Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-01


&,.oo. The tools we're found in front
al lhe safe. Two men were ePen
sbout HunievIlIe during che day
who were suspected Of being the
..ls crsckers. One Of them Is known
IL ap|ackev." The sheriff Of
columbia county. with posse is
eeonrine the couatry for the sns
perted parties.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
pflLAgnE, Ohio, Aug This
morning. q passenger train on the
re,isire. ZaInesviIle and Cincinnati
narrow gauge railroad left the track
three miles south Of BelIaire, two
cars being overturned and dragged
some distance. Seventy passengers
were on the train and the two cars
turned over were crow ded. When
All were finally taken out the wreck
ed cans, IL was found that fourteen
peoplc had been iDjnnd, four seri-
ously and one fatally. The train
was running forty-five miles an hour
and as il reached a curve, the cars
were noticed to sway violently, and
nnheeding The cries for passenpeis
10 keep their seats, a rush was made
for the doors. Many frightened
passengers had reached the plat
fern when the cars jumped the
raiIe. and when they turned over In
another moment these were hurled
into the ditch.
STRANGE CASE.
BENTON HARBoR, Mich, Aug J.
st. Joseph is 10 a state Of excite.
ment over the mysterious disappear
ance of Nellie Ledger ard Grace
Belden, aged IA and II years. The
girls went boat riding with two
Young men OF Chicago, Louis Berg
and Thomas Maxfield, and have not
returned home. The young men
say they left the girls ON the boats
deck at 1880 p. m. 1t is feared that
the girls were kidnapped or foully
dealt with. Berg and Maxheld
were arrested yesterday and held
under bonds for examination on
next Tuesday. They declare they
are innocent. The girls parents are
crazed with grief.
NOVEL SCHEME.
NEW YORK, Aug, 1.-W. *.
Vaughn, ex.mayor Of Council Bluffs,
Ia, Is at the Astor house. He bas
come here to launch new political
scheme to the effect that the govern.
ment shall pay S40O, 100000 TO the
ex-sIave to compensate them for
their years oflabor while IN bondage.
In short sharp sentences he gave
the following explanation Of his
new proposition:
II have come to New York TO
make the next gubernatorial candi-
dates pledge themselves, If elected, TO
support the passage Of my bill
through congress. If candidate
refuses TO do so will array the en-
tire negro vote against him. IL
makes no difference whether he Is
running on the democratic or re-
publican ticket, / intend TO snow
him under. should both refuse,
they will Ia future be marked meu
against whom the negro will In
variably throw bis ballot. The sam'
policy will be followed out In ever!
state i'm the union, and should fai
In finding support In either Of tb,
two great parties, 1892 will see
new party 10 the field, with slngl,
and solid plank Of slave indemnity
for its platform"
MOLE ST. NICHOLAS,
NEW York, Aug. l-PTeslden
Hippolyte has resolved upon meth
cd OF defending his position In thu
dispute with Secretary Blaine anC
the government, concerning the ~
tablislment OF coaling station fol
Unc.e Sans fleet at Mole Sc. Mich
olas. He has authorized the publ
cation Of the correspondence be
tween Hayti and Secretary Blaine,
Minister Douglass and Admiral
Gheradelli upon this subject. This
correspondence Is now In press In
this city, and Il 10 be issued In pam
phlet fJrm within "a weeks time
aud distributed broadcast here and
la Europe. The pamphlet, IL is re-
ported, had been prepared under
the supervision Of the Haytlan con-
sui In this city aud Hlppolyte's
adhereniE In town have raised a
purse 10 defray the expense Of lts
dis semInation. The pamphlet
makes AN elaborate defense OF Hip.
poIyte and represents him as much
nanened ruler II will assert that
he cannot be justly charged with
tho breach OF faith with the United
States government, aud that what
ever promises were made concern
Ing Hlyti's Willingness to grant
che United states a ooalIng station
were made by Legltlme, who was a
userper and not chosen representa-
tive OF the Haytlen republic.
The pamphlet will urge that
the Mole 81. Nicholas Is the
Gibraltar OF Hayti, aud that 10 ced,
any rights TO II 10 u foreign powe'
would be TO put the country under