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Lincoln County Leader
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TOLEIX)
WP.EGOS
I Ml Of .1 DM
Comprehensive fcevlew of tho Import
ant Happening! of the I'm! Week
Colled From the Telerrapb Colnnuie.
A violent wind and rain storm visit
ed Newark, N. J., and did damage to
the amount of fl 50.000.
Russian engineers csts been in
Philadelphia and tare made a en tract
for 1500,000 worth of machinery tier.
Mrs. Annie Dyer, the baby farmer,
of Budbig, Eng., arrested on March 9
on the charge of murdering man; in
fanta intrusted to her care, waa hanged
in Newgate prison.
The three-masted schooner Edward
C Allentrue, Captain McLaughlin,
from Baltimore for Portland, sank off
Job necs, on toe sou in aide of mis
ialand, sear Vineyard Haven, Mass.
From the fact that the vessel's boati
haTe come ssbore in pieces and ar
ticle of clothiDg have been picked op
it if feared that all cn board were lost
Sixty cloakmakers emploTed fcy a
Chicago firm, were thrown into a panic
by a fire, and it seemed for a time that
some of them would be trampled to
death in the scramble to escape. The
fire wa in the stairway on the second
floor and escape waa finally effected by
rushing through the fl-mea. It wag
aoon extinguished with but little dam-
O. F. Tyler, a son of President Tyler,
if a prisoner in Kicbmond, Va., charg
ed with shooting with intent to kill
Jack Carr, a yonng negro. Tyler it a
dairyman residing near Richmond.
He went to the assistance of another
person who got into a difficulty with
Carr, and says the shooting was in
elf-defense. The accused was sent to
the grand jury and allowed bail.
One hundred and eighty can of
dynamite exploded about a mile below
Lilly, Pa., with frightful results. One
man was killed by the explosion, and
seven others fatally injured. Con
tractor McManus' workmen on the
Pennsylvania railway were getting
ready to make a blast when a prema
tare explosion
occurred, burying the
seven men beneath sand and rock.
James Creelan, the war correspond
ent who had to leave Cuba recently by
order of General Weyler, says he
thinks there will be a war with Spain.
He says the American people will be
thunderstruck when the documents in
the possession cf the state department
are made public. Spain is anxious for
war. Twenty-five million dollars'
worth of American property has been
destroyed in Cuba and many Ameri
cans killed without provocation.
Since the collapse of the "brick
trust" at the close of May, the local
brick market in Chicago has been de
moralized. The demoralization bai
reached such a point that common
brick were sold at (4.10 per 1,000.
A Peoria, 111., dispatch states that
Daniel Anderson, who was nominated
for United States senator by the Pro
hibitionists at their Springfield con
vention, has withdrawn from the raoc
and the party.
A four-cent fare ordinance was passed
tn Milwaukee. Thirty days' time if
given iu which to allow the companies
to print regulation ticket and make ar-
rangements for carrying out the termt
of the ordinance. The company will
carry the matter to the courts.
While two dozen people crowded on
a portico were witnessing a circus
parade in Ottawa, Kan., the structure
gave way, precipitating men, women
and children fifteen feet to the walk
below. Seventeen were ininred Mra.
Ji . ""Uluu. win prooaoiy
die or Injuries.
An Antoria dispatch says the body ol
Gua Norburg, foreman of the Fisher-,
men's cannery, who waa reported miss -
ing. and also that of a Russian Finn
named Ovick, who is supposed to have
been out tn the river with him. were
fonnd in the river below Toncue Point
It i not so far known how their deaths
occurred, but the conjectures is that
they were both accidentally drowned.
The emperor of China has testified
bis appreciation of the gallantry shown
by the bluejackets of the American
warships in rescuing drowning persons
in the recent terrible disaster resulting
irom a ooiusion at oonsuug Detweea Visalia. Cal., killed his brother-in-law
the steamers Onwo and Newcbwang. Grant Smith. They quarreled about
by presenting to the captain of each of water in an irrigating ditch, and Dice's
Unole Sam's cruisers in Aaiatio waters wile attempted to remove the dam in
an elaborately engraved and highly the ditch on Smith's place,
complimentary testimonial. j
The once beautiful little village o! rniversit, nut.
