W A SH IN G T O N
1HE NEWS OF THE WEEK
A N e g r o B o y ’s A w f u l
C rim e.
One of the m ost heinous m urders in
the history of L ouisiana w as com m itted
by a negro boy nam ed Jo h n Johnson
in a farm house four m iles south of In
Joe Cotton, his w ife, her
From All Parts of the New dependence
brother and tw o sisters were killed,
the first by a pistol shot and the other
World and the Old.
four w ith an ax. The fiend w ho com
m itted th ii q u in tu p le m urder is a u e g ro
O F IN T E R E S T TO OUR R E A D E R S boy who has been in the employ of
Cotton since A p ril a. He w as allow ed
to sleep in the u m e house. T he m o
tive is a m ystery, as no a tte m p t at
■ ^ p r . h . u . 1 v s R ev iew o f th e Im p o rt-
The only
M l H a p p en in g s o f t h e P e a t W e e k robbery had been made.
m em ber of the fam ily w ho escaped
Called F r o m t h e T e l e g r a p h C o l u i u n r
was little M aud M iller, 14 years old.
A ugustus JauBBuud, a ram m er. l i v She darted from the house and gave
ing n ear T ia Ju an a, Cal , w h i l e d r a w the alarm . She says she saw Johnson
ing a loaded «hot gun from hie wagon, begin the butchery by strik in g her
wax killed.
m other w ith th e ax. The m urderer is
Gold ha« been disc overed in p a v in g still a t large and is being tracked w ith
q n au titiea on the (arm of Bahne Locke, bloodhounds by a mob. He w ill prob
near C'ommanche, la. An assay show s ably be lynched if caught.
• boat $18 aggregate value to th e ton.
O ne K ille d , T h re e In ju re d .
The^depoeit ig from six to tw en ty -liv e
By an explosion of gas a t the P h ila
feet deep.
delphia & R eading Com pany 'a M iddle
M anuel Gregory, colored, was shot Creek colliery, near T rem ont, P a., five
in C hattanooga, T en n ., w hile a tte m p t men were burned. Two of the men
ing to rob a bouse. The bullet, fired died tw o hours late r from th e ir in
a t a distance of tw elve feet, struck juries. Two of the others cannot re
G regory in the head and flattened out cover.
as it if had been m ade of paste. The
F u t u l A c c i d e n t a t Hen.
negro is not seriously injured.
The ship Pythom ene, from Sydney,
Hon. W illiam C ollins W hitney and
w hich has ju st arriv ed a t San F ra n
Mrs: K dith 8. R andolph, w ere m arried
cisco, reports the death a t sea A ugust
a t B ar H arobr, Me. It was an in
13 of H enry B. M oyingham , an 18-
form al affair. There were no brides
year-old apprentice, who fell from the
m aids and no best man. The entrance
foreyard to the deck. H e lived forty-
to the cbnrob was a m ass of roses,
e ig h t hours, and w as buried a t sea.
lan re l hydrangeas and potted plants.
F ish erm en In d ic ted .
D. M. Brow ning, controller of Indian
T rue bills have been retu rn ed by the
affairs, has m ade bis an n u al report to
the secretary of the interior. He says gran d ju ry a t A storia a g ain st four
th a t w ith no outbreak or disturbance fishermen for in c itin g to rio t and as
d a rin g the year, the progress of the In sau lt w ith dangerous weapons, the
dians in general education and c iv iliz a crim es being alleged to have been com
tion has been u n in te rru p ted and sub m itted a t B ooth’s cannery d u rin g the
sta n tia l. The m ain effort now, as for recent strike of th e fishermen.
m any years, m ust be to p u t the In
A Young B ear H unter.
dian upon his allotm ent, teach him to
Louis H a rtw ig , a 18-year-old boy
support him self, protect him from e n liv in g a t A storia, killed an old bear
croachm ent and injustice, and educate and a oub in the o u tsk irts of th a t city,
his ch ild ren in books and industries.
a fte r an exciting battle w ith the
T he steam er U m a tilla , from 8an m other bear, in w hich the d a rin g
F rancisco to P uget sound, struck on young nim rod n a rrow ly escaped being
the rocks off P o in t W ilson prom on killed.
to ry , in Discovery bay, near P ort
A T h o u sa n d A n n e iiia u s K ille d .
