The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-06-30

The British government announces it's
| intention to abandon the criminal pro-
eedure bill the present session.
The British North Borneo Company
officially deny that the staff of the COM
pany were massacred by natives.
The Ohio Democratic state convention,
| in session at Columbus, June 21st, nom
mated Judge Hoadley for governor.
Near Gilroy, CAL, June 21st, James
Littleton, aged II, and pioneer of '49,
committed snicide by shooting bullet
Arough his head.
| A recent dispatch from Indian terri
tory says: The Guido chief, George
Washington, q warm and steadfast friend
of the whites, is dead.
Samuel J. Tlden has purchased the
yacht Pauline, which is undergoing over
hauling, and it will soon make its ap-
pearance on the Hudson.
Phillips academy, at Exeter, N. H.,
celebrated its centennial anniversary
June 21st. Governor Butler and staff, of
Massachusetts,, were present.
It is stated that John Russell Young,
| United States minister to China, is en-
gagged collecting material for work on
China, which he hopes to publish within
two years.
At Salt Lake, June 21st, fire broke
out in Clawson's wagon shop and the
flames spread to other buildings, dam
aging about $100, 900 worth of property.
Several men were injured by falling
debris.
Wesley Warren, a negro, accused OF
the murder of a young man named
Price, near Veto station, Alabama. was
taken from jail by large mob recently.
His body was found hanging, half a
mile from town. He had also been
shot.
A stage coach on its way from Butte to
, Helena, Mont, was stopped recently by
two road agents and the passengers
searched. The robbers succeeded in
getting only $25, although lady passen-
ger had 500 about her person and q
gentleman passenger $500.
The New York aldermen have adopted
a resolution that from the 18th of June
| to the 18th of Septembe every year,
until otherwise ordered, all mechanics
and laborers of the city government
shall quit work at noon on Saturdays,
without abatement of wages.
A Gibsontown. Pa, dispatch of June
| 81 says: John Gibson & Cos. ware
house No. took fire this afternoon, and
the flames spreading rapidly warehouses
Nos. and were destroyed. They both
The loss is estimated at $500, 600; fully
! insured. Two men were seriously, and
a number of others slightly injured.
A London dispatch of June 18th says:
The secretary of the committee to place
| bust of Longfellow in Westminster,
| has presented the American committee
with 500 letters from persons of note,
who subscribed them to be kept in some
public institution of New England as a
Testimonial of the high esteem in which
the poet is held by the best minds of
Great Britain.
The court of commissioners Of the Ala
| bama claims decided that subjects Of
Great Britain, residents at the time
| within the United States, and sailing on
the high seas under the protection OF the
| United States flag, were embraced within
{ the beneficial provisions of the two acts
esta bl1shing and establishing the
court of commissioners of Alabama
claims, on an equal footing with all Other
resident aliens.
A Chillicothe, Missouri, dispatch OF
June 81 says: A tornado struck the
southern part of the county, about TX
miles southwest of here, yesterday, al
what is known as the Lower Gap coun
try, and swept over twenty-five or thirty
farm houses, spreading havoc in its
track. Two men were killed and f1fteer
or twenty injured. Owing to commu
nication being cut off by flood it is i'm
possible to get particulars.
A Panama dispatch of June 10Th says
An encounter took place at Morrope
Peru, on the 18th, between 200 pre-
fectoral troops and 300 Monteneros,
large number of whom were unarmed
The fight lasted five hours. and the per
fectoral troops were victorious. The
Monteneros lost two officers and twenty
five men. The prefectorals' side hat
fourteen killed, including Major Corea
The Monteneros are being pursued.
At Wheeling, w. Va, well is being
sunk for natural gas by the Central ga
works. At a depth of $40 feet, afte
, piercing thick vein of sand rock, tine.
struck strong flow of gas. 1t was con
Quoted from the mouth of the we'll b,
pipes and lighted. making blaze thirt.
feet high. The gas will be used for fue
in the gas houses. This is the fourtl
| we'll which has been successful il
| striking gas in that place. It will revo
) lutionize manufacturing. as the only cos
of the fuel will be the sinking of well
A Sunderland dispatch of June 19tl
l says: The number of deaths from th
catastrophe in Victoria Hall has noy
I reached 202. The funerals of grea
: many of the victims of the Saturday dis
aster took place to day. The street
l were crowded with sympathetic peop4e
r most of whom were in mourning. On
: hundred graves were prepared in on
8 cemetery for the victims. Exclusive c
those for which the parents of childre
: who lost their lives will pay, fifty-fou
a bodies were inferred in the cemetery tt
0 day and thirty-one in a smaller GENE
terry. Large numbers of generous sui
scriptions are arriving in Sunderlan
. from different parts to help pay the funel
al expenses OF the unfortunate children
8 A Berlin dispatch of June 81 say,
The floods in Silesia were attended
9 waterspouts. A large part of the tow
r of Huschberg is submerged and house
/ adjacent to the village flooded. Th
g railway near Zslzsburn is washed away
d A number of cattle perished. Dispatche
+ from Breslau state that during the lai
: twenty-four hours the rise in the rive
e Weisse, at the town of that name, hs
It been most alarming, the water havin