SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
MORO OBSERX
T h e O bserver, 12 m o n t h s .......................| i 50 cash
T h e O bserver. ti XBOii'tis...................... . 75 ts» h
T he O bserver, 3 » o u th s .
*• cash
t
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\
Y u rt T ribune w ill l>e in clu d ed K n tE (or th e
tim e pel.! lor The Ob»e-ver alone.
The «>b»er*. r, O rcgouiati am i T rib u n e ,
12 m o u th s. I ‘.50 cash.
•A .O erti-n e rates given on ap p licatio n .
D. C . IR E L A N D & S O N S
VOL. VIII.
P U B L IS H E R S.
J
W. H. MOORK
B. H O S F O R D
Moro - - -
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H A . MOORK
MIOORE BROS.
itto rn e j-a t-L a i and N o tar,Public.
Fradice« in all the courts of this state
C A R D S.
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..B A N K E R S ..
Transact a General
Banking Business
MORO
OREGON
E p ito m e
ot
th e
T e le g r p ir e
N e w s o f t h e W o r ld .
Letters of credit issued
available on Eastern states
PERSE TICKS EliOM ITIE U IR F s
C o llectio n s m ade at all p o in ts on favorable
term » S ight ex ch an g e am t teleg rap h ic tm n*-
fers »o.d ou Mew York. <"bti ago, M. Lout» Sun
F rancisco, P o rtla n d , The Dalles and various
p o iu ts iu Oregon and W ashington.
I n l i . l r r e a l i n g C a l l e d Io n o f l i n n » I *'«•«»
O rrron .
C . BU RK ES
t h e r » » H n a l - p l i e t e » I r*»enl«-«l
ill a C i'lld r li» e ,l I
« H ill.
M o m en t-L a w . Notirj Public, Real E s ta te ------------------------
. i d Mtaelln Q u i
T h e D a | )e s N a tio n a l
Storm s in \ \ c»t \ irg m ia have exi
B a n k , sted great havoc and railw ay traffic
has Lieeu suspended.
The m em bers of a cam ping party
O f D a l l e s C it y , O r e g o n .
Abstracts and Plats furnished
near O akland, C al., w ere forced to
to order . . . .
clim b trees, w hile a mudeued bull de
President........................ Z. F. MÛOPY
stroyed th eir camp.
tfe C o v B u i l d i n g , M a i n S t ., M o m , O r e g o n Cashier........................... M. A*. MOODN
K. L. H arrison, who was form erly
trav elin g au d ito r for !he N rth eru
0 R . 1. M. SM ITH
General Banking Business
P a d ho railro ad , com m itted suicide in
Transacted
Tacoma, by shooting him»« If in the
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
m outh, the bullet from his revolver
Sight exchange sold on New York, p en etratin g to the brain and k illin g
him alm*wt instantly.
San Francisco, Portland. Or.
Collections made on favorable term s
A freight tra in on the V andalia r a il
O ffice O ver D rug S tore .
at all accessible points.
road ran through a bridge near C raw
fordsville, lu d ., k illin g C onductor
McKenzie 'and F irem an Jo h n B erb er
and seriously in ju rin g Roadm a»ter J.
M oro, O reg o n ’
CRASS VALLEY, ORECON.
8. B rothers and E n g in eer Bowman.
The w reck was caused by w ashouts.
0 R . A . A . W TTH A M
------- DKAlKR IX -------
Rev. Geo. P. Knapp, who was a r
rested in B itlis, E astern T u rk ey , on the
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
ch aig e of conspiring ag ain st the T u rk
ish governm ent, and who was once lib
M.iirrracTCRKR or
erated. b u t refused to leave th e country
GRASS VALLEY
OREGON
before his innocence was establi<hed,
HARNESS. BRIDLES, HOBBLES, ETC.
has again been arrested and w ill be
tried on a charge of in c itin g n o t.
Special A ttention Given
E. L. Moody, a logger, m ade a c w-
O ff ic e : T e l e p h o n e S h e r m a n
to O rders.....................
ard ly attem p t to rnurd«r M rs H J.
B unn in a hotel kept by the w m a n s
TNRS. J. EDGINGTONanJ
.
husband at E lm a, V ash.
M • ly
OLIVE HARTLEY
stabbed hts victim in th e w rist an 1 in
th e rig h t breast w ith a knife, and then
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
fled, leaving Mrs. B unn se n usly if n t
fa ta lly wounded.
Moody is still at
W asco . . .
O re g o a .
large.
In G r u . V a lle y , O r » fo o ,
A H avana dispatch says th e p< lice
have captured a collection of m.ij»s of
Office at Wasco Hotel. Special alten- p p
ih tn v
th e island, h ig h ly col* red, sh< w ing th e
tio > qiven diseases of women and child- tl. L^. .’L i i l a . l v ...........
supposed in su rg en t headtjuat tors in
ren,
P ra. tira i m echanic, capable of d o h e
C ubitas, th e rebel flag aud p ictu rin g
» ! of
» or k a n 4 a
I
p airin g ha» ea«ab. »h,-d »» a t o r e a 1 re
various chiefs of th e insurrection The
»pecrtully «oli ta a »hare of th e pul-Pe
K V S I5K 4S C A K D 9.
patronage. Lu a,l catea »«'. »[at ii.-n m aps bear the im p rin t of a Barcelona
guaranteed.
firm.
The H avana statv ner. I b n F rr-
n an d e i, in wh<se possession they were
found, w as arrested.
Warren D. Marshall
...Whips <S Saddlery...
L>
CARPENTERING
WAGON REPAIR SHOP
DALLESAND MORO
p
Sta^re and Express Line
DOUGLAS ALLEN
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Proprietor £ |
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T lv
west , l u y e r .
I t L
Koro. Oregon
L a r g e s t a n d M o st C o m m o d io u s
H o u s e in M o ro .
W e l l K e p t , G o o d M e a la . G o o d lie d » .
