SEVENTH YEAR.
IIEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1889.
NO. 341.
THE GAZETTE
IIHUVD BTXRV - THURSDAY AFTEBNOOM, BT
OTI8 PATTERSON,
At 12.00 per year, $1.2.1 for Bix months, 0.76
Yor three month.; in advance. If paid for at tha
ad of six months, 12.50 a year will be charged.
ADTEBTIBINO RATES.
1 inch, Binele column, per month $ 1.R0
S " " " " " 'i-50
V ' 6.00
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DOUBLE COLUMN.
Sinchoa $
4 ' '. 5.00
9 oolnmn
15.00
Local advertising lOo per line. Kach euhee
quent insertion at half rates, tipecial rates will
be charged for personal 'Jigs and political slash.
" ' OESEO-OIT OFPICL TF.
Governor ??'-
Bee. of State . W-,fJ"Bnde.
Treasurer ...g. W. Webb.
Bnpt. lnstrnction B. B. MoitlroT.
Judge Seventh District .J. H. Bird.
Dietriot Attorney W. B. Jlllie.
MORROW OOCNTT.
Joint Senator J. P. Wager.
Representative ,v ... , ,
t oonty Judge ..Wm. Mitchell.
' Commissioners J. B. fall, J. A.
Thompson. , , ,
Clerk C. Ij. Andrews.
" Bheriff T.B.Howard.
" Treasarer Geu. Noble.
'" Assessor J. J. MoUee.
" Surveyor Julius Keithley.
" School Sup't J. H- Stanley.
" Coroner A.J. Bhobe.
. HKPPNEB TOWN OFFI0EB8.
Mayoi Henry Blackmail.
CouncUiuen Nelson Jones. J. w.
Morrow. E. L. Matlock, George Noble, J. B.
Natter anil W.J. MoAtae. '
Reoorder G. W ltom'
-Too..,r.,r W.J. Leeier.
;Marahai George Bittera
BEFP1TEB SOCIETIES.
Doric Lodge No. 20 K. of P. meets ev.
oryTuesduyeveningatT.SOo'clock In I.
O. O. V. Hall. Sojourning brotBere oor
dially invited to attend.
P. O. Boro, 0. C.
E. K, Swinburne, K. of H. & 8.
The W. C. T. U. of Ileppner, meets every two
weeks on Saturday afternoon at 8 o'olock, in the
i Tapust church. mi. w . a.
Hag. Oris Patterson. President.
Sucretary.
PEOFESSIOaAL.
ATTOKNi
t,V
; LAW.
Agent for Jams-Co Mortgage Trust Co.
Office in First .""; wnl Bank,
Heppner,
Or. V. 1VJ5A.
Orto;on.
Attorney-at-Uw,:
iNotary Public and
Justice of the Peace.
HEPPNER, OGN.-
OFFICE OPEN AT ALL HOURS
J. N. BROWN,
Attorney at Law.
JAS. D. HAMILTON.
Brown & Hamilton.
Ttractice in all courts of the Btate, fcannmce,
tveal jtate C'Ulectijnatid loan agents.
Prompt attention given to all business flWlnaBt
d to tbem.
Opposite Gazette Office, Heppner.
W. R. ELLIS,
Attorney-at-
Law
Notary - - - Public,
HEPPNER, OREGON.
Prosecuting Attorney for Seventh Ju
dicial District.
Will give prompt attention to an'j and
all business entrusted to him.
o
FFICE on Main Street,
over Liberty Mar-
ket
N. A. CORNISH. A, A. JAYNE.
Cornish & Jayne,
ARLINGTON, OREGON,
Criminal Defenoes) -rV
TOlTSOEIJiL.
CHAS. M. JONES'
.Heppner Barber Shop!
In the
(City Hotel. West Main St., Heppner.
JHOT AND COLD BATHS
AT ALL HOURS.
IKA. G. NELSON.
The Tonsorial Artist,
Is located next door to
SALOON,
HeDDne, Oregon.
LIBav,Bty.
MEAT MARKET,
, McATEE BROS., . "elor
pKEHB- BEEF, MUTTON A "i.
jT stantly on hand at reasons Se eS
fcoloima and pork, sausase, ha -ee8e'i8
New Bed i rout, Main street, Ilepi ow-
NATIONAL BANK of III;
D. P. THOMPSON. KD. K. BISL -Q,'
President. Caul il?.'.
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BCSD TESS.
COLLECTIONS
Made on Favorable Terma.
EXCHANGE BOUGHT & S'
Opposite Minor's Hotel,
OLD.
msrrjNiiK, ori jgon.
rirst National P lank
OF HEPPNER,
C.A.RHEA. FRANK KKLD XX
President. Vios-I knid nt
George W. Conter, Cashiet
Transacts a General Banking tamea s
"EXCH AN( 3rE
On all frts of the world
Bough t and S old,
Collection rlUide at all point on, faa-
sonable Terms.
$150,000, " to loan on improved
farms at 3 per cent
WHEN YOU WANT
EPlratKnaaas
taftel
JOBPiPJIuS
DOrYT FORGET
That the best olaS?.0 Bet U
Ileppner, ; ; , Oregon.
Ii. D. BOYD.
Tyson & Boyd,
Contractors, Builders and Archi
tects. Special attention given to plans,
designs and estimates for all kinds
of buildings.
OFFICE, UPPER MAIN ST.,
HEPPNER, - OKEGON,
GEO. P. MORGAN.
Land Office Specialist,
The Dulles, Oregon.
Regularly admitted to praotioe berore
the U. S. Land office and departments
at Washington, D. C. Attenbs to con
tests and recovery ot lost rights. Call
on, or write him.
Great English Remedy.
MURRAY'S SPECIFIC.
