The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-09-09
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
General News Notes FROM VariousP Points.

General News Notes From VariousP Points
/ EDwARDsvILLE, Ill, Sept. S.-The
authorities have captured a gang oi
expert counterfeiters, a family named
Russell, consisting of mother, two
SONS and three daughters. A full
counterfeiting outfit was captured
together with a bucketful of spurious
| SIS gold pieces, of which they made q
specially. They worked in connec
ton with counterfeiters of paper
money.
IN USUAL HEALTH.
NEW YORK, Sept. S.-Judge Thur
man slept nearly twelve hours last
night, rose refreshed and In his usual
good health this morning. He will
speak at Newark tonight and return
to Columbus.
FLOODED DISTRICT.
COLUMBIA, 8. c.. Sept. SIT has
rained daily here for ten days. The
Congsree, Broad and Salvador rivers
are greatly swollen. Vast tracts of
cotton fields are inundated; the loss
will be over million dollars.
GOOD FOR PORTLAND.
PORTLAND, Sept. SIN the match
game of base ball played here to-day
the home club got away with the
visitors. Willamettes, Z; Salt Lakes, 4.
FROM ST. LOUIS.
ST.. Louis, Sept. 81. L. Palmer.
chairman of the Arkansas prohibi-
tion state executive committee, saws
forty counties Of Arkansas have gone
against license. The returns are car
ried away from precincts which have
large prohibition majorities.
TROUBLE AGAIN.
The election troubles in the Indian
territory have broken out sfresh
in the ChIckasaw nation. The elec-
ton resulted in the return of Gov
Guy by majority of A.
Corruption and manipulation of re-
turns are charged on both sides, and
the danger Of tribal war has become
so great that Indian agent Owens has
gone to Tishomongo where the coun-
ell is in session.
New YORK, Sept. 8.-The state
ment of associated banks shows Sll.-
GAG, ,625 in excess of the legal require
ment. Bar silver, 924.
AGAINST THE GOVERNOR.
GRAND FORKS, OAK, Sept. S.-The
committee by the Day faction of the
two headed Democratic territorial
convention has completed its work
and will send formal charges against
Governor Church to the president
sometime this month. The governor
is charged with caucus packing and
illegal methods to secure control OF
the territorial convention, of the use
OF his veto power to intimidate the
people, appointing persons unfit to
hold office, OF illegally appropriating
notary fees to his own use, of violat-
ing the militia law, of squandering
proceeds OF stock indemnity funds;
of bad management of publication of
laws OF the territory. The chargee
are supported by affidavits.
HORRIBLE MURDER.
LONDON, Sept. S.-The horribly
mutilated body of lewd woman was
found early this morning in a yard
attached to a common lodging house
in Spitalfields. Her throat was cut
from ear to ear, her body ripped open,
her bowels and heart lying on the
ground, and portion of her entrails
around her neck.
This is the fourth murder of a SIM
liar character committed recently in
this neighborhood; all the previous
victims were women of the lowest
character. The author of these at
rocities remains undiscovered. The
excitement in the vicinity borders
upon panic.
THE G. A. R. REUNION.
COLUMBUS, Sept. 7.-Arizona posts
Of the Grand Army of the Republic
arrived this morning in time to take
part in the reunion. California posts
will arrive this afternoon.
TROUBLE IN CHINA.
WASHINGTON, Sept. While the
state department has received no
official intelligence of the rumored
attack by natives ON the American
consul at Canton, the assistant secre-
tary of state, Rives, said to-day he
saw no reason to doubt the truth of
this statement. There has been a
feud in Canton growing out of the
treaty trouble. Nothing can be said
as to the details of the affair, but
such things have happened before and
are likely to happen again.
RACE TROUBLES OVER.
Houston, Tex, Sept. Race
troubles in Fort Bend country are
now over. A number of obnoxious
politicians have been ordered to leave
the country and have done so.
Is Consumption lncurable?