Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-02

soon be married 10 y. Lee ltusi, oi
Boston, formerly Of Chicago. Mr.
Rast is student at Harvard in the
class OF 1892. The engagement was
announced Tuesday. Miss Potter's
name appeared IN the newspapers
some time ago. She fell in love
With a young man who carried
morning papers, and her wealthy
parents tried TO brake the engage
ment and, il the end, It was broken.
The lover was sent to Joliet for theft,
and in bill which he afterwards
filed In court, he charged Mr.. Potter
with conspiring with several others
to land him IN the penitentiary.
The fellow sued for 100000 and the
action is pending. Lately Miss Pot
ter became prominent In amateur
theatricals. She was one Of the
promising pupils Of the Chicago con-
servatory and last winter appeared
IN tights at a charity performance at
Hooley's theater. She is % year,
old and Mr.. Rust is younger.
sTREETcAR STRIKE.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, July g.
The 1900 street car employees In this
city, including stablemen, drivers,
conductors and motormen, are pre-
pairing for a general strike to begin
July 4th. The trouble has been pre-
cipitated by the Consolidation Com.
pany anticipating a demand for
higher wages, and discharging a
number Of stablemep last week
On Sunday new scale was posted,
but the men are furious ut the nc.
tlon Of the company, and thus far
have refused to accept 1t. The hot
heads were In favor of tying up the
lines Mt once, but July 4 was con
sIdered better time to inaugurate
the movement.
ATAooMA CITIZEN DROWNED.
GiLRoY, Cal, July FL. B. Pat.
t0rson, visitor from Tacoma, while
swimming last night about 8 O'Clock,
10 company with his cousin, c. =.
Estabrook, at Sargenps Station, be-
came suddenly helpless and was
drowned. He was 35 years Of age
aud unmarried. The body was re-
covered and brought hero for an in
quest.
HORRIBLE CRIME.
STOCKTON, Cal, July IA horrl-
BILE crime was committed at the In
sane asylum here yesterday morn
ing. One woman patient choked
another to death. The two women
Mrs. Ellen Sweeney, Of Alameda
and Miss Julia Potts, of Los Ange
les, were put ln the same cell last
night, owing to the overcrowded
condition Of the female ward
Neither was considered dangerous
and neither was strapped, as is the
custom with dangerous patients
This morning II was found that Mrs
Sweeney had been choked TO death,
Miss Potts acknowledged having
committed the deed, and seemed ia
think II fun.
CENSUS REPORT.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 2,--Ac.
cordlng to the census Bulletin, is
sued today, Neyada's population il
rs, ,70i; idaho has 84,5S5.
A JEALOUS HUSBAND.
CHICAGO, July 2.--Fred Steinman,
an iron.monlder, fatally shot his
wife Tuesday aud then blew out his
own brains. The tragedy was
caused by jealousy on the part OF
Stelnman regarding Peter ResIz, a
carpenter, who boarded with the
family.
SUICIDE or A FRANCISCAN BROTHER
ST. Louis, July 2,-Yesterday
morning, while in demented con-
dltion, "Brother Peter,n brother
IA the franciscan monastery, com
mltsed suicide by jumping into a
cIstern at that institution. "BrotheI
Peter was a neophyte or nostulate,
SUGAR INSPECTORS.
WASHINGTON, ID, G., July -
The commissioner OF internal
revenue has appointed the following
sugar inspectors under the provls
ions Of the tariff bin in regard tS
bounty ON domestic sugar, Henry Q
Merton. district Of Columbia; Har
vey n. stusser, Ohio; George T.
Fletcher, Newhampshlre; Everett
n. Norton. Mainei Raymond
I.osppx, iowa; The law limits Ia,
number OF these inspectors 10 twelve
SAN RAFAEL Fires.
SAN RAFAEI., July 2.--The fares
ilres which have been raging IN thil
vicinity are now under control
The estimated path OF flro coyen
about eight thousand acres.
LOOKS LIKE A CONSPIRACY,
NKw YoRR. July e-The latest
development ia the brooklyn lrog,
edy h that Theodore Larbig. who
was killed by Darwin Meserolo, Was
heavily insured. II Is said that
some time ago I4agblg had his llfs
lnsnrtd FOR $4,000 ia favor Of Mn.
Dovlc Forney comslock. who Is
an accessory 10 ihe crime. The
WOMAN henelf Is authority Er that
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