The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-11-18
DEEDS OF THE DAY.

| DEEDS OF THE DAY.
j.. N, Breok, Jr., Takes a Deadly Dos
In Portland.
Admiral Baldwin Dead-A Wife Shoots
Her Husband-Youthful Highwaymen
"A New Minister to Spain.
PORTLAND, Nov. III. NJ. Breck
Jr., a druggist of this city, acci
dentally took an overdose OF NOR.
phine about 2 o'clock this morning
Frank Miller, a clerk, who tells q
Telegram reporter. furnished the
following information: II had been
working for Mr.. Breck some time
ago, but quit. Last evening
strolled into the drug store and Mr..
Breck asked me how I would like to
work for him q day or two, and I said
very well. The moment I replied he
took up his hat and, with 9 friend,
Charles d. Ford, went down town.
When he left the store 7 did not OBJ
serve anything peculiar in his con-
duct. He and Ford returned to the
store about 10 o'clock and went up
stairs. Before leaving Mr.. Breck said
to me, you need not bolt the door on
the Fifth street side because I may
want to get in That was the last
saw Of him, but have since learned
that he and Ford returned to the
store between one and two o'clock
this morning, when Breck swallowed
something that he took from shelf
from behind the prescription counter.
Ford, Of course, did not know what it
was. They then went down the
street again, and when q short dis
tance from the store, Breck fell down.
Ford got hack and had his friend
taken to the Holton House. Ford
called at Breck's room little later
and observed that he did not look
natural. He telephoned to DR.. Wat
kins, Who promptly responded. Upon
his arrival at the hotel the physician
at once took in the condition of
Breck, stating that he had taken a
narcotic poison and that it was too
late to effectually employ the stom-
ach pump. His death is expected
any moment.
YOUTHFUL ROBBERS.
PORTLAND, Nov. 17.-At II o'clock
this morning, Mrs. 8. B. Hill, residing
on Tenth and Morrison streets, sent
a young bell boy down town to make
a purchase for which she gave him a
small sum of money. When he
reached the corner OF West Park and
Morrison streets q youth about II
years OF age came up behind him and
struck him on the back of his neck,
knocking him down. The latter was
reinforced by two more young thieves,
and the trio robbed the bell boy first,
and then kicked, and beat him un-
mercifully.
Two men at work on the new hotel,
saw the assault, and took after the
young highway robbers, but they
were unable to overtake them.
FOUL PLAY.
WALLA WALLA, Nov. 17.-Yester.
day evening at four O'Clock, Jesse
Mckinney found the body of Thomas
W. Davis alongside of the o. R. & N.
railroad track, near the Blalock farm,
about three miles below the city.
The head was almost severed from
the body, as though with an axe.
The vertebra was broken and hacked.
When found, the blood was yet fresh
and the body warm. The head lay
close to the rail. It was evidently q
murder. The man had recently been
discharged from the hospital here,
and had been working for Miles
Vinson. No knife or implement was
found near. His oyercoat was badly
torn. There was no blood on the
hands. The coroner went down end
got the body last night and an in.
quest was held this morning.
NEW MINISTER TO SPAIN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Represen-
tative Perry Belmont, of the first
New York district has been rendered
and has accepted the appointment OF
q. s. minister to Spain, to succeed ].
L. McCurry, resigned. Belmont will
at once forward to the governor of
New York his resignation as repre-
sentative, in order that his place may
be filled by special election. His
resignation as member of the house
will cause a vacancy in the commit.
tee on foreign affairs, of which he is
chairman.
THE LATEST REGARDING DENNY.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Judge o. N.
Denny, the American adviser to the
king of Corea, is in trouble. Judge
Denny formerly occupied the posi-.
tion of United States consul general
at Shanghai, having been appointed
from Oregon during President Ar.
thurs administration. He finally
found himself out of a job. The
Corean king about that time was
looking for competent person to act
as legal adviser. He preferred an
American, as America was the only
first-class power not intriguing for ad-
vantages in the east. The Chinese
government was anxious that Judge
Denny should accept the place, which,
without much solicitation, he did.
The salary was $4,000 a year, while
the rank and dignity conferred was
second only to the king. Things ran
on smoothly until Denny committed
the folly of writing letter to Sena-
tor Mitchell. of Oregon, filled with
abuse of China and Chinese officials.
It related with great substantially an