Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-12

Captain George Patton. Of the Villa
mctle Valley, reports that on The
10Th inst, thirty two miles south OF
Yaaulna and ten miles west oi
shore, at o'clock p. IN, he sighted
what appeared to be steamer dfiit-
ING with the wind. lie lowered a
boat and went abuafd and found IL
was the Maggie Ross. bound for
San Francisco from Coos bay. The
body Of dead seaman was found
on the deck. There was no sigu Of
any Of the rest Of the crew. Tie
eteamer's boats where gone aud i Is
not known whether the vessel Was
abandoned by the crew or whether
they were washed overheard during
the recent gale. Tie Maggie Ross
was loaded with lumber aud sailed
from Coos bay last Monday. All
her deckload of lumber was gone
when she vas found together with
her smokestack and part of heI
cabin. She was most dilapidated
looking vessel when she was towed
in, and shows the evidence of hav-
ing received some hard knocks 10y
the storm. 1t II not known whether
the Ross carried any passengers OF
not. or what was the number of hei
crew. There were no marks Of vio-
lsnce on the body of the sailor found,
aud nothing to indicate how he had
come TO his death. A hurried ex
animation Of the schooner seemed
to show her hull was all right, aud
all the damage she sustained was
confined to her upper works.
BOUND OVER.
TACOMA, Dec. 12.-W. A. Berry,
proprietor of the Evening Call, war
examinined in the juitice's court
yesterday on charge of libel, pre-
ferred by Judge Fremont Campbell,
of the superior court. Sometime
ago Berry paid Campbell $40, which
the latter claims was due him,
Berry having borrowed the money
After the money had been repaid
Berry showed the receipt to Par
fridge, his partner, aud one or two
others, intimating that the money
had been given, aud Campbell haf
them both arrested. Berry had
preliminary hearing, and was boun'
over for trial in the superior conrt
Partridge waived examination, ant
was also bound over.
DESTRUCTIVE GALE.
Los ANGELES, Dec. 12.-Oue q
the most disastrous wind storm
that has visited this section in year,
swept over Los Angeles and vlcinit
yesterday morning, reaching th
climax at O'Clock, when the win'
attained velocity Of % miles al
hour. It's severity seems to hav'
been the greatest at Pasadena aut
In the San Gabriel valley. Tive
persons were killed, Miss Brown
living near Glendale, was burned
to death, aud A. G. Taber at Nor
walk. In Los Angeles the damage
was nominal. Reports from Pasa
dena announce the wreck Of severa
churches and the destruction o
many barns. The Raymond hote
has suffered serious loss, the roof o
the west gable being carried of
when the gale was at its height
The Raymond was opened for thu
season on Thursday. The destruc
tlon to the orange orchards is yer.
great.
VICTIMS LOUISVILLE FIRE.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. l2.-The miss
ing men supposed to be in the ruin
of the candy factory, have re
turned to their houses, and the rec
ord closed with eight lost at tn
Menus and four at the Boon
Paper Company fires. The searcl
has closed. The total loss Is nov
placed at 100000.
KILLED IN A WRECK.
Carlo, Ills, Dec, ia collision
occurred Wednesday night at Noun
tain Glenn, near Murphysboro, Ills.
on the Mobile d Ohio railroad, be
tween a freight aud construction
train. Four or five persons ar,
reported killed.
THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.
CHICAGO, Dec. l2.---The sixteen
anarchists caught In the recent raid
at Grlefs ball, who were fined aud
had their fines remitted, have APP
pealed their cases to the criminal
court.
LOSS or STEAMER.
GENOA, Dec. ~. The boiler of the
Italian steamer Calaoraia which
left here this morning for n iples,
exploded, sinking the steamer.
Thlrty-six persons were on boaad,
OF whom twenty,one were drowned.
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