Lineoln Gounty Leader
J. F. KTKWAKT. PuhlUlier.
TOLEDO OREGON
A FARMERS' TRUST.
An Allegeil l'lt to Control tlm Produce
Market.
Toledo, April 5. Farmers are trying ,
to form a trust, it in to sprea-1 ail over Great Damage to the Delta
CURRENT VENISOFTHEDAY
Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings of the Fast Week Culled
From the Telegraphlo Column.
A bill making irriiric.liu.tcly available
200,000 for saving life ami property
along tho Mississippi has been agreed
to in congress in an amended form and
sent to the president for his signature.
United States Minister Denby, at
Pekin, has notified the department of
state that, as a result of the efforts of
the British government, China has con
sented to open to commerce West river,
which is situated in Canton, and at the
mouth of which lies Hong Kong.
Representative Spuulding, of Michi
gan, has introduced in the house a joint
resolution providing for the annexation
of Hawaii to the United States. It
gives consent of congress that the Sand
wich islands be made into the state of
Hawaii, with a republican form of gov
ernment. Captain E. W. Reed, of the ship T.
F. Oakes, was arrested in New York
on a warrant issued by the United
States court. The Oakes is tho ship on
which, during its last voyage, there was
much suffering and several deaths, re
sulting, as alleged, from insufficient
food.
The issue raised between Peru and
the United States with regard to the
imprisonment of Ramsey, the American
sailor, is becoming a serious matter.
The Peruvian government refuses to
accede to the demand of the United
States minister, McKenzie, to set Ram
sey at liberty immediately.
An attempt was made to destroy Al-
toona, Pa., four incendiary fires being
kindled in different parts of the oity be
tween the hours of 11 and 1:30 o'clook.
Prompt work by the fire department
alone saved the town from possible de
struction. The entire loss will aggre
gate between f 50, 000 and $00,000.
Word is received in Brooklyn of the
death from jungle fever lust January,
in Central Africa, of Samuel H. Ar
mour, a young physician in the service
of the Belgian government. Dr. Ar
mour was well known socially and
among tho medical fraternity of Brook
lyn. Ho obtained his education at the
Long Island college hospital. He is a
nephew of Justice Walker, of Ohio.
Governor Rogers, of Washington,
has hopes of being ahlo to retain all
companies of tho state militia now in
service. While the meager appropria
tion would not allow more than six, or
at most eight, companies, if they re
ceived tho full allowance, arrangements
may bo made to allow one-half of the
former appropriation to companies in
smaller towns where armory rent is
cheaper ami expenses are less.
It is reported in AVashington that
President McKinley will shortly send a
commission to Culm to participate in
the investigation of the Ruiz murder.
Tho United Press, having its prin
cipal oflico in New York, has made an
assignment for tho benefit of its credit
ors. The collapse was duo to the with
drawal of four New York dailies.
Eight lives were lost by the wrecking
off Pensaeola bar, Flu., of an oyster
sloop bound hence from St. Andrews.
The craft was caught in a squall, was
swamped and sank within a few min
utes. The sultan of Morocco has prohibit
ed the usual pilgrimage of his subjects
to Mecca, on account of the prevalence
of plague in the districts through which
they must travel on their journey to the
shrine.
Captain Meyers, of the steamer Dan
ube which hat arrived in Victoria, re
ports that the steamer Willnpa is now
a complete wreck, waves having pound
ed her to pieces. The captain and pas
sengers are still at Bella Bella.
The secretary of state has sent the
following identical note to all maritime
IKiwers, about thirty or thirty-six in
number: "The Grant municipal in
augural committee has requested the
president to officially invite the mari-
time nations to send warships to par- I
niipiue in tno ceremonies on April 27
next, when the Grant Monument Asso
ciation will formally deliver to the city
of New York tho tomb of General
Grant, erected by voluntary subscrip
tion, at Riverside park. It will be
gratifying to this government i( this
invitation could bo accepted."
The secretary of the treasury is in re
ceipt of information from tho minister
of Tokio, Japan, that during the pres
ent session of the Japanese diet, a gov
ernmental coinage bill will be presented
for consideration by that bodv, which
will, if passed, change the standard of
value in Japan from silver to gold. It
is proposed to tlx the government ratio
between the two metals at 89 to 1. The
unit of value will ho a gold yen, which
will bo one-half tho weight and value
of the old gold yen, which is the same
weight and fineness as the gold dollar
of tho United States. The proposed
unit of value will, therefore, be tho ex
act equivalent of 60 cents in United
KUites money
the land, and if present plans carry,
not a dollars' worth of farm prondce of
any kind will he sold for general con
sumption. In a nutshell, the idea is
for the farmers to limit crops to tho
actual liivng needs of the members of
the trust. The organization is secret,
oatlihound, ami its principles known
just now to only a select few outside of
those directly concerned in its devel
opment. According to the promoters,
however, the country is practically in
condition to be placed in the grip of
this remarkable combine.
