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VOL. VIII.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1897.
NO. 39.
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New
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.
Dr. Langley Hall, 83 years of age, a
pioneer of Oregon, died at Oakland.
The office of the Pittsburg Post was
almost totally destroyed by fire. The
loss is $60,000, well insured."' ,
Harry .Banquist was knocked over
board by the boom of his fishing-boat
and drowned in the Columbia near As
toria.' , '' " '
J. Danach, a traveling man, was held
up and robbed of $70 by three masked
men while driving through a grove near
Eoseburg. , , , .
Capt. Chas. Swanson, of the ' pilbt
schooner Jessie, was drowned in As
toria harbor while attempting to board
his vessel from a small rowboat.
Cuban sympathizers held an open-air
meeting in Tacoma and denounced Pre
mier Canovas. The Spanish flag was
trailed in the mud and then burned.
A resolution was adopted praying that
Weyler might be subjected to the same
torture by his victims. , 1
The' arrangements for the inaugura
tion of President McKinley are rapidly
nearing completion, and the indications
are that in point of brilliancy and at
tractiveness the ceremonies,, the decora
tions and the festivities incident to
inauguration week will be more lavish
than those of former years.
A'prominient churoh member of Pen
dleton, Or., has headed a subscription
list with $5 for the relief of Jim Hems
worth, the Rossland miner who 'saved
the lives of his two , companions by
thrusting his arm into the cogs of a
rapidly turning windlass and in that
way prevented a heavy bucket of ore
from falling on the heads of his com
panions in the shaft below.
Charles Frohman and his manager,
C. B. Dillingham, of the Garden thea
ter, gave p special, performance of
"Heartsease" (by courtesy of Henry
Miller and his'company), to the clergy
men of. New York. The theater was
'closed to all except the clergy, and no
seats were sold. The box office men
and ushers were dressed in long black
coats and black ties, and the playhouse
and its strange audience had every ap
pearance of a church. There were
1,063 ministers "and their friends pres
ent, including a number of "ministers
from New Jersey.- The only denomina
tion that sent regrets was the Metho
dists. The Prince of 'Wales has bestowed
upon Dr. Nansen, the Arctic explorer,
the special medal of the Royal Geo
graphical Society " ! "
San Francisco capitalists are said to
be engineering a plan to get a lottery
bill through the Nevada legislature,
having been encouraged to make the at
tempt by the ease with whioh the prize
fighting bill was passed. V " "
The house committee on Pacifio rail
roads has decided to ; report favorably
the bill drafted by Representative Har
rison, which provides for the creation
of a commission to settle the indebted
ness of the Pacific roads to the govern
ment - !
It . is said that Speaker Reed will
forestall legislation, other than tariff,
at the extra session of congress by ap
pointing only two committees, those on
ways, and means and on mileage, and
reserving the appointment of other com
mittees until the regular session.
While' the action is unprecedented,
members say it would be legal.: " .
George Davies," a prominent com
mission merchant of Cleveland, O., was
shot " and killed 'by his wife at their
residence in that city. ; The tragedy
was the result of a long series of quar
rels.' Mrs. Davies when taken into
custody wept bitterly, and said her hus
band had treated her unkindly . and
called her bitter names.
During the voyage J from - Hampton
Roads r of Admiral Bunco's blockade
squadron, which, reached Charleston,
three men were lost overboard from the
battleship Maine, one man was crushed
to death on the cruiser Marblehead, an
other was fatally injured and six others
were so badly hurt that several may
lose limbs. The officers say the voyage
was made in the worst gale ever experi
enced by the fleet.
' "A press representative who visited
the poor hpuses of the famine district
ofjndia says the inmates were found to
be in a deplorable condition. The
buildings were overcrowded and med
ical attendance was, lacking. A man
outside of one of , them was dead and
another was dying.'; A girl of 6 years
of age weighed only ten pounds, and
several adults were under fifty pounds
in weight. . The skin in all cases was
drawn over the faces, showing the out
lines of the skulls and the limbs arid
joints had the appearance of those of
articultated skeletons. It is estimated
that the present famine is the greatest
of the century, and will greatly surpass
that of 1876, both in area and severity.
The famine belt is 1,800 miles long by
4Q0 miles wide.
From All Parts of the
World and the Old.
