Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-16
DESPERATE LOVER.

DESPERATE LOVER.
PARIS, May 16.-PolIce of Landers
have arrested man named Meue-
Mot, who IL au ex-ofiicer of customs
and a widower with two sons, court
ed a wealthy girl named Jaotel, who
rejected him because he was poor.
Menenoit then engaged In a number
Of robberies, and finally murdered a
priest and his servant. Having got
some money, be renewed bis suit,
but the girls mother objects d to the
mans children. Meuenoit there
upon set fire to the girls residence,
the occupants of which had narrow
escape. Meunoit he'd not been de-
tected In any of these crimes. After
another interview with the girl,
who then seemed to be willing to
marry him, he smothered his eldest
boy, and finally shet and seriously
injured the girls brother, who had
forbidden the proposed marriage
When arrested, Meuenoit confessed
to all but the double murder.
CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
PARIS, May l6.-Professor Barn
helm has submitted his report to the
academy of medicine regarding the
experiments made to cure tubercu
losis by TRANSMISSION Of goats blood
The professor, in his report, says
fourteen patients have been treated
by this system, and that two OF
them were in the last stage Of con
sumption. Ten Of the number, suf
fering from tuberculosis, the report
adds, have greatly improved under
the new treatment, and the last two
Of the fourteen patients, both ofthen
in an advanced stage Of consump
tion, died six weeks after receiving
the first TRANSMISSION. Bernheim de
clares the treatment has an import
ant effect In the early stage of con.
sumption, but adds 1t should not be
used In the last stage.
PAPER BUSTED.
WASHINGTON, May 16-,The Eve
ming Critic has ceased publication
and has been placed in the hands of
o receiver.
DANGER is OVER.
TRAvERs CITY, Mich, May 49,
The danger from forest fires in the
western part of the state is believed
to have passed and the only destruc-
tlon now possible will come In the
half cleared districts where Goals are
still snouldering in old stumps.
NOBLE AND RAUM.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May l6.-General
Noble, secretary of the Interior, who
Is in this city, was seen in reference
to the discharge of Greene b. Raum,
Jr., son of the Commissioner of PEN
sions. 1t is true, he said, Young
Raum's resignation was demanded.
Charges were made against him of
selling offices and Justification in the
civil service examination. Young
Raum had recently got into bad
habits. / cannot in any sense hold
his father, Gen. Raum, responsible
for the shortcomings of his son. l
know of no charges of any kind
against Gen. Raum.
WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
SACRAMENTO, May l8.-A Colfax
special says: Wednesday evening
woman's body was found In the
brush one mile west of town by
farmer and a boy. The boy dis.
covered a small tent and in 1t was
the dead body. The coroner's jury
yesterday was unable to identify the
body as there were no letters on the
person. On piece of paper was
some writing and figures, evidently
addresses. An empty half-ounce
bottle, which had contained lauda-
mum, was found outside the tent.
The shoes, which show no
wear, pointed to the fact that
she had either been driven to
the neighborhood or got oil some
night train here and walked to
the spot. Twenty cents were
found in a purse. A pair Of specta-
cles found showed her to be middle
aged. The body was supposed to
haye been dead about one week, and
the features were unrecognizable
owing to decomposition, Several
San Jose and one San Francisco
paper Of April 10, were found.
TRANS. s.MIssoURI ASSOCIATION.
DENVER, May l6.-The Trans
Missouri Association will meet at
Kansas City Wednesday next. The
association considered the question
OF interchange Of mileage tickets,
but failed to arrive at any conclu-