Lincoln County leader., August 13, 1896, Image 6

Lincoln County Leader
J. F. HTKWAKT. Publisher.
TOLEDO ORKGON
IDE HEWS Of IK WEEK
Oemprehenslve Keview of the Import
ant Happening of the Pant Week
Called Froin the Telegraph Columns.
In a severe thunderstorm near Oma
ha, Neb., three people were killed by
lightning.
A dispatch from Neath, announces
that forty miners were entombed in
the Brincoch pit by an explosion.
Miss Ida Fuller, a New York actress,
while in bathing at Manhattan beach,
was grasped by an octopus and neurly
drowned.
Governor Altgcld has issued a mani
festo declaring that eight bonis shall
constitute a day's work on park im
provements in Chicago.
Mies Anna Pritchard, a widow from
San Francisco. lull. 1.2nu in n.
backs done np in a newspaper on the
Oakland ferryboat, and has not been
able to find the package sinoe.
John Hazel jumped from an Illinois
Central passenger train that was run
ning forty miles an hour and was in
stantly killed. He was in custody of
an ofiicor and was wanted for horse
stealing in Missouri.
A detachment of company I, who
were guarding the Brown hoisting
works, near Cleveland, O., fired upon
a mob of strikers and wounded one of
them. Excitement runs high, and
more trouble is feared.
A sale on the courthouse steps of
Elizabethtown, Ky., was a reminder of
ante-bellum days. Instead of a negro
slave being transferred to another
owner, it was a white man sold at auc
tion for vagrancy under an old law sel
dom enforced.
The administration of President Pie
rola, of Peru, is to be credited with
another triumph in effecting a loan of
80,000,000 francs. The loan, which
will be guaranteed by a salt tax and
other revenues, will be subscribed part
ly in Paris and partly in Lima.
Bill Doolin, the outlaw who escaped
from the jail in Guthrie, O. T., four
weeks ago, was surrounded by deputy
marshals at Wewoka. A desperate
fight took place, and during a fusilade
of shots Doolin esoaped. Deputies
Grogor and Reynolds were killed.
In Chicago, twelve persons buo
cumbed to the heat in one day. Two
or throe of those are not expeoted to
recover. It was the hottest day of the
year, the signal service thermometer
regiBtoring ninety-four in the after
noon. Thermometers on the streets
registered four and five degrees more
than that in the tower.
A bloody affray occurred among a
crowd of school boys at Buchvillo,
Ark. Robert Chew and Beuregard
Poole became involved in a light.
Friends of the belligerents joined in
the fray. Pocket knives were used.
Several boys were dagerously wounded.
Poole was stabbed in the breast several
times and died of his wounds.
The Chicago stock exchange will re
main oloBed until the Moore Bros.'
failure has been settled. The aotion of
the governing committee in closing the
doors is said by some llnanciors to have
averted a panic. "There is no telling
where it would have ended." said a
member of the stock exchange. "It
might have resulted in the ruination
of a dozen business houses and banks."
A special from Madrid says a great
fire rages at Rueda de Medina, a town
of about 4,000 iuhabitauts, twenty-five
miles southwest of Valadolid. Hun
dreds of buildings are said to have been
destroyed. The inhabitants are report
ed as being in a Btate of panic
The syndicate of foreign bankers
which oame into existence to check the
drain on the United Statos treasury
reserve exerted by Europe has been sig
nally successful in its efforts in that
direction, but the withdrawls of gold
for shipment to Canada continues.
.lames Fulton Shepard, a one-legged
boy of Alameda, Cal., saved a 13-year-old
lad named Durant from drowning
In the tidal canal. Shepard rescued
Durant as he was sinking for the last
time. The boy had swallowed a quau
tny of water, and it required an hour's
hard work to bring him to.
Another rebellion is reported from
Chiua. Two powerful bandit societies
ro in revolt. Several villages have
bwn captured. Helpless inhabitants
have been foully murdered and their
Matabeles Defeated
Details have been received in Cape
Town of a decisive victory won by 700
British troops composing Colonel Plum
mer's column, over a native force esti
mated at from 5,000 to 7,000. The
latter fought desperately and bravely,
charging within a few yards of the
British rapid-firing guns. About 500
Matabele warriors were slain during
the engagement, which lasted several
hours. About thirty of the British
soldiers and six officers were killed and
50 wounded.
A Wife-Murderer Hanged.
