Washington County hatchet., October 07, 1897, Image 2

W A S H IN G T O N
CURREIT EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE T IC K S FROM TH E W IRES
A m I n t e r e s t ! n g C o lle c t io n o f I t e m s F r o m
tile
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and
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In
a
C o n d e n s e d a n d C o m p r e h e n s iv e F o r m
The lum bering town of A ustin, P a.,
waa nearly w iped off the m ap by fire.
O nly fire dw ellings rem ain.
F ully
600 persons are homeless.
The H otel Lafayette, a t M innetonka,
M m n .,th e largest sum m er resort in the
W ent, was totally destroyed by fire.
I t was owned by th e G reat N orthern
railw ay.
F or th e m onth of September, the a t­
tendance a t th e N ashville exposition
waa 168,724,' and the total attendance
since th e opening up October 1 am ount­
ed to 1,196.086.
T he em peror of C hina has forbidden
a ll aorta of banquets and junketing be­
cause an eclipse will occur on Jan u ary
3M, 1898. An eclipse of the sun is said
try the Chinese to be proof of the
w ra th of heaven at the lack of virtue
in a ruler.
A $2 ,000,000 power p lan t is to be
established near B utte, Mont. W hile
th e p la n t w ill furnsh electricity for
B u tte and power for general purposes,
i t is being b u ilt chiefly to supply power
to several large copper m ines, which
ax* located near Butte.
F iv e hundred thousand acres of fins
land along th e Big Piney, Lebarge,
F o n tan elle creeks and Green river,
w hich have recently been surveyed
w ill be throw n open to settlem ent
u nder the U nited States land laws after
Kovem her 1, when plats of the land
w ill be filed in th e local land office.
T he lands com prise eight tow nships, all
in U intah county, Wyoming.
A vessel carrying supplies of m edi­
cine, clothing, arm s and am m unition
for th e Cuban arm y lias left Montreal
fo r Cuba. The scheme was not au th o r­
ised by the C nban ju n ta in New York,
Irat w as undertaken on behalf of two
gentlem en, one a Canadian, w ho de­
cided on running an expedition to the
coaat of Cuba, and, if suocessfnl, iden­
tify in g them selves w ith th e cause.
£ N eal Dow, th e great tem perance adj
vocate, died a t his home in Portland,
li e . It was through liis’efforts th a t in
1884 an am endm ent to th e constitution
of M aine was adopted by a popular vote
of nearly three to one, in which it was
declared th a t th e m anufacture, sale and
keeping for sale of intoxicating bever­
ages was forever forbidden, and com­
m anding th e legislature to enact suit
a b le laws for th e enforcem ent of the
prohibitio n.
T he topic of th e day in P aris has been
th e refusal of M. Lozo, French ambasa-
d o r a t Vienna', to accept the appoint­
m e n t tendered him as governor A lgeria,
on th e ground th a t he does not desire
to leave his aged parents. H e declares
th a t he w ill rem ain in V ienna, but the
M arquis d ’Reversal! has already been
appointed to replace him , and the oab-
in e t haa decided th a t th is appointm ent
m oat stand. M. Loao, therefore, will
have to make an ignominious retreat.
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T u r n in g
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A Resume of Events in the
Northwest.
kilied o u trig h t, one so badly ¡HI
that he died soon after the **1
another severely injured, ami ’
sliglilty h u rt, is th e result of &,
on the Denver A Rio Grande, at i
EVI DENCE O F STEA D Y G RO W TH paxi, seven m iles west of Pnebl#l
o’clock th is m orning, caused ,.'v|
breaking of a journal on one 0f |
coaches. The train , the firm
H e w . C inlhered I d A ll t h e T o w n , o f
narrow-gauge, from over Marshall
Our
> e l Kl i l > o r i n g
S ta te .- I « * > p r ® v«-
was slowing down to take the
m , n t N o t e d In A l l I n d u s t r i e . O r e g o n
W hil® r«nning at 10,
T he city counoil of Spokane has fixed Colopaxi'
an hour, a journal on the rear tri
th e tax levy for th a t city a t 1 3 mills. of the first day coach broke. fU
The shingle m ill a t M achias was de- p ^ 0hed over on its side ami ,|
stroyed by tire; also 1,500,000 shingles. w ilh lt a |j the cars behind, an!
A 350-pound bear was killed a few
m iles above D udley, in W alla W alla
county.
A band of 4,000 sheep was recently
purchased at N o rth Y akim a for ship­
m ent to Chicago.
W m . O rr, of W alla W alla, was alm ost
in s ta n tly killed by th e breaking of an
electric light pole.
T h ere is a regular stam pede of gold-
seekers to the new discoveries in the
v ic in ity of Mt. B aker.
T h e B ank of G arfield, having gone
in to voluntary 1 qu id atio n , w ill close
its doors Jan u a ry 1, 1898.
