Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-12
SOckIeSs Jerry Scores Con
gress.
PENNOYER ON THE SITUATION.
Sugar, A Suicide, Graves
Faithful Wife, Now The Strong
est on Earth, Sorry too Late,
Robbed a Streetcar. Tin Mine
Discovered, Monmouth Burns,
Lynch law, Sherman's 5 Statue,
Foreign and State News, Etc.
THE FEDERAL JupasHrP.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-(Special
10 the JoURNAL.) 1t is isexpected the
president will appoint judge for
the sixth district today.
TThe Oregon candidates for the
federal iudgeship have been Judge
Lord Of the state supreme bench,
Messrs. Simon and Gilbert, Of Port
land. The influence of Judge
Thurston,; of Omaha, chief
counsel at Omaha of the Union
Pacific and q representative of Jay
Gould, and a Blaine boomer has
been exerted for the latter. His de-
clination in our dispatches to be a
candidate, oetensibly becase Blaine
has Withdrawn is Indication that he
has been 'turned down" and that
Gilbert will not be appointed.
Simon, a supposed representative Of
Willard interests, may yet receive
the position If any Oregon man is
chosen.l
THURsToN is OUT.
OMAHA, Nsb., Feb. 12.-Hon.
John M. Thurston yesterday morn
ing In an interview formally declines
to allow his name to go before the
conv eution as candidate for vice
pres i'd ent, owing to Blaine's with
dra-waI. He predicted that Harrison
will be the nominee, and says there
will be stubborn fight. He fears
the Alliance will be strong enough
% cause a Republican defeat.
WAS ALGER DISMISSED.
DETROIT, Feb. 12.-The New York
Sun yesterday contained an editorial
discus sion on the military career of
Gen. Russell A. Alger, disclosing tire
existence among the official records
of tho war department, with rec
Communication of General Custer,
dated twenty-eight years ago, that
Genel al Alger be dishonorably dis
charged, being absent from his COM
mano without leave. The editorial
says llger was discharged from the
servit e, Sept. 20, 1864, as the result
of this recommendation The text
of the editorial was telegraphed
Alger, and he last night made an
expla iation Of the charges made
against him, stating he was honor
ably discharged and not dismissed
as sta ied. In his denial, Alger said :
ain August, 1854, at Sheppardstowp,
Va, ON the Potomac / had been ILL.,,
but was on duty. / went into camp
that night, and not being able to
march, next morning, was sent with
Others who were sick to the hospital
at Annapolis, and after remaining
there few days / was detailed on
court martial at Washington, where
/ reported aud served little time,
and then resigned, az ! was not ahle
to enter the field and did not like
court martial service. Along in
June md July, 1854, General Custer
requested me several times 10 haye
his brother Thomas appointed lieu
tenant In my regiment,as he wished
have him TO serve on his staff, l
declined and In the hot controversy
about IL one day he told me would
regret It some day, said to him l
would rather resign than to have an
outside officer promoted In my regi-
meut when / had deserving men In
the ranks. Inever knew or suspected
there was the slightest question
about my being properly sent with
the lnrge number of sick aud
wounded sent 10 Annapolis and at
General Clusters recommendation
II he knew the facts II WAS one of
the most cruel outrages ever per-
petratod upon soldier"
socKLEss JERRY.
WAsHINaToN Feb, l2.-The
Farmers Alliance arraigned the
Democratic aud Republican parties
In the house yesterday on the charge
of extravaganoein public expendi.
lures, and insisted that these parties
were ignoring the principal legisla-