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VOL. XIII.
IIOOD RIVEK, OIZEGOX, FKIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1901.
NO. 17.
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EVENTS OF THE MY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
4 Corprthrntve Review of th Important
tUpptttngf ft the Put Week Presented
la Cawkmed Form Which li Most
L(y to Prove el Intereit to Our Many
Readers.
Last efforts to settle the steel atrtka
hare failed.
Dllmot Plalg crushed to death In a
well at Lenta.
Buried forest discovered under the
lara on Mount Hood.
The National reunion of the 0, A. R.
opened at Cleveland,
Chicago police believe they have lo
cated Emma Goldman.
Strange death of Winter Kyle at
Astoria leads to suspicion of murder.
Improvement in President's con
dition has good effect In financial
circles.
Governor Geer commends proposed
New Jersey legislation against an
archists.
Abraham Isaak, anarchist, under ar
rest In Chicago, published The Fire
brand in Portland.
Secretary Gage has been asked to
relieve the money market by New
York financial institutions.
President McKlnley continues to Im
prove and the physicians have strong
hopes that he will recover.
H. O. Armour, the Chicago packer,
died at Saratoga.
An attempt was made to murder a
family of hoppickers.
A lone highwayman tried to hold up
the Ager-Lakeview stage.
Thieves are robbing slulceboxea In
the vicinity of Dawson.
The Venezuelan fleet is bombarding
Rio Hacha, Colombia.
An X-ray apparatus has been sent
from New York to Buffalo.
Shooting of President McKlnley dis
cussed by ministers in their sermons.
Two bombs were discovered under
the Haymarket monument In Chi
cago.
The steelworkers' executive commit
tee ordered Shaffer to settle the
strike.
Prayers for the President's recov
ery were offered in churches through
out trie land.
New York police are looking for
Emma Goldman. Steps are being
taKen lor the suppression of anarch
ists.
President McKinley'a chances of
recovery have improved. For the
present no attempt will be made to
remove the bullet.
messages or condolence were re
ceived from all parts of the world
Dr. Von Miquel, Prussian ex-Minis
ter of Finance, died at Frnakfort-on-
the-Main.
Tb.e Texarania train robbers are still
at large.
The ecumenical conference opened
in ionaon.
Fighting is expected at Bocas del
Toro and at Colon.
The New York conference did not
settle tne steel strike.
Kemaramy quiet year reported fn
ine Kngnsn wheat market.
Columbia beat Constitution 17 sec
onds over a 30-mile course.
Bridge of the God's ascended by the
neguiaior exploring expedition.
Prince Chun delivered Chin's letter
or apology to Emperor William.
Harvest Carnival of the Modern
Woodmen of America opened at Al
bany. New international boundary line
may put much of Blaine, Wash., in
Canada,
CensuH Office issues a bulletin on the
sex, nativity and color of the popula
tion of Oregon.
The chalnmakers are striking for
more pay.
Venezuela Issues an eiDlanatlon of
the trouble.
A Cotton Belt
train was robbed
near Texarkana.
The Japanese press Is excited over
the Honolulu incident.
Visible grain supply August 31st
shows general increase.
Late developments were not favor
able to the steel Btrlkers.
Governor Schroeder reports pros
perous conditions in Guam.
Men employed to take the strikers'
places at the Le Roi smelter walked
out.
Summary of crop conditions reports
generally favorable weather.
The United States offered to medi
ate between Venezuela and Colombia.
The Caracas and Bogota govern
ments replied to Secretary Hay's note.
English and Pittsburg syndicates
bet 400,000 on the coming yacht race.
Boers threaten to shoot all British
soldiers captured after September
lotn.
Courts will be asked to set aside
the sale of a Skagit County, Wash
ington, road to the Great Northern
Railway.
In Hong Kong there are only 400
women, and in Hawaii 532 women, to
every iuuu men. -
The number of retail liquor dealers
in the United States at the close of
last year was 206,000. The total vote
of the prohibition party In the elec
tion of the same year was 209,000.
The bee and honey-raisers of North
Germany are having a hard time. They
feel the competition of the artificial
honey factories very much. The arti
ficial product contains often no more
than lu per cent of natural honey.
FHE PRESIDENT 18 IMPROVING.
