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..... '. ',. 4.? - .'"-'.-' -- he Hood HOOD RIVER. .OIC SATURDAY; JULY, 6, 1889. NO. 5. River v. - Glacier. T - I I' 1 j rer Lacier.. SATURDAY MORNING BY iblisMng Company.' TION PRICE. ...2 00 . .. 1 00 -60 .6 Cents sr is authorized to receive and iptions and to transact any .. - '' ' '. and. County Olclals. - 8. Pennoyer ....G. W. McBride ..; Geo. W. Webb lic Instruction.. E. P. McElroy J J. N. Dolph ( J. H. Mitchell B. Hermann ( Frank Baker JOTJNTY. .' ' V" ' ' ' , ...........Geo. Herbert ............. ..G. H. Thompson '....... Geo.Ruch j Geo. A. Young H. A. Leavens J. H. Sourlay . ,...E. F. Sharp ublio Schools A. C. Connelly Wm. Miohell tt, OFFICERS. ..Geo. T. Prather ....Henry Howe : K. S. dinger J J. II. Middleton . E. L. Smith ii i HOMAS, M;D;, te of Jefferson Medical lege, Phila,, 1878.) , . fen Surgeon RIVER, OREGON., , ; Drngs, Mutin Toilet Articles, Elegant Pullman Palace Cars. Eilgrpt Sleeping Cars Hun Throng! on Express Trains ". --T0 'OMAHA, v COUNCIL BLUFFS V: ' . . AND ST. PAUL free of Charge and Without Onange. ' Close connections at Portland for San Francisco and Puget Sound points. OCEAN DIVISION. ' ' ' ; TO SAN FRANCISCO. leaving Steamship Wharf, Portland, at 12 Midnight, tW IOIIOWB ; ' STEAMER. DAT. Oregon... ....Tuesday State ; , Saturday Columbia .- Wednesday. .... . " Oregon. ..Sunday State... vThurs'day.w . ,-. . Columbia., Monday ........ Oregon Friday DATS. .' June 4 " 8 " 12 " 16 20 " 24 . " 28 .. Baggago must be checked either at Ash St. during tho day, or by the U. C. & B. T. Co. No unchecked oaggage will be recoived on the Steamers. , Ticket Office, First and Qak Streets. J . TO PORTLAND. , Leaving Spear St. Wharf, San Francisco, at 10 A. M., j. , ' as follows: r t -, STEAMER. , - ' DAT. State ,. ..Monday . Columbia.. ...Friday Oregon Tuesday ...... State...... ....Saturday...... ' Columbia .......Wednesday Oregon j ..Sunday State .Thursday DAT. June 8 .' 7 " IV " 16 ' 19 . " 28 " 27 No freight will be received on morning of sailing, except Fruill and Vegetables, and these will not be AkenafterdA. M. I erths), cbin, $16.00; steerage, $8.00 ; Hind trip, unlimited, $30.00. - e Company reserves the right to change Steamers . J or Sailing Days. . : ;J. SMITH, - - A. t. MAXWELL, Gen'l Manager. G. P. & T. A. 1 Franoisob-General offloe, No. 10 Market St. Ticket offices, Nos I and 214 Montgomery Sts S. E. CEOWE, AGENT, HOOD RIVER. CREAM OF THE DISPATCHES. The Most Important Telegraphic Mews, ; Gleaned During the Week from ' - the "Great Only." 1 'A Coal Discovery.- '.' North Yakima, W. T., July 1. Pros pectors have brought in fine specimens of anthracite coal, which is pronounced by experts genuine and of the finest quality. ' " V .. Blaine Going to Bar Harbor, .' . Washington, July 1. Secretary Blaine and Walker Blaine left the city this afternoon for Bar Harbor, where the former will remain until September. President Harrison contemplates paying Secretary Blaine a visit soma time in Julv. ' " ' ' :- ' . Appointed Assistant Adjutant General. I i Washington, July . 1 .--Captain ; Ar thur Mc Arthur, jr., of the Thirteenth infantry, has been appointed assistant adjutant general, with the rank of major, to succeed to the vacancy cansed by the appointment of General Kelton to be ad jutant general. - ' ;, " ,; : ' Disasters to Piciflc Coast Vessels. ' . San Francisco, July 1. The number of disasters and minor mishaps to ves sels in the Pacific trade from July 1, 1888 to July 1, 1889, numbers seventy five, the total losses including six steam ers, nine iron and twenty-three wooden deep water ships. . ; . '.v" t To The Mines. Of the Eureka mining company, started yesterday with a force of seven or eight able bodied young men and the neces sary supplies, to commence active opera tions in their valuable claims in the Santiam mining district. Statesman. : The Carnegie Strike. Pittsburg, Junb 30. A strike at the great steel plant of Carneg;e against the scale proposed by the firm was declared on at a meeting of the amalgamated workmen today. After repairs are com pleted, if the men still persist in refus ing to sign the scale, an attempt will be made tooperate the plant with new workmen. . 