Charles Thiede was hanged in the
yard of the county jail, at Salt Lake.
The execution was witnessed by a large
number of people. It is the second
hanging in the history of Utah.
Thiede, who was a saloon keeper, was
oonvicted.of murdering bis wife on the
night of April 80th, 1894, by uealry
severing her head from her body with
a knife. He asserted his innocence to
the last.
A Fatal Conllagratlon.
A disastrous fire occurred in a fac
tory in Christiana, Norway, and before
it was extinguished, several buildings
were destroyed. A falling wall killed
six men and thirteen others were seri
ously hurt, of which three have since
died. It iB believed that three ohildren
have perished in the ruins.
A Keverend Poisoner.
Rev. J. C. Hull, a preacher, was ar
restod in St. Paul at the request of his
wife, charged with attempting to kill
her by administering poison in repeat
ed small doses. Hull is prominent in
St. Paul church circles.
Held l p by Kolibors.
James A. Campbell, a Honolulu
millionaire, who disappeared from San
Franoisoo, returned with a bullet hole
through his hat and an exoiting tale
about an adventure with robbers.
Campbell sayB that while he was drink
ing in a private room in a saloon he
was confronted by two masked men, who
demanded money. The millionaire re
fused the demand, and in the fight
that followed a bullet went through
his hat. Campbell says be was robbed
and kept a prisoner for two days.
When released he was given a nickle
for his oar fare.
A Knee War Threatened.
A war between whites and negroes is
imminent in Polk county, Ark., on the
line of construction of the Texarkana
& Fort Smith railroad. It seems that
the hardy old mountaineers of that sec
tion have not allowed any negroes to
stop in that section for several years.
The contractors bnilding the road have
employed colored labor. Trouble is
feared and the contractors have hired
guards to protect the negroes.
Floods In Mraragua.
Rains have caused the rivers Rama
aud Suqna, in Nicaragua to rise rapid
ly, and the panio stricken inhabitants
of El Rama have taken to the high
ground and on board steamers. Nearly
all buildings in the latter place were
destroyed. Plantations near the town
were ruined and the damage is esti
mated at f 1,000,000.
Pursuit In Abandoned.
Pursuit of the bandits who held up
the Wilhoit stage has been abandoned,
as their trail was lost in the mountains
about fifteen miles from where tho
crime was committed, making it well
nigh impossible to further traoe them.
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Steamer St. Paul on the Rocks
at Point Pinos, Cal.
PASSENGERS SAFELY LANDED
There Were About Fifty on Board
The Vessel Will Probably Be a To
tal Wreck Help IteiuK Keudereil.
Monterey, Cal., Aug. 11. The Pa
cific) Coast Steamshin Comnanv s
Will Traverae the Globe.
Miss Clara Parish, the seventh and
youngest W. C. T. U. round-the-world
missionary, has left Paris, 111., for St.
Louis, starting on her trip around the
world. She will h given a big recep
tion there. She will lecture at several
points in the West, and will sail from
San Francisoo for Japan August 26.
She will take about two years to make
the trip.
American Money Klackllnted.
The Montreal cnamber of commerce
has passed a resolution expressing ap
proval of the action of the banks in that
district in charging a discount of 10
per cent on all American money. It
aUo issued a warning to merchants,
farmers and the public generally not to
accept American money upon any con
sideration. Fatal K tunas City Fire.
One man was killed outright, one
perhaps fatally injured and five others
sustained more or less serious injuries
in a fire which started in Swift's pack
ing plant in Kansas City, Mo. The
property loss is nearly $100,000. Joseph
Hoblowitz, a night watchman, was
suffocated or burned to death.
Nicaragua Mini (live I p.
A government organ declares that if
nomes aestroveii. Foreign missions ; " reiiuquiau isias
have been attacked, aud two French 3VaugliI' whiBh "he 88iled contrary to
priests narrowly escaped with thai !he wunM of the inhabitants, the Co-
priests narrowly escaped with their
lives.
Governor Mclntyre. of Colorado, has
received a letter purporting to be from
William Smeiduth, for the murder of
whom Columbus 11. Sykes is serving a
nie soutonce.
lombian govenrment will regard the
reiusai as a casus belli.
Hoy Murderer Surrenders.
