Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-27
RAILROAD ACCIDENT
Ipseiiisg Of 4 Caiamaran and
Loss Of Life.
DNGSIsG nBtDBx
Lzu FoUod Unconstitutional, BIZ
Fire al Vancouver, A Plan Of Rob
bey, A Hesy Rifed Gun, Depu-
II Sheriff Poor Killed, Foreign
and State keys, Etc.


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zATLEOAg2 1CcIDEET.
DAYTON, ONO, Z7.-A wreck o.
CURED "a fbs Cincinnati Hamilton
aud Dayton railroad 81 NiddietOn
.sasi.n. near here gasnsdsg ssS!s.
A. Feast five, and peSbsTs seven we're
killed. while the humber q wound
81 s. estimated ~ twenty. The en-
pisyes q the National CAsb Register
s0apaDy we're given picnic O.
WOJ3sdzie park BY the ef1n-
parry. They were returning on
peeiai u fourteen cars, and the trait
Nas feiDg run onto the SIDE track .
Middleton, when a freight tfsii
1ssbed into the next 70 rear car.
fits ear wss fol- u lesople, aud viii
20 others alec similarly loaded wa
oiaIly wrecked 5One passenger
siio were On the train reached her
4 midnight on the "Big ~ express,
not give only nleager details u tbs
lisaster. A boy Damed Patterson
Ens cut into three pieeee. A woman
ianled Fryer was killed, and . little
dB, name unknown, died sbortI.
sf,er being taken from the debris
yearly All the people 10 the two can
sefe injured, some being frighifuIIy
nsDgIed.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
81. LOUys, July 27.--The Law
Which prohibits the selling u pooh
~ borse races and baseball was tbis
morning declared unconstitutional
1y Judge cIaiburne of the court Of
criminal correction. The state will
appeal
PIBK All VANCOUVER.
vAKooUyER, Wash, July d.
Fire broke out at 7 9. m. last night
in w. a. Mile sash and door fact
ory, spreading among large
amount Of dry lumber with ineoD-
ceivabIe rapidity the building being
snyeloped ia flames within few
minutes. Owing 70 the fact that the
city owns no horses 10 take the
steamer To the coDhagration, pre-
ciOus minutes were lost, and when
finally the engine was In position,
the hose burst and other minutes
were lost. The fire spread 10 sd.
Joining buildings on the block be
tween B and &, 4th street Only a
saall brick cottage on the corner Of
the block was saved. Losses: A.
w. Mills, sash aud door factory,
stock and machinery, 5000; Abra
hams aud Knox's building 5000;
no insurance; Anton Young, build
ing used ~ boarding house, 81 800;
and smolI cottage, $500. The horse
kept In the sash and door factory
was burned.
A PLAN or HOBBRRY.
DIS MoIAEs, July 27.--A we'll
laid plan TO Kill the cashier Of the
American Savings bank aud rob the
vault OF $5O0,OO0 was discovered
here Saturday. Tbe robbery WAS
arranged 10 taLS place Monday
morning at $50, the hour at which
the vault Is regularly opened by
Cashier Elliot. The scheme was
for one man 10 engage the cashier
IA conversation, another 10 enter by
the side door, slip up behind the
cashier, and sandbag or stab II neces-
sary, while third fellow would
take rolls Of money from the vault.
Two Of the men, James Dibimitt, "a
colored tough, aud Sam Cooper, real
estate swIndler. were from Des
Molnes, aud the third was a
professional tough from Kansas City.
Cooper and Dlmmett are under ar
rest. A local newspaper man got
wind Of tho scheme by pretending
10 be tough from Missouri.
A RIFLED CANNON.
New York, July 27.--rhe first
heavy ordnance twelve inch rified
guu, designed for coast defense, and
made In this state, was fired at
sandy Hook for the first time
Saturday with a satisfactory result.
With $50 pounds Of powder, IL ex.
PEELED a 20OO-pound shot five miles.
The gun will use 4lO pounds Of pow.
der and throw a 20OO-pound shot
twelve miles.
THE OMAHA BRIDGE.
OMAHA, July 27.--Justioe Brewer,
Of the United States supreme court,
this morning announced his de
clslon Ia the famous Union Pacific.
Rock lsland bridge case, The de-
clslon lIs against the Union Pacific,
aud holds that the contract With the
Rock Island aud Milwaukee roads
ls validS.