Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-30


All and efficient services.
rhe chairman then rad letter
fr3m VI. W. Dadlcy, reaienlng The
el,ice og treasurer Of the committee.
nEvfRsNp RASCAL
sralNorm1p, O., july 30.--The
Rev. Yale "a On trial a. jamestown,
near here. for attempted assault up
ona young girl. Mr- Yale Is we'll
known citizen, being editor Of The
vldetle.a well known church organ.
Heis very wealthy aud has always
borne a good reputat'on,so when the
charge against him was made public
fhe entire community was almost
etrnck dumb with astonishmeni and
for awhile was lncreduIous. There
wne little testimony adduced, but
wbatever there was Of a sensational
character. Crowds are coming from
All over The county 70 witness the
trial. Ia fact, the attendance was 81
laroe that Justice Clarke rented the
opera-house wherein 90 bold the trial,
and II was more crowded than any
theatrical performance. Highly sen
satlonaI developments are. predicted
for today, and many farmers are
stopping ia town so as to obtain q
choice Of seats at the sitting Of JUS
llcc CiarKe's court.
sENrENcE COMMITTED.
CAPE MAY, July 30.--President
Harrison yesterday commuied the
sentences Of Capt. George J. Armes,
retired army officer, who was court
martialed for pulling Governor
Beaver's nose Of Philadelphia. The
sentence of Armes was restriction
within the limit Of fifty miles Of the
district Of Columbia for three years
COLLECTOR APPOINTED.
CAPE MAY, N. j., July SO-The
president has accepted the resigna-
ton OF Joel ID. Erhart as collector Of
the port Of New YORK, and has de-
elgnated J. Bloat Fassett, OF blnnlra'
N. Y, az his successor.
FAssETT ACCEPTS.
WAsHfNdTUN, July 30.-J. Sloat
Fassett. OF New York, who was
appointed yesterday to the collector
ship Of the port Of New York, Vice
Erhardt resigned, accepted the POI
sition today.
A SHOOTING sCRAPE.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.-In a
saloon quarrel yesterday Tony
shreve and Richard Kennel ex-
changed several shots. The latter
was shot through the leg and Shreve
probably fatally wounded.
Shreve, whose real name Il
Schrage, had just returned from al
extended camping tour In Mendo'
clno county with Kennel, and they
were supposed to be the closest
friends. He states: ~ was With q
barkeeper whose name | don'tknow
on California street, when Kenze
came up and deliberately knocked
me down and beat me. Shortly ai
ter was 10 saloon when Kenze
suddenly threw the door open an
drawing pistol, shot me IN IN
side. saying, with an oath: TAI
that, you have been talking aoo'
me.n I had a pistol but did not ha'
time TO draw. If Kenzel Is shot
shot himself.
HOME MORTGAGES.
WASHINGTON, July 3O.-Tl
count OF home and farm transcrip
made In accordance with the MOI
gage collection clause Of the cens'
act, has been completed by the Gel
sus Office. There we're returned !
the euumerators 2,40l, $50 farms an
homes occupied by the owner
which were encountered by NOR
gages. This includes some abol
which the enumerators made no n
port, and which belong partly
the class Of hired and partly to ia
class owned free, us well as parity I
the class owned and encuinbered
Until this unknown quality due I
the failure Of enumerators IL eliml
mated II may be regarded as az
proximately true that two ana
quarter million Of the twelve ana
half million families Of the Uuite
States, occupy and own encumbere
farms aud homes, aud that ten an
"A quarter million families occap
farms aud homes either hired Q
owned free. The proportions
hired and owned free homes an
farms viii be known when the POI
ulatlon division has completed IL
count Of returns pertaining To then
Preliminary results indicate that u
average debt for farms 10 Iowa
81, ,2ss; per home, S7loi average {
farm aud home, Sl,lA0. IL the
averages hold good for the Unlo
the encumDrance on farms al
homes OF the United States occupl
by owners, Is about Se,06b, %
Incomplete returns from sevel
Western states indicate that farm
and homes are morlgaged for abe
one third the value put upon the
by the owners.
OMAHA BRIDGE.
OmAHA, July 80. - The Uni
Paolac this morning granted
Rock Island and Milwaukee r.
ihn nsn nf the bridge track nnlll