Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-16
new YORK DEMOCRATS.
Roswell B. Flower Nominated
for Governor.
Daring Escape Of a Thief, A Das-
tardIy Deed, A Kentucky Fued,
Mexican News, A Preacher Gone
Wrong, Foreign and State News,
THE NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.

SARATOGA. n. ., sept. 10
Is Promptly at 10 this morning tn
? Democratic STATE Convention wa
'e called to order. After the decision
= regarding the County Democrac
> was presented the committee on resc
Iutions reported platform. Tb
" platform pronounces against the sill
. yer coinage dollar, not Of intriDsi
value Of every other dollar Of th
United States. IL denouuces tn
Z new sherman silver dollar. as a falls
L pretense and hiudrance to ire'
Z bimetaIic coinage. and as tendinl
:, JIly 70 produce a change from one
6 Kind Of monometalism to another
rhis bill Is declared to be fit apen-
dix to the subsidy and Bounty
e Swindle." Mckinley is worse than
, war tariff or the Blaine reciprocity
bumbug, the squandered surplus,
; fllsifled representation and revolu-
, tionary procedure Of the billion dol
lar congress, all were justly con
demned by the peoples great upris-
ing last November The following
ives also passed, Resolved, that this
convention views with qualification
the growing friendly feeling toward
the Democratic party by our colored
citizens Of this state, aud they are
welcomed to our ranks with the as
surance that within our party dis
crimiuaiion on account of race or
color, is dscouuteuanced Then "A
motion was made to proceed with
the nomination, aud Mayor Porter
nominated Roswell p. Flower, for
governor. The nomination was sec
onded on behalf Of Tamniany, by
Col, Fellows. Bourke Cochrane also
seconded the nomination of Flower.
rhos. Dewitt, of Kings, placed
Alfred G. Chaplin in nomination for
cover lor. First ballot resulted
Flower 334. Chaplin As. The nom
ination of Flower wps made unani-
NOUS, amid the widest scenes.
DARING ESCAPE OF A THIEF.
PITTsBURG, Sept. l6.-Fredrick g.
Fitzsinmons, murderer Of Detective
Gilkinson, and a desperate thief,
escaped from the county Jail about
2 O'Clock vest ,rday morning. The
escape Is the most daring ever et-
fected in this part Of the county. He
was incarcerated in cell in murder
ers' row on the first tier, waiting
trial for murder, which was to begin
next week. FltzsimmOns had al.
ready been convicted on several
charges of robbery. rhe prisoner
gained the Jail corridor by saving
the bars of his cell door. He then
scaled the walls, reaching the top of
the building, where he used saw
on the bars ofa window overlooking
the warden's residence. BY a most
daring leap he gained the roof of
Warden Berlin's residence. Thence
to the jail court by means of rope
that could have been secured only
by means of outside assistance.
From the top Of the jail wall he
jumped TO the roof of the shed of the
old avenue side of the Jail. His es.
cape was not discovered until 81
O'Clock.
A DAsTARDLY DEED.
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-A bold at.
tempt YVES made to wreck the Can
non-ball express on the Piltsburg,
Fort Wayne II Chicago railroad
Monday night. When the train
was two miles east of Whiting, Iud,,
Engineer Pieson saw an obstruct-
tion on the track, aud reversing
the lever, the engine came to Il stop
just AS the pilot pushed its nose
against Il barrier of railroad ties.
While the passengers aud trainmen
were standing about the engine dis
cusslng the narrow e'cape from
death, Charles Howard, of Whiting,
an employe of the Standard Oil
Company, came running up aud
said he knew all about the attempt
10 wreck the train, There were five
Of them," Howard ssid excitedly,
''and II was their intention To wreck
the train aud then rob the express
messenger and the pessengers,h
Howard then told how he met the
five men at Whiting during the
afternoon, and that they had in.
vitsd him 20 walk down the Pitts.
burg, Fort Wayne 4 Chicago tracks
after darkness had set in. 1t was
about T:l0 o'clock when the party
reached the spot where the ties
Were placed on the tracks. Howard
says that all of the mon were armed,
and, pointing thelrrevolvers at him,
they compelled him 10 aid in put
ting the tlmbers across the rails,
He att smpted to run away and
warn the tialnmen, when the rob
bers threatened TO shoot II he moved.
His story was not believed aud he
was arrested on suspicion OF being one
OF the wreckers and brought To this
city. A score Of Officers from south
Chicago are hunting through the
Indiana marshes after the Eve men.
A KENTUCKY FUED.
HARRonsRuRo, KY, Sept. Id
For fiftaen years bad blood has ex.
listed between the Beaslys aud
Jordans, aud during that time one
Jordan and one Of the Beaslya have