Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-22
CyXggAL xgws NOTES.

At Buenos Ayres the gcid pre-
MUM was S2.GG.
Six hundred thousand dollars in
gold was engaged Monday by
Lazard Freres for shipment TO
France.
A provisional liquidator has been
appointed to take charge Of the
affairs Of the English bank Of the
River Plate.
a barge loaded with 5000 brick
capeized at her dock in Astoria, and
the brick went into the bay.
The scaling schooners are all
obeying the orders Of the govern
ment IN regard to a close season, and
are returning home.
The wife Of w. S. Randall, mer
chant of 81. Regis, Mont, in fit Of
dependency Monday committed
suicide by shooting herself
Two German boys Of New York
played Indian Monday, and Her
man Engelhart was shot and killed
by his companion, who had rife.
DR.. Scott Helm, surgeon general
Of Arizona, lias been arrested for
committing an abortion on Mrs
Alice Price. The woman will
probably die.
Oominick Parranda and wife and
Michael Barto quarreled in New
York. Barto fractured tie skulls of
Parranda and his wife with base
ball bat They are dying.
Rudyard Kipling is in excellent
health. 1t was his nncle who was
at deaths door with lung trouble.
Tennyson was once asked to
supply a dozen birthday poems Of
eight lines each for 1000 guineas.
The poet refused.
Henry Hilton has fine collection
Of fancy and colored diamonds
numbering nearly 100 stones, in
brown, yellow and pink.
Sarah Davis (colored), aged 1873
years, was buried in indianapolis
on Monday. She was probably the
oldest woman in the United States
Professor r. L. Perkins, of Boston,
has a copy of Horace that is more
than 300 years old. 1t was printed
In 1876, and has au index to every
word.
George Smith, king Of the Eng
lish gypsies, is to edit a paper in the
Romany tongue, to be the organ of
the wandering race. He expects to
get 10000 subscribers for 1t.
Thomas B. Reed, ex-speaker Of
the American house Of representa-
tives, was entertained at luncheon
IN London Monday evening by the
speaker Of the house Of commons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain
will visit the United States In the
autumn. Later they will 20 to the
Bahamas, where Mr.. Chamberlain
intends to make extensive purchases.
MFR. Flammeron believes that GER
tain lights which have been seen on
Mars may have been signals TO us,
and that we may ultimately dis
cover means Of answering them.
A party OF roughs attempted to
break up religious meeting at Tiff
City. Mo-, Sunday night. Tney
knocked the minister down with a
club and fight with the congrega-
ton followed. Two of the roughs
were killed.
During game Of baseball Moh-
day ut NewYork two players, Collins
and Burns, while attempting to
catch n fly ball, ran into each other.
They were knocked senseless, and
IL Is feared Collins is fatally hurt.
Since the killing Of Huntat Walla
Walla the saloons have been kept
closed by the city marshal on Sun
day. The saloon keepers are try
lug To defeat the law, and several
wers arrested last Sunday for keep
ing open.
G. l.. Riker, publisher, l0l Park
place, New York, made an assign
ment Monday with preferences.
The secured liabilities are $4,000
and the unsecured about $1,000.
The Irish executive have issued
circular to the boards of poor law
guardians, warning them against
sending INDECENT emlgrants to the
United States, In view OF the steps
taken by the American authorities
to prevent their landing.
The action for libel brought by
Mr., Sexton, the Irish leader against
the Edinburgh Scotsman, for in-
sinuatlng he was intoxicated, came
up for trial Monday. The damages
are laid at $4,000, The Scotsman
denies that ITS article, Justly con
strued, conveys anything slanderous.
Sis Edwin Arnold is coming TO
the United States next October
with his son aud daughter. He has
been engaged TO deliver a series Of
lectures on Japan IN the various
cities OF America.
Mira. Logan has lef1 the generals
library Just as It was when he 'ast
occupied il, untouched, except by
the dust brush, aud unchanged
His arm chair still retains ats cusio
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