The
Hood
River
Glacier
It's a Cold Day When We Get .Left.
VOL. 8.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY. SEPT. 18, 1896.
NO. 17.
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THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
"From All " Parts of the New
: World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehend Review of the Import--.nt
Happenings of the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns
Two men and twenty-five horses lost
i their Uvea in a fire in Milwaukee,
Wis., which partially destroyed Albert
; Manger's livery stable. The flames
' .spread so rapidly that only three men
' and a few horses managed to esoape.
Owing to the collapse of a gangway
landing' at Boesingen, Germany,
forty-five' persons were thrown into
the Rhine. Three were drowned, five
were polled out of the water in a criti
cal condition, and it is feared that sev
eral others were drowned.
Hon. W. S. Allen, chairman jt the
Populist national committee,' has
mailed to W. J., Bryan a letter official
ly notifying him of his nomination by
that body. No sacrifices are demanded,
and Mr. Bryan is neither asked nor ex
peoted to abandon his adhesion to ' the
Chioago platform. .
'William Porter, former cashier of
the Bank of Kansas City, Kan. , whiob
failed last February, was arrested in
that city on warrants oharglng him
with reoeiving deposits when the bank
was in a failing oondition and be knew
it was insolvent. The oom plaining
witnesses are two former depositors.
Porter was placed in f 1,500 bonds and
in default went to jail.
The v Amerioan schooner Frederick
Gearing was seized off the coast of
Nova Scotia, having been oaught inside
the three-mile limit. She was con
demned by the oourt, and the depart
ment of justice has now been notified
that the owners will appeal to the su
preme court of Canada, as they claim
that she was not within the three
mile limit at the time.
John MoCarthy, the alleged bank
robber, was arraigned in Los Angeles.
He made a statement to tbe court to
the effect that his alleged confession,
said to have been , made to Captain
Lees in Sacramento, was a bogus one
in toto, and that he has nothing to con
fess', as he was not connected with the
attempt to rob the First National bank
of that city in any way. He was held,
and his bail fixed at $5,000.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cavanaugh, an aged
woman of San Francisoo, has brought
suit in the superior oourt of that city
against her husband and her son,
, charging them with having conspired
to rob. her of her possessions, and with
having held her and oaused her to be
held 4 prisoner for four months in a
local .ft private insane asylum. The
property was acquired through her own
hard work taking in washing.
Ida Buchanan, of Hannibal, Mo.,
aged 16, committed suioide by shoot
ing herself. She dressed herself for
burial, then went out in the front yard,
laydown ,i on the grass and blew out'
her brains. She was engaged to be
married, and her lover was in the
bouse at the time. She left a note say
ing her health was poor and that she
did not wish to fiecome a burden on
any tme. -Her mother is a widow.
i Mr. Bryan bus issued his letter of ac
ceptance. He defines bis position on
, the questions of the day and states
hat he will uphold every plank of the
platform adopted at Chioago.
J Seventeen people were injured, some
of them seriously, by the overturning of
a wagon, which- rolled down an em
bankment of ten feet. The aooident
ooourred near Clackamas station, Ore
gon. ' .,
There have been received at the
granaries at Salem thus far this season
60,000 bushels of wheat, and it is esti
mated that about 25,000 bushels are
yet to oomo. . Wheat now sells in the
capital city for 42 cents a bushel.
James Applegate, who died at Mon
rovia, was one of the' earliest pioneers
to oome to the Paoifio coast. He oame
to Oregon from Missouri in 1843, to
gether with his father and two brothers.
He was 63 years old at tbe time of his
death.
A Female Manias.
For several days reports have bean
reoeived in lone, Cal. , that woman
with long blaok hair, pieroing blaok
eyes, had been seen in the woods above
that town, entirely nude. A farmer
and bis wife, while driving bone
some three miles from town, encoun
tered tbe woman, who sprang froa the
brush at the roadside and seized tbe
bridles of their team. ' The fanner left
tbe wagon, and grappled with the
stranger, who was frothing at tbe
mouth and gave vent to fearful
shrieks, but she broke away from him
and escaped. A systematic searoh for
the supposed maniao will be made'
with bloodhounds.
