The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-06-14

cause of his sympathy with and encour-
aeement of the Padrone system and his
alleged connection with the importation
of contract labores from Italy in violation
: of the laws of the United States. Moth
/ ing is known about the matter at the
. state department and it is said there that
no com mp!aint whatever has been made
against the baron. An Italian phian-
thropist and agitator has been making
, war on Fava, it is said, for several years,
and has repeatedly preferred charges
against him to the Italian government.
He says he has cable information from
Italy that the recall was sent to Fava two
or three weeks ago.
BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY.
ST. PAUL, June S.-The Northern Pa
cfic east-bound passenger train which
arrived here tonight was robbed by
masked men near New Salem, N. D., last
night. The engineer and firemen were
surprised by two masked men climbing
over the tender and ordering the train
stopped at the point of revolvers. Elk
p press Messenger Angyvine, hearing the
shots fired forward and suspecting some
thing, hid 5000 in money from the safe,
put out the lights and ran back two miles
to New Salem. The mail car was first
tackled by the robbers and a number of
registered letters riffed, and then the two
robbers turned their attention to the ex-
press car. This they found deserted,
much to their chagrin. The passengers
were not touched. One put his head out
of the window during the delay, but was
told to get his head back, and bullet
whizzed past his head as reminder that
the orders had better be obeyed. A posse
of men with the sheriff, left Mandan this
morning for the scene of the robbery.
The robbers compelled the engineer to
break in the door of the postal car. Only
four masked men were seen at any one
time. The district around New Salem is
| peopled by quiet, law abiding settlers, and |
the robbery is presumed TO be the work |
| OF people unknown in that country.
DROWNED IN REACH OF SHORE.
Boston, June s.-This morning eight !
young men started for fishing excursion
in sailboat. When about a mile from |
Thompson's Island, in Dorchester bay,
the boat was struck by squall and cap
instead of trying to swim ashore, they
tried to climb into the boat, which was so
heavily ballasted that their weight would
force her beneath the surface, leaving
them struggling in the water In this
manner the strength of the men was ex-
hausted. and they sank, one by one, until
but one was left. The survivor, Walter
QLinan, had sunk for the last time when
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lifting him above the surface. He floated
in an unconscious condition for some
time when the boat was seen from the
shore by employees of the gas works ut
Cow Pasture Point, who went out,
brought him to the shore and resuscitated
him.
DECISION RENDERED.
WALLA WALLA, June THE land of.
flee has received decision in the contest
case OF W. H. Reed VS.. Colonel L. S. How
lett, the decision being in favor of the
contester. While Hewlett was receiver
OF the Yakima land office he made filing
upon $40 acres of land in Yakima valley
under the desert land law. This entry
Reed contested, alleging that the filing
was on illegal ground. The law fertids
filing upon land by land officers except in
timber culture entry. Hewlett set up the |
defense that the land filed upon was not
in the district of which he was an officer,
but the commissioner stated this did not
make the entry legal. The land involved
is choice, lying level AMI will soon he {
rendered productive by the Oneida
big ditch. 1t Is valued at $40
per acre by those acquainted with the
locality.
The meeting of the Farmers County
Alliance this afternoon passed resolutions
favoring the passage of the Conger land
bill and the Butterworth option hill, and I
instructed the secretary to forward a copy
Of the resolutions to Senator Squire with
The request of the alliance for the passage
Of the bills. There are now eight
OF the alliance in the country.
EUGENE COwLEs SHOT.
MONTREAL, June s.-A sensational :
shooting affair occurred at A o'clock this = !,
afternoon 10 st. Cathe:ine's street, as a n
result of which Eugene Cowles, son of the
ate. Eugene Cowies, a well-kbown editor
,f Cleveland, Ohio, lies in the general
hospital with bullet wound in his neck, \
which may result in his death. Cowles
md his wife, who is the daughter of Mr.
Hale, wealthy cleveland banker, have
lot been living together for some time.
Cowles has been In business in Lockport, q
n. Y. and his health failing he recently
to go on trip.
A RAILROAD MAsH-UP.
ST. LOUIS. June "a very serious rail- :.
Dad wreck is reported from .Warrenton, q
Me-, sixty one miles west of here on the n
Wabash road. Two freight trains collli- 81
ID just outside of Warrenton this morn a.
ng. Both engines and eighteen cars were b
wrecked. Seven men were killed and d
everal wounded. OF eight palace horse ~
;ars laden with race horses en- route for :
he Kansas City races, two were wrecked -
md seven men in charge of the horses are II
eported killed, but no names have yet h
,een received. Fifteen race horses were S
,illed and number of trainmen injured. OF
HANaMAN IN DEMAND. h
New YORK, june "a special from le
Athens says: "Wanted, an executioner," u
las ever since the year 1884 been the cry tt
# the judicial authorities. Modern N
areeks are so averse to the vocxtien of al
angman that no subject of King George 7,
as hitherto been found willing to perform :, =
be behests of law Meanwhile criminals
ondemned to death have been having a v,
ugh time. A beadsman has at length al
'een found IN the person of one Roukis, io
imself u convicted assassin who signi6ed
is readiness to save his own neck by de- Y
api:ating a number of others. Roukis h,
as been placed ON board the man of war l,
gauplia, which will make a trip around
he Greek coast, landing where occasion III
nay require and proceeding to towns m
'here murderers are awaiting their doom. al
here are eleven of the miscreants to be
ealt with. The last capital execution in W
ireece occurred in 1881. In Greece the =,
ublic executioner is regarded as ais -
onored parIah who any citizen is at :"
berty to MAIN or kill, and even on board d
he NdupIiG it has been found expediept l.
D protect Roukis from the resentment of tt
be crew by confining him in an iron cage al
rom which he will only emerge when his m
ervices are required.