jui""Gxij.i,OxGXaL., i xxJJJxi; if, UGiluiiJiiiK 9, 1802.
ill
WILL BE RESTRICTED.
Secretary Foster's. Detenpatioii En
toed Generally.
NO MORE COMING IN STEERAGE.
Reasons Strictly of Self-Defense Prompt
ing his Policy.
PHILANTHROPY AT A DISCOUNT.
High Time to Grapple With the Ques
tion In a Statesman-like Manner .
Minor Topics.
Washington, Dec. 6. Congress met
at the usual hour today. Secretary Fos
ter meets with general endorsement be
cause of the announcement that he will
" peesently issue an order forbidding the
entrance of all immigrants who come as
steerage paseengers. The conditions of
the order leave the way open for the oc
casional immigrant who may be sorely
anxious to enter. If the inducements
bringing him are strong enough he can
come by paying cabin-passage rates.
For the multitude of others the order
will, of course, be virtually prohibitive
of entrance. The reasons prompting
this policy are simply reasons of self-defense.
However much philanthropic
persons may regret the barring out of
foreigners in need of elbow-room, they
cannot denv the danger which has been
threatening this country at a most criti
cal moment in its history. With free
immigration and a very probable spread
of cholera abroad, it would be almost im
possible to keep the pest away ; more,
to keep it from seriously injuring the
World's Fair and the multifarious inter
ests devolving upon it.
The immediate reasons why this step
is to be taken are, of .couree, in their na
ture temporary. Presently they will
cease to exist. But it is high time for
the best statesmanship in America to
grapple with the immigration problem
again and for permanency. A nation's
first duty is toward itself; else it can be
of service to neither itself nor to others.
How far fidelity to this duty will justify
the keeping out of oppressed foreigners
is a question which should be approached
only with the highest and broadest un
derstanding of its gravity. That immi
gration can be stopped is not to be
doubted. With only moderate precau
tions and imperfect regulations the im
migration during the mouth of October
was reduced to 4,fi9l'. During the same
month last year, nearly 37,000 immigrants
were landed on these shores. Thus it
appears that immigration can be
stopped. And the stopping of immigra
tion now will reduce the danger of the
importation of cholera to the minimum.
Oxympia, Dec. 5. The strange case of
Moses H. Scott was decided Saturday by
the supreme court. Scott disappeared
from Olympia in 1881. After a lapse of
seven years, during which time he was
not heard from, his estate was probated
-on the petition of his sister, ou the
.. ground that his long absence without
being heard from was evidence of his
death. A year ago he reappeared and
brought suit to eject John McNeal from
lands of Scott sold in the probate pro
ceedings. The superior court decided
against Scott and the supreme court
. affirms the judgment. In rendering its
- decision, the court says : "The defund-
ants, after purchasing the property, took
..possession of it and made valuable im
tprovements. They .stand in the position
'Of innocent purchasers, and the question
is, under this peculiar condition of af
fairs, which one of the parties must suf-
- fer? The equities of the case ought- to
- be clearly with the defendants, for, as
the matter appears, appollant willfully
abandoned the property in question,
and he certainly had reason , to expect
that proceedings of the kind would be
instituted, after a lapse of years, in case
his relatives and other interested parties
should not be able to obtain any infor
mation of his existence or whereabouts."
Restrict Immigration.
Portland Chronicle. Sentiment in
favor of restriction of immigration must
have made wonderful progress in the
- country when statesmen speak out
boldly in favor of total exclusion for a
period of years. This is undoubtedly
the only effectual remedy, but there has
hitherto been so much timidity on the
part of politicians and the political
press in approaching this subject, that
such comparatively bold utterances pro
voke surprise. It is a hopeful sign, for
it shows a belief on their part that the
, "country has been educated to a point
where it will endorse the only practica-
. ble remedy for the immigration evil,
the complete closing of ; he gates.
After Ihlrty
Sprague Advertiser.
Years.
. After ' hirty
" long years , of wandering in- the wilder
ness and being now on the very border
of the promised land, it would have
been. -a terrible disappointment
tn thp
. . j I
comet smashed:
democrats' had "the'
things terrestrial'arid put an end to it
all...
ADTAXCEOr TBI WEST.
The Effete last .llust Hereafter be Con
tenteii With Second Place.