An Old Established Firm.
Thomas B. Pearoe, Henry T. Atkini
and Henry Pearoe, owners of tbe
Franklin cotton mills, of Cincinnati,
O., doing an extensive ootton business
in that oity, nnder tbe name of Pearoe,
Atkins & Co., and tbe Henry Pearoe
Sons' Company, assigned as a company
and as indivduals to William O. Coch
ran, a ootton-mill owner. The assets
are $240,000; liabilities, (163,000.
Tbe. cause of the crash is slow collec
tions and dull business.
Bids for the New Vessels Have
Been Opened.
TERMS ARE VERY REASONABLE
Fits Challenges Corbett.
; Robert Fitzsimmons, the pugilist,
and his manager, Martin Julian, gave
a dinner in New York, at whioh James
Corbett was challenged by Fitzsim
mons. A $5,000 forfeit was posted.
When Corbett was informed of their
action, he said that Fitzsimmons was
again bluffing, but that he would call
his bluff, and that he would fight him
twenty minutes after his fight with
Sharkey.
Across the Sea la a Yawl.
The latest San Francisoo adivoes from
Yokohama say that a twenty-foot yawl
started from that port for San Fran
cisoo August 10. It was the Nadjes
ka, and in her Captain Ridderbjelke
hopes to crosB the Paoifio. She left
port amid tbe oheers of a large delega
tion of Amerioan skippers and tars
from the orhisers in the harbor.
The Strike Is Off.
The strike of 8,000 union hod-car
fiers in Chicago has ended in almost
oomplete victory for tbe men. By
gaining recognition for their union
from the bosses, the hod-carriers claim
they have won all they could have
wished when they struck over a month
ago. . . .
An Oil Tank Exploded.
An oil tank on a freight train in
Wellington, 111., exploded, setting fire
to and burning twenty-two oars of ooal,
Peter Norton's elevator, containing
81,001) bushels of wheat, was destroy
ed. .The railroad pumping station
was also burned.
A War Rello Burned.
. Ender's tobaooo factory, in Rioh
mond, Va. , which, during the war used
to accomodate the overflow of prisoners
from Libby prison, one square away,
has . been burned. It was a very old
struoture. ' About $50,000 of leaf to
baooo was destroyed.
A Book by General Miles.
Major -General Nelson A. Miles has
Written a book. It will be issued
within the next two weeks and will
doubtless oause comment from one end
of the oountry to the other, and from
oivilians and military men alike. The
book is entitled, "Personal Reoolleo
tions and Observations of General Net
son A. Miles, Embraoing a Brief View
of the Civil War; or, From New Eng
land to the Goldon Gate."
Engineer E. F. Ingles, the hero of
Webster, who saved his passengers
from being robbed by killing Bandit
Morgan on September 5, was called be
fore J. A. Filmore, A. D. Wilder and
other offloers of the Southern Pacific
and given a . testimonial for bravery.
Tbe ceremony was simple. The brave
enigneer was given a cheok for $250,
together with a beautiful watch and
chain suitably engraved.
A terrible tragedy was enaoted on
'Broad street, Biohmond, Va. James
E. Wimmer, aged 46, a blacksmith
working at the Richmond locomotive
works, stabbed and killed S. G. That
heimer, son of a well-known liqnor
( merchant. The cause of the homicide
was the alleged betrayal of Wimmer's
partially paralyzed daughter by young
Thatheimer. Wimmer, who was hunt
ing for the youth, came up with him
on the street, oaught hold of -him and
stabbed him in three places. ' That
heimer walked half a blook and fell
dead. Wimmer surrendered himself.
