The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-22

but are making slow progress as the sno'
continued to fall to-day. Superintendent
Wright is conducting operations. Ther
was heavy tall of rain and hail storr
in Sacramento TO day.
NEWS FROM wALLA wALLA.
WAIIA WALLA. Feb. 15.-Ralph Rit
tenhouse, the 1G year old boy sentences
to the pcnItentiary for one day for burg
lar1zIng q store at Huntsville, was re
leased TO night. When brought to th
pen1tentiary he did NOT seem surprised
with the character of the punishment
treating the matter jokingly. He i
thought TO be mentally unbalanced.
Under the new court system the cost
In the Douglas-Turner case We're $226
Under the old system they would nav
been $1,000.
L. P. Berry, of Colfax, recently ap'
pointed assistant United States marshal
will at once move to Tacoma.
This morning two files stolen from The
blacksmith shop at the penitentiary wert
found on the person of Barney Martin,
| 1T-year old convict from Seattle. He Is
the same man who made an attempt to
escape the other day, having filed bolt
off. 1t was he who nearly killed the
sailor at Seattle. He and two others arc
now in dark cells, where they will re-
main until they disclose where other
missing tools are.
sNowsLIDE CRUsHEs GRAHAM, 1DAHo.
BOISE CITY, IDAHO, Feb. 15-Word
comes that Graham, mining town in
the Silver Mountain district, where an
English company has expended 100000
in erecting mills and making develop
ments. has been seriously damaged bv a
snowslide, which carried away board
ing house and tramway mile in length.
The slide split at the mouth Of a canyon,
passing on both sides of the residence
formerly occupied by Superintendent
Parsons. Twenty three inches uf snow
has fallen at Graham.
THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE BLOCKADE.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 15.-OficIals of
the railway mail service say the railroad
situation north, as affecting SAID service,
is as follows:
The blockade ON the Oregon line has
been partially raised, and the local mail
service between this city and Sisson Is
being performed regularly and three
times a week between Sisson and Ashland
with transfer at Tunnel No. 8, allowing
the mails to be sent to the southwestern
part of Oregon.
Lake View, in Lake county, Oregon,
has been without mail ever since the
blockade began.
The stage roads from Redding, in this
state, to Reno, New, are in very bad
condition, and it is impossible to make
stage connections. No mails can be sent
from here, and, in consequence, there Is a
large accumulation lying in the post
Offices.
BRAINS oOZED THROUGH THE CASH.
CORVALLIS, Feb. 15.-Jerry Legrang,
an Italian who rents farm five miles
west of here, went out in the timber yes
terday to cut wood. Failing to retnrn in
the evening, search was begun, and this
morning he was found dead, with fright
ful cash in the top of his head, from
winch his brains were protruding. HIS
ak lay beside him, and 1t Is supposed that
IN choppiug it struck an overhanging
limb with the above result.
BRACE OF MURDERERS.
COLUMBUS, O.. Feb. 10. William
onn, a timer, this morning, while in
texicated, attempted 10 kill bis wife,
shooting her in the arm. He then COM
mitted suicide.
Thomas Ryan. saloonkeeper at
Georgesville, shot and killed Napoleon
Saver, aged 10, on Saturday night and
also fatally shot Joshua Stephens. The
trouble arose over game of cards.
WORK OF THE DYNAMITE FlEND.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-To night some
unknown person threw bomb into an
alley way at 149 and Isl Elizabeth street.
The missile exploded, blowing down a
brick wall and part of wooden feuce
and shattering window in the rear of
the house. No person was found in the
place and nobody was injured. The
police are investigating.
FUNERAL OF THE KILRAIN VICTIM.
DALLAS, Tex, Feb. 16.-The funeral
of Thomas James, the unfortunate victim
of the Kiirain- Maldoon combination,
took place this afternoon in this city.
The obsequies were conducted by the
bricklayers of Dallas. Thousands of
persons gathered at the undertakind es-
Enlistment to see the cortege start.
HEAVY SNOW STORM IN CALIFORNIA.
TRUcKEE, CAL, Feb. 16.-The heaviest
storm of this stormy winter ragged on the
mountains to day. The snow fell four
inches per hour. The old snow is packed
like ice and crusteG so that q loaded
team could pass over the surface. The
wind swept the new snow in huge drifts,
leaving the surface of old snow bare.
When east-bound train No. 1 reached the
Cascade cut this morning, the snow had
drifted so deep the train was blocked, all
of the train except the four rear cars
finally reached the Summit. The snow
was five feet deep each side of the i'm
prisoped cars. A Sacramento excursion of
forty pleasure seekers, who were
coming to Truckee to see the snow
scenery, is in the rear car of four that
are snowbound.
The snow shovelers at Cascade struck
this afternoon because of the severity OF
the storm, the snow blowing back in the
cut as fast as the shovelers could throw it
out.
Tralnmaster Waddell has kept the
plows running all day to tunnel 13, and
the snow plow will run east and west all
night.
Superintendent White, of the Truckee
division, reports the storm raging all
along the line to Winnemccca. No. 3
snow plow is at Cisco, and the cyclone Is
| H;e,o ooI Gaaoudo. Tho 1afocf
report is that the snow shOveiers are
again working at Cascades. and officials
state the road will be cleared tonight.
Late to night railroad officials are con-
fdent they will soon be able to contend
with almost any amount of snowfall
There are now between 200 and 800 men
at the scene 10 shovel ont the drifts.
This will be no easy task, as the snow is
coming down heavily tonight. One
hundred and fifty shovelers were sent to
the blockade to-day from Sacramento.
At the railroad Office TO- night it is hoped
to have the snow bound excurslonists
afternoon.
DUTCH FLAT. Feb. 16.-It has been
showing since P. NJ. yesterday, with
| high winds and low barometer. Train
No. 1 of the 18th is stuck in the snow at
Cascade with party of excursionists
| from Sacramento, who we're going TO
Truckee to see the grand winter stones
No.3 of the 18th is lying at Cisco. The
storm IN the mountains during the past
| twenty four hours has been as severe as
at any time this winter. Train No. is
at Truckee waiting for clear track
| before startinO west Several cars of