"County Leader
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TOLLLO
THE NEWS RESUME
A D'GEST FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD.
(Mrnkniix ti1-w f the Ima-ert-mmx
Virpiii tk Week
Cnlled rmt the Telrrh CIibm
At B u4 Ar I.
Dr. Siljico, th eldest Frrrir2 ia
tbe wjili, died ia Is.a-.dta. He wa
10 years old.
According K lie rsocii: ervp report
j.it i-d, tie average er.cisuoo of
wter wheat U ia May, 15.
Tie U eleaa up of the ApoUo
mine, at Ucga. AliU, wu ;7,i',
tbe preset of a u.re mxthi' mo.
Deerirg, the reaper oho
factcrer. bn Diie a dotation to tbe
Northwenern univatiry aajounnng to
fil5,0'j. Tbe gift u io real erute
and IxiidA
Miss Mine ToM, aged 20, daughter
f Lt. Lyman P. Told, irti killed ia
Lexington, Ky., by a trolley car while
ibe wu bieychrg- Si wu a cousin
f Robert Lincoln.
Tbe president haj approved tbe act
rntP"g provuiciis for tbe depcrutiou
to Canada of tie Cr Indiana from
Montana, and toeir delivery to ice
Canadian aatooriliea.
Tbe Abrtcinlacj in Mawowah bare
liberated tbe Italians who were made
prisoner at A gam, and it ia (aid tbat
Kaa Mangaaoa will liberate tbe re
mainder witbin a week.
Mathia Jensen, of Astoria, baj in
vented a macbine for tbe manufacture
of gillnetA which, be claima, will Ann
. (00 fathom! of net in ten hunzt. He
intend to apply for a patent.
Jack E. Alexander, a great nephew
of Jeff Davis, wa tbot and mortally
wounded at bia aaloon in Pan. Ky.,
by John Steer, brakeman. He bad re
fused to trait Steers for a drink.
Henry Cnyler Banner, editor of
Pack, died at bia residence in alley,
N. J., from tubercular consumption.
Mrs. Bonner and three children were
at bia bednde when death came.
Carl Albrecht, tbe man who brutally
murdered bia wife open tbe street of
"ktarthfield. Or., February IS, baa been
aentenced by Judge Pollerton to be
banged Jane 26, 1S48, at Empire City.
A care-in of the Standard mine at
Borke, Idaho, instantly killed a miner
named Scbcfield AxteL Toe deceased
waa aboot 20, and tingle. He had
been in tbe Coeur d'Alene several
yean.
Tbe Spanish caravels which came
over danng tbe world'a fair baTe been
given to tbe Field museum, in Chica
go, and will hereafter float in the la
goon directly in front of the museum
building.
Tbe aenate passed Mitcbell'f bill
peniiuning the veterans of Indian wan.
Tbia bill will peniion all who aerred
in the early Indian wari in Waahington
and Oregon, their widowi and depend
ent survivor
Tbe tapreme ooart at Pendleton baa
decided that women are not eligible as
candidate for tbe office of county
acbool niperintendent. There are at
preaent fifteen women candidatea for
thia office in the state.
In Van Buren, Ark., Jailer Stamp
waa aMaulted by two pnaonert, wbo,
after beating him insensible, took hia
kryt and liberated fire others. Stamp!
ia probably tauliy injured. Tbe
pri inert were not captured.
While the 9-year-old daughter of
William Aibby, of Pine ralley, wai
crossing Pioneer creek on a footbridge
in company with another child, both
were precipitated into tbe water and
the Athby child wai drowned.
Tbe increase in the price of bolt
and nut in the iron trade the pat
three week! i the evidence of a re
ported gigantic pool of manufacturer!
in theoe gxxla, the organization of
which ia now in progreaa in Button.
At Eau de Vie, Mo., while lifting
up with her tick child near tbe open
fireplace, Mr a. John Edwarda' clothe
caught fire, and the flame communi
cated to tbe cradle. Tbe baby wa cre
mated and the woman aerioualy burned.
D. W. Watoon, a wood-dealer, waa
inatantly killed in Seattle in a runa
way. In falling off hia leg waa
caught and torn off. Hia body waa
dragged about 100 feet, hi leg being
left behind. He died inatantly.