T ow nsend. A ll of the passengers were
It appears th a t a thousand A rm e
landed safely by m eans of sm all boats.
T he starboard bow of the steam ship nians have been killed in a recent
m assacre a t E gin, in the Kharpoot, re
w as stove in badly and the steam er is
leaking seriously, but rests above the gion. It is reported th a t a hundred
w a ter supported on the rocks. The A rm enians have been killed a t D ivrig,
cause of the disaster is a ttrib u te d to in the same villayet.
th e fogs so prevalent in N orthern w a
O il T a n k s B u r n e d .
ters a t th is season.
Ten large tan k s of oil belonging to
T he C uban ju n ta has received an the W aters-Pieroe O il Com pany, of
offer from an E nglish syndicate of a E ast St. Louis, w ere destroyed by fire.
loan of «11,000,000 for «110,000,000 M any thousand barrels of oil were
payable in tw enty years. President T. burned, causing a loss of «40,000.
E strad a P alm a and the other members
A H o r r ib le C rim e.
of the ju n ta held a conference as soon
Joseph Bash, of C leveland, <A, for
as the offer w as received. T he presi
dent was asked w hat action w as taken some unknow n reason, conceived the
and stated: “ We have taken no de ghastly idea of k illin g his w hole fa m
cided action as y e t," he said. “ We ily, and, securing a crow bar, repaired
have received a num ber of sim ilar to the room w here bis w ife and two
offers from bankers, who see th a t we daughters were sleeping. W ith one
are alm ost oertain to w in, and we blow he crushed the skull of bis w ife
have them a ll under advisem ent. We and then turned to the cradle of his
child.
The 19-year-old
w ill probably aooept the best term s, the youngest
offer of the E nglish syndicate seems to d au g h ter in a nother bed aw oke and
oall for a very large in terest, but the sprang to a rre st the fiend's arm , but
fact th a t they m ay never get it back the blow fell across the in fa n t’s face.
asu st be considered. D uring the last A desperate fight betw een fa th e r and
The
g i r l ’s
yaar of the Mexican w ar for independ- d a ughter took plaoe.
enoe Mexican bonds sold for «2. SO on scream s brought assistance and the
m an fled. The w om an is a t the point
the hundred. ’’
In a collision between an eipreas and of death, but the in fa n t may live.
an excursion tra in on the G re at E ast
A D e stru c tiv e B laze.
ern ra ilro ad , Dear London, seventeen
The Missouri m ilita ry aoademy, s itu
banons were seriously injured.
ated about a m ile south of Mexioo,
A terrific gale has sw ept the coast Mo., burned to the ground, oausing a
of the U nited Kingdom . T he storm loss of «76,000 on the b uilding and a
played havoc w ith the trees in London heavy loss in personal effects.
The
parka, and caused g re at dam age among insurance is «87,000.
H undreds of
ooast and fishing craft. The loss of students were in the b uild in g w hen the
life is reported slight.
fire broke out, but no lives w ere lost.
T he Clyde line passenger steam er M any jiad narrow escapes and received
F red erick DeBarry, New York to Ja c k injuries. The fire is thought to have
sonville, was wrecked a t K ittyhaw k, been of incendiary origin.
N. C. The crew of seventeen men
S w ift V e n g e a n c e .
were taken off by a life-saving boat.
There w ere no passengers or cargo
Jam es H aw kins, a negro, outraged
aboard.
a 6-year-old w hite child in G retna, La.
In a pitched battle betw een a squad W hen the oflloers attem pted to capture
of policem en and a gang of hoodlums, him they fired into a crowd of negroes,
a t P h ilad elp h ia, P a., Miohael Pizza k illin g A lexander and A rth u r Green.
w as shot and killed and five others, H aw kins was later lodged in jail. A
three of whom were officers, w ere se ri mob broke through and took him out,
ously injured. The scene of the affray hanged him and threw the body into
was a dingy three-story brick house in the river.
the h e art of the Italian district.
R a te A gain A d v a n c e d .