Lake City, Cal., at the head of Sur- Thre thousand Harvard men, en
prise valley, in Modoo county, is a eouraged by the phenomenal event of a
scene of devastation, ruin and disaster. ; Harvard victory, fought 100 policemen
What was onoe a brisk and lively burt ' ,u street of historio old Cam-
of .00 inhabitant witb neat and cosy
dwellings is now but a vista of tangled
wreckage, nearly evt-ry building in
town being wholly or partially de-
moliahed. It was struck by a water
pout a veritable water oyolone.
Orand Annr Encampment.
The Grand Army of the RepuHic for
the department of Oregon is holoing iu
sneampuient ln Independence, Or ; also .
the Woman's Belief Corps and Sons of j
Veterans. The citizens bare given the
town a rerr attractive appearance by
extensive decorations of the baisuess j
bouses and residencies. A large num- j
ber are in attendance.
Greek Teasel Seired.
A dispatch from Canea, Crete, says
another Greek vessel, loaded with
muLitiens and provisions for the insur
gents, has been seized by the Turkish
officials. The French guardships
a 1 ;-V " T f:C
eianea iur skit, wim
the ranwm of two French ladies resent- ,
ly captured near that place by ,
nrigoncs-
oru i..p..... Timriir Tiir rinn mil nun a mi -ii
tTlrv'-
BnV l000J , 1, VTTJinr. I "Clifton, Or., June 15. To J. W.
venture . tne f'SP tne 'tan naiva , B CUtgop CocDtJWe tle.
lrA'JTAV.',V7oa regarding the boarding of
miral Edmund Dmmmond, lcet seven-
ty men by tunsncke on a voyage from J
Colombo to Pcndicherry.
i,r(muiraii,n of tne Northern. i
York among thai ocnoerned in tie re-,
organization of the Northern Pacific, i
as to tie f'jrm cf charter the company i
is to hare or whether it is advisable to '
foreclose the property at resent, in
view cf the fa:t that the present con
gress has failed to give the company
a new charter.
A Three Hue Murderer Banted.
John Craij!, a three times murderer,
was harmed in Foiscm prison. There
could not have been a more perfect
executu n it is said. The condemned
man was completely resigned to his
fate, and walked to the gallows as
cooiy as though going to a wedding.
A ratal Fire.
At a fire in a tenement house in
Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. Zoneihbondia
Garbeiz, aged T4, was killed by jump
ing from a window. Frank Garbeis,
ged 5. was suffocated to death. Lot
t:e Garbeis, aged 12, was internally
lurt and may die. Frank Garbeis
was badly burned. The fire was
caused by the explosion of a barrel of
oiL
Their V mirage Failed Them.
Forty miles east of Charleston, W.
Va., masked men boarded an express
train at midnight and crawled over
the engine tender into the cab with
revolvers drawn. The engineer stopped
trie train. r'e wn rf!T"Tnnrn tn
livi. r..,. th. . j, I
- - - j" --a ua nam uvue I
'Ihe passengers were awakened and the
lights were extinguished. After ten
minutes work, the bandits became
frightened, and escaped to the moun
tains. To Float the Indebtedness.
A member of one of the largest bank
ing houses in Honolulu is in this coun
try fir the purpose of interesting cap
italists in the refunding of the Ha
waiian goveinment's indebtedness.
The government has (3,096,000 of
bonds drawing 6 per cent interest out
standing at present, which it is pro
posed to pay and issue in their stead
bonds drawing interest at the rate of 4
per cent.
II Death a Mjiterjr.
The body of a man with bis bead
split open, was discovered floating in
the Columbia river near Wallace's
island. It is not known how he war
killed.