A convention of tbe Western Feder
ation of Miner met in Denver, Cola
Colorado, Idaho and Montana were
largely represented, and delegate were
preaeut from mwt of the Weatern
state and from British Columbia.
Ex-Police Captain Edward B. Car
penter.of New York baa been aentenced
to three month in the penitentiary and
to pay a fine of 1 1.600. Carpenter
pleaded guilty to barirz received
tn'oa cf '..'fji frcsa tbe Lijy. Ifeal
en Ajfloruaixi.
In Yreka, CiL, !rt Beery Scwatia
aid ber -yer-cld dazitsi zz were
tz.. Vj irskia tr tie Ciiiet zrs.'s. at
tieir E.ite-crek rtaci. Tie
ii vu dti via tizjL i, ul it ii
tzyyMfA tiat b etc :ued nidi
aiter fillip tit nxier arJ ciil"?. Xo
rtar.o can be t.zA f.;r tie dri
Ti Kr-je ci firry-f'jcr trtzzn cf
tit Arsx.'cr packing plait, ls Kar.ua
Ciry, ill tsniMd lr.Knti.ctal yr.-jr.z-n.-EJ,
aid tier U tj tellg wixe ct
b'jw it will ti. i Tie nzilrrt Lat
alje-iy jetiticcrd tit rjiv.ial cr.-ril
ci tit Ftidriiico of Lat:r to ctclart
an iz. terra tir.sai boys-.-u tgiijt tie
Armour yrAzs.ii.
An t--,r waa cuie to brrs tt large
Biiier Eili ccccectraKT at Wrditr.
Idaia Tie ccoxntriVjr wai frtd
aid a pcici-n of ti Cce blown cp at
tie rr.e ncnc txr r.giitiirg tie
Hgbta aid rwjpxg all tie mahirTT.
Tie trt waa prraptly txtiigaUfltd by
cct c-f tie mill iaids. No arregta
bare ben made.
All roada in tie Central Passeiger
Aanfjciarica will bereaiter orry bi
cycle free.
Alfred C Field, a negro, occvicted
cf ice rsanier of Jdrs. Kar.ao.pa, waa
banged ia Chicago.
Morin, tie celtcrated Frenca bi
cyclist, beat John S. Johzuoa, the
American, in beta beau cf tie 2,00
rneter race at tie Vtkdrcflie de la
serine ia Pari.
' Tbe sxhciCDer Mary Aver waa rank
in collision with tie tteamer Okano,
ia Lake Michigan, c- Groses point,
' and five of ber crew were drewntd,
two being caved.
An explosion at Bida, ia tie Nape
ccantry, west cc&t cf Africa, on tit
Niger, baa razed to tbe ground tbe
palace of tbe Eziir Meleki, and baa
killed 200 people.
I The Seattle, Lake Shore A" Eastern
1 railroad waa acid at auctioo in Seattle
and wa pcrchased by Judge H. G.
Struve, representing the bondholders'
committee, fcr $1,000,000.
I Tie piled on the Chicago, Milwau
kee Sc St. Paul railorad at Waldo, a
, few miles tenth of Milwaukee, Wu,
' derailed a south-bound freight train. I
, Three men were killed and two in-
jured.
j At tbe Eliot Square bcildicg in
: Buffalo, N. Y., Tnoma Purdy and
i Val Jenly were working at the tottom
of the elevator thaft when wcrkingmen
at the top dropped down an iron bolt,
killing both.
In (aeretaro, Mexico, a cave-in oc
curred at the opal mine and ten men
( were buried with earth and stcne.
I Word wai brought from the scene tbat
four of the miners were killed and sev
eral others injured.
Tbe Gaulois published ia Paris, says
that Senor Canovas del Castillo, tbe
Spanish premier, is about to ask the
intervention of the European powers
with regard to the interference of the
United State in Cubna affair.
At the Electrical Exposition in pro
gress) in New York a message was
fiaihed over the wire of the Western
; Union and Pacific Postal companies,
'covering a distance of 15,000 miles,
and a reply received in four minute.
