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

preamble to Arnold's resolution re-
questing the hepresident 70 recall Egan
saye, whereas the latter by bis gen.
eral course Of action towards that
government, and more especially by
his action in his giving asylum to
ChIlians IN the late strife between
the Congressional and Balmacedist
parties, has rendered himself obnox-
ious to that government and alien
ated Ia a marked degree the former
friendship that people had for this
government; therefore, IN order
that tranquility may in future be
better assured and the bonds Of
friendship, which ought 10 exist In
all republics Of the Western hemi-
sphere, may be further cemented,
regardless Of political parties, resol-
we'd that the president be respect
fully asked to recall said minister 10
Chill, TO the end that reciprocity Of
amicable relations may be had
and maintained between Chill and
the United States.
A NEW YORK FIRE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.--At a late
hour last night an overturned kero-
sene lamp on the second floor Of
five story brick tenement house, SO
Hester street started blaze which
in few miDutes has spread through
the upper part of the building. The
tenants were panic stricken. Some
unfOrtuDates jumped and Others
were knocked of the fire escape to
the stone courtyard below. Two
were fatally injured, and four others
nre suffering from broken limbs and
Jther injuries, Gusta Kauffmanu
and Fanny Levy, who lived on the
third floor, were cut off from the
staircase by the flames. They
jumped, locked In each others arms,
to the courtyard. They were picked
up bleeding and insensible. Solomon
Soliusky tried 10 save the Levy girl
by catching her in his arms, but her
weight crushed him, and he fell to
The ground with leg broken. Ida
C4oldenstein threw her 18-months-
old child out OF the window, and IL
was fatally Injured. Rebecca Pone-
rantz fell from the fire escape on
the fourth floor and broke her back.
She will die. Flremen soon got the
DANES under control.
PLEADED GUILTY.
SEATTLE, Feb. 2.-James Evans,
the negro who killed his wife at
Franklin last December, pleaded
guilty to murder in the second de-
gree In the superior court yesterday.
He was tried two weeks ago, and,
although the evidence against him
was of the most positive nature, two
negroes on the jury stood out for
acauiital. Yesterday the second
trial began. The regular panel and
an open venIre of twenty-four men
were exhausted without securing a
jury; then Evans attorneys colored
man, agreed with the prosecuting
attorney that his client should plead
guilty Of murder in the second
degree, the penalty for which Is
from ten to twenty years imprison-
ment.
UTAH STATEHOOD.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--The ques-
tion of Utah statehood is likely to
become one of the political issues
OF the present congress. A bill is
now pending In the house for the
admission of that territory as
state, and yesterday Representative
Bushnell, wis. introduced n reso-
lutlon on the subject. The resolu-
ton declares that Utah has larger
population than the three adjoining
states of Wyoming, Idaho and
Nevada combined; that the president
In his last annual message, recom-
mended Utah to be kept out of
statehood until satisfactory evidence
Of effective laws against polygamy
be made and maintained, because as
territory congress could reach and |
punish polygamy, while as state
IL could not do so; that II the United
States constitution be amended 80 as
to prohibit polygamy, then there
would be no excuse against admit
ting Utah AZ state; therefore,
there IL submitted to the several
states the following, to be known
rs article 10 ofamendments thereto:
Polygamy shall never exist with
In the Uuited States, OF In any
place subject to their Jurisdiction.
Congress shall have power TO make
all needful laws for the enforcement
u the article.
A PIONEER DEAD.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2,-Jacob
p. Leese, first white (American) set
tier Ia California, died here yester-
day, aged So years. He came to
California in 1888, and built the flrst
house In San Francisco In 1885.
INDIAN SOLDIERS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. - Iudlan
soldiers are a success. Major Theo-