Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-13
FOREIGN.
TROUBLE IN CHINA.

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 12.-Th'
steamer City Of Peking arrived from
Hong Kong and Yokohama, bring
ing adyices that some 300 pirates
and robbers were beheaded in Kwag.
] tung province during the last few
days Of the Chinese New Year.
The town Of Cho-bo-Tonkin, on
the banks of the Black river, was
surprised late in January by a band
Of 500 rebels, who plundered and
burned the town. A French resi-
dent was shot and decapitated and
two other French officials were
killed. The rest Of the European
managed TO escape, some by swim
ming across riyers and Others by
hiding in bushes.
PULLMANs FOR AUSTRALIA.
CHICAGO, Mar. 13.-George NJ.
Pullman, of the Pullman Palace
Car company, has closed a contract
with one of the largest railroads in
Australia to place bis sleeping cars
on the Antipo lean lines. The
different parts Of the cars will be
made here and the whole shipped
to the Antipodes ready to be put
together on theirarrival in Australia.
Pullman will send colony Of
his best men to Australia, and in a
temporary plant TO be put up near
Melbourne they will put the cars
together ready for service. The
first consignment will consist Of
eighteen coaches, aud if these prove
satisfactory another big batch will
be ordered. The contracts already
signed involved an outlay Of about
S250,CJ0 II is said.
AMERICAN MEATS.
BERLIN, Mar. l3.--The Rcichstan.
zleger, the official paper, replying
to number Of complaints rec, ived |
as to the failure to use American |
salted meats in the German navy, |
says the experience with these meats
hitherto has been very unsatisfact-
ory. The packing is defective, bar.
rels weak and badly made, and the |
meat sinewy, too fat and Of inferior |
quality when compared with El-
ropean meats. The German admir-
ality paper adds it still continues
its experiments with various sorts
of American salted meats.
KILLED HIMSELF.
LONDON, Mar. l3.-An awful trag-
edy occurred at Bury yesterday.
James Chadwick, a butcher, cut and
slashed in horrible manner Mary
Stott, who had recently left HIM
after having lived with him as his
mistress for seven years, After in
dieting fatal wounds on the helpless
woman, Chadwick cut his own
throat aud dropped dead on the
body of his former mistress.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INVITED.
VICTORIA, Mar. l3.-British Co
lumbla has been invited through |
United States Consul Myers, to send .
an exhibit to the worlds fair. The
invitation states that the directors
are desirous of placing n certain
amount Of space at the disposal Of
the province for said exhibits.
THE JEWISH CONVERTS,
ST.. PETERSBURG, Mar, l2.--The
holy synod of the Russian church
has issued an order that all con-
verted Jews shall attend public wor-
ship of the orthodox faith at leest
once in every week OF be deemed To
have relapsed into Judaism. They
are also In every instance to make u
recautation of their Jewish belief
before baptism, and TO be kept ON
probation at least six months. All
those who relapse must be reported
% the civil authorities Tor punish
nent.
WHY Is rms THUS,
OTTAWA, Ont, Mar. lS.-Canada
las not yet received an invitation To
AXE part IN the worlds fair,
THE sIoRM CONTINUES,
LONDON, Mar. l3.-There Is no
,igus of moderation In the severity
II the weather In southwest Eng
and, A heavy snowstorm prevailed