Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

Lotan called the Republican state
central committee TO order ut 10 a
m. today. All but four counties
were represented. After the APP
pointment Of a committee on Gre
dentials, apportionment and call,
the committee took a recess till 2
r. m. No changes were made IN
the membership of the central CON-
mittee. The committee on appor
tionment have formulated report
which is TO be laid before the central
committee this afternoon. The
apportlonment is based on the vote
cast for Hermann in 1890, and pro
vides for 233 delegates, III from tht
First congressional district, aud ll6
from the Second district. Each
county Is given delegate at large
qnd one for every two hundred
votes and one for every fraction
over one hundred.
FREE SILVER COINAGE.
WAsHNGToN, Feb. 3.--rhe DEM
ocratlc caucus, which was to have
been called for Friday evening next,
to consider the silver coinage ques-
tion, has been abandoned, for the
present at least. Harter, Of ONO,
who was the leading spirit In circu-
lating the call, said yesterday: III
decided not to push the caucus, for
the reason that Democratic opinion
is changing very rapidly, not only
upon the wisdom OF passing a silver
coinage bill, but upon the merits OF
the question, and while last Thurs
day nine out Of every ten men
would have predicted that free
silver bill would pass the house,
today venture the opinion that no
bill providing free and unlimited
coinage Of silver will pass this SEES
sion. The most earnest of the free
silver people recognize the fact that
IA free silver plank In the platform
would break the party In two, and
that we would have to say goodby
to New England, TO the Middle
states, and such states as Wisconsin,
Illinois, Iowa and Michigan. Lead
ing German papers have served
notice upon us that the German
vote will leave US In u body on that
issue, and go to the Republicans
We expect TO sweep the whole
country II u fight is made on the
tariff issue, but II would be hard to
gather seyenty-fve men In the
house who would go upon record as
believing that Democrat can bt
elected president In 1872 upon n plat
form which would give citizens o
Colorado one hundred cents worth
OF property or the services Of every
body else In the land for what II
supposed TO cost them less thar
fourteen and three-quarter cents"
STRIKERS MAKING TROUBLE.
PIrrsBURa, Pa, Feb. 3. - Th'
Woods Run car of the Mancheste
line having on board thirtsen new
4 employees Of the company wa
wrecked early this morning by al
explosion Of dynamite cartridge
which had been placed on the track
several OF the men were cut by fly
ing glass, but no one was seriously
hurt. Many persons were thrown
from their beds by the force of th'
exp oslon. The strikers had beer
quiet for several days aud II wa
thought they had abandoned th'
fight aud that the trouble was over
OUTBREAK or ooNvICrs.
BosroN, Feb. S.--An outbreal
was reported this morning, among
.he prisoners at Deer leland, ant
| any policemen were sent from thiI
city 10 the scene. This IL the seconC
rlotous demonstration which has 90
CURED In that institution within 4
few weeks. When the police AT
rived at Deer Island, a large mum
Der OF eonvicts were making u greal
noise. They refused 20 go TO work
aud threatened the police, number
ing sixty men, the police drew elub'
and In a short time the mob was un'
Ter sulllecllon, after free use OF the
naions. The refractory prisoners
we're locked In their cells.
FRozE 10 DEATH,
lIlr SPRINGS, Feb, S,--Two fam
| lilies, Watkins aud McGufiy, whO
started sor Oklahoma, from Cedar
Glades near here, were frozen to
death Ia the recent blizzard. Their
bodies were found on the prairie
near the Arkansas river,
MINING EXCITEMENT.
DKNvER, Feb a.--The excitement
ai Creede, Col, new mlnlng camp
on the Rio Gnnde railway is ia
tense. People are ilocklng nom all
parts Of the country, aud many
rOugh board houses have sprung up
Ia a short time. The mines are
something wonderful aud almost
equal those Of Leadville In its best
dAys David n, Moiiett was y,s-
lerday Offered Sl,0oo0oo by an
Engllsh company 10 bond the Holy
Mosssn mine Al Creede, but refused
10 do 30. Sinae lle first prospect
hole wa, stated Al C'eede, niue
months ago, there have been td,ooo,- =
0oo worth of ore taken from the
mines there. Although everything