Failed to Flv Flags.
The trustees of the university of llli-
oii were arrested in Champaign and
ntM tn (300 bail to answer to the
grand jury the charge of failing to fly
the flags from all oniveristy buildiues
Governor Altgeld is a member of the
board.
Fonr Favored t itles.
Except Savanah, the capitals of the
new states of Wyoming, Montana and
Utah are the only places that got ap-
nvrr vi a t inn as fi-it nVilSn rniUi.a
tDis io,, ot congress. The house
ba, , repor, n(J bil fw
new buildings.
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The Hammond incident is finally
' e,,led- M 'P"0'"1 etg of the
ewutive council held in Pretoria, it
w" de;:ldw, to release John Hays Ham-
round, Cecil Rhodes. George Farrar
and J. W. Leonard, the leaders of the
Johannesburg reform committee, upon
payment ot a fine of 2 5, 000 each, or
in default, fifteen years' baniahment
Killed Ills Kruther In-law.
Ben Dice, a rancher livinir nn ih
Tule river, twenty miles southeast of
bridge. It was the biggest riot that
,ne nniTersity bas ever seen. Many
'ndf'nt and policemen were injured
ln ,D nielee. ut the bluecoata finally
- 1 M on victorious and the student
were locked up.
nnLU 1L llUil U I LKuUKrUJ iTwo Duel. l Vtl.h h. Contestants Final Adjonmrnent or Both H.J j
I Ven Klllea. B.
Letter Received by
CVioriff
"1JC'1JJ
of Clatsop County.
i THU MEN WERE INTIMIDATED
Narrow Escape From Death of a Flrt
rau 'nr Clifton -Better Protec
tion la Needed, Correspondent Sajs.
Astoria. June 16. Additional re
June 16. Additional
. israinst the fishermen
Be4r Clifton were received by the
gteftraer jiiller this morning, and show
that the situation is fully as serious at
that Doint as has been reported. Sheriff
tt..,KAi,..,VaVunMnnrtMl hhPrill
(lie UUfl l null Ullvn tug V ucu v.v.'
board, and your aking for particulars,
The steamer Seafoam is doing all she
can, but, as many fishermen came, "bey
:j rprcd c-:, - . lis tcin-cr can
not cover the ground, feeverai new
boats started out this morning, among
othere, Vinoenzo Mardisich, who laid
out at daylight drifting about Woody
island. About 10 A. M. several boats
came sailing onto him, and before be
reah ed what they wanted, they or
dered him to drop sail, and then they
took charge o his boat and towed him
into Woody island slough. Some of
them jumped Into his boat and threw
bis fish overboard, and forced him to
assist in throwing the remainder into
the water. He says there were over
fifty, or about two tons. There were
fish in the net, and they drew the net
ashore and pulled the fish out and
threw them away. Afterwards, they
gave bim back the net. They took bis
revolver, but failed to return it They
threatened bis life and pulled a gun on
bim to shoot, but one of his friends
threw up the man's band and
said
"don't shoot," so they spared bis life.
though the towing him into the slough
and out of sight looks like some of them
expected to put him alongside Lambert,
Meiland and Gunion. Mardisicb wants
to fish, but says you must give us more
protection or they cannot go near Woody
island drift Another boat had caught
eighty fish, and as the current was rangement of battery from any hereto
strong, started home through some of fore built While speaking very fa
the sloughs in Woody island, when the vorably of the superimposed turret, as
owner was captured, beaten and bis
new Winchester rifle taken from him
and ail bis fish thrown overboard. The
. . , . . .
fishermen were scared almost to death.