Leave Moro Hotel at $ a. m. Monday. •
W ednesday acd Friday.
1 W ants of custom ers carefoîlv at ten led
Leave U m atilla House. The Dalle«, a t to. Patronage ot th e public is respect
8 a. m. T uesday/Thursday and Saturday. fully solicited by th e m anagem ent.
Fare for the ronud trip. *£.50: one way
*1.50. F reight, 40 cents a 100, email '
packages. 15 and 25 cents. Orders for
freight or express packages prom ptly .
and carefully attended to a t reasonable
rate«. Apply to C. II. W illiam s, Moro.
The tw o d arin g nav ig ato rs w ho left
New York Ju n e 28, in a sailboat but
eighteen feet long, to cross th e A tla n
tic, are all rig h t.
They w ere sight 1
on Ju ly Ilf in la titu d e 53. longitude
31.55, by th e A m erican lin er In d ian a
and asked to be rep-, rted.
T hey a p
peared to be in the beat of sp irits an 1
required no assistance w hatever from
the In d ian a, alth ugh provisions and
w ater w ere offered th im .
It is rum red th a t th e T urkish gov
ern m en t contem plates an issue of p jp e r
money.
In V ictor. Colo.,fifty pounds of g ian t
pow der exploded, causing * ',v i> w < th
of dam age.
M any people were cut by
glass, but none killed.
Fourth and Federal Sts.
THE DALLES, OR.
In S edalia. Mo., M art C raw f r l . a
section forem an on the Mis- a n P a
cific, w as hanged by a furious mob f r
Ward, Kerns & Robertson the attem pted rape of a 16-ye.ir-old girl.
The socialist ooegreas, whi-'h m et in
Proprietor»
London, proved to be a n* isy g a th e r
ing. Scenes of violence were enacted
Out of town team s and baggies care and a free fight was narrow ly averted.
fully and properly attended to. Special
The com ing year it is said w ines w ill
atten tio n given to feed.
come h igh, ow ing to th e failu re of C a l
ifo rn ia 's grape crop.
L ittle w ine w .ll
be exported from th e gulden state this
CITY t STABLES'
• J. V. O ’ LEARY
Slock Inspector of Sherman Go.
ltu tle d g e . O re g o n
IL C. W allis , Deputy, Rufus, Or.
E. O lds , Deputy, Grass Valley, Or.
H d b t S chadiwitz , Deputy, Kent, Or.
Rupert
Gabel
Manufacturers of and
Dealers in
Horseshoeing
Blacksmithing.,
Repairing.
Harness, Saddles, Bridles
CBiLlHS, HITS ik IISOI WtC.
All my
Work Speaks
For Itself
REPAIRING
GRAIT ARHSWORTHY.
PROMPTLY DONE.
Opposite Moody’s Warehouse,
lo r o , S h er m a n C o u n ty , O reg o n
THE DALLES
. . .
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OREGON
The Leading Dealer in Sherman County
In First-class “ Up-to-Date” ...................
SADDLES, HARNESS! SUPPLIES
01 Ever Kind Io l j Line of Goods.
.WASCO, OREGON.
H ave now on hand a large stock of H arness and Saddles, Collars, Bridles,
W hips, Holies, Brushes, C urry Combe, Ac., Ac. Any person in need of an y th in g
in my iine will eave money by giving me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
SLADE&COOLEY HOTEL
C harles Slade—SLADE & COOLEY, PROPRIETORS-J. O. Cooley.
The Leading Hotel of Grant.
Located within 100 feet of the depot. New building, new furniture, and
everything first-class. Commodious rooms, well and neatly kept. Table supplied
with the best the market affords.
Proprietors of Hotel will meet all trains. Special attention to commercial
traveelrs. Stages leave for Goldendale and Moro every morning.
The Union Stables
BhTBWONT, JR......THE RED BARN
Main Street-
-MORO, OR.-
-First Street.
Good Feed in Abundance, Stock Carefully Cared for. Rigs to Let.
A Large Stock Corral in Connection With the Stables.
When you are at the county seat, call around and see me.
H
MOLO. SHERMAN COl'XTY. OREGON. T I I l’USDAY. AUGUST«. K m ,.
5 It tin ria t o K r t lr e .
R T S IN R S S
t F O r r t l l O N A J , C A R D S.
7
My aim is to keep
the best stock, the best feed and beet of everything, and at reasonable rates.
B. B. C L A R K , P r o p r ie to r.
season.
A New York dispatch says S enator
H ill is now in favor of a th ird tic k e t
The in form ation. it is said, cornea d i
rect from a purs« nal friend of th e sen
ator, who is a prom inent Democrat-
A stockm an nam ed Jo h n Law rence
was found dead up- n the range near
Union, Or., w ith a bullet in bis head
and a pistol lying a few feet aw ay
It
is »opposed th a t he com m itted suicide.
The tria l of the S< uth A frican ra id
ers has ended in London, and I>r
Jam eson has been given a sent«nce of
fifteen m onths lmprisonm* nt w ith o u t
labor.
The others received lig h t sen
tences
Iu yuincy. 111., five fa ta litie s by
drow ning or otherw ise occurred iu
forty -eight hours Jam es McLean was
killed by an accidental fall from the
roof of the Ricker N ational bank; H er
bert H arrison, a school teacher, F re d
erick Gross and Fred B aum garten, sous
of prom inent citisens, w ere drow ned
in Bear creek; George Hetero, an other
youth, was drowned in a pool south
of the city lim its, and bis tw o brothers
w ere saved only w ith great difficulty.
Pennsylvania was visited by a disas
trous h urricane, resu ltin g in loss of life
and property.
Steeples were bl >wn
from churches, ad jo in in g buildings
were crushed, house« were unroofed,
aud trees broken off or torn up by the
roots.
Great havoc was cau-ed by the
heavy rain fall.