Tunneled a Bank Vault,
John MoCarthy was arrested in San
Francisoo for oomplioity in the at
tempt to tunnel into the vaults of the
First National bank of Los Angeles,
five months ago. When arrested Mo
Carthy drew a revolver, but was over
powered. He is believed to have been
tbe leader of the gang who opearted in
Los Angeles. , ; a
Cyelon in Farls.
A violent oyolone swept over por
tions of Paris, France. Omnibuses,
cabs and stalls in tbe streets were over
turned, trees blown down, store win
dows broken, carriages sunk in tbe
River Seine, and the firemen had to be
called. Many people were seriously
injured.
Died From Burns.
Mrs. Bird, the wife of a farmer liv
ing near Rankin, Wash., was engaged
in fighting fire in a clearing near the
bouse, when her dress took fire and
she received burns whioh in a few
hours oaused her death.
, , Two Men Drowned.
Two men named Fainter and White,
respectively, attempted to go from tbe
Nestuooa river to Alsea in an open
boat, by way of - tbe open sea. When
near Alaea their frail oraft capsized
in the breakers and both were drowned.
Another Bank Failure.
The Mutual National bank, of New
Orleans, has closed its doors. The
oapital stook is $200,000 and the line
of deposits was very small. It has
been regarded weak for a long time.
' A Helena Suicide.
Dora Forest and Madge Dow, two
disreputable women of Helena,' Mont. ,
took morphine with suioidal intent.
Tbe former died, but the latter will re
cover. rrr-
The lowest Bidders Were the Newport
News Company, . The Cramps '
Sons, and the Union Iron Works.
Washington, Sept. 16. The bids for
building three more battleships, of
about 11,000 tons eaoh, were opened
at the navy department today. The
terms offered were reasonable and the
ships can be constructed and fitted
with armament at a total oost within
tbe limit of the amount authorized ty
congress. Contrary to speculation, no
attempt was made to bind the govern
ment to pay for tbe ships in gold or
its equivalent The bids were as fol
lows: Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry
dock Company, of Virginia, one ship,
$2,595,000; John H. Dialogue & Son,
Camden, N. J., one ship, $2,661,000;
Bath Iron Works, Maine, one ship,
$2,680,000; Cramp & Sons, Philadel
phia, one ship, $2,650,000; two for
(eaoh),' $2,605,000; Union Iron Works,
San Francisoo, one ship, $2,674,950.
The- lowest bidders are in order,
the Newport News oompany, Cramp
& Sons, and the Union Iron Works,
the last named oompany being allowed
a margin of 4 per oent above the lowest
Eastern bid, to offset the difference of
prioes between the Atlantic and Pacifio
coast Tbe department under aot of
oongress,. must award the contracts for
building these ships by Ootober 9 next
The vessels must be completed within
three years thereafter. Tbe limit of
oost fixed for eaoh ship was $3,760,000,
including hull and armor. It is be
lieved the armor oan be supplied by
the department for less than $1,000,
000. . ' .
The new vessles are to be combina
tions of the best features of the Iowa
and Eearsarge, now under construc
tion, modified by such improvements
as experience has suggested. They
will be 868 feet long on tbe water line,
and seventy-two feet wide in the mid
dle. Tbe vessels will be propelled by
engines of 10,000 horse-power and
will be expected to make a speed of
sixteen knots an hour.
Offensively, eaoh of the three new
ships will possess two very powerful
batteries. The main battery will be
composed of four 13-inoh breechloading
rifles and fourteen 6-inch rapid-firing
unes. The seoondary battery designed
to repel torpedo-boats and light oraft
and to swamp the unarmored parts of
an enemy, will consist of sixteen 6
pound rapid-fire guns, four 13-pound
rapid-fire, four machine or Gatling
guns and one field pieoe.
In addition to the force, an allowanoe
of gun ootton for submarine mining
and eight automobile torpedos to be
discharged from the two tubes on each
broadside amidships, will be oarried
for that silent and more deadly phase
of naval warfare.
