Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-21
Great Excitement in Guthrie,
Oklahoma Territory.
THE NEWS OF BALNACEDA CONFIRMED
Killed Himself, A Terrible Expe-
rience, Destroyed by Fire, A
SwindIe, ConcIaye of, 0, 0. f.
Cedar Block Pavement, State
and Foreign News, Etc.
TO GET TOWN LOTS.

4 early THIS morning the streets OF tnl
J town are blocked with wagons
horses and people Everything Is
wide open. Liquor is plentiful anC
gamblers are here with their outfits
Governor Steele will go to the coun-
ty seat. The Intention Is to clear
the town aud with signal let the
race for town lots commence. Trains
continue to arrive, bringing people
anxious to secure homes. The met
in line before the land office are
still there, determined to make al
entry. Hotels, printing offices,
stores and shops are taxed to theil
utmost capacity. Some establish
ments, especially those of news
papers, are seriously crippled on nc
count of their help leaving to join
in the race.
THE NEWS CONFIRMED.
New YORK, N. Y. Sept. 21.- A
dispatch to the Associated Press un
der date of Santiago, Sept. 21st, from
Minister Patrick Egan, confirms the
published reports of the suicide OF
President Balmaceda.
KILLED HIMSELF.
CLEVELAND, Sept. q. - Ere d
Kammerer, the wife murderer, this
morning committed suicide in Jail
by hanging himself to a water pipe
in his cell.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
ASTORIA, Wash, Sept. 2l.-An-
tone Sumstad and Ole b. OlesOn two
fishermen, had a terrible experience,
which nearly ended fatally. They
were beating down from the prairie
channel, where they had been fish
ing, and when abreast of Tongue
point the boat struck Dick Wei
comes fish trap on the edge Of the
channel, about half a mile from the
Tongue. It was little after 2 o'clock
and very dark, so that it was inn
possible TO see the trap until it was
struck. The wind was blowing fresh
and a heavy sea was on, so that the
moment that the boat struck il slew
sd around and turned bottom-side up.
The men were thrown into the water,
)ut after some difficulty succeeded ,
n climbing on the bottom of the .
'oat, which was rapidly drifting !,
on strong ebb tide. They i
houted but in vain, and each
wave broke over them,
lrenching them to the skin, and
making it extremely difficult to re-
ain their hold on the boat. When 1
laylight came the unfortunate men C
we're drifting down the middle of /
he channel, the current increasing |,
n rapidity each moment, and to all I
ppearances nothing to save them
rom being swept out to sea. About
o'clock, when nearly abreast of
'hinook beach, and a mile aud
alf from shore, they were sighted
y two Russian boys who were chop.
ing wood on The beach. The boys
Immediately started to the rescue :
nd succeeded in getting them =
shore in an exhausted condition. q
n effort was made to save the boat,
ut the tide was running seward at ;,
lch rate that this was impossible. u :,
a REMARKABLE swINDLE. n
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept. 2l.- Il
ne OF the most astounding swim "
les in the history of the country d
rs Just been brought to light here Il
y Federal detectives, who have al o
'sted Henry Ash and q. w. Rose,
Ho of the three ringleaders. Rob
It f. Lively, the man who origi.
ated the scheme, escaped to the :
but II posse is after him. !
ome weeks ago these men organ. -
led at st, Albans, this county, "a y
ranch Of what was alleged to be y
he National Assembly," said 10y
he conspirators TO be a patriotic
rider, having for its object the relief
4 the national government. 1t y
'as proposed TO put into the posses !,
ion of the government the gold
oin boarded up by the people, to
he end that the government might
e enabled to meet its obligations {
nd be saved from national repudia-
ION. The treasury department, II :
vas explained, had plenty of paper l
money, and had agreed that for all v
old coins paid into the assembly /
nd certified by the officers there I
'ould be paid five times the sum In 1
'aper currency. Nothing less than
200 would be accepted from any
ne. The thing took In a surprising 4
way. The country was secured for
old. The men paid $500 for $500, /,
nd scores gave $500 TO $500 for the !
certificates of the swim
lers. The Chesapeake 4 Ohio eom-
ANY pays lis employees in gold, aud I
arge sums Of this money went into !
he Golfers OF Lively and his pals.
'oor men borrowed, begged aud |
nortgaged that they might raise
old, and many dollar OF hard,
armed savings went into the "local
ssembliesn for the relief OF the gov
rnnent The postoiiioe authorities
ot Wind OF the thing a week ago,
nd to-day the arrests were made.
'he excitement over the swindle /,
! great. i, Is estimated that the
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