Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-06

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lhe train dashed ia on the sld'
track which was filled with boxcars
The engine and several cars wer'
wrecked, but no one WIS badl,
hurt.
A YOUNG MAN REApPEARs.
JoHNeTowS, Pa. Aug. GA
The time Of the food there lived u
this ciis a young man named Jane
Springer. lie was never seen afte
the Hood and his friends thinking
he had been drowned, packed VI
his clothes and other articles an'
sent them to his mother in Alliance
o. A dispatch from that place say
that the mother yesterday received
letters aud papers that Thoroughly
established the fact that her son b
alive. The letters were from James
and be tells strange story. HI
says he escaped but wassO dazed bS
the events Of the food that be wenI
with number Of negroes to Mary
land. A few weeks later he shipped
Is a sailor. He says h. hardl.
knew what he was doing nor wha
impelled bin to leave without ai
prisiDg his parents that he wa
alive. He has since Travelled al
over the globe, but had recently re
turned TO tie United States. ii,
had trouble Of serious nature
before the flood, and It is supposed
that, unneryed by the terrible de
struction, his mind became unbal
atced aud this led him to disappear
He drank heavily.
HUNTING FOR HIM.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6-Oscai
Warren, general service clerk Of the
United States army in this city, was
discharged by General Green Satur
day, slnce when he has not been
seen. Creditors holding claims,
aggregatlng about $4,000, are inquis-
tive as to his whereabouts. Warreh
has been connected with the army
for fifteen years. At one time he
WAS quartermaster sergeant of th'
Fourth cavalry, serving In Texas
and Arizona. For six years he ha'
been clerk in this city. II II
thought he has gone to st. Lous.
MURDERED HIS WIFE.
DAYTON, o., Aug. 6.-Henry
Guenther, a prosperous gardener
was arrested and charged witt
numbering his wife. Mrs. Guenthel
died recently under suspicious cir
cumstances. A chemical analysis
showed strong traces ofarsenic. Th'
dead woman, whose maiden name
was Sofia WlDgler, was GuentheI'i
third wife. She had been raised ~
the family. After his second wife
died, she bore him two children.
Last winter she sued him for Sc
duction and the court awarded her
$1,000. To avoid paying this he
married her.
AN EIFFEL TOWER.
CHICAGO, Aug, 6.--Presideni
Baker, of the Worlds Columbian
directors, yesterday received a pro
position by cable from M. Elffel, the
architect Of the Eifiel tower, fol
premission to erect tower on The
grounds, the enterprise TO be backed
by French capital. The cablegran
was brief, but set forth that the
tower would be superior to the one
ut the Paris exposition. President
Baker cabled in retun that he was
very glad to receive the proposition
and would bring IL Immediately to
the attention Of the directors. The
prospects are that the proposition
win be looked upon most favorably,
as there Is yet time In which Ia
build the tower,
THE sMELTER COMPANY.
PORTLAND, Or, Aug. GA suit
to recover thirty thousand dollars
was fled yesterday, by /. r. Daw
son against the Linnton Smelter Co,
Works are In charge Of the United
States marshal.
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
SpRINGFfELD, Ohio, Aug. 6.-At
he peoples convention today per
organization was effected by
ihe election OF Hugh Cavanaugh AS
The platform demands
.he abolition of the national bank
md rs substitute for national bank
notes demands that full legal tender
treasury notes be issued Ia sufficient
volume TO conduct the business OF
llAN ARuuAtt OA Na7h hNoiNf kNNNih
ment ownership all means Of trans
portatlon aud communication. The
womans suffrage Is included In the
platform. Platform favors govern
ment loans directly TO Individual
and favors free coinage silver,
Demands a graduated Income tax,
election of United States senators by
the popular vote Is favored. Plat
form also demands forfeiture by the
Standard OH company OF It's charter,
A resolution was adopted favorlne
government or state control OF the
sale aud manufacture OF splriluous
liquors.
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