Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-04-07

towns upon public lands by giving
valid title thereto. Under such
protection many towns with build.
Jugs Of great value have grown up.
II would ia many instances be q
great impediment to the progress OF
such towns IL the titles to those
occupied by their inhabitants were
subject to be overthrown by snbse-
quent discovery Of mineral deposits
under their surface. If their title
would not protect them against the
discovery of mines in them, neither
would it protect them against the
invasion of their property for the
purpose ofexploring for mines, We
do not think that any such results
were contemplated by the act. nor
that any construction should be
given to II as would lead TO such
results"
THEY SHAVED THE KID.
WASHINGTON, N. j., April T.
Mrs. James MacNearny, Of Kerrs-
VILE, left her three children, sged 8,
and q years, at home while she
went to the store Saturday. When
she returned, she found the youngest
lying on the floor covered With blood,
with razor by his side. The child
was very weak from loss of blood,
though not dead. His little face
was one mass Of cuts, and In the
neck was large cash that came
within little of cutting the juglar
vein. The other children were final
" discovered In closet fast asleep.
Their little hands were covered with
blood. They explained to their
mother that they had been playing
barber and trying TO shave the baby,
who would not keep still and was
cut. They became frightened at the
blood and hid themselves. The
baby's wounds were dressed, and he
will recover, though he may have
two or three bad SCARS on his face.
Hereafter the razor In that house
will be put out of reach.
MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY.
PITTsBURG, April John s.
GonzahIes, woodenware-worker,
was found dead near West Liberty,
Pa, yesterday, with bullet-hole
through his head, and his pockets
rihed. He was engaged to young
lady named Maggie Smith, with
whom he had spent the evening,
leaving before midnight. He had in
his possession $3.50, which he was
to pay on his home. There is no
clue to his murderers.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY.
WASHINGTON, April 7.-Ex-Rep-
resentative Lorenzo Grouse, of Ne
braska, has accepted the Office Of
assistant secretary of the treasury
rendered him by Foster, and will be
appointed by the president in few
days.
p. II. BARNUM.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, April 7. "A
bulletin Issued at s O'clock this morn
ing said that PIT. Barnum was much
worse. He is rapidly failing and
probably will not last "a hours.
MURDLR AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, April IA japanese
lodging house keeper named Jim
Skoiky was horribly butchered and
murdered last night In an under
ground restaurant built level with
the tide flats In the basement of the
Stockholm saloon. The murderer Is
Moot DOosky, japanese gambler,
and he has not yet been captured.
The restaurant aud saloon Is reached
by a dark winding stairway, lead
Ing down between two saloons, and
Is situated In the worst quarter of
the city, Al $50 o'clock Officer
Corbett saw Jap men running up
the stairway TO the street, and he
caught one who was covered with
blood aud turned him over to an.
other officer. Then he ran into the
restaurant and found the place filled
with about thirty excited Japs, who
poured out from the different mys-
ferrous doorways. He caught but
two aud they were the cook and
proprietor In the center of the
floor was Jap with his throat cut
from ear TO ear, his head scalped,
and a terrible wound across the
head, trying TO rise to his feet. The
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