VOL. VII
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1894.
NO. 302
A COWARDLY MURDER
Young Drug Clerk Horribly
Mutilated.
ROBBERY THE PROBABLE MOTIVE
Steamer Montaerrat Probably Lost Bar
ing the Recent Storm Murderer
of Mian Ging Indicted.
San Fkancibco, Dec. 14. At 1 o'clock
this morning, Policeman O'Day found
wide open the door of the St. Nicholas
drng store, corner Hayes, Larkin and
Market streets. He investigated, and
within found Eugene Weir, a night drug
clerk, lying dead at the foot of a steep
and narrow stairway. The cash drawer
was found open with only 10 cents left.
An examination of the body showed that
it. was a case of murder of the most
atrocious kind. In the left breast and
side were found 28 stab wounds evidently
made by a sharp blade about an inch
wide. The knife had been driven in
with a great force. The murder was evi
dently done for the purpose of robbery.
The murderer had slipped in behind the
prescription counter, where he was se
cure from observation from the street,
got behind his victim, stabbed him, and
then threw his body down the steep
stairs into the basement. It was the
habit of Weir to count the cash every
day at the close of business, and when
counted it was put in a secret drawer be
neath the counter. This the murdered
man had evidently done before he was
attacked, and the robber failed to find
the place. In default of the right drawer
the robber, or robbers bad pulled out
and ransacked three or .four other
drawers in , behind the counter but . not
the right one. ' Weir was a mere boy.
Tragic Death of a .Forcer.
Omaha, Dec. 14. The St. Clair hotel,
in this city, was the scene of a tragic
ending to a man hunt yesterday, in
which Earl Gordon, a young commission
merchant, wanted for forgery, brought to
bay by the police, blew his brains out
rather than surrender. Several days
ago Gordon forged the name of an ac
quaintance to a check for a small
amount to tide him over the day's busi
ness, intending to make it good before
the crime was discovered. He over
looked some of the details, the bank re
ported the forgery and the police notified
Gordon that he was wanted. He dis
appeared from bis place of business.
His presence at the hotel was reported
yesterday and the detectives surrounded
the place. As the police were about to
enter his room a revolver shot was heard,
and they found Gordon dead at the fee
of i Dolly. Edwards, a s notorious ...woman.
A letter was found in his. pocket stating
that when all hope of escape was cat off
he proposed to take his own life rather
than go to prison. .
A Guf of Grave Robbers.
i Grand- Haven Mich., Dec. 14. Grave
robbing for the purpose of selling the
dead bodies is nothing new, but the
business of robbing the graves for the
purpose, of: getting the coffins to sell
again is ratber a new industry. A sys
tematic business has been made of rob
bing country graveyards in Michigan,
northern Indiana and Illinois for some
time. The fact developed today that
these coffins were sent to Chicago. De
tectives who were working on the case
for several weeks find that mnny new
graves have been opened, the bodies re
'moved from the coffins and thrown back
into the grave, the earth replaced and
the coffins shipped to Chicago. This
Chicago firm, whose identity the detea
tives decline to reveal, had a staff of
agents going about from place to place
getting these coffins. . They were sold to
small country firms : remote from . the
place where they were stolen. The de
tectives say these agents not only took
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
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the coffins, but also robbed the corpses
of anything valuable. They have already
nnder surveillance half a dozen of the
grave-robbing vandals.
Badd Again "Wins.
San Fbancisco, Deo. 14. The action
begun by Chairman Cornwall, of the re
publican state central committee, to
contest the election of James H. Budd
as governor, was thrown out by the
state supreme court this morning.
The court sustained the demurrer .en
tered by counsel for defendants, the
San Francisco board of election commis
sioners, and refused to grant Cornwall's
application for a writ of mandate to
compel the election commissioners to
appear and show cause why they should
not throw out and refuse-to count the
returns from 66 precincts in this city, in
which there had been irregularities.
The only alternative now left the repub
licans is to carry the contest into the
state legislature.
In effect the decision is that the de
fect in the certificate of the precinct
officers may be supplied at any time be
fore the vote-is canvassed. In this case
the returns had been so amended in all
of the precincts as to conform to the
law, so the supreme court will not in
terfere. The court had no written de
cision, and the case was quickly disposed
of in brief remarks by Justice Beatty.
1 Hang Chang Again.
London, Dec. 14. A New Chang dis
patch says the Japanese are within thir
teen miles of the south port. -
A Nangin dispatch says Li Hung
Chang's nephew, Chang Bon, has been
arrested for peculations, and his prop
erty has been seized.
A Tien-Tsin dispatch says that an or
der has been issued for the arreBt of Li
Hung Chang's son-in-law, for fraudulent
practices. Shing, taotal of Tien-Tsin, is
reported to have , been dismissed from
office on account of his inability to raise
a war loan. He will be succeeded by
Wang Fah Woong.
