Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-30
The Transfer of the Weather
Bureau to Agricultural
Department.
LOCOMOTIVE EXPlODES 4 MEN KILLED.
Barbarities in Chill, The Missouri
River, Prisoners Escape, A For
ger, A Suicide Buried, The Work
Of Flames, State and Foreign
News, Etc.
ANOTHER HURRICANE.

+ that another hurricane has swept
through a wide section of these
states yesterday doing much damage
10 crops.
fHE TRANSFER OF THE WEATHER
BUREAU.
WASHINGTON, June 30.-Acting
secretary Grant today signed an
order dlscharging 162 employees of
Tie signal service now engaged in
the weather bureau work. Under
the law the secretary of agriculture
is bound to give preference to these
men in making appointments in
the force of the new weather bureau,
and with the exception of few
men who were elected to remain IN
what will hereafter be purely
military branch of the signal service,
all employees are likely to be re-
appointed.
CHIEF or WEATHER BUREAU.
WASHINGTON, June 30-Mark w.
Harrington, editor of the American
Meteorological Journal and professor
al Ann Arbor, Mich, has been APP
pointed chief of the weather bureau.
A FATAL EXPLOSION,
PITTsBURG, June 30.-A report
has reached this city of the explosion
and burning of large tank of oil, at
Corapolis station, OH the Pittsburg q
Lake Erie Railroad, fifteen miles
from this city. One report states
that four men were killed in the ex.
plosion, and another report that
two men were fatally hurt. No
particulars of the accident were as
certained.
A BOILER EXPLoDES.
WHITE HAVEN, Pa, June 3d.
The boiler of a locomotive on the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, ex-
ploded last night near Nequehon-
ing Junction, instantly killing the
engineer, fireman and two brake
men. Men were hurled for dis
lance of a hundred yards and the
bodies horribly mangled.
THE MISSOURI RIVER.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 30.-The
Missouri river here is still rising, but
very slowly. No additional damage
reported.
PRISONERS ESCAPE.
BOSTON, June 30.-Five prisoners
escaped from the state prison at
Charleston, last evening, and are
still at large.
A FORGER.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June 3d. .
j. II. Doane, the well known cloth
ing dealer, has left town, and is said 8
to be a forger to the extent of SIS, 900. {
A LUNAITC. {
PROVIDENCE, r.. l., June 30.-Be- {
fore the arrival of eX-President {
Cleveland to attend the dinner of |
the Commercial club. f. NJ. Purin- {
tan was wandering about the streets I
here announcing it vas his intention I
to visit Mr.. Cleveland and demand {
$780, 900 asthe price of his reelection
to the presidency, Puritan, how
ever, made no attempt to go to
Narragansett hotel, and his talk
was evidently only the result of his
delusions. He was formerly very
bright young man. He Is gradu-
ate of Brown university, had served
In the navy and had travelled ex-
tenslvely, but his mind became de-
ranged some years ago, and he was
only recently released from the
lunatic asylum in Crans:on' His
delusions speedily returned, how
ever, and for some weeks past he has
been regarded as dangerous. lie
came to Providence from Canada
Thursday, and Sunday was again
imprisoned in the Cranston asylum,
WORK OF FLAMES.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 80. Fire
was discovered at 3 O'clock yester-
day afternoon IN three story brick
tenement building in Chinatown,
occupied by about 800 Chinese, The
fire was not got under control until
the entire building had been gutted
The Chinese were panic-stricken
andthere were many narrow escapes.
One woman was found burned TO
death. 1t was stated last evening
that the remains of five other
Chinese have been found In the
ruins. The loss is about $1,000
POISONED by ICE CREAM.
RUTLAND, Vermont, June S0,-At
the Christian church at Brushton,
N. ~, Saturday night last, forty
three people were poisoned by eating
Ice cream. The pastor of the church
aud two ladies have died, and ali
the others are In critical condition.
WILL NOT RE DISMISSED.
WAsnINoroN, ID. c., June 80
secretary Foster this morning an
aounced TO the Knights Of Labor
representatives, In regard TO labor
trouble at the bureau of engraving
aud prlnling that superintendent
Meredith would na; be dismissed.
LoRnLARp 4 c, MPANY.
New York, Juue 80. An iilcial /
announcement was made today that
the property aud business of z.
L0rlllard a Co, 10 aoco manuiac-