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SALEM, OBEGON, TUESDAY AUGUST 31, I8T.
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CRIMINAL
(Deputy Marshal Ambushed.
The Stabbing Affray at Albany Yes
terday.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 21. Two
deputy United States marshals are
dead, two serlousely wounded and two
more missing as a result of an attack
upon a posso of officers by a gang of
desperate moonshiners In Searcy
county. oTuc dead are: B. F, Taylor,
"or Searcy county and Joe Dodson, of
,fctone county. The wounded men are
Lthe Itcnf row brothers. The names of
Rlie missing men wero nob given, but
they arc svpposed to be deputy sheriffs
f Searcy county.
u'ayior, one 01 ino murdered men,
fas 60 years or age and was the
wealthiest man In Searcy county.
)odson was a wellknown deputy and
ias been a terror to moonshiners. lie
vas leading a raid when the terrible
i flair occurred.
- The officers had approached to with
in 30 yards of an Illicit distillery, when
ihey were lired upon from ambush.
Caylor and Dodson .'ell at the tint
rolley, dead In their tracks. The
hooting occurred 35 miles from Rus-
sllvllle, at a point 10 miles south of
IWitt Springs. The locality is in the
lountains, and has for many years
Ifceen a favorite rendezvous for monn-
Khlners and counterfeiters. News of
the tragedy was brought to Russell-
RTillo this morning by Dr. Pack, who
fatine after tiie coroner.
f The men who did 'the shooting are
ffKtipposedJtu be a gang of moonshiners
M by Horace Bruce and John Church,
e., Voof the most desperate characters
t that part of the state.
Cutting Scrape.
Aug 31. A rather bad
occurred on Baker
one that depends
ee the next few hours to determine
: how serious the result will be.
Xbout two weeks ago Billy Maher,
hflformer New York man. arrived in
Albany and secured a position I" P.
0,. Anderson's blacksmith shop. Ho
was about 25 years orage, a muscular,
powerful young man. On Sunday,
the 21st Instant, he and Jas. Black
burn went ar-ross the Willamette In
order to settle which was the better
lighter, and when the contest was
over It was very emphatically In
Maher's favor. Blackburn did not
forget It. Sunday evening about 10
o'clock they met In Enill Etter's sa
loon. Maher had been drinking
heavily and was very Intoxicated, and
had been tor some time.
Blackburn remarked about working
In the wheat field, when Maher re
spended: "the h 1 you have," where
upon Blackburn knocked him down.
Shortly afterwards Maher went out
side, and was looking for Charley
McClaln, another blacksmith, when
lie taw a man on Baker street about
half way back to the end of the build
ing, whom he approached. It proved
to Le Blackburn, who, without any
warning staggard up to him, began
slashing hi in in the back. lie fell to
the ground with Blackburn upon him.
Fred Senders and another man near
by, then followed and took him off.
Senders said that Maher was on top
of Blackburn, and that he only saw
part of the affair, after the men
were down; but they had been fight
ing.
Blackburn had been drinking some,
It Is said very little. Dr. Davis was
sent for. The wounded man was
taken to the woman's cell in tho Jail
and his wounds dresped, There were
six stabs and a shallow slash fourteen
Inches long, all In the back. One stab
went clear Into tho lungs, at the right
shoulder blade, another closo by to a
bone, the others weic small ones and
were scattered. Dr. Davis thinks the
man will get up all right but it will'
depend on whether Inflamatlon sets in
the case of the lung stab.
Blackburn refuses to make any state
ment at the present time. Ho gave
nitnseir up to warsuai Leo and was
placed in the county jail, where he
awaits a preliminary examination.
ALASKA'S
Mad Rush Still Continues,
Immonse Gold Discoveries Men
Wild to Reach the Interior,
Open Air Meeting. Remember
the open air meeting on Geo. S. Down-
Ing's lawn tonight.
5,000
WflNTE D !
EN
To buy harvest and hoppickers
IL JL-kV Al 1 J d
Wr have a full line of castor horse, goat, buck,
calf and hogskin gloves, equal to the best in qual'
ity, fit and workmanship, not to forget prices
which are as low as the lowest A full
'GUARANTEE
with every pair frcm 50c up, Ask to see ou
hopypickers favorite at 25c, They are values
that must be seen to be appreciated,
. W. JOHNSON & CO.
