Lincoln County leader., August 27, 1896, Image 2

Lincoln County Leader
J. V. NT IS Mr A KT. Fulill.lier.
TOLEDO OREGON
THE MS OF I WEEK
Oomprehenilvei Review of the Import
ant Happening! of the Pant Week
Galled From the Telegraph Columns.
L. E. Sanger, of Summit, Wash.,
near Olympia, loft his home to go hunt
ing and hug not since been seen or
heard of. It is feared he has acci
dentally shot himself.
Peter Ryan, foreman of the St. Law
rence mine, the property of the Ana
conda company, Jack Campbell and
John Manning, two niiners.wero killed
by the fall of a cage in a shaft.
It is stated that measures will be
taken by the New York exchange to
secure 'the importation of a large
amount of gold, variously estimated at
from $200,000,000 to $25,000,000.
The prcoirlont has appointed Culuuel
Charles G. Sswtelle quartermaster-general
of the army, vice General Batch
elder, retired. Colonel Sawtelle is
now stationed at Governor's island,
N. Y.
An $1,100 gold brick was brought to
Baker City recently from the Baisley
Klkhorn mine, it being the result of a
ten days' run. The average yield of
the ore taken from this mine iB about
$50 per ton.
Six cars of a Rock Island stock train
were derailed live miles west of To
peka, Kan., and four white men, rid
ing in the feed box, were crushed to
death. The head and limbs were com
pletely torn from one body.
Mr. Harrison, the owner of the Santo
Domingo gold mines in the province of
Carabaya, department of Puno, and
other rich gold mines in Peru, has dis
covered a whole hill in the Andes
mountains, extending at least two
leagues and full of veins of rich quartz.
In consequence of frontior disputes
beween Bulgaria and Turkey, the Bul
garian government has notified the
Turkish government that unless the
latter appoints delegates to the frontier
commission by a certain date, Bul
gaiian troops will bo ordored to re
occupy the positions recently occupied
by the Turkish soldiers on the territory
Bulgaria claims.
Miss Mattio Overman, of San Fran
ciso, of the celebartod Brown ohbo fame,
has at last confessed to the intimacy
with the ex-Congregational minister
that finally caused his downfall and re
tirement from the church. The con
fession is in her own handwriting, cov
ering many sheets of legal oap, and for
the present is in the safe keeping of
Kev. W. W. Soudder, of Alameda,
chairman of the Congregational com
mittee on credentials.
A movement is on foot among promi
nent olubmon of Chicago to extend an
invitation to Li Hung Chang, the
Chinese viceroy, to have him stop over
a couple of days iu Chicago while en
route to the Pacific coast.
Kugeno Burt, wanted at Austin,
Tex., for tho murder of his wife ami
two children, about a montu ago, was
arrested iu Chicago. The dirk with
which the crime was committed was
found on his person, and blood stains
were visible on his straw hat.
A threshing engine, togother with
its driver and a team of horses, went
through a bridge over Kriese creek,
about nine miles west of Oregon City.
The driver was slightly injured and
one of the horses bo badly wounded thut
it was found necessary to kill it.
John J. llrough, a well-known mer
chant of Manchester, Conn., hag re
turned from a trip around the world
which consumed exactly a year. Mr.
Hruugh traveled on a bicycle wherever
possible. Of the 00,000 miles covered
by him, 40,000 were by water; 12,000
on his wheel and the rest by railroad
iu the different countries.
Advices have been received by the
war department from General Wheatou
fating that three prisonors, supposed
to be Yaqui Indians, were brought
from Tubao, Ariz., to Nogales. They
will be taken before the United States
oouiniisaiouer on a oharge of violating
the neutrality laws. They are be
lieved to be members of the raiding
party that attempted to loot the Mexi
can custom-house.
According to private advices received
in Philadelphia ten of the crew of
twentv-one of the British hurt vi.,-,
Stafford, burned at tea several weeks
ago, perished. Captain Oscar Smith
took one boat with ten men, and the
mate with uiue other men got iu the
second boat. Captain Smith and ten
men were saved, but nothing hag ever
been heard from the others. The sea
was rough and probably the boat cap
iied. By a collision between the yachts
Meteor and Isolde during the race for
the vice-commodore's cup, at Southsea,
Baron von Zedwitz, tho owner of
Isolde, was to badly injured that he
died before he could be taken to a hot
pltal. All the members of the crew
of the Isolde were swept overboard
when the yaohts collided, but were res
cued from tha water by boats from the
other yachts.
