Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-08

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lington road Saturday afternoon
near Wymore. The st. Louis and
Denver express stopped on curve,
the engine having blown out its
cylinder head. Before the fiagman
could get back the fast freight
crashed into the rear coach. Nearly
all the passengers were out, but one
unknown woman was caught in the
wreck and fatally injured. An un-
known tramp riding on the first car
of the freight was killed.
FROM COLD AND HUNGER.
GUTHRIE. o. r., Feb. 8.--The re-
cent cold weather has caused great
suffering among the new settlers in
the Indian country. Three deaths
have already occurred and several
settlers are now in precarious con-
dition. Mrs. Tolford and Mrs.
Warner, living in tent near Pur-
cell, in Pottawattomie county, were
found dead this morning from ex-
posure end insufficient clothing aud
food. r. j. Daniels, from Western
Kansas, died from the same cause
near Chandler, in Iowa county. He
leaves widow and five children.
They are all in the most destitute
condition.
INSPECTORS DISMISSED.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. S.-Several
postofiice inspectors have been dis
missed because of an insutflciency of
the appropriation for that service
Among them is Robert r. Monroe,
of California.
ABOUT GUATEMALA.
CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. Snail
advices from the city of Guatemala
contain an account of election fights
occurring Jan. 18th. They started
by attempts to seize some ballot
boxes, and troops as well as police
interferred. Over sixty persons were
killed and 100 wounded, at the time
of writing more fighting was going
on.
BEHRI SEA COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, Fen. S.-The Behr-
ing sea joint commission, consisting |
of Sir Baden Powell and DR.. Daw-
son, for Great Britain, and Prof.
Mendenhall and Merriam, for the
United States, met for the first time
this afternoon and made prelimi-
nary arrangements for a series of
sessions in general on the subject of
the seal hunting industry. These
meetings will be held at the state
department, beginning tomorrow,
and will be secret.
HE RESIGNED.
New YORK, Feb. S.-W. N.
Beers, president of the New York
Life Insurance Company resigned
today and his resignation was ac-
cepted to take effect Wednesday
Beers retires on a pension of S25, 900.
CoUNTERFEIT MONEY.
BOISE CITY, Feb. S.-A week or
two ago, Nathan Fqlk, one of the
most prominent men of the city,
letter from New York
man who offered to sell some fine
bills at a very low rate
The letter was promptly forwarded
% the treasury department at Wash
ngton. In reply the merchant re.
'eived u circular, issued by A. l..
chief of the secret :
ervice division of the department.
The chief goes on at some length to
ay that the sender of the letter be-
ongs TO class of swindlers called
'boodlers," who practice the offer
ng of counterfeit money TO un-
persons. One practice !,
t the boodlers, says the chief, is to j
cad on their victims by sending
enuine 81 or s. note or parts of the
anne, and represent them to be
peclinens OF the counterfeit notes ,
hey have for sale. Under various
ames Of "green articles,n green /
Igars," green leaves,n etc, they
Tier for sale the counterfeit money,
'hich they aver is printed on plates :,
Glen from the bureau Of engraving
nd printing Of the government. D
lot a plate of any kind has ever h.
cen stolen from tha, establishment, y
et thousands OF crIminally foolish Il
sople believe they can purchase =
money as they would =
after aud cheese, and In their at a
mpts 10 obtain il are robbed. 10 70
ow scHLEY PREPARED THE BAL. -
TIMoRE F0R ACTION.
WAsHIS0TOS, Feb. S.-The fol.
wing Incident IA connection with
e Chilian difficulty, has not before
en made public. Aier the attack A,
the sailors Of the Baltimore, ex. VI
ement ran high Ia Valparaiso.
, will be remembered. lumors were
lck aud frequent that the ChIlians
tended to aGsAak the Baltimore. "
le naval administrations On their ~,
r. we've very threatening. aud Of n,
ch = character that Captain g,
hley felt impelled 10 put bis ship in Ne
ier for het nght, Il Il was forced