Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-23

cabinet are also inaccessible.
THE CABINET MEETING.
WAsHINoTON, Jan. 28.-The
meeting Of the cabinet yesterday, in
view Of the death Of Justice Brad
ley, was quite brief, lasting only
about an hour. All the secretaries
were present. IL is understood that
President Harrison read draft OF
his message, with which he will
send the correspondence on the
Chilian matter to congress, to bic
associates, and 1t is supposed that II
will go to congress upon the reas-
sembling Monday. The delay IN
sending the correspondence to coz
gress, which was generally expected
would be done Wednesday, Is said
to be due to the fact that all the
testimony adduced in the examiDa-
ton of the Baltimore sailors at
Valparaiso, had not been received.
II has just come to hand, and was
considered by the president last
uight. The message is not com
pleted, that is, II has not been finally
revised but will probably be today,
The message will not be so long, il
Is said, as has been reported. Ii will
not exceed 1000 or 5000 words.
DEF ENsE OF PUGET SOUND.
WAsHTNoToN, Jan. Ex-senator
Squire Of Washington says: III had
an important conference at the war
department yesterday, and bave ar
ranged for the defense of Puget
sound, so far as the department
deems practicable. At this time
there does not seem to exist, at the
war department, any great appre-
hension of serious trouble"
hound BoR VALPARAISO.
MoNTEvIDEO, Jan. 23.-Admiral
Walker, with the flag ship Cruiser
Chicago, accompanied by the Cruiser
Atlanta and gunboat Bennington,
left yesterday for Valparaiso.
WANTS SIX WEEKS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The Star
mas thia. According to the hest in
formation the foundation for the
change Of opinion which has been
expressed from war to peace is that
Chill suggested 10 this country that
about six weeks more time should
be allowed her within which to
determine whether or not she will
make an apology. No promise of
reparation is made, but 1t is broadly
asserted that Chill will do what she
thinks is right after having ex-
hausted her inquiries, 1t is said
that Blaine regarded this as sufli
cient to warrant the delay sug-
gested, but President Harrison did
not agree. If, AS reported, the
Chilian government Is about to ask,
through Minister Montt, for the
recall OF Munster Egan, the request
IL not likely To be granted, as Presi-
dent Harrison is entirely satisfied
with Mr.. Egan's course.
QUAY-Posr LIBEL.
PITTsBURG, jan. 23.-The jury in
the criminal libel suit of Quay
against the Pttsburg Post Publish
ing company, a. j. Barr, president,
and James Mills, editor, brought in
verdict Of guilty, last evening, in a
manner and form as indicated.
Judge Harter in his charge to the
jury yesterday afternoon, said If the
publication was made without neg
ligence, then the jury must acquit.
The jury must be satisfied that be-
yond reasonable doubt that the
application was made negligently
and maliciously, otherwise the ver-
dict must be made for the defend
ant.
Continuing, the court said: ait
Is the duty of the commonwealth
TO prove malice; If the words are
necessarily OF a character TO blacken
reputation, and the charge Is ia Sc,
the law presumes malice. In this
case there Is no evidence or allega-
tim of any special meaning, aud
therefore the meaning Is to be gath
cred from the whole article on the
subject, aud after obtaining all the
light possible, "
At 9 o'clock the jury came In aud
asked for additional instructions,
The points on which they desired
information were whether the jury
would be justified In bringing in
verdict Of guilty II they found no
malice, but negligence. Also, II
the defendants should be found
guilty AS corporation or indlvid-
uals. The court said that where
negligence was found, the law pre-
sumed malice, and il Il was malic.
iousness or negligence It was the
duty OF the jurors to convict
those defendants who were rtspon-
slble for the publication.
The jury, after half an hour
returned with the verdict as above.
WHAT rHE POST SAYS.
PITTsBuRa, Jan, IS. The Post
today comments editorlally, saying
that u Republican court, Republican
prosecuting attorney and Republi-
can Jury have convicted q Demo
cratic Journal of a libel on the leader
OF the Republican party, The Post
also denounees the method OF the
Republican district attorney, both