Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-28

a lunatic or liar. Saturday morn
ing he professed not to remember a
single thing about his confession.
and even denied his name was
Brown. He said he was J. A. Buda,
and that he killed his brother-in-
law and had been tried for IL in
Centralia, ILL.,, eight years ago. He
was acquitted on the ground Of in
sanity and sent to the asylum. BE
fore the trial he had been the cell
mate Of J. w. Gray, the convict,
who, as he said yesterday, is serving
a life sentence in his stead, and he
said Gray knew his story. The
police are holding the man till they
hear from Illinois.
TEN TO RE HUNG.
COLUMBUS, 5. e. Sept. 2S.-At
Laurens Wednesday and Thursday
In the court of sessions were con-
sumed in the trial Of Jim Young,
Alton Young, Monroe Young
Henderson Young, John Adams.
Perry Adams, Lige Atkinson, Tom
Atkinson, John Atkinson, and Jack
Williams (colored) for the murder: Of
an old colored man named Thornton
Nance, on the night of August 80.
last. The jury retired at 8 O'Clock
Thursday evening, aud in thres
hours brought in a verdict of guilty,
with recommendation of mercy as
to all ten. The court sentenced
them to be hanged October 23d next
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-For two
hours this morning the president
was in consultation with represen.
tatives of the state and navy de-
partments. Since last Friday cable;
grams in cipher have been passing
between Washington and Valpar.
also, but Officials refuse to make
their contents public, but serious
complications have arisen between
the Junta and the United States
representatives in that country.
COLONEL COAIPToN's SENTENCE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S. The pres
ident has passed upon the record of
tho oNnrfp,arfiaI L., 81, ,o,, 81
Colonel Compton, of the Fourth
cavalry, charged with failure, while
in command of the military post at
Walla Walla, to take steps TO pre-
vent the Iynehing of a gambler
named Hunt, under arrest for kill
ing one Of the soldiers under him
The court found him guilty and
sentenced him to suspension from
rank and command for three years
on half pay, and to be confined to
the limits of military post The
president approved the proceedings
Of the court but mltigated the sem
tence to suspension from rank and
commlud on half pay for two years
RELEASED THE PRISONERS.
CHEYENNE, Sept. 2S.-A masked
man obtained entrance to the Lara
mie county Jail yesterday. He
bound and gagged the keeper and
released Miller, the boy murderer,
awaiting execution, and Parkinson
a soldier convicted of murder. Mil.
Ter was captured later by a posse,
but Parkinson is still at liberty.
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY.
New YORK, Sept. 2S.-The health
officials made another
raid on the poisonous grapes Satur
day and seized more than 80 crates
Of fruit that was plainly unfit for
use. The attack was made directly |
ON the source of the unwholesome I
supply by making an examination
Df the cargoes of grapes brought To
This city by steamboats, from Rond-
mt, Newburg aud other points in
aud around Ulster county, where all
he trouble seems To lie, This action
If the board of health is likely to
cad to controversy with the de-
,artment of agriculture at Washing
on, on whose recommendation the
olution of sulphate of copper was
lsed ON the vineyards to kill the
'hylloxers. A telegram was sent to
Assistant Secretary Willets in
10y G. S. Palmer, a
commission merchant, aud in reply
ir. Willets said that he did not I
hink there was any danger OF
'oisoning from grapes sprinkled
With the solution. He also said
hat If necessary he would send
'rofessor Galloway, chief of the di- /
ision of vegetable pathology, to this
ity to confer with the health OF.
GERS.
WILLIAM WANTS PEACE.
BERLIN, Sept. 2S.-Upou the oc. :
aston of the jubilee of the seventy
light Infantry regiment at Osnaburg.
hanover, Chancellor Won Caprivi
made long optimist speech upon
he political situation in Europe.
'on Caprivi said all the emperor's
forts will be directed towards the
of peace.
WEATHER REPORT.