The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-01
TEL,EGRAPHIC.
A PRETTY woMAN's nERoIsM.

| Flower, Otner Wise kuonH oJ hei
name as Sister Rose Gertrude,is IN this city
onher way to San Francisco, whence sne
will sail to the Hawaiian islands, Wnere
T she will devote the remaining years Oh
her life to the service of the iepers az
NJ olokai. She is the petite and pretty
daughter of an English Episcopal clergy
man. She was converted to Catholicism,
nd goes out as member of the Order
Sc. Dominlcus with the pope's blessing
and scientific apparatus Tor propagatlng
and observing the bacillus OF ieprosy.
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC OPEN.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 20.-The cy-
CLIQUE and rotary plows have at last
broken the new blockade on the Sierra
| Neyadas, and if no more deep snow drifts
uuon the track trains will again be run
Mug within twcnty-four hours. A
number of eastbound passengers who
have been delayed at Coifax returned 10
Sacramento 10 night and will proceed
eastward by the Southern Ioute. One of
the eastbound trains, which has been on
the road five days, succeeded in reaching
| Truckee to day. No traIus will be sent
out until all the rails have been Hanged
out, in order to insure safety.
| BOLD BOB BREWE9.
Brunswick, Ga, Feb. 20.-Bob Brewer,
the negro who IS responsible for the riot
at Jessup, Ga, on Christmas day, in which
many people were killed, has been In
| terviewcd. Brewer is cOffee-colored and
about SIX feet tall. During the talk
he leaned on his rifle, while around his
waist was belt full of cartridges, and
| two big revolvers were stuck IN his belt.
Three of his adherents, fully armed, were
with him at the time OF the talk.
"1'hat trouble at JessuP was the fault
of Deputy Marshal Barnhil,' SAID Brewer
"He killed my fnend last fall, and l
guess am, as people say, the cause of
| that affair on Christmas day. The devil
got into me and went to Jessup to raise |
| row. shot off my rife to get them to
arrest me. had my men posted, and l |
knew If they did try to lock me up there
would be trouble. They tried, and 1
reckon you know what happened. just
brought BarnhiIl down to show how nice
1t was to kill fellow. 1 was sorry | |
killed some of the Others, but since I've
got my hand in I'll just as lief kill more
of them as not. Tney won't arrest aae,
anyhow, for they're afraid of me-" -
WILLARD HAS LOTS OF MONEY.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-Ths Times. says
it is announced on practically official
authority that the deal by which the
Northern Pacific expects to OBTAIN control |
of the Baltimore & Ohio rallroad:i being
personally managed by Henry Willard: T
He has full power and lots of money. 1t
Is currently reported that negotiations
are pending betwean C. P. Huntington
aud Henry Willard, whereby the former
VIII become the purchaser of large tracts
of coal lands IN the new state of Wash
ing.on. The details are withheld, but it
is understood that the AGO quisilion of these
lands will cost Huntington and his asso.
ciates several millions, independent of
the money they will expend for tbeestab-
lishment of q line of steamers to develop
traffic.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 20.-A Pioneer Press
New York special says: The directors of
the Northern Pacific to-day declared a
quarterly dividend. Of per cent On pre-
tered stock. The other business trans
acted was routine. Willard was asked re- |.
gardiug the reports of negotiations pen
ding between him and G. p. Huntington,
by which Huntington would purchase
large tracts of coal lands In the state of
Washington. Willard declared there was
MD truth in the stories, either as REGARDS
himself or the Northern Pacific.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 20.-It is said that
under The lease the Wisconsin Central will,
to all extents and purposes, become a
thing of the past, and in the future it will
be known as the Wisconsin Division of
the Northern Pacific system. This will
carry with it general consolidation of
officers, both executive and general, and
Willard will undoubtedly te made chair
man of the consolidated board of directors,
and T. +. Oakes will in all probability be
president OF the consolidated properties.
There was some talk, however, to day of
G. L. Colby being elected to this position.
STEAM cANNoNs.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-The Times an
nounces that NJ. Beilevllle, inventor of
the Belleville tubular boiler, has succeed
ed in adapting bis steam generator to
furnish pTUpellent for heavy ordinance
guns, in lieu of powder. air or electricity
Nj. Belleville has found that bis boiler
Will supply steam in sufficient quantities
and at the required time to degree that
will give 500 pound projectile over four
times the velocity obtained in the present
Pneumatic gun. This, adds the Times,
will possibly work revolution IN naval
gunnery.
New YORK, Feb. 20. 1t Is learned at
the offices of the Pneumatic Dynamite
Gun Company that the order of the British
government for fifty dynamite guns will
not be given to the company until test
is made at Shoeburyness of a gun soon to
be shipped from here. The British gov
ernment, it is said, has fully determined
to adopt the dynamite gun as an auxiliary
TO coast defense. England proposes to
erect similar batteries in India, Austraiia
and West Indies, and anticipates an order
for fifty guns II is believed it is Only
the commencement.
THE ROPE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
BELLEFoNTE. Pa, Feb. 2O.EWnlram
Hopkins was hanged here this morning
for the murder of his wife and muther-in-
law. When the drop fell the first. rope !
broke and the condemned man was again
fastened up. The drop fell successfully
the second time. The crime, for which
Hopkins paid the penalty was one of the
most unfeeling ever chronicled. Hop
NILS 10 -" Ooi oiO- Ii 1901 llt iudfIieu !
Maggie Wigoman. Fer a. year they lived
happily, but Hopkins became jealous, and
finally left his wife, who returned 10 her
fathers home. On September 80, 1889,
Hopkins went to Wigoman's house aud
deliberately shot both his wife and her
mother dead. Then running from the
house, he stopped on the street and fired
two shots at his own head, but only sue
ceeded in inflctiug slight flesh wounds.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20-Jacob Scboop
and Thomas j. Cole were hanged to-
gether in Moyamensing prison this morn.
Ing. Schoop was hanged for the murder
of Anton Schilllng, and Cole for the
murder of Walter McAllister. Both
MURDERS were cold -blooded.
BURNT THE HALL AFTER THEM.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 21.-A Journals
Helena, Mont, special says: At o'clock
this morning fire wss discovered in the
Granite block, and the building was com.
pletely gutted. There IS no question but
the fire was caused by firecruckers care
iessly thrown by members of the Repub-
lican legislature during the jollitication
over the wind up of the legislative ses.
sion. The legislatures journal: books
and papers were destroyed. The losses
are; Helena Clothing Company, $780,
nO0, nnnricop Fypraoo Uop,n,py GS0nn.