C harles Pfeifer, liviDg a t B right-
T he governora of the Hank of E ng
wood, In d ., out his w ife's th ro at and land have again advanced the m in i
hanged
him self.
Both are dead. m um rate of discount one-half per cent
P fe ifer was an operator on the Big to 8 per cent. T h is is an advance of 1
Four.
The oouple were m arried a per oent in less th an a m onth. Good
year ago and lived happily. It is be a u th o ritie s say th a t th is w ill but tem
lieved th a t Pfeifer was tem porarily in p orarily check the large gold w ith
sane.
draw als for shipm ent to the U nited
T he boiler of a ninety-ton ten-w heel States.
looom otive on the Big F o u r road burst
E x p l o s i v e « In C h u r c h .
a t Pekin, 111, h u rlin g the engine more
T hree bottles of n itric aoid, tw o bot
th a n 100 feet, p a rtly dem olishing a
facto ry , k illin g the fireman and break tles of sulphuric acid, fourteen pounds
ing nearly a ll the glass w ith in a q u a r of glycerine, tw o vessels for the m a n u
ter of a m ile of the scene. Pieces of factu re of explosives, some p rin tin g
the engine w ere pioked up 1,000 feet type and some th rea te n in g letters were
away and one of the big drive wheels found in an A rm enian church in C on
stantinople.
was h urled 400 feet from the track.
The tu rn p ik e rioters are out again
in L aw renceburg, K y., and have de
stroyed tw enty of the tw enty-four toll
gates ill A nderson oounty. The oounty
last fall voted to m ake the pikes free.
Proceedings for appraisem ent con
dem nation and purchasing have l<een
made, but th e people did not w a it for
relief in th a t w ay. U nder the law s of
K entucky the county w ill have to m ake
good the loss and dam age by the mob.
T he dredge E n terprise is now at
Cascade locks engaged in olearing the
sand from the upper entrance.
The
inner w all on the south side has been
ooaaplefed. and th e concrete foundation
for the no rth w all is done.
Several
courses of m aaonry rem ain to be laid
upon this la tte r w all. It ie the gen
eral feeling th a t the locks a re n earing
eum pletion. and any fu rth e r delay
w ould be an unw elcom e surprise. W ith
•b e com pletion of th is work, The
D alles expects to make rapid growth
and attract capital from abroad. *
A S c h o o n e r I.out.
The South sea m issionary schooner
of the Josephites. E vauella, foundered
a t sea. and the m issionaries and orew
took to boats and w ere saved.
P re p arin g to C a lib ra te .
N ew foundland ia organizing to cele
b rate the fourth oentennary of C abot's
discovery of the island, w hich oocnrs
next year.
W areh o u se
COUNTY
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE III BURKE
One Person Cremated and
Several Badly Burned.
TH E D E S TR U C TIO N OF A H O TE L
Escape
From
Cut
oil'
ised
T heir
the- U pper
ISefnre
th e
P e rilo u s
Rooms
In m ates
W as
R eal
P o sitio n .
B urke, Idaho, Sept. 80. — Burke was
visited by a disastrous tire th is m orn
ing, w hich for a tim e threatened the
destruction of the town
Besides d e
stroying over «10,090 w orth of prop
erty, it resulted in the death of one
m an and the narrow escape of seven
others, a ll of whom w ere m ore or less
burned.
W hen the cook a t the T iger hotel
left the kitchen for a m om ent, a pan of
grease on the range ignited, scattering
flames a ll over the kitchen.
Alm ost
like a flash the fire spread throughout
the low er floor. Before the sleeping
inm ates of the hotel eould be alarm ed,
the flames had com m unicated w ith the
upper floors, c u ttin g off escape from
the stairw ay, except to a few who were
caBily aroused.
A scene of intense excitem ent fol
lowed. Men ran from one room to a n
other in th eir terror, seeking some
m eans of escape from the flames, w hich
were rap id ly rushing upon them . B ut
few had tim e to clothe them selves,
aside from th eir n ig h t w raps. In five
m in u te s’ tim e the first and Becond
floors w ere all ablaze, and the frenzied
guests w ere com pelled to seek the top
floor of the b uildihg, but not before a
num ber were badly burned.
