The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-18

New York, Nov. l4-The Herald's
Washington special says: Guiteau's trial
beginning to-day, will be a long one. Five
jnrors have been obtained and sworn in.
Their names and occupations are as follows:
John I. Harlin, restaurant keeper: Fred w.
cigar maker; Charles c.
Stewart, flour and grain dealer: Henry j,
Bright. retired from business, and. Thos.
IL. Langley, grocer.
The panel was exhausted after five Jurors
had been obtained. BIT the suggestion of
district attorney the order was issued for
drawing 70 names from box. The prison
er at this moment slowly rose and and in
formed the court he would like to make a
speech tomorrow morning But he was
ordered by the court to take his seat. He
then passed his manuscript speech to a
newspaper man, but before the latter could
leave the court room Scoville called him
back and compelled him to return it This
raised the anger of the prisoner, who ex-
citedly declared he was not under control
1f his counsel, that he was lawyer and
knew law himself and that when he wanted
help he would ask for it. He desired his
speech to be published for the purpose of
influencing public opinion.
Chicago, Nov. l4-Guiteau's performance
i'll court to-day seem to have convinced a
lew persons that he really is crazy, but the
general opinion is, he overdid his acting
and that the same shrewdness with which
he planned the assassination and his escape
from the mob, prompted him to his line OF
conduct this morning, with q view of back
ing mp his plea of insanity.
London, Nov. l3-Hosan, president of
the Branch Land League, has been arrested.
Six suspects have been removed from
Limerick jail to Clonmel Jail, and the force
of constahles guarding Limerick Jail has
been replaced by military force.
One or more regiments now returning
from Natal will peocecd to Ireland to re-
ieve mariners.
At a Banquet tonight Earl Spencer, lord
president of the council. said every Irish
grievance will be redressed We shall
extend to the Irish all the the privileges
and liberty we possess; but we are ready to
shed our blood against a repeal of the union.
London, Nov. 4-O'Leary, member OF
the Fenian triumvirate, has written letter
from Paris declaring that while he maintains
his principles and is resolved to combat
England he deprecates the maligning of
EDglishmen. Gladstone, he says, has given
Ireland a land act such as nobody. few
years ago, could have hoped for, and Foster
is very much better than most of the Irish
secretaries.
St. Petersburg, Nov. l4.-Diptheria,
scarlet fever and smallpox are devastating z
the center and south of Russia The sever
ity of the diseases exceeds anything here
totore known.
New York, Nov. 13.-Col. John Howard
Neiies, was to-day arraigned at the Tornbs
police court, on a charge of attempting
to blaekmail J. Gould. Inspector Byrnes
applied to Judge Bixby for a remand to
| enable him to procure necessary evidence
TO sustain the complaint. The prisoner
was then taken back to police headquar.
tiers and locked up. It is intimated inspec.
tor Bryan Is in possession of documentary
evidence Of an important character against
Welles not yet published. Jay Gould did
not appear III court.
San Rafael, Nov. l4.-The dead bodies
OF Mrs. Prince and Henry Osborne were
found in u house at AIarshall's station this
forenoon. From what can be learned Os
borne first killed Mrs. Prince with a fiat
iron, as her head was all battered in and a
bloody fat iron was found ON the floor by
the side of her. Then the supposition is
that he took poison, as he bought some at
a store this morning. Osborne was hen
hired man.
Chicago, Nov. l4.-Freights eastward
are being heavily cut by ali trunk lines,
and large shippers are allowed to fix about
their own rates. 1t Is rumored that grain
is being t'ken as low as fifteen cents per
hundred.
Boston Nov. I5.-At the dictation. of
Ben Butler the democrats nominated Albert
Palmer for mayor.
ST.. Louis, Nov. l5.-Four co.fetlerates
robbed the Biddle Market Savings Bank of
$1,000 by completely absorbing the attention
of the officials and employees while a package
was being taken from a desk in the rear
office.