The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-06-16


in oneday recently.
Foster, the United States minister TO
Spain, has arrived at Madrid.
The French chamber of deputies has
passed bill to reform the ministry.
The Annamites have beheaded Father
Bectel, a Catholic missionary.
A force of nine battalions of Turkish
troops has been sent to punish the Al
banians.
Charles G. Fulton, editor and propri-
etor of the Baltimore American, died
June 7th.
The postmaster-general has selected
metallic red as the color for the new two
cent postage stamp.
The President has appointed William
8. Ronlhac of North Carolina secretary
of the civil service commission.
The New Hampshire legislature organ
lied June 9th, and both branches elected
officers nominated by the republican
caucus.
The general synod of the Reformed
Dutch church of America convened in
its seventy. seventh session at Albany, N.
Y, June 9th.
The International Typographical
Union were in session at Cincinnati from
June 4th to the 9Th. They report It's
subordinate unions.
It is stated that China has suddenly
broke off negotiations with Japan
relative to the Loo Choo Islands, just as
an agreement was expected.
George Schnitzlein, young German
artist of San Francisco, committed sui
eide recently while drunk, by taking
laudanum. He leaves wife and two
children.
The president has, appointed William
W. Thomas of Maine minister resident
to Sweden and Norway, and David M.
Dunn of Indiana United States consul at
Valparaiso.
AZ "a meeting of the stockholders of the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad, held
recently, Sydney Dillon. D. O. Miles,
John NJ. Burke and Marion Hughett
were reelected. N. Z. Fairbanks was
elected to succeed D. Dows, who de-
clined reelection.
A storm recently in Albany, N. z.
600. Houses were undermined, cellars
| flooded, streets torn up, etc. lightning
| struck several places. A large derrick
Delevan house, were shivered.
A nitro-qlycerine tank of the Nitro
Safety Works, situated on the Ell
Sobrante rancho, Contra Costa county,
| CAL, exploded recently. doing consider
| able damage. No details have been re-
ccived beyond the announcement that
none of the employees had been killed.
The notorious Baker Bros, outlawed
| by reason of their murder OF Deputy
Sheriff Sheppard, of Fayette county, Ia
last September, and for other crimes,
and for whose capture $4,000 reward is
| offered in Illinois and $1,000 in Iowa,
were captured near Summer, june 4th,
after being severely wounded and
wounding four Of their captors.
Recently a passenger train of the
! Louisville and New ALBANIA railroad was
badly wrecked at Pennington, Ind, by
a trestle damaged by water giving way.
David Hutchinson, engineer; Miller
Humes, fireman; George Ammons, bag.
gage master, and the porter of the Pull.
man car, name unknown, were killed.
The engine, Pullman and chair cars were
completely wrecked and are surrounded
by water. No passengers are reported
killed.
A Silverton, Col, dispatch of June
7th says: Two attempts were made yes
terday to burn the city, with the evident
object to create stampede of the citi
zens to the limits of the town, and then
rob the First National bank. Seventy
three indictments have been found thus
far by the grand jury against gamblers
and others connected with these das
tardly plots. The city was patrolled
last night by bodies of armed men.
vigilance committee has been formed
and the city is placarded with notice tx
the effect THAT the first man found guilt,
of incendiarism or shooting will b,
hanged.
The Philadelphia Press says of oil
speculation: ''The activity of petroleum
traffic has more apparent warrant il
the natural condition of things than an,
simple action during the past two o
three years. The advance OF price
which the past fortnight has witnessed
has for it's basis two or three hard facts
First, there are to-day 1000 fewer pro
. ducing wells than there were twelv
months ago; second, the average dali,
production of wells is greatly less thai
it was then, and is undergoing con
stant shrinkage; third, stocks in the OF
regions were decreased, in the month o
April, 100000 barrels, whereas, unit
that month they had showed Q stead
visible increase every week since 1875
When we consider these facts, and tina
the oil producing territory has beel
closely defined, and that the most per
sistent operating has failed to discove
any new sources of supply, it is not diff
cult to trace some showing of the caus
and effect in the recent upward move
ment in values.
,, It has been decided that the practices
! workings of the civil service commissio
will prevent the future appointment q
ladies to positions in the various depart
. ments, and there is no little stir in con
: sequence. The way ladies are to be keI
. out is q roundabout one, but none th
less effectual. For example, an appoin
J ment clerk will, when occasion requires
inform the secretary of the treasury tha
!, there are, say, ten vacancies in such an
such divisions of the various grade,
The secretary will then require the CHIEF
] of the divisions in question to certify |
i him that additional help is needed, an
!, they will SO certify; that they need r,
o spectively two $1,000 clerks. five SIOC
: clerks and three $500 clerks, and
r every case they will insert the wor
n male" The reason that all the chic
OF divisions win call for male clerks
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