Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-12
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Leva Robinson Sawtelle,
authoress and member Of the Massa-
chusetts bar, died at Amherst, N.
H., Monday.
Secretary Blaine Monday visited
Secretary Tracv on board the Dis
patch at Bar Harbor and remained
about an hour.
George Nye, father Of A. B. Nye,
editor ofthe Oakland, Cal, Enquirer,
died at his sons residence in that
city Sunday evening. Mr.. Nye
was '49er
The Atchison & Sante Fe's gross
earnings for July are estimated at
50, ,699, 600, an increase Of $685., 900.
The steamer Orizaba, from Mexi-
can ports, arrived at New YORK
Monday with $4,000 Mexican sill
yer dollars.
Anna Feuzi, a S-year-old Tacoma
girl, Monday set herself on fire while
playing with matches, aud was
burned to death.
The town Of Camp Douglas, WIS,
was almost destroyed by fire Mou-
day night. Several buildings were |
burned. The loss will aggregate /
$4,000.
A fire at Gilman, Wash, Monday |
destroyed the Moore hotel, Mrs
Kintry's millinery store aud CHARTS
Kesche's shoe store. Loss, 5000;
covered by insurance.
Tbs wife Of Matthew w. Langeu-
burg, a farmer Of Winnipeg, was
found dead in bed Monday. She is
supposed to have starved to death |
during her husbands absence.
Mrs. Lottie Marsh and Henry
Fisher, of Tacoma, Monday went
on a spree, aud during a scufIie for
revolver Mrs. Marsh was shot in the
breast. Fisher has disappeared.
A boiler explosion occurred Mon
day at Cbaumont, France by which
six persons were killed and four so
terribly injured their lives were de
SPARED of.
BY the capsizing of boat of
Dantzig, Germany, Monday the
lieutenant, surgeon aud two seamen
Of the German man.of-war Zeiten,
were drowned.
Thomas Tully, of Pope's mills,
was accidentally shot and killed
Sunday morning, by Amassa Thorn
ton, camper on an island in Black
lake, st. Lawrence county. Tully
was employed as guide and helper.
A terrific electrical and rain storm
Monday did considerable damage at
Hancock, Mich. Oscar s. Arjoja
was killed by lightning while sleep
ing, The lightning struck several
buildings at Calumet, but no one
was injured.
Miss Cynthia Dugan, while driv-
ing with several young companions
ut Bradenburg, KY, Monday, was
thrown out and instantly killed
George Bouner was sserously injured.
Two colored firemen we're blown
to atoms and two deckhands pro.
hably fatally injured by the explo
sion of steampipe on the steamer
Idlewilde at st. Louis. A colored
passenger was also Injured,
A political intrigue is reported
from Washington by which it is in
tended To make Land Commissioners
Carter successor TO Secretary Noble,
aud Russell Harrison senator from
Montana in place of Power. General
Clarkson is said to be engineering
the scheme.
III. j. Conradt has commenced
suit in San Francisco against the
Sun, California aud Union Insur-
ance comnanies to recover $500,
$2500 aud $4,000 respectively, insur-
ance on the wrecked vessel Alicia.
The companies refused to pay the
policies because of rumors that the
vessel had been purposely wrecked.
William Plue, an Ashland, Or,
restaurant keeper, shot aud killed
himself Monday at Medford, He
was in love with Miss Armstrong,
of that place, and called on her and
threatened If she would not marry
him to kill her and himself The
glrls mother got her out Of the
house and Pine then sat on bed
and blew the top Of his head of.
A genuine romance has cuimi-
mated at santa Cruz. For three OF
four months two Germans have
been living here very much like
tramps, with only II miserable little
shanty In Blackburn gulch for q
home, One had Inquired often al
the postotiice for letter for Wolf
gang Bellestrom. AT last the "let
ter looked forl came Friday, the 7tt
lust II was addressed to Count
Wolfgang Ballestrom and was from
the German consul at San Francisco
announcing the death of Wolfgang'
father near Berlin, Germany, anC
the inheritance of the estates anC
title by Wolfgang, who is the eldes
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