and called for help. There are twenty-five
boats fishing, and they have to
go on down the river to make good
catches, and they cannot do so with
only one steamer here. The Seafoam
has to remain at the foot of Cottonwood
drift, as there appears to be some bad
men around the lower part of Tenas
manee island, and n tne steamer was 18-inch and four 6-inch guns directly
away, some fishermen would probably ahead, two 13-inch and two 6-inch di
be Bhot I suppose Captain Beard reotly astern, and four 13-inch and
told you about the shooting of Sam seven 6-lnch in broadside. It is be
Brown last night, and you see we mnst litved by the department that the ship
protect the boys or they will have to outlined ga bove will be an improve
give it up The salmon are plentiful mn on any yet built in this country,
and the boys are all doing well, and The secretary of the Eavy has ap
it's a shame they cannot fish. There proved the general features of the re
are a good masy more going out in the port of the board, and direoted that the
morning, provided you can protect plans be taken np without delay. The
them. I think with a steamer around secretory has already decided upon all
Woody island the boys would not dare preliminary steps.
w liueriere. mere were Doats ior
Pillar Bock and Brookfield in the
gang that captured MardiBich. I hope
you can see your way to provide an
other steamer and some more deputies. "
Lpon reciept of the letter, Sheriff
Hare at once had a number of deputies
sworn in. and. having supplied them
with firearms and an abundanoe of am-
munition, dispatched to the scene in a
steam launch. The sheriff reiterates
his determination expressed yesterday
to cover the entire lower river with , " """ n"""-
patrol boats if necessary, and feels con-, 8oU Ainst Baker city,
fident of bis ability to afford ample ; Portland, Or., June 16. C. Gold
protection to the men who desire to fUb. ' niith, of this city, has opened suit
Crap t..m. Bobbed. against Baker City, claiming to be the
Astoria, Or., June 16.-Two masked holder ' 13.403 worth of warranto is
men entered the "Our" saloon, in this 1 in 1891, sid warrants have been
city, at 13 o'clock tonight and held np Pre,ented treasurer for pay-
the keepers of a crap game. The men, 1 ment' Vlcb wa" efoi. The inter
upon entering the room in which the ef onJne warrant for five years since
crap table stood, ordered the game- ! y 06081116 dne mkes the whole sum
keepers and two other men to throw up ; a8ked ,or 3'800- Milton Smith is at
their bands, a command which was at S irDey ,or Plalntiff. nd the case will
once obeyed by all except one of the e broo8h tetoro the June term of the
owners of the bank-roll, who rushed cnmt nrt- The city has entered a
out. calling for the polioe. One of the ' demnrrer to the complaint on the
robbers carried a canvas sack, in which ! r?nd th de not allege faoto
he palced the money, while bis com- Bnfflcient to constitute a cause,
panion kept guard. The men got safe- j Drowned In Hangman Creek,
ly away with their booty, which amocnt-' Spokane, Wash., June 15 John
ed to about 200. This is the second Brannan, aged Si, unmarried, was
time during the last three months that drwned in Hangman creek, near
a crap game bas been robbed bv masked Waverly, Saturday. With two oom.
men, but up to date the police have
gathered no information as to the iden
tity of the thieves.
Gomel' roree Defeated.
Havana, June 16. General Gomez'
force of 5,000 was defeated reoentlv on
the plains of Saratoga near Najara,
province ot Puerto Principe, after a
fight ot forty-two hours, by Jiminea
Castellane' troops. Gomes lost fully
ouu men. Jose Anotnio Ysandaga, an
aiuencan newspaper man.
has hVn
expelled and Ricardo del la Torriento
has been forbidden to return to Cuba.
Thorns. Dawley. the artist ha. been re-
Tavarea. Fla.. June 17. Mra. 1
Bobert Ores ham ii dead, and Mrs.
.. js -v. 1. .
Mollie Gaines dying a the result of a
duel in which they were engaged near
Clermont yesterday afternoon. Three
1 months ago Mrs. Gaines was a bappy
bride, and Mrs. Greabam, who was a
young widow, was her dearest friend.