RcAUurtr. News From the Milbura Ruldtnct
t Bull.le,
Buffalo, Sept 9. Through a quiet.
peaceful Sunday every word that came
from the big vine-clad house In Dela
ware avenue. In which the stricken
Chief Magistrate of the Nation Ilea
battling for life, was reassuring and
tonight the chances of hia recovery
are ao greatly Improved that all of
those who have kept the patient vigil
at his bedside feel strongly that bla
lite will be spared.
The developments of last night ana
today were dreaded, but hour after
hour passed and the distinguished pa
tient, struggling there beneath the
watchful eyea of physicians and train
ed nurses, showed no unfavorable
signs. Five times during the day
the doctors and surgeons assembled
for consultation, and each time the
ferdlct waa unanimous that what
change had occurred was for the bet
ter. Not the allghtest premonitory symp
tom of peritonitis appeared and the
fresh hope, born with the morning,
grew stronger and stronger as the
day advanced, until, toward evening,
the confidence expressed In the Presi
dent's recovery seemed almost too
aangulne.
Mllburn House, Buffalo, Sept. ,
1:30 a. m. No additional bulletin has
been Issued by the President's phy
sicians. The condition of the Presi
dent Is reported as unchanged.
2:30 a. ni. Harry Hamlin has just
left the Mllburn House. He said:
There has been no change."
9:43 a. m. Up to this time the ex
pected morning bulletin from the phy
sicians of the President has not been
Issued. The President la reported to
be resting well. His condition re
mains unchanged.
CAPTURED BY BRIGANDS.
Kidnaping
of an American Woman In Mace
donia is Confirmed.
Washington, Sept. 9. The State
Department has received Information
from tho United States legation at
Constantinople confirming the press
report of the capture of an American
missionary by brigands. The dis
patch from Minister Leishmann re
ports that brigands captured 'Miss
Stone,, an American missionary, who
was traveling with a woman compan
ion, In the vilayet of Salonica, The
department adds that the matter has
received the immediate and earnest
attention of Minister Leishmann.
Boston, Sept. 9. The American
Board of Foreign Missions has, re
ceived a cable message from Rev. J.
H. House, one of the missionaries at
Salonica, in Macedonia, saying:
"Brigands took Miss Stone and
companion between Bansko and
Djoumania."
These places are situated about 100
mileB northeast of Salonica In a coun
try long familiar to the missionaries
of the American Board. Miss Ellen
H. Stone is one of the tried mission
aries of the American Board, having
been in this mission since 1878. Mis
sionaries now in Boston from Bul
garia are confident that no ill-treat
ment will be given the ladies, but
think it la simply a case In which ran
som is sought for by the robbers.
Constantinople, Sept. 9. The Sul
tan, immediately upon hearing of the
abduction of Miss Stone and her. com
panion, peremptorily ordered the Vali
of Salonica to secure their release
and to exercise every care for their
comfort and safety.
STRIKE MAY BE SETTLED.
Mr.
Schiller Has a Telephone Conference
With President Schwab.
New York, Sept. 9. The World, in
an article on the steel strike to ap
pear tomorrow morning, will say that
there Is strong hope for settlement of
the strike. It says:
"Hope for a favorable outcome was
Increased when, early this afternoon,
President Schwab received a 'phone
call from Mr. Shaffer, who said he de
sired to speak with him personally
Details of what passed between the
men have not been learned, but it
was reported that Mr. Shaffer had
asked for another conference between
the steel trust officers and Amalga.
mated board and that the board would
come here today for that purpose. Im
mediately after Mr. Schaffer
telephoned ' Mr. Schwab went to
Mr. Morgan's office and remained
closeted with him for some time. The
nature of the news he carried seemed
to be highly satisfactory to both him
and Mr. Morgan."
Northwest Pensions.
Washington, Sept. 9. Pensions
have been granted as follows:
Oregon Original, George Bentley,
Portland, $12; Ezra Suman, Elgin, $6;
Benjamin F. Nicholson, Eugene, 1 8
Washington Original, Silas M
White, Walla Walla, $12; Henry W,
Davis, Lincoln, $6; increase, restora
tion, reissue, etc., John S. McMlne-
mee, Port Orchard, $10; original wid
ows, etc., Grace S. .Wallace, Cowlitz,
$12.
Famous Racehorse Dead.
Marion, Ind., Sept. 9. Glenmoyne,
the running horse, which on the Chi
cago tracks cleared $120,000 for the
owner, Harry Goldstein, In 1893-4, is
dead.
