Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-09

Just beginning on this coast" said
Vice President Crocker, Of the South
ern Pacific company. "This is par
ticuIarly true Of California Grain
is moving in large quantities over
our lines to tidewater. This is the
result of good prices"
ADMISSION DAY.
SAN FnANcTsCo. Sept. 0.---Admis.
sion Day, which has been made a
legal holiday cOmmemmorating the
admission of California into the
Union, was generally observed In
this city. Nearly all the business
houses as well as the public build
iugs being closed except for short
time In the forenoon.
FIRE IN BROOKLYN.
New YORK, Sept. g. "A four story
building in Brooklyn occupied by a
number of mercantile firms WIS
burned this morning. Total loss is
estimated at Si0O, 900; fully insured
GROUND TO PULP.
LIMA, o., Sept. 9.-Yestertlay
while james Lewis and Tom John
son were running a threshing ma
chine, Lewis cut johnson on the
hand. Although he asserted it was
an accident, johnson struck him n
terrific blow. Lewis fell directly
under the cylinder and was drawn
into the machines, his head and
body being ground to pulp. Frank
Lewis, his brother, made a dash
with a pitchfork, which he plunged
INTO Johnson's bowels, killing him
almost instantly Lewis was arrested.
SHE ASKED FOR A DoLBAR.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 9.-Yester-
lay Gustave Berger shot and instant
Iy killed his wife and then commit
ed suicide. The couple had been
quarreling since Saturday, over some
rent money paid to them. The wife
asked the husband for dollar to buy
some clothing for one Of her chill
dren, whereupon the husband
threatened to kill her. She ran from
le dining-room to tie porch and he
followed, shooting her through the
back The murderer is a native of
Germany and has lived here about
six years. The couple had been
divorced and were married about a
year ago.
SLANDERER HORSEwHIPPED.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. o.
Miss Mary Jacobs, who is regarded
as th e prettiest girl in the village OF
North Haven, horsewhipped Van
Doren, aged sixty, one of the most
prominent farmers In the village.
To emphasize Van Doren's humilia.
tion, the girls father supplemented
her work when she was tired and
gave the old man another drubblng.
Miss Jacobs is a dressmakor, and
lives with her parents, about two
miles from the center of the village
Van Doren lives not far away. One
of Miss Jacobs friends is Henry
Bracket, married man. Van DOren
has gossipped to some extent about
the girls friendship for Bracket.
Yesterday morning Miss Jacobs and
her father appeared at Van Doren's
just as he was going into his barn
Miss Jacobs interrogated him as to
whether he had made remarks
about her which had been attributed
to him. The old man attempted to
explain his conduct on the ground
that IL was somev hit strange for a
girl to he seen with IA married man
30 much, when Miss Jacobs sudden.
ly produced IA big horsewhip and be.
gan to vigorously apply 1t to the
slanderer. She aimed every blow
at his face and her aim was trne
Her rage increased and every blow
seemed TO fan the flame. While old
Van Doren yelled pitiiully with
pain, neither his entreatles to spare
him nor his efforts to protect his
face were of any avail, and before
the enraged girl was through with
him his face was raw. Then Jacobs
took a hand and Van Doren was
thrown on his back aud severely
pummeled.
LOCOMOTIVES EXPLoDES.
JAMICA, l.. L., Sept. "a loco
motive on Long Island railroad ex.
ploded at Oyster Bay station, this
m orn Ing. Engineer Donaldson,
Fireman Dickerson, and Brakeman
were killed aud Conduc
tor Jones scalded.
JUDGE COOLEY RESIGNED.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. o.
Judge Cooley, chairman of the inter
state commerce commission, has ten
dered his resignation, owing to il
health.
SCHOONER CAPslZED.
San FRANCISCO, Gala. Sept, o
The schooner Rose Sparks, from this
city, capszed OIL Point Reyes, Cal.
last night, and one of the crew was
droNned