Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-25

oI tie Silver Bow oinnty court, OF
|.s authorship. Mf. Mcknight
proved a very good witness On The
stand. lie declared the offensive
articles ascribed to "hn Old Mon
Itnian,n was a composite article,
being tie ia as expressed In conver-
sallon with many PEOPLE IN Helena
~ the time Of The application for a
change Of venue IN The Davis will
case. lie could not remember ex-
acllr who bad suggested The various
Id4as Il contained Dir. Ingalls' re-
marks 10 the court IA his argument
of the motion suggested one phrase,
deadly blas, and Ia conversation
with anDtlier gentleman be mad de-
rived sbe idea that republicans and
Democrats bad united ~ seating
Judge McIlaiton for his well known
farliallty which would be Of use in
keeping the Davis estate In this
county IN case ofa contest over the
estate. He refused TO disclose this
in)ormanrs name. This was the
only individual authority he could
rnlember and the case was adj
iourned for Mcknight 10 get per
mission from this gentleman to give
biz name.
CARLOAD or DuPEs.
81. LOUIS. July pa Southern
express car at the UNION station J.
the present abiding place Of an odd
assortment Of white and colOred ex-
curelonists from Birmingham, Ala
The excursion originally numbered
about 400 people, who paid $40 and
SIS for tickets to Chicago and ~.
Louis and return. Tie excursion
was engineered by a white man
named Packet, aud the notorious
''Docv Kennedy, a negro, who has
achieved considerable renown In the
South as the originator Of financial
hoaxes. When the party reached
West Point, Miss. 5000 additional
was required to make the trip. THIS
was So more per person, for those In
tending TO go on 10 Chicago when
the party reached III Louis. About
this time the majority Of the dupes
Of Kennedy and his partner refused
to pay any more. A few, however
paid the required SO, and they start
cd for Chicago. The excursionists
were induced 10 leave home with
the understanding that work would
be furnished them at Chicago and
st. Louis at large wages.
A MAN MISSING.
CHICAGO, July 25.-Detectives are
still unable to find the whereabouts
Of II. w. Quick, the wealthy young
Englisbnlan, who mysterlously
disappeared from the Grand Pacific
hotel last Saturday. His luggage II
In storage at the hotel, and he has
not appeared at the First National
bank to claim the money which was
sent TO him by cable from London
Wednesday. kilograms from San
Francisco cay that Quick arrived In
that city from Australia July o.
While ut the Cape Of Good Hope the
young Englishmen suffered from "a
severe hemorrhage soon after taking
bath, and since then, his friends
claim, he has not fully recovered.
During his voyage To America he
told the officers OF that steamer that
he was going to do some work for
the Canadian Pacific railway. He
Is a civil engineer by profession, and
unmarried. IL IL also said that
Quick drank heavily during the
voya ge, AMI this fact strengthens the
belief Of the detectives OF Chicago
that the Englishman Is In bad com
pany, aud that be will appear ar
non IN he regaIns his senses. DIR.
NJ. Luseron, an English physician
who II making "A tour Of the world
was companion OF Quick In eros.
sing the Pacific. He remains at the
Grand Pacific hotel, In the hope
that his friend may soon return.
THF "H0LY CoAT.n
BERLIN, July 25.--The Pope has
approved exhibition of the "Iioly
Coat at Treves, and sanctioned
forgiveness Of sins OF pilgrims who
Journey thlther. Three steamers
each with nine hundred pilgrims
aboard have arrived from America.
MOTION DISMISSED.
ST. PAUL, Juty 25.-rhe motion
10 dismiss the cases against the train
ers Of Fitzslmmons aud Hall was de-
nied by Judge and trial Is now In
progress.
COL. cOMProN's TRIAL,
WALLA WALLA, July 25. The
court martial on Col. Compton was
ended yesterday. The findings of
the court win be reported 10 the
secretary Of war before being made
public. The opluion prevails that
the court will find Compton guilty
OF neglect Of duty, but that II recon-
mendatlon that the punishment he
light, will be made.
CRUISER no. 8,
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.-The
first riyetin Cruiser No 0 was driven
yesterday by Henry 4. Scott. The
cruiser will be the largest marine
contract ever let TO the Pacific coast
tshe ls 10 be protected cruiser OF
ab0O tons displacement, aud $40 feet
in length. The test OF speed Is 20 be
NOT less than 20 knots per hour