Two lives w ere lost,
th irty -six injured, some fatally , and
property dam aged to the am ount of
*100,000. A boarding-house near Cecil,
W ashington county, was washed aw ay
and its occupants, fifteen coal m iners,
were drowned.
Seven of the bodies
have been recovered.
E ig h t are still
m issing.
Tw’o cable cars broke loose at the
top of the N inth-street incline iu Kan
saa C ity, and dashed down the declivity
into the Union depot sheds. The g rip
car aud those on board escaped in ju ry ,
but the tra ile r was throw n from the
track ju st inside the elevated sheds an I
literally smashed to pieces. Several of
the occupants of th is car w ere badly
b u tt.
Among them are G eorge I).
Fearon, of K ansas C ity, and his tw o sis
ters, Mrs Gay and Miss Fearon, both
of New York. Mrs. G ay suffered an
in ju ry of the spine.
Ex-Congressm an Bynum , who is a
m em ber of the sub com m ittee of the
sound-money Democrats, w hich is a r
ran g in g for a n atio n al convention to
nom inate a sound-money tick et, says
th a t 16 states have already indicated
th a t they w ill be represented a t the
m eeting in Ind ian ap o lis A ugust 7.
T here are a few W estern state« th a t
w ill not be represented at the m eeting,
he says, because the tim e is too short.
Bynum says M innesota has already ap
pointed delegates.
Delegates have
organized in several states, and Kansas
has sent word th a t the state w ill be o r
g anised im m ediately.
The rum or th at Queen Victoria in-
t«4nds to r« tn e ii i favor of tl.e 1'» in* e • f
W ales is ag ain «:urrent in Lon 1* n
It
is added th at co urt circles »re gr« a
troubled r< gardt ng th e oon littoii . f i
q u een ’s health. 8ucli reports have fT« -
q u en tly u; peart •*1 recently, ouly t »
sem i officially c*m tradicted later, buit it
seems th a t the re may be some seti
foundation for the stat* ui> n ts m.i
It is added th at hi r m ajesty has
oided to spend h« r tim e in future 1 at
B alm oral or Osborne, and w ill g i\. tin
P rince and Princess of W ales the u .
of B uckingham palace aud Winds**!
castle.
1» D eaf. H iiiii I, «ml Klimt.
Au in te restin g experim ent in educa
tion w ill be commenced a t th e de >f,
dum b aud blind in stitu tio n at Berkley,
C al., on th e opening of the s-'bool ye.*r
in A ugust
G rac- C. Sp-*row, ag* *l 10
years, who was been st >ue blind fr m
childhood and is n**w alm ost (leaf and
dum b, is to be m ade a special stu d en t
and educated at th e expense of thi
state. T his child w ill be given a mm
years' course and w ill receiv. iustruc
tioQ fr> m a special teacher ewp'oy«
for th a t purpose. T h is w ill 1 • ih*
first attem p t to educate a deaf, dnm l
and blind person and in consequence
great in terest center- sb ut the case.
K r h r » il« r Iu 1 > i m .
A ugust Shrader, the s -called divin»
healer, put iu an appearance in Dallas,
Tex , w here he treat« 1 2.000 p*»- us in
four days.
Some rep- rted they h cl
been cured. He left su-bb-nly, leaving
the follow ing note;
“ I am called
fr* m here, and obey my F a th e r's w ill.'
a u r r r » « t i i l V iI I liu * le r » .
Pas-engers fr m H avana, a rriv e ! in
Key W est by the steam er Masc- tt re-
1 >rt a rum or of the suoct -sful lan in g
of a filibustering expediti u in the v i
cin ity of tTenfueg-m.
The expediti* n
is believed to be under the com m and
of C ap tain Cabrera.
( • r e g « n ’» **<-ho<»l C r n a u « .
The state school census, w hich h -
ju«t b« * u «• *mp’.e<. 1 I v S ai G nten lei.t
Irw in, at Salem, shows th a t th -re a n
in Oregon at present 12^.623 cih ld ren
of school age.
l t e p u b l i i an S t a t e I <>u» e n ll« « n .
The Republican state c m n u ttee of
W ash mg t n decided to h«*ld the - ta ’»
convent! n at Tac* ma i n A ugust 2*-
The conventi n w ill be «»tteeded ly
436 delegates.
J u < tg r C a r p e n t e r l i v e d .
W ord ct a e s fr m H olland by cab’-
.h at Ju d g e G-t-rge M. Carpente*. t f the
U nited S tates d istric t court f. r th di>
» n et of Rhode Island, died of p.tralj»!»
of the heart.
K p ld v r a lr a f 'e lr lttv a .
Driven to despair by different can«* -.
six pe pie attem pte d to end th e ir own
lives by suicide, lnChicvg-* in one day
l>e% A «tatecl b * t h e
The most destructive storm in the
history *f Sunday Creek vail y oc
curred a t G b noester. a m in in g t w n
tw elve m iles north of A th e n s t ». re
su ltin g in the aim
t« tai destru ti n
of one of the p rincipal thorvughfar* s < f
the tow n.
The fury of the w ind i-
alm ust inde«’ribable.
Building-« w.-rv
toppled over.tre«» torn t o n their roots
and the tow n is a scene of de» la ti u
N early every b u ild in g in th e tow n it
dam age 1. To add to the fc rr r. Sun
day creek Isa sw eeping, rag in g t- rr* nr.
Several houses have been washed a way,
and word was received th a t the list * f
dead w ill reach fit teen
M in s I'.u rn v d b y •itr lk e r » .
The m iue of the old P ittsb u rg C o -.1
Com pany, at H ym -au S ullivan < unty
Ind., has been burned.
A com m itti-
from th e m in ers’ organizato n v isitv i
the m ine and sought to induce th«
m iners to q u it work.
The w atchm an
was captured, carried some distance
and the w orks burned.
The loss is
*25.000.
I t a l i a n Y V arah ip O v s t r o y e d .