A boy nam ed W illiam H u tto n , w ho
accidentally shot liis arm off recently,
died in Bucoda of h eart failure.
A new public library has been opened
a t W alla W alla. The directors p u r­
chased $400 worth of new hooks.
Since Ja n u a ry 1, 274 articles of incor­
p o ration, representing a total capital
stock of $256,691,600, have been filed
in Seattle.
F a rm e rs’ in s titu te s have recently
been held a t d ifferen t points in W estern
W ashington, conducted by officials of
th e sta te agricu ltu ral college.
It is reported th a t the whole board
of county com m issioners of C ow litz
county w ill resign th e ir positions in
Ja n u a ry . All have th e K londike fever,
and w ill s ta rt for th a t section in Feb­
ruary.
T he T ulalups are cam ped along the
Snohom ish riv er in large num bers,
p u rsu in g tiie silver salm on. O ne m orn­
ing recently they sold 1,400 a t 0 cents
each, to th e local fish-dealers in Sno­
hom ish.
T he U nited States fish comm ission
h as placed 8,000 m ountain tro u t fry in
C lear lake, near G oshen. Some 50,000
w ill be placed in th e w'aters of W estern
W ash in g to n .
T h u rsto n county, by a late school
census, has an enum eration of 2,173
c h ild ren of school age, a decrease of
127 from th e total of last year. The
decrease is in th e country d istricts, and
O lym pia shows an increase of 33.
A crazy man w hose nam e could not
be learned created considerable excite­
m en t in Tekoa by divesting him self of
ait h is clo th in g and tak in g a run do-cr.
M ain street. A fter th e man had been
captured by citizens and persuaded to
don h is clothing, he was allowed to
leave tow n.
T h ere is a great scarcity of th resh in g
m achines in th e v ic in ity of Tekoa, and
farm ers are offering bonuses besides
th e regular price in order to g et th re sh ­
ers. O ne fan n er offered a cash bonus
of $50 besides th e regular rates, to get
a th re sh e r to thresh h is grain, and
could not get it.
g e n e ra l re v o lt of th e tow ns, o w in g to
th e c ru e ltie s of Colonel S eralde, who to n s n e t reg ister, 275 feet long, 39.6
heam , 23.9 feet hold,
Columbus, O., Oct. 6.—A special w as recen tly prom oted and m a d e g o v e r- ¡
’ re­
from Piqua to th e Dispatch sayB: A n o r of th e c e n te r of L uzon. I t is
N e w Y u k o n lt a llr o a d s .
P anhandle passenger train was wrecked ported th a t w hen th e m u n icip al officers
N e w Y ork, O ct. 4 .— A d isp atch from
of
th
e
to
w
n
s
w
e
n
t
to
offer
th
e
ir
hom
age
two and a half m iles east of th is city
M o n treal says:
A p p licatio n w ill lie
th is m orning. The train was coming h e o rdered h is tro o p s to shoot them m ad e to th e D om inion p a rlia m e n t next
down grade a t th e rate cf 40 m iles an dow n, and none escaped. T he d eleg a­ session for a b ill to in co rp o rate a com ­
hour, and in crossing th e frog of a tio n s in th e re a r fled and joined th e ] p a n y fo r th e purpose of co n stru c tin g
sw itch Ht Jordan left the track. F or reb els.
an d o p eratin g a railw ay from a point
I t is rep o rted th a t th e province of
570 feet the engine bumped over the
n e a r th e head of C h ilk o o t in le t, on the
ties and then w ent into the ditch. The C am arin ea h as risen on account of th e L y n n can al, to tlie rap id s on th e Yukon
ex
ecu
tio
n
s
of
p
ro
m
in
e
n
t
citiz
e
n
s.
tender w ent in th e opposite direction
riv e r, follow ing as closely as p ra c tic ­
C olonel D enby, m in is te r for tlie
w hile th e baggage car was throw n
ab le D a lto n ’s tr a il, w ith pow er to con­
acrossthe track. Two day coaches were U n ite d S ta te s to C h in a, w ho has been stru c t and operute b ranch lines, bridges,
crushed together, fiii Carroll, th e en ­ serio u sly ill, is slow ly recovering.
w h arv es, teleg rap h and telep h o n e lines,
T h e em p ero r of C h in a has forbidden
gineer, was hurled 60 feet and fell on
steam b o ats and o th e r c ra lt on th e lakes
a
ll
so
rts
of
b
a
n
q
u
e
ts
and
ju
n
k
e
tin
g
be­
a portion of his cab. F irem an John
and tr ib u ta rie s of th e Y ukon river.