In some quarters there is democratic
rejoicing thut New York is no longer the
pivot upon which that party revolves,
nipwlnnd. although he carries New
York, had plenty of electoral votes with
out it. Rumor has it that he informed
some of Tammany's leaders that he
nwpri them nothing, since it was the
whole rinntrv which contributed to his
success and not the Tammany tail of it,
Editor Jones of the St. Louis Republic
in a speech the other day celebrated th
enmncioation of his party from the
thralldom of New York, and decent
ii.fmhers of the oartv all over the
country will be glad that'so vicious an
organization as Tammany must keep its
fangs out of national politics if it does
New York's political record for 30
veara has been an odd one. It has never
gone in favor of either party in two sue
cessive elections. It has, according
to
the following table swung regularly to
and fro in eight elections, all of them m
leap years :
1864.
1868.
1872.
1876.
1880.
1884.
1888.
1892.
Republican.
Democratic.
Republican.
Democratic.
Republican. '
Democratic.
Republican.
Democratic
The Sun further savs that the result
of this year's battle strengthens and
clinches the sansruine expectations of
the republicans that they will win in
New York in 1896. Probably they will
if this pendulum of a state oscillates as
impartially between the two parties in
the future as in the past.
New York has been a democratic
nivot rather than a republican. The re
publican party has . never nominated
citizen of New York for the presidency
It has never nominated any but a' west
em man for president in its history but
once, and he was defeated in 1884. The
democratic party has not selected its
presidential nominee from any other
state since 1865. It has won twice for a
term of eight years, with a New York
nominee, while ..the republicans have
won seven times, for a term of 28 years
24 of it continuously, with western can
didates. If the democratic party sapiently con
cludes that it can get along without
New York hereafter it will certainly fol
low the example of the republicans and
come to the west for candidates.
In that event the lightning of presi
dential nominations will play about the
states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The
"effete east" must be content with
second place hereafter, for the west
is a sure winner for the capital prize.
AN OPEN K1VKK CONGRESS.-
Suggestions of the Baker City Demo
crat un the Subject.
The Democrat is in receipt of a letter
from Mr. Linus Hubbard of The Dulles,
toeether with photographs of steam
boats loading freight at The Dulles.
Mr. Hubbard is certainly taking com
mendable interest in the completion of
the locks at the cascades and an open
river to the sea, and should be encour
aged by concerted action on the part of
the people of the Inland Empire, with
out which there can be little hope of
success. In his letter, Mr. Hubbard's
views are certainly correct and the peo
ple of Eastern Oregon, Washington and
Idaho should take steps at once to as
sist this laudable enterprise. An open
river congress the Democrat, suggests as
the proper thing. An assemblage of
representative men of the Inland Em
pire would bring about an influence for
an open river that would accomplish
the desired end.
Reclamation Scene.
Review. The indications are that
Lewiston, Idaho, will have a very lively
growth during the coming year. Work
will soon begin on opening the flats just
across the Snake river from Lewiston,
by some California capitalists, who will
expend in the neighborhood of $400,000
in reclaiming a vast body of land that
comprises about 300,000 acres. All that
is neceesary to push lewiston to a large
commercial center is the advent of a
railroad, and it looks very much like
that want might be supplied the coming
year.
A Disrespectful Crowd.
New York, Dec. 6. Jay Gould was
buried yesterday from his residence in
New York. The services were con
ducted by Rev. Dr. Paxton and Chan
cellor McCosh of the university of New
York. The crowd in the streets were
noisy, frequently interrupting the more
thoughtful attendants with cat calls and
unseemly remarks and noises. It was a
disgraceful affair, and lacked respect for
those who were in mourning on that
solemn occasion.
Picked People's Pockets.
Pendleton Tribune.
On the Union Pacific train coming
from the east Saturday evening a rather
seedy-looking fellow succeeded in pick
ing the pockets of four men. One man
lost $80 in cash. Another one, Brown
by name, on his way to Colfax to take a
position, was relieved of $16. He went
to a local" citizen, who telephoned and
found that be was all right, and fur
nished him with money enough to go
through to nis destination. Iwo oth-
ers lost some money. The feltow got off
t ft;.. ocf-hf twi,, a
no oue .knows where he is at the present
time.
PLACE HUNTERS ARMY
A Growing Apprehension ; in; Case of
' Failnre to Check It;
THE BITTER CONTENTION OF I884.
The Worst Trouble is that Many Who
Want Office Are Incapable. .
THEY AKI ALL AIMING HIGH UP
Cold Water Mnst Be Poured on the
Aspirations of the fcntlre Tribe
-.'- 80 They Hay.
