape from being blown up and held up, four miles this side of Vulture. Two dynamite bombs were exploded, one lifting a car a few inches. The engineer opened t'he throttle and steamed safely by the second bomb which burst near a passenger car, scattering rO'?k and gravel In every direction. Shevtff Orme with a posse is in Wot pursuit and has a fair chance of capturing the would-bo robbers. AN OLD PIONEER DEAD., Wilbur, Wah Sept. 19.-Jaek Walters, an eccentric and widely known pioneer, died this morning. He came to tho Wall Wo! la volley in 1S59. He was a member of the historic party that discovered he rich diggings at the old Pierce ritv Idaho. He made a small fortune thn but spent it lavishly. In the rich Botse nasin ne made and lost another fortune. He was a packer for the government through the Nes Porco war and m with GonenaH Miles command when Chief Joseph surrendered. "A NOBLE AMERICAN CONCEIT." London, Sept. 19. Discussing the revival of the rumor that Italy may be induced to sell a small territory to the pope, ParU correspondent telegraphs that a project for the Pope's ransom bv t-hn Catholic world Is described as "a noble american conceit ' U no secret in the cabinets of Europe, which have hmn for some time 1n opposition to tha details if the plun. It embodies 1n addition to the estalbllsihment of the papacy in a principality with Its own seaport, certain nav.i.1 privileges and the restoration or 'ronflscatod church property. Necntla- tlons are said to be progressing between the Vatican and tho Qulrmol. BURGLARS AT WORK. Pendleton, Sept. 19. A dltvtch frnm Weston rays that some time Wednesday light burglars fired the entrance tn th 0. R. & N. depot, drilled a holto In ihn ioor of the afe Just below the pit m. jlnatlon, put in an explosive and blvw the door to pieces. The railroad com pany's agent. Wolf, had no money In Ihe safe, but the ISucPlc Express com pany had 111.60. This was taken, imc ratliing else in the safe or office was dis turbed. It is believed that a ganor ot hurtr'-.ra ind robbers Is infesting Eastern Or.i;,m md Washington, as numerous affair. i,K. iv.s have occurred al? oioni- t i,,,.. the railroad. Latest U. S. Gov't Report P'? w i vai til, ' , ( 1