1 . '--.s .. A Flood at Hong Kong. San Francisco, June 30. The steam er, Rio de Janerio arrived late tonight from Hong Kong and Yokohama. - une ot tne most, aestructive ram storms in the history :of Hong Kong occurred May 29 and 30. The total rain fall for thirty-three hours was twenty nine and a half inches, at times the fall measuring nearly three. inches per hour. Hong Kong papers do not venture to estimate the loss to private property, such as residences, - stores, etc., but place's the estimated loss to public prop erty at about $200,000. . - ' .; Eight Blocks Burned. Denver, July 1. A special from Du rango, Colo., says: 1 At 3 o'clock this afternoon fire broke out in the southern part of the city, and in an incredible short time the. flames assisted . by a strong wind ' from the , north spread in every directon, leaping from building to building, until at this writing, t,at 4 a. m.) half the town is in ashes. ': , . . " Every business . house and public building in the city, except the post.office and Streater's hotel, has been burned to the ground. - ' . . . The wind is still blowing and the fire is beyond control.' The telegraph office is threatened and may soon go. ' What the final result will be cannot be foretold, should the flames be commu nicated to . the resident portion of the city, as is not unlikely, what was a few hours since the flourishing city of Du rango, will soon be nothing but charred debris and ashes. '' . ' . ; . . The fire department responded nobly, but are completely powerless. ; : In the great excitement the origeu of thecbnflagationbelearned.1.. The fire was extinguished after the total destruction of eight business blocks, which includes' all the principal, business houses and three churches. ..- A portion of the resident part of the town was also destroyed. .The lossi estimated at $3, 000,000,'with but light, insurance. The origin of the fire was supposed to be in cendiary. : I r - -t . i e 1 1';' " ' r ' The Court of Death. ' " Lynbhburg, Va.', July 2. The scene of the terrible disaster near Tharton's on the Norfolk &Wesern railroad,, is beyond description. Hardly enough is left of the train of eight cars that took the leap to the bottom tif the pit to make one car. ' r - . As soon as the boiler, of the engine ex ploded, the entire mass1 of debris took fire. Those who went 8own', who were not killed outfight,, burned to death. ..Portiohs of eight bodies . have ' been taken out. , It is belieyed that fully fif teen others were entirely consumed by fire.-. - ' A survivor of the wreck says the cries for help could be heard from all portions of the wreck, and those unhurt were powerless to render j- assistance,''- A woman ' who managed to escape : lay about on the ground, BuSfering from her injuries, until day break, and many walked long distances to farm houses. The few passengefs left uninjured did all m their power for; the unfortunate. - THE DEBRIS REMOVED, - C -. The debris at the wre,ik on the Norfolk & Western railroad hi been removed, and a number of charred bodies have Hjeen found,. ; The mjys oi seventeen persons w ' jtr Ave. Jjeen aa certained, -all ol theb.l'easfern people. There were about thirty people who escaped with only slight injuries, and ten who are seriously injured. . The list of the dead will be - increased, as friends of missing people keep com ing forward in search of them. There is no way at present to ascertain the exact number of the dead, owing to. the fact that the train was destroyed by fire. .;; i . ; -. :'r Em hers and Ashes. -f Hailey, I. T., July , 2. The entire business portion of Hailey except Swift & Regan's and S. J. Friedman's was de stroyed by .fire between 1 and 3 o'clock this morning. , It was Incendiarism, the fire being set out in the Nevada hotel. Four blocks were burned. A strong northerly wind put the fire beyond con trol. So rapidly did the fire spread that the engine house was in flames before the fireman could reach it Everything was at the mercy of the flames. ' ' The brick block beginning with the French corner was entirely destroyed. - The First National bank was consumed among the rest. The brick vault fe mains. Whether the contents are in