The Italian arm ored w ra-h ip R ols.
of about 5 ,s 00 t m« displacera ut. wu-
struck by lig h tn in g near Rome
The
flumes spread rapidly th rea ten in g t<
reach the m agazine. It was found lie
ct “«ary to sink the ship by discharg
iog torpedoes.
B o t h A r e |lr « < t.
Robert S tark and Abe T in k e r, th«
form er a m erchant, the la tte r p -»t
m aster a t Sequim , W ash., a tte m p t« 4
to acquire a cheap j»g on w x»d alcohol.
The effect w as such th a t w ith in a few
hours a fte r d rin k in g the fiery decoc
tiou both men died.
I t » < ll« » r, H a s O v p s r t e d .
The great au d ito riu m in w hich the
R epublicans and Populists held th eir
n atio n al convention« in St. L»uis, w ill
le turned m to a Ma li-< n -«jnare gaid. n
fur horse shows, bicycle m eets and
other great indoor sporting enterprises
the com ing fail and w inter.
B H A D S T K E E T ’S
I’o l l t t r a l
C a m e T o g e th e r a t a D ia g o n a l
R a ilr o a d C ro s s in g .
1111. KESt LTS MERE SICKENING
A u K t|ir « -» i C a t r lie « a n K ic u r a lu n T r a lu
M r u a ila ld e , l . l t r r a l l y « l« -a » tn «
It in 1 »»!n,
A tla n tic City, N. J ., Aug. 3 — A
railro ad accident, h orrible in its d etails
ami sickening in its results, oc/u rred
ib is evening, ju st outside of th is city,
aud as a resu lt about 100 pers«'Us are
eith er killed or injured.
The Rea-ling railroad express, w hich
1« fi P in la lelphia a t 5:40 o’clock th is
evening for A tla n tic C ity, crashed into
a P iu u sy lv an ia railro ad excursion tra in
at the sec* ml signal tow er, about four
m iles out fr*-m here.
The P ennsylvania tra in was r e tu rn
ing to Bridg- ton w ith a p arty cf excur-
si* n u ts from th a t plaee, M illville aud
neighboring towns.
It was loaded
w ith p.is-enger«. aud a rough estim ate
of t!ie kille*l aud in ju red s t a late hour
places the n um ber at 100. It is hoped
th at th is is an exaggeration, but the
numb»T is undoubtedly more th an fifty.
At the second signal tow er, the
trucks of the tw o roads diagonally
cross. The K*-adii g tra in was given
the sig n al t*> st p, but the brakes eith er
failed to work or th e speed of th e ex-
pr< " was too great to be checked in
tu n e
It caught th e excursion tra in
I t adside and ploughed through, lite r
ally cleaving it in tw ain. The engine
(f the R eading tra in was shattered to
pieces. Every car on th e excursion
tra m was jam m ed to its fu llest ca-
paC ty.
As snon as the news reached A tlan tic
C ity, th e utniC 't consternation p re
vailed. but th e authonti>-s w ete equal
t the em ergency. Relief train s were
dispatched to the seen«, loaded w ith
c ts and bearing staffs of surgeons.
As quick ss the bodies were recovered,
they were carried into the local hos
p ita ls and u n d erta k er's shops.
A general fire alarm wag sounde-1,
and the d ep artm en t prom ptly respoud-
e i, and a:>led in the h eartren d in g work
of digging f r the victim s. F ear grew
into despxir and horror as the vigorous
w rk of the relief gangs revealed the
aw ful ext« u t of the disaster.
The fir-t Reading relief tra in bore
into th is city tw enty-seven m angled
<•- rpses, men, women aud children.
The next train, n-*t an hour la ter, car-
n> 1 fift« - ti of the m anned and w ound
ed. and tw o of these died soon after
reach in g the city.
As tra in a fte r tra in plied to the
«ceue of the wreck, and came back
w ith its ghastly burdens, the Faui-
turium , w hich does duty as the city hos
p ital. quickly found its capacity over
taxed. M eanw hile others of the dead
and in ju red w ire being carried to the
p riv ate hospital at Ocean and Pacific
avenues.
Ew ard F arr, engineer on the Read-
ing train , w as killed ou trig h t, a» was
a t tlier ra ilriu d man who rode on the
engine w ith him . T his m an. whose
nam e has not yet been learned, saw the
e ill«-. □ com ing and leaped from the
cab in in stan t before the crash came.
A ’m t at the same in stan t the «mgine
cut it» way through and caught him
directly m its path. H is body and th a t
of F arr were found under a heap of
debris, but th e engineer lay m w hat
o .-lined of the cab, and his rig h t
. * .1 »till clasped the th ro ttle. He had
* n fa ith fu l unto death, and m et it at
la s p o st
The fireman on th a t tra in leaped a
few e - ? nds before aud escaped w ith
tr:flin g in ju ries.
S.imuel T hornton, baggage-m aster
• u the R eading train , is am ong the
dead.
Jarae M. Batem an, a Bridgeton on-
d ertak er. is kn*«wn to tie killed. He
was iu the th ird car. and his h at was
f u i<i lying aui"Ug the mass of broken
t . ui bers.
R ichard T reuehard, a B ridgeton ma-
iiiii’.-t, and his w ife are both dead.
C onductor K elly, of the Pennsylva-
o is tra in , had l> th arm s and legs
hr ken. and was in te rn ally injured.
A lbert ,L M ebach, of No. 18 N orth
E ighth street, P h ilad elp h ia, was on the
R eading tra in
He escaped u n h u rt.
The excursi >n tra in w as m ade up of
fifteen cars, the forem ost of w hich was
a baggage car. T his and the next tw o
c - hc 1 i «* s caught the fu ll force of the
crash, and w-«re u tte rly dem olished.
W hat rem ained of the th ird car was
tum bled into a d itch at the roadside.
The reap risibility for the accident can
not now be fixed.