ARMY CHANGES.
THE MAINE ELECTION.
Republicans Claim the Largest Majority
In Its History.
Angnsta, Me., Sept. 16. Maine has
followed the example of Vermont and
deolared for the Republican ticket by
the largest majority in its history.
Aooording to the latest returns tonight,
the plurality for Powers, Republican,
for governor, will be over 45,000, and
probably in the neighborhood of
50,000.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed is re-eleoted
to the house by over 10,000 plurality.
Tbe returns show a plurality of about
10,000 for Dingley for congressman
from the Second district; over 12,000
for Milliken in the Third district, and
praotically the same for Boutelle in
the Fourth distriot
In the state legislature, the Demo
crats will apparently have less than
half a dozen of the represenatives in
the bouse and not one in tbe senate.
Toe suooessful oandidate for gover
nor is the Hon. Llewellyn Powers, of
Houlton, Republican.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed, of Portland.
from the First distriot; Nelson Dins-
ley, of Lewiston, from the Second dis
triot; Seth Milliken, of Belfast, from
the Third district, and Charles A. Bou
telle, of Bangor, from the Fourth dis
triot, who have for years represented
Maine in the national house, are the
congressmen re-elected.
Proposed Moving of Three Regiments
' . of Artillery. i
Washington, Sept. , 16. Major-General
Miles has recommended to the
secretary of war an important change
in stations of . artillery regiments.
The regiments involved are the Fifth
artillery, stationed on the Paoifio
coast; the Third artillery, stationed in
Florida, and ' incidentally the First
artillery, looated at Fort Hamilton, N.
Y. ' His recommendations do ; not
specifically mention the latter regi
ment, but it is known to be his inten
tion to recommend that this regiment
be ordered to Florida to take tbe plaoe
of the third, in case the secretary ap
proves the plan for sending that regi
ment to the Presidio, in California,
and for bringing the Fifth East The
Fifth was on duty in New York har
bor five years ago, when the last change
between regiments on the Altantio and
Paoifio was made, so that it will come
back to its old stamping ground if the
scheme of General Miles prevails. -
Seoretary Lamont is generally, op
posd to extensive movements of troops
merely for the sake of a ohange of sta
tion, mainly beoause of the expense
involved. Although a smaller number
of regiments is involved in the present
plan of General Miles than the laBt,
tbe long journey across the oontinent
of the two regiments would make
heavy inroads upon the transportation
fund. Seoretary Lamont is known to
be reluotant to inour the expense,
though his final deoision has not yet
been announced.
One of the strong points in the secre
tary's forth oom in g annual report will
be the reoord of economy ooupled with
effioenoy whioh has characterized the
present administration of the war de
partment. For the first time in many
years a balance instead of a deficiency
will be shown in various appropria
tions. For a number of years past tbe
mileage fund has been short, resulting
in offloers being compelled to await for
a special appropriation by oongress be
fore they had refunded to them the
money spent out of their pockets to
comply with orders issued by tbe war
department The new system of re
cruiting and paying the army by oheok
aooounts in a large measure for the
saving in the mileage fund.
i iijyiE ii
Deposition of the Sultan Can
not Be Long Delayed.
THE POWERS ARE PREPARING
CAME FROM COOK'S INLET.
To Cure Texas Fever.
San Franoisoo, Sept 16. Dr. J.
Sidney Hunt, an eminent pbysioian of
Queensland, and for many years pbysi
oian of the Brisbane board of health,
arrived here yesterday. Dr. Hunt has
been sent here by the Queensland gov
ernment to investigate and find a rem
edy for the Texas fever, as it is known
in the southern part of the United
States, which has broken out among
the cattle on the big ranges in North
ern Queensland.
Explosion of Fire Damp.
