Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-18

Tuesday night near Leliaetta, |. T.,
and robbed of $500.
John aud Henry Martin and three
unknown women were whipped by
Whitecaps near Hinsdale, Ind,
Tuesday night, for petty thieviug.
Henry II. Elson, son of the ex-
mayor Of New York, was arrested
Wednesday for obtaining $500 on a
draft on bank in which he had no
credit.
The Allegheny Heating company,
of Pittsburg, claim that Thomas l..
Shields, their secretary and treasurer
Is short over SlOO,OOOO in his ac-
counts.
w. f. Slinglof, ex-treasurer Of
the Montgomery Trust company, of
Morristown, Pa, has been arrested
charged with eInbezzling $3.50, 900 OF
The BANGS funds.
Mrs. Popke, aged IS, living IN
Seymour, Wis, has been arrested
for smothcriug her infant. Her
husband, who buried the child III
the womis, was also arrested.
a wreck occurre d on the Elkhorn
railway, near F,eInont, Neb, We'd
ncsday, aud W. Wilson, brake
man, was killed. A light engine
ran into freight train, causing the
accident.
A disastrous accident occurred OH
the Illinois Central, near GaIene,
Ills, Wednesday. Two freight
tr lins collided, causing the demeli-
ton of three locomotives and twenty
cars, with cargoes of coal and mer-
chandise. Henry Meyer, a fireman,
W 's probably fatally injured.
The walls of the Tracy building,
a thrce.story block in course of erec-
ii ~ at BIrberton, five miles from
Akron, o., collapsed Wednesday,
killing William StauTer, of Barber
ton, and perhaps fatally injuring
c lrl Reid, w. l.. Keller and w. Ii.
Waterman, workmen engaged on
the structure.
The dead body off. II. Stetthamer
was fund Wednesday at the Stat
ford house, Chicago. He had closed
the room and turned on two gas
Jets, thus committing suicide. He
came here from San Francisco two
months ago with plenty of money |
aud determined TO enjoy himself.
For the last week he has been almost
constantly under the influence of
liquor. Nothing is known of him
except his name and that his resi-
dence wns in San Francisco.
The Los Angeles Times prints an
interview with j. de Barth Shorb,
who has just returned from Chicago,
He stated that the management of
the worlds fair was rotten TO the
core. He will take steps to have an
investigation ut Washington unless
Director General Davis he removed,
on the ground Of his unhtness for
the place.
A duel with swords took place at
Plpestone between Tom Allerton
and James Arrowsmith, two farmers
between whose families n feud of
long standing has existed. AS Miss
Arrowsmith was returning from
town late Saturday she met Tom
Allerton. As she passed he called
her father names. The young lady |
told her brother James and he de-
manded an apology. Allerton re.
fused, and duel was agreed upon
with swords as weapons. The fight
was of the most terrific character,
and while both men were cut, ii
seemed as if neither would gain the |
mastery. Suddenly Allerton dropped |
his sword, when Arrowsmith made |
a savage lunge, cleaving the left side
Of his opponents head open. Aler-
ton dropped to the ground in heap.
ArTowsulith gave himself up to the
sheriff, aud Is retained In custody, |
~ IL Is not expected that Allerton
will live.
II the bill giving the bishops of
the church of England greater au-
thority over the clergy in the in
terest of morality were now before
parliament, would probably pass
with "a rush, as many OF the clergy |
aud laily of the church are indig.
nant over the existing situation.
The Rev. ST. John Dearsley, vicar
OF Wilmington, Sussex, was recently
convicted OF the responsibility for "a
young girls ruin, and ordered to
pay weekly sum to the victim, He
has now secured from the girl full
discharge on payment of el000, lie
still remains In his past0rate and
shows no disposition to resign. As
his offan was only mlsdemeanor,
he cannot be removed by the bishop,
and he continues In the pulpit much
TO the disgust OF the people.
Alexander Brow, an engineer en-
ployed In Mr.. Dean Blanchard's
logging camp, near Ralniar, was
severely Injured Wednesday morn.
Ing. He was running donkey en-
glne which Is used for hauling logs
out Of the timber in the place OF
cattle. The wire rope had been run
out aud attached to a log and the
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