The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-09-14

a letter, postmarked Niagara Falls
There was no date on 1t, aud no nam,
signed, but the hand writing is recng
nized as that of the MISSING girl.
, The letter read as follows: 81 bough
a ticket for this place this morning, anC
if nothing happens to prevent me, l In
tend TO go over the falls. The reason
came here is that there Is possibility ol
my body, not being found, aHd1 hope
il never will. No one is to blame but
myself"
TACOMA NEWS ITEMS.
TACOMA, W. T., Sept. 6.-The Puyal-
ut Va.'e! railroad has decided TO buiId
an electric railway from Tacoma to Seat
Tie to be US, d as a suburban railway, with
frequent u"in service.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
WALLA WALLA, W.T. Sept. 6th.-The
state central committee met this morning
and selected rs the executive committee
for Eastern Washington, W. NJ. Ridpath,
of Spokane Falls, and A. S. Wells of
Ritzville The assistant secretary is j.
H. Freedlander. OF Spraguc. The execu-
tive committee for the west side is John
H. McGraw of Seattle. and Thomas Han
nibal Nixon of Tacoma. The secretary
is O. A. Bowen of SkamoKawa.
SALEM NEWS ITEMS.
| SALEM, Or, Sept. 6.--The Capitals fire
engine team, used in hauling gravel by
the city, ran away this afternoon, over
turning the wagon, throwing Driver Price
out and dragging him 100 yards, sprain-
ing his thumb and skinning his RIBS.
The team was ca ptured without damage.
Manager Koehler. of the Southtrn Pa
citic, came up on a special train to-day
and took a hack for Macleay, where he
met Receiver Scott and other officials of
the narrow gauge, and it is reported that
the Southern Pacific took control of the
narrow gauge lines and that such was the
purpose of the meeting.
HEAVY DAMAGE SUITS.
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 6.-Charles NJ
Ferguson, ex district clerk of Fort Bend
county, and James R. Davis, engaged as
q teacher in the public school of that
county, being TWO of the cOlored men
who were driven out of the county about
year ago. have since taken up their
homes dit Na-hvile. Team and have in
stituted u suit in the United States court
against some tcrtv odd leading white
citizens of Fort Bend county for DANA
ges apprcgaIing 100000. Ferguson
owned good deal of property in the
county. which he lad 10 abandon, as
we'll Us his rffice
A MYSTERY AT TACOMA.
TACOMA, Sept s. About 8 o'clock
this morning Mr Stewart. of the Stewart
s. Holmes Drug Company, on coming to
the stone found his shipping clerk, F.
Eugene Clark, luoking very strange, and
at once accused him of being intoxicated. |
Clark denied the charge but handed orer
his keys on Mr.. Stewards demand. He |
had hardly done this before he lell over
backwards lnsensbie Mr.. Stewart at
once had hlm carried upstairs into the
Office Of DIR. T. F. Smith, where it was
it was found he was suffering from poi
son. A search of the store revealed the |
fact that a bottle of atropia had been
emptied few minutes previously. The
proper antidUtes were administered and
this evening Clark is DONG well.
AS soon as Clark had been takeL into
the doctors office Mr.. Stewart crossed the
hall into the room occupied by Clark,
where shocking sight met his view. A
woman about 80 years of age was lying
dead on the bed with her mouth open
and the back part of her head shot Off
The deputy coroner, DR.. Hamilton, was
notified and opened an inquest at which
evidence was given to show that the
woman, who was notorious street walk
er named Florence Cross, known both in
Seattle and Tacoma, ad been drinking
with Northern Pacific yardman last
night and that she took him to Clark's
room about 10 o'clock, stating that the
room was her own.
About 12 80 Clark was taken in very
condition to tine room by the
son of a prominent politician, who had
found him almost helplessly drunk in the
store, and had locked up the place.
When the door was opened This man
saw some one else in the room, and left
Clark supposlng HIM all right.
CRUSHED BY THE CARS.
TACOMA, W. T., Sept. 8.-As the east
bouLd overland train was passing over
The draw bridge In front of the city this
an unknown man, supposed to
be Norwegian, jumped from the train
and fell under the cars. The right cheek
and ear were cut off and the skull on the
same side very badly crushed. His night
arm was cut off at the shoulder and his
right leg was broken above the knee. 1t
is supposed be was instantly killed. He
had $46 in his pockets and handsome
watch and chain. An inquest was opened
to day and adjourned till Tuesday, when
1t appesred he got on the train under the
idea it was going to Seattle and, discover
ing his mistake, attempted to get off
while passing over the trestle.
A TIDAL WAVE.
RocKAwAY BEACH, Sept S.-About-
half past this afternoon great consterna
ton Was caused by tidal wave, which
rolled seventy feet up the beach and
broke over two or three thousand persons,
men, women and children, who were on
the sands. 1t came without warning,
and though rush was made for shelter
few escaped being drcncned. A large
number of small buildings, stands, etc.,
were washed away.
THE OTHER BEACHES SUFFERED TOO.
New YORK, Sept s. The Tribune to
morrow will say: The tidal wave on Co
ney island was the heaviest this year apd
did considerable damage. Big waves
from the ocean dashed over the break
waters in front of Manhattan, Oriental
and Br ghton Beaches, dashlDg every
thing before them.
The most serious damage was at Man
haitian Beach, particularly in front of the
Oriental hotel Here the guard rails on
the bank of the beach We're washed away
and also part of the bulkhead at the end
Of tine Oriental. Part of the new break
water built In front OF the Brighton
Beach hotel to prevent the waves from
coming on the promenade, was washed
away.
THE WAVES UNUSUALLY HIGH.
SEA ISLAND CITY, N. j., Sept. 8.-The
sea to-day has been running unusually
high. A Philadelphia young man named
Bluncher was drowned and three young
ladies' from the same city narrowly es-
capped like fate.
NEGROES AND WHITES AGAIN.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. s.-H. D. Castle
berry, town marshal of Pelham, village
near Thomasville, was fatally shot last
night while trying to arrest a negro for
melting a riot. After Castleberry was
shot he returned the negro's fire and a
general shooting began between the
whites md blacks IN which a npDrO was |