Will Sign Protocol
-Pekin, Sept. 9. The Foreign Min
isters have accepted the Imperial
edicts and have arranged to sign the
peace protocol tomorrow.
Harvest Hands Killed in a Collision
Jamestown, N. D., Sept. 10. Five
men were killed and six others seri
ously injured, two of whom have since
died, in a collision early today.
mixed train on the Northern Pacific
came in from Oakes, carrying 17 men
on a fiatcar. As the train passed the
station a road engine was struck, and
the force of the collision Caused the
fiatcar to collapse. The names of the
dead and injured could not be learn
ed.. They were harvest hands who
had boarded the car at Lamoure.
FIENDISH ACT
-pi r j , pL i cent under an anesinetic, began
I lie r rftSIOent IS OnOtllni? for the ballinthe abdomen.
By An Anarchist,
AT BUFFALO FAIR
HE WAS WOUNDED TWICE-NOT
NECESSARILY FATAL. "
Well Dressed Stranger Approached Him As If
To Shake Hands, and Firtd Twice With
a Revolver Concealed Under a Handker
chief Assailant Was Immediately Placed
Under Arrest
Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 7. President
McKlnley was shot and seriously
wounded by a would-be assassin while
holding a reception in the Temple or
Music at the Pan-American grounds
few minutes after 4 o clock yester
day afternoon. One shot took effect
In the right breast, the other in the
abdomen. The first is not of a seri
ous nature and the bullet has been
extracted. The latter pierced the ab
dominal wall and has not been lo
cated. The President was approached by
a man with a dark mustache and with
one hand covered with a handker
chief. As the man extended his hand
to the President, apparently with the
Intention of shaking hands with him,
he fired a shot which entered the
President's right breast, lodging
against the breast bone. Another shot
was fired at once, which entered the
President s abdomen.
The assailant was immediately ar
rested and was thrown to the ground,
and quick as a flash 20 men were
upon him. When rescued he was cov
ered with blood from a gash in his
face. Cries of lynching were heard
on every hand, but the police man
aged to get the man - out of the
grounds and locked him up in a sta
tion house a short distance from the
grounds. Later he was removed to
the police headquarters.
Detective Geary was near the Pres
ident and he fell into his arms.
"Am I shot?" asked the President.
The officer opened the President's
vest, and, seeing blood, replied: "Yes',
I am afraid you are, Mr. President.
The President was at once taken to
the emergency hospital, where a bul
let wnicn had lodged against tne
BOER COMMANDO CAPTURED.
Many Killed and Wounded, and Several Im
portant Officers Taken.
MJddelburg, Cape Colony, Sept. 9.
Lotter's entire commando has been
taken by Major Scholl of Pietersburg.
One hundred and three prisoners were
captured, 12 Boers were killed and 4b
wounded. Two hundred horses also
were captured.
London. Sept. 9.v-Lord Kitchener's
report from Pretoria to the War Of
fice covering the capture of Lotter's
commando gives the figures as 19 kill
ed, 42 wounded and 62 captured un-
wounded. The prisoners inciuae com
mandants Lotter and Breedt, Field
Cornets J. Kruger and W. Kruger, and
Lieutenant Shoeman. Among the kill
ed were the two Vaslers, notable reb
els. The casualties were 10 killed
and eight wounded.
Burned to Death,
Topeka, Kan., Sept. 9 Miss Eolah
Hounsom was burned to death today
in her home Rt 132 Kline street. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Mur
der, with robbery in view, is suspect
ed by the police, as she was known to
have had some money.
Death List Is Now Sixteen,
Newark, N. J., Sept 9. The death
list of the North Central train wreck,
which occurred last week near Falr
vllle, has been increased to 16 by the
death today of Mrs. William Lee
Munyon, of Port Gibson.
Garrisons at Shanghai
Shanehal. Sept. 9. The
Rajputs
have left here, reducing the British1
garrison in Shanghai to one native
regiment The German garrison Is'" ,CaP Race' N' where BWe1
800 strong and is Bhowing great ar wrecks have occurred this year. He
tivitv The Germans have leased for reports that the lighthouse Is In seed
three years, with the option of six,
a large tract Inside the general set-
clement They are fencing. It and
building barracks and storehouses.
The British community strongly ob-
jects.
PRE8IDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY.