' Tbe fruitgrower! of Snake river are
considering the formation of a union, so
: tbat fruit can be bandied at smaller
cut than prev-ously. Tbe plan it to
have a Spokane commission bouse
handle the fruit direct from the river.
! Forty men were let out in tbe Gem
' mines, in Wallace, Idaho, and will not
be re-employed until development work
j ia finished. This ia said by some to be
significant on account of the recent
explosion at the Bunker Hill and Sul
livan mine.
Catherine A. Lacy, 32 years of age,
of Pboenix, Ariz.. wai burned to death.
. She bad risen at 4 o'clock, and in
lighting a fire ignited the curtains.
From this her clothing caught, and be
fore help arrived she wa fairly cooked,
dying in a few minute.
j A dispatch froi3 Vladivostock says:
yuiet has been restored at Seoul, Corea,
and the king will return to bis palace
from tbe Kussian legation, where he
has been since the disposition and mas
sacre of the late ministry. Tbe Rus
sian marine are returning to their ves
sels. Trouble between the Indians on tbe
Tongue river reservstiun, in Montana,
and the white settler in the neighbor
hood i probable, and troops bave been
asked to avert a possible outbreak.
Thia is the recult of depredationa com
mitted by tbe Indian on the cattle of
the white.
j Nearly half tbe business portion of
the suburban town of Blue Island, near
Chicago, 111., was destrovyed bv fire.
Altogether twenty-six buildings were
consumed, entailing a total lua of about
$150,000. A shifting wind wa blow
ing almost a hurricane at the time of
the fire, and it spread rapidly.
Tbe iteamer Mexico just arrived in
tbe Sound, brings the following Alaa
. ka news: Tbe North American Com
mercial Compaoy' i-hooner Seventy
Six. which left Kodiak December il
last for Wood island, 1 lost with all
bandA A heavy gale sprung op just
afstr tie left, aid tie iai a bea
bbtrd (A tiiiee.
C 3. Cira, tdis.;-r c tie wiJT
Eerald. cf Aitu. Or. aid W. c
ffevii, cii-J.:ii: ?T rr-'-r c tie
Pzza ciet. eigtred ia "
cciier. ia which C-rrJ cae ct
tecr-cd hear. Weeit wu iii Argresstf .
aid tie prcvocatvia was ai amele in
tie Eairli ia wiich Wttks waj tie
vvita cf an snack.
secretary cf Su:e Pr-os iaa zzm re
ceived tie c:px- edil awtried tie
state cf Wu- -p - at tie wcfrla't fair
f -T gTiirt aid .-afc. Tit rsedal it a
trcize piece, cc tit Its if waiih ii tie
Sgre cf ColixiiA. iicl-.ii n a iaii
tr.ie aicminus cai. Tit dip Icesa is
awarded far rst.i x.i general exl
lenoe of vatUtt cf graiii aid grasses
exhibited.
At a meetirg cf tit OolbiA Biver
Fisieraea'i Protective Usica held in
tv.Tia.it was decided uiiiiiacruily
to reject tie pr-.fosir.ca cf tie Scandi
navian parctig Ccrpiny to give 4
cects per peerd fcr aals-a. Tie ien
tmeiit cf ti ritetiig was ttr'.xg'.y
against any ecmpr-jiciie, tie men re
maining just where tiey stood at tie
cpnirg cf tie seaico. aid were firm in
tie! icnd for 5 eeata per pound.
TbcTiaj Eeynclds. 17 yean old, was
ri
in tae pjuoe o.tn ivcy, uuicu
Vcrglary. Ee sayt he was wrocgfuUy
accused. William Bicrdan and Henry
Lecpold tcck hiai to a barn, and, be
cause be would not confess to robbery,
tied a rcpe about hi neck and hAnged
hiia to a beam until be lost censcious
nesa. He wai horribly tortured, he
says, and was afterward! given to a
policeman, who becked him for bur
glary. Hi clothes were torn off his
bicA riig hi ttruglgea.
The secretary of the interior has ap
proved, as tbe basis of patent, a clear
list embracing 6.35? SO acres within
tbe Oregcn City land district. Or.,
selected on acccunt of the grant fcr tbe
Oregcn fc California railroad: 5.1S5
acres in the Eoseburg. Or., district,
selected on account of the grant for
the tame road: .246.73 acres in tbe
Walla Walla. Wasa . land district, on
account cf the Northern Pacific giant;
13, Hi acre ia the Columbia district,
Wash , on account of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company branch line.
