Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-10

q. UI.aHiNtu NIvftHlthA ~ thN W
partmenls for the establishment Of 9
civil pension list, Il has its head
quarters 10 the war department. A
careful canvass has beeu made o.
the Clerks in the government ser
vices to learn their views, and n ma
iority Of them favor the proposition
which viii te laid before congres:
at the next session. This PROPOSE
ton is 10 levy an assessment OF
per cent. on the salaries Of all CLERKS
for the purpose Of retiring from
public service, on tire quarters
pay, those clerks who have seeu
thirty years ~ service. The clerks
who are engineering this movement
have bad a set Of blanks prepared,
fntende / 10 show the legaI organi-
zation If each bureau IN each de
pariment Of the government and
the classification Of the clerks ac-
cording to their length of service In
each Office. This statement grades
the clerks according 20 their salaries
and then divides them up according
ID their terms Of service, bvgirning
with these who have served les
than five years, and proceeded BY
five-year stages 10 those who have
served thirty years or more.
WIND AND RAIN STORM.
ASHLAND, Wis, Aug. l0.-Saiur-
day afternoon there was a disastrous
wind and rain storm here. Thc
Swedish Baptist church was torn
from the foundation, aud the rO0i
blown of. In the Field block many
small buildings were blown from
their foundations, and half dozen
yachts moored in the bay were torn
from their fasteuings aud Trecked
upon the shore. Az Washburn, on
the opposite side Of the bay, circus
tent collapsed and in the panic
which ensned among spectators OF
the performance in the tent, two
small boys were crushed TO DEATH
and number Of people seriously
injured. The post, flee building
also collapsed, two women being
injured, one seriously. The roof of
the Omaha elevator was torn from
the building and deposited in the
bay. Many thousand feet Of lum
ber were blown into the water The
estimated loss is 500, 900.
DRESSED LIKE cHfNAMEN.
SAN Francisco, Aug. l0.--Geo.
Ross, well-known shipwright, who |
returRed from Forest Hill today, |
says that last Thursday he was held |
up near Auburn by two masked
highwaymen, dressed like China
men. One carried a double-bareled
shotgun and the other a revolver.
One Of the mep spoke Chinese. The
robbers secured s4i.
NOT MANsLAUoHTER.
TRUcKEE, CAL, Aug, 10.--An
autopsy, performed Saturday on the
body of Michael Lanahan, showed
that he died from chronic alcoholism
and not from wounds inflicted by |
Malcolm McDougall, Lanahan died |
in July last, and McDougall, with
whom lie had a fight, was com.
mltted on the charge of manslaugh.
ter.
JAMES X. LOWELL.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug. TO-
James Bussell Lowell, the eminent
poet, diplomat aud scholar is danger
ousIy III at his residence in this city
and 1t Is felt that he cannot recover
from a general breaking down Of his
vital forces which has now set In.
FATAL SHOOTING.
CHILIooTHE, Ohio, Aug. TO-
While police officers Hall aud
VaDkennell were attempting to ar
rest Geo. Duhlmey who was trying
20 kill his wife, Duhlmey shot and
killed Hall and slightly wounded
Vankennell returned
the fire fatally wounding Duhlmey.
RAILROAD COLLISION.
NEW HAVEN, Aug l0.-Nine
italian laborers were seriously In
Iured, two fatally In u railroad col
lisIon near Bradford on the New
York, New Haven aud Hartford
railroad.
THE NEW MISSION.
CAPE MAY POINT, n. j., Aug. 10.
The president today appointed
Richard Colts shannon, OF New
York, minister to Nicaragua, Costa
RIca and Salvatore. This Is the
new South American mission created
by the last congress.
10 CENTS on THE DOLLAR.
ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. lO.-Stephen
A. Ryan, the Atlanta dry good mer'
chant who recently failed for S5Oo,'
O0o has offered 30 cents on the dollar
10 all his creditors.
BLAINE - wILLNo.
WASH NarON, Aug. IA spe.
clal says a man who talked with
Conser, the OHIO member OF the
national republican committee, il
authority for the statement that
Blaine, his health permitting, will
be ia hands Of his friends when the
nominating convention meets 10
ls82.