Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-31
PARAGRAPHS.

resigned.
The National Park bank of Liv
ingston, Montana, has taken posses
sion of all the property belonging tC
the Stebbins MercantileCompany, o.
that city, In satisfaction nf y S3S, ,OOC
mortgage.
A coal train, consisting of twenty.
six cars, on the Union Pacific road
near Echo, becoming unmauageable
it ran nine miles down grade mile
a minute. 1t finally left the track
and rolled down an embankment,
severely injuring three train men.
An officer writing from Pine
Ridge agency, states that winter has
at last set in, and that six inches OF
snow has fallen this week, causing
much suffering to men and horses.
The taxpayers of Cheney have
asked, in the superior court, for an
injunction restraining the mayor
aud municipal officers of Cheney
from bonding the town for 1000,
to be used for improvements.
The news of the death of Secretary
Window startled Wall street on
Friday, but the only appreciable
financial effect was the fall of one
point in silver bullion.
There is a deadlock in the Illinois
legislature on the election of Uni
ted States senator, and both houses
have adjourned till Tuesday. The
49th and 50th ballots taken on Fri
day resulted: Palmer 101, Oglesby
100, Streeter 3. Necessary to u choice
103.
The Consolidated Mutual Fire
Ins. Co., of Chicago, has assigned.
On its face the failure appears to be
a bad one, as the schedules of assets
show but $13, ,295, while liabilities are
100000
The Nebraska Legislature Ey a vote
of Al to 2 has denied the applica-
ton for recount of the vote at the
late prohibitory amendment cleo
ton.
Most of the men employed on tug
boats in the Mersey (Liverpool
have gone on strike.
An Oakland, CAL, jury has award
ed j. Hackett $500 for injuries re-
ceived in the train wreck at Oak.
and creek last decoration day.
An Ellensburg dispatch says:
The Great Northern railway on Fri
lay filed with the county auditor Il
for G6,O00,00O.
The bill before the Nebraska legis-
ature appropriating $l00, 900 for the
lrouth sufferers in the western part
If that state has passed the house by
| unanimous vote.
The safe in the Office of ex-mayor
Roach, of Chicago, was blown open
IN Thursday night and $1,000 in
ash carried off by robbers. The
money had been received after bank
ng hours.
The senate committee on military
fairs reported favorably "a bill for
he government exploration Of
Alaska, with an appropriation of
100000.
The family Of Jas. Ball, eight per-
ons, were poisoned atDenison, Tex,
friday, by eating bread made with
otton seed oil. All were seriously
/.
Lieutenant Schwatka, of Arctic
xploration fame, fell over q stair
use, in Mason City, Iowa, hotel,
riday. to the floor below, and was
rObably fatally injured,
Lieut.. Schwatka, who was fatally
,jured on Friday night by falling
yer the bannisters in a hotel died
In st. James hall, Friday evening,
eneral Booth launched his scheme
r the redemption of Darkest En-
and,n and signed "A trust deed for
,dication to the uses Of the work :
Ie money subscribed and to be sub
ribed hereafter. The first batch nf '
Ulcers to have charge Of the work
rs appointed, q
The New York Tribune says the .
ng postponed meeting between
rover Cleveland and ID. b. Hill, 1t
believed, will certainly take
nee tonight. The meeting will be II
a dinner party to Ge given by q
ate Gapator Brown. il
RAILROAH GQHELIsION. u
Jan. 8l.-An aGGOmpIo= u
tioa tram on the Chicago and v
istern Illinois railroad ran Into the
ar of the Mumencc passenger this n
Drning, killing one passenger and II
dly itjuring several Others. b
Tie death of Secretary Window l
Is thought, will close the social -
lsOn in Washington. ~
A petition is being circulated at
lensburg, Wash, which calls for
e overhauling of the books and ea
counts of the city government for al
e past four or five years. Ii il 80
Of the taxpayers, who 49, -.
mt 20 know where their money Pl