The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-09-21
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PRIVATE SECRETARY HALFoRD TALKS

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PRIVATE SECRETARY HALFoRD TALKS.
:, WASHINGTON, Sep. 13.-Prvate Secre
tary Halfhrd says: "The president i;
not belIerer in much talk and 1 dom
like to say anything about the pension
/; office, but there are one or two public
statements which ought to be corrected
No issue was ever made by Secretary
Noble 10 the president as to whether ht
or Mr.. Tanner should go. Next, there
never was any formal cabinet consuita
tion about the matter and there was nC
| disagreement whatever amOug the mem
bers, much less any exchange of incivili
ties. The president had several times
during the summer made suggestions to
Mr.. Tanner which he hoped would have
Il good effect. as he feels kindly to him
personally. The question was not at all
in the presidents mind whether one or
two persons should CO."
ELECTRIC SHOCK.
SALEM, Or, Sept. 13.-Thomas Hol-
man, proprietor of the Salem Electric
Light Works. came very near being killed
o-night about 10 o'clock. He under
took to fix an arc street light which was
not burning well. and in some way
caught hold of both wires. completetin g
the circuit and receiving the full force of
the dynamo. HIS ceusln, Mrs. Victoria
Lunn, was with him at the time, and
when he was prostrated she took bold of
him, trying to pull him away, when she
too was shocked. and Mr.. Holman. think
ing he was going to be killed, begged
her to let go, lest she be killed also. She
released her hold of him and ran scream
ing for help to neighboring houses. As
slstance arrived and succeeded in releas-
ing him, when he was taken to the home
of his cousin, John Holman, block
away. Medical assistance was sent for
and Mr.. Holman was found all right, ex-
cept his hands, which were horribly
burned inside. His escape from death
seems miraculous, but il is supposed he
is SO charged with electricity from con-
slant contact that the effect was not so
dangerous as to person not accustomed
to it.
! IRRIGATION PROJECT.
! WALLA WALLA, w. T., Sept. 13.-It is
reported that Nevada syndicate have
agreed to build ditch from Priest Rap
dis, on the Columbia, to the vicinity of
Pasco, thence across the Snake river to
| the lands above Wallula, thus opening
an immense area of fertile fruit lands
THE SEATTLE s. SOUTHERN.
VANCOUVER, W. T., Sept 13.-Vancou.
yer awoke this morning to find a large
corps of engineers camped within the
city. Upon their tents is printed "Seattle
s. Southern" They are In charge of En-
glneer Stretch, of that road. No secret is
made of the fact that preliminary sur
vey has been run from West Seattle to
this place, and they are now proceeding
with the permanent location of the road,
legiIning at point on the Columbia |
river, in Vancouver.
THE GREAT STRIKE ENDED.
LONDON, Sept. ia conference Was
was held to- day between Cardinal Man
ming, on behalf of the strikers, and the
directors of the dock com panles. The
cardinal submitted proposals for settle
ment. These the cardinal believes will
be accepted.
The joint committee to consider the
proposals of the strikers agreed that the
wages demanded oe conceded, to take ef-
feet November 4. The lord mayor, at
COulclCuCC Will tUc d1ItCLOTS VI tuG uOCh
companies, gave assurances that the men
would be ready to resume work on Mon
day.
AN AGREEMENT PRACTICALLY REACHED.
The Mansion house committee an
nounced that the dock directors and men
have practically agreed, and that as soon
as the other interests have been ar
ranged all the men will resume work, on
the understanding that the deferred con-
cessions will be granted in November.
RAILWAY COLLISION.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-The passen-
ger train which left here at o'clock on
the Baltimore & Potomac railroad collld-
ed with freight train at the navy yard
tunnel The engineer Of the passenger
train was killed, and number of per-
sons were injured.
Later information shows that Lewis II.
Simmer, brakeman of the freight train
injured. His condition is critical. O.
L. Dean, one of the fremen, is injured
but not dangerously. As far as can be
learned, none of the passengers were Sc
riously injured.
A MILLIONAIRE MURDERED.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13-F. w. Cess
wen, a millionaire tool manufacturer,
was murdered this morning by Christian
Diehle. Diehle claimed that Gesswein
had defrauded him in a patent transac-
tion. He entered GessweIn's office this
morning and demanded $500. Gesswein
refused. DIehle then shot him through
the heart. Diehle, who is 60 years old,
was arrested.
AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 15-The legislature
at its last session appropriated $4,000 for
the purpose of examining and correcting
the survey of the state line between Ne
vada and California. Deputy surveyors
have been at work IN the field foT some
time, and have ascertaned and will re-
port that the survey IS incorrect. They |
find the difference to be nearly six miles
in width as it now stands. This quantity
of territory is lost by the state of Cali
fornia and gained by the state of Nevada.
NOT YET DECIDED.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is This morning
Major Warren recei 5ed delegation of G.
A. r. men, who called on him relative to
the offer of the pension commissioner
ship. which It is stated has been made
HIM. Major Warren said that he had not
vet made up his mind. This afternoon
he called on Secretary Noble, but up to
late hour this evening neither had been
accessible for an interview. The belief is
prevalent IN all circles to night that Maj.
Warner will accept.
MURDERED BY HER UNCLE.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.-Startling de-
velopments bave been made IN the muir
der case Of Annie LIE COney, who was
murdered in her uncle's house at Mer-
chantsvIlle last week. Chaukley Lc Co.
ney, her uncle, and Garrett Murray:
colored barber, have been arrested and
charged with the murder. Miss LIE Co.
ney had wroked several years for Richard
LIE Coney, another uncle, who died last
spring. His estate was indebted to her
several thousand dollars for back wages.