The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-15
SLAIN BY TIE SNOW.

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his right shoulder and elbow are broker
SLAIN BY THE SNOW.
SPOKANE FALLS, Feb. 6.-The town @
Burke, Idaho, in the Cnur d'Alene min
ing district, has been destroyed by dis
astrous avalanche. Halt of the buslnes
houses are in ruins. Tuesday morning
with scarcely moments warning, tire
mendeous mass of snow ard rocks swep
on the town. Five men were buried be
meath the snow. Two were rescued, bu
the others are dead and their bodies have
not been recovered.
The ill-fated town lies in a narrow
gulch through which Canyon creek pour;
its waters in.o the south fork of the Ceur.
dAiene. 1t had about 200 inhabitants
who have deserted their wrecked or men.
aced homes and places of business.
Yesterday another avalanche swept
down upon the boarding house connected
with the Custer mine. which is situated
on Nine Mile creek: about five miles from
Burke. The boarding house was full OF
miners, six of whom we're killed. The
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were more or less I'M ured.
The snowfall this winter has been un.
precedented in the history of the country.
Within the last few days 1t has been rain
ing hard. which has had the effect of
| looseniDg the snowbanks and precipitat-
Ing them upon the towns and houses be-
| low.
Later.-A special dispatch from Wal
lace. Idaho, gives the following addition
! al particulars of the terrible avalanches
in the Ceur d'Alene mining district: Re-
| ports sent out from Ceur d'Alene City of
| terrible accident at the Custer mine
were not exaggerated in the least. The
| snowsllde occurred at o'clock in the even
ing, while eighteen men were eating
dinner in boarding house connected
with the nine. The slide started at the
top of the mountains. about 800 feet
above the boarding house, and leveled
every tree to the bottom of the gulch.
The boarding house was ground INTO
splinters, six of the occu pants being kill
ed outright and as many more seriously
wounded.
Four men were buried in slide In
Canyon creek gulch. Two of them were
rescued alive, but the others perished.
The slides at Burke are more serious
than reported. Two buildings containing
families were struck and carried clear
across the gulch, but no one was killed.
Severed other unoccupied houses were
wrecked, and most of the inhabitants of
the town moved further up the gulch,
where there is no danger from slides.
About q mile and half below town
big slide occurred and struck rsllaoad
camp. killing three men, whose names
could not be learned.
This side of Wallace, near the Argentine
mine. slide occurred which put The Coeur-
d'Alene narrow guage and Washington
& Idaho railroad tracks under seventy
five feet of snow.
At Mullan several slides occurred. No
loss of life is reported, but the damage to
property is great.
At Wardner the Emma and Last
Chance mine tIamways were carried away,
the blacksmith shop destroyed and several
other buildings wrecked, but with no loss
of life.
NINE sAANIcH INDIANS DROWNED.
VICTORIA, Feb. 6.-Sepitas, chici of
the Saanich Indians, and four other In
dams, left Mud bay to cross over the gulf
of Georgia to Vancouver island on Tues
day, the 30th of January. Last night
some relatives found the canoe in the
gulf while out fishing, bottom upwards.
The occupants of the canoe arc undoubt
edly all drowned. as fierce gales have pre-
vailed for some time past.
BABY FATALLY sCALDED BY COFFEE.
OLYMPIA, F,b. 6.-This evening while
removing pot Of coffee at boiling heat
ally split the contents on her youngest
child, aged II months, scalding it badly.
A doctor who was summoned pronounced
the child unlikely TO live.
THE sIsKIYoUs OPEN.
SAN Francisco, Feb. S-Railroad
officials here say it is possible that pass
epger and light freight traffic will be re-
sumed Monday, between Redding and
Dupsmuir, sixty miles farther north, 10y
transferring at tunnel 8, and that culn.
munlcation will be re established with
Portland by the middle of next week, by
making one or two additional transfers.
As soon as the worst of the work south of
Ashland Is done, large forces of men will
be transferred to tine Oregon division.
Railroad weather reports from south
and north of Redding show that it is
clear and pleasant there to-day. Slides
have ceased TO cover the track, and will
probably not occur as fast as removed, as
has been the case for The past two or three
weeks. 1t is understood here that the
railroads are generally demoralized in
Oregon, and that the Southern Pacific's
line is not the only one that is in trouble
REDDINa, CAL, Feb. S.-Railroad
communication could be had by rail to
Hornbrook, 135 miles north of here. but
for cave in tunnel 8, near Gibson's
switch. 1t will now take two weeks
time to fix the tunnel, where the mountain
is seemingly bottom side up. The
weather is delightful. Yesterday it was
thought trains might move north within
two or three days. :.
SILLY PORTUGUESE STILL KISSING.
LISBON, Feb. g. --Andreode Corvo,
member of the council of state, has sent
challenge to Glynn Petre, British minister.
Owing to the nature of his reply, manifes-
tations of students and demonstrations in
commercial and social organizations
against the English have become genaral.
The municipal authorities of Oporto
have decided to subscribe to fund for
national defense. English members of
the social club whose house was attacked
by students yesterday because the club
permitted Englisamcn to retain their
membership have resigned.
A commercial association here has ex-
PEELED English members because they
furnished q statement to newspapers in
London complaining of their treatment.
THE .sTIMEs" CAVES IN.
LONDON, Feb. 8.-The trial in the libel
suit brought by Parnell against the Times
was to have uegun Monday, but when the
case was called counsel announced that
| the suit had teen compromised, tho Times
paving Parnell $4,000 damages.
The withdrawal was also announced of
the action brought hy Henry Campbell,
Parnelrs private secretary, against the
Times for damages for statements affect
ing Campbell made by Attorney General
Webster, counsel for the Times, in his
| opening speech IN the case Of O'Donneli
against Walter proprietor Of the Times,
and for charges made against the PLAIN
tiff, in au editorial published by the Times