Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-18

land aud Belgium before returning
Is London en- route TO the United
States.
tnuHDsNr HARvEsTs IN ITALY.
RoAr. Aug. 1s.-Ttalian harvest
reports indicate this years crops to
be equal 70 those of 1890. Recent
rains have greatly improved the
corn crop, which promises to be
rood. Az abundant yield Of wine
nom the grape crop is also expected.
KILLED HIS HosTLER.
CLEVELAND. o., Aug. l7.-An
drew w. Oppman, president Of the
Dnnman Brewing Company, bad an
alteration with one Of his hostlers,
Fred sIegel, Sunday night. After
knocking SiegeI down, Oppmap
beat him severely. Siegel was taken
70 the hospital and died yesterday.
Oppmau is held under charge Of
murder.
AUSTRALIAN BANK FAILURE.
MnLBouRNE, Aug. ls.-The sus-
pension Of the British Bank Of Aus
tralla Il announced. The liabilities
are $500 900, half of which is owed
by creditors In England.
TO MEET THE PRESIDENT.
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 1S.-Seere'
tary Foster has gone to Cape May
fn response TO summons from the
president.
HE DROVE THEM OUT.
FLORENCE, Ala. Aug. 49, AT
Sheffield Saturday evening George
T. McGregor, ex-mayor Of the town
and prominent in social and politi
cal affairs, pistol In hand captured
store, drove the clerks and book
keepers out, put the keys in biz
pocket aud assumed control. The
story Is told by an. eyewitness as
follows:
McGregor, about p. m, entered
the store of Weston a. Co., walked
TO the back door and locked 1t, and
then, with pistol lev sled, demanded
the key to the front door of one OF
the proprletors, and ordered every
one to leave the store. To those
who were slow in leaving, he said,
II will kill you If you don't get
out,u al the same time fiourishing
the pistol la dangerous manner.
After getting control of the store
he nailed up the doors, and thus
they remained until several hours
later, when w. II. Weston and his
son Charlie, proprietors of the store,
returned with shotguns and resumed
control of their property, McGregor
having left the store after mailing 1t
up.
At last accounts the Messrs. Wes-
ton were still guarding their prop.
erty, and McGregor was momen-
tarily expected. Weston IL Go. are
the leading merchants of Sheffield.
McGregor once owned an interest In
the store, and his excuse for his
actions is that he was being de-
frauded Of his rights.
SEATTLE RACES.
SEATTLE, Aug. 1S.-The summer
meeting Of the King County FAR
aud Agricultural association at Kent
opened favorably yesterday. Kent
derby, one and one.quarter miles,
purse $500, was won by Macolm,
idaho Chief second, Raindrop and
Rosy Lewis dead heat for third.
Time, 2:l24.
Half. mile dash-Black Alder won,
Annie Rooney second, Tacoma a
poor third. Time, 0:5l.
In the special pacing race, Costel'
10, Mollie Cooper, and Sorrel Frank
each won a heat, when the event
was postponed on account of rain.
Best time, 2:27.
In the 2:o5 trot, which came of
between the heats Of the pacing
race, Blondle and Mnrk Medium
each won heat. The race was
then postponed. Best time, 2;24.
PEOPLES PARTY.
DALLAS, Aug. l8.-The first Texas
state convention of the Peoples
party convened here today with one
hundred delegates present. The
convention declared in favor of the
alien land law recently passed by
the legislature, and adopted the
Cincinnati platform.
BIG FIRE AT CAMBRIDGE.
BosToN, Aug. lS.-At Cambridge
this morning the Damon iron works
burned. The building was valued
at S50,C)0. The entire locs Of the
Damon Iron company will apl roxi-
mate $2OO,OC ou which there was
partial insurance. The Kendall
machine shop adjoining wcs de-
stroyed. Lo-s $4,000 on contents,
insurance $4,000. The men EN-.
ployed In both places lose tools
valued at $4,000, The Harvard
Dry Plate company suffered loss OF
$0O0),
FIRE AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. Is. The Pocook
can factory was burned aud two or
thrcs adjoining establishments des-
troyed this morning. Loss Sl50,000.
Partially Insured.
BANK OFFICIALS SENTENCED.
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