Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-10
ARMY OFFICER DEAD.

and Austrian premium O0nds. SOl'
omon Is said TO be a confederate Of
+. Horner, Of New York. Two me
have been arrested at ST. Louis
charged with being confederates o.
Horner.
Il. J. M'CALLEY, DEAD.
wALLA WALLA, Mar l0.-R0bcr
J. McCalley, receiver Of the United
States land Office died yesterday af
ternocn, after brief illness.
AN AGED DEFAULTER.
LANSING, Mich, Mar. 10.-Thos.
M. Wilson WIS appointed chief clerk |
In Auditor Grants office In 1874,
but had to give up his Office this
year when the democrats came into |
power. The state owns a business
block In this city and yesterday 1t
transpired that Wilson had collec-
ted the rentals, given receipts and
put the money IN his own pocket
Attorney General Ellis had experts
examine his books and found short
age Of $500. Wilson was arrested
and waived examination, offering to
make good the shortage If given
FIVE hours. Wilson IL ~ years old,
but IL said 10 have an extravagant
young wife.
STEAMER BUCKEYE SAFE.
SEATTLE, Mar. l0--The report |
that steamer Buckeye had been lost
near Edmonds, with 20 passengers
aboard was dIsproved this morning
by the arrival OF the steamer safe
and sound. The non.arrival Of the
vessel when she was due and the
washing ashore of quantity of vegt-
tables with which she was loaded,
gave rise TO the report 1t now trans
pires that when the storm arose the
Buckeye put back to Apple Tree
cove and did not make the return
trip until yesterday morning.
HIGH WATER.
ARKANSAS CITY, Ark, Mar. TO-
Tle river has risen over two feet In
the past "a hours, while the levees
can only stand two feet more Of wa.
ter. The outlook IN not encoung.
Ing. I
FLOOD IN GEORGIA. I
AUGUSTA, Mar. 10. The great
portion of the city between the canal
and river is under water all busi-
II sss II suspended. The water Is re- }
ceding aud no damage done 10 prop ,
erly. t
A HORRIBLE REVELATION.
TACOMA, Mar, l0.--A prominent
Tacoma physician has made horri-
BILE aud startling revelation. lie al
leges that he was called about two 4
ago To the deathbed Of e
poor Swede living In the sixth addi, '
ION OF thIs city, named Lars Peder- Il
'on. lie told the physician he $
wish his dying confession written, a
aud II was as follows; Il
"He had worked in Armour's pork !
house, Chicago, until 1855 aud then u
went TO Sioux city, In slterhorn's O
packing house. lie worked there v
until the spring Of 1850, when hc s
killed man panrd Lars Hantrum, U
who worked ON the uight shin with :
him, cleaning the fioors In the Nil. 1
ng room. lie killed Hartrum with q
. large knife he found lying In the j
runway from the hog-scmper ''
lie stabbed him many times, aud y
his liieblood flowed down the gutter
10 the fertilizer, mixing with the
blood OF the swine killed that day II
lie then put him into the chute aud "a
ran his body Ia among the iO,O0O =
,aTcaaaas killed that day Near a
he took the badly to IA,
shopping blocks, cut II Ia pieces, GOV
red Il with salt aud ran them 20 the Ia
rcexing rooms among the piles OF d
,,Fk left there for months. lie then Ia
armed the eloGhes la the furnace, q
Nothlng more was heard of the u
natter, and there 10 no doubt that 5,
bis human hesh was packed - ~
0rk and distribnted throughout the h'
ouatry. Pcderson lived la sioux "
lly Coz ixs nanihs after the a uE. Jo
er then cams here. he says, II no
le body Is not T,'ek~,i. they
m flnd la ihe Eoribeast nor-
~ Of the oHnllug rO'm all il.e 10 IN
aims u HarlsFum, Tie liAyaeiAn pa.
anxious that slbsrhorn's pack. slT
Z oompany make an exanlinatlon an,