TMsMa
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diseases, such as Weak Memory,
Loss of Brain power Hysteria,
Headache, Pain id the Back. Ner
Tone Prostration, Wakefulness,
Lencorrhoea, Universal Lasnitnde
Seminal Weakness, Impotency,
and general loss of power of the
General Organs in either sex,
caused by indiscretion or over
Bifon Tikinr. exertion, aid which ultimately
leads to Premature Old Age, In- Tr.1 Mark.
sanity ana consumption, si.w a
box or six boxes for $5.00. Sent
by mail on receipt of price. Full
particulars in pamphlet sent free
to every applicant,
we Guarantee 8 Boxes
to cure any case. For every $5
nrHor raH,ivaA wa annH hnvnfl
And n written trnarantee to refund AfterTaklsffi
the money if our Specitio does not effect a cure
Address all communications to the -sole manu
facturers, the
MURRAY MEDICINE CO.,
Kansas City. Mo.
Sold in Heppner by A. D. JOHNSON & CO.,
sole agents.
STOCK BRANDS.
While yon keep your subscription paid up yon
,08,u ktep your brand in free of charge.
C R Adkins, Hoi-bob, X n riffht shoulder; cat
tle, C It on right hip Range in Grant and Mor
row counties.
Adkinfl, J J Hones, J A oonneoted on left
flank; cattle, name on left hip.
Bleakman, Geo., Hardman Horeea, a Hug on
left Bhoulder; enttle, same on riffht shoulder.
Bennett, Oy HoreeB, B on left shoulder.
Brown, J C Horses, oirole C with dot in een
teron left hip; cattle, same.
Boyer, W G, Lena Horses, box brand on rlirh'
li in nut tin haxyx with unlit in each oar.
Rnm. P. O. Hor-eea. P B on left Bhoulder: cat
tl- same on left hip.
i" , T. FM Lwne Rock. Horses o with bar
a... over on rignt tmouiaer.
i?u,t vTw -Homes. J Bon right thigh; cattle.
Sp;splitineacheor.
'JlX t., nument.-Brands horeea R on
rigor.M GrautandMorrowooun-
U Kimer Gentry, Kcho. Or, -To'lenlfl
8. with a quarter circle oym "CtieT
itange in morrow ana umauu&co. .m u:n
L-Aed horneB same brand on right Bhoulder,
fvhf. Mil a.
Uange,
n. (., jwhi nurwi, vuun rigni Himatuw i
i:atie, same on rigntnip: ear mark square cro
off left and split in right.
Curriu. R 1- Horses. o on left stifle.
funinnD.e, W B, Newton Kanoh Horses, ?
with nUfre'-i under it on left Bhoulder; cattl
name on tnfl hip Mid thigh, left ear square cut
Cox & butfiwhj Haniinnn Caitle, C with in
center; homes. Cfe, on left Mp.
Cupper, H A-HorsesHC on left shoulder;
cattle H C on letsi4e, swallow fork onrightear.
R. E. Cochraq, Mooctment, Grant Co , Or.
'Horses branded oicole. with bar beneath, on left
shoulder; cattle same brand on both hips, mark
under slope both ears and dewlap.
Douglass, W M Cattle, B U on right side, swai-low-fork
in aeh ar: horses, K D on left hip.
.Fleek, Jacksou. Horses, 7F connected on
ritrht shoulder: cattle, same on riiht hin.
Ear mark, hole in right and crop off left.
Lifwiallen, John W. Hansen brandAd''half-oir
c le JL connected on left shoulder. Cattle, same
01A left hip. Range, near leiiDgton,
. Florence, L A Cattle. LF on right hip; horses,
P --with bar under on right shoulder.
iiorence, d 1 norses, r on ngnc snouiaer
M ttle. F on riffht hiD or thiirh,
Armstrone. J. O.. Aoton T with br nndor i
nn. Jeft shoulder of horses; cattle same on left
ti at, Honry GAY on left shoulder.
Of oHlfl, Frank Horses, 7 Fon left stifle; cattle,
siim e on right hip.
CJamaffe. A. L. Horses, 31 on right shoulder.
Ha naker, B A Horses, 9 on left shoulder; cat
tie. A on left hip
Hum phreys, J M. Hardman Horses, H on left
flank;.
Hayes, if M Horaea, wineglass on left shoulder
cattla. sa eon right hip.
Jan.kin. & M, Horses, horseBhoe J on left
shoultler. Cattle, the earns. Hange on Eight
Mile.
JohtBon, Felix Horses, circle T on left stifle
cattle, sa me on riht hip, under half crop in rig)
and su Lit in left ear.
Kirk , $ T Horses 69 on left shoulder: catt
69 on left hip.
hUrlf , J C Horses, 17 on either flank; cattle
on riffihtaide,
Lars e n, liasmns Horses, R L on left hip.
Lew b 1, J R, Lena Horses. P with oyer it on
left si odder.
J. M U Leaher, horses branded LN on the left
shooli I ttt cattle branded the same on left hip;
wattLg oTer right eje, three slits in right ear.
Mil ltftr, Oscar. Cattla, M D on right hip; horses
If on 'left shoulder.
Uo -gan, 8 N Horses, M ) on left shoulder
eattbn , same on left hip.
Mot dumber, Jaa A, A twood Horses, M with
bar a mr em ncht shoulder.
Mo roun, Thoe Horses, circle T on left shoal
der snsii left thigh; cattle, Z on right thigh.
Mite'iiell, Oscar, Pettysville Horses, 77 on right
nip; fjauie, it on ritcitx biub.
M g Claren, D Q Horses, Figure 5 on each shoul
der; cattle, M2 on hip.
el, Andrew, Lone Bock Horses AN eon
ne'dt ad on left Bhoulder; cattle same on both hips
Ni'wman, W. H. Horses H with half cirel
over it on left shoulder.
Ho rdyke, E Horses, oircle 7 on left thigh; oat
tlo. t tame on left hip.
