Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-11

lie Wishes congress 10 pass law
authorizingthec coinage Of something
which will at the time be legal
tender aud souvenir of the Colum-
bian exposition. He offered a reso-
luton that the government he
requested to cnin In mint specie of
the value of fifty cents, this being
the probable price Of admission to
the fair. These coins could be used
for that purpose aud make valuable
souvenirs. Their component parts
to be gold and silver in ratio, that
5000, 900 be struck off, and that they
be legal tender, and that the secre.
tary of this meeting be requested to
forward the resolution to Congress
man Springer with a request that hp
introduce such bill.
DEFALCATIoN.
MELBOURNE. Dec. IL. The per
mauent building and Investm IN.
society, Of this city, has been de-
frauded of e5,5OO, by one of iis
officers.
THE INHABITAN1s PERIsHED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ll.-Priy.
ate dispatches received from Quay
mas, Mexico, state that the crew of
a coasting vessel recently arrived a
that port tell a strange and startling
story of a CHASTITY find made some
weeks ago. While on the way
down the coast from San Diego,
their vessel was caught ia a storm
that drove her far out of her course
and the captain lost his reckoning.
Tney steered to the southeast for
day aud then caught sight of land
and bore down to it. 1t proved To
be an island which they say is nOt
down on any chart SO far as they
know. A boat was sent ashore, but
at first no signs of inhabitants were
found. In roaming around over the
island, which proved to be of CON
siderable size, the crew came to a
small village, but not living soul
except themselves was to found
Scores of skeletons were scattered
around, both IN their huts aud out
side on the ground. The crew say
that no doubt the island had been
swept by scourge that carried of
the entire population, leaving no
one to bury the dead. Iu one hut
the rem Tins of seventeen persous
were found and several huls con-
, tained from SIX to ten. 1t is sup
: posed that the ISLAND was inhabited
: by an Indian tribe and that it sue
: cumbed to some plague at least fifty
years ago, as the bones were begin
ing to decay.
THE HOP CROP.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. H.
The hop crop of 1891, as computed
by the New England Homestead, is
243, ,30S bales, grown on 81 1854 acres,
compared with 2O4,S49 bales on
4S, ,962 acres of last year. The new
crop aggregates 20,500,000 pounds in
New York state and about half this
quantity in Washington, 10000
pounds in California and 4,762,000
pounds in Oregon. This is very
, considerable increase over last year
The Wisconsin crop is practically Il
, failure. Two-thirds of the new
crop is 10 second hands, having, been
sold at an average of l6I cents per
pound to date, against 80 cents for
last years crop. The Homestead
reports confirm the foreign shortage.
DECIDED. BY TIE COURT.
OLYMPIA, Dec. 1.-THE supreme
court yesterday reversed the judg-
ment of the Pierce county superior
court in the case of the Tacoma Hotel
Company, respondent, VS.. the Taco
ma Light and Water Company, ap-
pellant The court holds that the
appellant may stop supplying water
10 the respondents hotel, for failure
of the respondent to pay overdue
water rcut. The power of the COM
pany to impose fine for nonpay-
ment is not passed on. The injunc-
ton decree obtained by respondent
| Is therefore set aside,
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ll.-Thomas
o. Tolles, of Missouri, has been ap.
pointed chief clerk of the house.
FIRE IN BROOKLYN.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. Dec. l1.-Hen-
ry Batterman's dry goods store and
contents were partially burned this
morning, Loss 100000, caused |
mostly hy water. Insurance amonts |
TO about SlS5,0O0.
DESPERADoEs CAPTURED.
WICHITA, Kans., Dec. ll.-Uni-
ted States marshal has brought in
from Creek county three heavily
armed Indians named Lesley, Scott,
and Cesar Jack, members of the
famous Capt. Wiley band of desper-
ADDE'S, who have terrorized that
county for several months.
STORM STILL RAGING.
L.ONDoN, Dec. 1.-THE storm is
still raging. The losses by destrue-
tion of telegraph, telephone aud
electric light lines are very heavy,
and communicated with almost all
points is cut off, Meagre reports