The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-11-03
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
BIZ rELEsRAPH To Date.

Louise sailed from Quebec for home
October 28th.
Two carriage factories of Plainville,
Conn. valued at 10000, were swept
away by fire Oct. 9th.
| The business failures during the week
ending Oct. 9th, throughout the United
States and Canada is 218, against 243 last
week.
It is stated the pope will declare the
Pantheon pagan temple If the monu-
ment to Victor Emanuel is erected in
the center, as indicated by King Hum
bert.
Clifton A. Terrill, who committed ex-
tensive pension frauds at Indianarolis,
has been pardoned from the penitentiary
at Michigan City, Indiana, by President
Arthur.
Major Nicholas Nolan, of the Third
| cavalry, died at Holbrook, Arizona, Oct.
25th. He was in command of Fort Apache
and had gone to. meet his family, who
were coming from Texas.
Germany and Russia are increasing
their forces on the frontiers. Russian
villages are crowded with Cossacks, while
German garrisons and Notifications are
being strengtheneda
At Durango, Col, October 28th, Abe
| Schieffer, of the firm of Schieffer G. Co., !,
was accldently killed by throwing sack
containing among other things revol-
yer, on the floor, which discharged the
weapon.
The Overland Telephone company has
been organized at Cincinnati with a
capital of $500. 900, the greater portion
OF which has been taken. It islander
stood to be branch of New York COM
pany. It will use Baxter instruments.
At st. Paul recently, Dave Steinbach,
formerly of Todd & Co., was murdered
by d man named Saulley and wife. The
trouble rose out of an old grudge, and
while the men were fighting the woman
drove the tine of pitchfork into Stein
bach's brain. Both murderers were ar
| rested.
The Union Pacific railroad has APP
pointed George J. Cowan, who has been
connected with the company in San
Francisco, assistant general western
passenger agent for Oregon, Washington
and British Columbia, with headquarters
at Portland.
Fifty operators in the coal mines of
st. Clair county. Illinois, have been in
dicted for violating the law requiring
scales for weighing coal to be placed in
each mine. Between sixty and seventy
men lately engaged in the strike at the
railroad yards in East st. Louis were
also indicted.
Owing to the jealousy of foreign en-
terp1ise, the Russian newspapers are
iercely attacking the establishment, by
government, of mixed company o1
American, French and Russian capital.
lists, with capital of 25, ,000. 900 roubles,
for erection of American grain elevators
throughout the empire.
Director General 8. Burke, of the
Worlds Industrial Cotton Centennia
Exposition, to be held in New Orleans,
has invited designs for the main build
ing, to embrace million square feet o
floor space, and to cost $3.50, 900. Pre-
miums offered are $1,000 for the best plan
$500 for second, and $3.50 for third.
The Salt Lake Herald, Mormon churcl
paper, in q bitter article on Geverno
Murray, calls for his removal. As Muir
ray is the best governor Utah ever had
the Gentiles and law abiding people viii
stand by him to o man. His only ofens
is that he wants the laws enforced il
Utah as in any other -portion of th
United States.
. The Peoples Railway company o
, America, organized at Indianapolis fey
months ago. with an authorized capita
OF $175, 900, 900, dividends to be pal,
stockholders in transportation, begal
, suit against Wilbur F. Story, proprieto
Of tho Chicago Times, laying damages a
$500, 900, for publication of an article il
timating that the. company was fraud
In the listed States circuit cour
Jacob Sanger, of Grundy county, Mi
. souri,. obtained verdict of $1,000 again'
the Western Union Telegraph company
Sanger was crossing railroad track 6
night, mounted on mule, and becam
entangled in the telegraph wires, whic
had sagged nearly to the ground. FL
= was thrown from the animal and elaine
:. $4,000 on account of injuries.
r. G. Dun & Co., of the New Yor
mercantile agency, report that encoura|
: ing indications as to an improvement i
= the condition of business are not wan
ing. The late exchanges show a marke
increase in transactions at many point
although they may be more or less of
speculative character. A belief is Gu
5, rent that there. is good deal of none
"a making under existing conditions.
A Salt Lake dispatch of October 28t
says: At an early hour this morning Il
Salt Lake skating pavilion was disco
), cred to be on fire, and was entirely col
es sumed. It was new building and ha
only been occupied month. Loss S1(
900; insurance, $1,000. It is supposed
7 be the work of an incendiary. At not
to day FIRE broke out in the stables
the Railroad Exchange hotel, consumil
the barn, hors g and two bears. 1t th,
extended to the hotel, which was d
" stroyed with nearly all it's furnitul
One of the boarders lost $4,000 in go
ernment bonds. Loss on, hotel and fl
niture $40, 900; insurance, $1,000.
- A Chicago dispatch of October 2s
0o says: A passenger train bound north
the Pan Handle road and an out-goi
freight on the Michigan Central collid
~ this morning at Joliet crossing, thil
~ miles southeast of this city. Both e
. gines were thrown from the track q
3d wrecked, falling upon and setting f
Y, to the fagman's box, into which fs
Il. man Peter Collie retreated upon seei
nd collision inevitable, and was burn
er to death. William Morris of Loga
re port, engineer Of the Pan Handle ira
on and John Kellogg of Michigan Ci
ay head breakn an of the Michigan Cent
le- traina were killed. Donegan, engin
of of the Michigan Central train, was