120 State street
rif ice sale of. clothing still on,
Seattle, Aug. 31. The following
letter was received, per steamer
Utopia, by the Associated Press:
Skaouay, Aug. 23, The Jam Is
broken on tho Skaguay trail. L num
ber of outfits have gotten over, and
there lb unsteady stream of moving hu
manity mixed up in an almost undo
scribable mass of horses of all sizes,
ages and conditions, mules uud steers,
milk cows, goats and ddgsj also ve
hicles of every description and kind to
be Imagined. Threo stoamcrs are now
unloading ou lighters, which convey
the freight as near the shore as possl
ble, where It Is loaded on wagons and
carried above high tide.
The Utopia is unloading at the only
wharf a very shaky structure. Two
piledrlTera are at work on another
dock, which Is Intended to be a sub
stantial affair. A new sawmill got
steam for tho first time yesterday
morning. Rough lumber Is worth $27
per thousand, but cannot bo gottes
out half fast enough at any price, "ZZZ
The city of tones is not being dis
placed but reinforced by a city of
"shacks" of all sizes and degrees of
finish. Skaguay Is the boom town of
Alaska. Every man, whoso heart
failed him when he encountered the
first hardship, has turned townsite
boomer. Four weeks ago Skaguay was
not known; today, t here an) not less
than 3,000 people hero In addition to
those on tlmshlpsln the harbor., Tbey
have surveyed off the townsite, the
first comcr8havlng first choice. The
Uultcd States commissioner is issu
ing some kind of certiflcale,;'feei?$ty
surveyor another 95 their the squat
ter sticks up his tent.-saackv.orcorral.
and is ready to skf aHhVffrsfr-tender-
rooc that comes along. Transfers by
quit-claim arc quite common and as
high as $200 has been paid fora cbolee.
location. Skaguay lias all "tSe usual
accompaniments of frontier mining
town dance halls, scarlet women and
all kiuds of gambling games.
Thero Is no danger of famine here,
thuogh there may bo a shortage In
certain lines. Great pilesof hay grain,
flour, bacon, sugar and all necessaries
are In slock, apparently to last for
thief. These men went to the tent of
tho suspected man, and found ' the
missing sack. The matt begged for
mercy, but the committee, satisfied
or his guilt, decided-that he be Im
mediately killed. The; man was
uraggea rrom tuo tent ann tied ur-
rlght to a pole, the committee-men
stood oft a short distance and at a
word, shot together The thief's
body was pierced In si places, and
feeling their duty done and sick of
their task tho vigilantes lert at
once, not even waiting to put the
bloodied form bcueaililthe ground.
For three days Ithung jhere In full
view of those passmg with their
packs. Tho oder from It became
bearable filially, and the body
buried.
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Afridis Now Holds tho Pass.
Afghan
TroubleOther
Matters.
Foreign
A HORRIBLE MURDER.
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Rich Mine?
Tacoma, Aug. Sl.-AMlctter to the
Ledger has Just been received from
the North fork of tho McMillan river.
Alaska, from George LcTuon, addressed
to his wife in South Tacoma, giving
particulars of a fabulously ricli strike
on this tributary of the McMillan
river. He and his pirtucr went there
from the Yukon, on Information from
an Indian, whojacconipanled them,last
spring, and ho says Lheyjhavc struck a
locality richer than the Klondike. In
threo months they have made a clean
up of $55,000. lie says they have a
lard bucket and a ,bean can full of
nuggets, and although' they have no
scales, they believe It.wlil run at least
to the amount named. They have
staked off five clalmsjfand ho tells his
wife to send up four'fnends, whom he
designates, as quickly as possible to
locate the adjoining properties, tho
law being that one man can locate
only one claim.
Tho McMillan riyor Is between 200
and 3 0 miles south of the Klondike,
and until lately has been an unex
plored region. Lemon expresses fear
of scurvy bieaklng out this whiter.
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-Strike Situation1
DENVER. Aug. 30-A special
the-News from Lcdnon, Ind;, says
An immense meeting was hold at the
opera-house In behalf of the starving
coal miners in Indiana. Thomas J.
Terhuno made a statement of the
condition' aT he found It whllo
making his Investigation as Governor
Mount's special commssioner. Hesaid.
"There are 8000 famlles in 'this
state Indlstftutlon. Thirty thousand
people who arc literally starvlug, A
few years ago they rccelyed $1 25 per
ton; now the average price paid is
about 35 cents per ton. A good miner
Peshawuii, Aug 31.- A strong
force of Afridis, It Is announced, tins
closed Koliat pass, and therefore tho
proposed advance of acolumn of Brit
ish troops through that pass has been
countermanded. With Khyber and
Kohat passes in the hands of the en
emy the gravity of thesituatlon has
increased.