The hotel is b u ilt upon the side of
the canyon, the ground in the rear be
ing only ten feet from the w indow s of
the th ird floor. T he fire w as alm ost
w ith in reach of them whon some one
bethought him self of th is fact. W in
dows w ere dashed out and the im
prisoned and im periled inm ates suc
ceeded in escaping by jum p in g to the
ground.
W illiam O’M ara, a m iner, was over
come by heat and smoke before he
could escape frem his room, and per
ished before aid could reach him.
L ater his body w as found, w ith the
head burned off. Those w ho had their
escape cut off and got out from the
rear were: A uuie Johnson, domestic;
Joe Coburn and B. L. Searles, carpen
ters; M artin M cHale and P atrick Mo-
H ale, blacksm iths; T. Sm ith and Abel
D anielson.
Coburn and Searles are
seriously injured. The form er is badly
burned abont the head and body; the
latter, besides being burned, had three
ribs broken in jum ping from the build
ing. O thers are m ore or less burned
and injured, but not seriously.
A ll
the in ju re d were taken to the hospital
a t W allaoe.
In tw enty m inutes the hotel and all
its contents were reduced to ashes,
n o thing being saved.
From the hotel the tire com m unicated
to a warehouse and shed adjoining,
w hich w ere consumed.
B ut for the iron roofing on the con
centrator, it also w ould have burned.
The flume oaught from a spark, and
but for the prom pt work of citizens in
g e ttin g w ater on it, tbe e n tire town
would now be in ashes.
The T iger hotel was a three-story
b uilding containing forty rooms, and
was the property of the T iger M ercan
tile Company. It was put up a t a cost
of about «6,000. The furuishiugs cost
«5,000. Insurance to the am ount of
«5,500 was carried on the property.
A
G UER R ILLA
A in eilcau
OUTRAGE.
P la n te r B ru ta lly A ssau lted
b y ttpaiiisli S o ld ie r s .
S antiago de Cuba, Sept. 80.—Vice-
Consul H y a tt has entered a protest in
the case of Peter P.iveria, an A m erican
p lan te r m altreated by Spanish g u e rril
las on his coffee estate, a t La Esper-
anza. near St. Louis.
D uring his pro
test to the Spanish officer in comm and
of the g u errillas against the destruc
tion of his fence and property by the
la tte r’s foroes R iveria w as abused and
led out to be sum m arily shot. Tbe
tim ely intervention of a Spanish scout,
who pleaded w ith the officer and
vouched for R iv eria 's n e u tra lity , alone
saved him. Even theu the g u errillas
were so enraged th a t in defiance of the
officer's orders, they b ru tally beat Ri-
veria w ith th e ir m achetes, and before
leaving his plan tatio n tore down the
A m erican flag w aving over his re si
dence, w arning him not to display it
again.
A ll A m ericans, the g u errillas said,
were eith er Mambis or rebel spies, and
if not opnely aiding the revolution
were doing so secretly, consequently
they ought a ll to be shot wherever
found by Spanish troops.
•
R iveria was born in New Orleans.
He is of French extraction, and came
to Cuba some years ago to assum e con
trol of his property, left him by his
g ran d fath er who died in M artinique
He is h ighly respected by the higher
financial elem ent and is nowise suspect
ed of sym pathy w ith the revolution.
The Spanish colonel in com m and of
St. Louis, apologised to R iveria for
the outrage done him , and expressed
his personal regret at the insubordina
tion of the u nruly g u errillas in the
field.
C rllap aed .
In Genesaee, Idaho, the w arehouse
owned by Frank Bros, and operated by
H. A. T hatcher, collapsed w h ile the
men were a t work unloading team s,
com pletely dem olishing the building.
One of the team s w as oaught in the
collapse. There were six men in the
b uilding, but a ll w ere gotten out u n
h u rt. The loss w ill be several th o u
sand dollars.
A storia F ish erm en
F ined.
A storia, O r., Sept. 30.— In the c ir
c u it court today, Jo h n Jovich, Daniel
H ennnla, L. Franetovich and Paul
H olla, indicted for rio tin g du rin g the
reoent fishing troubles, pleaded guilty
to a charge of assault and battery, and
were fined «50 each. In the rase of
John Castro, arrested some weeks ago
on suspicion c f being concerned In the
P ortland. Or., street im provem ent m urder of C hris V ejins, the grand jury
today reported not a tru e bill, and Cas
w a rra n ts are being sought after.
tro was released.