A. dispatch from Shanghai says. Gen
eral Wei,. who was supposed to have
been' executed for cowardice at Ping
Yang, is in prison at Pekin. He ad
mits that the man beheaded as General
Wei was procured at his instigation to
represent him.
Steamer Montserrat Probably Lost.
San Fbancisco, Dec. 14. The steamer
Montserrat, the notorious blackbirder, is
overdue nearly four days from Nanaimo.
The vessel is loaded with coal. Unless
she has broken down the chances are she
has . gone to the bottom of the ocean.
The steamer pulled out from Nanaimo a
week ago Wednesday, and the Farallon
left Tacoraa seyeralhours later. The
rough experience of the latter veesel has
already, been, published. . Captain Rob
erts, of the Farallon, fears for the safety
of the Montserrat. All the way down he
saw nothing of her. Captain Meriman,
of the India, which arrived yesterday
afternoon, did not bring any encourage
ment for those who are anxiously await
the overdue, vessel. He announced it as
his opinion that she was lost. The
steamer Walla Walla also saw nothing
of the Montserrat, and there is strong
reason to believe she is lost.
Supplies Sent to-Tillamook Sock.
Astoria, Or., Dec. 14. P.; L. Chervy,
British ' vice-consul . at this place, this
morning received a dispatch from Ho-
quiam, Wash., stating the barkentine
North Bend, sighted on Sunday a large
British ship in ballast in latitude, north
46:43; longitude 125 degrees. She was
on her . beam ends. Her suit of sails
and foretop mast were gone. The bark
entine waited two hours but no signal
of distress came.
The Columbine left out again this
morning with supplies and mechanics
for the disabled Tillamook light. It is
not thought that she will be able to
make a landing at the rock, as the sea
is still very rough.
Feed wheat for sale cheap at Wasco
Warehouse. . tf.
The Chronicle prints the news.
Latest U. S. Gov't Report
i mm.- i it "
Verdict Against Debs and the A. It. IT.
Leaders.
Chicago, Dec. 14. "Guilty as
charged" was the finding announced to
day by Federal Judge William Woods
against President Eugene V. Debs, of
the American Railway Union. The
same finding was reached against Amer
ican Railway Union leaders on trial
with Debs.
Judge Woods' opinion overruling the
claim of the defense that the injunction
against the American Railway Union
leaders was invalid on the ground the
court had no jurisdiction to deter
mine a case in which an injunction was
ordered, and that though possessed of
such jurisdiction, the court lacked or
ganic power to make the order in ques
tion, was very long and cited many au
thorities. The court held the same pro
tection given commerce on rivers can be
extended under the existing law to com
merce on railroads. Referring to the
contention that the act of July 2, 1890,
was directed wholly at trusts and not
against organizations of labor in any
form, Judge Woodd pointed out that
workingmen, if they conspired with cap
italists to prevent the moving of Pull
man cars would be guilty of conspiracy,
and it .would be absurd to say they
should' not be equally guilty if they did
the same without the aid of the capital
ists. Judge Woods held that the de
fendants did deliberately violate the or
der of the court, by directing the strikers
to intimidate the men from taking their
places. Admonitions against violence
were sent out by the defendants, but it
was not intended they should be heeded.
The disturbances at Blue Island were
the result of speeches made by Debs and
Howard. In sentencing the other de
fendants Judge Woods said :
"The punishment shall be neither
vindictive nor trivial. These men were
in wilful contempt under what legal ad
vice I should like very much to, know.
Theee men were leaders in a great meas
ure of lawbreakers, and are responsible
as leaders. The ignorant men who fol
lowed them have been punished. Debs
is more responsible than any of the
others. He is a man of marked ability
and power over men. I feel constrained
to discriminate between him and the
others. The punishment against all the
defendants except Debs is three months
in jail, and against Debs six months."
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PORTLAND EXPOSITION.
Opens ' December 1, 1894, and
January 'l5, 1895.
Closes
During this time the Dalles, Portland
& Astoria Navigation Company will sell
tickets from The Dalles to Portland and
return, including two meals on the
steamer Dalles City at $2.50. Tickets
limited to ten days from date of sale.
Regulator will leave ,at 7 a., m. , and
the Dalles City will arrive at Portland
at 5 -.30 p. m. Quick transfers at the
locks. W. C. Allawat,
. nov22-tf Gen. Agent.
How to Make Money.
, By presenting , all Wasco county war
rants registered prior to January 10, 1891,
at my office, and get your money for
them, and buy new warrants with the
same. Interest ceases after this date,
Dec. 10, 1894. Wn, Michem.,
County Treasurer, Wasco County, Or.
yie are not giving away stoves ; but
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