Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-04

the same condition Of affairs tits
as necessary in Southern Oregon as
east Of the Cascades for Portland to
take the lead.
TWO BODIES FOUND.
TACOMA, Dec. 4.-The remains of
two more victims Of the recent
landslide at Canton were found in
the debris in Green river by work
men yesterday. They were David
McLeon aud A. Ericsson. The
bodies recovered so far are those of
A. Erickson, David Mclean, An
drew Anderson. aud Charles john
son. IL is believed that there are
a number b-dies still buried be-
meath the debris. Yesterday a
large force commenced work on
the battorn of the slide. Now a
wing dam will be built to turn the
channel Of the river, so that the en-
tire slide may be recovered. IL will
take fully three weeks to complete
the wing dam.
A FATAL EXPLOSION.
CREsToN, Iowa, Dec. 4.-Jasper
Maus, wife and three children were
burned 10y an explosion Of gasoline.
Two children are dead and the mau
and wife cannot recover.
KILLED BY FALLING WALLS.
Sr. PAUL, Dec. 4.-Ihis afternoon
a force of men are engaged in clear
ing away the debris OF the burned
building formerly occupied by Far
well, Ozmun & Co. aud Griggs,
Cooper a. Co., when one of the walls
fell with terrific crash killing five
men instantly and injuring twenty
others, some of them seriously.
Five bodies 80 far have been taken
from the ruins aud il is thought two
or three more are still under the
walls.
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED.
UNIoN, Or, Dec. A Judge Fee,
of the circuit court, Wednesday
night sentenced Evan Carver, who
was found guilty of murder in the
first deg, e, to be hanged, the execu
tion TO take place in the Jail yard on
january q, 1892. This was the frs
sentence of death eyer passed by
Judge Fee, and his honor was un-
able to refrain from tears. Carver
Is "a young mAn about Il years OF
age. He had nothing to say, and
took the sentence quite cooley. This
is the first instance of "a criminal
being sentenced to be hanged in
Union county.
MOTHER AND CHILD BURNED.
DENVER, Dec. 4. AT the residence
of Mrs. George Masten a lamp was
upset bv an 18-months-old child
The oil caught fire, which commu.
nicated to the child's clothing
The mother grabbed the child, and
rushed screaming into the street
Both were burned to death before
they could be rescued.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
PORTLAND, Or, Dec, A. The
railroad commissioners have return
ed from an inspecting tour of the
different lines in the state. They
report the trackage of different roads
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MINERS sUFFoCATED
MANCHESTER, Dec. 4.-One of the
pits of the Agecroft colliery, neal
ere, filled yesterday with choke
damp, and six of the twenty miners
In 1t were overcome, four of whom
were suttocated, and two are in a
critical condition.
HEAVY SNOW STORM.
WINNIPEG, Mum, Dec. 4.-All
outgoing trains are cancelled and IN
coming trains are many hours be-
hind time because of the snow storm
now raging.
UNFORTUNATE wORKMEN.
BERLIN, Dee. 4.-Five workmen
were killed aud II number injured.
six of them IL is thought fatally,
by the explosion of eight kilns in
the "Briquette' factory near halle
today.
WOMEN BURNED TO DEATH,
LONDON, Dec. A. A dispatch
from Sunderland states that fire in
u drinking shop there today burned
three women to death.
THE RUSSELL DIVORCE CASE.
LONDON, Dec 4.-In the Russell
divorce case today the jury returned
q verd ct Ia favor of Earl Russell.
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