Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-09
Judge Cooley Resignes asChair-
man Inter State Commits
sion.
PROHIS OR MASSACHUSETTS.
A Locomotive Explodes, Ground to
Pulp, Portland Races, Asked for
a Dollar Admission Day, Good
Times, Fate of a Negro Brute,
State and Foreign News, Etc.
NEW YoRK REpnRLroANs.

ROCHESTER,, NY, Sept. 9.-Dele-
gates to the Republican convention
have been thronging into the city
all yesterday. It appears probable
now that J. Sloat Fassett will be the
nominee for governor A prominent
fact is the cordial unaniniity of The
friends of Thos. G. Piatt and Warner
Miller. The factious division seems
to have faded away, although uD t'
the present time it was known thai
Platt favored Andrew ID. White,
candidacy. For lieutenant governor
Phillip Becker is talked of. and it l.
probable Mr.. Enstein will be nomi
mated for comptroller. At noon
Glen. Knapp, chairman state COM
mittee called the convention T.
order. He spoke briefly and hi
reference to the "Man from Maine
was received with terrific and pro
longed applause, VIM. Goodrich
was chosen temporary chairman.
Goodrich in speech said upon tbs
subject of silver honest dollar 70
an honest debt, the Democratic
party Is like lizard changing color
according to its environs, at The
south IL stands for Prohibition, IN
the North for free rum, ou the Pa
cfic coast and mountains II demands
fires COMA ge Of silver. In the Ohio
convention II adopted free coinage
plank by bare majority and placed
\ hard money man upon 1t aud at
the East it demands gold aud silver
coinage on an equal basis. "We
sorrowfully behold the governor. OF
this great state as he stands like
modern colossus one foot in the ex
ecutiye chamber at Albany and the
other in the senate chamber at
Washington. His eyes greedily
fixed on the presidential chair in
which he will never sit.
When reference was made by
Goodrich to President Harrison aud
Secretary Blaine, and convention Of
reciprocity measures, ere was
hearty cheering about evenly dlvld-
ell between the two. The usual
committees were appointed, and a
recess taken until four this after
noon. 1t is believed the convention
will finish today. There will he q
bitter contest over the nomination
for the head of the ticket.
MASSACHUSETTS PRoHI.
WORCESTER, Sept. 9.--The Prohi-
bitlon state convention was called
to order this morning. The plat
form denounces the liquor traffic in
the usual manner, The seventh
plank is as follows; ave deplore
the d pth Of degradation to which
the national department of the state
has descended In becoming a"Drum-
mer" In foreign lands for beer, the
lord of this country. Add to this
the other facts, the refusal to unite
with the other nations in treaty
for the suppression of the slave trade
and rum traffic in Africa. A presl-
lent who finds five kinds of wine
necessary for his Official banquets,
4 vice president who applies Tor a
liquor license for his "Shoreham, a
senate that will not Danish the bar
room from its wing of the capital
and house that strangles the in
quiry into the facts Of the liquor
traffic and we bave perfect demon.
stratlon Of complete dominion of the
rum power In our national affairs"
FATE or A NEGRO BRUTE.
SHREVEPORT, La., Sept, 9,-News
was received here yesterday of hor
rble outrage committed on the per
'ou Of n lady school teacher near
Arbadla. A few days ago the young
lady started home, two miles dis
tant, and In a lonely place ON the
road was set upon by Il burly negro,
who dragged her into the woods
near by, tied her to tree and kept
her there two days, When IA search
ing party found her there on the
second day she told them her story,
telling them TO hide near by, as the
negro would soon return. The brute
shortly afIerward appeared aud was
captured, He was fearfully tortur
ed, being skinned alive and cut 10
pieces and his body left to the bun,
yards.
MAJOR BUNDY DEAD.
NEW YORK, n. ", Sept, "a |
cablegram from Paris announces the
death Of Major Bundy, OF appo-
plexy.
HANGED HIMSELF.
HARTFORD, Conn. Sept. 0.-Louls
Lauer, accused cf murder, hanged
himself In his cell last night.
THE Robbers IDENTIFIED.
NIsALIA, Cal. Sept o. William
Dalton aud Riley Dean, suspected
ofbelng the Ceres train robbers, were
last night confronted with Mr.. and
Ms. Graham, who were camping a
short distance south OF Ceres on the
night of the robbery. Graham lden.
tilted the two men rs having come
Go their camp shortly before the
robbery aud asked for a drink OF
water, aud leil Ia a norlherly dlrec-
tlon. Dalton exhibited much con.
fusion at the sudden meeting.
Neither ofthe men.wlll talk on the
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