Baird was pitched 75 feet over into a cau se an eolipse w ill occur on J a n u a ry T h e pro m o ters a re a sy n d ic a te of
field. The engineer sustained a te r­ 22, 1898. A n eclip se of th e su n is w e a lth y men.
rib le scalp wound, rem aining uncon­ said by th e C h in ese to be a proof of th e
L a te s t reports received a t O tta w a of
scious for some tim e. T he fireman w ra th of h eaven a t th e lack of v irtu e in th e progress of th e C row ’s N est pass
was h u rt in tern ally . C. 8. MoCowan, a ru le r.
ra ilw a y co n stru ctio n a re to th e effect
O w ing to th e recen t adv an ce in th e
the baggage-master, was bruised by be­
th a t w ork on th e first 100 m iles is very
p
rice
of
g
ra
in
a
t
S
h
a
n
g
h
a
i,
th
e
Yorodzu
ing pinned in by th e trucks.
fa r advanced, and th a t th ere is no
c o rresp o n d en t
re p o rts th e C hinese
q u e stio n but th e com pany w ill be able
A T r a i n l o a d o f G o ld .
a u th o ritie s h av e p ro h ib ited all ex p o rt
to re alize its purpose of co m p letin g th is
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 6.— A of any cereals ab ro ad .
section before th e close of th e present
T he O range-Judd Farm er, in its novel scheme for handling th e gold
A N ichi N iohi c o rresp o n d en t says
flnal estim ate of the year’s crop, says o u tp u t of the C ripple Creek m ines w ill th a t Mr. S peyer is try in g to fu rth e r th e season.
th a t figures, based on aotual threshing be p ut into use by th e operators of th a t spread of R om an C ath o licism in C orea,
S ix P e o p l e K i l l e d .
U nder a recent opinion by the a tto r­
re tu rn s, indicate a total yield of 689,- d istrict. The plan is to set aside the and to cause th e ex p ulsion from th e
W illo w S p rin g s, M o., Oct. 6 .— A ney-general tiie ap p o rtio n m en t on all
000,000 bushels of w heat, of which o u tp u t /o r one m onth, take the bullion c o u n try of A m erican P ro te s ta n t m is- ] p ra irie schooner co n ta in in g seven per­ uncollected school taxes m ust be applied
878.000,000 bushels in w inter, and therefrom and sh ip it to th e U nited s binaries.
sons w as run dow n in Dead M a n ’s cu t u n d er th e new law, passed by tiie last
815,470,000 bushels in spring wheat. States m int in P h ilad elp h ia in a sin ­
T h e rice crops in T oyam a p refectu re today by a tra in on th e K ansas C itv, legislature.
U nder th is ru lin g , the
T h e report says the corn crop is exceed­ gle consignm ent. A special train will have been so m uch dam aged by th e in ­ F o r t S co tt & M em phis road. Six p er­ larger cities w ill receive from 35 to 40
ingly disappointing, and an outside es­ be secured for th e purpose of tran sp o rt­ sect p e st as to be o n e-h alf below tb e sons w e re in s ta n tly k illed an d sev­ per cen t m ore ont of tiie school fund
tim a te
is
1,760,000,000
bushels. ing it, the bullion w ill be placed in average.
e n th fa ta lly in ju re d .
Those k illed th a n th ey have been getting.
D rought d u rin g th e past two m onths charge of some express oorapany which
I t is rep o rted th a t 5,000 C h in ese w ere: P h ilip L. W ooten, P h ilip W oot­
reduced th e average condition from can guarantee its safety, and ull neces­ have sta rte d a rio t a t 8w atow \ C h in a , en, j r . , A m anda W ooten, D ora W ooten,
O regon.
88.8 a m onth ago to 78.9 on October 1. sary precautions w ill be taken to pre­ opposing th e fo u n d in g of a C h ris tia n Mrs. F ra n c e s M albrey and in fa n t c h ild
A 48-pound salm on was landed by a
A n average oats yield of 28.7 bushels vent accident w hile the consignm ent c h u rc h th e re . B rav es to tiie n u m b e r 4 m o n th s old. P h ilip W o o ten 's w ife is M arshfield trailer.
p e r acre suggests a crop of 814,000.000 ia in tran sit.
of 1,000 have been d isp atch ed from so b a d ly h u rt th a t she c a n n o t live.
A Y am h ill county man picked 339
buahela, 100,000,000 more than last
A» the present o u tput of C ripple C anton to pacify m a tte rs.
T he tr a in w as stopped and th e rem ain s pounds of hops in one day.
year.
Creek is aliout $1,000,000 per m onth,
M ount K irish im a ia reported to he of th e dead and in ju re d w ere b ro u g h t
O ver 900 acres of flax w ere c u ltiv a t­
T h ree persons were killed on th e Bal­ th is will be one of th e largest ship­ sending forth roaring sounds, b u t up to here. C onductor lla ila w a y says the ed in L ynn county th is year.
m
ents
of
gold
bullion
th
a
t
ever
crossed
th
e
present
no
real
e
ru
p
tio
n
haa
oc­
proper sig n als for crossings w ere given,
tim o re A Ohio railroad tracks near
S eu ferts’ cannery, a t The D alles, is
curred.
b u t w ere n o t h eard . T h e persons k illed
O bester, P a., by a passenger train the oontinenL
Ja p an w ill en ter th e in te rn a tio n a l live in T exas co u n ty , M o., and w ere on p u ttin g up 1,000 cases of salm on a day.
crash in g into a wagon.
r i g h t W it h C a t t l* T h la v e s .
copyright alliance.
