Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-18
One Million Dollars Goes Up in
ST. Paul.
PALO ALTO BEATS THE RECORD.
Found With His Skull Crushed,
W, C. 7. U, To Drive Out,
Chinese, Off For Chill, Killing
FrOsts, The Episcopal Congress,
The Farmers Alliance.
BIa FIRE IN ST. PAUL.

ST PAUL, Nov. lS.-St. Paul las
night suffered one of the most dis
asterous fires in its history. Th'
buildings damaged being those o
Griggs, Cooper & Co., wholesale gro
Gerry, and Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk &
Co, wholesale hardware. The tota
loss j. estimated at from 5000, COO to
5l,OUJ, 900. The estates are covered
by Insurance.
No definite Information is obtain
able as TO the cause of the fire, but it
Is thought to have originated IN
some packing OH the fourth floor.
PALo ALTO is KING.
STOCKTON, Cal, Nov. 18th,
grand old stallion that has been the
Iame horse of Senator Stanford
stables for five long years, is nov
king. The great Allerton at the
Gndepenence track, is dethroned.
His proud record Of 2:0Ji has been
lowerrit half a second, and lowered
honestly too. There were few peo-
Die 1t Lhe race course in the afternoon
to see the greatest performance Of
the wonderful record meeting, which
has heen going on over the kite
shaped track for the last last six
weeks. Not Sunol's record beating
trot, nor Arion's marvellous mile wa
80 much a treat as old Palo Altos
feat yesterday. He was driven up
aud down the course.
Palo Alto came back to the loop
and scored once iu fine shape. He
then returned and came up again,
trottlng steadily and fast to the wire,
with the runner two lengths behind
him. Marvin nodded for the word,
and the magnificent stallion was of
for the battle of his life. He went
the mile strong in 2:OS}. The horse
went II mile yesterday in 2lOl, which
made him right for theday's perform.
ance. Heretofore Marvin has tried
to hold him down to the half to save
him for finish, but this time he let
him go away at his speed, holding
him on to his feet He went along
his usual track in the middle of the
course, with the runner close up,
and made the quarter in 0:3l3, and
the half mile in1.024. This was
terrific gait. Marvin held him back
on the next quarter to keep him
strong for the finish, making the
quaater ia 33 seconds and reaching
the three-quarter post in l:363-p
second faster than he made the dis
tance yesterday. On he went, max
ing a wonderful finish. coming the
last quarter in 32f without a skip
and going under the wire strong, a
winner of the worlds stallion record,
in 2:0S}. Palo Alto goes home in
the morning to retire to the stud,
having won the mark Marvin had
set for him.
FOUND WITH HIS SKULL CRUSHED,
RosALIAn Wash, Nov.-Monday
night "A German farmer named
Etley, living five miles from Rosa
liza, was found on the roadside with
his skull fractured in two places. 1t
Is thought that he met with foul
play, as the wounds have the ap,
pearance of being inflicted with
some blunt instrument. Etley had
been to Rosalia, where he had dis
posed of load OF wheat, but when
found had no money on his person.
He has not regained consciousness,
and no clue to the perpetrator of the
deed has been found. He will hard.
ly survive, although everything Is
being done for him.
woMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
UNION.
BOSTON, Nov. lS.-At yesterdays
session of the Womau's Christian
Temperance Union "a number of re-
ports were listened to and the fol-
lowing officers elected:
Miss Francis Willard, president,
received 500 votes out of 1906; Mrs.
Mary Woodbridge, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Caroline Il. Buell., of
Chicago, corresponding secretary,
and Miss Esther Pugh, Of Chicago,
treasurer.
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.