JACKSON IS GUILTY.
The Xudcnr of Pearl Bryan Gives tbe
Death Penalt).
Newport. Ky.,May 19. Scott Jack
ton's case went to the jury at 10 o'clock
this morning. At 12:05 P. M. the
jury returned amid a death-like still
ness. The foreman banded the verdict
to the clerk, who read as follows:
"We, the jury, find the defendant,
Scott Jackson, guilty of murder ia the
first degree, and fix the penalty at
death."
The judge had previously announced
that do demonstration by the specta
tors would be permitted. Consequent
ly the verdict was beard with silence,
but immediately upon the adjournment
of the court the tpectacrs rushed to the
jurors and shook bands with them
heartily. Jackson showed no feeling
except in the ashen paleness of bia face.
Tbe father and brother of Pearl Bryan
were present. The usual motion for a
new trial was made and Jackson was
taken away to jaiL
ALLOWED TO TAKE SEALS.
j FermUiioa Gives to the North Ameri-
c Comtne.clal Company.
j Washington, May 1 5. Tbe secretary
of the treasury baa instructed J. B.
; Crowley, the agent of the teal islands,
' that he may permit the North Ameri
can Commercial Company to take male
teal skins the coming season to the
number of 30,000, if, in his judgment
; tbt number may be taken and still
: leave sufficient number to fertilize the
females which may come to the rook
' eriea. Last year the company was al
lowed to take only 15.0CO tkins, but
the secretary hat concluded, as the
( seals after leaving the rookeries are
t slaughtered ia great numbers by poach
er and banters outside the 60-mile
( xone, the government might as well
realize a profit on the sikns as private
' parties, especially foreigners, and hence
he bas doubled the number which may
be Uken. Crowley will leave for the
seal island as soon as these Instruc
tions reach bim at San Francisco.
Blocked With !.
St. John's N. F.. Mav 2ft t,f
lish steamer Nimrcd bas returned from
Green's pond, where, with land in
view, she was jammed in the ice and
, blocked sixteen days. She reports that
, the whole coast is blocked with ice and
that all the bays are full of it. Sen-
ous destitution exists owing to the in
ability of traders to procure auppliea
from St. John's, navigation being im
poible. ! The people at many place are eating
their eed potatoes, and at others the
inhabitant are making a general divi
sion of their store of flour and provi
sion. to make out an existence nntil
auppliea are procurable. The blokcade
is having a damaging effect upon the
codfisbery, the fishermen being unable
to begin operations.
I
I Harvard college bas discovered
focriein new variable ttars of long
period.
TIG0E0US MEASCEES
HOW THE COMPETITOR PRISON
ERS LIVES WERE SAVED.
C'-0BTi-e rnapl At Wevler
Threatened t. Higm ri the
American Were She Prreiin;
upendeo by Order From SJarfrid
New York. May 20. A Herald
special frcm Havana says: The action
of Ccisl-Geaeral Williams, ia pro-K-rtiig
against tie methods of the trial
cf tie pnscneri of tie schooner Ccm
petiKX. made ty the Spanish antic-rices,
u worth more tian a passing mea
ccn. BefcTe the court-martial closed, Con-s-il-General
Williams' letter cf protest
was read. Tbe representative cf the
United States quoted tie treaties exist
ing between tie United States and
Spain, and doubted the right of tie
latter to try American citizens and
other! sailing under the American flag,
by other tian civil law, adding that
ia tie letter they must be judged by
ordinary and not by military and naval
courts, and be permitted to employ
legal counsel and present witness in
A note by the judge advecate-sen-eril,
which bad also been endorsed by
Admiral Navarro, the highest naval
officer of Spain ia Cuba, ruling Consul
General Williams' protest as without
good ground and out of order, was Also
read and noted.
Within four hours after the court
martial closed its session, at a special
meeting in the Afternoon, its members
sent to Admiral Navarro a sealed ver
dict, which was immediately approved
by the naval chief. The sentences of
all five prisoners to death, in accord
ance with tbe verdict, was signed at
once, and preparations made to have
the mea shot.