A Fatal Campaign yuarrel.
A curbstone discussion of the coinage :
question in Columbus, O., led to a
shooting which may prove fatal.
Joseph Rath, a retired manufacturer
and advocate of free coinage, engaged
in warm discussion with Horace Way- :
man, an Englishman. They separated,
but Rath got a revolver and when j
Wayman returned, he fired three shots j
at him. As Wayman is an old man
the injuries he received will prove seri- i
ous.
They Will Sell Coal Oil.
Michael and John Cuduhy, wealthy ,
packers of Chicago, have entered into
an oil deal of enormous proportions. If
their present plans materialize Chicago
is to have a new industry, a rival of
the great plant of the Standard Oil
Company at Whiting, and the first pipe
line from the oil fields to enter its
limits. The Cudahys have placed an
order for $500,000 worth of pipes.
Moonshiners Captured.
A party of twenty revenue officers, ;
representing all sections of Virginia,
went to Franklin county to break up
the most noted band of outlaws and
illicit stillers in that state. By arti-
flee they succeeded in capturing twelve ;
cf tho outlaws without bloodshed and
destroyed several stills.
Cod Fishery a Total Fiillure.
The Labrador cod fishery, in which'
30.000 Newfoundlanders are engaged
every year, iB a oomplete failure, ac
cording to latest reports brought from
the Labrador coast. Widespread desti
tution among the fishing classes is in- ,
evitable.
Turkish Consul Murdered.
It is officially announced in Vienna
that the Albanians have murdered the
Turkish consul at Vraniak, Servia, :
near the Macedonian frontier. Though
this statement is officially confirmed,
no details of the affair have been re- '
ceived.
A Itank Itoblied.
In Kansas City, Kan., an unknown
thief entered the branch of the Ameri
can National bank during the mo
mentary absence of the cashier, and
prying open a desk secured $1,000
in currency or more and escaped.
They Will Be Deported.
Leander Chunis, the French fencing
maBter.who is detained at Ellis island,
N. Y , with Marie Cobourge, for hav
ing eloped with her from her homo
in France, haB been ordered deported
by the government authorities.
A Premature Itlnst.
While men were blasting rock neat
Parry Sound, Out., a heavy charge of
dynamite exploded prematurely. Two
men named Smith and Hillman, were
instantly killed. Others wore seri
ously injured.
Ohio Miners Strike.
Twelve hundred miners have strruck
at Coming, Reudville and Hemlock,
O., in consequence of a resolution
adopted by .the miners' convention.
Visited hy a Deluge.
A terriblo clouburst occurred near
Mogollon, N. M., and George Knight,
a miner of Georgetown, was drowned.
Twenty others are reported missing,
but only two bodies, those of Knight
and an unknown Mexican, have been
recovered. About 100 families have
been rondered homeless, and thirty
housos washed away. Several mine
the vicinity suffered from the water.
Fram Is Hufe at Home.
Hansen's Arctic exploring e hip Frt;m,
which he left behind iu the lceeaily
iu January, 1895, iu order to explore
the sea north of the route he proposed
to follow, arrived at Skjervo, province
of Tromsoe. The captain reports ihat
he saw Professor Audree, who was bi ill
waiting for a favorable wind to enable
him to attempt his balloon trip across
the Arctic region.
Wounded by llurglars.
Walker B. Adams is lying at the
point ot death at Bedford Station, N.
Y., as the result of an encounter with
four burglars. Two of the burglars
have been captured, having been
mortally wounded by Adam's sou Wil
liam, who was himself struck by a bul
let, which glanced off his suspender
buckle.
Explosion of Molten Metal.
By an explosion of molten metal at
the furnace of the I. Edgar Thomson
steel works iu Pittsburg, Pa., ten men
were burned. Two were seriously in
jured but will recover. The explosion
whs caused by the molten iron striking
a pool of water.
A Mining Man Held f...
George H. McCauley, secretary of the
Cariboo Mining Company, of Spokane,
was held up by a masked highwayman
while returning to that city from Camp
McKiuuey, B. C. and robbed of three
gold bricks, valued at nearly $11,000.
Wants to Klght Corbet!.
Now that Choynski has managed to
ecure a tight with McAuliiie. he
yearns for more gladiators to conquer.
Iboyuski says that Hfter his battle with
McAuliffe be intends to go east to
challenge Corbett.
A ratal Fire.
Fire in the residence of John Pel
bacb in Watertowu. S. D., burned to
death Mr. ielbach and hi. three daugh
Insurrection Brought to an
End by Cecil Rhodes.