Amos Decker, the boy who murdered
a riluvmntA t,nu- Vit,iu f ;
-!... : r r.r J. uaj given
u w"" supposed to Himself up to the authorities. He suo-
be Suieiduth's remains were found on
his ranch, near Dallas, Colo., March
18. 18U4. The chief of police of Sun
Fraucisco has been requested to find the
man claiming to be Smeiduth, who
writes that he is staying at the What
Cheer house on Sacramento street, San
Franoisoo.
cessiuuy eiucitKi capture for several
days by hiding in acorn field, but hun
ger drove him out.
The Holler Kipioded.
A traotion engine boiler exploded on
farm near Anderson, lod., and one
man was inatautly killed and several
others seriously injured.
Massacre In Crete.
Athens, Aug. 12. At Ananolis,
Pedadad, near Herkalion, in the island
of Crete, on Saturday, 1000 armed
Musselmen butchered thirty unarmed
Christians in the preoinct of St. John
monastery. Several priests, women
and children are among the victims.
One woman was slaughtered for sav
ing her children and her husband.
She was butchered on her knees.
Several churches were desecrated,
and a priest named Jeremiah had his
ears and nose severed from his bead
and was then burned alive on a pile of
Bacred pictures.
The Boat Capsized.
Chicago, Aug. 12. Charles Johnson
... V. . . ... and Ldward L. bchubel were drowned
steamer ot. r-aui. uounu ior can r run- , , , . L, . . , .
.renujoi m, rul, "," , , , i - m the lake by the capsizing of their
Cisco, ran ashore at 10:80 o clock last , . , . .. rrU .. A ,
. ,' . , , . boat last evening. 1 hey went down
night, near Moss beach, and is now fc Qf theirwiye8 ;nd children
wedged on the rocks on which she and a number of friends who were pic
struck. The forty passengers on board ,.,, , , .,. ,,, ,.
t i i j 5 i a i i i i nicking on the shore and unable to
were safely landed at 4 o'clock this . , .? ,. . t,(. t
. , . . . , help tbem. lhe boat was not more
morning, and most of them took the r ... , ,
... "' . . . than 300 feet from the shore, and was
afternoon train for San Francisoo. The . . . ' . ,
first news of the accident was broueht Dpset by two oomPanlon8 wn0 jumped
tc f ' .! 1! JZl from it8 8iJe into the water for a
to the company s offices in this oity by wjm
seen passengers, who walked from the '
beach and arrived here at 4 o'clock this storm at Saginaw,
morning. Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 13. A lightn-
Tho boat is lyiiig on hoi putt side iUg and wind storm caused f 100,000
and does not move an inch. It is feared damage in this oity and vioinity early
she cannot be pulled off. The crew this morning. Jefferson avenue Metho
will probably stay on board tonight, as dist Episcopal church was struok by
the bay is smooth. lightning, and damaged to the extent
la her position, and in the manner of 0f 1(50,000. Fifty other buildings and
running ashore, the St. Paul's case is factories were unroofed or badlv
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Republican Sentiment
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wrecked, hundreds of treeB blown
down and wires prostrated.
much like that of the wrecked Colom
bia. The officers have been instructed
to flav nnthiiif rpirarrlinw tVi TOrpnlr
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On board are nearly 200 head of cattle Five Were Dmwnrd.
and 600 sacks of wool and grain. Philadelphia, Aug. 12. Five persons
There are many rumors current as to were drowned last night in the Dela-
the oause of the disaster. One story is ware river, opposite Bridgeburg by the 1
that the captain struck a rock, and, capsizing of a small rowboat. The vie-
fearing the boat would sink, ran her tims were: Amelia Holman, Rose
ashore for safety. Others say the cap- Berninger, both of this city; Charles
tain missed his bearings, mistaking Minnik, of Cincinnati; John T. Reeder, !
Point Cypress for Point Pinos, and ran address unknown. The boat was caught
ashore, thinking he was going into in a squall and upset.
Monterey.
The latest reports from the boat were . Ifrel' Tm''"m'' W",ow-
to the effect that the water is getting London. Aug. 12. Baroness Tenny-
higher, and at least six feet of water is n, widow oI 'h te poet laureate, is
in the hold. deai1, fene waB tne daughter of Henry
sen wood, and married Alfred Tenny
son in 1850. Her son, Rallman Tenny
son, is the present Baron Tennyson.
RECORDS OF THE PAST.
Forgotten Documents Found by
Venezuela Commission.
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Kidnaper Captured.
