Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-23


the statement Of the atrocious treat
ment of the Jews. He saw a score
of deed in the streets, mostly infants
who had perished Of exposure in the
sudden removal from their homes,
or been torn away from their moth
ers, many of them under the pretext
that they had not been registered.
Herr Wemdorfi himself, although
not Jew, has rather Hebraic
visage, and was compelled TO go to
the police Office and give an account
of himself aud his ancestry for sew
eral generations back. He succeeded
In proving that he was not Jew,
and was released.
STATUE UNVEILED.
CHICAGO, Ills, May %. - The
statue of Linn@us, botanist, counter
part of the one IN Stockholm, was
unveiled in Lincoln Park, today.
WHEAT SENSATION.
ST.. PAUL. May 23.-John Shelly,
chief deputy grain inspector at Min
neapolis, created sensation before
the wheat steal committees yester-
day by stating that there was appar-
emily collusion between high officials
in the matter of inspection at Du-
luth. He seid that vessels were con
stantly loaded with wheat at night
without inspection, and that there
was an understanding with Mr..
Rupley, general superintendent of
elevators at Duluth, that the grain
should be so shipped. Continuing,
he said: "The law required some
thing like 100000 bushels of dam
aged wheat in elevators Il and f
Had that fact been known in the
country 1t would have Grated panic.
think there was some understand
ing between the elevator people and
the Minnesota grain and warehouse
commissioner TO get the wheat out
of the country on the quiet"
PERFECTLY CORRECT.
PITTsBURG. May 23.-Rev. Nc
Glurkin of the Reformed Presbyte-
rian theological seminary in ALE.
gany has announced his intention of
resigning the chair of theology and
history in that institution. His
reasons are that seven Reformed
Presbyterian ministers were sus-
pended for voting at political
elections. In his letter resignlng he
says: ~ have been forced to the
conclusion that the individual
conscience of the American citizen
should be allowed to decide as to his
duty of casting ballot for right
rulers.n
MINE EXPLOSION.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 23.--At
the Pratt mines yesterday an ex-
plosion of gas in shaft killed ten
negro conylcts and one free miner,
Tom Moere. 1t is believed the men
In some way knocked off a plank
from the door which stood across an
old chamber, and on which the word
''gas" was written. The gas rushed
out and caught fire from a lamp.
Officers of the company went to the
rescue and worked to save the men,
but were themselves nearly suff'ocat-
ed and narrowly escaped. The
bodies of the dead were recovered.
EX-MINIsTER SANFORD DEAD.
New York, May %. - Henry
Shelton Sanford, United States
minister to Belgium and late dele.
gate TO the Brussels anti.slavery
conference, died on Thursday at
Healing Springs, Va.
FAILURE OF RUBBER COMPANY.
TRENTON, N. j., May 23,-The
Star Rubber company is in finan
clal difficulty. The counsel for the
company said that owing to the con.
traction of credit, the company's
liabilities are more than Il can meet
at the instant. Secretary Belle, he
added, had informed him that the
company could pay two dollars f,r
every one II owed. Liabilities may
foot up TO half million dollars.
BURNED TO DEATH.
MINNEAPOLIS, May %. 80 This
morning at a fire In house, Felix
Lawler was burned to death. His
daughter, aged six years, an infant
son and his wife were severely
burned.
A CoUNTERFEIThR,
CHICAGO, May 2S,-Captaln Por