, 1878-08-31
From the Daily Of Tuesday.

HON cIDE.--Dispatches we're re-
ceived at the o. S. N. Co.'s Office
yesterday forenoon, giving partic-
ulars of fatal shooting affair which
occurred Saturday evening on board
the steamer Spokane at Gallo. From
the kilograms received. the follow
ing particulars of this unfortunate
affair have been CLEANED: After the
steamer Spokane came down from
Wallula and was laying at Cello,
one of the deck hands, named Pat
Wheaton, went to the cabin boy and
asked for some soap. The boy told
him that he must go to the steward,
if he wanted any soap. For some
reason Wheaton became greatly en-
ragged and assaulted the lad, beating
him nearly to death. Capt. Eph
Baughman, who has command of
the steamer. hearing the noise, came
down hurriedly to see what the
trouble was. He ordered Wheaton
to leave the boat and go ashore.
This Wheaton refused to dc, making
at the same time a threat against
the captain. Baughman went away.
and procuring gun. returned.
Wheaton, when he saw Baughman
coming with the gun, seized cap
stan bar and started for him. Hav-
ing no alternative but to retreat or
shoot, Baughman discharged the
weapon with fatal effect, the charge
killing Wheaton almost instantly.
Immediately after the affray, Capt.
Baughman gave himself up to The
authorities. The remains of Whea-
ton were brought down to TheDalles
where an inquest was held Saturday
evening. Capt. Baughman was also
taken to The Dalles at the same
time. After hearing all the testimo-
ny, the jury returned q verdict to
the effect that Wheaton came to his
death from a gun shot in the hands
of Baughman, and that he (Baugh>
man) was guilty of manslaugter.-
Oreeonian, 2GtA.
DEATH FROM ApoPLExY.-While
the steamer Welcome was on the
way to this city from Kalama, Satur-
day afternoon, one of the passen-
gers, a young man named David
Wark, was struck down with apo
plexy and died in few minutes.
Deceased was in the twenty seventh
year of his age. He had left Victo-
ria for Portland on a pleasure trip,
and from all appearances was in the
enjoyment of perfect health when
the summons came. Mr.. Wark was
the son CT the late John Wark, an
old Scotch resident of Victoria. who
was formerly connected with the
Hudson Bay company, the family
occupying high social position.
The remains were conveyed to this
city and given in charge of Capt.
Cook. the coroner. The body was
taken to the morgue, where it has
been carefully packed in ice and
prepared for shipment to Victoria.
This morning the body will be for
warded to it's destination. A dis
patch was sent to the family immedi-
ately after the arrival of the We'll
come here, apprising them of the
very sad and sudden event. Ore
gOnian.
SUICIDE. The body of young
man was found in the river near
Portland on Sunday afternoon which
proved to be the body of Louis Bur
feind, young German, who had
evidently committed suicide. In
his valise, which he had left at the
New York Hotel, was found the fol-
lowing letter, which explains the
cause of the rash act:
l am tired of living; I am at times
sickly and weak, but always able to
work, but since I am in Oregon I
am dissatisfied; I lost all nv hopes
aud got discouraged; I intend to
take my life. In nay satchel where
my keys are there is ($15) fifteen
dollars. If you can. send my valu-
able goods to my uncle. Wilhelm
Marten. Whatcom. Whatcom county,
W. L. The other satchel is not
locked. When I am gone, do not
look for me. LOUIS BURFEINo.
PLEASURE PARTY.-A party OF Ia
dies and gentlsment left this morn-
ing by the 9 o'clock train for Rem
ton, where horses are waiting to
take them to the Snoqualmie Falls.
They propose to be gone a number
Of days; and intend to camp ont and
do some tall front fishing. In a
few years these Falls will be the
grand summer resort for tourists.
An additional twenty-mile exten-
sion of the railroad will reach them
and render it possible to go and re-
turn within day.
A communication from Newcastle
in some manner became mislaid, un-
til too late for publication. We
tender our apologies to the author.
MARINE. The 'barkent,ne X. X.
Ham arrived at Port Blakely last
nipht The harkenfine North Bend