The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-02-01
TELEGRAPHIC.
FOUL CRIME AT SPOKANE.


SPOKANE EALLs, Jan. 24.-The Bael
case, which has been the ruling topic o
conversation here ever since the murder
was temporarily forgotten to day, when
another sensation was developed. Some
time since Maggie Wilson, keeper of 9
notorious house in this city, visited the
Indian reservation near Lewiston, Idaho
and selecting strikingly handsome and
well-developed half breed girl aged IA
years, brought her to this city, promls.
! ing her home In a respectable family.
On arriving here she tried to force the
girl to lead life of shame, but the girl
| firmly refused. Finally, finding that force
would be necessary, the Wilson woman
held the poor girl while man outraged
her last night. The Wilson woman has
been arrested and denied bail. A man
named George Preston was arrested to-
night for participating In the crime, but
says he knows nothing about it.
RUNNING THE CENTRAL BLOCKADE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ga number of
| passengers who were snow bound at Emil
grant Gap, on the Central Pacific, have
arrived here. having left the train and
come by the snowshoe route. Peter
French, of Lake county, Or, was among
the first who came through, and he re
ports having had stormy trip. He says
that J. j. Jennings, NewYcr journalist,
who came to meet Nellie BLY,, gave out
and wanted to lie down in the snow.
They had to drag him along, and con-
stantly aroused him to do his best. Jen.
nings, they said, was very plucky, but
physically unable to cope with the snow
and cod. Notwithstanding the hard ex-
periences of the travellers, they did their
best to kill time. They inaugurated the
publication Ct paper called Tile Daily
Snop. Four numbers of it were issued
up to the tin Q the snowshoers left.
NO TIDrNes OF THE ERIN.
New YORK, Jan. 13.-Agents of the
National steamship line stated to-day
that they have no additional information
regarding the steamship Erin, which it is
feared has foundered with all on board.
The agents, however, still maIntsin that
there is yet hope that the Erin may have
made some port in disabled condition.
A crew of sixty-seven was shipped at
Liverpool, and the names are not known
here, but Captain Tyson was the COM
mander and John Grant first officer. Be-
sides the regular crew there were twenty
cattle men on board, SIX of whom were
working their passage back to Liverpool
and were unknown. About fifteen were
Americans.
NEWS FROM PENDLEToN.
Penn. .EToN Ian. 23-Eliiah Meyers- a
Grand Army veteran, was inferred here
to-day. He died at Baker City during
the blockade, while en- route to Athena,
this county, with his wife, where they
proposed to locate. They came from
Nebraska. Mrs. Meyers is lying danger
ously Ill here, being prostrated owing to
her husbands death.
The report of the death of Adam Roth.
rock proved untrue. He Is still alive,
with good chances of recovery.
The coroner's jury returned verdict
of justldable homicide in the Barry
Davidson tragedy near Weston.
REGARDLESS OF HIS MORALS.
SEATTLE, Jan. 24.-Quite sensation
was caused tonight by the elopement
and marriage of Kate Tewksbury, daugh
ter of Rev. George A. Tewksbury, pastor
of the Congregational church. Rev.
Tewks5ury came to Seattle about SIX
months ago and his daughter soon be-
came leader in church work. On De-
cember 16 she met William E. Stevenson,
young man, local car accountant of the
Northern Pacific railroad. 1t was case
of love at first sight. After brief court
ship Stevenson was accepted by the min
ister's daughter.
LETTER FROM SIBERIA.
BUFFALO, Jan. 23.-George Kennan, of
Siberia fame, tonight received letter
from Siberian exile which had evident
ly travelled by clandestine route before
reaching this country. 1t comprises
eighty-six pages of microscopic chirogra-
ply, of which Kennan has deciphered
enough to prove to his satisfaction that
the rumored massacre by Russian soldiers
at Yakutsk, which has been vigorously
denied by the government, is an indispu-
table fact.
MURDER AT COLvILLE.
SPOKANE FALLS, January 23-News
reached this city to-day from Colville to
the effect that William Holtzstein,
drunken carpenter, shot and killed James
B. Oglesby, a colored waiter, yesterday.
Oglesby tried to cheat Holtzstcin out Of
so cents in making change. The latter
left the restaurant and returned in few
minutes with rifle, which he lost no
time in using, The mar1erer was arres.