Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-28

The robber was by this time In the
center Of the ear, aud he WAS just
preparing 80 take another shot at
Howard, when Lane fired and
lodged behind seat. The robber
turned, and Howard fired nc him,
hitting him apparently in the shoul-
der, as one of his arms dropped to
his side. He ran into the closet and
was locked IN there, but lie jumped
out OF the window almost as soon
as the door was closed. The passen-
gers were returned their money and
vaiuables, which he had left un-
touched on the Car seat. The detec-
tives Of the company have started
from Minneapolis aud Chicago for
the scene II the attempted robbery,
and every effort will be made to
capture the desperate. He wore a
heavy seal ring on the little finger
Of the left hand. The company
will offer a large reward for his
crpture.
A RAsCAL's WORK.
BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 2S.--Some
unknown person released the
brakes on the cable car from which
the grip car had been detached,
causing the car to go down the
heavy grade with lightning speed
and jump the track. VIM. Cum
ningham, miner, was killed; t. @.
Cameron and Daniel Mcdonald
were fatally injured.
SHOWING AT sIssoN.
SIssoN, Cal, Dec. 28.--It has
been showing since midnight Sat
urday, accompanied by heavy
wind. Snow is drifting badly;
snow plows are running, and all
trains are on time, the wind Is
south, and there is a prospect Of a
heavy storm.
GILLIAN SPIES.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.--A morning
paper says an officer of General
Miles staff received telegram late
last evening from his brother, a
United States soldier, stationed at
San Francisco, telling him of the
arrest there yesterday of two for
eigners, one a Spaniard and the
other Chilian, who had been there
for the past three weeks and acting
in manner to cause suspicion.
They were arrested on a charge of
vagrancy, though they are strongly
suspected of being Chilian spies.
EDMUND M. FIELDS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. edward NJ.
Fields neither eats or drinks, and is
growing weaking every day. He
passed a restless night, and this
morning refused to take breakfast.
He complains of paius in his head.
He refuses to touch medicine.
DEATH OF A PIoNEER.
McMINNvILLE, Or, Dec. 2S.-
Captain Medorum Crawford, a pio-
neer of 1912, died at his home, In
this county, Saturday morning, of
cancer of the throat.
GILLIAN MATTERS.
VALPARAISO, Dec. 29 --Admiril
Jorge Montt was proclaimed presi
dent of the republic in every town
and city In the country. Elaborate
preparations are being made Ia Sam
UiHgo Tor the inauguration ceremonies.
It IS proposed to proclaim general
amnesty to all the minor civil, mill
tary and naval officials who served
under Balmaceda. The amnesty
will not, howevery, extend to off,
GERS over the rank of major, to min
listers of state, judge, councillors,
members of congress, governors or
others who were particular prOmi-
nent. Active measures have been
taken to prevent any outbreak or
uprising on the part of the Balma-
cedists. Velasquez was brought
here from Santiago, and placed on
board the warship Cochrane for safe
keeping. This action has given rise
to the idea that the government
believes Velasque at the head of
"a plot TO give trouble during the in-
auguration ceremonies. IL Ia argued
that the government intends to
build more warships. Thomson,
the correspondent of the London
Times, who is the agent of the Arm.
strongs, has offered to sell to Chill a
ship Of the Esmeralda type, of 1000
tons, with speed of twenty-one
miles, for e2OO,0OO. The offer has
not as yet been accepted.
SITTING BULLS DEATH.
FoRr MEADE, s. d., Dec. 2s. In
recent issue of New York news
paper there appeared an article
headed ''EitJing Bulbs DEATH"
which purports TO be an interview
with Conrad Disstler. In an
interview. Lieutenant Slooum, ofthe
Eighth cavalry, who was present at
the time Sitting Bull was killed,
makes the following statement in
regard to the affair; "Sitting Bull,
from his village ON Grand river, had
sent defiance to Agent Mclaughlin
al Fort Yates, and as token of his
hostility to the whites he had broken
his neaea nlne. and had sent the |