Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-26

managed and beat OF the frencl
dispatch vessel Bowel, Of supcFIol
force Admiral Kuorr has received
q sailors welcome among the Brit
ish naval officers.
THE PAN AMERICAN RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, June 28.-Advice'
received at the inter continental
railroad commission show that two
civilian surveying parties are now
well advanced In the work Of sur.
veying the country, in the vicinity
Of Quito and Ecuador, for the pro
posed railroad tetween North and
South America. Members of the
survey are afforded every possible
facility in the way Of promoting
their work by government officials
Of Ecuador.
GOT SIX YEARS.
New YORK, June 26.-James A.
Simmons, convicted of aiding Gen
Classen, president Of the Sixth
National bank, In the embezz ement
Of the funds of that institution was
today sentenced to six years i'm.
prisonment in the penitentiary.
CABINET MERTING.
WAsHINGToN, June 26.-At
regular meeting of the cabinet here
today, the absentees were Blaine,
Proctor and Miller. The principal
topic of discussion was the continued
coinage of silver after July.
FIVE PERSONS DROWNED.
CINCINNATI, June 26.-Thomas
Thurman, Joseph Zins, Edith Zins,
aged 20 Catherine Cox, aged %, and
Kate Riddle, aged IS. went boating
on the Ohio river last night. The
tow boat Frank Gilmore came down
the river without lights, struck the
yawl containing the pleasure party,
and sunk It. All the occupants
were drowned.
WEST POINT EXAMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, June 26.--As re-
suit of the recent examinations at
West Point, so out of total of l56 APP
plicants have been admitted to the
United States military academy to
form a new class. The other cadets,
who had been turned back from
last years. class, who are to join the
new class in September, will probab-
ly swell the total eleven.
CoUNTERFEITERs ARRESTED.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 26. - A
United States marshal has returned
from Bellingot county, Mo-, having
in charge John G. Welker, his three {
sons, his son.in- law, and Alfred g. {
Green, who have been running
mill near LutersvilIe. '
A large quantity of material was S
found on Welker's premises there.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
ELIZABETH, N. j., June 26.-Two Q
men were killed, two fatally injured
and three seriously hurt by falling
Off o scaffold upon which they were
working this morning.
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, June &c.
The grand jury today returned an
indictment against ex-State Treas
urer Woodruff for embezzlement of
state funds. Woodruff was imme-
diately arrested.
IN LOVE.
NosEsAsSgEa asga ", fgqsAt qsAttSS6&pted suicide
during a meeting of the Good Tenn
pIars lodge by taking fifteen grains v
of strychnine. His condition was y
discovered shortly after taking it =,
Ind he was carried from the hall h
ind docter summoned. Physicians =,
md friends took all night to finally q,
ring the victim out of danger. He IN
ays he will use bullet next time ~,
nd make a clean job. He was disap. 60
ointed in a love affair, but the ea,
iris name is withheld on account ~
both families. ",
sTocKToN's MAYOR. ou
STOCKTON, Cal, June 26.-Ever CO
ince w. Ii. Clark, new mayor of ou
his city, has been in Office he has Il,
'een abused by disgruntled Republi- pl
ANS who failed to get expected APP ri
He appointed the new In
police and fire commission on Mon ri
day night, and disappointed aspir- j.
ants are stating that they will COM ri
bine and have the mayor ousted. 81
Under the charter there is pro- N
vision which makes ante-electiou Ii
promises unlawful. Kickers claim h
they can prove that Mayor Clark G
made promises. fe
FATAL EXPLOSION. di
NEW YORK, June 26.- BY the ex-
'l0sion Of barrel of alcohol In the IN
of Columbia college yes tn
arday, DIR. John I. NoIthrop, an co
Instructor in zoology, aud two assis- re
ants, William Simpson and Thorn tn
Tlghe, were seriously burned. Tn
". Northrop's injuries are so serious th
lat there is danger Of death result ro'
lg. Having reason TO transfer the an
cohol from the barrel to small jars, ira
v. Northrop called in the aid of lnl
le two janltors and taking a light, w
le three went into the basement. to'
8 soon as the barrel was opened the Sa