Lincoln Coanty Leader j
J. K. KTE1VAI1T. Fulill.her.
Toledo OREGON
HE NEWS Of 1 WEEK
Onipnbniln Review of the Import
ant Happening! of the Pt Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns.
Malloh Rezza, who assassinated the
hah of Persia in lny last, was hanged
at Teheran in the presence of an im
mense ooncourse.
Ben Noyer, who waa arrested upon
suspicion of having robbed the Wilhoit
stage, has been released from jail with
out having been given an examination
upon the charge.
In a fight at Yortena, Macedonia, be
tween ISO insurgents and 500 Turkish
troops, the former were reinforced after i
four hoars and routed the Turks, fifty
01 woom were auiea.
Frank i'arnsworth Barnard, aged 42,
a tenor singer well known in theatri- ;
cal oiroles, oommitted suicide in New j
York by shooting himself in the right
temple with a revolver.
The cyoliBts of Olympia.Wash., have
formed a clnb, with a membership of :
150, for the vigorous prosecntion of a
good roads crusade. They propose to
immediately begin the improvement of
the various roads leading out of the
o'ty. j
The four-story mill of the Sperry j
Flour Company, at Paso Robles, Cal.,
was burned together with three adjao
ent cabins and a blacksmith shop. ,
The mill was valued at 35,000, and 1
the stock of wheat and flour on hand
was worth 12,000, and it was a 1
total loss. There was 20,000 insur- :
ance on the building. i
A dispatch from Egypt says: "To ;
show the futility of any hope of arrest- i
ing the course of cholera at present,
during the week before last fresh out- !
breaks occurred in sixty-nine different i
places and last week in eighty-seven, j
During the seven days to August 1,
1,200 deaths were reported, and in the ;
following six days 1,700 deaths."
Judge Noble denied the application
of the Brown Hoisting Company's
locked-ont employes for an injunction
to restrain Mayor MoKisson, of Cleve-
land, from calling additional militia
into service; to restrain the Brown
company from arming its employes
and to compel the company to carry
out the agreement made with the
.locked-ont men on July 27.
1 The cannery and machinery of the
Anderson (Cal.) Canning & Packing
Company, owned by Dan Urover and
B. T. Ryan, burned. The cannery was
worth 8,000. A stock of dried fruit
worth 700, 800 sacks of wheat and a
large quantity of tin was also de.
atroyed. There is no insurance. Two
adjacent oottnges owned by Dan Grover
and J. T. Ryan, valued at 700, were
also burned.
At Sun Antonio de los Banos, a pro- :
prietor named Domingo Hernandez, I
who was 70 years old, has been hanged j
by the insurgents.
At the Novolty theater, London, in
a Btabbing scene, the spring dagger
made for stage use failed to aot and an
actor was stubbed to the heart so that
ho died in a lew minutes.
Senor Marool de Azaoarra, Spanish !
minister of war, is considering a
aohome to introduce conscription in '
iTL t 7 u reoruitiu" 01 bound them to their seats and prevent
force, for the fepamsh army service in : cd their fleeing. But fortunately
Cuba.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the '
American branch of the Red Cross So-
oiety, has started on her return to the
United States, her mission of distribut- !
ing relief to the Armenians having '
boon ended. I
A. V. Fawcett, the recently deposed !
mayor of Taooma, announces that the !
right for occupancy of the office is not
yet eudod by any moans, and that be
will immediately carry the contest to :
the supreme oourt for settlement.
John Thompson and Jay Leonard :
were killed by lightning in a violent i
storm at Sandusky, O. They were
working on tbe now government pier
at Cedar Point, with augers in their
bauds, which attraoted the lightning
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inu wni a.Bcovereci n oh tin if tn the
Willamette river near New Era one day !
last week. A
held over the remains, but uothing was
iiiiueBt was
aevompea wnion would teud to throw
any light upon the mystery, as to why
the body of tbe babe was thrown into
the river.
The steam schooner Point Arena,
bound from San Francisco to Moudo
ciuo, went on the rooks near Point
Reyes, Captain Johnson, her master,
was on the bridge when she grounded,
lie at once began to back her, and
withiu ten minutes she was free of the
rooks. As soon as the vessel was
loosened the water began to rush in
through a hole in her port bow, just
forward of the forward hold. Captain
J oh n sou headed for San Francisco, and
cuius up under a full head of steam,
the pumps being kept in action all the
while. By the time she reached the
Mission slip, where sha was docked,
there was four feet ot water In her tor
ward bold. . .