Soutw hest Oregon R eporter is th e
th e ir w ay to A rk an sas to pick co tto n .
T h e Daily Mail laughs a t th e report
B aker C ity, O r., Oct. 6.— Sheriff
nam e of a new paper a t Langlois, C urry
I t ia stated th a t th e g o v ern m en t has
of th e Canadian ex|>edition in H udson’s K ilburn and posse had a hot fight last
SegMAta'ii U ltim atum .
county.
determ ined to rescin d its recen tly m ade
bay hoisting th e B irtish flag over night a t 9 o ’clock w ith two cattle regulations for the p ay m en t of a bo u n ty
L o ndon, Oct. 6 .— A special d isp a tc h
A n O regon grizzly bear w eighing
B affin’s Land, to get ahead of the thieves on Lower Powder river. Forty
from M adrid, p u b lish ed h ere th is a fte r­ 800 pounds w as killed on G ate creek,
to n ative exporters of silk.
A m ericans, and declares th a t th e te rri­ shots were exchanged. Fred H ull was
noon,
gives
th
e
su
b
sta
n
c
e
of
an
in
te
r
­
Sufferers irom d y se n tery th ro u g h o u t
to ry haa long been a B ritish lussessicD. ■hot through the arm , but escaped to Japan num bered 50,121 up to S e p te m ­ view betw een a new spajier corresp o n d ­ in L ane county.
A young m an nam ed Jam es N eal, a
th
is
oity.
Earl
W
heeler
was
not
cap­
T h e first of the sealing fleet to re­
ber 14. In T okio 32 per c e n t of th e e n t and an un-nam ed m em b er of the
shot and
new S p an ish cab in e t. The la tte r is sheepherder, accidentally
tu rn to V ictoria was th e Casco. tured. H ull called a doctor to his cases have proved fa ta l.
k illed h im self near Long Creek.
lodging-house
and
waa
oaught
there
to­
quoted
as
saying
th
a
t
Senor
S
ag
asta
Hhe brought 1,064 skins, taken off the
Colonel John F. G owey, th e new
A peach w eighing one and a h a lf
Japanese coast and (kipper islands. She day.
U nited States oonsul-general, h as re ­ w ill c a rry o u t th e C uban reform s pro­
T he thieves had 80 cattle,w hich they ceived his exequatur and assum ed office. posed by M artin ez d e C am pos 10 y ears ponnds, and m easuring 13 \ inches in
reports th a t th e Calotta, w ith 1,400
skins, and th e Director, w ith 1,000 were driivng to Idaho across Snake riv ­
T he governm ent h as in clu d ed th e e x ­ ago, b u t w ould not co n sen t to a c u s­ circum ference, is a D ouglass county
er, expecting to exohange them and pense of new le g atio n s to U, opened a t tom s u n io n betw een th e U n ited S tates production.
skins, are olose behind her.
bring back strange o attle to th e butoh-
and C u b a, and if th e form er w as not
N otices have been posted on th e caD-
F ir e men m et a horrible death from er. T he gang ia suspected of having Brussels, M adrid and C o n sta n tin o p le
satisfied, S p ain w as prepared to fight, nery a t M arshfield notifying fisherm en
in th e next y ear’s budget.
black dam p, the after-accuiuulation of operated for a long tim e.
Mr. F u ller, d ire c to r of th e sea p ro ­ as th e Spanisii n avy is regarded equal th a t th e prices of salm on had been re­
a fire in the Jerm y n mine near Rend- ,
ducts
bureau, an d P rofessor M idsukeri in s tre n g th to th e n avy of th e U n ite d duced to 25 and 10 cents.
Fatal
Prairie
Fire.
ham . Pa. T he bodies were discovered
S tates.
Persons from will be ordered to W ashington sh o rtly
T he com pleted assessm ent roll of
by a gang of men who went down into I M iller, 8. D., Oct.
S $»l$ A r e P l e n t i f u l .
C latsop county for 1897 show a to tal
th e m ine w ith supplies for com bating 20 m iles north state th a t as a result of to represent th e g o v ern m en t in th e fish­
V ic to ria . B. C ., O ct.
6 .— C a p ta in v alu atio n of $3.098,740, as against $4
th e fire. Noobdy knew of th e ir deaths tha big prairie fire, one man haa died ery conference.
The Chinese colonial d e p a rtm e n t Cox, of th e sealing schooner T riu m p h , 012,505 last year.