Two weeks ago this love was changed
to bite, for Mrs. Gaines discovered
that ber husband's affections bad been
won by the widow. Mrs. Gaines
learned yesterdav that her husband and
Mrs. Gresham bad planned meeting
at the latter home. Taking her bus.
band' razor, the yonng wife went to j
the widow home and fonnd the
couple together. Gaines fled, and hi
wile sprang upon ber rival, using the
vlfa mtann vmnnho riral nairtcrthA
razor with awful effect Mrs. Gresb-
am picked np a hammer and defended
herM.1 &g conld foiling Mrs.
Gaines blow after blow on the bead,
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I iLi a i i jiisi UNUIO B Acauucu uv
rival's throat with the razor, severing
the jugular vein and causing almost
instant death. Neighbors who came in
luuiiu Airs, uaines uuconscious beside
ber rival. An examination showed
that the blows from the hammer had
fractured her skulL Both women came
from good families, and both were
noted for their beauty.
Another Fatal Affrar.
Birmingham, Ala., June 17. Mon
roe Jackson and J. W. Vest, prominent
Populists, bad an affray at Eartzelle,
Ala., last night, which resulted in the
death of both. The trouble occurred
over a political argument and they
fought with knives and pistols. Jack
son lesves a widow and ten children.
Vest leaves a widow and six children.
NEW STYLE OF WARSHIP.
Official Report of the Board of Battle-
blp Batteries.
Washington, June 16. The report
of the board of batteries on battleships,
of which Admiral Walker is president,
has been handed to the navy depart
ment The report show that the
board considered, with much care and
in great detail, the whole subject fo
battleships. As a result of this invest'
igation it recommends a slightly differ,
ent ship with a somewhat different ar
designed for the Kearsage and the Ken
tucky, the board does not recommend :
installing more turret of this descrip- j
tion until experiments with the two '
ships named have demonstrated their j
utility. The hull recommended for
the ship is like that of the Ksarsage
and Kentucky, but so modified as to be
similar in many respects to the Iowa.
The main battery recommended is com
posed of four 18-inch and fourteen 6'
inch guns, so arranged as to Are two
A Boy's Awful Crime.
Roseburg, Or., June 17. James Dix
on, the 18-year-old son of J. R. Dixon,
a wealthy and highly respected farmer
living north of Umpo.ua. shot and
? lledT CnaJ1 lce aged 25, a son of
Jhf J?trader- . w v
Tne ffr orred at a baseball
' Blakesleys, fifteen miles est
KobDr8 Jterday afternoon. The
,mmedlt cause of the shooting was
1 Prions, he had been shooting fish with
dynamite. The sport was slow, and
Brannan, went swimming In intensely
cold water. He was seized with cramps
" was arowneo. ills companions,
unable to swim, could not reach him.
The body was recovered.
A Hospital Burned.
Santa Fe. N. M.t June 17 St Tin-
cent's sanitarium, conducted by the
Sisters of Cbaritv. hnmaii i.. nt.
TVifl hmnifol .. . .
fc. U Too.oOO "ta.. M ooo
Both insiitution. w"e ded with
; patient, and guests, but IZ Z no
fatalities.
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Washington, June 13 Viot.pJ tr JS
dent Stevenson brought the sessis'ibeC
lU martata tn m finil nlnu ,.,.1 r.
the senate to a final close at 4 o'c
I todav. after a brief valedictorr .. T
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. ing bis thanks to senators for jj,, j
courtesies to him through the skJ
j The closing scene was not of a drau PEFFE
, order, but was marked by r ." j
: serenity characteristic of the t. i
rirannh ftf finmrrewa. TKp oall.;. -T.ittlti
1 well filled, but there was an abseoy w
the packed corridors incident to I tiu
i eventful close of congress. The it?-' s
'convened at 13 o'clock, but notj ?,8'
! nesa was transacted, bevond th. "C 8
tnaliries preceding adjournment
opt
last bill to be passed was one uigej; 168
Sherman, pensioning the widoii''?
i General William H.
I hMPfa William M Ivlhann a '
! nent Ohio officer. Besolution, dl"d
! thank were unanimously adoptei '!?