HATCHET
FORCED
M urderer
TO
H IS
DEATH.
D row ns H im self
B e i hk L y n c h e d .
to
Kscspe
Cleveland, O .. Sept. 80.—.Tust before
dark last uig h t Edw ard W ald, a ship
carpenter, narrow ly escaped lynching
a t the hands of an infuriated mob of
W est Side citizens.
W ald came home under tlie influence
of liquor, quarreled w ith his wife and
Anally struck her. T heir 14-year-old
sou, E dw ard, seized his fa th e r’« arm
and entreated him to be quiet, where
upon the brute became enraged and
threw the boy down the stairw ay lead
ing to the street, a distance of twenty
feet. The little fellow rolled out of
the open doorway into the street, w rith
ing in convulsions and frothing at the
m onth. Dr. T urner was summoned to
attend the boy, and a crowd quickly
collected to revenge the brutal outrage.
The Rev. John McHale, a Catholic
priest, hastened to the scene and ad
m inistered the last rites to the dying
boy.
M eanw hile the crowd increased to a
mob, w hich was goaded into fury by
the sight of the Velpless child strug
gling in convulsions on the pavement
u n til the clam or lo r revenge swelled
into an om inous roar.
Forty men
forced th e ir way into the house to drag
out the inhum an fath er and others
were dispatched for a rope. W ald had
locked him self in a bedroom.
The
door was broken open and the brute
dragged into the street, lighting des
perately. The polica arrived before the
rope appeared. The mob gave battle
to the police determ ined not to allow
W ald to escape them.
D uring the scrim m age the prisoner
broke loose from those who were hold
ing him and ran aw ay down an alley
tow ard the river. The mob was close
a t his heels, and w hen the fugutive
reached the river he plunged into the
cold, m uddy w ater of the Cuayhoga
and was drow ned. The boy w ill die,
and the w ife ’s in ju ries m ay also prove
fatal.
TO
A
DEPORT
Spanish
NEGROES.
S ch em e to P re v en t
T ro u b le.
F uture
H avana, Sept.
30.—The Spanish
press of H avana is engaged in a heated
edito rial discussion of the proposition
to expel from tbe island all Cuban ne
groes, as soon as the trium ph of the
Spanish in the present struggle shall
be assured.and w ill follow np this step
by encouraging w hite im m igration
from the poorer provinces of the island.
The negroes would be allowed to vol
u n tarily em bark for ports of the United
States and C entral and South America,
b u t fa ilin g to so leave after reasonable
notice, w ould then be forcibly tran s
ported in governm ent ships to the coast
of A frica. W ith th eir departure from
Cuba, it is alleged, the future peace of
the island w onld be assured.
E l Commercio, a conservative Span
ish organ, defends the black man and
m ain tain s his rig h t to rem ain here un
m olested w hile certain liberal papers
give tacit appioval to the p ro p o sitio n
for his expulsion. Negro labor w ill
be indispensable, the Commercio de
clares, in the a g ric u ltu ra l construction
of the island a fte r the w ar shall be fin
ished, and the blam e for tbe present
revolt, it says, cannot be laid exclu
sively a t the black m an 's door, those
really responsible being his Cuban and
alien leaders, w hites and m ulattoes.
TEA R IN G
B u tte Now
DOWN
A
o f A iuiixe-
B utte, M ont., Sept. 30.—M aguire's
opera-house, erected a t a cost of «50,-
000 and opened to the public only
seven years ago, is ton ig h t a mass of
m in s, as a result of a disagreem ent
am ong the stockholders, and the city,
w ith a populaiton of 45,000, is w ithout
a plaoe of am usem ent. Jam es A. M ur
ray has been decreed by the supreme
court to lie the owner of the building.
T here were num erous judgm ents for
m echanics' liens, and the G rand Opera
House Company was given the ground
under a m ortgage. The company re
fused to buy the house at any price,
and also refused to sell the ground,
and this m orning M urray pnt a big
force of men to work to tea r down the
handsom e bnilding, and ton ig h t little
bnt the w alls rem ains.