Further Hostile Actions by Greece to
.' ; '(,.,', Be Prevented. . ,(,,,. ,;
Berlin, Feb. 17. A semi-offloial
statement of the Cretan question has
been published here as follows:
"In reply to the representations of
the ministers of all the great powers at
Athens to the Greek government yester
day, pointing out the danger to Euro
pean peace from the attitude taken by
Greece contrary to international , law,
M. Skouses, minister of foreign affairs,
declared Greece would occupy Crete.
. "In view of this fact the imperial
government no longer considers it con
sonant with its dignity to take further
diplomatio steps at Athens. After an
exchange of views with the cabinets of
Other great powers the commmander of
the German warship Kaiserin Augusta,
which will arrive at Canea within the
next few days, has received instruc
tions in conjunction with the com
manders of the naval forces of other
great powers assembled in Cretan wa
ters to prevent any hostile act upon
the part of Greece, and also to co
operate ' with them in every . possible
way with a view to restoring order and
averting bloodshed."
CLOSING RUSH BEGUN. '
Lower Home of Concrete to Begin
Night Sessions. ' ' i
Washington, Feb. 17. The general
rush of business which marks the cli s
ing days of congress ' was forcibly
brought home to the members of the
house today by the adoption of a special
order for night sessions tonight and to
morrow, for consideration of private
pension bills. By the terms of the or
der these sessions will terminate at
11:80 P. M.
On motion of Hitt, the house con
curred in the senate amendments to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill. '
This was suspension day and the
speaker recognized Reeves, Republican,
of Illinois, to move the passage under
suspension of the rules a substitute for
the senate bill appropriating $250,000
for closing the crevasses in the Mis
sissippi levee at Pass L'outre, La. The
substitute appropriated the same sum
to be deducted from the sum due under
the Fads contract in case .the courts
should decide he was liable for repairs
tinder his contract with the government.
The bill was passed. ... ;
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, Clavton-Bnlwer Treaty Discussed.
Washington, Feb. 17. A bill was
passed providing penalties for starting
fires which may be communicated to
inflammable growth on public lands.
Davis of Minnesota presented a resolu
tion requesting the submission of all
correspondence with the German' em
pire relative to , American insurance
companies. The resolution was agreed
to without comment.
Morgan's resolution for the abroga
tion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty then
came up and precipitated a parliament
ary fight. " Upon motion of Hoar the
senate went into executive session.
As the doors were closed Morgan
took the floor on the Clayton-Bulwer
abrogation' resolution. V He was ap
parently very . angry and his . remarks
were along the line the open session in
dicated. i vv'
'' Conference Bill Taken Up,
-Washington, Feb. 17. The , house
committee ' on coinage today ' took up
again the bill for . an international
monetary conference. Representative
Hartman, the Montana member of the
committee, urged that action be taken
as soon as possible in viewof the ap
proaching death of the 64th congress.
r, Bnrned a Gambling House.
Chicago, Feb. 17. Citizens of Elm
hurst, a small town twenty-five miles
west of here, burned to the ground the
large shed recently erected there by
Barney Zachariah, the Chicago gam
bler, , in which poolselling, faro and
roulette had been conducted for several
dayB. . Almost every day 400 or 500
gamblers from Chicago visited the re'
sort. A few days ago the residents
raided the pollroom, but could , find no
evidence of gambling. Six men, how
ever, supposed to be connected with the
movement, were arrested. -' During
the night two watchmen were employed
to watch the place. ' Early yesterday
morning a mob of indignant citizens at
tacked the building, and after driving
away the watchmen, set 'fire. ; to the
huilding. ', The gamblers say they will
re-open as soon as another can be built.
7 Held Up a Saloon.
Chicago, Feb. IT-. Four robbers
armed with revolvers entered J. Myer's
saloon at Fourteenth street and New
berry avenue and held up the place.
The barroom was crowded with, cus
tomers at the time, and the robbers or
dered every one to keep in the rear of
the saloon and hold up their hands.
No one attempted to disobey, and while
three of the men kept them covered
with pistols the fourth went . through
the pockets of each man, securing sev
eral watches and some money. He
then took $15 from the cash register.
The men were driven into a small
Toom in. the rear, and after fastening
the door, the robbers ran into the street
and escaped before the imprisoned vic
tims could release themselves.
A clever Parisian has invented a ma
chine that can split a human hair
lengthwise into thirty-six strips.
Cretan Insurgents Bombard
ing the Town.
GOVERNOR RAN AT FIRST SHOT
Fighting In the Neighborhood of
Halepa Greece Sends More Troops
to the Island Turk Fired Upon.
