The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16
TELEGRAMS,


TELEGRAMS.
E b.rnon, Sept. S-l2:3O r. m.-Dr. Bl:ss
who has just made an examination OF the
president says the pulse. 94, temperature
normal, respiration II. This, said the doc
tor, is the best showing we have had at Noon
for some days.
Elbernon Sept S-About IL last night it
was ascertained authoritatively that Frs
Reyburn, Rarnes and Woodward had signed
the last official bulletin in the presidents
case, and Immediately after withdrew from
| the corps of attending surgeons.
Kansas City, Sept. Sat 9 last night,
train on the Chicago & Alton road was
stopped within two miles of Glendaue by
means of lanters and signals, nine armed and
| masked men having previously obstructed
| the track by stones and timber, The e1-
press messenger was fatally beaten and the
| safe robbed Of from $1,000 to $50, 600. The
passengers were kept cowed by incessant
| firing Of pistols, and robbed of money and
valuables. The train ran into Kansas City
and nearly the whole police force went back
in pursuit. The notable Jesse James men
did the job.
l
robbery the following particulars are re-
| ceived: The train was the west bound ex-
press, and had 100 passengers, all of whom
| lost something and some OF them quite
/ heavily Frank Lombard, news agent, says:
II was sitting in the smoking car talking
| with conductor Jack Hazlebacker. We
were up grade four miles from Independence
| when all of sudden the train came to .
stop and we heard loud voices and pistol
shots, and saw lanterns flashing We knew
train robbers were on us. Hazelbacker ran
back into the train and warned the passen-
| gers. They were all looking out of the
windows until the robbers ordered them to
pull in their heads and keep quiet. The
robbers had distractions on the rail. am
sure there were q dozen of them, although
some passengers place the number at sixteen
Everybody was panic stricken and helpless.
I ran out of the car and found the men
beating the engineer and fireman. They
were poorly masked and all armed with
Henry Rifles. They were swearing loudly
and shooting at random. Express messen-
ger Fox had in the meantime barricaded the
express car. They climbed mp on the car
ran around and began to shoot. They then
broke into the car and knocked Fox down
by violent blows on the head. They robbed
the safe of everything. ran back to the
smoking car and hid most of my money.
The robbers came into the car and bid me
lie down. I did so. They pointed revol-
yer at me and ordered me to fork over. I
said the money was under the cushion.
They told me to get it and got it in hur-
ry, you bet. They went back to the other
cars and made wholesale robbery OF money
PEELED to ait ON the floor, and scme had their
| ear rings taken from their ears. In the
meantime freight train was coming up
behind us and brakeman ran down the
track with a storm Of bullets behind him,
stopped the train and probabably saved
many lives. After the cars were gone
through the robbers jumped off and struck
for the woods.
San Francisco, Sept. 9.-Complete returns
of the San Francisco election show that the
democrats have elected their candidates for
, surveyor and supervisors in the third and
sixth wards. With these exceptions the
republicans have made clean sweep.
Tombstone. Sept. 9.-The Bisbee stage
was robbed this morning between IL and
l o'clock between Bisbee and Charleston by
three men, The robbers got $25OO from the
Wells Fargo treasury box.
, Detroit, Sept. "Details continue to
come in respecting the fires IN huron ana
oanllac couns.es' r,Jad sMJ" v ~ dansa fF atmos.
sne ant;rssy n,e m1v nbscnrno The light. in the
middle OF Sne al.ernoot 4ha straet tn 0n We'd.
pie carried lanseins ~ ~. ". 1910 r,anv were
nesaay morning ~ "sn4;,a sno "o revoIt-
found dead OF an AYES piesenos sahad snd
, ing signt' o poaies ~ Ms'e Ia - .nra.d Ere
charrea. Inc high 1iIus ,'n, naJ aiosad to ths
ana every avenue hae o h,,rr;-,o
! heeing nomeiess ones I!ft.d hod;iss
and carried through tne ar ne amd Sn, ,neu n
courage OF man seellea a inponS' 4pothar Or 0ne far.
and cattle were .S loas.sa aneu few miles from
mer p1owlhg Will WILL JHsn 80 @ +ba annroach
SAND peach s.srem s"nnd mI h;s o wife cone to a
OF ahn.s aarknesS aIa q. i tnnI two children and
f neignoor IL nLno. "ther children and his
eSSape"i ,ahtar uuJ t ,yho ,4ooL another path.
oioesS ~ axt dav cb.rred bevond
, weie lounu 'Io iaa ns .ooethar Tn to
r Wednesday night 40 bodies were Iounu
within mile IN parts OF me townshiI pA1;l,
Many more nlss,ng Nearly an ~eae ae,,. o.a .nd
! oeopl. 80 s,,ra,,t ou,.v
& Bay City, Mich, Sept. 9.-The fires are
subs,dine in Tuscola county. where inn
t mense damage has been. In all, $50 fami-
, lies have been burned out, and 500, 900
worth of property destroyed. Twenty
] bodies are said to have been brought into
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