* ’
u n til thedieoovery of the lifeless bodies. and others may die. Seven or eig h t
were badly burned, one fam ily named has been abolished by im p erial o rd in ­ w h ich h as re tu rn e d from B eh rin g sea
T he Oregon Telegraph A Telephone
D uring th e past m onth nearly $5,-
w ith 1,159 skins, says sk in s a re p le n ti­ C om pany is surveying a route fo ra tele­
Preaton all being in a dangerous condi­ ance.
000,000 w orth of grain has left the P a­
A
census
shows
there
are
10,855
fo
r­
fu l in th e sea; th ere is as m any th e re phone line from Monroe to some point
tion.
H undreds of tons of hay and
cific porta for Europe. Beside« this, 38
grain were destroyed. The fire was eign reeidents in th e tre a ty ports of th is season as th ere ever were. B u t for
lum ber venues have sailed for foriegn
China.
T
here
was
also
an
increase
of
som e cau se or o th e r th e y a re very re s t­ s
caused by men m aking a fire break.
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porta w ith cargoes valued a t over $200,
63 business houses.
less.
In th e T riu m p h ’s catch w ere
Pour PUhermea Drowned.
000. Aa th e m onth of A ugust nearly
A co n tract has been aw arded to build
SL Louis, Oct. 6. — Mrs. L ena R ipley fo u r or five skins from w hich th e h a ir a levee across Lost riv er slough, in
equaled Septem ber, th e export of grain
New York, O c t 6 .—F our ponnd
h
ad
been
b
u
rn
ed
off
th
e
back.
T
hey
and flour alone for th e two m onths fishermen of North Long Branch, N .J ., Water*, a bride of th ree months, com­
K lam ath county, for $2,490. The e n ­
were n o t b ran d ed , b n t th e re is an iron
into the ten-m illion were drowned today w hile about th e ir m itted suicide today by hanging h e r­ m ark from w hich th e fu r w as burned, croachm ents of the w aters of Tnle lake
self a t th e home of her sister.
have m ade the construction of th is
work, about 100 yards off shore.
seem ingly by e le c tric ity .
levee necessary.
Evans estim stee th a t
F u u n g v r T r a in W r a c k e d .
L a b o r R io ts la P o la n d .
flt. Petersburg, Oct. 5.— A serious
labor d ispute is in progress at Dam-
browa, Poland.
Forty-five hundred
iron-w orkers have gone on a strik e and
have stoned th e soldiers sent to quell
th e disturbance. D uring the disorder
last evening th e soldiers fire.) on the
striker*, k illin g th ree and serioualy
Oct. « .» S a m u e l P. J. Ma­ wounding four,____________
l i 76 to 18881 died a t *Ms h ^ I i ^ l n ^
a t anemia. H e had bee»
a v ~ r.
I*e e d o f
u. i
**» A Klo Grande.
P ueblo, C olo., Oct. 5.— One
Slil|>
New York, Oct. 6.— A dispatch to
A sto ria, O c t 6.— S h o rtly a fter 4
th e Herald from G uatem ala says:
Thousands of Houses Demol­ j o ’clock th is afternoon, ju s t as she was
The governm ent is still m obilizing
m p letin g one of th e fa ste st tran s-
ished, Many People Killed. ! c P o acific
its forces at Tolonioapan, and is prepar­
sailin g trip s on record, th e big
ing to m ake an m tack on th e rebels,
] four-m asted G erm an sh ip P e ru crashed
who have taken a position on the
in to th e little co astin g schooner O rion,
heights of Coxon, near Tolonicapan. T H E W AR IN T H E P H I L I P P I N E S I c u ttin g h er in tw o, an d sending h er to
It is belioved tiiat there will be a big
th e bottom im m eid atelv .
b attle there which will m ark the tu rn ­
W hen th e little vessel was stru c k by
G e n e r a l R e v o l t In P a t n p a n g a P r o v i n c e ,
ing point of th e war.
! th e big steel ship, th e c a p ta in was
The rebels, safely placed in the hills,
O w i n g t o t h e K * r e s s l v o C r u e l t y o f j th ro w n across th e deck, b ad ly bruised,
opened fire on the city at an early hour
t h e N p a n le h G o v e r n o r .
j an d every o ne of h is fo u r m en were
on the m orning of September 29. The
|
T acom a, O ct. 6 .— T h e ste a m sh ip knocked about and m ore or less seri-
fire proved ineffective, ow ing to the
V
ic
to ria , w ih cb a rriv e d h e re today, j o usly in ju re d . T hey succeeded in grasp­
great distance. The governm ent forces
b
rin
g s new s of a sev ere sto rm th a t p re ­ ing ro|)es of th e G erm an b ark , and
did not retu rn th e fire.
v
a
ile
d over J a p a n Iasi m o n th , and a t clim b ed aboard, and th u s m ade th e ir
D ictator Barrios has issued a decree
escape. C a p ta in N elson was loath to
granting am nesty to rebels who w ill sea ta k in g th e form of a typhoon. T he sav w iio lie th o u g h t w as to blam e for
p
rin
c
ip
a
l
dam
age,
so
far
as
noted
in
lay down th e ir arm s inside of ten days.
th e collision.
