Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-08

guilty Of violating the rules. when
asked ifI,eeds had been found guilty,
Cable replied no, because he admit
ted his guilt. This meant Leeds
would go.
The board took recess at ! O'Clock
for lunch. After recess Chairman
HughItt said the board had consid.
cred the Leeds matter and their
finding was that the Missouri Pacific
railway through the actions of its
freight traffic manager had violated
the agreement substantially as pre-
sented by the commissioners. In
the afternoon It was learned that
Traffic Manager Leeds, Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, was discharged, and
that he leaves for the West. Gould,
when asked about the matter, would
say nothing more than that he had
discharged Leeds. IL is rumored
Leeds has been offered the position
of traffic manager Of the Union
Pacific, but of this Leeds would say
nothing
EXPLOSION OF A MINE.
CLARKsBURe, w. Va, May g.
An explosion occurred yesterday
morning in the Ocean mine, seven
miles from this city. -Four miners
were killed and several others badly
injured. The fire which followed
the explosion Is still burning
FROM COKE REGIONS.
ScorTDALE, Pa, May SAT
meeting of the executive board held
last night it was decided to continue
the fight six weeks longer.
THE LON0 lbbANO CllN FlhE.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. May g.
Water is being thrown on the fire
which started last night. The losst s
will aggregate $500, 900, the heaviest
loser being the Export Lumber
Company, the loss sustained by
them being $25O,00O. Burroughs &
Co.'S lumber-yards came next, with
loss of 100000. Nothing definite
is known as to the insurance.
oHIcAGo's DEATH RATE.
CHICAGO, May S.-The records for
the health department for April
show 1850 deaths, an increase Of for
ty-fve over March, and more than
double the number in April, 1890
Influenza and kindred complaints
were largely responsible.
FROM DETECTIVE o'MALLY.
New ORLEANS, May 9.-Papers
here publish statement by Detec.
tive O'Malley, giving an account of
his career since landing in this city
In 1878. 1t contains nothing new
and is devoted to q justification of
himself. He says in closing;
GAS to my theory of the murder, !
have one; but in the absence of
direct evidence, / should not like to
say what it Is. 1t Ia certainly not
any Malta or Dago business. am
not afraid of the investigation and
only ask for a square tplal."
BAKER ACQUITTED.
PHILADELPHIA, May s.-George
Q. Baker, formerly clerk in Apprais-
er's stores here, was acquitted in the
United States district court of the
charge of altering the records of the
PoladIscopic tests of sugar, consigned
TO Claus Spreckles, by which 1t was
claimed the government has lost
thousands of dollars.
EXPECT HIGH WATER.
SANTA FE, N. M, May 8.-Partles
who have returned from the Sierra
Armillas, say the flood must soon
sweep down the Rio Grande. AT
Aembress Hill, Colorado, snow
stands up beside the Denver and
Rio Grande section, six feet and
thence Il extends for miles, covering
the whole range as far rs Belted
Gorge, aud ranging In depth from
four TO twenty-five feet. All streams
are running their banks over. Thus
far the weather has continued cool
In that region. AT Valherd, above
San Marclal, much land is under
water and there Is also trouble in
Lajara bottoms.
PROF. HILGARD DEAD.
WAsHINor ON, nj ayS. - Prof
Julius Il. Hilgard, late superintend-
ent United States coast survey, died
at his home here this morning.
SCHOONER WRECKED.