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( I JlL JlL ) mail. VOL. XXXVI-Xo. 36.1 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1886. j WEEKLY EDITION EASTERN. News of the Week from Be yond the Rockies. SCHWATKA'S ALLEGED SCHEME. Reported that He wonted to go Seal VI rating In Aluttkan Water. New York, Oct. 27. The Sun says: It vu learned in Wall street yesterday that before Editor George Jones met Lieut. Bchwatka and sent him on the allegod exjteditior. to discover something and name it Jones, Lieut. Schwatka had en deavored to interest Wall street capital in i scheme of his own. For several months before Schwatka met Jones and cot his alleged commission to discover something and name it Jones, Schwatka visited VVall street daily and talked with A. E. Bateman, of (ireen & Bateman, Washington E. O'Connor, George J Gould and other members of the Ameri can vacht club. lie told them his scheme and endeavored to interest them in it. The scheme was to tit out an American schooner, put it under the Brit ish flue, and Bend him and a crew to Alaskan waters to hunt seal. Some members of the American yacht tlub with whom Schwatka talked, and who were kmorant of the rights of the Alaska Commercial company, became in terested in Schwatka's scheme, and were willinsr to advance liim money to fit out the expedition. Thev were not satisfied with several minor details, however, and they referred the whole matter to A. E. Bateman. Bateman is an old naval offi cer and acquainted with the Seward treaty and the contract with the Alaska Commercial company. Batemen pointed out to the men who had iiecoine interest ed in Schwatka's scheme thut there would be no harm in sending an expedi tion to Alaska, but if Kchwatka or his erew attempted to kill seals United States government cruisers would arrest them and seize the schooner. Thereupon Schwatka's scheme failed. ( Bateman supposed perhaps Schwatka s enthusiasm for his scheme made him lose sight of the criminality of it. lie said : "1 believe Schwatka's idea, if he was arrested, w as to contest the govern ment's right to grant such pri vilege to the Commercial company, lint Mea m plac ing an English flag on the schooner was that America would not dare to seize a vessel with the English flag flying at her masthead, but, in uiy opinion, the whole scheme was seal piracy, and nothing more." Thut Mold MlMMiurl Kolibery. St. Lot is, Oct. 27. There are no developments in the Adams express robbery. Frothingham, the express messenger, in relating in detail his experience with the robber, to-duv said : "Before he left he said to me : ' You would lie surprised if I told vou who I am.' I said, 'I don't know as I would.' 'Well.' he continued, 'I am Jim Cumuiings, the last of the Jesse James gang. I was in the Blue Cut job, and only got flofX) out of it. Since that, I have passed considerable time in Australia and San Francisco.' He seemed familiar with the names and doings of various members of the James gang. When we began talking he re moved the gag from my mouth, but when the train reached a point near Pacific he replaced it, so that I could make no out cry, and in the meantime threatening to blow out mv brains if 1 attempted to call anv one's attention." Froiliingham'8 statements thus far have rirpn win nrkablv clear and straightfor ward, and are free from contradictions. Opinion is gaining strength robbery was a bona tide atlair, the messenger was in no way to it. A TALE OF HOKBOK. the stoves. Engineer Little and Fireman Egan crawled out from under the loco motive badly bruised and scalded. The baggageman had a leg broken. All the passengers in the sleepers got out uninjured, except slight bruises. But in one of the nay coaches thirteen were pinned in and literally burned to death. Many others were injured by the severe shaking up. The whole limited train, witti the ex ception of one sleeper, which they were able to uncouple and draw away, burned up. fiujKirintendent Collins was on east bound passenger train No. 2, which was waiting at a station a few miles this side of the wreck.for the limited, and was soon at the ecene. A wrecking train with sur geons went from this city, and did