Bieclal to Thk Chbowcii.
Chicago, Dec. 6. There is a growing
apprehension among local democratic
managers that unless something is done
to prevent the impending struggle, their
party organization will be torn into
tatters by the personal rivalries and
factional fights arising out oL the buttle
for places. Those who recall the bitter
contention that followed the election of
Cleveland in 1884 'need not be reminded
of the extent and character of thesa
fights. And the democratic managers
realize that the voting population of the
party has more than doubled, while- the
offices are scarcely any more numerous
than they were eight years ago.
The difficulty is not wholly due to the
over-supply of office-seekers. The great
trouble is that many of the men who
want places are not of the sort who
ought to have them. Men, for example,
who would make fair clerks or Buperin-
tendents of divisions have their eyes on
the JpoBtmastership. They are all aim
ing high.
Lawyers who have not been a year in
practice are abroad soliciting names to
petitions for their appointment to the
district attorneyship. Expectation has
reached sucn a pitch that the democratic
managers begin to realize that cold
water must be poured on the aspirations
of the entire tribe of place-hunting en
thusiasts. It is to be hoped that the
hunger for office can be kept within
reasonable bounds. The public does not
care to see any painful exhibition of ra
pacity. Neither can the democratic
nartv afford to spend its time for months
to come in fighting over the offices. For
these reasons the many pilgrimages to
New York which Chicagoaus are now
making, should result in the adoption of
some decent method of giving out the
offices.
Portland's Pupils.
Welcome.' There are several boys
wearing the unitorm ot tne- cisnop
Scott academy that reflect no credit on
Ibat institutiou by being seen on the
streets vigorously sucking the end of a
cigarette or blowing the smoke of a vile
cigar in the faces of passera-by. The
same boys also haunt billiard rooms in
the city and would be far better off at
home than engaged in the questionable
recreation they often indulge in.
Cleveland on SUver-
Boise Statesman. Mr. Cleveland em
phasizes his continued opposition to
silver by making his first offer of a cabi
net position to ex-Secretary Fairchild as
secretary of the treasury. Ir. Fairchild
iB a representative gold bug and can be
relied upon by Wall street to do its bid
ding at all times on questions pertaining
to the currency.
It Is His Business.
Missoulan. . It is denied that Mr.
Cleveland in his reply to Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan said he "would be
damned if be would make any pledges or
promises to Tammany.'.' If he didn't
say it be should nave said it, ana he
thought it anyhow. Besides it isn't a
swear word, and if it is, it isn't any-
body's
now.
business but Grover's'.. There
A Chance for Americans.
Walla Walla Statesman. The Turkish
government has issued an edict prohib
iting army officers below the rank of
major from having more than one wife.
Here is a chance for Americans who
take more interest in the oppressed of
foreign nations than in those of their
own to get up an indignation meeting.
Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in tne postomce at 1 lie unites un
called for, Wednesday, Deo. 7th, 1892.
Persons calling for same will give date
on which they were advertised :
Barrow
Frank C Bartlett
Chas L Campbell
Scott Ellis
Gabriel Hardison
Mrs C Hughes
Edward E Johnson
Wm Johnson
FLindley
Mrs Minnie Mans
Joseph Matthews
Mrs F Meirs (2)
Joseph Montgomery
Mrs Mollie Nelson
G Ann Patton
R M Blake
Dennis Donlad
M A Gordon
Mrs A M Harris
Miss Lulu Hunt
Geo Johnson
John Larsen
George Lowe
Bill Matney
Jess Martin
John Miller (2)
Martha Morgan
Frank Owens
J M Pratt
Miss Daisy Pugh
Walter E Putnam
unanes riooeris
Thomas Ramus -C
A Smith
. William Snyder
JakSb Steuben
Miss Helen Warner
M.T. Nolan, P..M.
Mrs Mary Rame
F F Shaw
C E Smith
J W Spaulding
W Timley
AN AWFUL PREDICAMENT.
A Man Tries to Give his Girl a Good
Blowing up With Dynamite.
. Klamath Star. A man named Whit
tier is in jail in Denver for doing some
thing wrong. After a spat with his
lover he seized her and forced down her
throat six pellets which be nseured her
contained dynamite. In Denver this
method of giving a lover a good blowing
up is called a deviation from moral rec
titude. The girl's landlady told her she
must get, and gave her a pair of felt
jjipiern to go down stair- with, lest a
sudden jar of her system might n-suH in
the raising of property sky high. While
telling her simple story in the judge's
court the whole crowd flew with flutter-
J ing coat-tails, and one deputy sheriff
jumped through a window. Physicians
who were consulted disagree as to the
probable consequences in case the girl
really has dynamite in her system.
