The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-11-23
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE GOLD BRICK GAME.

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PORT TOWNSEND, Nov. 15.-The gol'
brick confidence game was nearly worked
on William Bishop, the hop king, of JEFF
ferson county, to-day, by a brace o
operators. One of the gang, Thoma
Kearns, was disguised as an Indian. ane
purported to know secret mine in Colo
RADIO, where gold was as plentiful as dew
drops. Henry Gordon, an accomplice
I assisted the supposed Indian, who exhibi
ted gold brick which stood the test, and
Was alleged to be worth $1,000. Bishop
| held secret consul arions and had ar
ranged to pay $500 for the brick to-day
The conference between the trio near town
attracted the suspicion of the police.
| Kearns and Gordon were arrested for
vagrants, and when searched were sup
piled with numerous male, female and
Indian disguises. They inadvertently
confessed the gold brick scheme, which
led to an investigation with the foregoing
results. Bishop has lived among the In
dians thirty years.
sULLIvAN's TERMS.
San FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.-President
Fulda, of the California Athletic Club, in
reply to his dispatch asking John L. Sui
livan's terms for fight here with Peter
Jackson, the colored pugilist, received a
dispatch from Captain Cook, Sullivan's
backer, to-day, as follows: sullivan
says, white men $4,000 apiece, colored
men double price,
REAL ESTATE AGENT MISSING.
TACOMA, Nov. 15.-F. w. Popecox, a
we'll known and wealthy estate agent of
this city, has been mysterously missing
for the past six weeks. At first his well
known eccentricities prevented any alarm
on the part of his friends, but as the
weeks heightened into months they final
ly became anxious. He attended the
George Winthrope Opera Company to
Victoria and was last heard of In that
city.
ROBBER ON THE WATERS.
VICTORIA, B. G. Nov. 15.--The steam
ship Umatilld was a scene OF robbery
between Townsend and Victoria Thurs
day night, bills only being taken. A
steerage passenger was suspected and
while the steamer was mere justified sus-
picion right and left. He was induced
again to 60 on board and will be arrested
as soon as the steamer arrives at San
Francisco. While here he drew his re-
volver and attempted to shoot hackman
at the warf, but was promptly knocked
down with club.
A PREMIUM UPON MURDER.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-Maggie schriemer,
who poured kerosene oil upon her hus-
band June 25. and ther set fire to him,
burning him fatally, is suing the Catho-
lie order of Forresters, through her attOr-
ney for $4,000, interest and principal, on
the death benefit. which she claims as
beneficiary of the dead mans estate.
The society's lawyer claims that as the
woman murdered her husband and is now
serving term of ten years in the peniten-
tiary, the death benefit cannot be claimed
by her.
MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
WALLA WALLA, Nov. 15.-So Ho Me,
the Chinese murderer who has been on
trial for the past three days was found |
guilty of murder in the second degree, the |
jury celebrating only three hours. The |
general expression of sentiment is that |
the crime committed was cold blooded |
murder, and but for the lapse of time be-
tween the wounding and death of the
man murdered, the murderer would have |
been hanged. The assault was made on
tine murdertd man June 1, but he did not |
die until the middle of September. His
living so long was regarded by local doc
tors as almost miraculous, as he had three
knife wounds. An examination after
kLok ho |
severed in a number of places. So Ho
Me will probably be sentenced to- morrow.
SINGULAR DEATH OF LAD.
NEW York, Nov. 17.-Word comes
from an interior town of New Jersey that
a negro boy employed on John Johnson's
farm near here was extraordinarily fond
of milk fresh from the cows udder, and
habit of sucking like calf
The udders of COWS on the farm. To
break him of this habit Farmer johnson
had wire muzz,e made and
locked on his head. The little fellow
slipped away to the pasture, and while
tugglng away at the udder of cow she
became vicious, kicked him over and trod
on bis face. One of the steel rods of the
was broken and driven through
the la1's eye into his brain. He lay IN.
conscious for several hours before found
and died soon after being carried into the
house.
HORRORS OF SIBERIA.
New YORK, Nov. 17.-According to
special cable from Keiff, the Russian gov
has determined to abolish ban
shment to Siberia as punishment to
criminals. In an interview Mr.. sSmau,
widely known in Russia by his writings
On Siberia, and one who has devoted all
his life to that country, living and travel
ing in 1t, as well as writing about it, when
asked if he believed in the truth of the
reports about the abolition of
Siberia as place of banishment, said:
well, it seems to me it has good
in what will consist the new reform?"
Gas far as 1 understand" he replied.
tt will consist in the fact that political
md other criminals. instead of being sent
o Siberia, will be in the flu uture confined
IN central prisons or sent to more or less
'emote places in European Russia, such
IS Perm, Archa6gel, ETC., thus riddlng
Siberia of its large and dangerous contin-
gent of criminals, lesseniDg the cost to
Ae government, and last. but not least,
Iuieting the just indignation of civilized
nations against the inhumanlty and bar
parity of transporting human beings
trough 5000 miles of dreary, frozen land,
bringing only about one-h half of the origi-
lal number transported to their destina-
ion.
STRANGER THAN ROMANCE.
SAN Francisco, Nov. IL 1t has come
o light here that wealthy contractor
las been ''called back" to life. DisaI-
,earing in 1886 from his home in a thriy-
ng New England town. E NJ. Andrews
vas supp sed to have been murdered
ew months later by a'party of negroes in
florida. Convinced of his death, bis
elatIves put on mourning garb out of re-
pect to his memory, and eventually his
wife, or supposed widow, collected $4,000
rom the Masonic lodge rs insurance ON
lis life.
Andrews turned up strangely and sud-
lenly in California pet long ago. HIS
nind is blank as far as his wandcrlngs
re concerned. Ashamed tn return to his
Iome and friends, he lived quietly on the
'aclfc coast. He was an excellent con
ractor and builder, and made consider
bile money in Southern California. At
lifferent times he has worked in this city,
Portland, Tacoma aud Seattle. He was in
he latter place during July last. Not
atisfied with results there he returned to |