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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1896)
Lincoln County Leader j J. K. S1KWAICT. Hulill.liKr TOI.KIM) OKKOOX THE NEWS OF HE WEEK Comprehennlva Review of the Import, nut Ilappenliiga of the Ptit Week Culled From tbe Telegraph Column!. M. Fhillipe Eugene C'nissurt radioal deputy for the first division of Laen, France, is dead. A Roaen dispatch say! the French steamer Marie Funny is a total loss, off the island of Alderuoy. The cap tain was saved. Fonrteen members of the crew were drowned. Ernest Chase, of Detroit, Mich., oat the throat of his wife, and with the ame weapon out his own throat from ear to (Mr and full flpArl tiAairln hr The tragedy was the climax of a life of onhappiness. . , j c,i . . . m Alexander Salvini, son of Tomaso Rlvil th rt i,h ma in Florenoe, Italy. He died of inteB- tinul tuberculosis. The Italian news. paperB publish eulogistio obituaries of the deceased actor. C. S. Jackson, of Pendleton, Or., has started a popular subscription to help the Cubans. Mr. Jackson says be has been asked by prominent citizens of Oregon to head the movement. Lo cally, there has already been offered hearty support The Loudon News has a dispatch from Berlin with reference to rumors of reprisals against American petro leum. It says that German consumers are likely to suffer more by this move ' than American exporters, Russia being SCarCelV able tO Snnnlv (Wmmir - ti--j . Governor McGraw, of Washington, ; has offered a reward of (250 for tbe ar rest and conviction of the person or persons who placed dynamite or other explosives under tbe building occupied by L. A. Plant and brother, at Prairie, in Skagit county. This is iu addition to the reward of $350 offered by tbe commissioners of that county. I Eighth day-The senate today passed The sainll fire loss on the Pacific ; the immigration bill, known as the coast whioh has marked this year over Lodge bill, with a new section provid its immediate predecessors oontioued , iug that the exolusion shall not apply last month to compensate for the fall- to persons arriving from Cuba during iug off in premiums. For the entire the continuance of the present disor coast the amount was only $264,068. ders there. The strength of tbe bill made np of $117,107 on buillings and was greater than had been expeoted, $130,061 on their concents. The loss the final vote being 6'3 to 10. As for November in 1895 was $295,834, ( passed, the bill amends the immigra and in 1894 $535,125. j tion luws so as to exclude from adniis- Representative Ellis, of Oregon, has Bion t(J tne United States all persons introduced a bill extending until Janu- over l" years old who cannot read and ary 1, 1899, the time in which settlers write the language of their native upon forfeited railroad lauds can make ! Dmitry or some other language, but nn payments. The hard times have made j "dnissable immigrant over tbe age of it ditlioult for settlers to make their 1 16 may urin8 in with him, or send for payments, and Mr. Ellis has been j nia wife or parent or grandparent or asked to secure an extension. There i niiuor children or grandchildren, not ought to be no objeotion to the bill, withstanding their inability to read or and it will no doubt paB, if time ouu j write. The Cuban section added to be obtained for its consideration. , the bil1 provides that the act shall t ot Senator 8quire, of Washington, has pply ' PersnB arriving in the United prepared an amendment which he in- I , ,ate? from any port or Plaoe in the tends offering to the sundry civil ap- ' , d Cuba durill8 the oontiuuauco propriation bill, directing the seoretary jf "le Psent disorders there; provided of the interior to apply $25,446 upon ' ?neh PersonB have heretofore been in the penitentiary at Walla Walla. This i "bUa,lts of that island. The house is the amount that still remains nnex- Bmendments to the bill concerning pended of the appropriation of $30,000 ll,urts of tlie Atlantio & Paoiflo Rail made by congress for the purpose of ro uPany were nonoouourred in hnilHiim o nanifsniio.. nrn.i.i-. and H'll, Piatt and Clark numnil ua building a penitentiary in Washington, It is the intention to have the balance used to construct a wing on the peni tentiary. Hon. A. Q. Blair, Canadian minister of railways and canals, and Colonel James Domville, member of parliament, wore in Seattle recently and while there Mr. Blair recited the results of his investigations of Crow's Nest Pass railway in British Columbia. He says the oouutry is undoubtedly such that it will domand bettor railway facilities. Cclonel Domville, one of the leading liberalise in the Dominion, says gov ernment aid should be extended to tbe Crow's Nest Pass railway. His idea is to run it as a publio highway. The net results of the experiments of the board which is investigating