H e avers th a t his
A dispatch to th e H erald from Rio la te pap ers, w as a t T okio, w h e re 376 schooner w as on h er course for Shoal-
de Janeiro says: The F rench m inister h ouses w ere to ta lly d em o lish ed , 7,728 w a te r bay. T h e w e a th e r was perfectly
has dem anded an im m ediate settlem en t ■ p a rtly dam aged and 14,043 houses s u b ­ c le a r and th e sea sm ooth
T h e acci­
In S h id y n o k a, th e re w ere
of the A m apa question and an explana­ m erged.
d e n t occurred n o rth of th e lig h tsh ip ,
1,060
houses
d
em
o
lish
ed
,
an
d
4,000
tion of B razil’a delay in th e m atter. It
som e 12 or 16 m iles off th e m outh of
ia asserted th a t the F rench m inister ren d ered p ra c tic a lly w o rth less. In th is th e riv er.
d
is
tric
t,
38
persons
w
ere
k
illed
and
43
has received practically an u ltim atu m
T h e tu g R e lie f w as to w in g th e G er­
from his governm ent for presentation in ju re d . In th e G ifn province, bridges m an bark, and th e c a p ta in declined to
w
ere
w
ashed
aw
ay,
th
e
rice
crop
in
­
to Brazil, b ut has not th u s far present­
m a k e a sta te m e n t. T h e c a p ta in of the
ed it because of his belief th a t the ju re d and o th e r d am ag e done. In th e schooner laid liis case before th e B rit­
S
a
ita
m
a
p
refe
c
tu
re
,
an
e
m
b
a
n
k
m
e
n
t
question would be speedily settled.
ish vice-consul h ere to n ig h t, and the
F rance is now, however, to occupy the b ro k e and 15 v illa g e s w ere flooded. m a tte r w ill be th o ro u g h ly inevstigated.
Y
e
jiri
is
p
ra
c
tic
a
lly
in
ru
in
s
.
In
K
oishi-
disputed territo ry .
i T h e shipw recked crew are now a t a
The French cruiser Debordie has ar- . kaw . a,
. 1,600
. , P . houses w ere subm erged, h o te l in A sto ria, w ith o u t a c en t of
rived here to look out for F rench in- ? nd ,. n U shigom e 185 collapsed. H ard- m oney or clothes o th e r th a n w h a t was
ly a house in th e concession escaped
terestP.
on th e ir backs a t th e tim e of th e colli­
A dispatch from Lim a says th e com­ d am ag e . T h e P re s b y te ria n m ission and sio n .
B
a
p
tis
t
schools
suffered
th
e
w
orst.
A
t
m ittee of deputies which was recently
T h e O rion was en route from San
appointed to agree upon a plan to set­ T oyam a, 170 houses w ere flooded. The F ra n c isc o for W illap p a h a rb o r in b al­
te
le
g
ra
p
h
w
ires
w
ere
p
ro
strated
and,
tle the affairs of th e Peruvian Corpora­
la s t, and a t th e tim e of th e accident
tion have not been able to reach an u p to th e sa ilin g of th e V icto ria, it had was on th e starb o ard tack , steerin g by
been
im
p
o
ssib
le
to
learn
th
e
e
x
te
n
t
of
agreem ent. He varai members of the
th e w ind. W hile th e reticen ce of the
com m ittee advocate a plan to authorize th e dam age in th e o u tly in g d is tric ts .
m en in charg e of th e vessel m akes it
L
a
te
M
an
ila
advices
by
ste
a
m
e
r
V
ic­
th e governm ent by special act of con­
d ifficu lt to get a t th e ex act cause of the
gress to negotiate with th e corpora­ to r ia re p o rt fig h tin g s till going on in d is a ste r, it is a p p a re n t from w h at little
tio n ’s creditors on a basis decided upon th e P h ilip p in e s. A p a rty of lib erato rs in fo rm a tio n th e y v o lu n teer th a t there
by congress. O ther members w ant the a tta c k e d a c o n v e n t a t P aom bong, w hich was a m iscalcu latio n as to th e speed of
com m ittee to have full au th o rity to w as guarded by a d e ta c h m e n t of S p an ­ th e vessels, w h ic h prevented th e ir h av ­
m ake any term s w ith the creditors and is h , an d , a fte r a h o t fight, c ap tu red th e ing sea room u n til it w as too late to
th e corporation, and have au th o rity to place, leaving 20 S p a n iard s dead on th e avoid a collision.
alter tb s term s of th e cancellation of field.