The Sliinwara and Kapil police
posts on the Samana range were at
tacked, evacuated by their garrisons
and burned by tho enemy Sunday
night. In addition, the OraKzalson
Sunday night looted tho Narlab Sa
mana bazaar and burned the school.
The Koliat pass Afridis are still loyal,
In spite of the Mullah's strenuous ef
forts to excite their chiefs. They
promise npt to oppose tho Peshawur
troops who aro marching on Koliat.
A column of natlvo troops, under
Colonel Gordon, was sent out, from
Peshawur with orders to force the
Koliat pass If necessary "and reach
Kohat. The Kohat pass, at Its en
trance, Is commanded by Fort Mack
cson. It runs through Afildl terri
tory to the Brctish post of Kohat,
about -10 miles from Peshawur. The
latter Is a strong military position,
Grecian Indemnity,
Athens,- Aug. 31. Tho govern
ment has replied to the request or the
powers for a statement of tho revenue
It would bo able to assign as a guaran
tee for tho Indemnity loan. Tho gov
ernment offers to set apart revenues
amounting to 4,000,000 drachmas
yearly. The Austrian govorment, It
i& stated; has proposed the rejection.
10 of the British plan for the settlement
of tho Graeco-Turkish difficulty, and
urgca iiiuii ino nve reclaming powers
proceed wTth tiie conluslon of peace
between thetvo countries,
somo time to come. Thero ar not can mako $l a day and ,3 allowed to
not less than 2,000 horses at work- on
Skaguay trail, but It Is hard to get
anyone to contract to deliver you
over the summit atrany-price but you
can get over for about 30 cents a
pound If you are willing to wait and
contract by sections. The packers at
this end of tho trail do not like to
contract farther than the first hill,
six miles, then one has to hire an
other outfit.
At Dyea the Indians are moving the
freight In an almost unbroken stream,
from the landing to Lake LInderman,
and It Is no trouble to contract to get
one's entire outfit put over atone
trip for from 30 to 35 cents per pound.
No one should come expecting to get
over this fall for a less rate, and no
one shonld bring boats There are
boats, set up, knocked-down, In sec
tions und single boards on both trulls
from the landing to the base of the
summit, but not ono has yet been
taken over.
work two or threo days each week,
They aro compelled to trade at com
pany stores and the prices they pay
are left entirely to the mine operaters.
The miners admit that they cannot
llvo upon tho present scale of wages."
A large subscription to tho relief
fund was raised.
E. V. Debs left Tcrro Haute for St.
Louis last night to attend tho confer
enco called by the national cxecutlvo
board of United Mlneworkers. He
says there has been u remarkable
change In public sentiment on the In
junction question; that whereas three
years ago there was hard.y any dis
sent from" the ccurse of Judges who
were lssueing restraining orders
against the strikers, the preponder
ance of sentiment now Is in opposition.
French Election,
Bhest, Aug. ,11. Tito result of tho
parliamentary election In tho third
district of Brest is that Abbe Eay
raud, Christian socialist and Republi
can, whoso previous return was inval
idated by the chambenon tho ground
of clerical Influence,, has been re
elected to the chamber of deputies by
a large majority.
May Return to Palestine,
Basle, Switzerland, Aug. 31. At
the session of the Zionist congress,
tho delegates present unanimously
adopted a program for re-establishing
the Hebrews in Palestine, with
bubllcly recognized rights. A dis
patch was sent to the sultan of Tur
key thanking his majesty forprlv
eleges enjoyed by Hebrews In his empire.
Vigilant Committee.
Seattle, Aug. 31. An unknown
man has been shot on the Skaguay
trail, by a committee of vlgllantes.and
Low Excursion Rates.
The Southern Pacific will make a
one faro ruta from all pqjnts o.rj their
lines in Oregon to the Oregon state
fair whloh opens Septcmbes 30 and
Ocjober 8. A big harvest and a big
rair. a wean, vigonous, aeugutfyl
und comprehensive exposition of
everything pertaining to tho farm
and farmer. Good races and nmuse
mentsof all kinds. Special attrac
tion every day.
with tuo present cop prospects and
I Fatal Collision..
! BnitLW, Au. 31. A collision bc
, twecu passenger trains tookplace near
I Vonwlnkel. Three locomotives and
i six carriages were wrecked, two per
sons wero killed and 14 injured. Of
tiie latter, it is thought probably 12
will succumb to their injuries.
