Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-12
DISS DE- BAR AND MISS AVA
A Duel, Poorly Fed Prisoners, CttOn
Pickers Strike, That Seattle Case,
CowardIy Assault, A Foolish
Girl, The Park Place Accident,
A Murderous Tramp, Portland
Races, State and Foreign News,
Etc.
KANSAS MORTGAGES.

\
ness Of the state by counties. Th
total assessed valuation Of real am
personal property in 1890, not In
Guiding the railroad property, whicl
is placed at S57 1866, ,233, was $3.50,
593,7ll. The estimated true value /
be ween eight and nine hundre'
millions. 1t Is found that Kansa
has a mortgaged debt of S245, ,485, 1OS
which does not include a state anC
railroad land contract debt o
81, ,6G1 ,767. This debt is q per cent
Of the estimated true value of al
taxed real estate. The average
amount Of debt per mortgaged acre
is placed at S66.55. OF the tota
nlortgaged debt, $l67, l45, ,039 is upor
acres, and $6s, ,34O,O69 upon lots
Thirty.four per cent. Of the tota
debt In force against acres is on rea
estate in the Western half of th,
state, where 1t is said values are low
and where settlement was made bui
few years ago. 1t Is proposed tC
prepare a map showing the exact
localities In the state of debt. Sup
erntendent Porter says the largest
debt exists in sections where there
Is the greatest prosperity and where
there has been advancement and
improvement.
THE PARK PLACE ACCIDENT.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12,--The cor.
oner's jury In the Park Place dis
aster returned a verdict. They fine
that the killed in the disaster me-
death by the falling of the building
Regarding the cause of the disaster
they say the iron columns of the
building were not as strong and wei
constructed as the specifications
called for, and that the fall of the
building was caused by the breaking
vi Out VI bllO OOlNtlhbl III W htui
the middle of the ground floor, by q
sudden shock applied to the exterior
of the columns. They were unable
to determine whether It was caused
by the explosion of benzine vapoI
employed in a manner and quantity
contrary to law. The jury recon-
mended to the coroner that he ask
the Legislature to pass law enabling
the fire department and the build
ing department to inspect periodical
ly all buildings used for printing,
manufacturing, storage or similar
purposes, not only to insnre against
overloadlng, but as to the mainte-
nance or employment of explosives
or dangerous lnflammable material
IN any building where other labor is
employed or manufacturing carried
on.
GREAT PRIZE FIGHT.
HoBoKEN, N. j.. Sept. l2.-Sport-
ing men say that no fight In the
country since the great battle be-
tween Dempsey and Fitzslmmons
attracted such universal interest as
the lightweight championship
match between McAuliffe and
Austin Gibbons at the Granite asso-
citation club rooms last night. 1t
was stopped by the police in the
sixth round, and Referee Jere Dunn
awarded the fight to McAulifie
amid much excitement. A great
crowd was present at the battle.
con roN.PICKERs' STRIKE.
Houston, Tex, Sept. l2.-Today
Is the day set for the strike of the
throughout the cot
ton belts. Colonel Humphreys, who
engineered the scheme, says he has
the names of 1000, 900 people in all
portions of the South who stopped
picking last night until they can
get 81 per hundred aud board. He
says the men are all under oath to
pick no more cotton save their own
until November for less than that
amount.
POORLY FED PRISONERS.
SAN FRANCISCO, ,SeptI2,-Thomas
Hart, just discharged from the San
Quentin prison, where he served IA
term OF three years for arson, said
yesterday that Wednesday last If
teen conviets employed in the luls
mill refused to work because of the
poor food given them. The men
formed In a line aud marched out
INTO the yard In an orderly manner
Warden Hale said he would give
hem better food and the men went
back 10 work. Hart says the con-
flcts are given only fourth of n
Dound of meat per day, while the
aw requires they be given pound.
rhe meat given them, he says, was
nearly always putrefied and unnt TO
'at. Regarding the alleged oou.
piracy TO break out OF prison, for
which seven men are now In soli
AIRY confinement Hart says there
was no conspiracy. The officers In.
'ented the story TO avoid having
he men wcrk ON the roads near
San Rafael, Ms they could not be
pared from the Jute mill.
THAT sRATrLE CAsE.
SRAITLR, Sept. I'm. @. Sulli.
AN, the detective, aud MS assls-
,nls, Maekey aud Evans, who Kid !
iapped Bailey aud Albertson. were
Ieald Ia the justice court yesterday. 1
'ulllyan N charged With assault
iilh a deadly weapon, aud his two
i a.