V ery
Jho World's Pacin'? Rocord
Keduced to 2:UÜ 1-2
DONE
The
AT
F astest
u e s s —H e
K irtm g
PORTLAND,
M ile
Kver
F lu l-h ed
W in d
M ade
W ith
B low ing
M A IN E
in
Ilar-
a
Very
in H is F a c e .
Portland, Me , Sept. 38.—John K.
Geutry today at Rigby Park paced the
fastest mile ever made in harness, and
placed the w orld's record a t 2 :00' a .
The day was cold, and a light n o rth
westerly wind was blowing up the
stretch, when Geutry, w ith Andrews
behind him, came out to go agaiust his
record of 3:01 ‘a , made on September 8,
this year, at Glens Falls, N. Y.
The famous paoer scored once or
twice w ith the runner who was to pace
him, and then went up the stretch on
w hat was to be the fastest m ile ever
done by a horse in harness.
The ru n
ner was at the pacer's throat-latch as
they made the first turn on the stretch.
Gentry went steadily and w ith appar
ent t^ise, tbe ruuuer having bard work
to keep bis position.
The judges caught tbe quarter m ile
at 39 !.| seconds, and the second quarter
was made in 0 : 3 0 making tue half
mile in 0 :5 9 'a. The runner, by the
use of the wuip, was keeping up at
G entry’s wheel, but was m aking hard
work of it.
The third quarter was
made iu 30 3-8 secouds, iuakm g three-
quaters iu 1:80jq.
As they turned into the homestretch
and oaught the wind in the teeth, the
orowd began to yell wildly, and. both
drivers began to encourage their bosres.
W ith the shouting of the crowd, which
was now cheering like mad, the pacer
spurted for the wire, and, considering
that be had the wind iu his face, made
the most remarkable quarter of the
heat in 0:S0>4. the m ile in 2 : 0 0 ' a , just
one second less than the record.
W IPED
OUT
BY
IN S U R G E N TS .
News o f O ne B a ttle T h a t W e y le r C ould
Not Sup p reiit.
Key West, Fla., Sept. 28.—Advices
from Havana last uight per «reamer
Mascott state that late on M nd .y a f
ternoon eighty-seven Spanish troops
started for Calabazara, eight m iles
from Havana. Oil Tuesday m orning
five of the eighty-seven returned to
Havana and reported th at their com
panions had been killed by insurgents
shortly before reaching Calabazara.
The Spaniards said they were su r
rounded by about 200 insurgents, who
poured in one volley and then charged
w ith machetes. The five who returned
were badly wounded and were left foi
dead by the Cabans.
On hearing the story a Spanish regi
ment was sent to the scene, and the
bodies of the eighty-two Spaniards
were found in a heap. The wounds
made by the machetes were frightful,
several of the Spaniards having been
beheaded. The captain was killed in
this manner. Captain-General Wey
ler has issued orders to newspapers not
to publish a word about the tragedy.
This m orning five prisoners were
executed, two garroted and three shot.
Two thousand people, mostly Spanish
T H E A T E R . officers and their wives witnessed the
executions.
W ith o u t . P ie ce
■uent.
W A S H IN G TO N
lOWEREDBy JOHN RT GENTRY
STATE
FA IR .
A ucce««fitl I t * g i n n i n g M a d e ^Y es
t e r d a y in N o r th Y a k i m a
N orth Y akim a, Sept.
30. — Tbe
W ashington state fa ir opened today
w ith a greater attendance th an ever
before for the first day. The pavillion
exhibits, w hile very creditable, are not-
all in place yet, and there is a busy
scene in th a t departm ent. The excur
sions from the Sound and other points
w ill not arrive u n til W ednesday, bnt
the advices indicate th a t they w ill be
larg er than ever.
T o S urvey K la m a th R eserv o tlo n .
W ashington, Sept. 80.— The presi
dent appointed W illiam H. Callm an,
of Rich H ill, Mo., and Ivan D. Apple-
gate, of K lam ath Falla, O r., com m is
sioners to investigate and determ ine as
to the correct location of the boundary
lines of the K lam ath Indian reserva-
iton in Oregon, and such other duties
as are provided in the Indian act of
lu n e 10, 1896.