I
breast bone waa removed. Later the
President waa reported aa resting
easily.
At 6 o'clock Dr. Roswell Parke, the
well-known surgeon, arrived at the
hospital, and after putting the Presi
dent under an anesthetic, began prob-
iuo primmer uoctarei mai ds
is
Fred Nieman, of Detroit. When ar
rested be was asked why he had shot
the President, and replied:
"I am an anarchUt and have dona
my duty."
Later he denied to a police official
that he wag an anarchist.
Mrs. McKlnley received the news
of the attempted assassination with
the utmost courage.
HOPE OF RECOVERY.
One. Bullet Removed Wounds Dressed Imme
diately and Patient Doing Well
Buffalo, Sept. 7. Secretary Cor-
telyou gave out the following state
ment last evening at 7 p. m.:
"The President was shot about 4
o'clock. - One bullet struck him on
the upper portion of the breastbone,
glancing and not penetrating; the
second bullet penetrated the abdo
men five inches below the left nip
ple and one and one-half inches to
the left of the madian line.- The ab
domen was opened through the line
of the bullet wound. It was found
that the bullet had penetrated the
stomach. The opening In the front
wall of the stomach was carefully
closed with silk stitches, after which
a search was made for a hole in the
back wall of the stomach. This waa
found and also closed by the same
way. '
"The further course of the bullet
could not be discovered, although
careful search was made. The abdominal-
wound was closed without
drainage. No injury to the intestines
or other abdominal organ was dis
covered. The patient stood the oper
ation well; pulse of good quality, rate
of 130; condition at the conclusion
of the operation was gratifying. The
result cannot be foretold. His con
dltion at present justifies hope of re
covery. "GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
"Secretary to the President."
Buffalo, Sept. 7. The following
bulletin was issued by the President's
physician at 10:40 p. m. last night:
"The President is rallying satisfac
torily and is resting comfortably.
"10:50 p. m. Temperature, 100.4
degrees; pulse, 124; respiration, 24."
Buffalo, Sept. 7. At 3 a.m. the fol
lowing bulletin was Issued:
"The President continues to rest
well. Temperature 101.6; pulse, 110;
respiration, z. ,
Buffalo, Sept. 7. At 4:30 the Pres
ident was still resting easily.
Cloudburst In Kansas.
Kansas City, Sept. 9. A special to
the Star from Ness City, Kan., says
A cloudburst struck Ness City last
night and it Is estimated that over
eight inches of water fell. Bridges
and sidewalks Were washed out. rei.
lars were flooded and several small
business houses were undermined and
ruined. No lives are reported lost.
ess uity is a town of 1000 neonle
situated on the Santa Fe railroad In
Ness county, 55 miles east of the Col
orado state line.
Ptomaine Poisoning.
Cleveland, Sept. 9. Ninety people
who ate clams at a lunch at the open
mg of a new public building a few
days ago have been 111 since, suffer
ing, it is alleged, from ptomaine pois
oning. No person has died, but many
are, siin in oea.
Clyclist Loses a Leg.
New York. Sept. 9. Gangrene hav
ing set in, the surgeons at Bellevue
hospital have decided that John Nel
son, the cyclist, must have his leg
amputated In an effort to save his
life.
Snowstorm in Montana.
Butte, Mont, Spt 9. The western
portion of Montana Is tonight in the
grasp of a storm that began before
daylight this morning. The weather 1
is Intensely cold and considerable '
anrtar haa fallon Unva la nnnr mmshm '
BUVVV SASSSp SM11VU, AJ.V1 IB UVW VUlUlUg
and it Is feared crops will suffer.
Ligh house is Too Low.
London, Sept. 9. According to re-
Prts from Otn .n engineer of the
Canadian Marine Department has vis-
order, but that the light is 55 feet
lower than it is advertised as being,
which reduces the horizon by two
1 miles. He also suggests that the du-
j ration of the fog whistles be changed
to tw blasts of five seconds each.
LAST PEACE MOVE FAILS.
Seau-Offkial Rep4 That the Settlement is
Left to Prtiieent Shaffer.
Pittsburg. Sept. IL The last efforts
to settle the steel strike have failed.