tbe battleship steel has resulted in the con demuation of nearly the whole amount now stacked up iu the Newport News j Ship-Building Company's yard. Six : out of twelve test pieces, whioh should Dingley of Maine, thought the resolu have been folded back on the vessels j tion ought to be considered by the corn- without breaking, either broke short off as readily as oast-iron, or tore apart with less brittleuess, but none the less certainty of failing to meet contract re quirements. These disclosures will lead the board to extend their investi gations much further than anticipated. The Medford, Or., distillery, which has been in litigation for the past year, bas been sold atauotion by the receiver, for $2,000. The original oost of the plant was $10,000. The heavy rains of the past few days have again caused Mill creek, in Salem, to rise and overflow its banks, in con sequence of which Church and Marion streets and adjacent property are flooded. In Pierre, 8. D., in the mandamus oase to compel the iftuauoe of certifi cates to Republican electors on a par tial oauvas, the oourt has held that the board has a right to adjourn and scours complete returns. This gives the vic tory to the Bryan electors. CONGRESS IN SESSION. Sixth day Senator Morgan, of Ala bama, held the attention of the senate ind well-filled galleries for an hour to day by bis earnest advocacy of a strong and decisive policy in dealing with tbn Cuban question. The prominence of Morgan in the Cuban debate of lust ses lion, when he had charge of the Cuban resolutions reported from the commit tee on foreign relations, gave especial interest to his speech today. He spoke in dispassionate style, although bis words bad a directness and severity in pioturing the horrors existing in Cuba 8uon a9 8 seldom beard in tbe senate. Mr. Morgan spoke freely of the possi bilities of war, welcoming it if neces ' sary to guarantee the protection of American citizens. He asserted that Spain's bankruptcy would prevent the collection of any indemnity tor wrongs. The senator questioned the wisdom of i the president's position, that granting ; of belligerent rights would be "un timely. Seventh day The session of the sen Bte ""eveloPed th eventful and exciting debate that either branch of congress has beard in a long time. It j.u i brought forward tbe reoognized leaders of the various parties and elements, in eluding such conspiouous figures as ohermau, f 'rye, Teller, Gorman, Vest, ; Aldrich, Piatt, Mitohell of Oregon, I Chandler, Hale and Allen, in notable 1 statements on tbe leading questions which have engaged the attention of i the country of late. Not only was the 1 line laid down on tariff and finance, but the debate partook of all the pent up feeling resultant from the national contest. It was dramatio in its inten sity, and at all times absorbingly in teresting to the crowded galleries and body of senators. Tbe debate came un- exnectedlv when Vest called nn the Allen resolution for consideration of the Dinglev bill, in order to make rn. marlra nn if H,.- It- L'l I Uh.mb wu .v. wu, i, lomaijjcu iu ourr- man to formally annonnne that the uingiey Dill was dead. Ho said he could not always speak for his asso ciates, but, in view of what had been said on the floor, he :felt that he could safely announce now that the Dingley bill could not be pased, and that it waa useless to waste futher time on it I l senate conferees. House. Sixth day The bouse today entered upon consideration of the Loud bill to amend the law relating to the transmis sion of second-class mail matter. The bill has been widely discussed in the publio press, and met with the most in tense opposition from certain quarters. It denies the right of serial novels to admission to the inailB at the 'news paper rate of oue cent per pound; de nies to newspapers the sample-oopy privilege; prohibits the return of un sold publications at the pound rates and makes some other changes in the pres ent law, designed to correot existing buses. Seventh day Bailey of Texas, creat ed a ripple of exoitement in the house today by asking immediate oonsidnra. Iton of the resolution to investigate the construction of the battle ship Texas rumeeon naval affairs before being aoted upon; be therefore objeoted. On motion of Chairman Hull of the com ruittee on military affairs, the house went into committee of the whole for consideration of the army appro priation bill. Several amendments looking to the abandonment of the army and navy hospital at Hot Springs, Ark., and the surrender and transfer of the reservaiton to the interior de partment were offered. Eighth day The house today passed the third of the regular appropriation bills (that for tbe support of the army), and entered upon consideration of the legislative, exeoutive and judioial bill. The latter bill carries $21,609,369, or $36,399 more than the law for the cur rent year. Fair progress was made to day. It is expeoted this bill and the military academy appropriation bill will be passed before the holiday re oess. The army bill, as passed, niakoi no provision for the army and navv hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. I CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. Huuato fniumilrre Agrrnl to lteport t'uuiuroil Ke-iililthiu. j Washignton, Dec. 21. The meeting ' of the senate committee of foreigu re lations was important iu two respents. i It resulted in an agreement to report the Cameron resolution for thereo igni tion of Cuban independence, and it de veloped, through the statement; of Sec ! retary Olney. the admiuistrution'H pol icy in n-gard to the insurrection in Cuba. Tho secretary occupied the greater part of the time of tho meeting ausweriug questions ucd suggestions j made by the ooruuiittco. He and Hon i ator Morgan engaged in several spiric I ed colloquies. Mr. Olney made two j points against the Cameron resolution, j as follows: First That the Cuban insurgents have established no govemment. j Seoond That the right to recognize a new state rests with tbe president, independent of congressional action. He oouteuded, iu elaboration of the first point, that the pretended govern ment of the itdaud was without habita tion. "Suppose you recognize the in dependence of the island," said he, "what are yon going to do with it?" The secretary said tbe story which had been very industriously circulated that Ccusul-UuiiDial Lee hud provided the state department with an elaborate report on the condiiton of affairs in Cuba, was untrue. "It is not true," he said. "General Lee has made no general written re port at all. He has made reports on several special oases, but not on the situation as a whole. It so developed during tbe examina tion that the government had made no demand in the oase of the Competitor prisoners, and in other cases of a simi lar oharactar, beyond requests for in formation. All the members of tbe foreign rela tions committee were present today, exoept Gray and Daniel. The meeting was held for the ex press purpose of continuing the disous sion of the polioy on the Cuban ques tion to be recommended by the com mittee. The meeting was striotly pri vate, Olney being the only person not a member who was admitted. The committee changed tbe Cameron resolution so as to make it more em phatic. The title was changed to read: "A joint resolution acknowl edging the independence of the repub lic of Cuba," the words, "the repub lio" being inserted. Instead of declar ing the United States "should use its friendly offices," the resolution was made to read that the United States "will" do so. The agreement to report the resolu tion was reached immediately after Olney left, without a division or an ex pressed difference of opinion. One member of the committee said: "Of course Spain will fight, but there is no danger of other oountries getting in our way. No other Euro pean nation wants to fight us, and we would wind up the war with Spain in short order." The opinion was expressed that Cleveland would veto the joint resolu tion. Another member of the commit tee said he believed that in case the president should veto the resolution, it would pass over the veto, as more than two-thirds of both tbe senate and house favored it Senator Cameron's report to aooom pany the resolution deals at length with precedents in the matter of reo g nition of independence and interven tion, beginning with the Greek revolu tion and coming down to the present time. The leuat na who hetrd the re port say it goes over the entire ground. The Camerou resolution, as modified and agreed upon by the committee, is as follows: "Resolved, By the Benate and house of representatives, in congress assem bled, that the independence of the re publio Of Cuba he anil thma v.. by acknowledged by the United States of America. "dection 2-Tbat the United States will use its friendly offloes with the government of Spain to bring to a oloso the war between Spain and Cuba." New Allen Labor Ruling. Buffalo, N. Y., Deo. 31 Immigra tion Inspeotor De Barry has reoeived from Washington notice of a new rul ing by tbe seoretary of the treasury on the alien labor law. The ruling is on the question that waa raised in this oity two years ago as to whether the Canadian trained nurses who come to this oountry to work in hospitals do so in violation of the law. When the question was raised before, it was held that they oould not be interfered with, as they were semi-professional persons. Now, the seoretary of the treasury has ruled that these nurses that all of these nnrses would be de ported. Inspector Estell, of Ogdens burg is now at Danville, where he went to deport five Canadian nurses who are employed in a sanitarium The Paoiflo Railroad RIU. Washington, Deo. 81.