The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-09-21
names of the children were Mary Hocke
meier and Agnes Freyer.
MORMON EMIGRANTS WRECKED.

MOhMON EMlGhAN1S NhtChED
LYNCHBnRG Va, Sept. ia Mormo
em,grant train ON the Norfolk s. Wester
. . railroad WAS wrecked carly this mornin!
about four miles below the city. Tn
IL wreck was caused by small bridge Civ
= /, ing way after the engine and baggage ca
l. had passed over it. The water in th
} creek was very high, caused by one o
the heaviest rain sturms ever known il
this section.
The emisrants numbered 100. Two
cars plunged into the creek, but strange
to say no one was killed and only fittcer
or twenty were injured, none seriously
:, THE BURNT RAILWAY BRIDGE.
e TRUcKEE, CAL, Sept. 15.-One hun.
dred and eighty west bound and one
hundred and ninety-seven east bound
r trains W re transferred at Cascade yes
terday ound the railroad bridge which
carpenters are at work on new bridge,
and it is expected that the new structure
will be ready Tor the passage OF trains by
Tuesday. Six hundred workmen are
engaged in transferring baggage and
mails and fighting forest fires. An area
ten miles square has been burned over,
and much standing timber and many
thousand cords of wood has been de-
stroyed.
DISASTROUS BLAZE.
ST.JosErH, Mo-, Sept. 15.-The main
building Of the new exposition was al
most completely destroyed by fire to-
night. The fire broke out in the hall
just after an entertainment in the great
amphitheater had closed. The building
and large portion of the couteIts were
consumed, in spite of the efforts of the
fire department.
The building IS situated two miles
from here. and the estimates of the losses
are hard to get. 1t is thought, how
ever, that the losses will reach nearly
$250,O00.
THE VICTORY CELEBRATED.
| LONDON, Sept. 15-The workingmen
of London held monster demonstration
in Hyde park this afternoon, to celebrate
victory of the dock laborers. Burns was
the chief speaker, and was greeted with
deafening applause. Burns declared
that the strike now So happily concluded
was only preliminary skirmish with
which was opened the great battle yet to
come. A federation of labor would
forthwith be organized throughout Eng
land, and when 1t was completed war
would he carried into Africa. The
| thanks of the whole civilized world, he
said, were due TO the generous contribu
tors to the strikers relief fund, and the
| victory of the men was in no small meas
ure due TO their timely aid.
Before going to Hyde park, the dock
men formed in procession and marched |
to the Mansion house, where they were
reviewed by the lord mayor and lady
mayoress. The men when they passed |
the balcony upon which the lord mayor
and his wife stood cheered enthusiastic |
ally. The Australian flag had the place
Of honor IN the line.
WOMAN BURNED To DEATH.
IEALDsBURG, Cal. Sept. Is The resi- !
dence and store of David Day, of Pine
Fiat, was burned last night. Mrs. Day, I
who is about 70 years old, was caught in
the flames and burned to death.
DISASTROUS BLAZE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 15.--Bambur |
ger, Bloom & Co., wholesale dealers in
dry goods, were burned out tonight.
-Four tiremen were caught by falling walls
and killed and more are reported missing. |
Their names are not known. The men
were working close up to the building,
when the rear walls fell, catching tenn.
The bodies of four have been taken out,
fearfully mangled.
A conservative estimate of hamburger,
Bloom d Co.'s loss Is $S00,000.
LATER,-At 80 the fire is completely
under control. 1t is now known definite
ly that six 6remen were killed by falling
walls. The bodies of five have been re-
covered: Ed Early, Samuel Stacklington,
Joe Monhan, Ed Wheeler and Pat Foley.
AcoUITTAL OF NEAeLE.
SAN Francisco, Sep. 16-The an
nouncement that decision would be
rendered IN the habeas corpus case of
Deputy Marshal David Neagle, who shot
and killed David S. Terry last month,
drew great number of people to the
United States circuit court room to day.
Justice Field was present and occu-
pied seat in the jury box. Judge Saw
yer and Judge Sabin were on the bench.
After the decision discbarglng Neagle
was read, notice of an appeal TO the Unit
ed States Supreme court was given by
the counsel representing the state of
California, and Neagle was released on
his own recognizance, the bonds being
fixed at five thousand dollars.
The decision is very long and was de-
livered by Judge Sawyer. 1t gives
review of the circumstances of the past
year, including the threats of Terry and
his wife, which eliminated in the recent
tragedy at Lathrope.
PRIDE OF THE NAVY.
WASHINGTON, Sep. 16.-The general
topic of interest at the navy department
to. day was the remarkable performance
of the new cruiser Baltimore. on her trial
trip last Saturday.
Early in the day, Commander Grass,
who was a member of the trial board,
called upon Secretary Tracy, and gave
him some data relative to the trial,
which pleased the secretary so well that
he sent the following telegram to Secre-
tary Whitney who procured the designs
for the ships hull:
NAVY DEPARTMENT, |
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sep, 1G.
To TT. c.. Whitney. Late Secretary Of The
Napy:-Permit me to congratulate you
on the magnificent performance of the
Baltimore.
THE ATLANTIC & PACIFIC STRIKE,
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Sept. 16-In a
conversation General Manager Robinson,
who has Just arrived from the east, said
with reference to the strike that the |
grievance committee on behalf of the
striking employees will reach this city to-
morrow, and it is generally thought that
the conference will result In the end OF
the strike.
DISASTROUS TRAIN WRECK.
ROCHESTER N. Y. Sept. 16-A special
from Corning says: The Erie passenger
on the Tioga River branch ran into the
Fall Brook freight train at Tioga juno
ton this evening. About twenty passen-
gers are reported to have been injured,
some of them fatally. All of the passen-
ger coaches were burned.
SENATOR DOIPH IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-SenatoS
Dolph, Of Oregon, has returned to WASH
ington with his family, and will now
remain until congress convenes.
The senator to-day made the roun ds
of the departments, looking after Ore
CONS varied interests and of the Pacific
coast in general. His visit to the navy
department was TO learn what report the
board of naval officers had made who
were sent to Europe to investigate the
uorka which could he uspd IN I'm nrnve |