Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-24

w. Il. Davis who murdered his
mother of Pueblo, Col because she
refused to give him money, was
hanged in The Jail yard Tuesday
night.
While working on a carriagc fac
tory at Corvallis, Joseph limerick
was struck by falling timber, and
fatally injured.
TIE rebel Garcia and bis band,
who attempted to make a raid on
Mexico, is surrounded by troops and
will I've captured in few days.
A slight collision occurred on the
Uninn Pacific at Bolles' junction
Tueaday afternoon. Two locomo-
tives were badly wrecked, but
nobody was hurt.
Lewis York, IA BoganspOrt, Ind,
anarchist, blew up his house with
dynamite. Several people were in
tie building, but escaped unhurt.
York is believed To be insane.
Around Cakdale thousands Of
acres Of wheat are reported still
slanGiug from lack of machinery
for cutting it.
f. w. Dunlap, u Philedelphia de.
linqucnt deputy mercantile ap-
prniser, pleaded guilty to conspiracy
to defraul, and was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary.
Manuel Oxarart, an old citizen OF
Los Angeles, Cal, dropped dead on
the street Tuesday. Heart disease
is supposed to have been the cause,
as lie was apparently in good health
few moments before he fell.
Michael Karoff shot and killed
Katy Rochely in Cievelend, o.,
Tuesday evening. Both are Hun
garians, and before coming to this
country were engaged to be married,
but the girl broke off the engage
ment, which led to the crime.
The president has appointed Lieu
tenant Colonel Barlow, Captain
Symons and Professor Mosman
members of the Mexican boundary
commission. which is authorized by
congress to relocate the existing
frontier between the United States
aud Mexico, west fthe Rio Grande.
The prune crop Of Clarke county,
which is of excellent quality, is now
being gathered and dried. This is
one of the staple crops of that sec
ton and the yield is large this fall,
although less than last year.
A snnhower was recently left at
the office Of the Garfield Enterprise
which measured fifty-two inches in
circumference and weighed eleven
and half pounds. Eastern Wash
ington leads in sun1lowers as well as
in all else.
Lands in Aso,in county are said
to be very cheap this fall because of
the lack of transportation facilities
for marketing their products. As
that section is very fertile one, it is
quite probable that this state oi
affairs will not CONTINUE for any
length of time.
There was an attempt at Jail
breaking at WallaWalla on Sunday,
aud seven prisoners came near gain
ing their liberty. Sheriff McFar-
land was aware that something
crooked was going on, and had Il
guard watching them and caught
them In time to again lock the cu!-
prits up IN their cells. There have
been many attempts at Jail delivery
from the Walla Walla prison, some
of which have been successful, aud
il seems to encourage every new
prisoner to try his hand, This last
is the most daring of all, and the
operators almost succeeded through
their very boldness. The jail is in
the court house. The steel cages are
in the center aud surrounded on ali
sides by corridors. The walls OF the
court house are of brick Al one
corner Of the cages is set a big
wooden post, and across the corridor
from the post run iron bars, fence
Ing OIL the place for the prisoners,
AT the outside entrance to the Jail is
also cage Of iron bars to protect
the jailer from any sudden attack,
From this cage Of three-quarter
inch steel the prisoners sawed bar.
In its stead was placed broomstick
painted TO look like iron. The
prisoners wanted this bar Ia dig
through the brick wall, II was
sawed out with "a piece Of steel OBJ
tanned from the iustep Of shoe.
The handle was made OF "A French
harp. The prisoners also had
rgz1r made into saw. The bar
was cut TO point like crowbar,
aud from the wooden post the
prisoners sawed out block which
allowed man to pass through 20
the outside wall way. This block
was carefully kept IN place and
covered with paper. sheriff Me-
Farlaud discovered the broomstick
In the place Of the iron bar and sci
u watch h. find out what the men
were about. Monday morning they
Neie found almost through the
brick wall. The work on the wall