San Francisco. Ann-. 19 n w
Washington, Aug. 11. During the Winthrop, who is aooused of kidnaping
past month the work of the Venezuela James Campbell, the aged millionaire
boundary commission has entered upon of Hawaii, was caught in Oakland this
a new stage. Heretofore, the efforts of morning and brought to this oity.
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mainly to securing the evidence upon
which the final reports is to be based.
The work from now on will largely
consist of classifying the information
already obtained. The British govern
ment, it is presumed, has put into its
two voluminous bluebooks all the in-
lormation upon which it relies in sup
port of its olaims. The Venezuela gov
TO END THE WAR.
Negotiations for Pence to
Cuba.
Be Itegun in
Key West, Aug. 11. It is openly
declared here that Captain-General
Weyler has reached an understanding
with the chief insurgent leaders and
. e vuav ucguwuuuua win oe oegun witn a
ernment has done the same in its three view to the cessation of hostilities in
volumes of transcr.pts from the Span- Cuba upon terms satisfactorv tn , .n
isn archives. Indenendentlv nf thi
the commission has been searohing on
its own account. The congressional
library in Washington and many pub
lic and private libraries in various
parts or the country have been ran
conoerned. It is also stated here that
the captain-general and his deputy ;
commanders have held a conference in
relation to this important movement.
The authors of these striking declara-;
. i j u- . . "uua "ay mai me trutn of their renorrn
sacked for historical nd inrronrai,fni .... un-i.. . .. . . reports
information. The archives"" . "fw a S255
Hague have been gone through with a emissaries have arrived he e and a
thoroughness that not even the zeal oi other points in Shf f
Great Britain or Venezuela has hereto- Cuba,' mport 2 M n tchest ,
fore attempted, aud as a result import- the Cuban junta in New York s--
ant documents, which the world thought of the sympathizers " , ! m6
lessor destroyed have been unearthed. cSS
ated ' iontain references to a possible
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er surmises which have been aris
fing to the arrival of the Cuban
a are to the effect that insurgents
this time dispatching messages
United States, urging immediate
the way of arms and ammuni
jf which they are sorely in need,
far the greatest importance, how
is attached here to the report that '
e is likely to occur soon in the
1. Ernesto Castro and Jose Ros
icked up by the pilot boat Jewett,
Wr.pb,c,l phj,lcal ch,0rl J lhl " '"-.nr. ;
pancy aud settlement a. given by hTs- Irl Sit T? NeW Yrk' '
toriaus, and separate reports upon t e mission ?o th! n Fy"" th !
same facts as developed by the docu' Arrival wa. , i u? StateB Tbeir
ments from Dutch and SpS Tw Yk VrTnT ftB lnnta ln I
archives; critiques upon the arguments hrZlVt' the dl8Patehe that they
of the British 'and Ven.zue.aTgov " Toff ZrtZtX " me88eDger
ments as they appear in the British tb iZl promin,en? looal members of ,
bluebook and in 'he Venezuela br et he Sllt"7 ridionle !
These reports are being prepared fo, 1.U count" r d ? ,he presence in '
the most part by the commissioner, a ebels Tn.nt emU,sarif8 the ,
their respective summer homes. Havana and , Wolesale ""est. in
President Brewer spent several davs agent- L eUh? ' insurgent
this week at the office of the 00mm , emTs ',R T the caPtnre '
ion in Washington. He was ZTull IZT.i Ptches f the i
on Thursday by Mr. HalleTt ProZ tult LT' h"" temPily inter!
the secretary, and the two snent t m-P imet mean" ot 'ending
day in consultation. PreeTS ewe ToZ 'to 6it m" lUel !
ha. gone onto his home in Vermont romTe i8patohln he direct
and the secretary will remain in Wash-
iKton "ome days. rn , Th.r
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Madrid, Aug
11. SBnnr S.. . v" u "muy Of Jeremi.,1,
he well-known liberal leader, in an VLu miffh',n, ' this Poe. are
nterviow on the Spanish outlook, said havf beenVn . i0n 'Ppo,ed to
that he feared, like Senor Canov.;, the had eaten M T,b "g Which the7
nreminr . .iii., .i.u . '. : aa eaten. Mrs. Frasinr '
, uu, mm tne Lmted
were unconscious, and h..
ers are in a dangerou. condition 8
The Oovernmenfe Kuse of
United Btatea for Its Fi
Not Much Longer Answer th,Pl
Madrid, Aug. 10. -Trouble of.
o uoiug iomentediuv
particularly in the moving .v
oia, by agents of the Cuban intn,,'
The minister of the interior. S t
gayon, yesterday replying to a q!
