Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-29

Monday. Los. $4,000.
A Ere At Blges. Cal, Mon1sy
cansed a damage Of 5000 20 a barn
and lumber yard belonging 10 H.
Cobh.
The business part q the town II
Blair. TremIeal county, Via. was
burned Monday. Los, $4,000 10
s75. 600.
A fire broke out a, Sanger, Cal, st
2 O'Clock Monday morning. burning
over half block of the business por-
ti0n u that town. The to'al los
will be about so, 1000, mostly eoyered
by insurance.
The fire Sunday night at Los
Gatos, Cal, was only stopped By
great effort, a. there IL no fire de-
partmeDt 10 the town and the water
supply is small. IT IL now esti
mated the losses will aggregate
$4,000, insurance about 81, 600.
Daring a thunder storm at Ayles-
bury, England, Monday nine per-
SONS attending a flower show were
struck by lightning and three o.
them killed.
John A. Marion, editor aud pre-
prietor Of the Prescott Courier,
dropped dead at bis resideuce Mon
day from heart disease.
Floods are doing immense damage
tD property in POsen. Many eorpses
Of persons drowned in The floods
have been seen floating in the
river Neisse.
The emperor Of Germany per
sOnally conducted religious services
on board the yacht Imperial, Sun
day. The yacht arri, ID at Malau-
gen FJoard and proceeded south
ward.
Daniel u. Yost, wellknowu stock
broker during the big bonanza ex.
element, afterward assistant United
States appraiser in the custom
house during CIeyelaDd's admins
tration, died Monday at 81. Luke's
hospital in San Francisco.
A valuable find Of lead ore was
made at CorBucOpIa, Or, last week
by w. 3. Wilson. The ore is fine
quality Of suIphide Of lead. Tie
metal has been greatly needed TO
reduce the gold and silver ores Of
the camp. The discovery is Of vast
importance to this entire section.
Willis Farm, carpenter, attempt
ed 10 jump on moving freight
train early Monday morning, near
PuyaIlup, but lost bis hold and fell
TO the ground His right foot was
caught under the wheels and badly |
crushed. He sustained other bad |
bruises and was shaken up consider.
ably. He was taken to the county |
hospital. Amputation may lie
found necessary.
The city Of Sunderland, England,
was shaken by an explosion at 3
O'Clock a. m. Monday. People were
startled from their sleep and many
rushed into the street, fearing an
earthquake had occurred. Other
explosions followed and the Wear
Fuel cOmpADy's chemical works
were soon discovered 10 be burning,
II transpired that naphallne press
had burst, setting fire to the works
and causing the explosion of an
enormous tank 0f oil. The fire
spread rapidly, aud the nature Of
tile burning material making II
difficult for the firemen to make
beadway IN fighting the flames.
Last Saturday evening three men
from Oregon registered at the Hotel
de France, Ia Sanger, and requested
rooms. They retired, but finding
the rooms close aud warm, removed
their beds TO the roof of the veranda
In front Of the building. About !
O'Clock Sunday morning parties
sitting on o porch across the way
saw an unknown man With shot
gun creep along the Veranda roof
and fire two loads Of buckshot at
the strangers. One man was danger.
ously wounded, one seriously aud
the other slightly injured. No cause
Is assigned for the deed. NJ Rogollo,
proprietor Of the hotel, ls under ar
rest charged with the attempted
murder. lie is out on $4,000 bail.
David Newton, uged 25, Of She
mango township, was arrested Mon
day morning, charged with murder
ing Riser, Of Shenango township, IA
farmer, April 3, 1889, near Wan-
pun, Pa. Newton, Riser aud James
Hooper were all drinking In Wam-
pun on April 2, the next morning
the mangled remains Of Riser were
found ON the railway track. II was
supposed he had fallen on the track
pnd been killed while in a drunken
slupor. II Ia charged now that
Newton talked IN his sleep lately,
aud has said that he murder, d and
robbed Riser. Newton claims that
the charge is false aud the result OF
spite.
oflcer James Kelly, of Johns
town Pa, endeavorcd to stop a row
IN an excursion train returning
from Cumberland. The crowd