Some say she will burst into tears and
several other things, while others think
the dynamite .must have grown weak.
But Whittier has grown weak, while the
outcome .of his experiment is being
awaited wi"h considerable interest.
An Anarchist to Be Freed.
Chicago, Dec. 6. - There is said to be
good reason for Iviiff that Oscar
Nee be is about. 10 gain his freedom
from the Joliet penitentiary by virtue of
a pardon from Gov. Fifer. The grow
ing sentiment in favor of his release ap
parently gives assurance of very general
approval by the people of such action
A large part of the community is con
vinced that Neebe's punishment is un
just. Many others think that he has
been punished quite enough for any of
fense that he mar have committed. ' As
a result of this his release would be
source of gratification to thousands,
either as an example-of the wide mag
nanimity of the state, or as a granting
of tardy justice. If it appears from
careful examination of the facts that
Neebe is unjustly detaiued in prison,
now is a good time to rectify the wrong,
The political skies are clear. Gov. Fifer
cannot lose or gain by an act of clem
ency. There would be no politics in it.
All this may be said without regard to
whether or not there is an agreement on
the part of certain persons that relates
to the matter. If there was an under
standing that in the political calm fol
lowing the election the prisoner at Joliet
should be set free, that is an additional
reason for prompt action by Gov. Fifer.
REDUCTION IN BATES.
The Northern Pacific Cuts Tariff in Both
Diiections.
The Northern Pacific, in connection
with the Montana Union railway, has
made a rate on lumber and shingles of
40 cents from Portland and Puget sound
points to Garrison, Deer Lodge, Ana
conda, Butte, Helena, Calvin and
Wickes, Mont. The rate was formerly
50 cents and was not quoted to Caivin
and Wickes.
A special commodity rate on salt of 95
cents per 100 pounds in carloads of
22,000 pounds lias been made from
Hutchinson, Kan., to Portland and the
sound by the Northern Pacific, in con
nection with the Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis and Omaha, and the Missouri
Pacific, effective on Nov. 30th. The
class rate of $1.06 formerly ruled.
Around the World.
Eugene Guard. Frank G. Lenz, the
bicyclist who is making a tour of the
world on a bicycle, writes to Harry M.
Holden, of this city, as follows :
Yokohama, Japan, Nov. 15, '92.
Dear Sir: I reached 'Frisco on the
10th of October. A rough and stormy
country south ot Boseburg to Redding,
Cal., then riding was good again. I left
'Frisco Oct. 25th, and reached here yes
terday, via Honolulu I start overland
to Nagasaki about the 15tb, as I must
get a special passport first. I hope to
reach Calcutta safely by February 1st.
Yours truly, - F. G. Lenz.
The Lake Business.
Chicago, Dec. 6. The iron trade on
lake Superior is at an end until spring.
Although Duluth has over 700,000,000
bushels of grain in the elevators at the
head of lake Superior, close sales of
wheat in trie eTTSt have stopped its for
ward movement and from present indi
cations lake Superior traffic, with the
exception of coal, flour and merchandise
will cease. Vesselmen in and out of
Chicaz;i, are preparing for the close of
the season, and great efforts are Being
made to hurry up boats loading grain in
order that they can get to Buffalo, bring
up a cargo of cual and take grain back
again before ice closed the Straits of
Mackinac. They are taking chances.
. Anxious for Free Trade.
At a recent meeting of the trade and
labor assembly resolutions were adopted
in the form of a commnnication to President-elect
Cleveland, urging him to call
an extra session of congress, for the re
peal of the McKinley law. The resolu
tions declare the assembly to be in favor
of free trade and ask Mr. Cleveland to
aid in hastening the time when custom
houses will be known only in history.
Didn't Turn Off the Gas.
San Fbancisco, Dec. 6. Hilda 01 sen,
22 years old, a Swedish, servant, was
found dead in bed this morning, having
been accidentally asphyxiated by gas
which she failed to turn fully off on re
tiring. .
A PRACTICE CRUISERS
Secretary Tracy Orders' tne BaGcrctTIv? to
Into Commission.
PERFECT
'
LACKS MUCH OF -BEING
The Floor Plates of the Engine Room
Are Not Entirely Laid.