T h e P eru being a heavy steel ship
A t San R afael a p a rty of reb els, u n ­
th e foreign debt, which d eb t th e cor­
could not be m uch dam aged by th e e n ­
d
e
r
G
en
eral
N
a
tiv
id
a
d
,
m
e
t
a
reg
im
en
t
poration assumed.
c o u n te r w ith th e sm a lle r wooden ves­
A dispatch from V alparaiso says it is of S p an ish , an d a d e sp erate b a ttle e n ­ sel, b n t sh e cam e o u t of th e collision
su
ed
w
hich
lasted
several
hours,
u
n
til
stated there th a t a powerful syndicate
w ith h e r jibboon and bow sprit cap
of G erm an bankers has offered to the th e ro y a lists w ere obliged to flee, m issing. T h e P eril was on h er way to
th
ro
w
in
g
aw
ay
th
e
ir
arm
s
to
save
th
e
ir
Chilean governm ent a loan of $1,000,-
P o rtla n d .
T h e O rion was a sm all
000,000 in gold a t 2 per cent and 3 per lives. T h e S p an ish loss was 400 dead th re e -m a ste d schooner, of 117 tons reg­
a
n
d
w
ounded.
cent am ortization for the com pletion of
In th e P a m p a n g a province th e re is a is te r.
publio works and railways.
T h e P ern is a steel sh ip of 2,093
M o n e y f e r W o y lo r .
JOURNAiJ
( e i i a e d • S e r i o u s A c c i d e n t „„
W ar
pensions for the fiscal
H avana, Oct. 0.— T he steam er R eins
i $147,600.000. The
C rista, w hich arrived today, brought to
i $141,263,880. The
C aptain-G eneral W eyler, $2,000.000. it
» nsions waa in
Is asserted, to be applied in m ilita ry ex ­
penses. Tomorrow, 100 Spanish sold­
ier« sick or otherw ise incapacitated,
w ill retu rn to Spain.
BROKEN
• Poo).
Denver, O ct 6.— A bout 10 o ’clock
last n ig h t Tbontas H. Burch shot and
in stan tly killed Thom as M artin. T he
shooting occurred on a ranch owned by
Bureb, ab o u t four m iles north of here.
Buroh waa w atohing for thieves who
had been stealing apple* from his o r­
chard, and th in k in g M artin waa one of
them , he fired a t him w ith a double-
T he latent things in locks is on*
berreled shotgun. Burch is a prom in­
w ith th e keyhole in th a oenter of th a
en t m an and ia well to do. H e gave
him self up.
A L ane county fru it grow er has can - 1
ned seven carloads of pie fruit a t h i.
farm , placing it in from one to live-gal
T,C,n^ r rin.0ip" lly th * '" rm e r
red
, Sitin'
¡cowl11
coach, tw o sleepers and the compJ
froi
paycar. T h re e to u ris t oars, the '
gage-car and th e engine, all alien] [Al**1
iBritis
the first coach, rem ain ed on the tn
fireiRl1
1
T he cars w ere all crowded wi
cursionists bound to the Festival! tioqu"
away
Mountain and P lain at Denver. Tl
Jill, etc
was little excitem ent and not
w reckage, as th e train was rund {and its
ito Da'
very slowly.
Mrs. M cIn ty re w as in a lower L
in th e forw ard sleeper, and was fo]
after th e w reck ly in g uead on
ground n ear h e r b e rth window,
was badly crushed.
Mr. S eyler was sta n d in g on the i
form betw een th e tw o coaches w|
the w reck occurred. H e was
crushed. H e was conscious and did
ed several te le g ra m s to relatives.
Of th e in ju re d , M rs. Robinson al|
is seriously h u rt, a n d her death
feared. She is a t th e railroad hosp
at Salida.
The list of th o se h u rt is corapl
from h er case to those who recell
only a scratch.
Im m ed iately a fte r th e accidental
lief tra in was s e n t o u t from Sal/
and all w ere p ro m p tly given attentil
Railroad officials have been overwhel
ed w ith in q u irie s a ll day, and hi
freely given all th e inform ation at tij
disposal. W recking crew s were
from P ueblo, an d th e track was el|
a t 5 a. m.
N e w R a i l r o a d L in e .
Biggs, O r., O ct. 5 .— The Columl
Southern Kail way C om pany ran its
train over th e road to n ig h t, connect!
w ith tra in N o. 4 on tiie O. R. &|
A t precisely 8 p. m ., Engineer SpJ
pulled tiie th r o ttle , an d engine Nc
moved o u t of B iggs u p a heavy gruj
T he ru n was m ade to Wasco in
hour.
D. C. O ’R eilly, th e general mans;
stated tiia t a t least th re e m onths’ bu
ness aw aited sh ip m e n t. Two htindj
thousand sacks of w h e a t are store!
th e W asco te rm in u s, and the fart
of Sherm an co u n ty w ill haul the hi
of th e ir g rain to W asco and ship it|
th e C olum bia S o u th ern .
