, 1888-11-15

Hon. Charles S. Voorhees,, son of Senate
Voorhees,, and present delegate to con
gress from Washington territory.
WARDNER. Idaho. Nov. 12 Specia
Charlie Garrett, colored, and Joe Morgan
white, commenced shooting at each othel
this evening in Angus McDonald's saloor
over at Burke. The fracas resulted in The
woundipg of two of the bystanders named
James Shannon and William Lynott
Shannon was shot through the abdomen
and is not expected to live. Lynott wal
sh0t through the shoulder. He will re-
cover. Neither Garrett nor Morgan were
hurt and both escaped.
LATER.-Charlie Garrett, one of thost
that did the shooting, came in and gave
himself up. He was shot in the arm.
PORTLAND, Nov. IL. Special -Exten.
sive preparations are being made by the
various republican clubs of Portland and
East Portland to hold n grand ratification
meeting here tomorrow evening. 10 is
the purpose or the state central republican
committee to make the demonstration the
r'nost imposing one ever held in the poll
tical history of Oregon. There will be a
very large procession. fireworks, salute
and speaking. Delegations from various
One principal feature of the procession
will be huge log cabin. mounted
on several pairs of trucks, and
drawn by sixty yoke of oxen. Among the
principal speakers, who will address the
meeting mt the tabernacle will be Senator
j. N. Dolph, Senator J. II. Mitchell and
Ex-Attorney.G General George II. Williams.
Yesterday the 10year old son of E. G.
Bryant was drowned in Clatskanie river,
Columbia county, Oregon. The boy has
been missed from home for several days,
and on seach being made the body
was discovered in the river. Indications
showed that the lad had slipped from II
high. steep bank and fallen into the river.
To-day Frank Anderson, who confessed
his guilt in stealing $40 900 from the
Northern Pacific Express Company some
time ago, was sentenced to the state
prison by Judge Stearns for term of
two years. AS reason for
imposing so Ii ght sentence the court
~ that he had taken the money under
larsat stress of temptations; that he would
have restored the money to the owners
when he fully realized the degree of the
Crime he had committed, and lastly. that
the prisoner was not hardened criminal
and that clemancy in his case might be
productive of good results.
Additional particulars of the drowning
of Frank +. Mckinnon near Sunnyside,
on Shoalwater hay. W. T.. have been re-
|seived. BY the capsizing of his boat he
was thrown into the water. He was seen
by several persons who were near by to
sink and rise several times. The body
was soon afterwards recovered. but all
efforts to resusciate life were unavailing.
The water was so cold that ii 10 supposed
4t chilled the action of the heart. A
brother of the deceased will take the re-
9inains to San Francisco on the Columbia.
where their parents reside. The deceased
was highly esteemed by all.
The republicans held an immense ratifca.
tion meeting here tonight. The process
sion was one of the largest and most en-
thusiastic ever seen in the history of the
city, being over two miles long. Hundreds
carried horns, brooms and bells, and the
usound of bands and other instruments
Lkreated an indescribable din which was
heard all over the city. There we're many
transparencies, pictures and ludricous
notices WHICH provoked great amusement.
The streets for miles were densely crowd
5000 were in line. At the tabernacle a
great crowd was addressed by Senators
Dolph, Mitchell, Judge Williams, r.. Nal.
loney and others.
Chief Henry, of the railway postal ser.
vice. got telegram from the postmaster
at Wolf Creek this morning, saying that
he would not handle the mail which came
from Glendale, as the latter place had been
quarantined. At Glendale the postmast-
er's family are down with smallpox. the
Wolf Creek postmaster says, and he adds:
81 won't touch their mail under any
circumstances ''Both places are on the
Portland Ashland route, and Wolf Creek
ia the nearest place to Glendale In this
case the smallpox ia situated right in the
postoffce, and the Wolf Creek postmaster
cannot be blamed for doing just as he did,
and till the quarantine is raised the small
pox stricken Office will neither receive nor
send out mail.
Mrs. Hamilton Wray. whose death from
urday last. succumbed to that disease yes.
terday at her residence on Twelfth street,
between Market and Mill. MIR. B. +.
Jolly, the lawyer, has the affliction, and ia
quarantined in his residence on Kelly and
Grover streets. where the yellow flag ia
prominently displayed No new cases
were reported to-day.
Willard McCune of Sheridan was re-
arrested to-day by Sheriff Harris for the
shooting OF James Bowley in September
iat Sheridan. The warrant was issued by
Uustice Harding of this place, and McCune
WAS taken to Jail to Lafayette to-day.
This is the shooting which came from the
thotRun quarantine established by the
beope of Sheridan against McMinnvllle,
Bowley being a resident of McMlnnvilie.
Ind was driving into Sheridan. McCune
as one of the quarantine guards.
H In the case of the state vs.. Gee Gong
nd Fong Long Dick, two Chinese high
nders convicted of the murder of fell
W Celestial in this county, the supreme
reversed the decision OF the lower
hrt and ordered v new trial.
n! Joseph Merrick WAS brought to this CITY