The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1879-12-13

| win deliver his inaugural address The
old supervisors will introduce their sue.
cessors with the customary compliments
1 of the occasion, and peace will reign at
| City Hall after the long contest.
The New Regime.
| At q meeting to-day the new directors
| of the Hale & Norcross Messrs r. H.
Follis, Con O'Connor, George Wallace,
John G. Congdon and George K. Wells
resigned and were succeeded BY E. Nor
ton. w. S. Hobart, Walter E. Sell, Charles
7. Bridge, and VIM. Kohl, who represent
the Haywood Graves regime. Messrs.
| George Congdon, president, and Sol Held
enfeldt, secretary of the old board, re-
main. Mr. Sell was elected vice presi.
dent. Joel F. Ligntner will continue as
secretary.
| Afexlean Meeting.
| At the annual meeting of the Mexican
| Mining Company to-day the old officers
reelected. Disbursements for the year
were nearly 100000 0verdraft due the
Nevada Bank, $2l7,600. The superinten-
dent in his report, after reviewing the
operations of the year, closes. Although
no actual Developments of value have
! been made in the mine during the past
| year, yet tits known that the exiftence of
an ore body in the Union Consolidated
ground on the north, and the Hardy vein
| in Ophir, which has produced over $780,
| 600 during the past year, ON our south, ta-
kenin connection with theifact.of the great
improvement Shown in our ground as a
l greater depth is attained, would seem to
warrant reasonable expectations for VAL
liable developements during the coming
year"
Finally Settled.
SAN Francisco, Dec, 3.-The supreme
court yesterday decided the newly elect
| ed officers entitled to their places, and all
went in last night, and this morning Kali
loch deliveaed a pronounced working
mems address, promising to rectify all
| the evils of the city government SO far as
| he could.
Fsta. Accident.
E. B. Kingsley. drayman in the em-
ploy of N. S. Nelson & Co., California
street, was thrown from his cart by a coll
| Iision with heavy team on Madison
street, near Goth, about 6 O'Clock last
evening. He was carried home and died
/ about two hours after.
Proposed Treaty between China and
The Chinese steamer Hochuag arrived
/ at Honolulu with Chinese passengers.
! Fan Yam Ki, the Chinese official empow-
| cred to conclude the treaty OF amity and
1 commerce between his government, Ha-
i wall and Samoa, and special agent of the
| Chinese Merchants Navigation Company,
is among the passengers.
The Chinese Vote.
Sacramento dispatch says Governor
| Irwin has sent to the President and con-
gress the vote of the Chinese question,
| accompanying it with memorial re-
quired by the act calling for the vote. A
| copy has also been sent to each cabinet
/ officer and every governor in the United
| States, and to every U. S. senator and rep
resentative.
Fatal Observation-Disclosures
| SAN LuIs OBIspo. Dec. 3.-Andrew Lem
nox, agent for Carr, Haggin & Teyis, fell
from the balcony of Ryan's Hotel at Ar
rayo Grande last night at o'clock and
broke his neck.
Three fires started in this city last
night, the work of fincendiaries. A safety
committee bas been organized.
Burke VS.. Flood q O'Brten.
SAN FRANcIsoo, Dec. Ain the estate OF
i O'Brien, deceased, John FL. Burke to-day
filed objections to approving the account
fled by executors on November Goth.
All items of disbursements are objected
to, except the expenses of last sickness
and funeral of deceased and counsel fees
on estate. Among the items objected to
are S736, ,437 paid to Mrs. Maria N. Cole
man and $S26,014 to Mary Kate Melon
oagh on account of their interest as res
idnary legatees of deceased, S44, ,19S to
Nevada Bank, and S31 ,365 paid for maus-
of real ..and personal property are OBJ
!, iected to, the probate court having never
ordered or confirmed the sales, and no &C
count ofthe sales have yet been rendered
by the executors showing when, where,
or to whom the property was sold. The
item of 81, ,788, ,122 received from Flood &
O'Brien is objected to as not showing foi
what it was received, and J. c. Flood
surviving partner, never having rendered
an account to the executors.
Chinese Murdered
All Ghee was killed last night by All
,, Foo in Chinatown, the latter cutting
: Ghee's stomach open with knife. Cause
Ghee got Foo discharged from situation
A Clean Sweep.
The new city hall commissioners made
a clean sweep OF subordinates this morn
ing. ii. Bartling is the new secretary
, and P. NJ yelling the new superinten.
dent.
The schooner Eustdce sailed from this
port to-day with a party of California col
} onists .for the Hawaiian Islands from
Washington Corners, Alameda county.
The Mendocino Outlaws.
Chico, Dec. 6.-The Record of this after.
noon has the following particulars of thu
capture of one Of the Mendocino outlaws
and the killing of another: Sheriff Moore
Of Mendecino county, left Chico few
,, days ago in company with Mr.. Stanley
I. and q few others, determined TO make
Il. 49, 10 .e al
, Mendocino outlaws. From information
obtained, they bad every reason to be
! lieve that they were secreted in Butte
: ceeek canyon in the neighborhood O
j Nimshew, and yesterday morning abou
/, daylight they came upon them in an old
cabin between Nimshew and Big Butte
creek. The cabin is surrounded by brush
, | except little clearance in front. 1--WE
l of the men were in the cabin and one wal
engaged in chopping wood outside on thu
approach of the sheriff and his party
They were called upon to surrender and
I the guns of the party wasleyeled at them
: SO that it was thought that their captur,
J was certain. Seeing that it was impossi
/. bic to get TO their guns, the murderer
! Immediately proke for the thick brusl
near at hand A voIley was fred afte
them and Billings fell MORALLY wounded
? Brown and Gauntz made their escape by
|. running in opposite directions, followed
. by posse of the sheriff. party. Gaunt;
made his way through the brush TO
? | wards Nimshew and tqbk refuge in az
old cabin near the MAIN road leading /,
town, arriving ahead Eof Sheriff Moore
who was returning to Chico with til,
< body of Billings. From this place he was
enabled to view the crowd assemblin,
around the hotel, holding of an inoues
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