O ler. Perrv. Lone Rock P O of left shouMer
P earson, Olave. Horses, circle shield on left
s'noi alder end 24 on left hip. ( lattle, oirole shield
tin 1 eft hin. Kanse on Kisht Mile.
P earson, Jas Pise City. Horses h2 on left hip
low aown.
P arker & Gleason, Hardmon Horses IP pn
left shoulder.
P mer. J. H.. Acton Horses. JE connected on
left Bhoulder; cattle, same on left hip. under bit
in acti ear.
H enry Patbersr. hones branded with a Roman
crow on left shoulder; cattle branded with Ro
man cross, oar at bottom, on lert nip.
Petty. PettvsvillB Uoraes. diamond P
on left shoulder. Cattle, JHJ connected and in-
rated on left hip; crop off left ear and split in
right wattle or inside of right fore leg abore the
Knee.
Rood, Andrew, Hardman Horses, square cross
WHO quaner-oircie over iv on um uuae.
Renin iter, t'hris Horses. C R on left shoulder,
Rector. J W Horses, JO on left shoulder. Cat-
8ork Horees branded 8F oonneoted on
fight BtlOfc r,.Hornw brndA(l K ,n ruht shonU
A L 8wrt, "o umuuou j. uu mi
.ki.M0.nm.1ama left Up. Crop on left
ar, wattle on left hin1 le8-
stSieTSale J 8 on left bip-. swallow fork in right
K,nron right hipand 8 on right shoulder.
1 nr v Hnffl snsaea b on lerr
BwMgarl; U Alpu nu, a a on ngn
8apTtbos.-Hoea, 8 A P en left hip; oatUe
eame on leU nip.
Bhobe Dr A J Horses, D8 on on left hip; est-
tie. same on left side, warns on mi situ u ooc
fcjra out sharp at point.
ora n leiv wu-.
wr . . tLw-Hmsi 8 on its side over an
Bperry E U-T a. m eer.dolap; horses. W C
nglll B11U uuui u u
on ien snomaer. 44 , l.ft shoulder;
cattle, u on leu ni
'nQ,hardman-Honr cirol. eon
Htewsrt. u
8mith7l?E. Lone Rook. Or. Hor brands
r" J, . lrt ,,.lri ssttle sane on
, . U . nilli.m Arrant..
ThompsonTT A Horses, I on left ahooldef
tue, a on len snoowier. ...
"ippeu. 8 T Horses. C on left shoulder.
ade. Henry. Horses branded ace of spades
eft shoulder and l.ft hip. Cattle branded
! e on left side and left hip.
I ells. A 8 Horaes, en left ahoolder; cattl
land, J H, Hardman Circle C on lef thigt
odwsrd, John Horses, CP eonneeted on
loulder.
laee, Charles-Tattle. W on right thigh, hole
ear; aor.es, w oa ngnt enwuw, "-""r
. mim Liar.
1, A A Oattle, ranning AA with bar acrow
Voina-. aooeeberry.Or.-Horaee branded
A. B. TYSON.
THoast
W. H.
autaSi
Wfcma
t'rpwlej. Long creek Horses branded
-n left ,hooldec.
Bros., urewy. name. xh;t. y;--andeai
W B, onueEtea oa left theolder.
Telegraphic!
A Disaster In a Tennsylvan-ia
Steel Works.
GEEAT KUIN WEOUGHT.
Chinese WhoNVantTo Come la At Frisco Can
not All He Merchants.
THE INTERNATIONAL
GEESS.
CON-
A Lazy Convict Two Trains Wrecked Give
The Devil His Dues, Etc., Etc.
FROM THE EAST.
A Terrible Disaster in Pennsylvania Bteel
Works.
Pittsburg, Sept. 26. At Carneige's
Edgar Thomson's steel works, at Brad
dock, to-night, furnaee C, one of the
largest of the furnaces, gave wav at the
bottom, and tons of molten metal, like
water esouping from a reservoir, ran out.
The furnaoe had not been working prop
erly during the day, and Captain Jones,
eeneral manager of the works, called to
night to see if he could ascertain the
cauBe. He was working with a number
of men near the base of the furnace
when the break occurred. In an instant
the flames shot forth and the hot metal
exploded and fell like sheets of water.
That anyone escaped instant death Is
marvelous. Captain Jones was horribly
burned, and the physicians are unable
to state whether he will live or not.
Michael Quinn was burned so badly
that his flesh peeled off. He can not
live. John Mokake was badly burned
about the chest. Two or three other
workmen, whose names it is impossible
to get to night, were seriously injured
and may not reoover. Captain Jones is
well known throughout the United States
and Europe wherever iron and steel is
manufactured.
iiATBB. The names of the other work
men who were burned are John Needen,
Patrick Hughes and Michael Connor.
Michael King, a Hungarian, was present
when the seething mass poured out of
the furnace, and as he can not be found
it is feared that he has been oovered up.
About six oar-loads of molten metal
poured out of the break.
The terrible rush of liquid steel felled
Jones to the grcfuad. Fortunately he
fell between two trucks, or he would
been burned to death instantly.
hav-
ived from the pit his olothing
Wlmn roi..
K...n rn... i,; i.n.in
w w v "'"'""t
heavy.
.A -J L ,1 -r X.UC3V
1
ing easily, xne pnyaioiaaa say lie win
recover. Two of the others will die.
A MUIlDEItKR AT LARGE..
Confession of a Negro, Who Will be Strune
In if Caught.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 26. A special
from Deoatur says: The vioiuity of
Houcks' po8toffloe is iu a state of excite
ment over the oonfession of a brutal
murder by Tom Haywood, a negro.
About a year ago Thomas Williams, a
mail carrier between Houcks and this
aity, was murdered by an unknown per
son.
A few nights ago Thomas Haywood,
who lived on Mrs. Williams' place, went
to her house and presenting a revolver
demanded that she sell ber place, Hoe
with him to the North and there marry
him. She apparently oousented to his
demands, and he, elated at bis success,
returned to bis quurters, threatening to
kill her if she told any one. Haywood
confessed to having kille.l her husband.