The general executive board of the
Amalgamated Association adjourned
this evening without date and without
accepting any of the peace propoaitions
that have come Indirectly from the
United States Steel Corporation, or
making any counter propositions, ac
cording to the official statement, The
semi-official report Is that the propo
sition secured for the Amalgamated
Association, through the intervention
of the representatives of the National
Civic Federation, was unsatisfactory,
and that the matter of settling and ar
ranging was left for Mr. Shaffer. The
board, in I La eessious of three days,
haa been clamoring for a settlement,
but satisfactory terms and means were
not at band, and the sessions resolved
themselves Into an Informal discus
sion of the situation. At the close of
the meeting of the National executive
board this evening, President Shaffei
declared he had no statement to
make, but subsequently said:
The board has adjourned, and the
out-of-town members will probably
leave for their homes tonight No
peace proposition has been received
and none made."
Still later he added that he nor no
other member of the board would go
to New York during the night to sub
mit a peace proposition, saying he
would be at headquarters as usual to
morrow. The meeting of the board. did not
adjourn In high good feeling, yet the
members of the board were averse to
making statements supplemental to
that of President Shaffer. It waa stated
by some of the members of the board
that the adjournment had left matters
practically as they were before the
meeting had been called, and that the
strike must go on as before, leaving
arrangements for a possible settlement
through the direct conference of the
representatives of the United States
Steel Corporation with President Shaf
fer. GREAT FOO CHOW FIRE.
Caused by the Overturning of s Lamp Loot
ing by Natives. .
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 11. Details
of the great fire of August 20, In Foo
Chow, which destroyed over $1,000,000
worth of property, received by the
steamer Tartar, state that It was
caused by the overturning of a lamp
In a native undertaking establishment.
Hundreds of acres of business houses
were carried away, and many people
perished in the fire, which burned the
greater part of two days. European
proprietors of business houses and
larger Chinese merchants were the
heaviest sufferers.
During the progress of the fire and
immediately after It the coolie native
population looted the half-burned
buildings and stole everything that
they could lay hands on. The Chinese
police, under their European officers,
were unable to prevent the looting
except in a small degree, and before
the second evening had passed a large
number of regular soldiers were call
ed out At that ttmJB many people
had been killed in fights and there
were dead bodies In every street Five
men were killd by the falling of a
three-story building.
The carnage on the streets waa aw
ful. The soldiers, mounted, dashed up
the main thoroughfares, stabbing to
death or trampling under horses4 feet
the robbers who were carrying away
goods in every direction. Even though
knocked down, the natives who were
running away with stolen goods held
on to their bundles. The horsemen
thrust them through the legs or arms
with swords to make them drop
these, and even then some of the
coolies clung to their plunder with
such desperation that they were put
to death where they had been knocked
over. Many of the injured were taken
away in ambulances and were being
treated in the hospitals when the Tar
tar sailed from China.
Union Men Return to Work.
Milwaukee, Sept. 11. Thirty-five
Amalgamated Association men return
ed to work at the plant of the Illinois
Steel Company In Bayvlew today. It
is said two of the company's mills,
the lZ-lncn and tne ran mill, were
started. Among those who reported
for duty were J. D. Hlckey and J. F.
Cooper, the two men who went to
Pittsburg recently to learn the real
facts about the strike-
British Minister to Chile.
Washington, Sept 11. Gerard A,
Lowther, the first Secretary and
Charge d'Affaires of the British Em
bassy here, has received a substantial
promotion in the British diplomatic
service, having been selected for Brit
ish Minister to Chile.
Fatal Collision.
Jamestown. N. D., Sept. 11. A
Northern Pacific train of seven freight
cars and two passenger coaches col
lided with an engine in the yard here
today, killing five men and Injuring
several.
Prussian Minister of Finance.
Frankfort-on-the-Maln, Sept. 10. Dr,
Johannes Von Miquel, ex-Prussian
Minister of Finance, was found dead
1. IiaiI tttla tnnimlnff XI a mrOSi Vistrn
in February, 1849. Dr. Von Miquel
wag out walking Saturday and spent
ihe evening reading. He retired at
midnight. He had not been feeling
veil all daj. His daughter went to
his bedroom this morning and found
her father dead. A physician who
was summoned certified that death
was the result of heart apoplexy.
HE STILL IMPROVES
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S CONDI
TION 18 SATISFACTORY.
Ne Unfavorable Ce4itiM Uv Appeared
Physlclaaa Express Confidence That He
Wifl Ultimately Recover Many Friends
and Relatives Leaving Him Confident That
Ha b Out t4 Danger.