all possible, to alleviate the suffering and save life. Conductor Hankey, of the freight train, was so demoralized by the accident, the refliwnsibility of which rests on his crew, and thus also on him, that he took to the woodB in despair, laving the train. He has always been a most careful and effi cient man, much trusted by the company. It was a most horrible and sickening spectacle. It was the worst wreck ever known in the northwest. O.NI.Y THREE LIVES SAVED. Another dispatch from Rio, says : In the day coach there were twelve or thir teen persons,. One man and two children were the only ones saved. The others were burned in the car. The man who escaped had an arm broken and was oth- erwise bruised. He is now at Columbus and is doine well. A woman whose koine is in Winona handed tier children out of a window and burned to death in the car. The coroner is holding an inquest on the charred trunks of bodies, all that is left of the ill-fated travelers, lhe burn- lnc ot the DaEgace car opiiterates me the city and has not yet been arrested, although he is accompanied wherever he goes, by a detective. He was in close comuunication w ith the officers of the company this morning and it was given out that he was assisting them in getting a clue to the identity of the robber. It is believed, however, that he is being care fully examined by the detectives, and the stories told by him at different times compared, with a view to finding an in consistency or ot obtaining eviaence mat he was accessory to the robbery. The PACIFIC COAST. News by Telejrraph from West of the Rockies. Jumped Overboard and Drowned. Astoria, Oct. 27. When the down boat was about a mile below Cathlamet, Capt. Dramm, of the British bark Don, suspicion is expressed that several of the jumped overboard from the space be employes of the express and of the rail- tween the after cabin and the wheel, far road companies careiuiiy planned uie tod- enougn to ciear me wneei. Alter rising bery with the knowledge of Frothingham to the surface he struck out, swimming and divided the money between them, cleverly. The alarm was given, the It was stated at first that the amount steamer was stopped, and a boat lowered stolen was slightly in excess of $50,000, without delay, but before it could reach hut claims have already been presented him he disappeared. The boat cruised to the company which swell the amount I around awhile, but the body was seen no to $81,000. The majority oi tnese claims more. have been settled and as soon as Hie OUl- Three Children Abducted. era are proved, they will be paid. San Francisco. Oct. 27.-Last Satur- Fire at Chicago. . .ndv dealer known as "Doc" Bur Chicago, Oct. 31. A conflagration causing a loss of nearly a quarter of a nctt enticed Tillie Dealy, aged 15, Annie Figgott, 14, and Hugh Piggott, 17, away million of dollars, and probably several from their homes, by promise of treating rvr.nrr1 in a six-storv building at them to candy. Since then nothing has . v,, . t - ,li f U nU K.if nnofa AUiJ HUU ill JW3b mauiowu, lsvtt vv I . , . , , , i r , i C uia cards nave Deen received oy me uiuiera, Thanksgiving Proclamation. whjch Burnett had gone gan Luis Washington, Oct. 31. President Obispo, while another said he had gone niBvpland has issued a proclamation to aan uiego. aiib ooject ui uie iwuC designating Thursday, November 25th, as a dav of thanksgiving and prayer Albany, Or., Oct. 28, 8 p. m. At 1 p. Several Thousand Employees in the Great I m. to-day a large crowd had gathered at Packing-bouse of Chicago Walk Out. I yie court room to hear sentence pro- Chicago, Nov. 1. Nearly 6000 men in nounced upon W. W. Saunders. The the slanghter houses of Swift and Morris prisoner was brought into court by Sheriff . . . . . ... il. CmUK ol Tailn 'RinharHsirm TTft enn- i I11J11. auu vm.iv. .t ..w . - . tion is not known. Saunders Sentenced. only clue to the identity of the occupants nf the burned car. and it may never be known to certainty how many perished in the wrack. STILL WORSK KEPOKTS. A late dispatch to the Sentinel esti mates the number of people burned as twenty-six. A force of men has been en gaged to-night in raking over the ruins of the