Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-05
EVENTS n The EAST.
Plea of Insanlty for . Bso-
de AlaeEsaan-


TIA Flea q Knsanaay.
NKw ToRE. Nos. 4s-Ths trial Of ex-
Alderman EEAncis MnCahe. % nsnnrs ain
Tbs qasstign of his sanity. uas beann
thas AfseFnoon In she Court Of General
4eagions. MoGabe i one u the = Boa
alss AlaeR8en charged with aeaspsfna
nElbea Ia eonnactfnn with she BFuadwaV
Railway fFanahiss. His enaussl Put n
the piaa Of insanity when MoOaba vas
erfaiR1ed fer tEtai % court today. Ne
O4hs app9aEsd very nash WoREfad. Hs
was necompaBied - his wife. Lsf1ls
tims was eeeupied Il obiainine q iurv
aud MoOahe's e0anssi naaasd that hfa
client uas saasring from paralysis. r.
saltinR from an injury % bis head sons
slmo aRo. Or. Hammond. an Insanity
expert, testified thas his examination ef
4sO1bs ~ sne Lndiow street jail on i've
oeoasiona had rsaalied 10 tie discovery
% several sTmptoms 0f insanity usually
eenslesEed tnfallible. although ks
tneaRas hla malady Vas 3 mild demen-
sia and nos liable 30 make TIE patient
danReEoaa. Indesd be uoald som BE-
come imbeelle and be thought be oould
- boiteR eaEea feg b his family than
in . paoiie lns&itnfioa. A nnmbeF Of
otaeL experla RA8e aImiIar testimony.
he DistKlet Attorney expsesssd himself
aa ealaanea mat she ptisoneF vas insana
aad tes t1Fy breaRht II z verdict 20 that
e1ee@ MouAbs gaa than taken back 10
Lndlou street jail.
sew AeEk Tribane 81 she aproule
Ease.
NHw YoAK, Nov. 4.-rhe TrSbrns,s
editorial says: @ The banging Of Rob't
3 SDroals Is Victoria. B. o., entails a
tsaxtnl responsibility upon she Canadi
- Government, for evidence ID support
et ne anEoktnmate mans tnn0csnoe vas
- strong as % have eonvinood the pub
lio, whe we're better acquainted With ths
facts, thaf be was wgonRly convicted.
The oaae Of 6pfoule vas one which call
ed for the most careful and thnrsnuh
fsviaWs for the evidanoo obtained sinor
the trial had. 10 the iudRmeat Of thon-
eAnoG, com pietoiE upset the ease for the
prosoouti0a, aid justified the Oonolu-
sion that the defsndans was she vicsfm
Of foul Conspiracy aeainat his life and
propeRty. There b akEonN probability
that a. innocent ulan has been mar
dered aBdeT The forms of laa. Toe
whole circumstances are 60 exsraoFJi-
nary and 90 Suggestive of everything
bnt justice that ik ia In order 90 inquire
uhetnsF the man would have been thus
ahamely pus 10 death there e 90 munh
reason 10 believe be did not merit had
be not been 9 citizen Of the Unitod
statea.n
PFoposed Baeional LaboR Paray
NKw YoRx. Nov. 4.--The Central La.
hn~ Tlrfrv. n~v,. a., n.~,,,..see. ,,,..s -
niahe and considered the question Of
ton. A call will be issued soon 20 an
the districts for delegates to q c0nysn
ton which will be held at en- early date,
and at which is is proposed 20 form 8
rev party that shall take an active Part
u the canvass Of 1888.
A mere Ruslness TPtp
LAwRENcz Mass, Nov. l.--RIchard
Preston, Q coal dealer Of Boston, who
Was alleged 10 have ahso1nded owing
between 100000 aud &150O0o. vas seen
on train going from Portland yester-
day. He said be had neither gone to
Canada, defrauded anybody NOR intend
ed 20 do 20. ~ be had been on Q busi-
Res8 trip East 10 raise money and vas
suddenly taken ill IN Portland. He was
on bis way back 20 Boston 10 meet his
creditors and everybody would Be paid
dollar for dollar.
A Dynamite Gun Cruiser.
PHKLADBEPHIA, Nov. 4 A-Wm. OFamp
4 Sons have made arFangements 70 con
asruet for the ggveFnment q dynamite
Rnn cruiser which will be eaDahis Of
making twenty knots "a boar aud OF
II Autpa a aaR~a.aua $500 1.-Aa-.1ka -.
every two minutes. The vessel is 20
cost not more than $500
Beavy weighss la she PsIzs Rag
Nav YonK, New. A. The haavy
weights. Jack Smith Of England, Who
w0n tie last years. championship % the
New York Athlete CLUB, aud Billy
Dunn. Who has saeosssfulIye enoOuntaFod
Jack kailon aud Othss good men, fought
: prize nght In Now Jsrssv this morn
ing. 10 The nrat foand Smith cot Ia
heavily with his right on bis antagonisI'a
left eheak aud partly daxsd him. The
call OF time saved him from Further In
jury. Ons Of the joints Ia Smith's first
hpgeg on the right hand was dialocated.
In the eeoono Found Damn became
very aggressive. Saith tried an upper
cut In return for q blow iu the ribs aud
followed u up By three good onss about
the neck. Whan time was called emith
Was doing capital wosk.
Smith opened the third round By
swinging bic right 30 Dumas left eye,
bringing the hEsl blood. Suddenly
Duna swung his right and landed ii
directly undef his epponent's left ear.
Smith fell ike . loQ, knocked oem
pletely out. He bad not recovered con
ssioosneaa when tine vas called and TIE
purss and battle we're awarded 10 Damn,
xhe .. =. a \. Lease.
ThaFO waa . meeting today of {
special oemmiftee Of NoFtheFn Paeifis
DireotoFs In relation 30 the Oregon
Railway 4 Navigation Company. A
far - can Be- learned, 10 tangible pro
Rress Fesalhed. q is undeFss scd thal
sho views of some of the directors Fela-
tive 20 . toina control With the Unior
Paei0e Company of ths HaVlQatioE
propeFty, have been modiAed In fayoi
81 gach lease.
sew TFMnaatlmafte Steamship LlDe.
NEW Yonx. HoV. 4.-gohn Muir. Gen
erAi TFal1e Manager of the EeWporl
News 4 Mississippi Valley Company
announess the establishment Of q nsu
Transatlantic steamer line besweer
NswpsEt News. Virginia. and Liverpool
England. oo@menainR DaoembeR lst
Several of NE atesmsrs sf she Duoa
lina are under enQaQemsus 20 make rag
uigR nemi monthly aallinRa fFau New
port New. the heal being the Duks q
Westminster about Dsusmbar l0ah, &
be followed b. The Duke of BackinRhan
tive weeks lAfsF.
To Exa@ine tAs eFeEsa 4 Callfsrnaa
WAszmaroAs Nov. t-Ths Pessidani
tsday mads TIE following sppointnents
To be CommiAioaaEs % oxamins anf
rapoFt upcn 100 miles Of railsuad oon
EtFaated b. ths Oragon q Oaiffornil
Railroad %. from psint Is miles soatl
of Rossburg. Ogegoo, Bouthward % I
point abaut IN miles aoush of Ash
land. II esia STATE. Wm. HafinQeg, o
Portland, Or. Gideon II. Tnekef. a