The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-05-01

goth are held at Alta, west of the snow
belt, and those leaving On the 2lst are at
sacramento. A snow plow left Truckee this
morning with nine engines and 250 men
to clear the road of snow and slides be-
tween that point and Summit. They ex-
pect to have that portion of the road clear
by this evening. Two plows are working
west of Summit with ten engines and 700
men, and expect to have the snow belt
clear by 9 A.. NJ. tomorrow. There is a
heavy land slide in the cut near Alta Sta
ton. Arrangements have been made
with local mining company to lay pipe
| and nse giant to sluice out the mass of
earth. No passengers are detained at any
point in the snow belt, but they are all
/ outside at stations where they are well
| provided for. The storm commenced on
| the 18th inst, and has continued with
unprecedented violence until the present
writing, leaving l6 feet of fresh snow at
! Summit. The storm has swollen streams
| to such an extent as to seriously en-
danger railroads, many places being
washed on the Oregon division, on the
| Calestoga line, on the Stockton and Cop
| peropolis road, and at other stations, all
| OF which it is confidently expected will be
| i'll running order by tomorrow. The
line through from San Francisco to Tue
! son has escaped and trains are running
| on time
Charles DeY oung Murdered
SAN Francisco, April 23.-Just before
o'clock this evening Charles DeYoung en-
| tered the business Office of the Chronicle
on the ground floor at the corner ofKear-
,ney and Bush streets, and stood talking
Y with some gentlemen, leaning against a
counter. Directly the door opened and I.
| NJ. kalloch entered and drawing pistol
! without aS fa n hQ laar rpa1 h
a word, began firing at DeYoung. The
| latter ran through gate of the counter to
a desk inside, kalloch firing at him as he
| ran. On reaching the desk DeYoung
turned to face his opponent with pistol
in his hand, when Kalloch, leaning over
| the counter fired again. the ball striking
! DeYoung in the mouth. Kalloch then
started for the door, DeYoung raised his
! pistol as if to fire, but apparently his
strength failed him, for the pistol was not
| discharged, and sinking backward he fell
| on the floor Bystanders ran to his as
sistance, but the ball had evidently
! pierced the base of the brain, and in few
moments he expired. As Kalloch ran
out of the door he was seized by a citizen,
| and at the same moment an officer came
up and took him into custody and con-
Quoted him to the city prison, where he
| was locked mp.
| News of the murder flew through the
| city like the wind and in few moments
| the streets in the vicinity of the Chronicle
office were crowded with people eager to
learn the particulars of the affair Police
men were at once stationed at the doors
of the office to Keep out the inquisitive
crowd, and only few personal friends
and reporters we're admitted In the rear
of the Office, NJ. III. DeY oung brother of
! a dapauca1 pooii,aI
rounded by friends, evidently overcome
by the tragedy, but with dry eyes and calm
| though strained voice. He was not pres
ent at the time of the shooting, having left
home after dinner few moment later
than Charles. Deceased lay on his back
| on the floor, his face and breast dabbed
| in blood. his eyes closed and his face bear
| ing the calm expression noticeable in the
case of those dying from shot wounds.
| Only one wound was found Oh his person,
although at least four shots were fred by
h kalloch, two having pierced the glass
EIdoors and partition of the Office. A third
lodged in window casing
Young kaIloch on being arrested was,
as the arresting officer remarked, the cool
| est man he ever saw. He sill carried the
smoking pistol in his hand, which he snr-
| rendered to the officer. On his way to
| the station house he observed strict reti-
cence, and on being shown to his cell pos
itively refused to have any intercourse
whatever with representatives of the press
In the absence ofany explanations from
the assassin of the causes of the act, it is
! generally understood to be attributable to
pamphlet which has recently been cir
culated about the city attacking Mayor
kalloch, the father of DeYoung's slayer
| During his recent visit east it is believed
that deceased devoted a great deal of at
tention TO gathering up matter regarding
the past life of Mayor kalloch for the
presumed reason of either using it ut the
expected trial of the deceased on a charge
of shooting kalloch last August or of
making it subserve journalistic purposes
The pamphlet above referred to was a
document of some sixty pages, and re-
counted the details of the kalloch scandal
in Boston and other matter of scanda-
lous nature. The pamphlet was anony-
nous, but young Kalloch evidently con-
sidered that deceased Was responsible for
its publication. and acted accordingly.
After the Tragedy.
Further inquiry shows that young Kali
loch fired five shots at DeYoung, of which
only one, the fourth, took effect. Other
wise the original report of the affair seems
to be substantially correct. 1t is evident
that the deed was deliberate. Officer
Moves states that few moments before
DeYoung entered the Office he saw Kali
loch walking along Kearney street and
peering through a window of the Cironi-
Gle counting room. He was evidently
waiting for the arrival of his victim.
At about quarter past nine the coro-
ner's assistant took the body from where il
had been living on the floor awaiting ex-
animation and removed it to a wagen for
conveyance to the morgue The crowd
i'll the mean time had increased to d
Thousand, blocking up both kearney and
Bush streets. 1t was composed of all
classes, evidently including great many
sand lot proclivities, and as the body was
brought out cheers, howls and CALCULATIONS
of exultation and derision arose The
coroner's wagon, escorted by squad o
police, drove at once to the morgue, fol-
lowed by hooting, whistling and yellin.
mob. The demonstration was confined
, merely to words. no action of violent
nature occurred. On arriving at The
morgue the crowd gathered there, for a
while continuing its demonstrations, bu
soon dispersed and the officers retired
The conduct of the mob called forth
; many expressions of indignation and dis
gust from the more respectable by-stand-
ers, but there was nothing whatever tend
ing towards any breach ofpeace. A grea
. concourse still fingered in the vicinity o
, the Chronicle Office discussing the affair
5 but an alarm of fire several blocks distan
drew them away at about ten O'Clock.
!, The pamphlet previously referred t
, proves on examination to be simply ful
. report of the trial of |. s. kaloch in tn
/. Boston scandal, with brief preface +
the effect that it was published with III
, malicious motives, hut simply to give
: plain, unvarnislied report or the trial.
. bore the imprint of "Eberhen & Co, Bos
ton, 1857" but was evidently fresh pub
I, lication. II seems to be admitted tha
. the document was issued with a giew o
. :. influencing public opinion in connection
with the approaching trial of DeYoune
and it may perhaps have been furthe
intended to have some bearing upoi
e more immediate issues.
1t will be remembered that the CItroni
8 Gle "ratted" its office about ten days age
The Typographical Union and Amalga
< mated Trades Union took up the fight 70
s the discharged Chronicle printers, an
S have placarded the city with appeals t,
g the public to withdraw patronage from
4 the paper, and have published advertise
q ments to the same effect in interior jour
$ mails. mass meeting was advertised 70
tomorrow evening to denounce tb