Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-02-02

war.
On this ship the battery is sacri
feed to speed and coal endurance
1t is her mission to run and not tC
fight. Under the circumstances she
would not engage a man-of-war, but
she would limit her efforts entirely
to the destruction of commerce,
Six such ships would sweep from
the seas the commerce of any enemy
as at present protected.
TIN ORE DISCOVERED.
ELLENsBURG, Feb. 2.-The rich
est tin ore yet discovered in any
place in this state was analyzed in
this city on Saturday. A consider
able percentage of lead and silver
was present. The locality of the
find is a secret except that it is in
the Wenatchee region northeast OF
this city. Float tin has been found
quite frequently in the Cascades
but this is believed to be the first
discovery of tin ore in the place.
THE PRESIDENT DEFENDS THE
INDIAN BUREAU.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2.-The World
publishes an interview with Presi-
dent Harrison on the Indian ques
ton in which he says: "Some oI
the grievances are real, some are
imaginary, and some are the newt.
able consequences of our form OF
government. In past years the
Indian has often, no doubt, been
robbed by cattle rings, by agents and
by traders; but l do not believe he is
robbed to-day. 1 shall talk with
the Sioux delegation; if they desire
Il council l shall give them full
hearing and if any wrongs are pre-
sented they will be met promptly
and thoroughly. L believe, how
ever, that the main grievance is one
beyond my control. The tardiness
with which congress has ratified the
agreement made with them by the
Sioux commission two years ago, and
the cutting down of the appropri
alton recommended for the current
year; but that they have been
robbed by agents during my ad-
ministration | know personally is
not true. The matter has been
thoroughly sifted, aud this charge is
found wanting. am entirely salts
fed with the present administration
of Indian affairs. 1t is thoroughly
honest and intelligent, and no COM
plant has been given against it
during the past two years that has
not at once received prompt atten-
ton and the cause been removed.
1 know the Sioux have received
during my administration every
dollar appropriated by congress for
them"
A CHANGE OF HEART.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Refugia
Gutierrez, a resident of the city of
IeXico, is here OH mission which
will interest the entire medical
world. Senor Gutierrez makes some
remarkable statements. DR.. Mar
tinez, of the city of Mexico, he says,
has taken the heart from one AMI
NAL and placed it in another, vice
versa. No disagreeable effects were
noticeable, and the animals on re-
covering from the an@sthetics were
as well apparently as ever. DR..
Martinez is so enthusiastic that he
has petitioned the Mexican govern
ment to give him two criminals now
under sentence of death. The offer
is under consideration.
SCHwATKA COMES TO LIFE.
MADISON CITY, Iowa, Jan. 81
Lieut.. chwatka, who was injured
by fall last night, and was thought
to be dead, has regained conscious
ness and will probably recover.
MADISON CITY, Feb. 2.-Lieut.
Schwatka spent a comparatively
easy night, and is improving. He
complains of severe pains at the
base of the spine.
A RICH LEGACY,
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1T is stated
that the wife of C. S. Allen, of this
city, has fallen heir to practically
the entire business portion of Toledo,
Ohio, on the death of her father,
DR.. Jones, of Boston. When Toledo
was nothing more than a trading
post, DR.. Jones got a quarter section
of land from the government, in
what is now the very heart of Toledo,
The deed for this property was
found among the papers of the
deceased, and the claims Of Mrs
Allen will be pushed to secure II.
FALSE ALARM.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. I'm
formation ia received here that the
troubles at Carbon Hill amounts to
nothing. The marshal had some
trouble is arresting several persons,
and called on the governor for
troops; bat their services were not
needed.
A CITY IN MOURNING.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-The United
States treasury office is closed to-day
and draped with mourning as trib-
ute az 4, anacf IN the unaunory of the