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VOL. IX.
IldOD RIVER, OREGON, ' FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1897.
NO. 20.
is
Epitome "of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
' TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the New and the Old World In
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
The lumbering town of Austin, Pa.,
was nearly wiped off the map by fire.
Only five dwellings remain. i Fully
' . .. 500 persona are homeless.
The Hotel Lafayette, at Minnetonka,
, Minn., the largest summer resort in the
West, was ' totally dest'royed by fire.
It was owned by the Great Northern
railway..
For the month of September, the at
tendance at the Nashville exposition
was 263,724, and the total attendance
; since the opening up October 1 amount-
ad to 1,196.685. ...
The emperor of China has forbylden
all sorts of banquets and junketing be
cause an eclipse will occur on January
22, 1898. 1 An eclipse of the sun is said
by the Chinese to be proof of the
wrath of heaven at the lack of virtue
in a ruler. " , .
A (2,000,000 power plant is to be
established near Butte, Mont. While
the plant will furnsh electricity for
, Butte and power for general purposes,
it is being built chiefly to supply power
to several large, . copper mines, which
are located near Butte.
Five hundred thousand acres of fine
land along the Big Piney, Lebarge,
Fontanel le creeks and Green river,
which have reoeiitly, been surveyed,
will be thrown open to settlement
under the United States hind laws after
November 1, when plats of the land
will be filed in the local land office.
The lands comprise eight townships, all
in Uintah county, Wyoming.
"A vessel carrying supplies' of medi
cine, clothing, arms and ammunition
for the Cuban army has left Montreal
. for Cuba. The scheme was not author
ized by the Cuban junta in New York,
but was undertaken on behalf of two
gentlemen, one a Canadian, who de
cided on running an expedition to the
poast of Cuba, and, if suocessfnl, iden
tifying themselves with the causoa.-
Neal Dow, the great temperance a";
ocate, died at his home in Portland,
Me. It was through his'efforts that in
1884 an amendment to the constitution
of Maine was adopted by a popular vote
of nearly three to one, in which it was
declared that the manufacture, sale and
keeping for sale of intoxicating bever
ages was forever forbidden, and com
manding the legislature to enact suit
able laws for the enforcement of the
prohibition.
The topic of the day in Paris has le?n
the refusal of M. Lozo, French ambasa
dor at Vienna7, to accept the appoint
ment tendered him as governor Algeria,
on the ground that he does not desire
to leave his aged parents. He declares
that he will remain in Vienna, but the
.. Marquis d'Beversau has already b3en
- appointed to replace him, and the cab
inet has decided that this appointment
must stand. , M. Lozo, therefore, will
have to make an ignominious retreat.
" The Orange-Judd Farmer, in its
final estimate of the year's crop, says
that figures, based on actual threshing
returns, indicate a total yield of 589,
000,000 bushels of wheat, of which
878.000,000 bushels in winter, and
215,470,000 bushels in spring wheat.,
The report says the corn crop is exceed
ingly disappointing, and an outside es
timate is . 1,750,000,000 bushels.
Drought during the past two months
reduced the average condition from
82.8 a month ago to 78.9 on October 1.
An average oats yield of 28.7 bushels
per acre suggests a crop of 814,000,000
bushels, 100,000,000 more than last
year. ,. : .
Three persons were killed on the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad - traoks near
Chester, Pa., by a passenger train
crashing into a wagon. -
The Daily Mail laughs at the report
of the Canadian expedition in Hudson's
bay hoisting the Birtish flag over
Baffin's Land, to get ahead of the
' Americana, and declares that the terri
tory has long been a British possession.
CChe first of the sealing fleet to re
turn to Victoria was the Casoo.
- She brought 1,064 skins, taken off the
Japanese coast and Copper islands. She
reports that the Calotta, with 1,400
, skins, and the Director, With 1,000
skins, are olose behind her.
