The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-11-11
LATESf NEWS SUMMARY
BIZ rELEGRAPH TO Date.

The fourth assistant engineer of th
English steamship Silverrown commit
ted suicide at Port Costa on the 1st. b.
cutting his throat The cause WAS de
lirum tremens.
A Napa, CAL, dispatch saws J. W
Simonton, for many years general aeen
of the associated press at New York. die,
suddenly on the I'd, at his residence nea
Napa, of heart disease.
Jas. Fl, Storrs, well known LAWYER O
; New York, died suddenly on the 3Oth ult
Of late years Storrs acted as counsel il
that city for the Central Pacific, Chesa
peake d Ohio, and Southern Pacific rail
ways.
The emperor of Russia has commutef
the sentences of death, passed by the
kason military tribunal, on the politica
criminals Polivanoff and Novistosky. te
penal servitude in the mines for an in
definite period.
On the 3lst ult., in the suburbs of Hot
Springs, while party of drunken hood.
lums were sitting up with the corpse oi
Edward Murphy, a pauper, the lamp was
upset and exploded, the drapery of the
couch containing the body ignited, and
before the flames were extinguished the
corpse was burned to crisp.
Joseph H. Zeigler, miner EMPLOYED
at the Empire mine. Tombstone. was
shot and killed by an unknown man on
the 1st. The murder occurred lust off
the principal street The assassin escaped
IN the darkness leaving no clue to his
Identity. The motive of the murder is
| also unknown. Zeigler was a quiet
lnottensive citizen, aged 27 years. The
authorities are working the matter up
but there is little hope of detecting the
| perpetrator.
Accounts from St. Petersburg mention
strong revival of the nihilist agitation.
copy of revolutionary reprint. the
Narodwaje Welja, announces an outbreak
or revolution is imminent. Since the
czar's return from Moscow fresh precau
tion has been taken for his safety. No
| one is allowed to know q hours in ad
vance what the czar's s movements will be-
The police are in active communication
with the Vienna, Berlin and Paris po
lice.
Following are the particulars of the
murder of Burt Seully, the well known
horse trainer, who was shot and Instantly
killed on Oct. 31st, by Hooker Stivers.
IN Paris. KY. Phe parties lived on ad
joining farms, and the women of the two
families quarreled about some turkeys.
Young Stivers, aged II years, brother
OF Hooker, shot some turkeys which were
claimed by Scully's housekeeper. Scully
returned from Memphis, and hearing Of
the case. and meeting young Stivers,
boxed his ears. When Hooker Stiyers
heard of this he places his shot gun in
buggy and drove to meet Scully. Upon
seeing Scnlly he called out to him and
Scully started towards him, but when he
got within few feet of Stivers the latter
deliberately shot him dead.
A Seattle dispatch of Nov. I'd saws:
Twenty-four deep water sail vessels en-
gagged in the foreign trade and in the
district of Puget Sound during the month
of October. They came from Mexico,
the Hawaiian Islands, Peru, Brazil, Japan
and Australia, and are bound when
loaded for the Hawaiian islands. Peru.
Chill, Australia, Fiji islands and China,
During the same month fifteen ships |
sailed from this district for foreign ports |
carrying cargoes of lum Der, these fifteen |
cargoes aggree ating III value $116, lat. |
They consisted wholly of rough and |
dressed lumber, shingles, laths, pickets
and spars. Reducing all to rough lum
Der, the equivalent of these cargoes NAV
be given at about 6, SOC, 900 feet. Seldom
or never before were the shipments to
foreign ports so great. -Four of these
carsoes went from Port Blakeley mill.
five from Utsalady, three from Tacoma.
one from Port Discovery. two from Port
Gamble. One cargo was destined for
New Zealand, two for Australia, one for
Mexico, three for China, five for the
Hawaiian islands and three for Chini.
In the lumber trade of Burrard inlet, B
o., during the month five vessels entered
and five cleared, the latter taking about
2, ,50O, 900 feet of lumber valued at about
S33, 600. The coal exports from this port
II 1865 tons in October, all
going to California. From the Benton
mine l701 tons were shipped, from the
Seattle, 10, ,265.
The trial of A. G. Soteldc, charged
with the murder of his b4other, A. M.
5oteldo, in Washington, was resumed
before Judge Wylie on the 1st Frank B.
Conger. business manager of the Repub-
ican, certified to Soteldo's assault on
Barton, during which A. NJ. Soteldo was
fatally wounded by his brother, who fred
with murderous intent at Barton. but |
missed his man. Witness told the story
Of the visit of the Soteldo brothers to
Barton's Office on the night of the tragedy.
4. M. Soteldo presented Barton with a
which he looked at casually !
md then refused to accept, telling Sot-
aldo TO give it to Gorham. Soteldo then
'prang upon Barton and a scuff1e ensued.
n which the lamp was knocked over. q
Witness picked it up from the floor and I
hen started out of the door With it. AS j,
10 passed through the door he saw Sot- s
aldo standing at one end of the desk with q
revolver in his extended band. He
passed rapidly through the outer room, q
learlng pistol shot as he did SO, ran
iown the stairs and called for a police I
nan. Hearing cries from above witness I
started to return when Barton and the t
defendant came tumbling down the stairs. c
IN the Sidewalk Barton told witness he
had ball in his head, which was covered Y
With blood. He also said he was shot in 4
lde and was too weak to proceed. Wit :
less started to retire with Barton to the q
'ttice and met A. G. Soteldo at the door. y
lie was struggling with several parties a
rying to escape. Barton held a pistol @
n his right habd as he and Soteldo Law {
It the foot of the stairs It was a dark O
nd rusty weapon. On discrimination
gitness said that at no time did he see a Y
Weapon in the hands of A. NJ. Soteldo. q
lie could see when he left The room / s
fhether or not Barton and A. NJ Soteldo /
ad weapon in their hands. He was not {
ositive as to the number of shots fred, I
ut believed it was four. DIR. Bliss de- e
pPIhnl tho nafura of tho voup5s of -