, 1883-01-20
FrRTnER DEyEIePNExTs N THE CIH.
NINs MTRDER CASE
Special 0rsgOnian Dispatches to the STATES
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air. causing his instant death. The Captain
was on the main deck at the time and was
lost. Neither he cor the purser 1anern were
seen after the explosion. Steward Amador
Bollina and his helper David Sparks We're
instantly killed, while waiting on the table.
Sam Kavansugh, fireman, was not seen
afterwards, and undoubtedly was killed
S. f. Cannon, 4 commercial traveller. repre-
senting Bates, Reed L Cooley, Of New York,
was killed. but his body saved and brought
here. Cannon leaves 4 wife and two ehil-
dren IN Ssn Francisco. sam Babb, stran-
ger. was also killed. Those injured were
Dennis Lawler, engineer, badly bruised
about the head: Miss Estelle Bradish, OF
Tacoma, thigh broken; Hannah Price, of
Skagit, and an old iady's ankles iammed
and otherwise hurt II. G.. Kelly, of SKA
git, leg broken, and one or two others were
slightly hurt, while l6 persons on board es-
capped unhurt The boiler or some pther
missile went back through the boat and tore
the wheel into thousand pieces. The boat
broke into two pieces, one sinking and tie
other floating. Indians and loggers near by
went to the assistance of the unf0rtunatcs at
once and carried two bodies, the recovered
wounded and others on shore, where they
Were af,erward picked up by the Politopsky
and brought to this city. The Josephine
was inspected Dec. 9th, when the boiler
stood the test at 80 pounds. She was
stern-wheeler, S3 tons, built in 1873. Her
boiler and machinery were formerly in the
Wenat, on the Columbia river, S or 10 Years
ago. Cause of the explosion is not known.
Dayton Notes.
DAYTON, Jan. lS-Johnson Porter, an
plicated by 0wenby's confession, was dis
missed yesterday without hearing, there
being no evidence against hIm except that
he had sold Mcpherson a revolver on credit
The Sheriff has taken Mcpherson t. Walla
Walla for confinement, because of the iuse-
curity of our iail.
The dwelling of man named Haean, two
miles north OF Dayton, was burned last
night. He had barely time to remove his
family and was badly burned himself A
subscription is being taken to-day for his
benefit.
Thomas n. Murphy, arrested in Portland
on Monday night as an absconding debtor,
was brought hack here yesterday by the
deputy sheriff, examined and acquitted.
Thermometer yesterday morning SIX deg.
above zero. This morning, l64 below.
TAMMASy JUDILAST.
NEW YoEk, Jan. 1G.-John Kelly was
reelected chairman of the Tammany COM
mittee on organization. Resolutions were
adopted thanking Mayor Edson for his
appointments, and pledging him support
and congratnlaiing the people on having a
mayor who possesses the courage to stand
by his convictions, even against tho pref
udices Of the press
NOT DEAD YET.
New YORK, Jan. l6.-The S,ni s'Wa ash
ington special says A movement is max
ing to bring on. Grant as 4 presidential
candidate again in 1884. The correspond
ent SAYS the managers think the third
term clamor, as they call It, has died ont.
They claim that new conditions have aris-
en- since 1880, and that the prejudices
against Grantism has also ceased to exist.
Grant came here IN quest Of Ned Beale,
who MANAGED. as surveyor general Of Cal
;fornia, to put aside valuable ranch,
which is the back bone Of 4 considerable
fortune. lie IL EOw aI one 0f the large
hotels. where familiar intercourse with the
transient population IS more easy than at
private house, and where his movements
viii be less remarked upon
1t is alleged that the railroad and man
ufacturins corporations, banks, rings,
spectators, lobbers, contractors and ad-
veniurers, that swarmed about the White
House from 1870 to 1877, will rally ana
put forth all their power to elect Grant.
PROGRESS.
The Northern Pacific grade IS ready for
the track to point beyond Horse plains,
rear about the 345th mile, excepting two
rock fills at Weeksville. Ii Sas expected
at Weeksville by the 10Th inst.
GETTING RID OF ROUGHs-
WEEKsvILLE, Montana, Jan. 10
"BilIy the Kid" notorious tough and
robber, WAS apprehended by visilantes