Five men met a horrible death frcra
black damp, the after.-accnm illation of
a fire in the Jermyn i mine near Rend
ham, Pa. The bodies were discovered
' -by a gang of men who went down into
i the mine with supplies for combating
the Are. Noobdy knew of their doatliB
until the discovery of the lifeless bodies.
During the past month nearly $5,
000,000 worth of grain has left the Pa
cific ports for Europe. Besides this, 28
lumber vesses have sailed for foriegn
ports with cargcv valued at over $200,
000. As the month of August nearly
equaled September, the export of grain
and flour alone for the two months
would easily run into the ten-million
. figures. . . , . ,. . j
DECISIVE BATTLE IMMINENT.
Turning: Point in the Guatemala War
at Hand.
New York, Oct. 6. A dispatch to
the Herald from Guatemala says: -
The government is still mobilizing
its forces at Tolonioapan, and is prepar
ing to make "an attack on the rebels,
who have taken a position on the
heights of Coxon. near Tolonicapan.
It is believed that there will be a big
battle there which will mark the turn
ing point of the war.
The rebels, safely placed in the hills,
opened fire on the city at an early hour
on the morning of September 29. The
fire proved ineffective, owing to the
great distance. The government forces
did not return the fire.
Dictator Barrios has issued a decree
granting amnesty to rebels who will
lay down their arms inside of ten days.
A dispatch to the Herald from Rio
de Janeiro says: The French minister
has demanded an immediate settlement
of the Amapa question and an explana
tion of Brazil's delay in the matter. It
is asserted that the French minister
has received practically an ultimatum
from his government for presentation
to Brazil, but has not thus far present
ed it because of his belief that the
question would be speedily settled.
France is now, however, to occupy the
disputed territory.
The French cruiser Debordie has ar
rived here' to look out for French in
terests. - .
A dispatch from Lima says the com
mittee of deputies which was recently
appointed to agree upon a plan to set:
tie the affairs of the Peruvian Corpora
tion have not been able to reach an
agreement. Several members of the
committee advocate a plan to authorize
the government by special act of con
gress to negotiate with the corpora
tion's creditors on a basis decided upon
by congress. Other members want the
committee to have full authority to
make any terms with the creditors and
ttie corporation, and have authority to
alter the terms of the cancellation of
the foreign debt, which debt the cor
poration assumed.
A dispatch from Valparaiso says it is
stated there that a powerful syndicate
of German bankers has offered to the
Chilean government a loan of $1,000,-
000,000 in gold at 2 per cent and 2 per
cent amortization for the completion of
public works and railways.
Passenger Train Wrecked.
Columbus, O., Oct- 6. A special
from Piqua to the Dispatch says: A
Panhandle passenger train was wrecked
two and a half . miles east of this city
this morning. The train was coming
down grade at the rate of 40 miles an
hour, and in crossing the frog of a
switch at Jordan left the track. For
570 feet, thfi pnfrinA hnmnnri nver the
ties and then went into the ditch. The
tender went in the opposite direction
while the baggage car was thrown
acrossthe traok. Two dayooaches were
crushed together. Eli Carroll, the en
gineer, was hurled 60 feet and fell on
a portion of his cab. Fireman John
Baird was pitched 75 feet over into a
field. The engineer sustained a' ter
rible scalp wound, remaining uncon
soious. for some time. The fireman
was hurt internally. C. S. McCowan?
the baggage-master, was bruised by be
ing pinned in by the trucks.
A Trainload of Gold.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oot. 6. A
novel scheme for handling the - gold
output of the Cripple Creek mines will
be put into use by the operators of that
district. The plan is to set aside the
output for one month, take the bullion
therefrom and ship it to the United
States mint in Philadelphia in a sin
gle consignment. A special train will
be secured for the purpose of transport
ing it, the bullion will be placed in
charge of some express .company which
can guarantee its safety, and all neces
sary precautions will be taken to pre
vent accident while the consignment
is in transit.