Mrs. Williams informed the neighbors as
soon as possible, but Haywood was
warned some way and fled. If caught,
be will be lynched.
NOT ALLOWED TO LAND.
Chinese Who Claim They Were Born in
Chinatown.
Ban Jjbancisco, Sept 2b. Over one
hundred Chinese women and "mer
chants" still remain on board the steam
ship Gaelic, which arrived from China
oyer a week ago. Collector Phelps re
fuses to accept affidavits that have been
handed him for verification, so that the
Chinese passengers can come ashore
The athuavits have been increasing in
number, but the oollector remains firm
in the matter ot demanding correot in
formation.
On the 3d of next month the Gaelii
sails again for China, and unless writs
are taken out for the release of the
"merchants" they will be taken baok.
To-day the authorities conneoted with
the Chinese bureau visited the vessel to
take the statements of the Chinamen
and the Chinese women that have not
made application before to land. The
same story was "told by most of them;
they, were born in Chinatown, and left
here when very young; they did not
know in what house they were born;
never saw any cable cars; did not know
what a fire engine was; knew the name
of no street except Dupont. This is the
general ron of the statements on which
they desire to land. It is believed.
though, that if the Chinese find that if
they can not get off on affidavits, writs
ot habeas oorpus gill be ta ken out by
wholesale before the steamer sails again,
THE CRONIN TRIAL.
k Change to be Hade ia the Mode of Ba
mooing Jurors.
Chicaoo, Sept 25. At the opening of
the Cronin case this afternoon the de
fense moved that the jurymen hereafter
b8 drawn in the regular way, instead of
bv special venire. A long argument fol
lowed. At the conclusion of the argn
menu Judge McConnell said that he bad
not been entirely pleased with the men
who bad been examined, and added :
am Boing to make a change to a oertain
extent in the mode of summoning the
iurore for tnii case, and, if necessary
court will adjourn for a day, in order to
oive the baltffs a chance k visit the
whole county and all classes and bring
in representative citizens."
THE INTERNATIONAL CONURKSS.
Letters of Instructions Mailed the Delegates
From the State Department. .
Washington, Sept. 25.-Letters were
mailed from the department of state to
day informing the delegates to the inter
national Amerioan congress that they
will be expeoted to report for organiza
tion at the deparlmeut of state ak noon
ou Ootober 2. They will be reoeived by
Blaine, who will deliver the address of
welcome. They will organize by the
election of a president vice-president
and secretaries, and will then proceed to
the White house, where they will be for
mally presented to the presidenf. It is
understood that Blaine intends to give
them a dinner the same evening.
The delegates were also officially no
tified that the residence at 1801 1 street
had been secured for the use of the con
gress, and the subsequent meetings will
be held there. The were also invited
to make that house their headquarters,
where they will fiud writing, reading
and consultation rooms ready for their
use.
M M. B3TKE INTERVIEWED.
Chicago, Sept. 25. M. M. Estee, of
San FraneisCo, one of the United States'
representatives appointed by the presi
dent to the All-Auierioan oougress, was
in Chicago to-day, en route East.
He said: "The public lands of this
country are now being rapidly tilled.
For years there has been a sentiment of
indifference on the part of, Americans to
anything but the development of our
resouroes. These have been appropri
ate, bat I think we have now come to a
point where we must look to the re
sources of foreign nations, and we shall
soon have to make it ours. Hardly any
new oountry is rioher than the islands of
the Paoifio. We ought to begin by get
ting their trade, and e can do it if we
deserve it. This is what the slope will
suggest. Ship bnilding and the need of
a Paoifio cable will also be urged."
FROM TAOOJIA.
A Fight nt Puyallnn A .Member of the Legis
lature and a Candidate for Honors
Have a Mill.
Tacoma, Wn., Sept. 21. All is not se
rene among the leading men of Puyallup.
There has been bad blood for some time
between what is known as the Meeker
clique and the rest of the citizens of
Puyallup andvioinity. This culminated
last night when Ezra Meeker met James
P. Stewart, the former ouoe a candidate
for the position of delegate to congress,
and the latter a member ot the last leg
islature of Washington. Words passed
between the two, that could not be re
called, in connection with the suit now
in the oourts relative to the supply of
water to the town of Puyallup, and blows
followed. There wa3 only one round,
hnt r hiit rAQii tPfl in r.hft itnnfthitujf nr
"
VJIOS SPOKANE falls,
M'-CoiHpletioil of the O.
The Roodler Tr
Xtarmon.
& N. .
Spokane Falls, Wash., '
oity hall was orowded ull da,
interested in the argument in the"
against Council Waters, oharged w.'lJ
stealing provisions from the relief 00m-
mittee. The argument was ouncluded
at 6 o'clock, and the case taken under
advisement till Friday morning.
This has been the most interesting
legal contest that ever ocourred in Spo
kane Falls.
Bobert Iglis, charged with tue same
offense, and whose voluntary statements
led to the arrest of Councilman Waters
and Dueber and Policeman Gillespie,
was at Missoula, Mont. Chief of Police
Warren went up to arrest him, but be
luded the officer and escaped. It is
thought he reoeived a hint from here to
skip.
Mason Smith, the wholesale groaer
who was injured Monday night by a fall
from a horse, died to-day.
The Washington & Idaho railrpad ex
tension of the O. R. & N. from Kockford
to Spokane Falls was oompleted into
this city to-day. It connects with the
Union Pacifio system.
FROM SALEM.
A Hopeful Increase in the Ainonnt of Tax
able Property.
Salbm, Or., Sept, 20. County Assessor
Blacker by to-day oompleted the assess
ment roll for 1889. The totul amount of
taxable property is shown to be 6,317,-
459, as against $4,412,156 uP'm which
taxes were collected last year, lhe
gross valuation is 39,209,i!6'J; indebted-
js, 82,370,529; exemption, $521,311.
