The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-05-17

quarter master and corporal under Com
modore Chauncey, of the War of 1919
and niece of General A. Montgomery y
killed at Quebec, died at the residence OF
n her daughter, Mrs. A. T. Warren, yester
!, day, IN this city. In 1866, during the
: smallpox epidemic, she nursed 16S
y patients, and went from house to house
e relieving distress.
t DEATH ON THE RAIL.
t SAN JOSE, CAL, May Ill A. Kreg-
Ter, wheel Taper at the broad gauge
a depot, was run over and killed at the
5 depot this afternoon at 20 o'clock by
the Monterey train. He jumped on the
train as it came in and, before sto opping,
he lost his footing and swung in front Of
the baggage car. He fell ON the rail
with his head and body outside. The
wheels passed over his body. He lived
thirty minutes. He had been employed
by the company for about a year. He
was about 80 years old and was married
about two months ago.
DUBUQUE, Ia, May 11.-Last night at
6 O'Clock Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul train struck buggy at Main street
crossing at Decorah, la. In the buggy
were Miss Alice Glover, Mrs. Aaron
Sheets and her daughter aud son. Miss
Glover had leg and arm broken and re-
ceived other injuries which are fatal.
Tie other occupants of the buggy were
also seriously injured. The vehicle was
broken into splinters.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 11.-There
was collision between a construction
and freight train on the L. g.. N. road
twenty miles south of here, last night.
1t was caused by disregard of signals.
John McCabe, miser, who was stealing
ride, was killed. Haley Turner, civil
engineer of the road, was fatally hurt.
Three men were slightly injured.
SUICIDE AT EUGENE.
EUGENE, Or, May 12.-J. F. Smith |
well known throughout this valley, COM
mitted suicide here last evening. The
cause probably was mental disease. In
the afternoon he called an attorney and
made out his will in a regular manner
His estate amounts to about $4,000, |
which he leaves to the executor, George
B. Doris, to be used in paying debts,
erecting monument, and removing the
bodies ofall his brothers and sisters to the
burial ground where his mother IS in
tered.
After all these expenses are paid, the
balance belongs to the executor, who is
privately instructed to distribute it to
friends unnamed. After debating the will
be complained of his head hurting and
sent for physician, but before he arrived
he shot himself in the head and died in
three hours. He was A years old and
married. He has acted strangely for
some time, but no one knew that lis
n in was affected.
CYCLONE IN MISSOURI.
JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, May 12-A ter
rife hurricane, accompanied by an ex-
traordinary fall of rain, swept over the
city this afternoon. A large section of
the roof of the state house was blown
off and the offices deluged with rain.
The roof of the penjtentlary hospital was
blown away and much Inconvenience to
patients occasioncd. A heavy area of
stone on the top wall of St. Patrick's
cathedral was blown down, crushing
through the roof, wrecking the altar and
running the sacristTy. Small houses all
over town were demolished and much
damage done to trees and shrubbery. In
the country many farms were demolished
and miles of fences leveled. No lives
lost as far as reported.
DEATH OF JUDGE sABIN.
SAN Francisco, May 12-United States
Circuit Judge Sabin. of Nevada, who
has been Ill with infammatory rheuma-
tism for several weeks, died this morn
ing.
Judge Sabn has been ill only about
two weeks, and it has not been until The
last three or four days that the malady !
took a serious turn. At the heginp ;ng
of his illness he suffered from rneuma- ,
tic geut and stomach disorder Later :
the stomach refused to perform its func
tions, and he gradually grew weaker and
weaker and passed away quietly. Judge
Sabin was native of Ohio, Sc years of
age.
FEUD OF COWBOYS.
OKLAHOMA CRY, May 12-The report
reached here tonight of a battle between
two opposing forces of cowboys in the
Little River country, % miles south of
here. The difficulty is reported to have
arisen over different constructions of the I
''herd" law. Five men are reported
killed. three others fatally injured, and n
four slightly wounded. Three deputy
have gone to the scene. No
particulars are obtainable. The scene cf
the fight is far removed from any teIe-
graph station.
TROUBLE OVER LAND.
WHEELING, W. Va, May IA re- i
land conflict is in progress on i
Fishing creek, Wetzel county. Mrs L.. s
G. Robinson, of this place, is owner of !
some 5000 acres OF land in that section. q
She has had thousands of feet of timber f
cut out Of it, ard made extensive I'M 7
provements. A large number of squat b
ters have settled on the laRd at various b
times, and they have given the owner @
much trouble. Recently Mrs. Robinson f
built some houses and rented them to O
tenants. SQuatters have objected to this a
and threatened to expel the renters. On
last mob of nearly 100 men /
gathered at one of Mrs. Robinson's houses e
and began to threaten the inmates i
widow and her family. Sheriff Wyatt, of I
Wetzel county, was hastily summoned v
and commanded peace. The mob paid a
no attention to him. They drove tue t
family out of the house and then tore it i
to pieces, after which they fired the ruins. s
One Aye is said to have been the leader s
of the squatters. The affair has created Y
intense excitement and warrants are out G
for the arrest of the agitators. a
ANOTHER SAN FRANCISCO MYSTERY. G
SAN FRANCISCO, May IA. c. Mar
got. saloon keeper, died at St. Mary's :
hospital this afternoon. He was taken /,
to the hospital in delirious condition I
last Thursday to be treated for a number I
of cuts and bruises about the head and
face. Several of the wounds might ap-
parert'y be produced by knife. The RI
people who accompanied him to the hos
pital said he had been assaulted ny two
hoodlums, and refused to give any fur !
ther information, A detective has been
detailed by CHEF Crowley to make an !
in yestigatlon. The police incline to the
belief that Margot died from excessive
drinking.
LYNCHlNG OF CRISwELL.
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