A m e ric a n M onry B o y co tted .
Toronto, Sept. 30.—F ollow ing the
exam ple by M cGill university of Mon
trea l. the T oronto university a u th o ri
ties decided to not accept Am erican
m oney a t par from the students across
the border in paym ent of th e ir dues.
An A rtist C rem ated .
L I ’« MaftAHgB t o A m e r i c a n s .
W ashington, Sept. 28.—Acting Sec
retary Kook hill
has received from
United States Commercial Agent P eter
son, at Vancouver, B. O., the following
dispatch, under date of September 4:
" A t an interview given the consuls
of this oity on board tbe steamship Em
press of China, just previous to her de
parture for Hong Kong today, his ex
cellency, Li Hung Chang, the viceroy,
requested me to become the bearer of
the follow ing message to my govern
ment:
" ‘I was greatly impressed by the
oourtesy and kindness extended to me
by the government of your oountry,
which I regard as a model government
of W estern oivilization. I shall ever
retain most pleasant memories of my
visit to the United States, and I desire
you to make my greetings to your coun
try most cordial, as I w ill take leave of
A m erica.' ”
T he W om an W a . D runk.
W alla W alla, Sept. 28.—This morn
ing a few miles east of W allula, an old
woman jumped through a window of
the tourist car of the O. R. & N. and
received injuries which resulted in her
death s few hours after. When she
boarded tbe train a t Portland last
night, she was very drunk, and during
the night had an attack of tremens.
She wandered from one car to another,
dietnrbing other passengers. F inally
she quieted down, and, shortly after
the train left W allula. the porter dis
covered th at she was missing. The
train was run back several miles, but
no trace of the woman was found.
When the train reached W alla W alla,
the railroad officials were notified, and
a special train waa sent back. They
found her lying near the track a t Sum
m it, suffering from injuries She was
picked up, but died a few m inute,
later. The name given on her ticket
was Mrs. Annie Tobin.
A ll
R ecords
B roken.
London. Sept. 3 3 .-A U of the Eng-
Ilih papers this m orning have long pa-
triotio articles and editorials, the occa-
sion being th a t today yneen V ictoria's
reign becomes tbe longest in English
history. A num ber of poems inc.dent
to the occasion are published by Sir
Edwin Arnold and others.
W EEKLY
Loaning.
MARKET
Hopkins 4
Trade,
L
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Portland, O r., Sept. 3 0 —Th
situ atio n is gradually h a rd en in g
there is a steady increase ia coai’
along the line. Operators who0*
not inclined to take the burin.
three w eeks ago, when prioe. *7 ‘
comber w ere around 58c, have ?
the past w eek become convinced”?
the m arket lias in triu n o value undh
bought a t Bio and above. Sinoe *
first of Septem ber prices have adv
nearly 10 cents. It has been at
ow ing to the situation being the str-
est in years, iu fact, the position
the w h eat m ark et as to the demand J
supply has not been as strong m
T here is everything favorable
h igher prices.
Liverpool led the market last »a
and since the first of the month pm
there have advanced faster than w
T raders have w aited for years fot i
foreigners to take the initiative on ;
buying side, and, as they have a«*,
ed about a ll the cash lots offered u
also bought fu tu res both in Chici
and a t the seaboard, the bull fee|,
n a tu ra lly increased, and prices hs
advanced about 5 'ac, and at Liver?
a trifle more. Foreigners have light
supplies th an for years, and within tj
past three weeks have largely repf
ished them . T here is also a sharp j
m and for a ll the cash offerings at Ch
cago, m illers and elevator men bnyn
A bout a ll the hard winter has t.
sold, and K ansas City parties, «
have sold a g re at deal in the past, i
now offering none, and hold the whs!
a t a price th a t prevents Chicago M
era from g e ttin g it.
A t Galvei
there is abont 1,000,000 bushels, ami{
ing shipm ent, b u t as steamers si
scarce there is a delay in the
A ll the ocean-room at the Allan:!
ports has been engaged up to about tj
flrst of the year, and ratea to Live]
advanced 4 ' 4d from New York.