As the present output of Cripple
Creek is about $1,000,000 per month,
this will be one of the largest ship
ments of gold bullion that ever crossed
the continent.
" Fight With Cattle Thieves. -
Baker City, Or., Oct, 6. Sheriff
Kilburn and posse had a hot fight last
night at 9 o'clock with, two cattle
thieves on Lower Powder river. Forty
shots were exchanged, i Fred Hull was
shot through the arm, but escaped to
this city. EarlWheeler was not cap
tured. Hull called a doctor to his
lodging-house and was caught there to
day.
The thieves had 80 cattle, which they
were driivng to Idaho across Snake riv
er, expecting to exchange them and
bring back strange oattleto the butch
er. The gang is suspected of having
operated for a long time. .
Fatal Prairie Fire.
Miller, S. D., Oct. 6. Persons from
20 miles north state that as a result of
the big prairie fire, one man has died
and others may die. Seven or eight
were badly burned, one family named
Preston all being in a dangerous condi
tion. Hundreds of tons of hay and
grain were - destroyed. The fire was
caused by men making a fire break.
Four Fishermen Drowned.
New York, Oct., 6. Four pound
fishermen of North Long Branch, N.J.,
were drowned today while about their
work, about 100 yards off shore,
IN
Thousands of Houses Demol
ished, Many People Killed.
THE WAR IN , THE PHILIPPINES
General Revolt In Faropanga Province,
Owing; to the Excessive Cruelty of
' the Spanish Governor.'
Tacoma, Oct. 6.: The steamship
Victoria, wihch arrived here today,
brings news of a severe storm that pre
vailed over Japan last month, and at
sea taking the form of a typhoon. The
principal damage, so far as noted in
late papers, was at Tokio, where 376
houses were totally demolished, 7,728
partly damaged and 14,043 houses sub
merged. In . Shidyuoka, there were
1,060 houses demolished, and 4,000
rendered praotically worthless. In this
district, 88 persons were killed and 42
injured. In the Gifu province,, bridges'
were washed away, , the rice crop in
jured and other damage done. In the
Saitam a prefecture, an embankment
broke and 15 villages were flooded,
Yejiri is practically in ruins. In Koishi
kawa, 1,500 houses were submerged,
and ln.Ushigome 185 collapsed. Hard'
ly a house in the concession escaped
damage. The Presbyterian mission and
Baptist schools suffered the worst. At
Toyama, 1 70 houses were flooded. The
telegraph . wires were prostrated and,
up to the sailing of the Victoria, it had
been impossible to learn the extent of
the damage in the outlying districts.
Late Manila advices by steamer Vic
toria report fighting still going on in
the Philippines. A party of liberators
attacked a convent at Paombong, which
was guarded by a detachment of,f Span
ish, and, after a hot fight, captured the
place, leaving 20 Spaniards dead on the
field. ' '
At San Rafael a party of rebels; un
der General Natividad, met a regiment
of Spanish, and a desperate battle en
sued which lasted several hours, until
the royalists were obliged to flee,
throwing away their arms to save their
lives. The Spanish loss was 400 dead
and wounded. . . -.
In the Pampanga province there is a
general revolt of the towns, owing to
the cruelties of Colonel Seralde, who
was recently promoted and made gover
nor of the center of Luzon. It is re
ported that when the municipal officers
of the towns went to offer their homage
he ordered his troops to shoot them
down, and pone escaped. The delega
tions in the rear fled and joined the
robe's. .- . ' '
It is reported that the province of
Camarines has risen on account of the
executions of prominent citizens.
Colonel Denby, minister for the
United States to China, who has been
seriously ill, is Bbswly recovering.
The emperor of China has forbidden
all sorts of banquets and junketing be
cause an eclipse will occur on January
22, 1898. An eclipse of the sun is
said by the Chinese to be a proof of the
wrath of heaven at the lack of virtue in
a ruler.