Canea, Crete, Feb. 16. The Chris
tians occupied the heights surrounding
the town this morning, and began to
bombard Canea. . As soon as the firing
commenced, Georgi Berovitch, governor
of Crete, with thirty recently enrolled
Montenegro gendarmes, boarded the
Russian man-of-war. : The Greek con
sul also embarked on board another
vessel.
The Turks from the fortress replied
to the fire of the Christians. It is re
ported that the fighting was attended
with bloodshed. The military gover
nor has been removed from his post.
The foreign consuls also embarked on
board the various vesssels lying off the
town of Canea. -
The Greek consul at Heraklion went
on board the Greek warship Naurachos
Miaulist The Christians at Heraklion
are also hurrying on board the ships.
The Fighting at Halepa.
London, Feb. 16. A Canea dispatch
dated Sunday to the Times says the
village of Halepa, the residence of the
consuls, was in a state of great trepida
tion Sunday in , consequence of the ap
proach of the insurgents, who, joined,
it is stated, by the Greek volunteers,
assmebled in force on A,krotari penin
sula, made an advance in the neighbor
hood. The Hellenic flag hoisted on the
arrival of the .Greek warships was dis
played on the summit of an adjoining
hill. All of the members of the fam
ilies of the consular agents were trans
ferred to the warships. ' The Greek
consulate was garrisoned with an im
pressive show of force by native Chris
tian sailors in anticipation of an attack
from the Mohammedans from the vicin
ity of Canea.
, The insurgents advanced yesterday
toward the isthmus connecting the pen
insula with the mainland, and engaged
the Turkish artillery throughout the
afternoon. ; The Mohammedans at
Canea were in a state of great excite
ment, and, owing to rumors of . an in
tended attack on the consulates at
Canea, special precautions were taken
at the -offices of the British consul.
About 400 bashi-bazouks and a company
of regulars hurried out from Canea and
attacked the Christians, who were
finally -: attacked and pursued into the
interior of the peninsula. .. ,; ' ; '' '
It is reported tonight that the Chris
tians have succeeded in making a
stand, and that they now maintain their
position. . ......
Heraklion is more quiet, as a large
part of the Chirstian population has
embarked on the men-of-war.
The governor has demanded a written
assuarnce from the consuls that the
Greek fleet is not to molest the trans
port conveying troops to Sitia.; This
transport was compelled to return Fri
day by the firing from a Greek w,arship.
This assurance was given by the British
vice-consul, and by Captain Grenfell,
of the turret ship Trafalgar. Captain
Grenfell subsequently promised the
government to prevent the Greek war
ships from bombarding the town, pro
vided the Mohammendans would ab
stain from aots of violence.
Her majesty's steamships . Rodney
and Dragon have arrived.
The Turkish troopship, whioh ar
rived Sunday has put out to sea, pur
sued by the Greek transport Mykale.
Ibrahim Pasha, military governor,
has resigned. " .: '
The Governor's Resignation.
London, Feb. 16. A Times dispatoh
from Canea dated Sunday night' says
that the resignation of Prince Georgi
Berovitch as governor of Crete has al
ready been accepted, and he departed
Sunday afternoon for Trieste. : Despite
the official statements, there is reason
to believe he left his post without the
sultan's permission. In his letter to
the consulate representing the ' powers,
he only stated that he bad tendered his
resignation. '..':
' Although well intentioned, Bero
vitch Pasha has shown a lamentable
lack of courage during the recent trou
bles, according to the correspondent.
He practically abandoned the direction
of affairs at a critical moment. It
must, in fairness, be said that the task
imposed upon him was one of extraor
dinary difficulty. . Without gendarm
erie, without law courts, opposed by
military subordinates, thwarted in
Constantinople, and harrassed by his
administrative council, he , had no
means to make his authority respected.
It must be also borne in mind that the
sudden disappearance of Turkish ' offi
cials is often due to occult influences.
The position of the next governor will
not be envihble. .
Athens, Feb. 16. It is evident the
Grecian government has taken a seri
ous step in sending troops to Crete for
the purpose of protecting the Chris
tians. ' A force consisting of a regi
ment of infantry, battery and artillery,
embarked at Piraeus yesterday . oa
board three steamers.