Prison System.
London, Aug 31. Tho Chronicle
this morning published tho announce
ment that tho czar had decided upon
the partial abolition of the cxllo to
Siberia of criminals, and the substi
tution therefor of "confinement In
large central prisons In Russia. The
chango will become effective a year
hence.
Luctgert on Trial for Making Sausage
oMHis Wife.
Chicago, Aug, 31. Tho trial of
Adolph Luctgert, the sausage-maker,
for the alleged murder of his wife on
May 1 last, began in earnest. Two
witnesses were examined, Dlcdrlch
Blcknessc, brother of Mrs. Luetgcrt,
and Louis Luctgert, the 12-ycar-old
son of the accused. Tho testimony of
Blckncsso tended in tho main to show
tho alleged Indifference of Luetgert to
tho fate of his wife, and the alleged
Indisposition to report the matter of
her disappearance to tho police de
partment. Louis Luetgcrt, who Is a remark
ably bright lad for his age, produced
something of a sensation in conclud
ing his testimony, and it is believed
caused counsel for tho prosecution, re
gret for having placed him on tho
stand. The boy has already been ex
amined twice as to the knowledge of
his mother's disappearance, and In
neither did ho refer to having heard
his mother about tho house after ho
had been sent to bed.
Today he recounted how ho h&d
gonotoa circus on tho evening of
his mother's disappearance. Ho re
turned about 10:30, an'l found his
mother, to whom ho described what
he had seen at tho circus. Whllo en
gaged In this conversation ho said his
father entered the room and ordered
him tubed. Later, ho said ho heard
his father descending the rear stair
way, in tho direction of tho sausage
factory.
This portion of his testimony was
identical with that given at the pre
liminary and tho habeas corpus pro
ceedings. But today he continued by
saying that after he had been asleep
for a long tl mo ho was suddenly awake
ned by hearing a rustling of skirts In
his bedroom, no called out.
"Is that you, father" but his
mother's yolco replied: "No, It is
mo." The lad declared- that he was
sure that it was ills mother's voice,
which replied to his query, and he
soon went to sleep, The state's at
torney asked Louis why he had not
told this part of tho testimony before,
and ho replied that no ono had asked
him if he had seen his mother after
retiring.
Court adjourned for the day. tho de
fense refusing to cross-examine tiie
boy.
Contrary to tho expectations of tho
statc,tho jury will bo asked by the dc-
fensa to witness an experiment in the
vat in tho basement of tho sausago
sactory. Tills Is to be tho result of an
experiment conducted by Luctgort's
attorneys on Saturday ana Monday,
Tho body of a man of about Mrs,
Luctgort's ago and weight, who met
deatli by violence, Thursday, was
taken to tho factory on Dlversov av-i
cnuo and immersed In a solution of
caustic potash.
Experts reported that after boiling
tho body In a 15 per cent solution of
putash for tho same length of timo as
the state alleges Luetgert disinte
grated the body of his wlfo, tho com
plete skeleton of the cadaver remained
Intact and the solution had but littlo
effect upon the clothing,
As a result of the test, tho defend
ant will, it is said, ask Judgo Tuthlll
to remove his court and Jury to tho
basement of the blglsausago factory
fora fow hours and witness another
experiment which the defense claims
will completely disprove the state's
theory of disintegration.
JOURNAL
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"X-RAY.'ir
Rev, Grannis.who has hlled the First
M.E. pulpit for four years, Ifc is re
ported, will not ask to be returned to
Salem. Ho is a talented iriaa irf many
ways and has filled a pulpit' harder to
fill acceptably than any In Oregon.
Ho has made mistakes and who has
not. Wo don't like him a little bit
but ho has kept his church strong and
ua umnsiea an but Rev.
White.
