The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-08-23

tank on the united pipe line opposite thi
city, owned by. VIM. Memhal1 of Pitts
burg, and containing 18, 900 barrels o
oil. The tank was torn to pieces, ant
the burning oil flowed down the hillside
destroying several oil wells and five
dwellings, and communicated to a tanl
of 5000 barrels, owned by L. r. Brown
which, together with the loading rack OF
the united pipe line, was destroyed. To
tai loss, $40, 600.
A Bishop Snubbed
New York, Aug. 16.-The bishop oi
| Nicaragua has protested against certain
stipulations of the penal code which pro
| vide for the punishment of specified of
fences committed by the clergy in their
| public ministrations. The government
in answer asserted the power of the state
| to make its own laws independent oi
| priestly Nominations or influence.
Row Among ship Laborers.
/ QuEBEo, Aug. 1.-THE ship laborers'
society, 1000 strong, marched through
lower town intending to proceed to the
Coves. As they entered Champion street,
| the stronghold of ship laborers' society
from which they had seeded, battle
was begun. 1t was ended bv the party
falling back to lower town. Several men
were wounded by pistol shots, and others
badly beaten. One man is reported
dead
The Frenchmen being repu1sed, the
old society gathered in groups and ex-
pressed a determination to keep them
out of the street. Two cannon were in
position at Kinchler's wharf and one at
Martins. The men were well armed
with revolvers, boat-hooks or axes.
Blood ON the sidewalks showed where
the wounded fell. The men were warn
ed by the chief of the water police not
to advance. but they persisted. While
retreating after their defeat they turned
occasionally to fire upon their assailants.
When the procession rallied they went
to Cape Blanc and sacked three houses
occupied by Irish. Hardware stores were
| robbed of fire arms, and six or seven
guns taken from o store on Fabrique
street. All the shops in the lower town
and on Mountain Hill have shutters up.
It has been remarked that there were not
fifty ship laborers in the line of the pro-
cession. A war of races seems to have
begun. Pierre Giroux is the only per
son reported killed. A dozen men were
known to be wounded seriously by bull
lets.
| EVENING" meeting of French Cana
dians was held at the Jacques Cartier
market hall in the afternoon, at the close
of which they assembled on the plains
to the number of 1900, and were armed
with rifles, shotguns and revolvers. A
rush was made for the city and principal
streets. The st. Louis suburb was in
vaded, the crowd bowling and firing as
they ran. The Irishmen of the Coves
are said to be in motion, and the crowd
is dispensing. The volunteers will be
called out. Bloody work is expected.
The Fever Mt Memphis.
i New YORK, Aug. T.-Memphis spec
ials report that &C per cent. of the new
cases Yesterday were colored, scattered
throughout the city. White cases ar,
confined chiefly to two infected localities
Relief organizations are working vel
and the sick under their charge receiv.
good attention.
MEMPHIS. Aug. 17.-Nine new casel
up to noon. Six interments reported, b,
undertakers.
Fourteen new cases reported to tn,
board of health to-day, eleven of which
are colored. One additional intermen
is reported-Austin w. Dowell, late en-
gineer of the steamer Geo. w. Cheek, q
228 Poplar street. As an additional pre-
caution guards have been placed OF
streets leading into Chelsea to preven
communication between that wealth,
suburb and infected portions of Mem
phis. 1t rained nearly all this afternoon
and fires are in demand tonight, tn
thermometer having dropped. All tn
prominent sick are progressing favorabl,
except Ed. Schloss, who is worse.
A Defaulter.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Wm. W
Roach, cashier of the Citizens nationa
+. bank, is defaulter to the amount of $50,
9 600. His bondsmen pay s25, 900, and h
D himself turns over his own property t
$ the bank.
/ Murdered and Robbed.
5 Boston, Aug. 17.-Jos. F. Fay, deale
: in hides and leather, was found murder
i. ed this forenoon at his residence. Hi
e safe had been robbed of its contents.
Fatal Accident.
ST.. Louis, Aug. ia constructio
b train on the st. Louis & Keokuk railwa
: was thrown from the track by runnin
over q COW near Louisiana, Mo-, yeste1
day. Nicholas Dubois, chief enginee
= of the road, was instantly killed. Tho
Q Carr, conductor, had both legs brok<sr
d Drowned.
1t CLEVELAND, Aug. 17-Robert Collin
/ John Uhl, Michael Kelly, Thomas Burr
!. and one other man, name unknown, wei
e drowned near Rocky river, summer r.
e sort near here, at noon to-day. The
n had hired boat and started to go frol
n the city to q female base ball mattel
5: They had been on the lake but sho
l, time when gale sprang up and the boz
L became unmanageable.
!, The Conkling--sprague Affair.
D. PROVIDENCE, Aug. 17.-Mrs. Spragt
>, was at Canonchet last night, q kinsma
), from Ohio being one of the friends
J. the house, but the position was excee'
ingly uncomfortable for both partie
Sprague declares that he will have Il
re children at all hazards, and forbides the
I'd servants to obey any of his wife's orde
W without consulting him. Mrs. Spragl
is is reported to be greatly prostrated ov
rs the events of the past few days, by Il
e. cruel reports of newspapers and by q
O. prehensions for her children.
q, Threc Explosions In one Year.
~ PoTTsvILLE, Aug. H.-Morgan Ema
~ ~ uePs powder mill at Newcastle (thi
ae this year, exploded to-day, killing B.
81 Miller.
n Another Story of Stewards Body.
=. The Herald has another story of Ste
~ ~ arts body. A special from Montre
Il Il says that the city is much excited ov
" the discovery of body believed to
70 rs Stewards, which was brought there in
n. canal boat from New York, in NovemE
e e. last. The police got on the track a
Il. notified Superintendent Walling, but
" latter discredited the report and
action was taken.
- Deadwood DeviItries.
II. DEADwooD, d. t., Aug. T.-Ca
on tain J. s. Mitchell, who lately arriv
in from Evanston, Wyoming, suicided
.th shooting last night.
wo L. f. Whitbeck, local editor of
ad Pioneer, last night shot at negro win
,r- he claims had assaulted him. The b
NO missed the negro and struck T. s. NJ
in. tin, formerly wholesale grocer in
,ht city, in the forehead, inficting dang
he Gus and probably fatal wound.
1h Shot and Killed.
me FRANKLIN, Pa, Aug. H.-In d
tly Guilty at Centeryi1le last Saturday, G
ex- Parish, o ward constable, was shot
In instantly killed by Louis Wendall.
on murderer was jailed,