W illiam T hurlow , telegraph operator
in the tow er-house, was arrested to
n ig h t aud held, pending an inquiry.
I u fa v o r-
New ^ o rk , Aug. 3.— Bradstreet’s
we«kly review of trad e says: P o litical
u n certainty continues to have an u nfa
vorable effect on trade, aud in d u stria l
and m ercantile lines are unusually
dull.
M ercantile credits are closely
scanned, and in m any cases shortened.
1 he insdufctrial situati* n is less favor
able. Among m an ufacturers of iron
aud steel it is regarded as serious in
some lines, ow ing to the surprising
fallin g off in the dem and. The reduc
tion of pig iron is fu rth e r cu rta ile d ,y e t
stocks increase. The outlook is for a
fu rth e r dtxrliue iu iron aud steel prices.
< nicagu offers coucetwi* ns on pig to
bring bids f*>r round lots. C urtailm ents
«if pr> d u cts in cotton fabrics continues,
yet fall purchasers iu prin ts are of
sm all volum««. The dem and for boots
and shoes is also sm aller.
E xports of w heat flour included as
w heat, from both coa-ts of the I'u ite d
S tates for last week am ount to 2.484,-
0U0 bushels, as com pared w ith 3,074,-
000 bushels fur the corresponding week
of last year.
The to tal num ber of bu ices» f a il
ures in the U nited S tates this week is
294, as com pared w ith 280 la.-t wex-k.
The increase, as contrasted w ith the
corresponding total in 1895, is seventy-
three, or an average of ten each day
d u rin g the week. T nere are th irty -
seven failures report«! in the C anadian
dom inion this week, six m re than last
week and th irteen more th an in the
corresponding week last year, and only
six more than in the like week in H 94.
L.
H.
PLATTOR
K IL L E D .
S h o t T h r o u g h th r H ra rt W h ile
S p o k a n e C o u r t l lu u » e .
In t h e
Spokane, W ash., Aug. 3. — L. H.
P la tto r, a w ell-know n a tt ruey and
Dem ocratic politician, was shot and
alm ost in stan tly killed in the corridor
of the courthouse shortly bef re 6
o ’clock th is evening. The shot was
fired by H enry Seiffert, a restau ran t
proprietor and eportisg m ac, who is
also w ell known.
The tragedy resulted from rem arks
m ade by P la tto r in court, and which
iseiffert construed as a reflecti n up- a
his character.
S eiffert w as being
pressed before the c u r t as adm ini —
trat- r of the estate of Rudolph <icrk w.
a rich brew er, who died here thi-
week. Gork* w had m a n re d a variety
actress about a year ago, an 1 the m a r
riage war an nnhappy one. He brought
suit for divorce shortly before hi-
d eath, and in his w ill cut hi- w ife * ff
w ith a dollar. £be is contesting the
w ill, and there is a struggle over the
ad m in istratio n of the estate. Platt- r
represented some of the beneficisrb s - f
the w ill, opposing SeifferL It h a i
been in- nuated th a t S eiffert’s relati ns
w ith Mrs. U orkow were cot of a p . p -
t r nature.
l'r«> »»''u tloB o f R a i l w a y C la im » .
W ashington, Ang. 3 — A e m plete
change of p dicy in the m ethod of g- v-
ernm ent prosecut: a of ta lk - .. - iu th«4
W est to recover lands errcn tv u slv p a t
ented to them , is provided for in direc
i. us issue! by the secretary of the in
te rio r to the com m issioner f the g en
eral land office. In this a ru le is laid
down th a t all ra ilr-a d s ag am -t w hich
suits are now pending for vacation of
p atents under the act ci M arch 3. 1887,
shall m ake a show ing as to the bona
fide pnrvhasers from the road of lands
patented, sim ila r to the show ing mad 4
in the cases of the B urlin g : n & Mis
souri R iver a n ! U nion Psific roads.
S im ilar recom m endations f r the dis
m issal of suits w herein nnn-b*-ua fid«
pur.'hssers m ay retain title w -.il here
a fte r be made by the departm ent in a \
ca-ea.
The proceedings accn diugly
can be h ereafter in stitu te d under the
act of M arch 2, 1896.
A M r a ttle M a n ’» L o n g R id a .
Chicago, Ang. 3 — Mr. Shenem an is
in Chicago, after a ride by whe«l from
Seattle. He left the ooa»t Ju u e 1, ex
pecting to rea.'h Colum bus. O , by Oc
tober 1. A fter he had crossed tw o
states on his journev he m ade such
g*w»d tim e th a t he decided to keep as
far ahead of his schedule as he could
Shortly after leaving S e ittle Shen« n u r
reachtxi the desert w hich exetnds from
Pros.-«er F alls to U m atilla, aud in a t
tem p tin g to cn*ss the thirty-five mil* -
of setidy fields the to u rist nearly 1 *-t
his life. He could not ride the w h«tl
through the sand, and h id to dism ount
and push it ahead of him
A ll the
w ater in his csnteeu had b* eu con-
sumed before he had cov» red h alf the
desert, and when he reaheed the Co
lom bia river be fell exhausted cu the
bank.
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A
R r»t o f M u rd rrrra
V ienna, Aug 3. — A fter a six w eek's
tria l at A gram , the S tenjue baud of
th irty six persons, charged w ith n in e
teen m urders and num erous assaults
aud robberies, has Int u ended. N ine
H e a v y H a w a g » In A o titti D a k o t a -
K u r * i|te a n » Ma»«a<-re<l.
Dispatches from M elitte am! other
Paris, Aug 3. — Advices from Ma- teen m em bers of the b a n !, in -lu d iu g
points iu South Dak** a state th a t a hail ju n g a, M adagascar, report th a t a c a ra tw o women, have I mmti sentenced to
storm devastated a stretch of country van of tw o F n n hm* n aud thr««e Eug- death. N ine have b*en sentenced to
E ig h t
sixty m iles long slid five or six m iles li-l in.>n have be*-u m assacred by the tw enty vears’ im prisonm ent.
w ere acquitted.
wide.
