The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-09-08
VOL. VIII.
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
BIZ TELEGRAPH TO DATE.

at horse race in Rossville, Kansas
recently, an Indian shot and killed i
Geld blood one John Hote.
1t is reported that John Roach has dis
posed of the steam yacht Yosemite, bull
for Mr.. Raymond, to ex-G Governor Tilden
The brigantine Ruthal L., owned b,
James r. Leithion and E. P. Archibald
of Halifax, was burned at Little Glac
bay recently.
Captain A. Ell. Barlow, of Effingham
Illinois, who was one of the immorta
1906" in the Chicago convention, dice
September 1st
Harry Packard of Hartford, Conn, ar
employe Of Barnum's at Cincinnati, was
crushed recently by an elephant, and
died at the hospital.
All Philadelphia pool rooms where
pools are sold on horse races, were
closed recently by the police. An in
| junction is threatened.
John Connolly, watchman on duty
in the U. s. treasury department, shot
and killed himself in one of the coal
vaults in the basement of the treasury
building September.1.
Lording i Avery's tanuery, ut Sandy
creek, Oswego county, n. Y, the stock
in it and hundreds of cords of bark,
burned recently. Loss, $50, 900. Eighty
men are thrown out of employment.
At the town of Logos. in Mexico, q
few days ago. while services were being
held in the principal church, there was
a severe thunder storm, during which
lightning struck the building. killing
the priest, four women and little girl.
A New Haven dispatch of September
I'd says: A disastrous fire occurred yes
terday in the large building occupied by
the New Haven Staple Manufacturing
Company, Strong, Cartridge & Go. and
Charles Brown, scroll saving. Loss,
800, 900; insurance, S65 900.
The steamer Queen of the Pacific
which has been laying up for alterations
to her machinery at San Francisco for
some time past, has been thoroughly
overhauled, and it is claimed that by
reason OF certain improvements, has had
her rate of speed considerably aoceler-
ated.
A San Saba, Texas, special says: such
drought has not been experienced in
the surrounding country for many years.
From San Saba through Mount Gull
lough and Concho counties extensive
prairie fires have ragged destroy ing vast
extent of pasture. Stock men will suffer
heavy loss.
A New York dispatch of Sept. 1st
says: A young man named Tulley, who
recently distinguished himself by saving
several persons from drowning during
the great FIRE ut Hsrbeck's Brooklyn
wharves, and who has o great number of
medals given for life saving, was him
self drowned to day in this harbor.
A Newbergh, N. Y, dispatch of Sep
tember / says: A cattle disease termed
bloody urine hes broken out on farm
surgeons. Fourteen COWS have died.
of the disease ever occurring in this
country, though common in Eupope.
A Frankfort, Oak, dispatch of Sep
tenn Der l says: A steam engine attached
to threshing machine exploded in a
grain field six miles north of here to-
day, instantly killing VIM. Bonneu,
Clarence Reed, George Storm and an
unknown, and injuring five others, four
of whom are in a critical condition.
A New York dispatch of September
says: Detective Sergeant William F.
Kinds killed himself tonight in bath
room in the house in which he boarded
with his wife and two children. He had
lately been drinking heavily and was
financially embarrassed. He was a
nephew of Steven B. French, president
of the board of police commissioners.
A correspondent at Amsterdam says:
It is believed 100000 persons perished
in Bantam in the recent calamity. It is
also believed that the garrison and fort
at Anjer were swept away. An extern
sive plain of volcanic stone has formed
in the sea near Lamperg Samoha, pre-.
venting communication with Telokbe-
long and southwest Java.
A Baltimore dispatch of September I'd
says: A collision occurred at Highland
Park station, on the Western Maryland
road, this morning, between regular
and an extra freight train. The regular
train stopped on account of hot box a
few minutes, and was afterward run into
by the extra. Joseph Cruise, engineer OF
the extra, jumped from his engine and
| escaped with sprained ankle; VIM. A.
Bell, brakeman. was killed; Joseph
Dorsey, cattle driver, was fatally in
| jured; VIM. Fleigh, fireman, was slightly
| injured. The verdict of the coroner.s
jury charged the collision to gross negli-
gence.
| A ACouncil Bluffs. Ia, dispatch, of Sept.
1st says: A terrible accident occurred al
Crescent oity, q station on the Chicago
and Northwestern road, near this city
this afternoon. Freight train No. 19
| coming west, ran off the switch. ditching
| the engine and six cars. Conductor
were buried under the cars and instantly
killed. The fireman escaped by jump
ing clear of the wreck. A tramp aged
| rs years was buried beneath the train,
but was taken out alive. It is not known
who is too blame for the switch being
lef. open.
A Boston special says of the Citizens
and Telegraphers' Company just incor
porsted under the laws of Massachusetts,
It's projectors assert that they win break
ground within 80 days after the stock il
subscribed. The books are opened Sep
| tember 10Th, and the company will have
! 100 wires in four cables OF twenty-five
| wires each in operation between Boston
and New York before January. They
will extend lines throughout the coun
try. They may combine with the Balti
more and Ohio, but will not under any
circumstances unite with the Postal Tel
graph Company. They will use the
straight Morse system, and will have
nothing to do with any patent which
practical operators saw have never vel