The roll shows 396,637 acres of land, of
a valuotion of $4,4W,380. There are
1008 polls, being 206 more than lust year.
With the exception of sixty-five horses
legs than last veur, the list shows a
good increase in everything.
ANOTHER LAZY CONVICT.
Who Preferred a Crippled Hand Rather Than
Ijibor.
Salem, Sept. 24. John 3noll,a colored
convict from Multnomah county, this
morning performed self-amputution of
the third aud middle fingers of his left
hand. He did it to avoid work. He
placed his fingers ou a board, and with
one stroke of the hatchet in his right
band. He is in for assault with a dan
gerous weapon, and was sentenced from
Portland for five years, one of which he
has served. He is a stout, hearty fellow,
and the only leasou he did it was to
avoid work.
n;i!T TO A f'lNIHH.
Joe Suto kuM'ks Out Tommy Daufoltli in
Fifty-Five Hounds.
Lom Angeles, Sept. 26. Iu the rooms
of the Southern California Athletic club
to-night, J js Soto, a local light weight,
and Tommy Danfortb, of New York, met
to fight to a finish for a purae of $650,
but at a late hour the fight was still un
decided. At mi 'night thirty-eight rounds had
been f iUijht, and Danforth seemed to be
the fresher of the two.
At 12:40 forty-six rounds had been
fonght, and both men were fp-ab.
Late::. Danfortb was knocked out in
the fifty-fiiftb round.
TWO TRAIFS WRECKED.
One Dashes Into the Other With Disasterons
Results.
Palatnb Bkiiige, N. Y., Sept. 27. St.
Louis express No. 5, which left Albany
at 10 o'clock last night, met with a bad
accident about two miles east of here
about midnight. The first section broke
down and stopped for repairs. The rear
brakemau was sent back to signal the
second seotion, but it was upon him be
fore he had taken a half-dozen steps.
The first seotion was made up of a bag
gage, mail, express and three passenger
cars, packed with people, and a Wag
ner sleeper on the end.
The crash was terrific. The second
section telesooped the first section,
knocking out the lights and plunging
everything into darkness.
Up to this hour, (2 a. m.) four bodies
have been taken out of the sleeper, and
it is feared that the total number of
deaths will' run up to 25 and possibly
more, as the oar was full. It is difficult
to get particulars at this hour.
a survivor's STORY.
Nfiw York, Sept. 28. A correspondent
of the Times, who was on the wrecked
express 'train, says that when the crash
came he was asleep in the coach next
ahead of the sleeper in the first seotion.
The oar was orowded with passengers.
The wreok oould not have occurred in a
more unfavorable plaoe, and everything
except the coaches was in pitch durk-
ness. For a while, people were too daz
ed to do anything. The engineer of the
seooud section, William Horth, when
seen, was suffering great pain and could
talk but little. The train men were
mute, as usual under suoh circumstan
ces. The engine of the second sectiou
was wrecked beyoud redemption. The
roof of the express oar immediately be
hind had sprung through the cab and
thrown the engineer to thegrouud. The
fireman made his escape by jumping be
youd this. The second seotion was not
damaged, the heavy vestibule sleepers
protecting it from telescoping.
The heavy sleepers on the first section
sustained the shook ot oollision, and
saved three passenger coaohes in front,
filled with men, women and children
from destruction.
There was not a doctor on board, and
it was very diffioult to get restoratives
for the injured.
It was not until a large bon fire was
built on the north side of the track that
a realizing sense of the disaster was ob
tained. Already six wounded passen
gers, including one lady, had been taken
from the Wagner sleeping oar. Axes
and saws were procured, and willing
han Is set to work to out away the sides
of the telesooped oars. How many, if
any, are left in them at this writing it is
impossible to tell. When the corres
pondent left the scene they had not
made muoh progress. The correspond
ent tried in vain before leaving to find
the rear brakeman of the first, seotion.
lie is Cue most important person now,
tor it is his duty to run back at least 600
yards the mohientthe trainstops. There
is a disorepenoy na to the length of time
the first seotion was standing at Pala
tine, while the engineer was making re
pair, some claiming that scarcely a
foment had elapsed before the orash
and irfl)erii "jey were standing ful
ly five m'aue1 1)e correspondent and
a passenger ?alked two miles to Pala
tine village to arouse the surgeons who
were hurried to the fi'ont as quiokly as
possible. Assistance was .lso telegraph
ed for from other points.
The lateBt report that four bodies have
been taken from the wreck is all the au
thentic news now obtainable. It is fear
ed that the list of the dead will reach
much higher.
THE DEVIL HIS DUE.
Why Work Against Salem Every Year
They Charge no More for Comforts Than
Does Portland,
Oregon Times.
Some of the Portland papers are howl
ing about the hotels of Salem charging
good prices for lodgings during the State
fuir.
Is it not about time to take a long
rest on abusing Salem? If the court un
derstands the chair upon whioh she site,
"and she thinks she do," Salem is .not
ahead of Portland in the charge busi
ness, and it is in poor taste for the pot to
ahnrge the kettle with being blaok.
During the State fair, when Salem is
filled to overflowing, beds are high, just
as they are iu any town. As well talk
about keeping butter down to 20 cents a
pound when the market is scaroe as to
ask lodging houses to charge 25 cents
for beds when they are in such demand
that they will readily bring a dollar.
A doner is a stiff price to charge a man
for sleeping accommodations, it is true,
but fair play is a jewel and Portland
can't flay muoh on the high price busi
ness. If there are any people in Salem
who can beat our lodging bouse keepers
iu charging, they ought to oome down
here and get rioh.
Give the devil bis due.
THE PUGILISTIC FRISCO.
Not a
Dollar will be Paid by tho California
Athletic Clab.