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his bones aVtfnow -rottlnir beneath a i tUe extremely low railroad of ono faac ,
pile of rocks within a few rods of the ' gon can afford toptronlze astatc fafr i BS ALTi'iS iSWrft VrS
This new8 was brought down by' 1 j Is In luck all around this year.-JSx,
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the steamer Utopia which arrived
Monday morning, ut3 o'clock, from
Skaguay. Some time ugo a sack of
flour was stolen., Suspicion pointed
to a man who was, mped near the
Call for County Wananu, j ll potatoes B M " n PUsnei l,ie
Notice Is hereby clven that I have Bnuu caiwr or l"18 PaPer WIU WCttr. a
funds on hand to pay all warrants pro-. crown of vines about his hat,
0mA3 .!n.. ti Tima 1TI, IQflft n.l l
DCUIVUJI(UI iuuuijv ivu iua, uuu J I m i Jmi
terest will cease on the same from tho ' Jt Gqcs Off Well,
date of this notice. N,qa.rtlc.lp of Oregon manufacture
Dated Aug. 31, 1807, cvor gotxuch a favorable reception' In"
.. a .n....nun t ..,.. v.. u. -bwwm, in s city as t no -riiiamooK cream
...U.U..W . w.u,. u. o County Treasurer, cheese Introduced by Sonnemano, the
chpwn t ferret put, p.i)fUM l,le 8'31-1 wd w ' Btato street grocer.-
Oreatly WwiucedJ Rates,
Why not atteiu. .ho state fair when
you can buy a ticket for one fare,
round trip, from any point on tho
youthcrn Pacific, lines In Oregon.
Tho Oregon state fair and Industrial
exposition will present unusually tine
exhibits and attractions In addition
to tho numerous track features, and
exciting running raccswlth DelNorto
to lower Ills record of 2-08 for u purso
of $20, Arrangements aro being
mudo for tho Introduction of many
new attractions to Interest and pleue
all who attend.
Visitors muy prepare to be royally
entertained. Ono fare for tho rouud
trip, and popularadmlsslon of 25 cents.
3t fat-
Mall
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vMfflf.
If It be true, as rennrtoii. .im. n
gressman Tongue insists on ono or
more of hfs relatives being nnoolntid
to a fat federal Olllce, isn't "t mthcr
sma 1 business for a man of his wealth
and In bin posltlon?-Portland Wel
come (Rep.
Why shouldn't Tonguo dd what
Metschan, McBrfde, Hermann and
other Idolized Republican leaders are
upheld for by their admirers? Isn't
nepotism tho surest road to great, suc
cess m Oregon politics? The Welcoaw
is hardly fair to Mr. Tongue.
Great Scott 1 Frank Motter for
Portland Collector; W. J. Ivy for
Alaska, etc. Shako them all up in
one mold and it wouldn't' make a
tailor's man.
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"Lane county" writes'to the Ore-
genlan: If Messrs. McBrldc ana
Tonguo want any assistance In selec
ting men to till tho olllces cf Oregon
let them call In Republicans who b
long to the party through principle,
and If deemed ad visible consult alo
with the leading sound money Demo
crats, and Ignorn tho men who are
Republicans for pio only.
Chicago Record prints tho fol
lowing letter from Governor Lord, of
Oregen: "Replying to your recent
question, 1 have to say that, In my
opinion, 'the most important subject
to bo taught in tho American public
schools' aro the common English
branches. In my judgment It Is not
properly within the proylnce of tl
statoto furnish higher education for
the public. Something must be left
for Individual ambition and etwrgy,
and I believe the state does its daty
when It provides a good coBaoe
school education." The governor
Is cralnontly correct, says the Oregon-Ian.
Tho Salem Statesman has gone so far
as to accuse tho Governor of being a
common drunkard. Guess ot as bad
as that. Matters aro In a peculiar
obiuM, iiiuuku, wnen tnosecona paper
or tho stato accuses Its party governor
or such things Albany Democrat.
But it Is not tho Becond paper In
tho stato that Insults the governor.
It Is a leaRcd-out Irresponsible con
corn, edited by an Individual who
prospered by serving tho most corrupt,
politicians on both sides, who has no
residence In Oregon, and no party In
politics. An accusation from such a
source Is to bo worn as a badge o
probity.
Tho Statesman gave a half-colume
to a "stlnkbug" on Its firs page and
over acolume tq a "stlnkbug" oh
another page. Wo fear it Is the organ
of that animal,
The Jouiinal's X-Rays have been
ordered extinguished. They are de
clared Impertinent and aro not waaUd,
In certain quarters wliero a dark la'' '
tern Is the only illuminator employed .
Another outrage Is being perpetra
ted by tho Salem official, .shoddy aris
tocracy, ono of whoso sons has a pe
tition signed by many Republicans
asking Congressman Tongue to ap
point tills boy cadet to West Point.
Tho law requires this place to bo filled
by a competitive examination open,
to all tho young men In tho district.-'."
What will not tho Salem hog do next?
Major Hodgklns Is sly, devilish ely;
he don't trust anyone else to report
his battles.
Royal BtkH tho Uo4 pyre, ,
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