We are exporting a t the rate of i
8,500,000 bushels w heat and flour pi
week w hich according to the most ct
ful estim ates of supplies will take «
our surplus before the end of tbe pi;
eut cereal year.
From J a n u a ry 1 to September 1
they aggregate 100,000,000 bnibei
and exceed last y ear for the same
11,000,000 bushels. W e a rs sbippih
to E urope m ore thun any other
try and w ill continue in tbe lead i
m onths so th a t gold w ill come this i
from E urope freely.
The Ameiie
visible supply of w heat shows ftk
crease of 940,000 bushels from last,»«
now to ta lin g 48,715,000 bushels."
A
MURDEROUS
BRIDEGROOfc
Turned a W edding Feast Into « Shot
lo g
I ’a rty .
Man Farncisoo, Sept. 80.—Vested:
afternoon F ra n k C arnivalli and Fib
menu (Jam pologni were
manitd
Shortly a fte rw a rd
the bridegroc-
tired into the w edding party, serioi
w ounding one of the guests and setii
ing the others in a ll directions.
The w edding p arty had adjourn,
from the church to the house o(
newly m arried couple to join in
wedding feast.
The health of
bride was toasted, then that of tbt
groom. T he w ine onp passed freely
and the m eiry jest. Things were |
ing along fam ously when George ZiiL
did som etibog w hich displeased Cai
valli. He also said something inu
ed to be funny, b u t Carbivalli failed»
see the joke and from the pistol pocks
of his w edding g arb produced s big:
volver. L eveling i t a t Zitka, be palk.
the trig g er tw ice.
The doors w ere not big enough
give e x it to the affrighted gnert,m
hastily as they chose to leave,
bride and her fem ale friends fainted
A policem an arriv e d a t this junotui*
and arrested C a rn iv a lli for assault wiii
inten t to com m it m urder, while Zitks
was taken to the receiving bospitsl
where it w as found th a t be had been
h it by both b allets, one having entered
his rig h t side, the other shattering bn
rig h t w rist.
A T e r r i b le C rim e.
Newport, A rk ., Sept. 30.—The dead
body of a g irl was found in tbe nvn
near Jacksonport tw o weeks ago, w4
her identity u n til today was s mystery
Today, it w as learned she came ft®*
Forom sa, V an B uren oounty, snd tint
ju st before election day had nineteen
men arrested for assault. When tbe
case came up, her testimony was *>
horrible th a t officers doubted her stzte-
m ent, and discharged the prisoner»
Since th e finding of the body,
has been secured w hich reveals tn*
tru th of her statem en t, and show tbst
she waa outraged and afterward mur
dered by some of the men whose sneer j
she had caused.
Tom
W a t s o n T h re a te n e d .
N ashville, Sept. 30.—An A m «*»!
special from A tla n ta says: “ Tom W* •
son has given out an anonymose le j
ter, p u rporting to oome front C*
fornia. In p a rt the letter reads:
“ 'If you had a particle of m*1*™
about you. you w ould have reew*** I
long ago, w hen yon saw that JO*
not w anted. One hundred of us bs*
sworn to p u t you off the tioket, iff™
do not go off of yo n r own aocord benVj
October 15. A w ord to the wie*
sufficient.'
"General opinion is th a t the letter
a practical jo k e .” ________
M e x ic o T I B I t e d b y a » t o n » .
C ity of Mexioo, Sept. SO.—Tb*
coast of Mexico has been visited °J
trem endous storm , w hich caused gr*|
dam age and consternation. The »
of A ltata . p ort of tb e state of *1D°
is innndated, and the capital city,
ican, has suffered severely- *
other town* have been flooded.
London. Sept. 30. — Fred Arnold, an
Soil brought up from a depth of 326
a rtia t of Black and W hite, waa burned
to death last n ig h t It is supposed bis feet in a vault in one of tbe Belgian
A wood p a lp m ill in ( hrisO*^ I
bedclothing caught fire w hile be was mines is said to have grown weeds un Norw ay, has been m aking ro o fln « ^ j
known to tbe botenists.
sm oking.
out of wood pulp, chem ically
j
They are lig h t, stro n g and cheap-