San Franuwoo, Sept. 25. The fight
between the feather weights. Warren and
Mnrphy, last night, ended ia a fiasco at
nearly 2 o'clock this morning. During
the last two hours of the fight the men
eimnlv walked around the ring and
hardly struck a blow. They were evi
dently trying to force a draw and in the
sixty ninth round referee Cook declared
the contest unsatisfiactory and left the
ring. The principals wore then led from
the ring by policemen and no decision
rendered.
At a meeting of the directors of the
California Athletic Club to-night, to
take action on last night's feather weigh
fiebt. the following resolutions were
abopted: "That the club donate to Mur
phy and Warren notone dollar; that they
be Drohibited from ever entering the
rooms of the club from this time forth
and that the board endorse the action of
referee Cook, as being in aceordanoe
with theterins of the agreement entered
into by Muruhv and Warwa with thii
club.
PRIVATE DALZKL18 TRKACHERi.
He Gives Out for Publication a Private Let
ter from Tanner.
St. Lotus, Sept. 25. The Republican
will print to-morrow from Caldwell,
Ohio, a special dispatch giving a copy of
a letter said to have been reoeived by
Private Dalzell from Commissioner Tan
ner under the date of September 19th.
In it Tanner says be is taking no part in
the duties of h is office, holding himself
on leave until his successor qualifies.
He refers to the orders issued while
he was acting, which he still thinks were
good ones, namely that the 33,000 men
on the pension roll at less that $1 per
month should all swear that they had
had a medical examination within a
year, and be ordered for examination
before their home board, with a .view of
putting them at least at 9i, and, second,
that in the settlement of pension claims
the proof of a private if a man in good
standing, should amount to as much as
that of an officer.
"The acting commissioner," says Tan
ner, "aooording to a local paper revoked
both of these orders under the instruc
tion of Noble or Bussey." Tanner oom
plains of this, and wonders how "they
are going to make the boys believe there
is no cbange in policy,"
He also complains of Acting Commis
sioner Smith's issuing an order stoppiug
all ratings.
Tanner adds that he did not resign uu
til the president and Secretary Noble
both said to him that the report of the
investigating committee contained no
word which oould impeaoh his honesty
iu the slightest degree. Then he bad to
oonsider whether he was man enough
to decline to continue in the position
where he knew his official superiors did
not desire him.
"I have not the slightest doubt," adds
he, "that I would have been removed,
had I not resigned."
Tanner speaks in a general way ot his
beliof that Secretary Noble was deter
mined on his removal, etc., and says
that all they can charge him with is too
muoh liberality and too much speed in
granting pensions.
Of the future, Tanner says he knows
nothing yet.
He oloses with an appeal to Dalzell
not to give him oause to regret his free
dom iu writing this letter by mukiug any
portion of it public
A Terrible Weapon.
From the Soieutitio American.
A series of experiments have just taken
place iu England in connection with the
3ii-pouuder quick-fire gun. The experi
ments were to dotermiue (1) the ve
locity of the armor-piercing shell at dif
ferent ranges which would enable it to
penetrate armor plating; (2) to deter
mine nt whut angle to the line of fire
one armor plate will keep out the 36
pounder armor-pieroiug shell; (3). to de
termine the thickness of plates which
will keep out a common steel shell fired
direct with a full oharge uf powder. Tho
results were that at 2,601) yards the nr-1
mor-piercmg suell, with a velocity of
1,076 feet per seooud, penetrated a plate
of mild steel 3 inches thiok. At 1,000
yards range, with 1,537 feet velocity, it
penetrated a 4 inch plate of Lnvrd steel,
and a 5 inch hard steel plate was pene
trated at 500 yards rauge with 1,718 feet
velocity, In tho second experiment it
was found that the shell penetrated a
3 inch mild steel plate at uu angle of 35
dog., or 55 deg, to the normal. Against
a hard sieel plate of tho same thickness
the shell broke up ut an angle ot 30 dog.
At a 4 inoh hard steel plate the shell
glanoed off at an angle of 30 deg., while
at 45 deg. the plate broke up, as did
also a 5 inch plute when fired ut from
the 81UD0 angle. In the third trial it was
found that a 36 poundcr common ahull,
fired diroot with a full charge, waB able
to penetrate a 3 in :h mild steel plate,
but failed against a 4 inch plute.
VILLARD'S SCHEME,
I'o Form a Syndicate and Buy the Northern
Paciilc Land Grant.
Nbw Yoiik, Sept. 26. Kieninii's News
lyenctf gives circulation to the follow
ing to-day: It is rumored that in the
event of Villard's success iu securing
control of Northern Pucilic stock, a syn
dicate will be immediately formed to
purchase all the Northern Pacific land,
estimated at 40,000,000 aores, ut $1 per
acre. Tho right to subsorihe to the syu
dioato will be 'offered to stockholders.
This will practically retire the first mort
gage bonds.
Important Decisions as to Oregon Lands.
The actiug commissioner of the gen-
erul land ollice bus granted a motion to
renew the decision of Commissioner
Stockslager, of February 23, 1H89, in
which indemnity for suhool lauds in the
Siletz and Urand Ronde Indian reser
vation wan refused.
The law granting school lands in Ore
gon providos for indemnity in ' cases
where lauda are sold or otherwise dis
posed of. The acting commissioner
hold that the sixteenth and thirty-socond
seotious which lie within the boundaries
of the two named reservations, are dis
posed of within the meaning of the law,
and following the decision of Secretary
Lamar iu the case of Colorado, he holds
that the state has a right to select other
lands iu plaoe thereof.
Acting Commissioner stone, in closing
his decision, says: "It is clear there is
no apparent conflict in judicial opinions
as to the effect of certain school sections
beiug within tho Indian reservations at
the time of the taking effect of the grunt.