It Has Enabled Rivera to Hold Final
v del Bio,
Cincinnati, Feb. 16. The Commercial-Tribune's
special from Jacksont
ville, Fla., says: Colonel Frederioo
Perez Carbo, late dispatch chief gen
eral to Maceo, received a letter from
General Ruis Rivera from the Pinar
del Rio section today. It spoke in the
highest terms of his men, their enthus
iasm in the cause, and denied in strong
terms that that province was pacified.
i "The Spanish do not come out of
their' entrenched camps," wrote the
general, "and when we want to fight
them, we have got to go to them. We
have full control of all the open coun
try." .v..,.-, , . ;' V
. His army consists of over 6,000 men,
all well armed, and the health of the
troops is generally good.' Several im
portant engagements have taken places
and in every one the Cubans have been
victorious. '
. While the men regret the death of
General Maoeo, they are full of patriot
ism, and the fight is being conducted
on the plans outlined by Maceo. One
expedition had landed there not long
ago with needed supplies, and the gen
eral was in good spirits over the out)
look for Cuban independence. ......
Rivera spoke of the good work ac
complished by the dynamite gun, com
manded by young Lunn, of Jackson
ville, and said that he wanted another,
In one of the last expeditions, an am
ple supply of ammunition for it had
come over, and it was being used very
often to the damage of the Spanish.
Artemisa has been laid in ruinB al
most by the gun, and other places had
felt its power. . '
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COLD-BLOODED MURDER.
The Spanish Mode of Warfare in Ma.
tanxas Province.
Cincinnati,. Feb. 16. The Commercial-Tribune's
special from Key West
says: A letter from Matanzas today
tells of the cruel butchery of a camp of
pacifioos by a band of Spanish guerril
las under. Major Consartez. The pa
cificos were encamped near a lake ten
miles south of Matanzas. They were
afraid to come - into the city because
small pox and other diseases were so
prevalent. Major Consartez was sent
to bring them in. Surrounding the
camp, his soldiers burst in upon them
with wild yells, shooting as they ad
vanced. Five fell at the first fire, two
being women. Alarmed and scarcely
knowing what to do, the others rushed
into the shallow water of the lake, en
deavoring to hide under the leaves of
the big lilypads and other large-leaved
plants. The troops selected their hu
man targets and began shooting them,
and only ceased when not a head was
visible. Major Consartez's official , re
port says that his detachment had been
attacked at the lake, and that they
killed ten insurgents in the fight that
followed.- Twenty paciflcos, men,
women and children, were killed. '
A Spanish Outrage.
Washington, Feb. 16. Representa
tive ' Cummings, of . New York, has
offered a resolution requesting the
president to give the house any in
formation concerning the , incident of
the stripping of two lady passengers on
board the steamer Olivette in the har
bor of Havana by Spanish soldiers and
detectives. The resolution reoites that
the alleged occurrence was described in
a New York . paper. The resolution
was referred to the committee on for
eign affairs, and a report is . expected
next week. Mr. Cummings said as
to the resolution: . . '
''If. an Englishwoman on an English
vessel had been stripped by Spanish
officials, as it has been alleged that an
American woman was stripped, within
forty-eight hours Morro castle would
come down, or some apology would be
made for it. I doubt if even Japan
would have stood it Furthermore, if
the American government stands it, in
my opinion it indicates a total loss of
manhood and the keenest sympathy
with savage inhumanity. " . ' , .
To Protect the Advertiser.
St Paul, Feb. 16. The American
Land and Title Register, in its issue of
February 15, will have some novel
suggestions for legislators in regard to
a state bureau Of advertising. The ar
tiole is headed A Needed Reform,"
and says: . - v. .
"We suggest to the honorable mem
bers of the various state legislatures
now in session all over this land the
establishment of a bureau of advertis
ing on the same ' general lines as the
state bureaus of insurance. Thou
sands of .dollars , are annually stolen
from 'the merchants of every import
ant city in this country by itinerant
advertising solicitors who are either
frauds themselves or paid servants of
fraudulent concerns. A simple system
of registration would do away with
this condition of affairs."
Marked copies of the issue of the pa
per will be sent to every member of
every legislature in session now. ',
Venezuelans See the Treaty.
Washington, Feb. 16. Information
has been' received from Venezuela that
the arbitration treaty signed in Wash
ington by Sir Julian Pauncefote and
Senor Andrade has safely reached Car
' acas, and will be laid before the Venez
' uela congress as soon as it convenes. ' It
is said on the best authority that the
ratification of the treaty is practically
assured
A Rossland Miner's Unpre
cedented Heroism.
AT THE RISK OF HIS OWN LIFE
Prevented an Ore Bucket From Fall
ing Upon Two Men by Throwing
Himself Upon a Whirring Windlass.