Ice Famine Threatened.
St. Louis ia seriously threatened with
an ice famine. Prioes have been
stead ly advancing since the opening
of the seaxon until now they aro up to
the highest point reached in this city
: for several years. This week thore
whs an additional increase of $1.25 per
! ton to the trade and another increase
may be expected soon. The price to
the trade is now 5, or mure than
double what it was at any time last
year. Ice is being shipped in from re
mote northorn points, but the demand
cannot be supplied.
An American Citizen Shot.
A yonng man named James F. How
ard is now in the hospital in Jur.rez,
Mexico, with two ballet holes in his
body. He became involved in a quar
rel with Mexicans and shot three of
them dead. They had attempted to as
sault nim. Ha was seriously wounded
in the fight, but managed to escape.
A Demand by Terrell.
United States Minister Terrelhas de
manded the immediate release of six
Armenians
imprisoned
(naturalized Americans)
at Aleppo. Terrel has
notified the Turkish nnthnritips tbut
the further imprisonment of Ameri
cans would not be tolerated.
Trans-Oceanle Record Broken.
The steamship St. Paul, from South
ampton, crossed Sandy Hook in six
days and fifty seven minutes, beating
the new record made last week by her
sister ship, the St. Louis, of six days,
two hours and twenty-fonr minutes.
Drowned in the Columbia.
Mark Van Bibber, a son of W. H.
Van Bibber, of The Dalles, was
drowned in the Columbia river near
that city, where he was swimming in
company with several companions.
The body has not been recovered.
Fifteen lloraei Poisoned.
Twelve of the fifteen horses belong
ing; to Charles A.Worth, of Sun Fran
cisco, are dead and three more are un
der treatment for arsenical poisoning.
The poison was administered by an
enemy unknown.
Daniel I'ullen Missing.
Daniel Pullen, a prominent farmer
of Lapnsh, Wash., suddenly became
insane last Sunday and left bis home
and has not since been seen or heard of.
It is believed he has committed suicide.
Floods in India. ' '
A London dispatch from Bombay
says heavy floods have been caused by
the rising of the river Kistnah. Im
mense damage was done, and thousands
rendered homeless. A river boat was
capsized and 200 persons drowned.
Ilegulutors Sadly Needed
The violent demonstrations by the
turbulent elements of Belleville, 111.,
against the Salvation Army which
have occurred at freqnent intervals on
the publio square for a year past, at
lust culminated in a riot.. For over
two hours the mob surged around the
little band of Christians, cursing, push
ing, striking and creating a perfect
bedlam of discordant noises. One of
the army flags, on which was the stars
and attipes, was torn from its staff and
trampeled upon. One of the women,
who was struck on the head by a mis
silo, was about the only one seriously
injured.
They Saw a Large Meteor.
E. Simmons, wife and two daughters
were sitting in the yard at their home
in Chicago when they saw a meteor de
scending and aiming direotly toward
thorn. Terror overoowered them.
while the mass of molten metal was
100 feet from them it burst, and the
frugmonts scattered with a report like
a cannon, the hissing sound which had
been growing in intensity culminating
in a last dying gasp. No fragments
could be found.
Death In the Flood.
A great rain storm burst over Pitts
burg aud vioiuity, deluging a territory
severul miles in extent, swelling the
streams into torrents, sweeping away
bridges aud sending a score of human
beings into eternity. The storm is
attributed to the approach of a cool
wave from the Northwest. Great dam-
H?6 Wat 8 by watcr in rlo P"
t olty- The 8"eets were covered
dobrU. car lines tied up and tracks
blockaded. At Dehaven. a small town
nir thn w.i.w.... .i n
were drowned ' P6P "
A Holler Kxplorted.
A hundred aud fifty horse-power
boiler at the Lockville Brick & Tile
works, near Maximo, O., exploded with
territio force, completely wrecking the
building. Isaiah Johnson, an en
giueer, had his back broken. He will
die. Samuel Snider was badly injured
about the head and had his breast
orushed. He cannot recover.
Train Kan Into a Washout.
An eastbound mail train from Chi
cage i on the Lake Shore road, ran into a
washout seventy feet long and thirty
ee deep near Otis, lnd., and the entire
.r.?lVt"P! ,lw cooh. Ponged
Orifflu, aud the fireman, Michael
Koaohe. were almost instantly killed.
No one else was injured.
Florence Kan., i. proud o( M
residence of a humane l.dy. who bought
an ear trumpe, for her pet dog. "
Telegraph Operators Have a
Grievance.