I think thut the weight of opinion is
that a reservation for Indians is a dis
posal of land in the moaning of tho act
Whether I am right or not on this point,
I feel safe in following the opinion of
the Secretary of the Interior in the Col
orado oase. The facts in the ouse are
similar to these, and f therefore revoke
the deoisiou of February 23, lsH'.i, aud
hold that the state of Oregon has a right
to select indemnity for school sections
lying within the Hiletz aud Grand Houde
Indian reservations. As for all other
questions touching selections and lists,
they are reserved from proper acti on
under the law when the lists come un
der the proper department for approval.
This decision is regarded as import
ant as it will govern in ail similar cases
of whioh there is a large number in parts
of the West.
GOLD AT OKEGON CITY.
Fairly
Rich Deposits Discovered Near the
Town-Shot Gold Obtained.
Oregon City, Sept. 25. It has been
known along time to mining experts that
color was to be found in the vioinity of
Oregon City, but no attempt has been
made to fiud gold. One day last week a
man approached E. E. Chnrman, pro
prietor of Clackamas Heights adjoining
Oregon City on the northeast, and wish
ed to negotiate for the purchase of one of
the roughest lots ou the traot. It was
in fact a piece lying in a canyon. A
bargain was at length conoluded and
the man went ou his way owner of the
desired piece. A few days later Char-
man was driving in the vicinity of the
M and heard some one working down
in the gulch. He hitched and went
down into the bottom where he found
the new owner mining gold, whioh seems
to exist there in considerable quantities
as he secured color from every pan wash
ed. The gold is in dear particles about
the size of a small Hhot. The present
Owners of the lot are Sam and John For
syth and A. Hart. They are working
their olaim with very good success, a
single pan yielding as high as a dozen
pieoes of clear gold the size mentioned.
JThe men were very cautious about
their find and worked on .the sly, keep
ing the thing quiet, but they thought
they had got too good a thing, and oould
not keep it quiet, so to day it began to
leak out, but this article will be the first
reliable information given to the pub
lic. The deposit is in a day and sand
formation, freely mixed with gravel, and
is easily washed. It bids fair to attract
muoh attention, as it is so conveniently
located.
THE VALENTINE SCRIP FILINGS,
Nearly the Whole Water Front of the Sound
t'itio8 now Covered.
Seattle, Sept. 26. A great stir has
been oreated here among the tide land
holders by the action of certain persons
iu filiug Valentine scrip upon the lands.
lhe filings are based upon the recent
decision of the commissioner ot the gen
eral land oluoe, aooeptiug the filing of
Frauk Burns Jr., to oertain tidal lands
iu Seattle hurbor. Neurly the whole of
Seattle, Taooma, Port Townsend and
other Sound cities is now oovered by
these filings. Protests against their ao
ceptauee are pouring in. The filing)
number over forty, aud they are becom-
iug soaroor only because Valentine scrip
is hard to get, or because there is not
mucii vaiuuoie tiae luuus lett to tile up
on.
The virtue possessed by Valentine scrip
is that it allows holders to take up gov
ernment land not specially appropriated
or granted by the Unitod States to some
particular purpose,
7
llie elluot ot tue decision of the coin-.
missioned of the laud oflioe is virtually
a declaration that the United States is
the owner of the tide lauds, aud as they
have never been appropriated or granted
to tho state, they belong to the govorn
ment. Few persons here acquainted
with the subject believe this view can
be upheld by the higher oourts, the gen
eral opinion beiug that tide lauds be
long inalienubly to tho stato by virtue
of its sovereignty.
Nevertheless tho ultimate decision is
awaited with much uneasiness, for it the
holders of Valeutine sorip were to gain
their point finally, tho effect upon the
commercial interests of Puget sound
would be disastrous.
HOLD ROBBERY ON THE SANTA FE.
An Express Traiii Held Up and $10,000 Se
cured. Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 25. Last
night, ns the north-bound Santa Fe tram
was pulling out of Crowley, ten miles
south of this city, three men boarded
the train and two others jumped on the
locomotive. The two on the engine put
pistols to the heads of the engineer and
firemen, and when two miles from Crow
ley ordered a stop. The rubbers then
cut the engine, baggage and express oars
loose from the rest of tho train, and or
dered the engineer to pull halt a mile
further.
The express messenger was then com
pelled to show the robbers the money.
They took two bags, said to contain
$5,000 each, overlooking three or four
other packages.
The train reached here ut midnight,
and a posse of twenty men started in
pursuit of the robbers, who had taken a
westerly course.
BURGLARS IN TACOMA.
They Heat a Hick Hun. Who Could Olfitr no
Resistance.
Tacoma, Sept. 26. Burglars entered
the residence) of Mrs. Moabus last night
and robbed 1. J. McMauus, who was
Bick aud sitting up, of sorno $100 in
monoy and some clothes:. Tlioy made a
furious attack upon the sick man, who
nail offered no resistance, throwing him
to the floor and kicking him. Several
other houses have been entered ami
small amounts taken. The city seems
infested with thieves of ull kinds, and
the police are helpless to protect resi
dents. "CITIZEN" TRAIN ARRESTED.
A Toledo Pawnbroker Who Claims 1 1 0110
of George Francis,
Boston. Sept. 21. George Francis
Train was arrested at noon at the Tre-
inout house on a judgment for 81000.
Spiller, the man who brought suit, be
longs to Toledo. Train says that in 1872
he guaranteed $10 for John A. Lnnt, ed
itor of the Toledo Sun, to buy type with.
Laut told him that he would not be oall
eil upon to pity the amount, and simply
asked hirn to guarantee it . Spiller is a
pawnbroker, and he ailvanoed some of
tho money. In 1H70 ho got n judgment
ngauint Irani iu loledo for $100, and
tour years after wanted to settle, so Train
says, for Hi mi. Train says Lnnt told
him that he paid it all. Spiller then got
a judgment for 830:!, aud now, after thir
teen yours, comes with tile amount swoll
en to $1000. When asked if he iutended
to pay it, Train said : "Of oourse I'll go
to jail."