' Owing to the recent advance in the
price of grain at Shanghai, the Yorodzu
correspondent reports the Chinese
authorities have prohibited all export
of any cereals abroad. -.'',
A Niohi Nichi correspondent says
that Mr. Speyer is trying to further the
spread of Roman Catholicism in Corea,
and to cause the expulsion from the
country of American Protestant mis
sionaries. . , ,
The rice crops in Toyama prefecture
have been so much damaged by the in
sect pest as to be one-half below the
average. . '
It is reported that 6,000 Chinese
have started a riot at Swatow, China,
opposing the founding - of a Christian
church there. Braves to the number
of 1,000 have , been dispatched from
Canton to pacify matters. '
Mount Kirishima is reported to be
sending forth roaring sounds, but up to
the present no real eruption has oc
curred. " , . '
Japan will enter the international
copyright alliance.
It is stated that the government has
determined to rescind its recently made
regulations for the payment of a bounty
to native exporters of silk. -
Sufferers from dysentery throughout
Japan numbered 50,121 up to Septem
ber 14. In .Tokio 22 per cent of the
cases have proved fatal. - - , . ,
Colonel John . F. Gowey, the new
United States oonsul-general, has re
ceived his exequatur and assumed office.
' The government has included the ex
pense of new legations to be opened at
Brussels, Madrid and Constantinople
in the next year's budget. . ' ' .
Mr, Fuller, director of the sea pro
ducts bureau, and Professor Midsukeri .
will be ordered to Washington shortly
to represent the government in the fish
ery conference.
The Chinese colonial department
has been abolished by imperial ordin
ance. '
A census shows there are 10,855 for
eign residents in , the . treaty ports of
China. There was also an fhcrease of
63 business houses.
St. Louis, Oct. 5. Mrs. Lena Ripley
Waters, a bride of three months, com
mitted suicide today by hanging her
self at the home of her sister.
SUNK OFF THE RIVER.
Schooner Orion Cut Down by the Ship
Pern. "
Astoria, Oct.- 6.- Shortly after 4
o'clock this afternoon, just as she was
completing one of - the fastest' trans
pacific Bailing trips on record, , the big
four-masted German ship Peru crashed
into the little coasting schooner Orion,
cutting her in two, and sending her to
the bottom immeidately.
When the little vessel was struck by
the big steel ship, the captain was
thrown across the deck, badly bruised,
and every one of his four men were
knocked about and more or -less seri
ously injured. They succeeded in grasp
ing ropes of the German bark, and
chmhed aboard, and thus made their
escape. Captain Nelson was loath to
say who he thought was to blame for
the collision. He avers that his
schooner was On her course for Shoal-
water bay. - The weather was perfectly
clear and the sea smooth The acoi
dent occurred north of the lightship,
some 12 or 15 miles off the mouth of
the river.
The tug Relief was towing the Ger
man bark, and the captain declined to
make a statement. ' The captain of the
schooner laid his case before the Brit
ish vice-consul here tonight, and the
matter will be thoroughly inevstigated.
The shipwrecked orew are now . at a
hotel in Astoria, without a cent of
money or clothes other than what was
on their backs at the time of the colli
sion.' ,
The Orion was en route from San
Francisco for Willappa harbor in bal
last, and at the time of the accident
was on the starboard tack, steering by
the wind. While the reticence of the
men in charge of, the vessel makes it
difficult to get at the exact cause of the
disaster, it is apparent from what little
information they volunteer that there
was a miscalculation as to the speed of
the vessels, which prevented their hav
ing sea room until it was too late to
avoid a collision. ,.
