Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-22
$780, 100000 in Gold Coin to
be Held up.
FOR FREE COINAGE OF SILVER,
The Presbyterian Assembly, A Fail
ure and Suicide, A Denial from
Raum, The WaIIa WaIIa Affair,
Foreign and State News, Etc.
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bankers In Wall street have eacl
put up 100000 making a total o
100000 with which to pay interest
on 500, 900, 900 in gold, which they
are going to buy and hold for sixty
days. This syndicate intends to
compel England and Russia to pay
IA handsome premium on gold they
ny or leave it In this conntry. Ii
is one of the simplest yet more dar-
ing deals that has been attempted
since Jay Gould and Jim Fisk tried
to corner gold and brought on the
day which is always referred to as
Black Friday.
FOR FREE COINAGE.
DENVER, Col, May 22.-At the
morning session of the TransMisss.
sippi congress representatives from
different sections urged the selection
Of their cities as the next place of
meeting. Omaha seemed to have
many friends. The matter was not
settled. A large number of resolu.
tions were Introduces: Favorine
The Nicaragua and Hennepin canals;
urging the early admission of Ari-
zona and New Mexico; favoring the
restrictions Of imnigration; recon-.
mending an amendment TO the ma
turalization laws; favoring the free
coinage of silver, defenses for deep
water harbors and navigable rivers;
the Torrey bankruptcy bill, etc.
EX- Congressman Belford, of Colo
RADIO, made a speech for free silver,
for river and harbor improvements,
etc. The time, he said, was not far
distant when the clamer of the
West would demand that the nation
give its attention to the develop
men Of the Vests resources.
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
DETROIT, May 22.-At the Pres.
byterian general assembly this
morning the reportof the committee
on the confession of faith was read
by the chairman. Rev. VIM. q.
Roberts, president Lake Forest uni
versity, aided the reading of the
report. II was moved it be sent
down to the presbyteries as recon-
mended by the committee, and the
committee continued to make final
report to the next assembly. The
motion was unanimously adopted
and the great debate was over for
this year as far as the general
assembly is concerned.
FAILURE AND SUICIDE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May %. - The
Hill Shoe company failed yesterday
and William Villas Hill, president of
the company, Immediately after
suicide. He was
nephew of ex-Postmaster-G General
Villas. The failure of the firm was
due to the failure of the
Lynn Davis Shoe company.
RESIGNED.
NEW YoRK, May GA Washing
ton special to the Mail and Express
says that Pension Commissioner
Raum has rendered his resignation
10 the president In the interest of
harmony.
A DENIAL FROM RAUM.
WAsHINGToN, May 22.-Gen eral
Raum to-day emphatically denied
hat he had rendered his resignation
10 the president.
THE wALLA wALLA AFFAIR.
WALLA WALLA, May 22.-Col. |
Compton, commandant of the fort,
was put on the stand. The colonel |
the sheriff and prose.
'utlng attorney in much of the
testimony. He testified |
here was nothing in the manner of
.he soldiers to impress him that !
here was any real danger He be-
loved the disturbance of the night |
before had all subsidized, aud that the |
.roops no longer manifested mu.
.inous spirit. He denied that he .
'aid he could not keep the men at
.he post till after II O'clock because
II an order of the war department.
Stlll he took measures TO prevent
my outbreak, and had the sheriff
made any resistance whatever, he
you'd have been there with q com.
lany 10 assist and would have saved
Hunt from lynohing. He blames
he sherifl for having been blufled
'uL Compton was subject to Sc.
ere cross eNnuinafinn V,hieh Ia