Pittsburg, Sept 16. A dispatoh
from Walker's Mills, -Pa., reports an
explosion of fire damp this morning in
tbe oldest Hawknest ooal mine. One
man was killed. The other miners are
olosed in.
Returning- Miners Tell of the Condition
of Those Left Behind.
Seattle, Sept. 16. Seventy-six
Cook's inlet prospectors were brought
down by the sobooner Sophie Suther
land, whioh arrived this afternoon.
About two thirds of them paid their
passage in gold dust and the remainder
fell back on the stock of money they
had taken into the country. Those
of the prospectors who were seen said
that the rapidity with whioh ,J miners
were leaving tbe inlet bad reduced the
number there to about 600, exclusive
of a number at Coal bay. They oalou
lated that $590,000 had been expended
in taking men in and out of the coun
try, while the amount from the mines
would not be more than $100,000 at
the highest 1
The Polly Mining Company, near
the junotion ' of Mill's and Canyon
creeks, they considered to have the best
paying mine in the oountry, and said
$35,000 would be shipped out by that
mine in the fall. Canyon creek, be
tween Six-Mile and Mill's creeks, and
two miles up Mill's creek, they
thought was a fair estimate of the pay
streak in the oountry, and said a dozen
or less men are tbe only ones doing
well.
Starvation was a remote possibility,
as the departing prospectors have dis
posed of their provisions at a saoifice.
The majority are able to leave' the
oountry, and not more than 100 will
be destitute. One man, who came out
by the steamer Bertha, saw tbe steam
schooner Excelsior lying at Sitka and
learned that she is to go to the inlet
and carry out a load of passengers free.
A Peaceful Settlement.
Buenos Ayres, Sept 16. A corres
pondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, tele
graphs that the Brazilian foreign min
ister, Senor Cerquiria, has informed
a circle of friends of high standing
officially that he regards tbe prospect
for a peaceful settlement of the Italian
question as extremely favorable. Sendr
Cerquiria says the good will of the
government at Rome is assured but he
does not disguise the fact that the quir
inal will certainly demand full satis
faction for all wrongs suffered by Ital
ians in Brazil, before it will consent to
enter into a negotiation for a final dis
position of the matter.
Signor- Bruno, the Italian represent
ative in Santa Paula, deolared in an
interview with Senor Cerquiria that
the situation was still grave. Seven
thousand insurgents have left Santa
Paula for Argentina. Tbe United
States gunboat Castine will aooompany
tbe Argentine fleet in its evolutions
in Brazilian waters. .
Three Miners Poisoned. -
Viotor, Colo., Sept. 16. Charles Mo
Govern, Charles O'Tool, and George
Stevens were found dead this after
noon in a cabin a mile from Viotor.
The men, with Harry Doyle and John
MoDevitt, had been occupying the
cabin for some time, and all bad been
drinking heavily. The two latter have
been arrested on suspicion of poisoning
their oomp anions.
v
The Mussulman, Bowever, Does Vot
Show Any Appreciation of the Fntt
Which Is Impending Over Him
Constantinople, Sept 15. To t lose
who have eyes to see, there is more
and more evidenoe of the approach of a
orisis in the affairs of the Ottoman em
pire. ' But tbe Turk himself offers no
sign of the appreciation of the fate im
pending over him or of the limit that
has apparently been reaobed in the
patienoe of the European powers with
the process of extermination of tbe
Armenians that has been steadily and
relentlessly pursued by the Turks
There is no, diminution in the ranoor
displayed by the Mussulmans' toward
the Armenians, and no sign of the re
linquishment of the Turks' contention
that the Armenians are persistent and
determined revolutionists and agitators
against the sovereignty of the sultan,
and, as suoh, invite tbe stringent re
pressive measures that have been used
against them.