LIEUT. PKIMK EXECUTIVE OKPICBK
The Living- Quarters of the Bancroft
. Are at Present Habitable
Other News.
Elizabbthpobt, N. J. Dec. 6. The
navy department has ordered the new
practice cruiser, the "Bancroft," into
commission today, but much remains
to be done to make her seaworthy.
It is doubtful if she will be able to make
her trip to the Brooklyn navy yard for
some weeks to come. The Bancroft,
named after the great historian, was
Duiu at- tne -worts 01 Moore iS (Jo., in
Elizabeth port, N. J., and since the com
pletion of her plans so many improve
ments have been made in shipbuilding,
that she will lack much of being a per
fect practice cruiser. In fact it is con
ceded on all sides that she is far too
small for the demands that will be made
of her. An inspection of the new prac
tice ship shows that to date there re
mains much important work to be per
formed. There ie a single dynamo en
gine in the vessel, though a considera
ble portion of the electric connections
have been installed. The floor plates of
the engine roomare not entirely laid,
and there is considerable work remain
ing to be done on the cylinders of the
main engines. The oil service of the
primary engines," though nearly com
plete, is by no means finished. In the
engine room generally there is much
touching up work here and there. The
main engines have been turned over
and have been found to work satisfac
torily for au initial turn. In an emer
gency the main engines could be miide
ready for service in one month's time.
The hull work of the Bancroft is practi
cally completed to ail outward appear
am-es, but in the supply of deck bolts,
rail fittings, and all the many small sup
plies necessary for a vepsel, there p
pt-ars to have been no furnishing to
date. To give the Bancroft all these
supplies wili require, it is estimated,
full four weeks' time. The Bancroft,
when completed, will be taken to the
Brooklyn navy yard docks. She will
there receive tier bpars, boats and cabin
and wardroom furniture. The living
quarters of the Bancroft are at preseut
habitable. The quarters lack only fur
nishing. Lieut. E. Scudder Prime, who
has been on the staff at., the Brooklyn
navy yard, has been appointed execu
tive officer of the Bancroft.
Was It MurdeiT
Mount Vkbnon, N. Y., Dec. 6. The
body of a beautiful young woman was
found late this afternoon in East Ches
ter creek. When the body was removed
it was found that a rope was attached to
the waistband. At the end of the rope
were two stones, weighing together
about twenty-five pounds. The dead
woman' was about IS years old. She
bad strikingly handsome features, and
was of slender build, below the medium
height. She was elegantly dressed. In
the pocket of her dress was part of an
envelope addressed : "Miss Lulu New
ton, care G. Newton, 158 Eighteenth
avenue, New York City." further than
this nothing is known.
The Pierce Mandamus Case.
In the mandamus case of Pierce a
demurer was filed by the respondents
on the grounds that the complaint does
not state facts, and secondly that there
is a defect of parties defendant, and
third that several causes are improperly
united therein. The demurer was bus
tained by Judge Burnett, and the peti
tioner immediately gave notice of an ap
peal to the supreme court, on the ground
that the court erred in sustaining the
demurer, . and rendering judg
gment in favor of respondents.
Secretary McBride has acknowledged
service on the appeal.
JAY GOULD'S WILL.
His Immense
Fortune Is
in Trust.
Bequeathed
New Yobk, Dec. 7. Jay Gould, after
making specific bequests to members of
his family, including houses, pictures,
furniture and sums ranging to $25,000
with a life annuity of $2,000, creates a
trust fund of $500,000 for his grandson
and namesake, Jay Gould, son of George
J. Gould. ; To George he gives $5,000,000
in cash and stock. George,' Edwin,
Howard and Helen, are executors and
trustees in trust, the same to be divided
in six equal parts invested for. each of
the children George, Edwin,' Howard,
Frank, Helen and' Anna. 'The' income
is to oe paid the children tor life, and
j toe trustees have power to. dispose of
I tiie same by will in favor of their issue
T HO CARRIED ILLINOIS
rho illd CUr Toting
Appear
to be (lfcr;..'k'.
v. Record. There t- a distmt
ho carried I:rnois for
lers;jod that ex-Mt.yrr;Har-
gone to Ntrw ork i.irtified
I wirv.
idid'vr
! Mi:.-;
iinetA;
i Mr..
:.hd figure to show
y.At h
with his buttery (!f charm
;'is, claim that he did it. k
'and Judge Tre who col
tey spHiit hy Mr. Cable's
v'np clxtiu.
n who contributed to th
.i -sifcrt that it was their
i t.
