Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-01

ter. went 70 Embellishments
hearing Of this laid in walt for her,
and on the return Of the party from
church he fred Eve shots at them,
two Of them striking young HamliD,
the first entering the heart and caus-
ing instant death. Another shot
struck Mrs. Schneider in the abdo-
men, and IL thought to be fatal.
Mrs. Schneider's sister escaped with
out injury. Schneider surrendered
himself to the police.
MAKING NEW soUADROrs.
WAsHINoToN, Feb. 1.--Wnat to
do with the naval vessels, now that
Chilian excitement has died out, is
the question that is agitating Secre
tary Tracy's mind. II Is not un-
likely that advantage will be taken
Of the presence of unusually large
numbers in both Pacific and South
Atlantic stations to carry out the
long contemplated project of divid-
ing the Pacific station into two
separate commands, one to be named
the North Pacific sts,tion, and the
other the South Pacific station.
There Is also a sufficient number Of
vessels at San Francisco and other
North Pacific ports to make a re-
4pectable fleet, and by adding the
Chicago or the Newark as flagship
md one or two other vessels from
those In the South Atlantic to the
Boston and the Yorktown, now in
Callao, a good-slzed squadron would
he established in the South Pacific.
One Of the new cruisers, probably
me Baltimore will be sent to the
Asiatic station as a flag ship. This
would still leave Acting Real Ad-
niral brown with the SanFrancisc0,
Charleston, Michigan, Pensacola,
Iroqaois, Ranger and Adams t.
look after interests in the North Pa.
cific, chiefly at the Hawaiian islands,
Samoa, the Pacific coast, and in the
summer time in the Behring sea.
With the addition of the ships
named to the South Pacific there
would thus be twelve vessels In
PaciGc waters that could be cODcen-
trated at any point Of the Pacific
where there is likely TO be troubt {
within fortnight or so while each
of the fleets when acting independ
emily, could be keeping constant
surveillance of interests within theiI
respective limits. The command o.
the South Pa1ific station, in case
established, would probably fall upni
Real Admiral A. f. X. Benham
who is next Ia order for q squadron
command.
HANGED BY A CORD.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Two mer
went into the barroom of the Hote
Seur Quelle, All Broome street, "a
1890 Satul day afternoon. One waI
about 35 years of age, and vel
dressed. The other was at least 81
years old. He wore small German
cape and clothes of foreign make
They sat down at "a table, and Will
drinking beer, talked earnestly IL
German. Then the elder asked tn,
landlord ii he had any furnishC
rooms TO rent. They did not tel
him their names. The older maj
said he had come down from Morri
SANTA. They were shown througs
the house and selected IA room oI
the third floor. The men went vi
to their room together about
O'clock. At 3 o'clock, the chamber
maid went to the door, intending Il
move out some baggage belonging
to "a former tenant. She saw Tia,
large man lying upon one of thu
beds. He was apparently in deer
sleep. Not wishing TO disturb him
she quietly closed the door, aud
went away. In half an hour, she
heard tapping at the door be
tween the room In which she was
at work and the new boarder's room
The man she had seen asleep short
time before was on his knees at the
partition door. The girl rushed
down stairs and into the barroom,
cry Ing that the new boarder was
trying to break into the front room,
she thought on his knees, trying b.
force the lock. Fred Newman, the
bartender, hurried up to the rooms,
He was surprised that the man did
not jump when he entered. He
grabbed him by the shoulders and
found that he was hanging by some
twine from hook ON the door,
His toes were touching the carpet.
His knees were several inches above
the floor. He was still alive and
the bartender cut the twine. A
passing ambulance was summoned,
but when the surgeon examined the
man he was dead. The dead mans
companion could not be found.
THEY PRAISE THIS COUNTRY.
NEw York, Jan. Sl,-The core
spondent Of the Associated Press at
Santiago, Chill, writing under date
of December so, says II Is the gener-
al opinion Of American naval officers
aud others familiar with the subjec,
that there Is not ship In the Chilian
navy fully available for war pur-
poses. All Of them received III usage
during the war aud very little has
since been done to repair them. II
Is said the machinery OF all Of them
Is In bad condition. Even the Ezra.