HIS MISSION WAS A SUCCESS
Ill-l'sage by Native Police and Oppres
sive Tax of the Chartered South
Alrlca Company Lead to the Revolt.
Bulnwayo, Aug. 25. The mission'
of Cecil Rhodes to the Matabeles is re
ported to be a pronounced success
The natives have yielded and the war
is considered at an end. Cecil Rhodes
inspired the confidence of the Matabele
chiefs by going among them unarmed.
The chiefs complained that ill-usage
by the native police provoked the re
bellion, and Rhodes promised them
that reforms in this respect would be
inaugurated at once. Earl Grey, who
was appointed to administer the affairs
within the jurisdiction of tha British
South Africa Company, believes the
bui render ot the natives was practically
unconditional.
The war with the Matabeles, which
began in South Africa early in this
year, in many respects resembled the
early Indian war in America. Soveral
hundred settlers in the more sparsely i
settled portions of Matabeleland were ;
murdered by natives. Survivors in i
the country districts quickly gathered '
in the larger towns, and existing forti
fications were garrisoned as strongly
as possible. The natives were at first
commanded by a son of the late King
Lobengula. To the number of 20,000 ,
they gathered on the hills around Bu
luwayo, the principal town. To a con- !
Biderable extent they were actuated by
a sort of religious frenzy, but other 1
causes are said to have combined to
bring about the trouble.
Chief among these were the wrong
doings of the native police and the im
position by the South African Char
tered Company of a hut tax on the
43,000 huts of the natives in Matabele
land. The tax the natives sternly re
sisted for many months, but the Char
tered Company insisted upon this reve
nue being collected and refused to
make any exceptions. It was not until
Cecil Rhodes, at this late time, to
some extent under a cloud, because of
his alleged connection with the raid
into the Transvaal, conducted by Dr.
Jameson, came to the resoue, and
started from Rhodesia with an armed
force that the backbone of the rebellion
was broken.
Bulnwayo itself was for a time
threatened with annihilation by the
blacks, but, owing to the brave defense
by its citizens and the timely advance
of the column headed by Rhodes, the
Btate of siege which practically existed
was broken and the Matabeles were
gradually forced back from the hills
surrounding the metropolis of Matabe
leland to their old resorts in the parts
of the country not occupied by Eu
ropeans. A NOVEL DUEL.
Kansas Farmers Kiignge In a liatlle on
Traction ttnjclne.
Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 25 Six
miles west of Tonganoxie, in Jefferson
couuty two farmers engaged i j a battle
this afternoon, mounted on traction en
gines. As a result one man was mort
ally wounded and both engines were
wrecked. The t'ireshers, oue named
Peat Hud the other Stevens, aspired to
do a jub of threshing for John Eurhart,
who through a misunderstanding had
engaged both to do the work. It hap
pened that both of the thro-hers arrived
at the farm at the same time, approach
iug the main gate from the opposite
directions. At the gate they stopped
their traction engines and a quarrel eu
Bued. Both started to steam through
the gate at the same moment. A col
lision resulted. Then both engines
backed off again and began jockeying
for position. Another rush for the
gate followed with throttles wide open.
The result was a terrific collision. One
engine was thrown into the air and
fell back upon the other. Stevens was
caught between his euigne and the wa
ter tank and so badly crushed that he
canuot live. The other engineer es
caped. There have been no arrests.
A WHITE HIGHBINDER.
Sensational Accusation Against a San
F.anclsro Attorney.
San Francisco, Aug. 24. At the
trial today of ex-Customs Inspector R.
S. Williams, charged with bribery
and illegal landing of Chinese, Wong
Sam, an Americauized Chiuese, testi
fied that he had seen Williams paid
money for landing Chinese, whom he
mentioned, and how he had paid $100
to land oue of his clients named Wong
Sing Toy. Attorney Mowry, for de
fense, tried to show that the witness
was a member of the Hop Sing Tong
local highbinder society. The witness
admitted be was formerly a member,
and then made the sensational charge
that Attorney Mowry was himself a
member of the same highbinder so
ciety. Mowry is an American who
has been prominent in the federal
courts as a Chinese attorney. No
cross-examination on this point oould
induoe the witness to modify his charge
which caused the sensation.
Shot Out Their Quarrel.
Madison, Fla., Aug. 26. George
Page and Will Morgan, young men
living near here, last night fought a j
duel, considered to be one of the most j
remarkable on record. They were riv
als for the affections of a pretty young
lady. They both attended a danoe at
which the young lady was present
Her conduct drove them to desperation.