SUBMITTED IN
PETITION
Interesting; Outgrowth of Judge Cald
well's Faiuoos Order of March,
1K94, Regarding the Wage Schedules.
Omaha, Aug. 18. A suit has been
filed in the United States circuit court,
which is likely to demonstrate just how
great permanent benefits the men on
the Union Pacific are to reap from the
famous wage schedule conference held
before Judge Caldwell on March 18,
1894. Among the other results of
this famous conference, in fact, the
result it was called to accomplish, was
the adoption of a wage schedule and
code of rules which was to govern the
relations of the men and the receivers.
Among the rules was one which pro
vided that no man should be discharged
without just cause, and another was
that the schedule of the pay fixed upon
at that time was not to be altered, ex
cept by order cf the court. Tbe men in
the telegraph branch of tbe service al
lege that both of these provisions have
been violated, and on this the issue
will be joined in a case which was filed
yesterday in the United States court.
In this case J. T. Weybright, L. M.
Tuder, L. Rosenbaum and N. A. Smith,
representing the Order of Railway Tel
egraphers, members of the joint protec
tive board of the employes of the Union
Pacifio system, appear as plaintiffs.
The petition reiterates the order as en
tered by Judge Caldwell, at the con
clusion of that hearing in March, 1894,
and the conference leading up to it.
Then they proceed to state that the fol
lowing rates of pay for telegraphers
were fixed by that order: Rogers, 62
per month; Benton, 67; Aldas. 62;
Boone, 45; Rockville, 45. Without
notice to the men or to the court, and
in violation of that order, the petiton
states the wages at these stations have
been reduced as follows: Rogers to
35 per month; Bonton, 25; Aldas,
35; Boone, 25; Rookville, 25. They
petition the court that the wages of the
men be restored to the amount named
in the schedule, and that the difference
between the amount they have received
since the reduction be paid to them.
By far the most important portion of
the petition is contained in the next
paragraph. In it the petitioners al
lege that the managing officials of the
company are hostile to organized labor,
and particularly to the Order of Rail
way Telegraphers, and that a system
atic effort has been made to weed out
the leaders in the oraer by summarily
discharging them without cause.
Among these are cited F. E. Gilliland
and F. R. Diesbacb.
The telegraphers have another griev
ance which will be brought to the at
tention of the court in a petition which
will be filed Boon. It has been the ous
tom of the Union Paoifio for a long
time to deduct from the pay of each
man on the system the sum of 40 cents
per month for the maintenance of hos
pitals on this system. The telegraphers
alleged that they receive no benefit
from tbe hospitals, except in case of
the very few who reside at the places
where they are maintained. They
complain they are not given an ac
counting of the expenditure of the
money oollected for this purpose from
the men, which they allege amounts to
100,000 a year, and that if they must
pay, they are entitled to know what
becomes of the money. They will also
allege in the petition that the at pres
ent time the Union Poifio does not
maintain any hospitals, Bimply having
the use of a small number of cots in
hospitals conducted by private parties
or associations, and the expense at
tached thereto is not sufficient to war
rant the collection of tbe amount of
money that is at present taken from the
employes.
ENGLISH THIEF CAPTURED.
Mobbed the London FostorHce of S)3,oo(
aud Fled.
Boston, Aug. 18. Henry Borfield,
of London, England, was arrested to
day as he landed from the Cunard
steamer Pavonia, on a complaint of
British Vice-Consul Keating, charging
him with the embezzlement of 415
from tbe London postoflice. Borfield
was a postoflioe employe in London,
and is oharged with taking the money
from two packets. His wife, who is a
bride ot only a month, is detained by
tbe immigration oftioers as an undesir
able person, while Borfield is in jail
awaiting extradition. Borfield made a
confession and turned over 1,600 of
the stolen money. He will be ar
raigned before United States Commis
sioner Fiske.
Baltic Canal ttatlsfactnry.
Berlin, Aug. 18. Tbe Zietung re
cords Emperor William's pleasure at
tbe success of tbe passage of the thirty
nine men-of-war through the Baltio
canal last Thursday. These men of
war moved at a rate of speed essential
for naval maneuvers, and their success
ful passage through the canal nnder
force draught, is regarded as an indica
tion that the new canal will be perfect
ly accessible in case of emergency for
the largest iron-dads.
LAURADA SCARE OVER.
Facts Satisfactorily Fiplalned to tha
Spanish Secretary of War.