-The Paoiflo funding railroad bill will be the first business in tbe house after the holiday recess. The committee on rules decid ttf ive the,railroad committee the to debate tbe bill. The debate will Kin January 5 or 6. SEALSKINS CHEAPER. Owing to the Fulling Off In the De maud. San Francisco, Deo. 21. The sleek and costly sealskin seems to be some what out of fashion. Tbe tale of a falling demand in the produot of Behr ing sea and tbe Paoiflo has just been told by the yearly sale at Lampson's, London. Telegrams have been re ceived in this city, stating that the price for the Alaskan for was 16 per oent less than that of last year; that of Copper island (Russia) furs l1 per cent, and that of Coast furs, including California and Japan, 20 per cent lower than in 1895. This news comes as a surpirse to lo cal tradesmen, for the catch of this year was muoh lower than that of 1895. The entire c.itob of the Canadian seal ers in Japanese waters and Bebring sea amounted to 55,677 seals. In 1895, the catch of the Canadiaus amounted to 74,124, and 1894 to 97, 474 skins. The cat oh of the American pelagio sealers entered at this port amounted to only 5,040 seals, as against 15,000 in 1895. To the former number, 30,067 skins are added as tbe catch of the North American Com mercial Company on tbe seal islands. MINING TOWN BURNED. Jamestown, Cal , Had No Meant of Fighting Fire. Sonora, Cal., Deo. 21. The little town of Jamestown, looated right in the heart of the mother lode's Holiest seotion, was visited by a oostly fire this morning. The fire originated in a bakery, and the whole business seotion was at the flames' meroy, and the disor ganized buoket brigade fought furious ly but feebly against odds. When it was seen tbat the volnnteers were nn albe to successfully oope with the fire, telegrams were sent for assistance to near-by towns, and many persona re sponded. Giant powder was used to check and oonflne the fire when the limited water supply and crude means of getting it on the fire failed. Nine buildings, all on tbe north side of the street, were consumed with almost the entire contents. The loss is $40,000, with barely $5,000 insuranoe. A favor able breeze saved the town from com plete destruction. A HORRIBLE ATROCITY. Bucket of Lye Water Thrown In Face ol a Woman and Child. Chillioothe, O., Deo. 21. There is great exoitement at Bethel, a small town three miles south of Kingston, this county, occasioned by a horrible atrooity whioh oocurred this afternoon. Two married women named Moon and Shell got into a ouarrel over a trivial matter, which resulted in the Shell woman throwing a bnoket of strong lye water into the face of Mrs. Moon and her infant daughter. Both have their eyes burned out and their heads and faces were also horribly bnrned. Tbe baby died in a short time, and the mother is in terrible agony, her death being looked for at any moment. Mrs. Shell made her escape, but is being pursued by several hundred men and boys, assisted by dogs, and if cap tured a lynoniug will follow. The po liae of this oity have been summoned to the scene. Herrmann, the Magician, Dead. Rochester, N. Y., Deo. 21. Her mann, the magician, died today of heart disease in his private car at Great Valley, near 8alamanoa, on his way to Bradford. His remains will be forwarded to New York. Hermann completed his engagement at the Ly ceum theater in this oity last night, and later was entertained at the Gene see Valley Club. (Professor Hermann, whose father was a sleight-of-hand performer, made bis debut as a manioinn hn ho but 8 years old. He has traveled all over Europe and Amerioa and has amassed a great fortune. Of late years he bas made New York his home. He spoke seven different languages fluent ly, and had traveled aronnd the world three times. He was naturalized in BoBton in 1876.) Tardoned by Cleveland. Seattle, Wash., Deo. 21 Today Sheriff Van de Vanter, of this county, received notification from Washington, D. C, that Mrs. Margaret Morrison.-a young woman of Port Townsend, had been granted a conditional pardon by President Cleveland. She was sen tenoed to eight months' imprisonment and fined $50 and coBts for smuggling opium from Victoria. She has now been in jail five months, and her little daughter bas been permitted to share the same cell. President Cleveland grants the pardon on condition that the fine and costs are paid. They now amount to over $100, bnt the money will be subscribed by sympathizers. Attempted to Blow Up Hou.e. Stookton, Cal., Dao. Sl. An at tempt was made at 8 o'clock this after noon to blow np a bouse in Hunter street, near the heart of the oity, oo onpied by two Japanese women. A bomb containing two TV) tin Ha r9 powder and a stick of giant powder was thrown through the window. The fuse was trampeled out before the ex plosion oonld ooour. It is supposed to have been thrown by a highbinder. iiiifH Severe Earthquake Sh0( Felt in England. THE MOST VIOLENT N HlSTJ Wln.dor Catle Kked-PMI, . I era! l'alaceA i. . feo,e"-let" "'Ported tli Ijfmdmi Dan oi the most'vioW. '.. !!