: Vi V.f the Cook county coini-V'.'.'-v-'c
they did it. Chicago,
V-v. ';ave a majority 'Vhat
'..publican majority else
; state? "And didn't w
lm.'it;-.?s...?
.com mit
Tl.ul. , '
caropaifci
money th.iv.V '
The tae.::si-.
mittee cla:.r.
they poin
wiped out tiv
where in IV
carry Cnicag V' they ask.
Mr. Hesing is disposed to Bay that ha
did it. . ;
The candidates on the state and local
tickets are inclined to believe that they
pulled the ticket , through.
The people who did the voting on Nov.
8th, appear to have been overlooked by '
these different claimants.
l'ersonal Mention.
Lord Alfred Tennyson is the 1,1731
person buried in Westminister abbey.
Mrs. Bernard -Beere, 'the "English
Bernhardt," as some people call her,
whoie now playing in this country, is a
god-daughter of William Makepeace
Thackeray.
The engagement is announced at
Youngstown, O., of Leslie C. Bruee,
editor of the Turf, Field and Farm, ansi
Miss Julia Andrews; daughter of C. H.
Andrews, and sister of Mrs. John A. Lo
gan, Jr.
Mrs. Frederick Blanc, or "Baroness"
Blanc, as she has been calling herself
for some year past, is once more going
on the stage. Her husband is a first
cousin of "Freddie" Gebhaed.. Her
first attempt in the drama at Philadel
phia was a failure.
Jean Ingelow has been suggested by
Frances Willard as a successor to Lord
Tennyson in the poet laureateship.
"Before anybody lifts the chin in ridi
cule," she says, "let the eye be lowered
over an edition of Jean Ingelow's poet
ical works for half a day."
Adeliua Patti is now making prepara
tions for her seventh "farewell" tour.
It is stated that while she is perfectly
willing to sing "Home, Sweet Home,
and "Coinin' Thro' the Rye" in this
country at $5,000 a night, nothing will
induce her to take part in a second jubi
lee, for the f:)ir but enthusiastic choris
ters almost smothered the diva at Madi
son Square Garden, New York, last
spring. -
THK FINANCIAL FOLIC.
Recommendations Regarding;'- n Bl
metalllc Question.
Washington, Dec. 6. Secretary Fos
ter today sent to the senate his reply t
a resolution passed in July last, calling
upon the secretaries for answers to cer
tain questions relating to the finance
and financial policy of the government.
The document ia a lengthy one.f' On th
question of bimetallism the secretary
says: .
' "In my judgment, it ia impossible t
establish any ratio whatever between
gold and silver .which would perma
nently or for any great length of tim
preserve a substantial ' equivalency be
tween the coins of the two metals except
on one of the following conditions :
First, it is probable that a limitation or
supension of the coinage of silver in tha
United States might accomplish this,
purpose; second, the adoption by tha
United States and the principal coun
tries of Europe of a monetary conven
tion similar to the Latin union before
the countries composing it, limited the
coinage to silver. I am of the' opinion
that the bimetallism system adopted by
the United States under the administra
tion of President Washington, by th
law of April 2d, 1793, and readjusted
and maintained under the administra
tion of President Jackson, and by the
law of June 28th, 1834, and January 18th,
1837, cannot again, without the co-operation
of the principal countries of
Europe, be established in this country
on a stable basis anyway."
Gives Details of Bis Crime.
San Dikoo, Dec. 7. Captain Samuel
Smith, murderer of George Neale, th
16-year-old boy, off the Coronad
islands on Friday morning last, today
made a full confession of the crime. He
says he braiued the boy with a hatchet,
afterward casting him into tbe sea. Th
discharge of the rifle he ascribed to ac
cident, but admits that Neale was not
dead when thrown overboard, but cried
out for help. In rehearsing his part in
the tragedy the old man displayed no
feeling, but at the close he' -exclaimed :
"My God, why did I do it?" He say
he intended to destroy Silbery ulA, but
after he got away with Neale he thought
he could get along with the ot'icr boy.
The only reosons be assigned for th
crime is that the boys had set the small
boat adrift, thus compelling him to re
turn to port without a full cargo of gua
no. A new complaint was filed against
Smith here'today in the United States
court, and commissioner Ward held
him to answer to the charge in the
district court at Los ' Angeles, to which
place the prisoner was taken. 1
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