Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-07
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The Republican Caucus Honor
Speaker Reed.
PENNOYER FAyORS CRISP.
Miss Blythe will Marry, Terrible
Wound, Held for Larceny, Found
Dead, Estimated Cost, At Day
break tuesday, Murder or Sui
eide, Foreign and State News.
pEMocRATrc CAUCUS.

Cluey rOrelgn ana oIate NeWS'
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
3, p. M.-Wires are down, but at
2:30p. M. there had been no choice
for speaker.
THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. THE Re
publican members of the house Sat
urday evening held a caucus, presid-
ed over by Congressman Hender-
son, of Illinois. Mr.. Burrows, of
Michigan, in presenting the name of
Thomas b. Reed for speaker, briefly
Jut warmly eulogized Mr.. Reed and
he work of the Fifty-irst congress.
He said: "The time is near when
the work of that congress will meet
the Endorsement aud approval OF
American people, The nomina
tiOn was agreed to by acclamation.
In brief speech in recognition Of
the honor Mr.. Reed said: "The
Republican party is suffering from
temporary setback only, and will
soon resume Its place in the affec
tions of the people" All the minor
officers of the last congress were re-
nominated.
PENNoYER FAvORs CRISP.
WASHINGTON, Dec. THE cor
respondent of the New York World
yesterday asked Governor Pennoyer
his choice for speaker Of the house.
Tbe governor replied: ~ consider
the selection of Crisp as speaker OF
the greatest advantage to the Demo
ratio party, believing as / do that
he would favor legislation by which
we could return to t he sound policy
Of the government, observed fol-
more than eighty years from its
foundation, which required the free
coinage of both gold and silver, and
that he would also favor the ex-
FUNCTION from the statute books OF
congress of the privilege now given
10 every money-loaner in the land to
dlshonor portion of the national
currency"
MISS BLYTHE WILL MARRY,
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Florence
Blythe, the heiress of the late
Thomas II. Blythe, millionaire, is
EN- gagged to marry Charles Koening,
Of this city. The young man is q
student at the Cooper Medical
college. When spoken to of his
engagement he denied it, saying he
met Miss Blythe at Blue Lakes last
summer, and that nothing but the
merest compliments of a gentlemen
to lady passed between them.
The engagement, however, is ac-
cepted as true. Miss Blythe is at
present with her aunt, Mrs. Perry,
at San Rafael.
A TERRIBLE WOUND.
BLAINE, WASH, Dec. 7-Saturday
afternoon K, @. Seeley and G. A.
McLennan, inspectors of customs,
went out in boat duck hunting.
Both shot at the same brant, and
Seeley proceeded to reload his re-
peating shotgun, when 1t accident
ally discharged, striking McLennan
In the right side of the head, tearing
a piece of the scalp away as large as |
mans hand, Following up under
the scalp, II tore the top loose from
the skull and loosened the scalp |
from the front of the head, almost
to the eyes. McLennan Is still liv.
Ing, but 1t Is not known how serious
the wound may prove.
HELD FOR LARCENY.
PORTLAND, Dec. 7.-Julian Smith,
formerly from Sargent, Custer coun-
", Neb., Is now lying in the city
jail, He was arrested just as he
allghted from the Union Pacclfi
train Thursday morning, by requset
of the Nebraska officials, who had
telegraphed description of the
man and requested the authorities
here To hold him. The telegram on
which he was arrested stated that
he is wanted for the larceny of
$1,000 from the Custer County bank;
but whether as defaulter or
cracksman Is not known. The
money was nearly all found on him
when searched.
FOUND DEAD.
OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. ~ The
body Of an unknown young man,
aged about "a, was found lying be- {
tween the tracks on the Oakland I
Moe ut 5;l5 Saturday having, ap.
fallen from a platform Of the !
last local train Saturday night. lie
was clean shaved, with dark hair, and {
was dressed In a brown suit aud
wore "A stlff-bFimmed hat. His
height was five feet nine, aud his I
weight about i75 pounds, In his I