Some oolor has to be admitted to this
contention of the Turks, from the fact
that some of the envoys of tbe powers
have reoeived a ciroular note from the
Himtiohflk revolutionary committee,
declaring that if tbe reforms demanded
by the Armenians at the time of the.
raid by them upon tbe Ottoman bank
are not granted, there will be a more
serious outbreak against the Turkish
authorities and over a muoh wider area
than was the last, whioh resulted in
the apparently indiscriminate slaugh
ter of Armenians in this oity.
Since Friday there baa been a large
increase of the patriots of cavalry in
Therapia, the suburb of Constantinople
in which are situated tbe French and
English ambassadors' residences, and
in Buyukdere and Pera. This is the
sultan's precautionary measure against
future outrages, in compliance with
tbe warning oontained in the note from
the powers. These troops, it is under
stood, come under, the authority of
those who are warned that they will be
responsible for the outbreaks involving
the destruction of property and loss of
life. But the troops are at tbe same
time instructed that they are author
ized to use their arms in self-defense
if they are attacked. These so-called
precautionary -measures have not im
proved the situation, and have rather
served to extend the feeling of terror
ism on acoount of the feeling of doubt
as to what seoondary and veiled mean
ing may be hidden behind the letter
of instruction to tbe troops. Mean
time, the British relief oommittee is
busy with the work of helping the dis
tressed Armenians.
The official Turkish estimate of the
number of victims of the massacres in
the oity is 1,100. Other estimates run
pretty muoh all the way upward from
this figure. The official estimate is
ooupled with the allegation that many
of those killed were in reality Turks,
but that they were buried with the
Armenians and that their number went
to swell the supposed number of
Armenian viotims. This is undoubted
ly designed as an apology and explana
tion of the assertion oontained in the
note of the powers that the savage
bands whioh pillaged their houses were
not accidental gatherings of fanatioal
people or undirected mobs, but there
was every indication of their especial
organization and of its being known, if
not directed, by the authorities.
In foreign circles here the state
ments that Turks were killed along
with the Armenians is denied. But
the actual number of victims of the
disorders was oertainly 5,000, and will
probably reaoh 6,000. Tbe military
authorities state that three soldiers
were killed and thirty were wounded.
All Mussulmans who have yet been
tried by the extraordinary tribune,
appointed to pass judgment on those
implicated in the recent massaore, have
been aoquitted of the charges of com
plicity. The evidence against many
of these was deemed by foreign resi
dents here conclusive, and the failure
to hold them adds to the oonviotion
that the porte has no intention of com
plying with the demand of the powers
that the oulprits shall be brought to
punishment In -view of this failure
to punish the authors of 'outrages upon
Armenains, the state , of terrorism
among the Armenians continues un
abated, and the exodus of these people
goes on with no diminution. The ap
pearanoe of the refugees, many of them
in a state of destitution from the hasty
nature of their flight, and all laboring
under extreme apprehension of a blow
likely to fall at any time, evokes the
universal oompassion of the foreigners
who see them.
ALASKA'S DEMANDS.
The People Want a Territorial Form of
' Government.
Chicago, Sept 16. Congressman
Aldrioh, of this oity, who has just re
turned from a six weeks' trip to Alaska,
brings the news that tbe people of that ,
listant territory think it has outgrown ,
its' swaddling clothes, and wants to
govern itself. A demand is made for &
regular territorial government, a new
let of up-to-date laws and the privi
lege of sending a delegate to oongress
like Arizona, New Mexioo and Okla
homa. The restless Alaskans have already
saused to be introduced in the national
aouse of representatives several bills
to bring about these projects on whioh
they have set their hearts. Thft fail
ure of congress to advanoe these Dills,
las, Aldriob says, disgusted the people ,
)f Alaska. There are many Americans
in Alaska who point with unoonoealed .
lisgust to congressional neglect and
ihen to the jealous care with which
she British are fostering the interests
at their oitizens on the Canadian boun-
lary of Alaska.
Congressman Aldrich says be thinks
it is not time yet for Alaska to have a
delegate in oongress. The population,
though containing some 2,000 voters,
is scattered over suoh an immense area
(hat be says it would be impossible for
the votes to be counted and returned '
within the time limit now provided by
)ur eleotion laws.
