, 1888-11-29

HIS IrteuOm tuIly LIN
vorced wife was at the gate TO receive him
and their meeting is said to have been an
affecting one. They called on Governor
Pennoyer at the executive office about 10
o'clock to express their gratitude for the
clemency he had shown. The gov
ernor received them very kindly
and gave Dixon SOME, very good advice.
ASTORIA, Nov. "a, SpasaaiA-Csptain
Gilmore. of the British bark Asset, which
arrived in port late last night. relates the
following miraculous escape Of the second
mate from drowning while crossing the
bar. IL was half past 5 clock and dark.
A. H. Bath, second mate was on the fore
castle, making preparations for getting
the anchor over the bow on the arrival in
the harbor- He was using hand spike to
pry the anchor on to the rail when the
vessel gave lurch, suddenly throwing the
weight of the anchor on the hand spike in
his hands and throwing him overheard
The. crew immediately shouted Man
overheard" Captain Gilmore seized
coil of stack rope and
held fast. He soon felt Il pull. He
secuted and heard the voice OF
Bath: "l am here, sir, send down the
bowline." The ship was making six
knots, tug towing, and there was no
chance or time to stop. The captain told
him TO hold on and the crew would haul
him up, which they did from the very
jaws OF death. Last Wednesday another
exciting event occurred on board the Asset
at sea, at 8 r. NJ. The cabin hey, while
getting the lamps ready in the lamproom,
capsized lighted lamp on the floor, for
years saturated with oil. The captain
had just gone off watch and was asleep.
He was aroused by the cry of fire. He
was met by the flames from the side OF
the cabin. He ordered the companion
! way closed and succeeded in smothering
the flames, but not before they had thor
oughly blackened and charred the lamp
room. The vessel is all safe in port now.
The captain and all hands will celebrate
Thanksgiving with full hearts.
SALEM, Nov. 26.--Willis and Al Jor-
dan, aged twelve and fifteen years respec--
lively, both of whom have often figured
in the criminal courts of Polk and Marion
counties, are in trouble again. Sunday
night they went to the house OF Henry
Tate, South Salem, to see the sixteen year
old niece of Tates, with the intent
iof getting her away to lead life
of shame Tate ordered the boys out OF
! the house, when each of them drew u
large knife and resisted. They succeeded
in getting the girl to leave the house and
took her to house of ill fame. where she
now is. Tate to-day swore out a warrant
for their arrest on the charge OF assault
with deadly weapons and they were
lodged In the county jail.
SALEM. Nov. 81. Special.-C. Z. Dixon,
the Canadian Pacific agent In Portland,
'sands' j III VT ies6, $685. bssionsjl
20 day BY Governor Pennoyer.
All railroad men in Port
and and many other prominent
citizens united in asking for his pardon.
Mrs. Dixon who obtained a divorce from
her husband shortly after his conviction,
was unable to forget her love for
him and it is to her Efforts
that his pardon is due.
Dixon is most thoroughly repentant.
He and his wife leave for Portland in the
morning and will be remarked immediate
ly upon their arrival there.
CoRvAIl.Es, Ore, Nov. 27, Special
Henry Miller, the boy murderer, was found
guilty IN the second degree for the murder
of Finer Wright, on Yaquina bay, last
May. Both boys were about fourteen
years old. The jury was out five hours.
The two boys were returning home from
Sgnday School at the time the murder was
committed. They had a quarrel the. day
before and rsnewed it by asking Wright +:
t'Do you want to fight that out now. "
to fight" At this Miller drew knife and
stabbed Wright to the heart. The weapon
used was long cuse knife which young
Miller had ground down to fine point
| and keen edge on both sides.
OLYMPIA, w. t., Nov. %, Special
Mr.. Arthur Taylor, democratic candidate
| for auditor of Moscow county, who was
defeated at the recent election, has fled
the necessary papers 10 contest the cleo
tion, claiming that the votes of Union
and Clifton precincts we're crooked.
The case of q. w. Maxwell Va. F.Ward
growing out of the late cowhiding case
was heard in Justice Keady's court to-day
before jury and verdict rendered &C
quitting Ward and taxing Maxwell with
The costs of the suit.
county Jail, charged with larceny, was
brought before Judge Root to-day on tht
charge of insanity, but was discharged
and will remain In jail.
TACOMA, Nov. 81, Special.-Two of the
ten smallpox patients at the pest house
have been discharged. One named Frank
Islands died late yesterday. He was buried
to-day by the physicians and attendants
The deceased was aged IL. and nephew
pf the manager OF the Sands telephone
company.
I HARRIsBuRa ORE, Nov. 27.--On the
|-hIrl val of freight train this evening, one
E0f the brakeman, q young man named
fLeathers was missing. On returning back
with the engine his mangled body was
found quarter of mile below the sta
ton, his head fractured and broken. His
home is in East Portland. It is not known
how he came TO fall.
Tucson, Nov. %, Special. The official
count of Arizona gives the Legislative
council to the republicans by four major.
ity, and the assembly to the democrats by
two majority. The majority of both