Spokane, Feb. 15. A rare act of
heroism, such as deserves to be recorded
in history and song, was performed at
Rossland, B. C, today, which saved the
lives of two miners and proved plain
Jim Hemsworth to be one of nature's
noblemeni . ' '
Jem Smith and Frank Conson were'
working at the bottom . of ,a narrow
shelf of the Young America mine, at a
depth of nearly 150 feet, engaged in
loading ore into an iron-bound bucket,
while Jim Hemsworth's duty consisted
in hauling the bucket to the surface by
means of a windlass. The heavy bucket
filled with ore, had almost reached the
top of the shelf, when the iron orank of
the windlass snapped in two like a bit
of pine, hurling Hemsworth to the
ground. , ,
Springing to his feet half, dazed by
the blow, Hemsworth saw the windlass
whirring around at a frightful rate of
speed as the loaded buoket shot down
the shaft upon the men below. He had
not a second to lose. There was just
one chanoe to save them, and he took
that chance. Jumping forward, he
threw his body upon the cogs of the
whirring windlass, thrusting ;his arms
and shoudler between the swiftly re
volving wheels. Their iron Jaws
ornnched and tore the . flesh, crushed
nerves, bone and sinews, tore ghastly
wounds from finger-tip to shoulder, but
the windlass stood still. With aa
awful jerk the buoket stopped just
above the heads of the two . men far
down the shaft. : .
Pale as death, with the blood flowing
in streams and suffering intense agony,
Hemsworth never uttered a cry nor
even a sound, as the jaws of the wheels
pinioned him fast as in a vice. Super
intendent Shields, who "Witnessed the
accident from a short distance away,
rushed to Hemsworth's aid and blocked
the machinery. '
As Hemsworth staggered back and
was about to fall, Shields oaught him
in his arms, at the same time exclaim
ing: "My God, Jim! This is awful!"
"Oh, what's the difference?" replied
the plucky fellow, "so long as I saved
the boys?" , .,
His wounds were dressed and the in
jured man made as comfortable as
could be under the circumstances. The
attending physicians are at this time
unable to state how serious Hems
worth's . injuries are likely to result,
but unless he is hurt internally they
hope to save his life. His arm, how
ever, in all likelihood will have to be
amputated at the shoulder. ; ' ;
ANNEXATION OF HAWAII.
Thurston on a Missionary Visit to
This Country. '
San Francisco, Feb. 15. Lorin A.
Thurston, ex-minister of Hawaii to the
United States, arrived from the islands
today. Thurston, as president of the
Annexation Club of Honolulu, expects
to accomplish considerable missionary
work in aid of the annexation move
ment before his return home. His mis
sion is not an official one, he says, and
he has not been sent here either by the
government or by the Annexation Club.
He says, however, that if the opportu
nity presents itself, he proposes to exert
his best efforts to aid the annexation
movement. He says:
"The all absorbing theme of discus
sion in the islands just now in annexa
tion. As $he day for the inauguration
of McKinley approaches, interest in the
annexation question is becoming in
tensified and widespread. The Annex
ation , Club has been reorganized, and
now has a membership of 6,000. ' Of
this number, a third or a fourth are
natives. The natives are. ' joining the
movement with the idea that the an
nexation of the islands to the United
States' is their only salvation from, the
Japapese, who are elbowing them in
various fields of labor.
. "The census of the islands has just
been completed.. The census shows a
population of 81,000 natives 8,000 half
castes and mixed races, 24,000 Japa
nese, 21,000 Chinese, and 25,000
whites, including Americans and Eu
ropeans. The official Veturns have oc
casioned some surprise. It was gener
ally ' presumed that the Japanese
population was greatly in excess of the
figures given. "
Hnndreds of Mohammedans Killed.
London, Feb. 15. A late dispatch to
the Times from Canea says the entire
Mohammedan population of Malevsi,
Temenos, Pirgiotiga and Monofastl en
tered Heraklion, attacking and assault
ing the Christians in the streets and
pillaging the shops and houses. . It Is
stated the soldiers assisted in this, work
of plundering. The local prefect at
Sitia reports 800 Mohammedans killed
in that district, and he is afraid the
Mohammedans in the town of Aitia
will massacre the Christians out Of revenge.
A German Farmer Murdered by His
j . Partner. . , .
Seattle, Feb. 16. In the outskirts
of Eliot, a sparsely settled community
sixteen miles, from . Seattle, Edward
Folzke, a German farmer, was killed
with an ax Friday . evening, about 7
o'clock, and the perpetrator of the -crime
attempted to cover up his work
by dragging his victim's body into the
house, to which he applied the torch. .