- "'.""W this nnnn,,. uZ .11' "P8" from Durham to Surrey, and hi ? don to the Welsh coasi nlu raneous distnrhu,, i - j nan MiiHtran ,.-. about 5:3,) this moram,, i irum ronr 10 nvs seooniis. t 7i points two distinct shocks mnZl miuou. ine most severe ehocki J felt at Cheltenham, Ledbnrv and fcj forest. ' " The earthahaking was aooompj uj- .uuu ruBniug sound. BniliirJ were vinleiitiv shuk.n i. 'If uuu.a wiruwu open, picture! other nrimmpiitn t... m. . "Jr-.orintl If u.b were pauio stncKan and fledfrj The earthquake also visited bJ jj.uguuu. nuu vunuua pointi in Shrot shire, and was violent in fc.J irtiaad. and the country surrounding that irr The shocks wore followed bj', .vtuua, w iiuq our in, xn greiterJ nmLiu previuitta everywftere. Chim neys were overthrown, windows, etc try road persons were thrown dom; J uumuer oi people were thrown out of their beds. Hereford oatbedralwiik' jured. The dull rumbling beneath thil earth's surface was followed bjtii loud crashes and a terrible lifting ni rocking. The panio of Hereford was to gttu that one woman died from lilgit reopie rusnea wildly into the itieta Many chimneys fell crashing into tlx thoroughfares. All the pinnaoln ol! St. .Nicholas' oburoh toppled oveiul a part of the pinnaole of the cathedril fell. At Liverpool the earthquake vu preoeded by heavy thunder and i fear ful bail storm. In London the eatta- quake was only slightly felt. At Bridgennortb, near Shrewiburj, Deiore tne disturbances, the itreati suddenly seemed to be on fire, and thm was a violent rise aooompanledtyr shaking of the earth. People going abroad in that vicinity say the; i m unable to walk owing to the vibration There was great exoitement among tit people about Poole, who thought the end of tbe world had oome. Houses shook for nealry a minute at Bristol and Clifton, causing mod alarm. Railroad employes at Cram report that they felt the rails oicillin At Eversham the shock wai followed by a brilliant light in the sky. Tbe disturbance was violent at War wick Castle. The Earl of Warwick felt his bed lifted as though 1J aont force beneath it, and tbe furniture ii the room shifted. The inhabitant! of the Slough were awakened by shock so severe tbat they thought tbe Mio- dlesez powder factory bad eipMei Near StookDort. and at Melton-Mo bray, tbe noise which accompanied the earthquake shook resembled a discharge of gun cotton nnder water. Manj strange experiences were reported In connection with the earthquake. The earthquake shock seenie to hate been felt in greater or less degree throughout the length and breadth of this island, throwing from his feet the lnhnrnr r.nilinir in the hilhwaV ini penetratiug in effeots to the abode of royalty itself. The shook was ten on tinctlv at Windsor castle, and aomeof the royal household were shaken i their beds. Furniture, china and oral' lnents were rattled in several roomaon the north side of the castle. An officer, desoribing the effeots as tbey seemed him, says the oastle literally rocked. The sensation was first suppoeed to b dne to an explosion at Hounslow. ICE RINK BURNED. Costly Building In rituburg troyed. Pltfanlini-o Tion 91 The and nnntlv flaainn hntldinff in Scbellej Park was destroyed by fire early thii morning. The flames originated from the bursting of a large ammonia cylin der in the ioe maobine of the snaucg rink. The loss is estimated at $500,- 000. The nznlnalnn nnnnrred at 2:15 A. M. The fire department responded prompt ly, but considerable time was lost get tins effective streams on the building on aooount of a deep hollow, which ex tends alongside where the fire ewrted Noxious vapors which filled tbe in terior prevented the fiemen from en tering the Casino and fighting the flames from tbe inside. By 4 o'clook the whole structure w burning and made a grand sight. Casino cost $300,000 and the equipment more than (100,000 more. During the conflagration a . u i.i. orf when e" WD UUUUW Wflouiu-" , the fire appeared at the eastern end the baloonv and communicated W'ln the bridge there was a general Matter off ing. Many spectators were cm and compelled to pass into the part- 65111116 nar S'Il there Lgtooonl Jiofflinent ,v Willi"1 uitj.iltl ;wry bons be leg1 if arreat" fcilbw q ke finally and tb Lek dietr lis mi"- iteren 1 bas I Flai igupl fciob to i While V borne ClitBOp feet li kipon, i lie, b' indie, i ude by i Istomn. Somer tgueri' iii dej Iter tw krj mo irjhtt: Mow linter o here al Folly loug tb iog wo le Ai Met tat ' Eowliti leicb. Iptbe large f'4 ong. Fisl feret Booth little. Lrea. KOltl iDdli locki iist ere ttlo? in Ind wal Ire. tnth kin foat I Jtra F Fo ITS