Receiving no satisfactory response
from the amdiral, nor even an invita
tion to attend tbe proceedings, neither
Consul-General Williams nor any at
tache of his cfSce was present at tbe
court-martial, nor was he allowed to
tee the prisoners until after the trial
had closed. Naturally be laid tbe
whole case before the state department
at Washington early, and received in
structions as prompt as energetic.
hen these arrived, be went imme
diately to tbe palace, where a stormy
interview with Captain-General Wey
ler occurred. The general told the
consul-general that ff the men had been
convicted, as the latter supposed, tiey
would most certainly be shot at sunrise
the following morning, despite any
protest the United States might make.
II you shoot them," said Mr. Wil
liams, "my government instructs me to
close its consulate here and demand my .
passports, and I shall most certainly
nolo you and your government respon-
sible should these prisoners be executed
before our protest be given due con
sideration." When Mr. Williams bowed himself
out of the general's presence, he drove
back to his office. The excitement
that followed at the palace was inde
scribable. 1
Tbe judges of the civil tribunal and '
the cnairman of the leading conserva-'
tive party and the managing director
of the Spanish bank were called and a
consultation began. The majority of
these personage advised the authorities
to suspend the execution, pending fur-:
ther instructions from Madrid. ;
General Weyler said that if the men
were not executed he would resign. !
He so telegraphed the Spanish min
istry, it is reported.
In the meantime it acnears the Unit. :
ed States was, through Minister Tay-:
-t, urmijiDg pressure to bear also at:
Madrid. Orders came from Stain to '
saspena an preceding! and directing
"jo tapiam-generai and admiral to
transmit all documents in the case to
-uaona ior consideration there bv the
supreme militajyand naval council and
cabinet. Consul-General Williams
bad won. The transfer of the case to
Jiaana win give the prisoners at lMt
a month or six weeks' respite.
Fatal Runaway Accident.
Franklin. Ind.. Mav on r ...
Councilman Frank Crowell left his riir
v. ui jcBiuence, intending to
take his mother, who raa in tVa .
rev. together with his wife and child
ren, to ner own home.
During hi ihnM u
-, ... uurses too I
fright and ran away. The elder Mr.
v.eu ana tne 6-yesr-old boy. were
thrown out. but Mn. rw..n .u.
younger and her baby remained in the
'V""' "arer "reet was reached,
where tbe surrey struck a pole, and
they were thrown out on the brick
pavement, the child being killed in
stantlv. Mrs. CtowbII va. j , .
n,. u . " ""geroutiy Burt.
Tbe elder Mr. Cm.n i. v , .
nH j v uurl inter
nally and her recovery is not probable.
uiieiuaiiy nurt.
Armenian. Tortnred by Turki.
London. Mv is k v ..
f,0 , - -a jtwi Qispatch;
from 3erhn aave- Tv. T
indent of-thrYorS:
repo:t. that the sultan's fear, of S
"nation have led to wholesale .res
of Armenians, who are barharnnfi-'
tenured totoroeoMfcSSStSj
s time in k.ns.s
A Terrible Cyclone Swept Tbrotlnl
State. V,
Senera, Kan., May Id. A deus..
ing tornado passed through tail e.y
from tie sou in west to Donbeast tlii
wnir. at 6 o'clock- FTwrrki.. i
7 ' , , ""is- la
its pta wai completely wrecaed. ftl
ecunrry repCTta great carnage to pn,
erty and proible lcs cf hie. In
in r ca WilT&t .nil a h -
v.,.- , - J - -. u ' . m u ail. Der I
jcred. The killed are a boy and a fv
of M. B. CcnnelL a bey of M. E. vj
bee, axd tbe 15-year-old boy cf pele!;
Assexmacher'A The seriously injure f
are: M. E. Yccrhees, John EeUim'
and Aionzo H. Hawley The lane'
will cot recover. There were nm,S
miraculous escape from death. h
The streets are impassable, Moefcv
with debris of buildings and faliety
nee. The opera-house U complete!,'
demolished. The rocf And the al
tide cf the t50,009 courthouse '
blown down, and the roof of tie high
school is gone. The steeples of tbet
Methodist, Universalist and Catholii
churches were scattered to the fot,!
winds. Twenty-five residences .
razed to the ground, and buildings ii j
numerable unroofed. n
Three children of James Sherrari'
were also killed. The west half of tlL
village of fcayleyTille was awept swij'
but none were killed there. The da
age ia this city is over 200,C(C. .