The Peru being a heavy, steel ship
could not be much, damaged by the en
counter with the smaller wooden ves
sel, but she came out of the collision
with her jibboon and bowsprit cap
missing. The Peru was on her way to
Portland. The Orion was a small
three-masted schooner, of 1 1 7 tons reg
ister. '-' -!.; '. :. ''
.The Peru is a steel ship of 2,093
tons net register, 275 feet long, 39. 5
feet beam, 23.9 feet hold. V
New Yukon Railroads. -
New York, Oot. 4. A dispatch from
Montreal says: Application will be
made to the Dominion parliament next
session for a bill to incorporate a com
pany for the purpose of constructing
and operating a railway frord a point
near the head of Chilkoot inlet, on the
Lynn canal, to the rapids on the Yukon
river, following as closely as practic
able Dalton's trail, with power to con
struct and operate branch lines, bridges,
wharves, telegraph and telephone lines,
steamboats and other cralt on the lakes
and tributaries, of the Yukon river.
The promoters are "a syndicate : of
wealthy men. , .
' Latest reports received at Ottawa of
the progress of the Crow's Nest pass
railway construction are to the effect
that work on the first 100 miles is very
far advanced, and that' there is no
question but the company will be able
to realize its purpose of completing this
section before the close of the present
season. -'''. ; . 1
Six People Killed.
Willow Springs, Mo., Oot. 6. A
prairie schooner containing seven per
sons was run down in Dead Man's cut
today by a train on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis road. Six per
sons were instantly killed and sev
enth fatally ' injured. ? Those killed
were: Philip L. Wooten, Philip Woot
en, jr., Amanda Wooten, Dora Wooten,
Mrs. Frances Malbrey and infant child
4 months old.- Philip Wooten's wife is
so badly hurt that she cannot live.
The train was stopped and the remains
of the dead and injured were brought
here. Conductor Hallaway says the
proper signals for.crossings were given,
but Were not heard. The persons killed
live in Texas county, Mo., and were on
their way to Arkansas to pick cotton.
Seg-agta's Ultimatum.
London, Oct. 6. A special dispatch
from Madrid, published here this after
noon, gives tne substance or an inter
view between a newspaper correspond
ent and an -un-named member of the
new Spanish cabinet. The. latter-is
quoted as saying that Senor Sagasta
will carry out the Cuban reforms pro
posed by Martinez de Campos 10 years
ago, but would not consent to a cus
toms union between the United States
and Cuba, and if the former w;.s not
satisfied, Spain was prepared to fight.
as the Spanish navy is regarded equal
in strength to the navy of the United
States.
Seals Are Plentiful. '
Victoria, B. C.,. Oct. , 6. Captain
Cox, of the sealing schooner Triumph,
which has returned from Behring sea
with 1,159 skins, says skins are plenti
ful in the sea; there is as many there
this season as there ever were. But for
some cause or other they are very rest
less. In the Triumph's oatch were
four or five skins from which the hair
had been burned off the back. They
were not branded, but there is an iron
mark from which the fur was burned,
seemingly by electricity.
BRIEF PACIFIC COAST NEWS
A. Resume of Events in
Northwest.
the
EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH
News Gathered In All the Towns of
Onr Neighboring States Improve
ment Noted In All Industries Oregon.
A 48-pound salmon was landed by
Marshfield troller.
A Yamhill county . man picked 339
pounds of hops in one day. .
-Over 900- acres oL flax were cultivat
ed in Lynn county this year.
Seuferts' cannery, at The Dalles, is
putting up 1,000 cases of salmon a day.
Soutwhest Oregon Reporter is the
name of a new paper at Langlois, Curry
county. ...
An Oregon grizzly bear weighing
800 pounds was killed on Gate creek,
in Lane county. :
A farm near Fend le ton, which was
sold four months ago for $5,000, was
last week resold for $8,860.
' A young man named James Neal, a
sheepherder, accidentally Bitot and
killed himself near Long Creek.
A peach weighing one and a half
pounds, and measuring 13 inches in
circumference, is a Douglass county
production. ' ;
The completed assessment roll of
Clatsop county for 1897 show a total
valuation of $3,098,740, as against $4,
012,505 last year.
v Notices have been posted on the can
nery at Marshfield notifying fishermen
that the prices of salmon had been re
duced to 25 and 10 cents.