COMMITTED TO JAIL.
Train was arraigned in the uiniiioipal
court this ufternonn. He presented his
own oase, making a very humorous ad
dress. As he refused to take the poor
debtor's oath, or furnish bonds, he wus
committed to the county jiul. He ac
cepted his fate philosophically.
HOME EYEOPENERS.
Interesting Developments in the Blythe Will
Contest.
San Fbanoisco, Sept. 26. In the
Blythe oase to-day Mrs. Ellen Ashoroft,
mother-in-law of Mrs. Julia Ashcroft,
Florenoe Blythe's mother, testified that
the child of Julia Perry had lived with
her for a long time, and that she was
well acquainted with her, and then
swore that plaintiff bore no resemblanoe
whatever to that girl. She was positive
in her testimony, and was not to be
shaken in her story.
J udge Coffey requested Florenoe
Blythe to stand up, and asked witness if
she recgnized her. Mra. Ashoroft stared
at oomplaiuant, and said: "She cer
tainly has lost her blue eyes. Why,
when she left me she had blue eyes;
now they are quite dark," cried .witness.
"I can't recognize her-. I oan't see a
feature of her that I can reoall."
Mrs. Ashoroft continued: "I couldn't
say this girl is not the same one I knew
nine years ago, but I cannot recognize
her at all. I couldu't say she's not the
same person, but she must be very muoh
altered it she's the same girl."
Where Mrs. Ashoroft's testimony hurt
defendant's side of the oise, and thereby
aided the plaintiff, was in this: She
said the ohild she had known in Eng
land was 7 years old in 18S0. This cor
responds exactly with the age of Flor
enoe as given by her mother, and pre-
oludes defendants making much of their
intimations that plaintiff is not as old as
she pretends to be.
A WOMAN OF WONDERFUL NERyE.
Additional Particulars of the Burning of Mrs.
Kitchen.
Walla Walla, Sept. 2(5. Wednesday
morning while Mrs. Kitchen, living on
Dry Creek, a few miles from this oity,
was raking up and burning trash in the
yardr she discovered that her undergar
ments had oaught fire. She quietly took
a blanket, which she wrapped about her
lower limbs and orouohed on the ground,,
hoping to smother the flames. Finding
this did not accomplish the result she
seized a cloth lying near and wrapped it
about her face and head, and tried to
tear her olothing off without effect, her
olothiug burning completely off. No
one witnessed the accident exoept some
small ohildren, whose soreams aroused
a man who wus in the barn, aud who
immediately rau to the scene and found
the lady lying on the ground iu terrible
agony, with her olothing burned com
pletely off, with the exoeption of one
stocking, ulso on fire. He carried he
to thehousoaud immediately summoned
nssistuuoe from the neighborhood. A
horseman was dispatohed to the oity to
summon a physiuiau, and when be ar
rived he found that the entire surface of
her body had been burned over nearly to
a crisp. The flesh in places is cooked as
hard as leather, after dressing the burns
the woman was brought to this city for
treatment..'
Mr. Kitchen was in, the mounlhins at ,
Hie time nitor wood. Mrs. Kitchen is
very low, but her chauoea for reoqvery
are more favorable. 4
AN oriUM SSIUGGLING TRICK.
How They Work it to Get the Drug Through,
Duty Free.
San Francisco, Sept, 26. While
searching for opium on the steatnor
Walla Walla, recently arrived from
Viotoria, the custom house inspectors
yesterday made an interesting discovery.
Beneath the fire boxes of the ongine and
among the ashes wero the remains of
thirty or forty boxes of opium, whioh
had evidently been placed there when it
was learned that a thorough search would
be made of the steamer. Tho opium,
whih in good preservation would be
worth $250, was utterly ruined by the
heat.
GEKONIUO'S BAND.
Governor Folle Suiegests That They Re Locat
ed In Vermont.
Raleiuh, N. C, Sept. 27. Some daj-8
ago, Seorotury of War Proctor wroto to
Gov. Folle iu regard to the proposed re
moval of Goronimo and his band of In
dians to Western North Carolina. To
day Oovernor Folle wrote a reply.
He says that such a settlement ot the
Indians iu North Carolina would oreato
a great dissatisfaction, particularly if the
looation should bo iu the western por
tion of the state on the lands to be pur
chased from the Cherokee Indians, as
proposed by the secretary of war.
In conclusion he suggests that the In
dians bo colonized in Vermont, in the
parts now being abandoned by while
people.
Tllli PENSION OFFICE.
Major Warner Formally Declluos the Com
nilssioiiershlp. DitEK Pahk, Sept. 22. Major Wuruer,
of Missousi, has finally decided to dc
oliue the ollice ot commissioner of pen
sions, tendered him by the president.
His letter of declination was written
September Hi, but at the earnest solicit
ation of the presidout Major Wuruer
agreed to reconsider. Today, however,
uftor a cousullutiou with his business
partners, he telegraphed that he must
adhere to his original decisiou. The
letter is therefore made public.
In it he said that he appreciated the
high compliment paid him, und, did not
the business engagements whioh ho had
no right to break forbid it, no personal
sacrifice would prevent his acceptance.
Time Flew.
An old negro woman, while walking
along a street, met a tiogro man.
"Look yere," said the woman, "aiu't
dat you, Duu'l?'1
"Dat's my name, lady."
"Is you de Dan'l dut wuz my husbau'
au' wus sent ter de penytenohy fur tea
years ?"
"Yas, "um."
''An' is de ten years out?''
"Yas, 'um.
"Wall, law me, I'se had three hug
ban's sense dut time. Huh, ole man,
I'd dun furgot you. At' you's all crip
pled up, nin't you? I 'dure, I neber
seed time lly o."-Aikansuw Traveler.