It
proposed to ex ten d this rna>l
P rin e v ille , and ev e n tu a lly buiId
through to S o u th ern O regon. This
reclaim from tiie w ilderness a vasta|
of co u n try , an d releg ate to the
the stage eoacli w hich has lieretof|
been tiie only m eans of transport««
E. E. L y tle is p re sid e n t, D. 0. O’ReiJ
is general m an ag er, an d Miss May
rig h t is secretary of th e Columl
S outhern. T h ey have th eir own p|
senger-car and en g in e equipment,
in terchange w ith th e O. R. & N., usi|
th e cars of t h a t com pany for freif
tra n sp o rtatio n .
fi#
tort
[Dyea, ¡
1 stock
hough
|ii made
*j’« P1
L lo pro'
¡Klondi
stdiffi
[which
I, over 1
Cone
ibeini
> work
i tram w
Tin
¡libe re
Si, byv
jto ham
[t( 20,00
ork at i
übers o
ping eta
i trip
i has bet
out
jws. W i
j time v<
I» take
i than
esame t
trainw
1er to tl
lines on
[irom Sit
¡off a
ent t
ition, he
*t diffi
I of ah
libali he
fl. Wt
Dyea
r to our
ough t
our i
i tts tin
it difficili
mean,
ed bv
i this rc
I lor any
there to
i than I
[Michaels,
etime sa
[‘From Poi
Pass tl
; via h
. It ta
the tr
[over 15 ri
i the ink
her imp
fact t
Ikoot and
[months t
[the Yukoi
[»tally r
The h
S trychnine In th e Coffee.
Schnyler, N e b ., Oot. 5.—A phvj
cian sum m oned h a s tily to the home
F ra n k D avis, n in e m ijys northwest
here th is m o rn in g , found four of t|
seven Davis c h ild re n and the mntl
| dead, a fifth c h ild in a d y in g conditil
and a six th v ictim ill. Strychnine h|
been put in th e coffee, apparently
tiie m other, b u t for w h at cause is
[fear mon
known.
Mr. D avis an d h is eldest son 1< Ikoot wi
hom e before b re a k fa st.
When tl [jew arou
We
m eal was p rep ared , th e rest sat dowj
and early in its course, tiie mothj [made bef
ne of th
m ade such a rem ark as: “ Eat age
1 in the t
breakfast, and w e’ll all go together^
* of buil. 1 i
O ne of th e sons, frightened at the
is usu
m ark, did n o t p a rta k e of th e meal.
i?b it wai
5 to the
B u r n e d t o D ea th .
Springfield, Mass., O c t 5.— Aspecij hibitive t<
Tbi» co
to th e U nion from E a st Longmearit
says th a t M rs. G eorge Brownlee si khrnish ho
h e r tw o sons, Thom as, aged 21, « ■will tran
d-dow
Jam es, aged 19, w ere burned to de»!
1 oatfi
in th e ir hom e e a rly th is morning, »>
• heretofi
th e house d estroyed. T he family hi
: except
all escaped. Mrs. B row nlee, losii
h er head, rushed back in to the houi
th in k in g h e r sons had not come ou|
T hom as rushed a fte r h e r to save ht
and Jam es a fte r T hom as. The moth!
and eld er son w ere overcome, wbil
Jam es got ont, b u t was burned so
verely th a t h e died th is afternooi
Mr. B row nlee him self was bstll
burned on th e hands and face.
T h e P i s t o l D is c h a r g e d .
V isalia, C al., O o t 5.—Those "h
find diversion in playfully pointing]
risto l at a friend from alleged sense j
hum or had ano th er objeet lesson bet]
h alf-b ro
“ th “ ^
Clarence Crow, aged 20. Crow
loaded his pistol only a few mint«
earlier, and had laughingly pointed th
weapon at h is brother. The pistol w*
u n in ten tio n ally discharged, the bull»]
entering near th e left eye, killing
hoy instantly.
A W e l l K n o w « ■ ’r a n t i e r * " '* “ -
D enver, Oct, 5 .—A special to th
News from Cheyenne say*:
Packer F. p . D elaney, one of the best]
T he body of tbe tram p who was killed
by a tra in « H uron, was buried by the known and m ost respected frontiersvnej
coroner. It was not Identified. A ll in tb e West, died a t th e F o 't Bn**]
th a t was found on the body was a p i. ! hospital today. Mr. Delaney had b
nnable to leave h is bed for
edjjpoon and four or five ¿ u nda 0? £
months past.
'• Tl'e coroner describes
the young man as
y cara
a* being about 29 ------
The increase in th e production^
old,
iD he.ght, (fold has been very rapid during
,__ . five feet
. . eeren
«even inches in
h arin g dark brown hair, blue
P tot twelve years an d ia proc*edtn|
to never having been shared *yes and
a greater ra te th a n aver.
r