Madrid, Aug. 18. The Duke of Te
tuan, Spanish minister of foreign
affairs, has reoeived from Washington
a dispatch giving satisfactory assur
ances regarding the alleged filibuster
ing expedition of tbe Jjauraoa.
I History of the Case.
! Washington, Aug. 18. The steamer
Laurada, referred to in the Madrid dis
patch, has figured frequently in the
olaims made by Spanish authorities
that American merobants were engaged
in filibustering operations. In January
last the then captain of the vessel was
indicted in the federal courts of South
Carolina, but was acquitted after a
jury trial. Frequent reference has beon
made to the experience of the Laurada
at many ports in May last. The cap
tain on that ocaBion failed to take out
health papers required by tbe lav, and
this led to the surveillance of the Lau
rada by the Spanish war vessels. It is
claimed that ten Cubans were thrown
into the water after the Spanish war
vessel pnt in an em"RTn?e. It was
also represented at the time of the ap
pearance of the Spanish cruiser that
thirty men were drowned, owing to the
precipitated haste in getting ashore to
avoid apprehension. The Spanish au
thorities olaimed that the United States
had taken no proceedings toward ap
prehending the vessel or arms in acorod
ance with the neutrality law.
CORNWELL'S THREE WIVES.
Dead ngineer's Widows Surprise Each
Other at the Funeral.
San Francisco, Aug. 18. George W.
Cornwell, the oldest locomotive en
gineer on the coast division of the
Southern Pacifio, died recently, and at
his funeral three women appeared, each
claiming to be his widow. Two used
, the name of Mrs. Cornwell. but the
third said she had been married to the
deceased under tbe name of George
Parker. The one of the three who has
known Cornwell longest is known as the
San Jose widow, because she resides in
that city. She declares the dead en
gineer is the father of her son, aged 35.
Cornwell lived with her from 1860 to
1873. Then he met and married the
woman who is known as Mrs. Corn
well, at 1802 Howard street. In 1888
Cornwell met Mrs. Parker, and, telling
her his nurne was the same us that of
her former husband, George Parker,
married ber. He installed her in a
house a block from that of Mrs. Corn
well No. 2. Mrs. Parker knew uotbing
of the other two wives, and No. 2 was
not aware of the existence of No. 8, in
whose house he died. The engineer
was 59 years old, and had been on the
Pacifio coast thirty-six years, all of ttie
time in the employ of the Central and
Southern Pacific railroads. He leaves
only about 3,000, his earnings having
j all gone to support his numerous wives.
BOY'S TRAGIC DEATH.
He Fulls Under the Wheels of a Salem
Electric Car.
Salem, Or., Aug. 1.8 Willie Mo
Donougb, a 14-year-old boy, was run
over and killed by a oar of the Salem
Motor Railway Company, in North
Salem, this afternoon. The accident
occurred in front of the residence of
Harvey Massey, at 6:15, as the car was
coming from the fair grounds toward
the oity. The unfortunate boy, in com
pany with two other boys, was passing
the Massey residence just as a horse
was being led through the gate into
the street. At this juncture tbe street
car came alone- aud was on th A
grade. The horse frigteued, and in the
attempt to get out of its way, Willie
MoDonnugh started to cross the track
, and was struck by the oar. The cai
passed entirely over his body, mangling
tbe head terribly. Traces of blood
were left for fifteen to twenty feel
along the traok. The body was picked
' up fifty feet or more from where the
: boy's companions stood, leaviug it un
certain U8 to ho-v far the car may have
dragged it. Tr.e boy's father, Harris
1 McDouough, met with a similar fate
just four years ago, in being run over
. and killed by a railroad train near Cm
I ciunatl. Joseph Wilson, now in Port
! land, is the boy's step-father.
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j NOTED CAROLINIAN KILLED.
By a Negro Boy After Both Hud Ki
chaugsd Shots,
i Spartanburg, 8. C, Aug. 18. Cap.
tain John H. Blassingum. one of the
oldest and most respected citizens ol
mm uiijr hub; siaio, was shot aud killed
this afternoon bv Chris ( u mi nil a nA,
boy. Captain Blassingam was alone in
! his sister's house, and Cannon entered
the house for the purpose of robbing it
. Pistol shots wore heard, and the negrc
was seen running from the house. Cap
I tain Blassingam was found dead, shot
twice through tbe head. The negrc
was tracked to a house half a mile dis-
i tant, where he was found shot through
the chest. Two emptv pistols found in
the house indioate that both parties en
gaged in the shooting. Tbe negro wai
taken to jail. His wound is not
thought to be fatal. There is some
talk of lynching, but the law will take
its course.