The rtam sge am ounts to h u n Ealiavalos, near A m bolipiaua.
dreds of thousands of dollars.
F n n a l« - R a r i n g C o ilr te tiin r r i.
C r o p F a i l u r e In M outh i!u a * la .
Toronto, Aug. 8. — In the racing
X T e r r illc K » |> lo » lo n .
London, Aug. 3. — An Odessa d is lx»ard bulletin issued today, the Cena
A special from V ienna says an ex
plosion in a pow der m agaxine at Fuen- patch to the Tim es announces th a t offi diau board condem ns fem ale racing,
fk ir ch en r esu lted in th e d ea th of fixe cial reports are to the effect th a t the mid announces th a t the board w ill here
persons, in ju rin g eig h ty others and harvest has l«een a failu re throughout after blacklist any track upon w hich
the most fertile grain-producing d is fem ale riders are allow ed to race be
w recking the tow n hall.
tric ts in the s 'Uth of Russia.
fore the public.
{ t o t P a i d t«» D n < a m p a l g n D u ly .
P ostm aster-G eneral W ilson has is
sued an order to th e railw ay m ail
clerks d irectin g them not to take an
active interest in th e political cam
paign such as would be involved in a t
tending political conventions us dele
gates or m aking p olitical speeches
The postm aster-general’s circ u lar ex
pressly states th a t he does not desire to
control th eir opinions on p o liitcal m a t
ters, but they m ust refrain from ta k
ing an active p art in political m atters.
To Tr»t tlie Law .
Chicago railroad officials w ill test
the rig h t of Postm aster G eneral W ilson
to p ro h ib it them from carry in g th eir
own railroad letters or those of other
roads. The Lake Shore w ill m ake the
test. Its superintendent has issued an
order to all other roads’ em ployes to
carry m ail p ertain in g to the business
of the roads, and letters from other
roads rela tin g to jo in t business affairs.
Poutofllce Inspector S tew art saya he
had not heard of any agreem ent to test
the law, but the governm ent would be
very apt to accom modate them by pros
ecuting the violators.
«»II 1 a u k »
*i.
New York, Aug. 3. — Tw o men were
fatally in ju red and three other» se
verely burned by the explosion of a
tank at the S tandard O il C om pany's
works, at Cravens Point, Jersey C ity,
t day. The fatally in ju red are: R ich
ard C unningham , aud Jo h n G oldsm ith.
The w orks w ere te t on fire by the ex
plosion, but the flames w ere e x tin
guished before much dam age w as done.
The w o rld ’s navies are estim ated as
em ploying 6,000,093 men.
K a n T h r o u g h a ltrl*lg*>.
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 3 .— A freig h t
train on the V andalia railro ad ran
through a bridge near C raw fordsville,
ln d ., th is m orning, k illin g Conductor
F ow ler, B rakeuiau McKenzie and F ire
man Jo h n H erber and seriously in ju r
ing R oadiuaster J. S. B rothers and
E ngineer Bowman.
The w reck was
caused by w ashouts.
P risoners in the Bangor, M e., ja il
are to be supplied w ith potted p lan ts
to care for iu th e ir cells. It is be
lieved th e care of the p lan ts w ill have
an elev atin g and reform ing influence.
R
NO. II
HEPOKT.
1 u i- e r ta in t y I la » a n
• b l « K IT ect.
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING
TRAIW l 10 HARNESS
We P rin t Envelopes, Tags, Bill Heads,
le t t e r Heads, Posters, Statem ent«, Pro
gram m e“, < arda, ( Yrruiare, LaK-ele Note
Head«, Books, Briefs, Saie Bill-, Pam
phlets. A nything on the E arth in the
Line of P rinting, so Itofi’t seiad Your
Order« out of the County.
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UM S lit
Q uick tn d lH i.o . .Address
b . C’ IRfcLAS'lJ 4 8OM8,
Muro, sn c rm a n co u n ty , Or
UNPRECEDENTED
M o re
RUN.
H a lm « * T h a n t h e f . o a e r
< a n n e r ie » t a n lla n < l* e .
R iv e r
A storia, O r., Aug. 3.—The receipts
A l a s k a W h a l e F u r n i s h e s M o of salmon at the various low er river
canneries continue unusually heavy
tiv e P o w e r to a B o a t.
a n ! are far in excess of the capacity of
several of the packing establishm ents.
Today the fish were so plentiful t i t
F 1RST 0 F 1 IS K1N D IN 111S TOR Y one of K inney's men delivered i,e :rly
100, and near Sand Island it was re
ported th a t the w ater was alm ost alive
W ill It«* H i t c h e d I p a ix l D r i t r n b y 8«-a
w ith large Chinooks. Many were re
t o t lt e O r e g o n C o a s t io A u g -
ported to have been taken w ith gaff
hooks by s«jme of the men who found
u s t , Ko T h e > M ay.
them selves in the m idst of a great
Colonel F. W. Black, of the customs school of fish. A t one or tw o ca n
departm ent, at S a n ! P oint, Pop Off neries, w here too m any fish were re
Island, situated in the Shunagin group ceived, the loss is heavy. Tuns of the
of islands off the A laskan peninsula, fi“h are being throw n overboard at
w hile in Tacoma, told a story of a <iap- K inney’s on account of the lack of
tive w hale, w hich, if true, proves th a t means to preserve them u n til they c juld
the Pop <jff contains a g«.-uius in the be canned. As m any as possible have
line of anim al tam ing.
been salted for tbe w inter use by the
“ W e,” said Colonel Black, “ of the citizens in the west end of tow n, and
island of Pop Off have iu P ira te Cove were freely given to a ll who w ould
bay tne first and only living w hale carry them away.
ever captured, tam ed and trained,
Fisherm en assert th a t never since the
aud th a t w ill work a t the w ill of its canning industry began has such a run
m aster.
been seen. If it oontinues u n til tbe
“ The w hale, w hich we nam ed Bul- cl< >se of the season, the chances are fa
shoy, an A leut word fur imm ense, was vorable for a much larger pack than
captured in the spring of 1894, when a had been anticipated.