Finally Page invited Morgan to ac
company him for a walk. Morgan ;
consented, and as soon as they were !
outside Page proposed that as each was
armed, they take each other by the left
hand and shoot out the quarrel, the j
survivor to take the girl Morgan ;
agreed, and then with left hands j
clasped they drew pistols and began '
firing. Each man fired five shots.
When friends arrived Morgan was
found dead and Page was dying.
Ex-Mayor Frank's Death.
Portland, Or., Aug. 26. Hon. Gen.
P. Frank, ex-mayor of this city, is
dead. He died last night at Long
Beach, but the sad news was not re- i
oeived here till this morning, when
Mrs. Frank wired it from Ilwaco. The
remains will arrive here tomorrow j
morning, and will be conveyed from i
the steamer to the late residence of tho .
deceased on Fifteenth and Yamhill
streets. While Mr. Frank's death whb 1
not in the strictest sense unexpected, i
the announcement of his passing away ,
provoked many expressions of sincere
regret all over the city today.
Brakes Did Not Work.
Frederick. Md., Aug. 26. Forty
persons were more or less injured by
the brakes of a trolley car failing to
work last evening on the steep inoline
on the Frederick & Middleton electric
railway. There were over 100 passen
gers on board, many more than its
capacity. The brakes refused to hold,
and the car after going wild for a dis
tance of two and one-half miles turned
completely over. People who had wit
nessed the disaster rushed to the rescue
and the bruised and maimed passengers
were removed to their homes.
Passenger Train Wrecked.
Pittsburg. Aug. 26. The through j
Chicago mail, No. 14, on the Pittsburg
& Wbstern railroad, was wrecked at
Valencia station, twenty-two miles
from this city. Fifteen or twenty
persons were badly injured. The wreck '
ocourred through a collision with a i
wreck train. '
Passed Bogus Coin.
St. Louis, Aug. 25. Jonh R. Mo
Math, of Ottumwa, la., was arrested
in the corridor of tho postofflce yester
day afternoon by United States secret
service agents, who had been waiting j
there for him for a week or more. He,
it is alleged, is wanted in Ottumwa for :
passing counterfeit silver coin. Mo-
Math will bo held until the Ottumwa i
officials arrive or are heard from. j
Charged With Her Husband's Murder.!
Gutlnie, O. T., Aug. 25. Mrs. Dell j
Manning, the wife of a farmer, mur
dered last Monday, has been arrested
and charged with complicity in the
murder. Tho officers state they have
evidence to prove that Mrs. Manning
and Grove Huntley, who is also in
jail, were iu love, and oonspired to put
the husband out of the way. Mrs.
Manning is a handsorre woman of 22.
A lEuilrxad Town.
Astoria, Or., Aug. 25. The first
railroad train to leave this city started '
for Seaside at 1 1 o'clock this morning
with 1,000 people. There was the
greatest rejoicing, bands playing, tin
horns blowing and people shouting.
The second train was run at 1 o'clock
in the afternoon. Excursions were
given under the auspices of the Astoria
Football Club. The formal opening of
the railroad company will occur later.
Weylers" Intentions.
Havana, Aug. 25. Captain-General
Weyler announces his intention, as
soon as reinforcements arrive from
Spain, to concentrate his forces and
sweep the island from end to end. By
this means he hopes to speedily put an
end to the present insurrection. I
Reports have been received that the
band of the leader Zarraga had at
tacked an exploring train in the prov
ince of Pinar del Rio. Twelve sol
diers were wounded.
Yesterday the insurgents attacked
Fort Log Mangas. The insurgents
were repulged, but two of the members
of the garrison were wounded.
In oonsequenoe of the recent attack
by the insurgents on Guira Meleua, a
large number of Cubans have been ar
rested, and nineteen persons have been
imprisoned on the charge of being con
cerned in the movement
Colonel Tort, learning that the in
surgents were enoamped in the vicinity
of Gomez, in the province of Matanzas,
ordered a cavalry charge on the part of
the Spanish forces. The result accord
ing to the offloial advices, was a de
cisive viotory over the insurgents. The
Cubans were compelled to fly for their
lives. They left nineteen dead on the
field, including Dr. Bacallao and Law
yer Gavilin. Two prisoners and a
large quantity of ammunition were
captured.
Captain-General Weyler ia about to
issue a decree placing oertain limita
tions upon the next sugar and coffee
crop. By this plan be hopes to de
prive the insurgents of their resources
and bring the planters to the support of
Spain,
A WARM FRIEND I ?