" vuaiuuoi oepotiei adm-
mat riots nad occurred in Vah
caused by the friends of the Cnbu
BuigeutB, wuuuupea inereby to
tne departure of reinforcement.
iiuujia xur uuuu,
Hitherto the popular Aemm.t,
have been attributed to protest u,
Dy tne tlnanoial strain the govern: inn a b
has been subjeoted tqjhrough om iufbetv
on the campaign against the imoi.;' B'.iW
in Cuba, but while the guvemnw' i
only willing to admit that the r.
have benn instigated by the apE John
iue vuoan revolutionists, it is genet,
BumiiiBu mat ine root 01 tne troub;
" vunb lb IS DOing &;
lBneo by a natural feeling of alarm
dismay at the apparent utter inab.
of the government to cope with
situation in Cuba.
That the large Spanish army in c-
must be still further heavily reinfc
is looKea upon here as being a
sion oi weauness on the part of
administration and as an admin
the growing strength of the Cnk
In addition, many letters have been
ceived in different parts of Spiit
the relatives of the Spanish wife
serving with the army in Cobi,
they tell suoh terrible tales of ekb
privation, incompetency and misui
agement, to say nothing of lack of pj
mac a dangerous feeling acaimt
government has arisen, and is gain:
strengtn day by day. Under these
cumstances, agents of the Cnbani
not have muoh difficulty in cam;
out their plan of causing popular n:
breaks. U'hey steadily fan the flaw
discontent by pointing to the appaid
ly unnecessary hardships which
apunisn troops in uuua are compel
to endure.
The republicans also are taking
vantage of the situation to pushit:
propaganda, and the combined ail
ments are making more headway
the masses than the government '
admit, although it is already betraj:
symptoms of alarm and has sent ur
gent instructions to the prefect)
suppress promptly and effectm l
demonstrations which occur in lh;
districts, and to have no hesitation
calling out the military for support
A number of conflicts between riol
and the police and soldiers have alrei'
occurred, shots have been exchanf
several persons have been wounded
both sides, and a number of ai
have been made. This the revoloti
ists hope will serve to call attention
their cause and enlist in their beii-
the sympathy of the people. Them
in Valencia are being patroled bT tl-
gen d'armes, troops are pursuing awl iJ
bands of revolutionists in the mocf sj
tamous districts of the same prow
and further trouble is apprehended.
Madrid up to the present baa
quier, Due signs are not wanting ui
the spirit of disoontent is abroad, u
that the efforts of the government'
gain support by trying to throw m
Luauie ior everytning upon ne iun
States, the chief bugaboo of Spawn
politicians, will not much longer '
In a factory near the citj of Valent
the authorities have discovered a qntf-
tity of arms and ammunition, and tiM P
lar Stoma nra Violiocorl tn tin in eii'I 14
ence in different Darts of the provinn
The arms referred to are known to hi"
been smuggled Into Spain quite i
cently, and are of foreign mannfojfej
ture, showing their shipment to"
part of the plan of campaign being a
ducted by the Cubans in Spain. I frl
The Spanish officials, as usual, in J
blaming the United States for '
troubles in this country, basing tb:
assertions upon the faotthat mong
leaders of the reoect riots was Dr.
nardo Toledo, said to be an Anw'
citizen, whose brother is in comnm
of a force of Cuban insurgents. Il
claimed that monev. arms andama
tion, were served out to the rioter!
from the hnnaa nhtnh ha nccuDied, '
a Series Of Rnvina laaaid tn hVS Tt0&
Pd in the discovery of letters from
United States, Cuba and the A'l
tine Republic, showing that the ow
hreaks here have been planned by tbj
leaders of tha lnhQii Inanrsentl,
that the movement is widespread '
capable of assuming serious prop
tions.
Death of Mrs. Annette Hlcks-l'
New York, Aug. 10. Mrs. Annet"
Hicks-Lord, who was in her day one
the most notable figures in New V
ociety, died last night, aged 67. Mr
Hicks-Lord was descended on
mother's side from a titled Engl
family, and was related to GeneW
Robert Bchenok. nnnA
minister to Great Britain.
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