Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-28
MISCELLANY.
rnlnll1rnl. nErRAvIrY.

DENvER, Col, Aug. %. Yestert
day the sheriff of this county ar
rested Albert b. Mayne and bis
wife, Minnie Mayne, on u ranch
about forty miles from this place
and tonight they were brought to
Denver and lodged in Jail. The
charge placed opposite their names
is murder Mayne is IL lumber mer-
Giant of Ills city and was married
to hs wife on January l last. In
March, Mrs. Mayne. being in a deli
cate condition, went TO Madam
Astle, the abOrtionist who is now
under arrest, and was delivered of
twins which were placed in a stove
and roasted before the husbands
eyes while still alive. The police say
that this so preyed on the mind of
Msyne that he made a full confess
sion of the awful crime. Mrs.
Mayne, who is a very pretty woman,
does not seem worried about the
matter, however, but will not talk
to reporters concerning 1t. The
police are after other married people
on the same ch arge, and say the
ART st will follow thick and fast, and
that before the matter is through
with there will be such stirring up
of Denver society as never was
dreamed of. Nine. Astle says that
if some one don't come to her aid
and get her out of this trouble she
will tell all she knows, which, she
says is "a great deal. Complaints
have been made against the promi-
nent officials in some Colorado
smaller cities, and they will prob
ably be brought into the case. Mayne
in his confession. says that he paid
$3.50 to have the operation performed.
| The police are now securing evi
dence to warrant more arrests, and
have the names of at least thirty,
some of them wealthy and promi-
ntnt citizens, who have patronizSd
Madame Astle during the past few
months. One girl, Clare Levy, who
is now under arrest, says that
Madame Astle has performed two
abortions on her since last January.
COUNTERBALANCE WEIGHT SYSTEM
SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. 28.-The
fl st street railway to be operated by
the counterbalance weight system
successfully stood a test last night
and win be put in operation tomor-
row. The system was devised by J.
p. f. Kulhmau, engineer of the
Rainier-Avenue Electric Company,
to overcome the steep grades in that
company's line on Washington
street, between Fifth and Eighth
streets, distance of 1000 feet. Un-
der the track is conduit three feet
wide and fifteen inches, in which
two connected weights, aggregating
six tons, are run an underground
track. The Car running down hill
is attached at Eight street to dun
my running in a small conduit be
tween the rails, to one of which is
attached three-qualterin inch wire
rone and to the other end small
tail rope. The other ends of these
ropes are attached to the weights.
The car descending the hill hauls up
the weights with the electric power
and ascending the hill is helped up
by the weights and also with the aid
of the electric power. Cars can be
stopped while going down hill with
ordinary brakes, just as on level
road, and automatic safety brakes
are attached to the weights to pro-
vide against accident. Mr.. Kulh-
man has entered caveat fora patent
Oh this system.
CALIFORNIA HOPS.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 28.-The hop
crop, which is an important indust
ry in Sacramento county, bids fair
to be very nearly a failure. No
more than half crop will be turned
off by the yards in this county and
Yolo. Many vines are turning red,
and the hop also are the color of the
setting sun. The product is so rust
ed that it cannot be sulphured so as
te sell. All this is also eight" so
that 1t is a dead loss to growers.
A change has come in the last wesk
and it is distressing surprise to
cultivators. 1t puts entirely new
aspect to the California market. The
red color is thought to be due to
loug dry spells and hot weather.
Misleading kilograms have been
sent out by buyers within the past
few days, saying that the crop in
this valley will be above the average,
when in fact the reverse is the
C lse.
FEARFULLY CUT.
GRAFTON, N. d., Aug.-Near
Canten "a yoke of oxen attached to a
binder aud led by a woman became
and ran away, The