coaches. At 11 o'clock the charred remains of eleven victims had been taken out. The hero of the catastrophe . was the engineer, who in the face of seeming death held his hand on the throttle, and thus saved the lives of all the passengers in the sleeper. Then, when the train stopped, he scrambled out from beneath his engine, bleeding, and alarmed the sleepers of the danger from fire. Conductor Hankev. of the freight train, who fled into the woods immediately after the catastrophe occurred, has been tound wandering around in a raving condition. lie is likely to become a nopeies maniac. ALMOST ORIGINAL WITH SHEHIDAN. quit work-to-day. The trouble is over the resumption of the ten-hour system, the men refusing to work the additional two hours without extra pay. Jacn oi me t.wn houses employs about 3000 men None Of the other packing houses are ai fected. An attempt was made to induce versed a few minutes with his attorneys after which Judee Boise said "W. W. Saunders, stand up. Have vou anvthins to say why the sentence of death according to the judgment of the jury shall not be pronounced upon you?" Saunders, who stood ereci witn uis HOMICIDE AT IlAKKlt CITY. A Prominent Lawyer KillH an Old Citizen A Had Case. Baker City, Oct. 31. Last Friday evening, about 10 o'clock, this place was startled by hearing that E. D. Cohen, an old resident here, had been killed by G.C Israel, a lawyer of this place. Israel, it seems, was attorney in a cause in which Cohen had an adverse interest, and was somewhat opposed to the way Israel was acting. Kome words passed between them, and they separated, and afterward met in front of Ottenheiraer's store, where the killing occurred. From reports, it appears that Israel went and armed himself and sought Co hen, when Thorndyke remarked to Israel, There he is now: eo for Him ; 1 will stand by you" ; and Israel advanced, and told Cohen to throw up his hands and to drop that or he would shoot, end then tired, killing Cohen almost instantly; ana immediately atter the shooting morn.. dyke said not to shoot again, as he was do"ne for. Israel claims he acted in self-defense, as Cohen had threatened to kill him and was hunting him for that purpose. A revolver was found by the side oi Cohen, but whether it was placed there, or was held by Cohen when he was shot, is a disputed question. Yesterday, the grand iury, tnen mses sion. indicted Israel tor murder in ine first deirree. and Thorndyke as an acces- sory before the fact. They were arraigned and pleaded not guilty. The case was put over to the January term. There were three witnesses to the kill ing. The body of deceased was taken to the train by the Masonic lodge here, and was forwarded fo Portland for burial. ELECTION KETURNS, Hewitt Mayor of New York by 25,000 Plurality. SWIFT ELECTED IN CALIFORNIA. Bradshaw Will Probably Be Washing ton Territory's Delegate-Returns Coming Slowly. ACCIDENT ON THE OREGON PACIFIC. A Wrecking Iraln Buns into a Bock Slide One Man Killed and Several Injured that the and that accessory He Disapprove An Awful Wreck on the Chicago, Milwau kee, and Ht. Paul Kaliroaa. Mu.WAi kek, Oct. 28. A social from Fortune. Wis., savs : Last night, shortly after midnight, the west-bound limited express was ditched at East Kio siding, a small station about thirteen miles east from Portage, on the main line of the iiii,.mwi. Milwaukee, and St. Paul rail- "Tiivrw are two side tracks at the place, and at the time the train was due there last night both were occupied by in one bv a wild train and the oth .... v. iin No" 14 (Conductor II. P. Han- Vev of this city), which had just pulled in from the west to allow the expreHH w pass. , , , 'o. 14 was verv long, and the conduc tor was at the head of the train, relying upon a brakeman to attend to the switch. One report savs the rear b'akeman, w hose husinewo it was to close the switch after the train, for some reasoa neglected to do so. Anot her and a more probable story is that lie started back to clone the switch, but, before he ewuld reach it, the express, which does nut stop at any except large places, came tearing down grade at fifty miles an hour, and left the rails at the open switch. The siding