Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-27

be coast near San Francisco, and SO
put that city and Oakland under
In the second line we
have some good guns Of the old pat
tern mounted at the principal bar-
bons, as at San Francisco and San
Diego, and a number Of submarine
mines that could he placed In posi-
tion to shut out the enemy and close
the openings TO The harbors. They |
would just now be mines that would
explode on contact with vessels and
NOT by electricity. Again we have
for sudden use all the tugs, small
yachts and tarbor boats, which, by |
great sacrifice Of life and property,
giving each long spar lu front and
some dynamite, could be used to
protect the enhance Of the harbors.
These nines, with other aids readily
suggested, might keep out an enemy,
from San Francisco, the Columbia
river aud Puget sound, Al first We
would have to suffcr a great loss Of
life while operating TO confine al
enemy within as close liiuiis ss pos
slblen
ABOUT TO CAPTURE GARzA.
San ANTONIO. Texas, Jan. 27.-
The military authorities here are
confident Of capturing or anuihilat
ing the force Of Garza today. a
move was made at daylight, which
they believe will surround the revo-
lutlonlsts, II is reported that Cara
has been legally advised not to sur
render to the United States, ns
under the treaty he would be de-
livered to Mexico, which means
certain death,
OIL FACTORY BURNS,
ELIZABETH, N. j., Jan, 27.-The
extensive plant Of Borne, scrymscl
& Co., lubricating oil manufacturers,
was entirely destroyed by fire last
night. One of the stills exploded,
causing a conhAgratlon. Still aftei
still exploded, and soon the entire
plant was a mass Of flames. Blaz
ing oils fioated out on the surfac
of Staten Island sound, greatly en-
dangering shipping. The Staten
Island meadows we're fred, ignl;ing
the irestle Of tue Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, which spans the
sound here. The oil works covered
ten acres with 450 foot frontage
Wharves of full length frontage
were consumed, togo ther witt
cooper shops, barreling filler, anf
pulp houses, forty-fve Thousand
new barrels and many tbousanC
barrels Of manufactured oil were lost
The loss aggregates 100000; in
surance partial.
DRIFTING TO SEA.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27,--The tow
boat Webster, towing two soows, !
drifting out TO sea. Tue Webste
was struggling in the teeth ofa fft.
? mile gale, when the hawser brok
and became entangled about tn
propeller. She became helpless
: drifting, and the scows with her
, II Ia known that sixty Italial
! laborers were aboard the scows
The towboat Nichols, with tw
other scows, which were neal
started to their assistance. TIL
, scows broke loose, and they wit
7. sixty other Italians are also gone
, II Is thought that In all l25 huma
beings are aboard the boats, whicI
are drifting about Mt the mercy Q
the waves. Tugs are searching ia
them.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27. - II
: thought that tan OF the eightee
missing employees Street Cleanin
Department blown out to sea on tn
y scow yesterday were drowned. ]
J. Is said those remaining unless the
have been picked up must certainl
have been drowned or frozen /
: death.
> ARGUMENT CLOSED.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 27.-Genera
Butler yesterday closed his argu
ment before the United States 81
preme court, on behalf Of the au
= archists, Flelden and Schwab.
. OREGON sHERIFFs.
WALLA WALLA, Jan. 27.-Quit
large delegation of Oregon sheriff
. visited Walla Walla yesterday
|, They came from Pendleton, wher
they had been attending a specia
meeting. Among the number wa
George S. Downing, superintendent
! Of the Oregon penitentIaryi p. NJ
Q Kelley, of Multnomah county; A. A
= Cowlng,of Hawley. z. A. Conde, @
y Baker; j. l. Bolles, Of UnIoni d. |
Gates, Of Wasco, and j. s. Richey
deputy sheriff Of Umatilla county
: ]. A. Thomson. Columbia county
i Wash, also accompanied them u
= an Invited guest They visited ia
: penitentiary and pronounced them
q selves well pleased with everything
y and thought the Jute plant just th
: thing,
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