Lord Russell at the AmerK
Bar Association. -H
DISTINGUISHED
AUiEi,C:
'International
Arbitration" w
Subject of His Address, and h,b
Greeted With a Hearty App,,J
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 24,0.
4,600 people assembled today to uV
to the address of Lord Russell, of j
lowen, lord chief justice of EiW
on "International Arbitration," be)
the American Bar Association. It
one of the most distinguished audies-
skipped !
aid espe
jTbeBi
ever gathered here. Lord Russell t
greeted witn nearty applause
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diucs uuiu mere was arm
on the platform United States Snrwt
t ,1 i .. f .. tit .r
wuv uuiiu uuiug . recltai
United States Attorney General Hi
mon, New York Court of ,w
Judge Bartlett, and many other prot1
nent personages.
Speaking of thtnnovement for art.
tration, Lord Russell said in part:
"In 1890 the senate and house t;
representatives of the United Stat
adopted a concurrent resolution it
questing the president to make use:
any fit occasion to enter into neogti,
tions with other governments to ti
end that any differences or dispni
which could not be adjusted by dip;
matio agency might be referred to ait.
tration and peacefully adujsted by nr.
means. The British house of cot
mons in 1893 responded by passii;!
unanimously a resolution expressive:!
the satisfaction it felt with this nctic:
and with the hope that the governmer
of the queen would render ready ct
operation to give it effect. The patlii
ment of Denmark and Switzerland at: I
the Frenoh chamber of deputies hai
followed suit.
"It seemed eminently desirable thi
there should be an agency by whit
members of the great representatiii
and executive bodies of the world n
terested in this far-reaching qrwstic:
should meet on a common ground at:
discuss the basis for common acta
With this object there has recently bet:
founded 'the permanent parliaments?
committee in favor of arbitration at:
peace,' or, as it is sometimes callec
'the interparliamentary union,' 'lb
union has a permanent orpanizatioi
Its officers and members are not vai:
idealists; they are men of the world
They do no claim to be regenerators t!
mankind, nor do they promise the mil
lenium, but they are doing useful woit
in making straighter and less difficult
the path of intelligent progress.
"Speaking in this place, I needonh
refer in passing to the remarkable pat
American congress held in your statu
in 1890, at the instance of the UK
Mr. Blaine, directed to the same peace
ful object.
"It is obvious, therefore, that tbf
sentiment for peaoe and in favor ol ar
bitration aa the alternative forwarii
growing apace. How has this senti
ment told on tho direct action of ni
tions? How far have they shaped iheii
policy according to its methods? Tbf
answer to these question is that peacefm
aud encouraging experience has shown
. that over a large area international
differences may honorably, practically
and usefully bo dealt with by peaceW
arbitrament.
"There have been siitce 1815 semi
sixty instances of effective internation
al arbitration. Thirty-two of tb
the United States has been a party M.
and Great Britain to some twenty ci
them. There are many instances alsc
of the introduction of arbitration inW
treaties. Here, too, the United State!
appears in tho van. Are we, then.
conclude that the milleuinm of peac
', has arrived, that tho dove has returned
to the ark, a sure sign that the water)
of international strife have subsided
' peramnently?
"I nm not sanguine enough to Kr
this flattering unction to my vA
i Unbridled ambition, thirst for wide
i domain, pride ' of power still boldi
sway, although with lessened fores
! and in some sort nnder the restraint ol
! the healthier nninlnn nf the wolrd. Bat
) further, friend as I am of peace, 1 1
would yet affirm that there may be
even greater calamities than war ti'
dishonor of a nation, the triumph of an
unrighteous cause, the perpetuation ol
hopeless and debasing tyranny. De
hooves, then, all who are friends of
, peaoe and adovoates of arbitration, to
, recognize the difficulties and to dis
criminate between the causes in which i
friendly arbitration is and in which it
may not be Dracticallv nossible.
"Arbitration will not cover th
whole field of international; contro
versy, and until the great powers of
the world in league bind themselves to
coerce a recalcitrant member of tnt
family of nations, we have still to t
the more than possible disregard by
powerful states of the obligations of
good faith and of justice. The scben
of such a combination has been advo
cated, but the signs of its accompli''
ment are absent.
, "I doubt whether in any case a P"'
manent tribnnal, the members of
which shall be nronerlv designated,
practical or desirable. I fear it mis1"
assume Intolerable pretentions."
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