An unnsaal
calf of some eighte«-n or tw enty m onths feature of the situaton is the q u ality of
old. It was then about fifteen or six the fish, w hich is fully equal to those
teen feet long and though so young and takf-n in June, the fieSh being excep
sm all was possessed of considerable tionally red and firm and the q uality
strength, and I can assure you th a t it of oil abundant.
took tons of patience to bring the crea
T H R O W N IN T O A C IS T E R N .
tu re into subjection, sm all as it was.
"B u lsh o y ’s capture was brought
about by an accident th a t cost tw o n a T e x a s M a n S la y » H i» F a m i l y a n d b l s -
p o i r i o f T h e ir B u d ie a .
tives th e ir lives, and the total d estruc
tion of tw o large three hatch bidarkas.
A ustin, Tex., Aug. 3.—T. E. B urt,
“ D uring the confusion attending a m em ber of one of the most respect
the capture a large female, accom able fam ilies, m urdered his w ife and
panied by its cailf, made for the w est two children, aged 2 a n ! 4 years, last
w ard, and in attem p tin g to round a F riday night, and placed the dead
6and spit th a t ran out several cable bodies in a cistern. He left the city
lengths from the island, it grounded, S aturday n ig h t follow ing the terrib le
and as it was fu ll flood tide, the m re deed, after advising several neighbors
efforts it made to free itself the mure not to drink the w ater in his cistern,
firm ly it became grounded. The calf, as it was polluted. H is relatives be
when its m other grounded, kept sw im came alarm ed a t the disappearance of
m ing round an 1 round its m ther, a n ! his fam ily, and began an investigation,
would stirke out to 6ea a sh jrt distance, resulting iu the finding of the bodies
retu rn in g again to its stranded parent. today.
B urt bound his w ife in a
“ About h alf a m ile fr< m the sand blanket, afte r tying her feet and neck
spit w here the w hale grounded is the together, and then dropped the b«jdy
entrance to P ira te Cove bay, a n ! when into the cistern. Both children had
the natives and the few w hites came th eir brains knocked o u t Hie brothers
alongside the stranded m onster the pup have «jffered a rew ard of *300 for his
made a break for the cove and pass»-1 apprehension.
into the bay, the entrance to w hich is
B urt was at one tim e a prom inent
not over 100feet wide, though it is full fu rn itu re dealer in this city, but g am
tw enty fathom s d«»ep. Jo h n C. W hilev, bling get the best of him . and last year
the storekeeper at the island, stretched he failed and was indicted for em bez
across the m outh of the cove a stri ng zlem ent, but his brothers succeeded in
w ire net. W e had lots of sport chasing se ttin g him out of the trouble. Tbe
the calf, w hich could not get out.
guvt-rnor has offered a rew ard for his
“ To celebrate the F urth of Ju ly , arrest. N othing is known as to B u rt's
W hiley and his native servant. E fteha, whereabouts, although telegram s have
made an attem p t to feed it and were been sent all over the state and to o u t
successful. W hiley rigged up a w alrus side cities. No m otive for the crim e is
bladder to w hich was attached six cr known.
seven feet of rubber tube
About one-
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
balf a gollon of cow 's m ilk was put in
the b>-ttle, and W hiley a n ! E fteha put
it in the bidarka an 1 paddled alongside t«raa* V a l l e y S u f f e r e d a S e v e r e Lo*
F ro m tb e F la m e » .
the pup. w hich by th is tim e would
allow them to c me alongside him w .th
G rass V alley. C al.. Aug. 3.— A t 8:20
bidarkas. A fter several hours cf pa o’clock tonight, an alarm of fire was
tie n t coaxing the Indian su e x ed e d m s« naded for a blaze in the opera house.
g etting Bulsh y t ’ drink fr< m the ru b The fire started under a store occupied
ber tube. W hen the bidarka turned for by Ism ert and Webbe, and spread w .th
the shore U nl-hoy followed close be great rapidity. Soon the w hole b u ild
hind it.
ing was envelrped in flame«, and the
“ F or the next six weeks W hiley an I adjoining buildings commenced to burn
the Indian fed the pup tw ioe every and. despite the w ork of the firemen, it
day. The pup w ould stick his cunning looked as though the whole oenter por
head out of the w ater, close to the la n d tion of the
.. ouid be destroyed.
ing. and look for his nurse» long bef- re
Tbe fire departm ent of N evada C ity
feeding tim e. It was not u n til the fol came over to assist the local d ep a rt
low ing spring th a t the actual train in g m ent. but a scarcity of w ater hindered
of Bclshoy began to take any definite th rm so they were of little service u n
form.
til an extra head of w ater was turned
“ W hiley one day said, ‘I am going in to the supply ditch. The tw o de
to tra in th a t pep so th a t I can drive partm ents did great w ork and confined
him to O cnga or San Franciscou’ The the fire to the block bounded by N eal,
rest of us laughed at such a crazy idea, Church. A uburn and Bank streeta.
but W hiley stuck to his notion.
The loss w ill exceed *100,000, it is
“ W hile the process of tam ing wa« thought. Insurance in m ost cast-« is
goinz on. W hiley had taken the p u p 's sm all, and the blow is a h ard one to
m easure for a set of harness, aud both the city.
he and his native spent the nights for
A n I n d ia n a T r a g e d y .
several weeks in m aking it. The c li
Vincennes, Ind., Aug. 8 .—Thom as
max was reached on F riday. Septem ber P rath er, a farm er, and Miss Maud
20, when for the first tim e. pr>-bab’y in Efelay, daughter of a w ealthy fan n e r,
th<* history of the w orld, a 4-year-old eloped from Sanborn, this county, and
tw enty-five foot w hale was sue eesiully drove to th is city and w ere m a m e d .
put in harness.
