Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-23

work clearing away the ice from the
inlet at the crib, one Of them oe-
came lodged in the mouth OF the
tunpel. Tn order to save him. II
became necessary to stop the pumps
for two hours, and he was finally
extricated.
KILLED BY A CHIMNEY.
BALTIMORE, jan. %. - Whlle
workmen we're engaged tearing
down an old building on Eutaw
street for city passenger railroad a
chimney fell, killing one instantly
and iujuribg three Others, two
'a,ally.
STEAMER AGROUND.
PORTLAND, Jan. % The Union
Pacific steamer Harvest Queen ran
aground early this morning at War
rior's reef, near st. Helens, in the
fog. Thirty.five passengers were
taken off by the steamer Astorian
and brought to this city. About s
o'clock the Harvest Queen was got
off. She was uninjured save the
scrapiug off of her wheel.
HELD UP THE TRAIN.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23.-The Missouri
Pacific train was boarded this morn
ing at Shelton by two masked men
who held up the express messenger.
baggage master, and passenger
agent from whom money and jew
elry was taken, and small amount
Of money was also taken from the
express safe. When the north
bound freight arrived here this
morning, two men got off. Police
man McLennOn, hailed them. One
Of them shot him dead, both then
escaped.
A detective overlook the robbers
at Pleasanton, where one man was
shot and the other badly wounded.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
CHICAGO, Ills, Jan. 23.-The en-
tire train, including mail car of the
Rock Island road, bound for Council
Bluffs. Iowa, which was wrecked
near this city last night, was burned
Nobody was killed, but several pa9-
sengers were injured, some of them
probably fatally.
OUR FINANCES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-By re-
quest of the ways and means COM
mitlee Assistant Secretary of Treas
ury Spaulding appeared before the
committee today. The object of the
inquiry is to secure official iDfoma'
ton as to the revenues and eXpendi-
lures of the government as a pre-
liminary to any possible tariff legis
lature. Speulding made compari.
son between the current fiscal yeaI
aud the fiscal year ending June 30,
1890, the year before the present
tariff act went into effect. He said
the total revenue receipts (estimated)
for the current fiscal were 1862, ,000,-
600 against S403, ,079,0 for the fiscal
year 1890 actual receipts ST., Isl, 600
tor the first six months Of the cur
rent fiscal year, about $1,000, 600
more than expenditures for the cor
responding six months. Expendi-
lures (estimated) for the current
fiscal year $33S, 900, 900 or about $24,.
10000 less than estimated receipts.
The secretary said it would be
necessary to take $lO,000,00O out Of
the apparent surplus of S24, 100000
to provide for the sinking fund re-
quirements. He added in addition
to the $24, COO, 600, an apparent sur
plus of cash in the treasury amount
ing to Sl39, 72S, 900, making total ol
Sl73, 3,893,000. He included in the
cash in treasury the gold reserves o
500, 900, 600 held for redemption o.
greenbacks amounting to$346, 900, 600
which could be used in a pinch. A
discussion about gold reserves soon
resulted in cross.fire between the
Democratic and Republican mem
bers of the committee, the former
contending they were fund for q
special purpose and not available fol
the ordinary purposes, while the
latter asserted the contrary.
EARTHQUAKES.
ROME, Jan. 23.-Seve.al quite
severe shocks of earthquake were
felt here last night, which caused a
panic in the more crowded quartz rs
of the city,
FROM ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
LoNDSN, Jan. PA correspon-
dent Of The Times at Valparaiso.
confirms the report of the attack by
a mob Of armed men upon the
honse of Suarez at Meudosa, Argen-
tine Republic. The secretary of
and several other legisla-
tors were assasinated.
AT AN END.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-General
Schofield received telegram today
from General Stanley commanding
department of Texas in which he ex.
pressed the opinion the Cara in
surreotlonary movement is at an
end.
ELECrRIC PLANT BURNED.
BosroN, Mass, Jan. 2S.-Tl e
Ferdinand street branch of the
Boston Electric Car burned this
The loss is estimated at
sshlO OnI Tha ,,r,.,s.t,. a..