jured is a question. " ;. ",, . .. " . . The Joss is estimated at from-. $500,000 to $750,000. , The insurance is only $125, 000, owing to the high rate. At a public meeting held this after noon a majority of the business men an nounced their intention to rebuild. ' - - HELP SENT FROM BELLEVUE. i Bellevce, Idaho, July 2(. The entire business portion of Hailey was destioyed by fire this morning about 1 :30. The water supply gave out, and the hose burned. Assistance was rendered from Bellevue. The total loss is in the neigh borhood of $500,000, with insurance of about $150,000. The business part of the town is completely wiped out. . , K Cave of Silver . v Kansas City, Mo., July 1. A large c aye near the Hermosa mining camp, sixty miles from Las Cruces, N. M., has been opened up, and the interior is said to be lined with veins of almost pure silver, ' It had for year's escaped the eyes of old prospectors, because 'there was nothing about the cave to indicate mineral. : It is now thought the cave will 'exceed in richness the famous Bridal Chamber cave at Snake Valley, N. M., from which over $500,000 in sil ver was taken. . MACKIN PARDONED. Gov. Fifer Says the Application of Bis v Friends Was Very Strong. Springfield, III., July 2. Governor Fifer this morning pardoned Joseph; C Mackin, of Chicago, serving sentence for offense against the ballot. His was one of the most notorious pieces of po litical "fine work" in the history of Chicago. ' .The- governor reviewed the case, stating that the application for pardon had been stronger than ever be fore presente I to the governor.' . ,- "I The world's Sunday School Convention. London, July 2. The - World's Sun day school convention opened its session to-day. There were 900 foreign dele gates present, including over 300 from the United States. V; V ' . Lord Kinnaird . delivered the address of welcome. Count Bernstorff, of Berlin and Rev. Cuyler, of Brooklyn, re sponded in behalf of the delegates from the European and American continents. C veland Shaken up. Sandwich, Mass., July 3. While ex President Cleveland was enjoying a car riage ride near Buzzard's bay to-day with Joe Jefferson with whom he has been visiting for the past few days, one of their horses became unmanageable, and both gentlemen were thrown out. They fortunately escaped '. with slight bruises, but received a severe shaking up." The , carrige was considerably damaged.- : Cleveland left for Maridn to-nighL- '' An Av'ul Disaster, -r J.' Explosion "6f "urJ damp occurred today in a coal pit at St. Ettne. ,- Three hundred miners' were entombed. A number of the bodies have been taken out of the pit. C ' . - Two pits were affected by the explo sion. One of these is inundated, and the other is on fire. -'y: '! ,,' .Sixteen bodies have been recovered. Ten miners who were" taken out alive, are so badly injured that they will probably die. 1 Sixty horses employed in the mine were burned to death. ' . . News of the disaster spread quickly, and the mouths of the pit were soon sur rounded by crowds of the relatiyes and friends of the imprisoned miners. Many heartrendering scenes were witnessed as the bodies were brought to the surface. There is no hope of rescuing anv of the .men in tho pits, all of whom have already probably perished. , . x .; Later dispatches say that 200 miners were killed. ". ".-'. ; 'i-. W Oregon News. ' ' Great bodies of timber land are being taken' up in Tillamook county. '--We count in one issue ' of . the' Tillamook Headlight 118 notices. ' ' , The Silver Lake mills in Wallowa county were' burned some days ago. The stock of flour on hand was 'saved. Loss, $10,000; insurance,, $5000, r The mills were built in 1883 by McCully . & Briggs.- V ..':; :t '! A Pendleton paper says that ' Mr. Harding, of Philadelphiafor a bonus of $5000 will erect in Pendleton a woolen mill that will handle annually 3,000,000 pounds of wool and create a business for the local banks of from $500,000 to $600,- 000, and will give employment to from 150 to 300 persons.' ' ,. V , North - Powder, in Union county, is the center of 400 miles of fine country. Good quartz leads have been found . ad jacent to the town. Near by there are fine hot mineral springs, which, it is claimed, have splendfd medicinal quali ties. There is a great need of millinery and dressmaking establishments, har ness and shoe stores, as well as a tin -shop. : - ' ,, .'