Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-19
any information officially, hut he
had no doubt Of its correctness.

any Information officially, hut h
had no doubt Of its correctness.
TT IS NOT 80.
WAsHtSaTON, Jan. -. The nav,
department has received NO informa
tion in relation TO the reported firin,
on the United States steame
Yorktown at Valparaiso, Chill. Th'
report Is not believed.
THE VALPARAISO ROUaHs.
NEW YORK, Jan. ia VaIpar
also special SAYS: The three Cbiliar
roughs found guilty in Friscal's re
port ofthe attacl, on the Baltimore'
crew have applied to Judge Fos;e
to appoint an advocate 10 make th'
plea In their behalf. One was ap
pointed. Upon this advocate pre-
seuting the defense the judge viii
pass sentence.
THE REFUGEES.
LONDON, Jan. 19.-The Pacific
Steam Navigation Company's mai
steamer John Elder from Valparaiso
for Liverpool was wrecked in the
Straits Of Magellan. All The pas
sengers and crew of the steamer
were saved but the vessel herself
will be n total loss. A despatch tc
The Times from Santiago de Chill
says: News of the wreck is caus.
ing much excitement in that city
owing to the fact II was generally
believed it was by this steamer that
number Of refugees who sought
safety at the American legation had
left the country. Local authorities
have received orders to arrest all
refugees found among the ship
wrecked people.
BLAINE ILL AGAIN.
WAsHIN Jan. 19.-Secretary
Blaine, while at the cabinet meet
ing today, experienced another
attack Of indigestion accompanied
with nausea, and felt 80 uncomfort-
able that he left the meeting and
went riding.
wALLA WALI,A ITEMS.
WALLA WALLA, Jan. 10. Henry
Haines, an ignorant German, age
43, was arrested on a charge Of rap
ing 10 year-Old girl of Conrad OFT,
living three miles below this city.
A preliminary examination was
held yesterday afternoon, and
Haines confessed the crime, and
was bound over for trial with bonds
placed ut $1,000, which he was un-
able to furnish. The story as told
10y the little girl to correspondent
and afterwards In court, was that on
Sunday morning her father and her
mother went off visiting, leaving
her In charge Of the younger chill
dren. Haines had been working
for her father aud lived in cabiD
close to their house. About the mid
die Of the afternoon she passed
Haines' cabin, he seized her, dragged
her in, threw her on the floor and
ravished her. Ott, father of the
girl, says that he returned home
about 7 o'clock In the evening, and
being informed by his little daugh-
ter Of what had occurred went to
Haines' cabin, charged him with the
crime, which, after some evasions
and answers, he confessed. OFT
then sent for two noighbOrs, before
whom Haines repeated his confes.
sion. Halnes, on being sworn, first
denies, ,tthlsPeSY tthlsP SYEe8ng DECENTRALIZATION aftfiGT
Is felt among the citizens.
Yesterday morniug Mrs. G.. w.
Fry swore out "A warrant charging
her husband with threatening to
kill her. Fry was placed under $500
to keep the peace. Fry is the man
who suddenly left three weeks ago,
but returned last week. He was
Jealous of his wife, whom he charged
With deceiving him and consortinp
90 familiarly with another man.
Mrs. Fry alleges that since his re-
urn he has threatened to shoot her
Interesting developments are ex
1ected within few days.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
CORVALLIS, Or, Jan. l9.-In the
'ase of the Willamette Valley &
Coast Railway against the sheriff OF
Benton county, to enjoin the collec-
ion of taxes, Judge Pipes decided |
hat the law exemptlng the com |
lany from taxation was constitu
ional, and made the law perpetual.
The effect OF the decision Is to OK.
'mpt from taxation their property
n Benton, Linn aud Marion coun
les. The case will undoubtedly be
appealed TO the supreme court.
sLAsHER ARRAIoNED.
New York, Jan. l9.-Henry q.
Dowd, alias Jack the Slasher,"
vas arraigned In the Toonbs police
ourt yesterday before Justice Duffy,
with cutting the throat of