Vice-President Stevenson and Prwci'10115
i Pro Tern. Frye for their imparriid4 f0
t 4 t,;. .u ... Vknow
! lug, til uiv vunu. ui Lie la ;( U
1 was to give the important immignt ., f. ,
bill a parliamentary status by whi;i , 0
secures the risht of wav as sonn ui al'
IT l.
senate reassembles. As soon aJ'I,l
': had
vice-president bad announced the
oipal
cause
the
nnirh
sion closed, the galleries emptied, is
tors exchanged good-byes and manji
ranged to leave for their homes toDic
I S t
The final session of the house v oTt
devoid of publio interest Th e apjr
i priation bills had been passed, audi jggt .
I house simply waited for the enii 4XOej
come. A number of members V leoej
made happy by the passage of rc j,ngh
local bills of interest to thier distm
Beyond a little misunderstanding t j,aTe
; tween Bailey and Marsh, the uic,
good feeling prevailed. There md g.,
; attempt by Bailey and Maguire to?; jjave
1 cipitate a political discussion in if 4gaj
; last balf-hour of the session, but ( ggfa
Republicans declined the gage of j0 f
! bat thrown down to them. Tom jr,
, who was the floor leader of the nisi. in'tl
ity, during the absence of Crisp.offtf Tear
! a resolution of thanks to the speii
which was adopted by a standing
: a moat unusual honor. The speiii '
closed the session with a gratt N
i speech, in which be thanked the ma ,ays
bers most cordially and feliciuv I"181
them on the work of the session. 11001
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the
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A SEATTLE BRUTE.
Shot Hit Wife and Attempted to 8b
Hi. B.oahter. J f(JW
Seattle, June 15. Ex-Street C dial
missioner Larry Cummings, shot t tidt
wife and attempted to shoot bis dacj and
ter tonight about 6 o clock in m.
woe
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ran
home in this city. Mrs. Cummirp
thought to be fatally wounded. Co
imngs intended to kill himself aft,
the well-planned double murder,
bis nerve failed bim at the last
ment, and be is now confined u
city jail.
The neighborhood was aroused
fierce indignation by the almost
beard of brutality of the deed,
Cummings was hurried off to jail,
fear that the people would take
punishment into their own hands
Cummings drove to the scene ot
attempted murder in a cart, tied
! at
horse, stole up through the bushes
entered the kitchen, where bis
and daughter were, cursing them
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entered the door. His daugtber
from the bouse, pursued by her fai
' OUI
who drew his revolver and tried
shoot her, but missed. He then
turned to the bouse, and, cornering
wife in a bedroom, smashed tbr, to;
her bead in witb a revolver. A nei
bor tried to get into the room, but
driven out by the now crazed eh
fhimmiricra thon Mtnmoil tn Vi i a hntS.
ery and shot at bis wife twice, ai
lay on the floor, covered from hesiij
foot with her own blood. One bui
went through her shoulder; the out
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nerve failed him.
The President Working Overtims
Washington, June 15. The m
dent has worked bard the last two &
endeavoring to consider on its rue:
each of the many bills passed by c
gress in the last two days, steadto
refusing to adopt the praotioe of
ot his predecessors and niuiiinz m
bills under pressure and without
scrutiny necessary to satisfy bin
their propriety. With his private
retary, he was engaged in this
started in again at 6 o'clock this nuj v
ing. Asa result, most of the late K "
were acted upon when congress elof
Certainly, all the measures of pfj"
importance were either sip I 'j
placed to one side after examination
unworthy of approval, and, ihereW
will tail to beoome law. ;,.
Affairs In Cores.
Victoria. June 15. According to 4
vices brought by the steamer Eaip
of Japan, affairs in Corea were tes lu
much more tranquil when she left rn
pan than for many months; 10 rscf A
so that several of the exile had4e
ready oonidered it safe to return hoc In
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Engineer C. E. Nicholson commeM tl
a preliminary survey last week f
railroad from Marshfleld to Emeu
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