Mllburn House, Buffalo, Sept 10. S
a. m. President McKlnley Is resting
easily. His condition contlnuea to im
prove. His physicians express the ut
most confidence that he will recover,
though there la aUU a possibility that
complications may set In. Up to this
time there have been no symptoms of
peritonitis, and the danger of this set
ting in decreases every hour. Dr. Mc-
Burney, however, says that If the Im
provement continues It will be a week
before the President can be pro
nounced out of danger and convales
cent The President himself Is cheer
ful, and was given light nourishment
yesterday. Everything Is qolet at the
Mllburn house, and the vigilance of
the guarda la not as strict as It haa
been heretofore.
Mllburn House, Buffalo, Sept 10,
25 a. m. Up to this hour no bulletin
of the President's exact condition has
been issued, but It Is learned that the
patient passed a good night and at this
hour Is quietly sleeping.
Bulletins Don't Ten All
Mllburn House, Buffalo, Sept 10.
After the 9:30 bulletin had been Is
sued from the Mllburn residence last
night announcing a continuance of the
favorable condition of the President
there were many Indications that the
bulletins were but meager Indications
of the real Improvement of the distin
guished patient. At 9:45 p. m.. Miss
McKlnley, a sister of the President;
Dr. and Mrs. Herman Baer, the latter
niece of the President and the
Misses Barber, nieces of the President,
left the house, and, taking carriages,
announced their intention of returning
to their homes tonight Abner Mc
Klnley accompanied them to the sta
tion, and to the Associated Press said:
'The nearest relatives of the Presi
dent are so confident of his recovery
that they have no hesitancy in leav
ing." Postmaster Frease, of Canton, a
warm personal friend of the President
who came today filled with anxiety,
said tonight: "I go baok because I
have the most positive assurance that
the President is going to make a rapid
recovery."
GREAT FLOODS IN CHINA.
Thousands of Lives Lost Along the Yangtse
River Rice Crop Ruined.
Washington, Sept 11. Under date
of Shanghai, July 25, Consul-Generai
Goodnow reports to the State Depart
ment that the most disastrous floods
are prevailing In the valley of the
Yangtse River. He understands that
they are the worst known by Euro
peans In that valley. All the towns
In the neighborhood of Wuhu and
Kiuklang are, to a large extent under
water. The farms, especially In the
rice-growing region about Wuhu, are
so completely flooded that there Is no
hope for the crop' this year. In ad
dition to this, thousands of lives have
been lost and unknown numbers ren
dered homeless by the overflow. The
stoppage of trade is very serious. The
destruction of the crops in the fields,
and particularly the probable loss of
the rice crops In the district of Wuhu.
the great rice-producing center, will
add famine to the other difficulties be
setting the empire.
Arms for Colombia.
Washington, Sept. 11. Following is a
translation of a cablegram received
late today by the Colombian Legation
from a confidential agent of the Col
ombian Government:
"Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 9. Col
ombian Legation, Washington. It is
known officially that the Ecuadorian
vessel Cotopalx sailed with arms from ,
Esmeraldos, Ecuador. Tomaco 'be
sieged by filibustered from Nicaragua.
A considerable expedition was expect
ed to land near Panama on the 6th of
September."
The signature to the dispatch was'
not made public, but the information
contained in the message is believed
by Colombian officials here to be en
tirely authentic.
Dynamiters at Work.
Chicago, Sept 11. Three men who
said they were linemen, on being re
fused admission to the office of the
Chicago General Electric Company,
here today, placed a dynamite cart
ridge under the front door and ex
ploded It, wrecking the building and
injuring Nightwatchman Brenn. The
men escaped.
Ordered Out of France.
Paris, Sept. 11. Ferideoun Bey,
head of the Turkish police In Paris,
and the right hand man of Munir Bey,
the Turkish Ambassador, has been or
dered to quit France within 48 hours.
Windfall for a Waiter.
Ashland, Or., Sept. 11. James El
lison, a young man who for the past
four years has lived in this city, fol
lowing the occupation of a waiter, has
come Into a windfall by the death of
a hitherto unknown aunt In Switzer
land. He has received word from a
firm of attorneys, stating that he and
three others would Inherit the estate
of the deceased aunt, and that his
share, when finally administered,
would amount to $50,000,
limber or iarulug