The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-05-03
DALLEs, OREGON SATURDAY. MAY 1890

south houses are submerged as far up q
| Ward street. South. and in front of th
| city there is vast ocean of water abou
| icrty feet deep, and at this hour it is sti
| rising, and will continue until at leas
Tuesday.
BAYOU SARA, La, April 27.-Th
steamer StelIa Wild brought down mum
Der of refugees from New Texas. Tb
break at Morgarza is widening fast, ant
Yesterdays storm made matters worse
The Fanny Rich crevasse continues t.
widen, as we'll as those at the Taylor ant
PRESTON places, and it is only matter o
few days when there Will be an un
broken sheet of water from these point
to far above Raccours.
CYCLONE VISITS TENNESSEE.
MEMPHIS, April 27.-A cyclone ac
companied by heavy fall of hail passed
passed irom the southwest TO the north
east about five miles southeast of Mem
phis last evening at $50 o'clock. Re
ports coming in show that considerable
damage has been done. Several houses
were blown down but no loss of life il
reported.
NEW NAVAL SCHOOLS.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-Mr. Outh-
waite, of Ohio, has introduced IN the
house, by request, bill to establish nava
militia training ships at the principal port:
on the seacoast and lake ports of the
United States. These ships are 70 be es-
tabiished at Portland, Me-, Portland Or
Boston, Baltimore, New Orleans, Buffalo
Milwaukee, Cleveland and San Francisco
The bill provides that each naval school
ship shall he under the command or In
struction of an active and retired regular
naval officer, but all the balance OF the
officers and crew shall be made up OF
young men and boys who may be enlisted
for said militia service between the ages
of ID and 25 years, for terms OF three
years, and who shall receive instruction
and drill in all the ordinary branches of
the naval school and bo subject to such
regulations as may be proper.
OREGON WAR CLAIM.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-A report has
been submitted to the senate from the
committee on military affairs on the bill
to reimburse the states of California,
Oregon and Nevada. tor moneys expended
by California was -, 4,42S, ,491; by Oregon,
$356.27l,' and by Nevada, $404,04O. OF
the amount paid by California 1,500,545
was interest and 4,656,97S was expended
on account of the military. The COM
mittee recommends that these amounts be
deducted from the total amount paid by
California, leaving $2,451, ,169 to be re-
funded to that state. The committee also
recommends that Oregon be paid 1924
528. No deduction is made from the
amount paid by Nevada.
MURDER AT LINKyILLE.
LINKvIILE, April 2s.--Sunday April e7,
a double murder took place on the Kla-
math Indian reservation, and the murder
er was killed, while resisting arrest, by
Indian police. John Mayer, an Indian,
living near Williamson river bridge,
about seven miles from klamath agency,
entered his house Sunday morning and
deliberately shot bis wife twice with
forty four Winchester rifle. killing her
Major then started up the
river, ard entering the house of another
Indian about two miles from his home,
told him he wished to speak with him.
The Indian complied, and as he was walk
ing ahead along the trail was shot dead
by Major the ball coming out at his heart.
Major then took to the woods, where be
was met by another Indian named Frank
John, wlo seeing that something was
refused to talk with him. Major
then drew his gun, and John urging his
hsrse at full speed, managed to escape,
though fired at by the mad Indian. As
Frank John arrived at Williamson river
telling his story, Bob Hook, who lad
the double murder reported it
to the Indians assembled there. Six
policemen and about twenty other Indians
started on the trail of the murderer. lie
was after time discovered concealed he
hind log. Bob Hook, polio, man, Who
made the discovery. fired twice without
effect and rolled off his horse. and the
other Indians fairly rlddled Major, who
continued to shoot until both arms were
broke, when he fell back in sitting pos
ure, where he was dispatched by the
Indians. Major was supposed to have
been insane. He had always borne
good ch ,racter.
AT AN ENGINES MERCY.
STAUNToN, Va, April 2S.-The express
rain of the Chesapeake 81 Ohio railroad
for Washington was descending heavy
grade at 8 o'clock this morning, one mile
vest of here, when the brake rod of the
engine tell. The air brakes was rendered
useless, aud the wild train rushed into
5taunton at the rate of eighty miles per
hour, tearing away the depot roof. The
Pullman sleeper left the track, and was
.hrowp on its side. Fifteen members of
The Pearl of Pekin" Company were en-
route to Baltimore, and were announced
to play here to night. OF the company
Miss Myrtle Knott was injured and died
while being removed from the car. Miss
Edith MilIer's leg is broken. Mrs. Ed
ward Webb, Edward Stevens. Miss Bertha
Fisher, Louis Harrison and Miss lone
Ddoham, all escaped with slight injuries.
W. F. Fitzpatrick, lumber merchant, New
York, had his leg severely torn, and L. M.
,toman, commercial traveller, of Cincin-
,ati was bruised. The car took fire but
he flames were subdued.
PARNELL's MOTHER.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-Nrs. Parnell
writes the Herald as follows:
inclose printed extract for you, and
,eg as an important favor. that you will
publish this, my letter, since
t is denial of the false reports dissent
lated through the country, which affirm
hat truthful descriptions of my destitu
ION were merely sensational matters. On
he contrary, pen and pencil fail to por-
ray the extreme case, and none have
old my intense suffering. Cold, too, was
ligglng iuto me for weeks. The report
Which l now seize the chance of contra
iicting emanates from MIR. T. D. Murphy,
If Atlanta, Ga, and heaps insults and in
uries upon me. He says that he received
t from one of my sons, John Ii. Parnell.
wish to deny the sane and to add that
III such are incorrect from beginning TO
md. NJ, son John had no real opportu-
,ity of knowing anything about my af-
airs. I would not be alive but for
benevolent people who provided for me,
or was fast, at my advanced age, dying
# cold and starvation.
Then l came to see friends in Trenton,
Who, With great difficulty, induced me to
emain where have not wherewjth to
Jay for food. After finding comfort, too,
was afraid to brave the cruel bardships
# Ironsides for more than one reason. l
ave no option but to tell the truth. 1t
s especially unjust that any one should
circulate stories when they know OF no
grounds for doing so except as are totally
,oid of veracItY and detrimental to my
am,ly and myself. I am panied again
md again when these spasmodic utter
.nces gain currency. They are given in tue