Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-27
REAR End COLLISION.
Mere Details of the Prairie
Fire.
EIGHT HOURS NEARER CHICAGO.
Washing Feet, TiIden's Will, Stage
RObber Confesses, A Dangerous
Counterfeit, Asleep for Months,
Direct Wins, State and Foreign
News, etc.
REAR END COLLISION.

REAR END COLLISION.
GLENwoOD, Mimi, Oct. III
rear end collision occurred last nigh
at Thompson station, eight miles eas
of here between the regular yves
bound freight and an extra follow
ing the regular train killing fiv,
persons and seriously woundin
seven others. 1t is reported tn
company has caused the arrest o
Conductor Woodson and Enginee
Smith of the extra, the blame APP
pears to rest with th EN-.
PRAIRIE FIRES IN OKLAHOMA.
GUTHRIE, o. T., Oct. 27.-Prairi'
fires were raging here all Sunday
night southeast of here, and many
thousand of dollars worth of hay,
grain, farming Implement, etc
we're burned. 1t is also believed
that number of houses were de.
stroyed. Fire has gotten into the
timber, and will burn for weeks. 1t
is feared a number of people per-
ished there. Clmmaron City, a
small town northeast of here, has
been entirely wiped out. People es
capped by jumping into the river.
THE PRAIRIE FIRES.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 27.-A dispatch
from Guthrie, giving further par
ticulars of the prairie fires says that
in the Iowa reservation, where the
grass is heavy, the damage is great.
The district burned over is ten miles
wide and fifty miles long. 1t is re-
ported here that several persons
have perished. Another fire started
In the rank grass along the Cima--
ron river, thirty miles northwest of
here, Saturday night and burned
fifty farm houses and much stock.
A number of people are missing,
and it is almost certain that some
have died in the flames. The vii
lage of Cimarron was completely
wiped out and many inhabitants
were badly bnrned. They saved
their lives by jumping into the
river. The mail carrier from Mul
hall ives caught and fatally burned. |
Reports from the burned district are
very meagre but the damage is up |
ward of 100000.
EIGHT HOURS NEARER CHICAGO. |
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.--The train run
ming time between Chicago and
San Francisco will soon be shortened
by several hours. November l the
Rio Grande aud the
Central Pacific roads will put into
effect thorough schedule, on
which closer connections at Denver
and Ogden than has heretofore been
made will greatly shorten the TIM
of the journey. 1t is also proposed
to quicken the speed of all trains go
much that passengers leaving Chi.
cago Monday evening, for instance,
will arrive in San Francisco Friday
evening instead of Saturday mOru
ing, as at present. These trains
will have attached TO them through
tourist car for Portland, Or, through
sleeper for San Francisco, aud a
tourist sleeper for Los Angeles. II
mas not been determined exactly
he number of hours this arrange
nent will reduce the time, but il
will not be less than eight or ten
hours.
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.- Beginning
November l, the Burlington through .
rain, No. 5, leaving here at 6:lO in
be evening, will reach Denver at
80 In the morning of the second
.ay, thirty minutes earlier than
low. 1t will connect with the
Denver & Rio Grande and the Cen.
raj Pacific, reaching San Francisco
t in the evening of the second
lay following, and Los Angeles the
leXt morning, thus practically max.
ng 1t twelve hours better time than
4 the present.
WASHING FEEr.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 27.-The tirs;
public demonstration made by the
ollowers of Mrs. Woodworth, the
oakland evangelist, occurred sun
lay, when l75 people had their feet
washed. mrs. Woodwork held a
tent meeting here re-
emily, and as a result nearly 500
persons joined the Church Of God.
Elder Bolton, pastor Of the local
,hurch, and Elder Forencrook of
Fort Scott had charge of the cere-
nony. The members We're arranged
u circles, the men in one circle aud
he women and girls in anothe-,
Water was brought by the brethren
rom we'll near by aud poured into
arge tia basins. Amer Scripture
and prayer the brethren
md sisters took OF their shoes and
stockings and deposited them be-
lind their chairs. The members
lad carefully washed their feet dur
ng the day, so that soap aud scrub
ling brushes were not needed. The
'lders fastened long towels about I
heir persons like glrdles, when they
would take members foot, place Il
n the water a second, pull Il out,
ub their hands over Il aud dry Il
Fith a towel; then the other font