Captain Blassingam was a membet
; of one of the most prominent familiei
; in the state, and a man respeoted and
i honored by all.
A Resume of Events in the
northwest.
EVIDENCE OF STEADY Growth
News Gathered in All the Towoi
Our Neighboring State. Imp,0.
ment Noted in All Industrles-Or,01,
The amount oollected for school tain
in Coos oounty during the year endim
April 6, 1890, was 11,587.69.
The organization of the labot ex
change has been effected at CoqnilU
and an application for a charter hu
been made.
Ground squirrels are becoming
numerous in Curry county that ia ht
eral places the gardens are being badly
damaged.
Harney oounty is said to have in.
voornd ?5.000 in ticvclGs t'u;
5,000 in cash and tbe balance on tb
installment plan.
Jaoob Greenburg, the 9-year-old ion
of Isaao Greenburg, was drowned to
the Willamette river at the foot ol
Davis street, Portland.
Company C, of Pendleton, has Beat
to A. R. Holmes, at Portland, a gold
pin and pendant, in appreciation of hii
services while oaptain of the companj.
W. S. Byers, of Pendleton, is mak
ing up a shipment of three carloads ol
flour for Africa. It is put up in 12 yit
24 i and 49-pound sacks of thaordis.
ary kind, and these sacks in turn an
paoked in ooffee sacks.
A band of bunch-grass horses were
driven in and sold at publio aujtion
. Oil . . 1 ,
iu ouvcnuu me umer oay. xm
horses were unbroken and were sold at
very low prices. Good horses were
sold for 6, and good teams were sold
for 10 to 23.
Day Bros, will resume dredging at
the upper end of the locks as soon at
the water falls two feet more. Ths
date when they will begin building tbe
walls of the inner part of the canal bat
not been decided upon, as no orders
have been received from the war de
partment authorizing them to renew
constructions.
A trip through the hop-growing dis
tricts around Brownsville shows that
the aoreage will not be quite as large
as last year, but the quality has every
indication of being first-olass. The
yards which have been cultivated shows
an abundance of young hops on the
vines, and as yet they are free from
pests of all kinds.
A black bear, that had killed sheep
in King valley, was killed last week
by George Neithamer. Bruin weighed
400 pounds. The neighbors of Mr.
Neithamer were so elated over the de
struction of the bear that they each
presented the hunter with a sheep
apiece, and he is now possessed of
about fourteen head.
A departure from the old custom of
threshing machine men boarding with
the farmer has been made in Lake
county. There the threshing men baT
a kitchen on wheels, which can be
hauled around with the machine, and
it costs the farmer only for the thresh
ing. It is a novel idea and one which
will undoubtedly become popular
among the women on the ranches.
Washington.
The attempt at Kennewick to aBsess
the district for irrigation purposes was
voted down at the recent special elefr
tion.
Henry Soiffert, who shot and killed
L. H. Platter in the courthouse in
Spokane on the first of this month, has
been denied bail, and committed to jail
to await trial.
Assessor Carpenter, of Yakima,
ponnced upon a band of 8,400 migra
tory sheep belonging to A. Andrews &
Sons, of Oregon. Mr. Andrews cheer
fully paid the tax.
The Methodist Episcopal Colombit
River conference, whioh embraces East
ern Oregon, EaBtorn Washington and
Northern Idaho, will oonvene at North
Yakima August 26.
The aggregate value of all assessabls
property in Yakima oounty as equal
ized by the county commissicners i
4,120,882. The total tax levied for
1895 was 108,759.21.
W. A. Mears, of Portland, who bai
ffivfln tVia Poll t nwu. nt
Everett, an order for 1,000,000 feet of
lumber to be shipped to Japan.
The Fairhaven National bank olosed
its hn.inaa. .. I , . . ... . : ....
as a oauaing lnsiuuuuu u
Friday, and is paying off its deposi
tors in full. It is voluntarily liquidat
ing the indebtedness, whioh is said to
be small.
The Bank of Auburn has suspended
payment, and its ofTaW. .;n Ko imme-
j diately wound up by A. H. Boyd, re
; ceiver. The deposits amount to about
16,000, while the total assest will
reach 50,000.
The statement of the treasurer of
Skatgt county for the year ending
1 Jnne 80, 1890, shows that reoelpts bits
i "mounted to 148,050.78, and disburse
ments to 95,489.06, leaving a ctih
'balance of 52,651.69.