Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-20

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university. 1t is alleged that Smal
induced Monroe to pay $1,000 for .
lot of land which he declared wa
worth that much. The land be
longed to the university, aud it i
alleged that the university demand
ed only $500 for it, and Small mad,
$500 by the transaction. Whei
Monroe heard of this he demanded
the return of his money. AS it was
not forthcoming, he caused the ar.
rest of Small.
AMERICANS SHOT.
Rio GRANDE, Oct. 90 Sunday
morning on the Mexican side three
men were shot by the government
forces under command of General
Lorenzo Garcia. Two of them were
cowboys, who had been working
near Victoria, and who had in
cautiously crossed the river without
permit from the Mexican consul on
this side. The other was Juan Ba-
san, an army contractor who was
suspected of revolutionary senti-
ment. BY some they are said to
have been American citizens.
SEIZURE OF CIGARS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 1t be-
came known yesterday that prize
of fifty thousand fraudulently
stamped cigars was made last Fri
day at the auction room of Davis,
Haber d Co., in this city. The
cigars were branded as coming from
the factory of Goldarenza & Entenz,
St. Augustine, Fla, but when the
revenue officials wired that firm the
reply was returned that the cigars
had not been made by them, and
that twenty million fraudulent
cigars bearing the firms brand had
been disposed of by unknown parties
in and around San Francisco. In
vestigation showed that the cigars
seized on Friday had been consigned
to Davis, Haber & Co. by n New
York firm, and that many of them
had been made by Chinese manu-
facturers in this city and been SEN,
east, whence they were reshipped
To HELP OUT MCKINLEY.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. -. -
Secretary Foster will leave Wash
ington this evening for ONO to re-
main until after election. He is
booked for 10 speeches in behalf Of
the Republican cause. His first one
at Findlay Thursday night being
the main one of the series.
RAuM SAYS IT Is NOT so.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The Post
says positively that the resignation
of Pension Commissioner Raum in
the hands of Secretary Noble, to
take effect on Nov. Goth. Raum,
who has just returned from Chicago,
denies the story and also stated that
Ex-Governor Steele Of Oklahoma, i
not on his way here to succeed him.
METHODIST COUNCIL.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-At the
ecumenical Methodist council yester
day Judge a. l.. Sibley, of Marietta,
Ohio, spoke on marriage and divorce
laws. His proposition was that the
right to divorce is complemeutal L.
aud d, mAnded by the right to mar.
riage not only in cases Of adultery
Out also of deserlIon. Marriage was
a means, not an end, aud special
G. SO excepted, God and nature had
made this relation the universal right
of,maiure men and women. This
included the right Of each party tO
the union To its essential benefits.
DeserIion deprived the innocent
party uf these unless made the
ground of divorce. the grist of all
is ia The principle deducihle alike
irum reasons aud scripture that the
right Ia marriage in its essential
benefits aud as the only condition
for righteous propagation, becomes
paramount to the rule Of its permau-
ence. In eases OF wrong to an in
noeent partner, whereby the funda-
mental obligations of the relation
are abnegated. Finally, II leaves to
innocent parties an escape nom the
propagation with the foulness Of an
unknown adultery, aud from being
forced by the weakness OF desertion
into life ~ cellbncy.
Thomas Fundle, head master OF
the Bible Christian college, Devon,
England, spoke ON the attitude of
the church OF toward anusements.
He said lhera IA nofhlng In tha