Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-29

..> IaIat catch fof the seaeon. The
.| uea spoken by the rhetis at
Sand polni. June goth, and after
.|na fafnIshed with copy oi The
4troSment and proclamation and
warned MI 10 enler the sea- she
sst.ad lof home. Captain BlIsseet
s,<t hs concluded everything was
el| oh when be SOW the British
Minislef AZ Washington had assent
"a 10 the agreement.
nAenARDr REsiaNED.
Nnw YoRK, July o. Collector
5oe. 81 Earhardt this morning AN
nonncea he had rendered his resign
alton A. collector of the port Of New
YORK The collector refused to give
any reasons for the aclion. Resigns.
Ilon will take effect on the lst OF
Anesst. Resignation has been in
the hands Of the President several
weeks but he has taken no official
action on II yet.
THE ST. MAuDE FUsERAIs.
PARIS. july %. Crowds Of people
estimated at 25, 900 are gathered this
afternoon at st. Maude to witness
she funerals Of the victims of the
railroad disaster Of sunday, there
we're twenty-four hearses in line.
The air was filed with wailing, cry
ing relatives and friends Of the dead,
many women reaching such pitch
Of excitement they went into hys
ferIcs while others tainted.
oRAssHOPPERs IN OHIO AND IOWA.
DAYroN, Ohio, July 20.-Grass
hoppers are running the oat prospect
"a twenty counties along the Ohio
and Indiana border line. The crop
Is ruined by small green hoppers on
farm after farm. Many growers cul
the oats green, but the hoppers fol
loved Il into the shock and are now
into the corn.
WATERLOO, Iowa, July D.
Grasshoppers are damaging the oai
crop Ia this section Of the state.
HAvEMEYER DEAD.
NEW YORK, July 20.--FrederIck
G. BayeIneycr died last night at bis
home at Throgg's Neck. Westchesier
county, aged IS years, from the grip
He was the founder OF the well
known Havemeyer sugar firm, and
was great benefactor to the town
OF Westcbester.
A CALL ISSUED.
JACKSON, Miss, July ga call
was issued for q state convention to
be held here August LIST, to select
delegates to national convention Of
Alliance men opposed to the sub
treasury scheme and the third
party.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
CLEVELAND, July 29.-At War
ren, Ohio, today, Ed Caldwell, col
ored, and John Tumason, took ref
uge under tree during a storm.
Lightning struck the tree and both
were killed.
PROCTOR KNOTT SICK.
IiOUIsvILLE, July 29.-Proctor
Knott, the famous race horse, If SER
iously III with lung fever and his
career on the turf Is probably ended.
BENNETT INDICTED.
NEW York, July 90. = james
Gordon Bennett has been Indicted
for publishing an account Of the
Sing Sing electrocution.
$4,000 OUT.
HoUsroN, Texas, July 20.-Ofii-
cIals OF the Wells Fargo Express
Co. admit that a money package is
missing at Kountz, but decline TO
give amount. The loss Is believed
to be $4,000.
CHOLERA.
LONDON, July 20. = A dispatch
from Mecca states that the death
rate from cholera Is ll0 per day at
that place and 80 daily at Djeddah.
AN OLD PIONEER DEAD.
PORTLAND, July 29.---John Lem
uel Scott, an Oregon pioneer, died at
his home la East Portland this
morning, aged 90. He formerly |
lived In Yamhill county.
SCENE IN COURT.
CoLuMBus, o.. July 20.-William
J. Elliott, former proprietor and
editor Of the Sunday Capital, was
convicted yesterday Of murder in
the second degree. When the clerk
began 10 read the verdict there was
q highly sensational scene. When
he read ''indictment for murder in
the first degree Mrs. z. j. Elliott
thought he meant guilty Of murder
Ia the ilrst degree, and made sup
pressed scream and fell back into
the chair. As the clerk reached the
words "gullty Of murder In the sec
ond degree" Miss Maroney arose,
gave vent 10 cry aud fell back Ia
fslnting tit. Mrs, w, j. Elliott was
very pale, but made no demonstra-
ton. w. J. Elliott had his young !
cal boy on his lap when the verdict
was belng read, aud covered the
chlId's eyes aud mouth SO he could
not see or make an outcry, As the