Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-05-13

GuaymIs The Arozina frontier j.
more than three hundred miles
long aHd is only imperfectily pat
rolled by mounted gaurds. Only
few days ago fcty-three Chinese
who arrived at Guaymas, from San
Francisco by steamer, disappeared
very suddenly and it is supposed
that they have slipped into the
United States.
RIDDLED By BULLETS.
KLAMATH, Or, May lS.-SiX In.
dian policemen backed up by twenty
volunteer Indians, were compelled
to kill crazy at Klamath Sunday
morning, John Major. One of the
Klamath indian volunteers COM
manded 10y Dave Hill during the
Modoc war, blazed away with his
Winchester from behind Log un,i!
he fell dead, ri2dle6 Wj'h hl'!''s
from guns in the ha"ds "i his
twenty-siX pursuers.
Early Sunday mprnilg Hhii" las
wife was bathing il one rr.uG Ma
jor entered from another and liiirI
her with bullet from his Wincnes-
ter. He thea few from his house,
which is close to the Williams river
bridge, to n house occupied by an
other Indian, whom he greeted eN-
citedly and requested to walk out for
a conversation. While walking
ahead, in obedience to Major S com
mand, Le was shot i'm the back, the
ball coming out through his breast
After this second murder the old
Mudcc fighter ran to the woods,
where he met Frank Johns, another
Indian, whom he greeted tXci'cdiN,
and requested him to take II walk
for ''some talk Not liking his
look aud tone, Johns refused to ac-
company bin, whereupun the
crazy Indian pulled his Winchester.
Johns put spurs to his steed just
about then and escaped, pursued
by Major and his Old Winchester,
Johns was not long getting to the
"church- house." on Williamson
river, where he reported to the ln-
dians assembled there for worship
the fact that Major hadcharged h i'm
from the rear, aud subsequently,
when Lady Hook arrived with
the information that Major had
murdered his wife and an Indian
man, the committee of twenty-siX
was chosen and the meeting rapidly
adjourned.
When Bob Hook discovered Major
behind log, ne was surprised AT the
prompt manuer in which the fugi-
tive rose and blazed away, but the
police suddenly rolled off their
horses and the other Indians cover
ed him with their guns. They car
ried his completely riddled carcass
back to the bridge. He was buried
Tuesday, as were his two victims.
He had always up to that time, been
quiet, pcuce-loving Indian.
SENDING SALMON TO GERMANY.
ASTORIA, May BIT will be re-
membered that some months ago a
Mr.. Linderberger was here DegOtia'
ting for the purchase of Columbia
river salmon, which was to be salted
and shipped to Germany. He offer
Ell to buy 800 carloads, at price:
ranging from g. toS 81 cents pound
He did not meet with much success
mere, but did better with Alaska
men. Through II. W. TIbbuls, OF
San Francisco, and others, he hai
made arrangements with different
Alaska canners for eighty carloads
500 tcns-of king salmon. They arr
10 weigh ten pounds 10 - side, To b,
packed in coo H. ticfyC-, aud viii b'
; taken from the yariOu, points by
steamer chartered Tor the purpose t.
? Sitka. From there they will b'
ta!.ru 80 san Francisco, ana ship
Iad from thence TO Germany.
ErFIaD WITH HO%DI~.
S.N FRANCISCO. Cal, May l3.-