Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-15
FATAL ACCIDENT.

l.. Mott, plumber, aged ., employed
ou the Clark county court house
lost bis fostiug while engaged yes
terday in fixing the cornice, and fel
a distance OF fifty feet. He received
internal injuries from which he died
in an hour.
A YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL.
ELKToN, Nd, Sept. l5.-Harry T
Price, a son Of Andrew +. Price
was found dead in his room sun.
day morning with a bullet hole N
his head. The boy was five year:
old. He was dressing evidently
when shot, as he had Oh some Of his
clothing. Suspicion was entered
upon his cousin, Percy Carr, whC
slept with him Saturday night
Carr, who is said TO have bee,
turned away from home on account
of hls bad behavior, came TO the
house of the Prices on Friday last
and asked to stay until Tuesday
No attention was paid TO the report
Of the revolver, as the other persons
i'm the house mistook ii for the slam.
ming of door. They went TO the
room at breakfast time and found
the bay dead. Carr said to the
grandmother of the dead boy,
"Aunt Helen, haye killed Harry"
He afterwards claimed that the
child had shot himself.
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
BUFFALO, Sept. l5.-The New
York Central yesterday broke all
records for fast time for long runs of
passenger trains on either side of the
Atlantic. A special train, composed
of one of the coDlpasy's standard
passenger engines and three private
cars, conveying Vice.President
Webb and party, made the run 436l
miles from New York to East Buf
faIo in 440 minutes, including three
stops, one of which occupied seven
and one-half minutes.
SINGULAR ACTIONS OF TWO YOUNG
MEN.
FLORENCE, Sept. 15.-There was
nothing strange in gentlemanly
appearing young man coming to
Florence August % and registered |
at one of the hotels as Howard |
Johnson, of Chicago. AS he had |
plenty of money and represented |
himself as being wealthy and here
to improve his health, 1t was cir
cumstance of to frequent occurance
to be of particular note, But when,
on the lst of September, Johnson
was Joined by a man who did not
register, but gave his name as
French, and the pair became anxious
TO visit Cape Perpetua, and hired Il
boat to go down the river to its
mouth, then go up the coast to the
cape, aud also provided for the car
rying of provisions overland to the
place where they proposed camping
for week or mere, and they rowed
down the bay aud the same after
noon their boat was found over
turned close to the mouth of the
river, public interest was aroused.
This solicltude was heightened
when the provision carrier returned
aud reported that these pleasure
seeker had not come to the cape. A
report that they were drowned
brought another from u boy, who
was positive that he saw johnson
aud his mate walking down the
beach toward Gardiner, and
search for any stray article they
might of lett at the hotel brought
only to light a handkerchief that
Johnson had failed To carry away,
and on II was stamped 4. Albertson.
NoN-CoMMITTAL.
TACOMA, Sept. l5.-Ever since the
robbery of the Fidelity bank by Sec
retary Albertson all sorts of runiors
as to the amount taken have been in
circulation, none of which could be
verified, as the officers Of the bank
refused TO talk. The report that
Albertson got away with 81 1000, 600
In securities is ridiculous, as the
bank never had that amount In its
vaults at any one time. President
Wallace refuses to affirm or deny
the story, solely because the trial OF
the Seattle Albertson comes up In
Justice Sharp's court, aud he does
noi wish TO say anything to preju-
dice the case.
THE PHILADELPHIA TROUBLE.
PHu.ApRLPHIA,Se Sept Robert
Clendeniug 4 Co., banking aud
brokerage firm, were held In bonds
OF $4,000 20 appear In court Ia
answer the charge OF criminal
liability with ex-Cily Treasurer
Bardsley in the unlawful conversion
Of public money, Owing 10 the re-
fusal OF Bardsley to testify, the dis
trlct attorney was compelled, for the
present, 10 abandon his ease against
Aldltor General MeCamant and
State Cashier Liversey. The court
advised the district attorney 10
abandon the case against the presl-
dents of the different national
banks as there Is not enough evil
dence to warrant their arrest on a
charge of conspiracy Ia having paid
Bartisley Interest on his deposits.