Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-23

hundred whites, mostly cowboys,
also had their eyes on that section.
and each party made all sorts Of
threats Of taking the land by force.
A force Of deputy sheriffs has been
dispatched there to preserve order,
and II ~ believed they would be able
TO maintain peace. One Of the
unique sights at TOhee was q COM
pany Of young ladies from Guthrie,
who had formed a colonization com
pany tn proceed to the new lands
and settle on asjoiDing claims.
They mounted on Texas ponies and
were attired as near as might be in
cowboys costumes armed with re-
voivers and were equipped for camp
ing out They made the race in a
body.
Reports from Langston state that
there had been rioiing between
negro settlers aud cowboys. Two
negroes are reported TO have beeh
killed.
COMPLETED.
! WAsHINeTON, d. c., Sept. 3 -
/ Secretary Noble received telegram
from Special Land Inspector Davis.
of Oklahoma, saying the opening Of
the new land is completed without
I trouble.
THE HORSENEN.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Trainers
say the season now drawing tn a
close has seen more good hOrs = 60
wrong than any season 10 the mem
Ory Of the oldest turf-frequenter
Tristan is at Long Branch, laid up
with tad muscle 10 the right hind
leg; Potomac may race next year,
out bis feet are in bad condition;
Tournament is a cripple; Tenny Is
lame ia the foreleg from his race in
the first special Saturday; Long
street has been turned out; Firenzi
may and may not be seen again on
the turf, and Kingston will be train
ed for two or three years more races
aud then be sent to the stud. The
list is a long one, for Russell, Sallie
McClelIand, Victory and other good 1
ones must be, classed as cripples, and 1
the soand racehorses today that are
really OF high class are few.
LADY KILLED BY THE TRAIN.
HEALDsBURG, Cal Sept. pa /
fatal accident occurred OF a trestle /
over a small creek near this city |
yesterday afternoon. As the south-
bound train rounded a curve, just
before going on the trestle, a man
was seen walking across it with
small child in his arms. The engi-
neer blew the whistle and reversed
the engine, and the man ran back
and climbed down the embankment
He and the baby escaped injury. A
stout woman, who was near the
center Of the trestle, also heard the
whistle, but was too far from the
end to escape. The trestle was too
short for the train to be stopped be-
fore reaching her, and she was
struck by tile pilot and knocked of
the trestle, falling a distance Of tif-
teen feet. The train was stopped
and the conductor aud number Of
passengers ran back TO the injured
woman but she was so badly injured
she died in few minutes. She was
identified as Mrs. Jane Rowland, a
widow about siXty-five years of age,
residing in San Eradcisco. She had
been In attendance at the Adven-
tist camp meeting, and was return
ing to the camp ground from town
| when the accident occurred.
HORRIBLE MURDER.
SAN LUIS OBIsPo, Cal, Sept. %.
"A horrible murder, committed in
this county, has been uneafihed.
On the 9Th Of June last Martin
Heines disappeared, leaving no
trace. Within the last few days
his blanket and clothes have been
found sunk ina well, and fragments
of boses aud flesh have been fonnd,
showing he had been hacked to
pieces with au AK found buried in a
hog wallow near the shanty of
preemptor named John Silvia Gul.
arte, for whom the man worked.
TEe coroner's jury found that
Heines was murdered by CIlarte,
the evidence going to show that
Gularte had killed Heines by shoot
ing him in the back, then chopped
him up aud fed the body 10 his
hogs.
To PLEASE THE COAST.
WASHINGTON, DC Sept. q. The
Post today says President Harrison
has practically decided to give Cali
foTnia a place In his cabinet. The
gentleman to whom this honor will
probably be NJ NJ. Estes of san
Francisco.