W hen W hiley and They then drove back to Sanborn, w hen
E fteha, after p u ttin g on his harness an altercation took place between
started for the shore. Bulshoy as usual P rath er and Clyde Delay, a brother of
started the bidarka, an«! in doing so, the bride. P ra th er fata lly shot the
made the discovery th a t everything new brother-in-law in the abdomen.
was not as it should be. and then he The elopem ent was planned some tim e
reared and plunged around at a lively ago, but P ra th e r's m arriage license
rate, lashing th e q u ie t w ate. of the bay was forcibly taken from him by m em
into foam in his efforts to free him self bers of the young w om an's fam ily.
of the offending harness
But the h a r
N e u t r a l i t y I 'r o c l a i n a t i o n .
ness was w ell and strongly made, and
W ashington. Aug. 8.—The president
there was no shake off to it. Bulshoy
kept up his antic» for tw o whole days, has issued a proclam ation bearing date
and for the first tim e since the epis« de of J u ly 27, again com m anding citizens
of the b attle, next m orning he refused to observe the n e u tra lity law s iu re
to come at the call of eith er W hiley or spect to the Cuban insurrection, and
the A leut.
H unger, how ever, soon giving notice th a t all violations w ill
brought ihm to his senses, aud on the be vigorously prosecuted. The p resi
m orning of tbe th ird day, as the native dent cites the decision of the suprem e
was out on the bay in his bidarka. court in the W iborg case in order th a t
Bulshoy came meekly alongside and citizens may not be m isled as to the
seemed to beg for his much delayed m eaning of the m ilita ry laws.
breakfast, w hich was given him.
“ From th a t day B nlshey made no
more trouble, aud W hiley could pull
the guy ropes attached to his harness
as hard as he could w ithout causing
the pup to dive.
The novel outfit is expected to be off
the Oregon coast b*etweeu A ugust 5 and
10, as the party would not leave K ar
luk before Ju ly 20, aud they w ill come
south in short and easy stages.
“ ‘W hat are we going to do w ith
I ' l a v r d W it h W a t r h r s .
h im ;’ T hat w ill depend on circum -
G ra n ts Pass, Or , Aug. 8 .—The resi
stanoea, but it is our intention ou our
deuce of G eorge Burgess, in the o u t w ay south to stop for a day or so at all
sk irts of tow u, took tire today a n ! the varous sum m er resorts along the
burned w ith alm ost its en tire co n ten t“. Oregon and C alifornia coast, aud I
Some little g irls were playing w ith have uo fear but w hat we w ill lx4 able
m atches in one of the upper rooms aud to use Bulshoy'« w onderful power to
set tire to a table cover. Then* is no m ake a barrel of money.
Who knows
insurance.
but w hat, Colonel Sellers-like, ’there
Iu M assachusetts the lieu ten an t-g o v may be m illions in i t , ’ f *r if one
ern o r does not become governor on the w hale can be tam ed so can others. The
death of th a t functionary, but only voyage w ill bo the first of its kind
since the creation of the world.
acting.
“ 1 am haviug m ade iu S eattle a
H e C o m p le t e « ! ( h e C ir c u it .
strong but light boat aud w ill take it
San Francisco, Aug. 3. — M orris Gits- to the cap«4 on the pilot schooner and
m an, an apprentice
iu G. S p eir’s then we w ill discard our heavy w hale
ladies’ ta ilro in g shop, was instantly boat, w hen we w ill lx4 able to m ake
killed th is afternoou. He was sittin g m uch faster speed w ithout endangering
a t his sew ing m achine, his ft»et on the tbe young w hale, for the load he has
iron pedal, and attem pted to cut or got to bring down from the north is
brush aside the electric w ires w hich really too m uch for him.
convey power to the m achine. His
Au intoxicated m usician was arrested
shears m ust have touche! the w ires,
for a stream of sparks m arked the con iu S aarburg, near Metz, not long ago.
ta c t O ltsin au ’s body com pleted the The polioem an w ho locked lm u up for
circu it, the fu ll stien g th of the current got all about him , and a week later the
coursed through his fram e, and w ith a m usician was found dead from sta rv a
tion.
cry he fell over dead.
O i l T a a k k x p lo d e d .
New Y’o-.a. Aug. 3. — Two men were
fata lly in jured and three others se
verely burned by the explosion of a
tank at the S tandard O il C om pany's
works, a t (.'ravens Point, Jersey C ity,
today. The fata lly injured are: R ich
ard C unningham , and John G oldsm ith.
The w orks w ere set on fire by the ex
plosion, but tbe flames were e x tin
guished before much dam age was doue.
D r iv e n O u t b y C r e t a n * .
A thens, Ju ly 80.—A large b*»dy of
M ussulm ans supported by T urkish
troops w hile engaged in pillag in g the
A dom ati d istric t of Crete w ere attacked
by 1,500 insurgents. Tbe la tte r drove
the M ussulm ans and T urkish troops
out of the d istric t inflicting serious
losses.
A m achine has been invented by
some genius w hich w ill do typ ew ritin g
and the addition of figures a t the same
tim e.
K a n T h r o u g h a K r lit c * .
S t Joseph, Mo., J u ly 31.— A freight
tra in on the V andalia railroad ran
through a bridge near C raw fordsville,
ln d ., th is m orning, k illin g C onductor
F ow ler. B rakem an M cKenzie and F ire
m an Jo h n H erber and seriously in ju r
ing R oadm aster J. 8. B rothers and
E ngineer Bowman.
The wreck was
caused by w ashouts.
P risoners m the Bangor, Me., ja il
are to be supplied w ith potted plants
to care for in th eir cella It is be
lieved the care of the plants w ill have
an elevating and reform ing influence.