The cabin was entirely destroyed, and
the dead man's fate is told by a large ,
pool of blood outside the door and an
ax whioh shows blood stains and black
hair on it- The sheriff and coroner
investigated ' the case this afternoon,
with the result that Andrew 8. Kraus,
Folzke's partner, is locked up in the
county jail, charged with murder and
arson.. No one saw the orime commit
ted, but circumstantial evidence is
strong against Kraus. The two men
had lived together for eight years, and
when sober were close friends, but i
when drunk they frequently quarreled.
Kraus . denies all knowledge of the
orime, , claiming he slept in ka cabin
some distance from the scene of the
murder. Blood spots were ' found on
his overalls. ' , '
: Newspaper OlBoe Fire.
Pittsburg, Feb. 16. The , office of
the Post, on Fifth avenue, was almost
totally destroyed by fire this morning,
causing a loss to the paper ' of about
$60,000, well insured. The loss on
the building is ' not yet known. The
only other tenant in the building was
Gleason, the railroad ticket, broker, .
whose loss is small. The Commercial
Gazette, next door to the Post, was in
imminent danger, but good work by
the fire department saved that plant,
the only damage being caused by water.
The Commercial Gazette's presses
and engines are, for the time being,
disabled. The paper's edition tomor
row morning, will be printed at the
Press office. Both the Post and Com
mercial Gazette were promptly tender
ed the use- and services of maohines,
presses and offioes of the other news
papers in the city. The Post will be
issued from the office of the Leader
until a new plant can be established.
Preparations for the Inauguration.
Washington, Feb. 16. The arrange
ments for the inauguration of President
McKinley two weeks from next Thurs
day are . rapidly nearing completion,
and the indications are that in point of
brilliancy and attractiveness, the cere
monies, the decorations, and the festiv
ities incident to inauguration week will
be more lavish than those of former
years. In the decorations of. the ball
room, finer -results are expected than
ever before. All spectacular effects will
be avoided, and a more artistic and
harmonious arrangement of flowers,
lights and bunting will be- secured.
About $13,000 will be spent by the
inaugural committee in decorating the
main ballroom and the private rooms
Set apart for the use of the presidential
and vice-presidential parties.'
' A Bace With Death.
. Chicago, Feb. 16. Six men had a
race with death on the lake last night
and won by a hair's breadth. They
were' the crew of the big supply tug A.
C. Vanraalte. ' This tug carries sup
plies to the crib off Sixty-eighth street;'
and while returning to her dock she
sprang a leak while bucking a tremen
dous ice floe. ? " ,
Then for three hours the six men bat-.
tied with the ice and faced death while
they were tryig to keep their boat
afloat long enough to reach her dock..
The tug managed to ,get intot Calumet
river, but the fire was dead," The men,
were up to their knees in water. In
answer to ' signals of distress the fire
boat Chicago responded and took the '
crew ashore. . . r
Drunk and Beekless. .
; Portland, Or., Feb. 16. N Frank
Nagle, a shoemaker, was run over and
instantly killed near Weidler's mill
last night by the Northern Pacific in
coming passenger train. No. 1,' which
arrived at the Union depot at 7:80.
The man was in an intoxicated condi
tion, and was evidently attempting to
cross the track in front of the rapidly '
approaching train, in which reckless
effort he sacrificed his life. The pilot
'of the engine struck Nagle in the head
and back, carrying him a distance : of
seventy -five feet under the pony ', truck
of the engine, and leaving the .fright
fully mangled remains lying beside the
track, near the foot of Savier street.
' Italian Claims Filed. '
New York, Feb. 15. The corre
spondent of the Herald in Rio Janeiro,
Brazil, telegraphs that the Italian min
ister has presented new and heavy
claims for outrages upon Italian sub
jects. The wrongs for which redress
is demanded are alleged to have been
committed by Brazilians in the state of
Matto Gressoa during the revolution
whioh occurred in the administration
of President Peixoto.
Burled in a Snowsllde.
Brigham, Utah, Feb. 16. A snow
slide rushed down on the Cottonwood
canyon last night and struck the cabin
ocenpied by John Andereon, Andrew
Anderson and Andrew Miller, burying
the men under tons of snow. After
six hours' work, Andrew Miller and
John Anderson were taken out badly
bruised, but not dangerously hurt. The
dead body of Andrew Anderson was re
covered an hour later. ; '
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