A Lane county fruit grower has can
ned seven carloads of pie fruit at his
farm, placing it in from one to five-gai-lon
cans, principally the farmer.
Another shipment of Wallowa coun
ty beef cattle was made from Elgin last
week, consisting of 450 big steers.
One of the animals tipped the beam at
1,740. . .',.' -
The Oregon Telegraph & Telephone
Company is surveying a route for a tele
phone line from Monroe to some point
on the main line between Harrisburg
and Junction. '.'.'.
Mr.' N. Humphrey, of Lane county,
has up to the present time dried 60,000
pounds of prunes from his own orchard
and expects his entire crop to , amount
to about 107,000 pounds.
: A contract has been awarded to build
ax levee across Lost river slough, in
Klamath county, for $2,490. The en
croachments of the waters of Tnle lake
have . made the construction of this
levee necessary. '. ,'. :
A colony of immigrants, 22 in num
ber, have just come out from Nebraska
with the intention of locating in this
country. They shipped all their goods
out, ' including, a number of mules.
They are now looking around Gilliam
county.
The body of the tramp who was killed
by a tran at Huron, was buried by the
coroner, it was not identified. ,AU
that was found on the body was a plat
ed spoon and four or five pounds of po
tatoes in a sack. The coroner describes
the young man as being about 20 years
old, five feet seven inches in height,
having dark brown hair, blue eyes and
as never having been shaved. .-.,''.
The Salem fruit dryers are taking
care of no less than 1,750 bushels of
prunes per day, or 105,000 pounds ev
ery 24 hours. This gives a direct out
put of 85,000 pounds daily, and the
company expects to handle 750,600
pounds of green prunes this, season.
Just as soon as the. prune crop is saved
the dryers will start on apples and all
that are offered will be bought. - This
year 6-year-old prune orchards are mak
ing returns to the owners ranging all
the way from $600 to $1,000 per acre
Washington. ;
- The city council of Spokane has fixed
the tax levy for that city at 13 mills.
The shingle mill at Machias was de
stroyed by fire; also 1,500,000 shingles.
A 350-pound bear was killed a few
miles above Dudley, in Walla Walla
county. ' , ,
A band of 4,000 sheep was recently
purchased at North Yakima for ship
ment to Chicago.
Wm. Orr, of Walla Walla, was almost
instantly killed by the breaking' of an
electric light pole..- r ,
There is a regular stampede of gold
seekers to the new disooveries in the
vicinity of Mt. Baker. . . t ;5
The Bank of Gairfield, having gone
into voluntary liquidation, will close
its doors January 1, 1898.
A boy named William Hutton, who
accidentally shot his arm off recently,
died in Buooda of heart failure.
A new publio library has been opened
at Walla Walla. , The directors pur
chased $400 worth of new books. j f
Sinoe January 1, 274 articles of incor-,
poration, representing a total capital
stock of $256,691,600, have been filed
in Seattle.
Farmers' institutes have recently
been held at different points in Western
Washington, conducted by offloials of
the state agricultural college,
A BROKEN JOURNAL.
Caused a Serious Accident on the Den- '
ver St Rio Grande.
Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 5. One person
killed outrignt, one so, badly injured
that he died soon after the accident,,
another severely injured, and,. many
slighlty hurt, is the result of a wreck
on the Denver & Rio Grande, at Colo
paxi, seven miles west of Pueblo, at 2
o'clock this morning, caused by the
breaking of a .journal on one . of the
coaches. The train, the first section
narrow-gauge, from over Marshall pass,
was slowing down id take the siding at.
Colopaxi. While running at 10 miles
an hour, a journal on the rear trucks
of the first day coach broke. The car
pitched over on its side and dragged
with it all the cars behind, another
coach, two sleepers and the company's
paycar. Three tourist oars, the baggage-car
and the engine, all ahead of
the first coach, remained on the track.