FIGHTING FOREST FIRES.
Hand red a of Jfen Battling; With Ben
In i Timber In ttnl Vlrginis, j '
Davis, W. Ya., May 19. All itl
long, hundreds of men, from all ax!
lions, have bravely but ineffectual)
fought the forest fires which at ti,
o'clock tonight, after continuing fortr I
eight hours, are, if possible, bttraiiff
more fiercely than ever. Lumberawt ?
wbo this morning estimated the loai;'
150,000. now state tbat tbe amom'
has been exceeded, and are nnwillni;
to make further predictions of the let,
Tbe middle fork tract is completer;!'
wiped out, and the adjoining forests,'
now burning. The weather is tnlS
dry, the high, shifting winds contisv!:
and tbe air is stifling with smoke ik,
heat The women and children lm'
tbe mountain villages are tonight ik'
ranging their homes to take refugti
the larger towns. As the fire started
ia several places at tbe same time fra
no known cause, it U now thought t
have been the work of incendiariet'
who were prompted by revenege agaiis!
the new owners. As far as known, ;
lumbermen or other citizens have be
caught in the forests.
BASEBALLISTS ATTACKED.
Revengeful Italian Caoae a Riot at if
renntvlvania Town.
HAzleton. Pa. Mav 19. Six mm'
were shot and a number of others anil'
onsly injured during a riot at Hul
adoo, a town four miles from here, tisj
afternoon. A game of baseball was :
progress when a gang of dmnka
Italians charged upon the players ik
spectators with revolvers, clubs ajt$.
stones. Last night, an Italian ki:
been arrested for assault and batter?!
A number of young men took bim fro;
the constable and unmercifully berj
bim. Tbe Italians bearing of thkj
threatened revenge. They fnlfilM
uieir inreais toaay.
The first inning bad just been fc
ished when there was a pistol tbet
It was followed in a few minutes by i
TjrOmiscnnnR riia-hartra r.f fiMavma Tli.
crowd attempted to run away, but tk
iiauans cnasea tnem, discharging tier
Dl&tols and throwing BtnnM ThAfn-
eigners were mad with rage And blaw
away incessantly until the police ar
rived. Several of the Italians were u
rested and more will be taken into f
tody tomorrow.
MORE TROUBLE FOR SPAIN
That Country' Wheat Crop PromUeI
Be a Total Failure.
J
Washin&ton. Mav iq Cnmin
mediately nnon inn urna rt,.in nf n-i'
sources caused by tbe Cuban rebellii
i the Spanish people have now to fel
I toe prospect of an alomst total loss!
the wheat crop, caused by drought f
I insects. United States Consul Burk
at Malaga, writes to the state depart
ment that a new insect pest, as destrwj
; tive to wheat as the phyllorxa is to tkf
grape, bas damaged the crops in seven! .
provinces, while, owing to a seTerf
drought, not only will tbe entire whet'J
crop be a total failure, but there wil
be j shortage of every other crop '
grain. The poor are suffering mnoll
and, unless the rain comes, tbe crop;
will be a total loss and great sufferini;
and want will prevail throughout t4
whole country. Efforts will be mf'
to bave the government reduce orr
move the import grain duties, as he!
import must be made during tbe env,
rent year. I
Th Tawl Capalied. I
Oakland, Ca.1., May 20. The t'
oi me on Schmidt dredger, wt
four men on board, capsized in Oil!
land f-reeV vAnHJn j .u. iff.p
ji-.wriuaj uuruig Ilia -
gress of tbe raoes of tbe Califoraui
wmiLiaD. tjne man was picaeoi!
by the steamer Alameda and one
eu to swim ashore and two are m'
ing. One of them ia S. H. Vd,
Schmidt, cousin of the owner of ti
J 9 . .
urenger, ana the other is a sailor.