is in a cut where the road curves so that the switch light cannot be seen from the east until a train is within a few rods, so the engineei of the express could not see the switch-light turned the wrong way till it was too late to stop the train. . . The engine left the track, ran a short distance, and brought up against the side of the cut, toppling over. The baggage car and two regular cars followed, while the four sleepers left the rails. THE SCENE AT THE WRECK. The engine and cars that went off were badly smashed, and soon took fire frooi tlie Verdict of a Court-maitial. Washington, Oct 29. The proceed ings of the courtmartial convened in this city for the trial of Capt. Wm. S. John son, U. S. A., retired, has been made public. He was tried upon charges of duplicating his pay accounts, and the courtmartial returned a verdict of not guilty. Lieut. Gen. Sheridan, who re viewed the proceedings, set aside the verdict, however. In his decision, he savs the'eourt should have admitted evi dence touching the character ot unac cused. Oeu. Sheridan further says: Aiiai uie accused admitted the execution of two ii.a nf vouchers for his tav for the same month is shown by the record, and evi dence also shows that he allowed those vouchers to pass beyond his control, so that both were presented and paid. While it appears that the accused made certain private arrangements with per sons holding his vouchers, yet the United States was no partv thereto, and was in no manner bound by them, and although there have been extenuating circum stances, and the overdrawn pay was re funded, it nevertheless remains that the urwprnmMit wus extiosod to fraud for u hi,-h Caot. Johnson cannot be held in f.v..MM!ille. The proceedings finding an acquittal in the case of Capt. A . S. John son, U. S. A., retired, are disapproved." The release of the accused from arrest has been ordered, and the courtmartial dissolved. This action of Gen. Sheridan in disapproving the finding of the court martial acquitting the accused, is said to be almost without precedent in the ad ministration of military justice, aiinougu tbi.re can be no doubt as to its legality. The accused stands in almost the same position he occupied before trial, although lie cannot be again triu iui uio name vi fense. the men in Armour's and the other large arm9 f0ijed. replied. "I believe not, houses to stop work, but tney reiusea 10 The court tnen nronounced the sen eo out. tencft of death, savins : Further particulars from the strike are Th inds?ment of this court will be that Swift's beef killers sent a committee that yon fihau be taken from here and se- to him Saturday and demanded an in- cureiy confined in the county jail until crease of 50 cents a day, should the firm tlle 23d day of December, 1886, when return to the 10-hour system. To-day, Kv,!ill h tknn from the iail and hen they went to work, they saw that hanged by the neck, between the hours oremau vuuer. vji onut u, i nr n'c npir nnnn ana z t. in. ui buiu charged James Matthewson, one of the jav. untji Vou are dead." committee. They also found that the Tne prisoner tried to appear unmoved, wages of the laborers had not been in- and even attempted to smile, but when creased, so they struck. They demand the orr,ineus death sentence was pro. that Matthewson be reinstated, and a re- nourjced, he turned visibly pale. The turn to eight hours work. sentence was very brief, and after it was Hearing Swift's men were out, beef reluiered, Saunders was immediately es hntohera emoloved bv Morris struck. A tm iha nnmt nvim hv his iailors. crowd went to Smith's machine shop and ieavingthe court house for the jail with a compelled a Binae mere, mcj cigar in his mouth went to Armour s, ior uie purpose ui wan ing his men out, but the foreman had got police force to guard uie principal en trances, and the crowa was Kepi away. The Rtnkers arranired to lio a a raeei- insr during the day. A member of the would be called out. MEETING OF STRIKEBS. N.