The cars were all crowded with ex
cursionists bound to the Festival of
Mountain and Plain at Denver. There
was little excitement and not much
wreckage, as the train was running
very slowly. ;
Mrs. Mclntyre was in a lower berth '
in the forward sleeper, and was found
after the wreck lying dead .on the
ground ' near her berth window. ' She
was badly orushed.
Mr. Seyler was standing on the plat
form between the two coaches when
the wrepk occurred. He was badly
crubhed. He was conscious and dictat
ed -several telegrams to relatives.
Of the injured, Mrs. Robinson alone
is seriously hurt, and her death is
feared. She is at the railroad hospital
at Salida. , -
The list of those hurt is complete
from her case to those who received
only a scratch.
: Immediately after the accident a re
lief train was Bent out from Salida,
and all were promptly given attention.
Railroad officials have been overwhelm
ed with inquiries all . day, and have
freely given all the information at their
disposal. Wrecking crews were sent
from Pueblo, and the track was clear
at 6 a. m. . '.
New Railroad Une.
Biggs, Or., Oot. 5. -The Columbia
Southern Railway Company ran its first
train over the road tonight, connecting
with train No. 4 on the O.' R. & N.
At preoisely 8 p. m., Engineer Spear
pulled the throttle, and engine No. 1
moved out of Biggs up a heavy grade.
The run was made to Wasco in one
hour.
D. C. O'Reilly, the general manager,
stated that at least three months' busi
ness awaited shipment. Two hundred
thousand sacks of wheat are stored at
the Wasco terminus, and the farmers
of Sherman oounty will haul the bulk
of their grain to Wasco and ship it by
the Columbia Southern. '
It is proposed to extend this road to
Prineville, and eventually build on
through to Southern Oregon. This will
reclaim from the wilderness a vast area
of country, and relegate to the 'past
the stage coach which has heretofore
been the only means of transportation. .
E. B. Lytle is president, D. C. O'Reilly
is general manager, and Miss May En
right is secretary of - the Columbia
Southern. They have their own pas
senger-car and engine equipment, but
interchange with the O. R. & N., using
the cars of that company for freight
transportation. ' - -
: Strychnine in the Coffee. "
; Schuyler, Neb., Oot. 5.i A physi
cian summoned hastily to the home of
Frank Davis, nine miles northwest of
here this morning, found four of the
seven Davis children and the mother
dead, a fifth child in a dying condition
and a sixth victim ill. Strychnine had '
been put in the coffee, apparently by
the mother, but for what cause is not
known. 1 '
Mr. Davis and his eldest son left
home before breakfast. When the
meal was prepared, the rest sat down,
and early in its course, -the mother
made such a remark as: "Eat a good
breakfast, and we'll all go together.''
One of the sons, frightened at there
mark, did not partake of the meal.
- Burned to Death.
Springfield, Mass., Oct. 5. A special
to the Union from East Longrrreadow
says that Mrs. George Brownlee and
her two sons, Thomas, aged 21, and
James, aged 19, were burned to death
in their home early this morning, and
the house destroyed. The . family had
all escaped. Mrs. Brownlee, losing
her head, rushed back into the house,
thinking her sons had not come out.
Thomas rushed after her to save her,
and James after Thomas. The mother
and elder son were overcome, while
James got.out, but was burned so se
verely that he died this afternoon.
Mr. . Brownlee himself was badly
burned on the hands and face.
The Pistol Discharged.
Visalia, Cal., ' Oot. 5. Those who
find diversion in playfully pointing m
pistol at a friend from alleged sense of
humor had another objeet lesson here
this afternoon in the killing of Austin
Orr, 12 years old, by his half-brother,
Clarence Crow, , aged 20. Crow, had
loaded his pistol only a few minutes
earlier, and had laughingly pointed the
weapon at his brother. The pistol was
unintentionally discharged, the bullet
entering near the left eye, killing the
bov instantly. ,
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