But, be say's, a new set of laws is
absolutely necessary for Alaska. That
lountry is now run with tbe guidance
)f obsolete and ill-fitting statutes.
iney are largely such laws as were in
the Oregon code before 1884. No new
itatutes have been added, and while the
jivilization of Alaska has grown at a
tremendous rate within the last twelve
rears and the population more than
ioubled, the laws under whioh the
Alaskans live have not advanoed a step
toward keeping pace with the progress
In every other direotion.
'Alaska is not governed like other
territories. It has no legislature and
but few offloers, and even these it does
not eleot itself; they are appointed by
tbe president ; Alaskans set forth all
these oomplaints to Congressman Aid
rich, while be was there.
NEW WHATCOM BANK.'
Second Suspension of Bennett National
Within a Year.
New Whatcom, Wash., Sept. 16.
rbe Bennet National bank posted no
tice of suspension this morning, "on
acoount of the withdrawal of deposits
beyond its power to respond." The
notice further says that "All depositors
will be paid in full." When oalled
upon by the Associated Press corres
pondent, the offioials, while not ready
to make a- detailed statement, said that
the total liabilities are, in round num
bers, $50,000, and the assets approxi
mately $125,00, of whiob $90,000 is in
bills receivable. No paper is hypothe- -sated,
and it is believed that the assets
are more than sufficient to meet all
slaims. f
Tbe statement of the bank's affairs
at the close . of the business July 14,
showed deposits of over $106,000, and
the cash resources of $52,000. , : Sinoe .
then more than half of the deposits
have been withdrawn, the cause being
generally ascribed to the general lack
of confidence, due to financial agita
This is the seoond suspension of the
Bennett bank within a year, the heavy
run of November 4 and 5 last, due to
the failure of the Bellingham Bay Na
tional, having forced it into the bands
of a reoeiver for about six weeks. It
reopened December 19. ; ,,
J. H. GRAHAM KILLED.
at
respondent of the Times says that
there are persistent rumors there of an
impending customs war between Ger
many and Russia. It is stated that
Russia intends to retaliate for some
vexatious restrictions upon Russian im
ports, imposed at the instigation of the
German agrarians. -
Was Run Over by a Locomotive
Grants, Oregon.
Grants, Or., Sept 16. A shocking
aooident happened here at 9:05 o'olook
this morning. J. H. Graham, a brake
man on freight train No. 23, was run
over by tbe locomotive and instantly
killed, his body being completely out
in two. Graham bad run ahead to
olose tbe switch, and stepped upon the
pilot of the moving engine. He at
tempted to cross from one side to the
other, and in doing so met bis fearful
fate. Tbe remains were sent to The
Dalles. Graham was a brother oi
Master Mechanio J. E. Graham, of the
O. R. & N. Co. The train was in
iharge of Conductor Rioe and Engineer
Johnson. No blame rests upon any
one living.
Slavin Knocked Out Kilraln.
Baltimore, Sept 16. Jake Eilrain
and Frank, otherwise known as "Pad
iy" Slavin, the Australian, were the
itars in a lively fistio contest which
took place at the Eureka Atlbetio Club,
near this city, tonight When Kilrain
stripped, be looked to weigh no less
than 250 pounds, and the flesh hung
from him In rolls. Slavin, on the con
trary, was in the pink of condition.
Slavin hit bard, but Eilrain was not
effective. , Three times the pugilists
same togteher, and then Slavin hit his
' An Impending Customs War.
London, Sept: 14. The Berlin cor-Jman a terrifio 8aort arm blow .Wie
the heart, and followed with his -right
m the jaw, and the one-time obampion
tell like a log.
'The exeoution of some of tbe finest
French 'tapestry is so slow that an ar
tist cannot produoe more than a Quar
ter of a square yard in a year.