-hikIuI in the Czar's Household. New York, Oct. 29. A London cable says: It is now whispered, and the story KihIh many believers, that the c.ar had rnnson fer killing his aid, Count Keutern and that was that he suspected the count of maintaining a liaison with a member nf the imperial family. Count Keutern had earned a reputation of possessing, in a high degree, the proinsities of "Don Juan," and the czar's suspicions that his id had not held the household of his nn imrinl muster inviolate are said to have been well founded. ltOHBED HV KMPLOYKS. FrotliliiKliaui, the Kxpren MeKnenger, in the Whole Scheme. St. Lotus, Oct. 19. Frothingham, the Adams exiress messenger, whose car was robbed last Monday night, is still in PAID THE PENALTY. Robert Sproule Hanged at Victoria, and a Notorious Case Ended. Victoria. Oct. 29. Robert Evan executive committee says unless gproule w executed at the county jail firms trive in all employees in the yards -i . .. , , HUB IUICUWU .VI j. ..ww. Hammill. on the 3d of June, lbSo, on the border of Kootenai lake. The public t onn ... onn ir. t ;kv.i. MMuil are familiar with the details of tne trial . . , ,. , x and the reprieves at different tunes that & lobby's canning esiao.isimie.it b . veilh kw from taking its course. went out. lheir alleged reason was uie There has been a diversity of opinion as Morris house partly supplies the canning to the guilt of the murderer, he having firm with beef. been convicted u)on circumstantial evr A meeting of strikers was had late this dence. afternoon. No one except Knights of A miner named elnoweth, wiio was lahnr were admitted. Fullv 1000 non- minim? on Kootenai lake, discovered union strikers congregated on the outside, Hammill lving prostrate and almost un anxiously awaiting the action of the conscious at the entrance of his mine,and Knu'hts. Several soeecher were made, he said that he had teen shot and wished and wild applause greeted every to die. Yelnoweth called a comrade reference to the eight-hour day. A mo- named Duncan, and they endeavored to t on to make no compromise on anything wet from Hammill tlie name oi uie inur- short of eight hours was carried by a derer, but he was too far gone to speak unanimous vote. A committee was ap- and died without giving a clue to the per pointed to take charge of the strike, and petrator of the deed. Sproule was con full nower to act. victed of the charge, and this morning A Knight of habor explained to-nigm suftereiT Uie penalty oi ins crime that the men had been ollered reinstate ment of discharged men, but would now hold out for a return to the eight-hour svstem bv all the beef houses. He said t in nronrietors would be given tin (Sat urday to decide w hat they would do, and if thev nersiated in running ten hours a general strike would probably be ordered, WHICH WMUIU UlUluutJ lli.o, J-'Auitw w, and also Armour's slaughter houses. Surveyor Heattle Shot. New Yokk, Nov. 1. The surveyor of the port of New York, Mr. lieattie, was shot about noon to-day, in his oflice at the custom house, by a discharged in- iiector, who fired favo or six shots. Corvallis, Oct. 31. There was an. ac cident on the Oregon Pacific this morn ing at 12 :30. A wrecking train, starting from Yaquina to clear the track yester day of yesterday's freight, consisting of thirteen cars which were derailed near Chitwood by the rails spreading, ran into a rock slide near siding 1, which resulted in throwing two cars from the track, kill ing one man named Aldrich instantly and iatauy injuring one e?pviiLuu.ii. jiguioci Kobbins had his leg broken and several others were slightly injured. Owing to the very foggy weather the tram was run ning very slow. City Elections. Special to the Statesman. Gervais, Nov. 1, 8 p. m. At the city election to-day, there were forty-five votes cast. Two tickets were in the field, dub bed the "Mitchell" and "anti-Mitchell" tickets. The canvass was a hot one, but the Mitchell ticket was elected by a ma jority of two to one. Following is the ticket elected: uouncumen, mcivmiey Mitchell, Hon. Wm. Darst.Jos. behriber, John L. Tavlor. and 0. Thibadeau ; re publicans 3, democrats ; marsnai, reter Winkle, democrat ; recorder, W. S. Tay- for. republican ; treasurer, j uuus ivamiii- sky, republican. Ashland. Or.. Nov. 1. The. count is not finished up to a late hour, but the water pipe" party is away ahead of the party in favor of buying a steamer. TWO NECKTIE PARTIES. FlllE AT DAYTON. Of Par ticulars cannot be obtained and it is not known whether the wounds are fatal. Hon lis HuMer Maker .Suspend. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 1. Kaster- brook & Co., of this city, only manufac turers of oleomargarine in Connecticut, have suBoended, as they regard the gov ernment tax as prohibitory. From 80 to 100 persons are ttirown out ot employ ment. Surveyor lieuttle Improving. New York, Nov. 2. Surveyor Beattie, shot by a discharged customs inspector yesterday, is much improved this morn ing. His physician's reports upon his condition are most encouraging. The ball, which lodged in the muscles of the left side, has not been probed for or even located, but as tne patient has had no in ternal hemorrhage it is believed the ball did not touch a vital spot. Under the in fluence of morphine he passed a comfort kble night. Heavy Losses Ht this Growing- w ashing ion 'lerriiory j ii. Dayton, V. T. Oct 21. This morning about 3 o'clock fire was discovered in tlie rear of Richards' drug store. An alarm was at once sounded, but owing to the lateness of the hour very , little help came till the building, with all its combustibl contents, was one seething mass flames. 1-ullv twenty minutes ol lire cious time was 'lost in getting up steam in the engine. At first citizens though Oavton'k business houses were again doomed. Fortunately there was no wind and tlie burning building being brick, am: Kibiated between two other buildings, was confined there. The firemen worked hard, faithfully, and systematically, thus saving Main street. Richards' stock is a complete loss Nothing was saved from the building, bo intense was the heat, ilie building was owned bv K. A. Hawlev, of l'ortland. Following are the losses: I. C. Rich ards, stock. 7.000: partly insured Jlexter, general merchandise, loss through smoke and water, $2,000; fully insured, llickcock & Co., successors Kasson Smith, hardware, etc., 800 ; fully insured. 1). Y. Klhs, loss of watchmak er's tools and material, $700; no insu ranee. 1J. C. Guernsey, damage to build ing, if 200 ; insured. E. A. Ilawley, dam aire to building. 12.000; fully insured. Ankenv, damage to building, 1,000 ; ful ly insured. I. C. Richards will go into business again at once. Special to the Statesman. Portland, Or., Nov. 2. Republicans carry Nebraska by over 25,000. In the New York city election Hewitt, for mayor, democrat, up to late hour, has 56,911 votes; George, labor candidate, 42,024 ; Roosevelt, republican, 40,148. In Seattle, W. T., Voorhees, democrat, polled a larger vote than two years ago. Returns are coming in slowly, and the count will not be completed till morning. The democrats claim the territory for Voorhees. It is claimed that Swift, republican, is elected governor of California by 7000. Returns come in slowly. STILL LATER BETURNS. Special to tke Statesman. Portland, Or., Nov. 2, 12, midnight. Dispatches received by The Oregonian up to this hour are complete only from New York city, which gives Hewitt, demo crat, 25,000 majority over George, labor candidate, and same over Roosevelt, re publican. In Massachusetts, Boston shows a dem ocratic gain. The State goes republican. In Missouri the democrats have gained fifth district. Returns from Ohio show big republican gains in Cincinnati and the State. In Washington Territory, Seattle gives Voorhees 500, as against 2400 last year. Bradshaw is surely elected. He is the Republican candidate for delegate. Partial returns from all counties in Cal ifornia indicate that Swift, repnblican, is elected governor. THE ASHLAND CITY ELECTION. Special to the Statesman. Ashland, Nov. 2. The "water pipe" ticket elected. Following are the new city officers: J. M. McCall, mayor; Abram Best, J. Thornton, w. judge,!;. Porter, councilmen; M. U. Alford, treas urer; J. S. Jbubanks, recorder; &. v. Taylor, marshal; D. Chapman, Btreet commissioner. One councilman was in favor of the steam fire engine. ELECTION RETURNS. Veorhees Elected Delegate From Washington Territory Swift Probably Elected. ! Sti-anee Request of a Doomed Man lie Didn't M ailt to Die w ith His Hoots On. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 1. Albert Mai- lott was hanged at Kamloops this niorn imz. for the murder of Andrew Johnson in Ananst. 1885. The murder was a cold blooded one. Johnson, having spent all his money in Mallott's saloon at Eagle Pass, asked for a cigar, was reiuseu auu helped himself. Mallott followed him out and shot him dead. The murderer was onlv 22 years of age. the only re quest he made was that he might take oil HIS bOOlS. lie UlU HOI. warn, wj uio in them. Mallott was reprieved several times. . . Ah Suev, a Chinaman, foi murdering a brother celestial in August, 1883, was hanged in New Westminster this morn ing. Special to the Statesman. Portland, Or., Nov. 3. Telegraphic reports to the Oregonian from Washing ton territory are very surprising. Last night it was thought that Voorhees was defeated; but it turns out that he is elected by 1000 votes. Clarke county, Vancouver county seat, which gave Arm storng 434 majority two years ago, this year gives Voorhees 500 majority. In California the count comes in very slowly. Swift is ahead, and it is be lieved that he is elected. Shirked His Work. San Francisco, Nov. 1. George son, a letter carrier oi tins cuy, hulls and Ohtisiimn goods t Mr. A. it. Fr- Wil- was ob served throwing away mail matter on Hayes street this afternoon, for which he was arrested. The matter was moHtly political circulars. He stated, uiwn being arrested, that he felt he was working too luir. for the pav he wan to receive, ami so decided to dispose of his burden as siH-edilv as possible. Iheallair lias been rejiorted to tlie postal auinorities. A Shouting Affray. Pkndlkton, Nov. 2. Yesterday two toughs named Anderson and Ward had a quarrel about a room, in which a shot was fired by the former at Ward, but without effect. Last night, at 10 o'clock, thev met at the corner of two principal streets of this place. Both began tiring sit em-h other at the same time. Alto gether six shots were fired, and both men wpr wonnJed in the head, Ward slight- lv Hih other tough eeriously. They were immediately arrested, and are nursing their wounds m jail. The Peck Estate. P. M. Abbey, S Case, and li. A. Bensell, appraisers of tlie estate of Geo. W. Peck, deceased, find that the deceased died siezed of real minertv consisting of two lots in New port, of the value of -'25, in Benton county, EASTERN. Literary Hair-pulling. Boston, Nov. 2. James Russell Lowell writes to the Herald to deny Julian Haw thorne's intimation that he knew he was being interviewed when Hawthorne was having a talk with him, which was made the basis of a letter in the World a week ago. Lowell says: "I never even sus-Tw.-ted bis purpose in visiting me, and in deed 1 should nave inougni i was insult ing him by showing any such suspicion." Will I'rotect their Property. Chicago, Nov. 2. Owners of the large packing houses anticipate another strike of their employes for the working day of eight hours. They held a meeting to-day and resolved to protect ineir proeriy ai all hazards, and it another strike is or dered to-morrow morning it is expected that Pinkerton men will be called to service. A Theatrical Man Commits Suii-.lde. Oi.ean, N. Y., Nov. 2. John llooley, idvace agent for the Rag Baby company, oinmittod suicide by cutting his throat in his room at a hotel here this afternoon. It is believed he was insane. Deceased was about 25 years of age. S.-l.uii-rt of IIoum llulter. Sr. Lons, Nov. 2. Under the new oleomargarine law, which went into ef fect vesterdav, many seizures of bogus butter were made by internal revenue of ficers. The latter began worn early, ana went from house to house testing butter and confiscating all but the genuine arti cle. Before the day had closed, seizures had been made at twelve dillerent places. Muchly Married. Victoria, Nov. 2. Divorce was granted in t'e supreme court to-day to James White from his wife Minnie, for adultery and polygamy. The woman, who is of handsome person, left Victoria in May, 1883, and went to her mother at The Dalles, Oregon. She was here married to three or four different men, strangers, one of w hom informed her real husband of the fact. On this the court allowed a divorce.