.-i The Morrow county Budget says; Small farms pay the best because they are better farmed. If a man has 160 acres he takes pains to cultivate well, and as a Consequence of deeper cultiva tion and more thorough tillage his cnop yields well, while the larger farm hot so well plowed, will dry out and suffer loss if their comes a dry season like the present.: The Budget should prove its theory by observation, and get the ex perience of different farmers in Morrow county to judge by. If he can show that where land was deeply plowed and well harrowed and pulverized the crop was good, when it failed in other loca tions, he will be of ' great service in teaching the necessity for deep plowing. He will make his farmers more careful and secure good crops for the future tor that section of the state. Oregonian. :.' Johnsto-vrn Again Menaced . Johnstown, July 3. The heavy rains yesterday and last night flooded out five families in Cambria City. The water . came pouring down the mountain last -night and filled the first floors of houses, destroying all the furniture saved from the big flood. ' . There was e;reat alarm ' among the people, oyer the condition of the Cone- maugh river. .The water rose five feet this morning in two hours .and carried -away the foot bridge above the Pennsyl vania railway station.' .'There is danger of the temporary bridge, erected by the company, going out. . Cars were run out on the bridge to save it, but at 10 ' o'clock this morning the abutement ' began to sink. - . The temporary bridge erected at the lower ; end of the Gauticr offices is almost a total wreck. Orders -were given at General Hast-v ing's headquarters at 10 o'clock to get everything in shape for quick removal, ' as it was feared that the tents would be' washed away. r . , v 1 At' 10 0 it was thought that all danger was passed, but a fresh storm broke over the valley. . The rain is com- :" iing down intorrents, aim people tear thai the Cohemaugh. will yet sweep over the banks and flood the town. ' - ,. v A Bot Wave. St. Paul, J uly 1. Very hot weather . is just now prevailingall over the North west, and the signal service officers pre diet no cooling changes for another day. According to their reports to-day the mercury in ' this city teached ninety above zero, 'while the thermometers ' on the streets recorded from 6 to 8 degrees higher than that' Similar reports come from Minnesota, Dakota," Manitoba and Montana, although at Helena and a few ; other points there are indications of a break in the hot wave. Huron, Dakota, . suffered at 94, Moreheiad, Minnesota, at : 94, Bismark at 87, Fort Holly at 96, and Duluth at68.v ; . - ' ' .. : AT PET ALUM A... v Petaluma, July 1. This has been the -hottest day of the season. The ther mometer registered " 100 degrees in the shade, 'Miss Williams of Cheleno val ley, Marin county,,lwas prostrated by ' heat yesterday and died. ,v. ..' A Hundred Tears Old . -r j. R. Syron of Polk county is perhaps the oldest man in Oregon. ' ' His hair is -white with the snow of many a winter. If he lives until September 25th he will bo one hundred, years old.- His mind is clear and his memory remarkably good. He rises early arid gets the beauty and freshness of the morning.-' His time is, spent mostly in reading and walking. Albanxj Herald. Mrs. Dolph's Summer Resort. . Washington,. July 1. Mrs. Senator Dolph and family - left today for Vine yard Haven, where they will spend the : summer season. : Vineyard Haven is off the southeast coast of Massachusetts, is one of the favorite New England resorts. Her daughter, Mrs. Nixon, accompanied her. . ' ' "."--'.' -''".'-'' ';-'-. ' Flossie is six years old, - "Mamnia " she asked one day, "if I get married will I have a husband like pa?" . "Yes," replied the mother with an . amused smile. ; ' ' , . - . ' ; "And if I don't get married will I have to be an old maid-like Aunt Kate?" "Yes."" ;: ' V , ' .'7 ,r..." "Mamma" after av pause "it's a ... tough world for us women, ain't it?." -Binghamton Republican. ' " . '