Lancaster, Pa., was the birthplace of
the trust. It saw light there several
months ago, and was incorporated nn
der the laws of New Jersey as the Agri
culturalists' National Protective Asso
ciation. The supremo body is made up
of one representative from each state,
whose duties are similar to those of the
board of directors of an ordinarv cor-
Farming Country.
LIVES ARE IN NO DANGER
I)etltutlon In Itelng Relieved an
Fast an Possible Helena, Ark., Not
Out of DangerFrom Other Points.
Memphis, April 5. The flood situa
tion in the Mississippi delta above
Greenville is decidedly better tonight,
as regards the threatened loss of life
and futher destruction of levees. The
half dozen crevasses on the Arkansas
and Mississippi shores between Helena
and Greenville have drawn an immense
volume of water out of the main chan
nel, which is spreading over the low
lands, but not with that degree of ra
pidity that cuts off escape by the in
habitants of the low countries. The
nnrufinn T.?.li ut.ifo li.ia u milu.i'.lnxita
board of directors, consisting of one re- ' ver shoWH decline from a point be
presentative from each congressional I l.w 'e'0;na to the A ayside crevasse,
district. Each district in turn is gov- ! T,1,e dellne above Greenville in many
piaces is as great as ten incnes. How
ever, Helena, Ark., is not out of dan
ger, for the waters from the St. Fran-
erned by a board of two members from
each county. Each county is under con-
number, who ,iroCt tho luov1UeUU of ' h"in n -Albuu-. " ?welhn
the township organizations.
It is the purpose to do nothing this
year in the way of controlling the mar
kets, because the organization is not
complete. Next year, however, the
crops will be limited to actual living
needs of members.
If the plan is carried out, not a dol
lars' worth of farm product of any kind
will be sold for general consumption, it
being the purpose to compel the people ,
to import all food products. It is be- I
lieved that by this method the power j
of the association can best make itself '
felt. i
the channel of the main river from the
south of Helena, as no break occurs
until Westover is reached, ten miles
below that city.
The damage to the farming country
in the delta cannot be exaggerated.
Five counties will be for the most part
under water for thirty days and the
main line and branches of the Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley road will have
more than 100 miles of track inun
dated. Opposite Perthshire, at the upper
crevasse, a mile of track has been com
pletely washed away. Probably twenty
railroad stations and small towns are
flooded tonight, among them being
Gunnison, Rosedalo, Perthshire, Terry,
Dahomey, Storm, Benoit
To Enable the Den' to Hear.
New York, April 5. It is an
nounced from Denver that Professor I ttivertnn
Dussand, of the university there, has Benlah, Wayside, Longwood,' Refuge,"
invented an apparatus to enable the j Swift Water and Australia.
aeat to near. A nncrophonograph he The greatest danger now is to the
has gust issued magnifies the human j south of Greenville, as the levees from
voice in tho same way that a lens mug- j Wayside to the month of the river must
nines matter. It is simply a telephone j begin to f.-l the pressure of the move
connected electrically with a phono- j ment of water back into the channel
graph, but a far more sensitive phono
graph than Edison's ordinary model.
A battery of from one cell to sixty, ac
cording to the degree of deafness, is
used.
Of course the apparatus is useless in
the case of absolute deafness, but such
infirmity is far rarer than is supposed.
Ninety-five per cent of stone-deaf per
sons can be made to hear and under-
from the delta through the White river
country and St. Francis basin. From
Memphis to Crawley's ridge, the river
is forty miles wide. A line east and
west on the water across Rosedale
would probably be fifty miles long. All
of this water must pass out between
the two walls of the levee, in many
places but a few miles distant one from
the other. Another rise of 1-10 of a
maim uy uussantrs invention. You foot in the river at Memphis is shown
speak into the phonograph and make it by the official bulletin. The gauge to
repeat the words which aro transmitted night registers 86.4 feet. At Cairo, an
by a sort of microphone and speaking j encouraging fall in the river is shown,
tube into the deaf ear. Professor Dus- while Paducha reports a fall of 7-10 of
sand is preparing for the 1900 exhibi- a foot. At Vicksburg the river is sta
tion an apparatus which will enable tionary. Shreveport and other points
u .my, uri uo ueai to oeiow Vicksburg report a continued
follow the lecturo.i
Uutler Tried Suicide.
Pan Francisco, April 5. Murderer
Butler has made his anticipated at
tempt at suicide. Despite the presence
in his coll day and night of guards sup
posed to be watchful, the fiend of the
Blue mountains almost succeeded in
cheating the gallows today. Early this !
morning Butler was observed to be un- i
usually quiet. Investigation showed I
that his blanket was tight-drawn over
his head, and when that was removed
his face was found to be covered with
blood. Butler has allowed his thumb
nail to grow very long, and with the
nail hud opened an artery in his fore
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Z ail. tL '? . "Pert , Ctl i0, I over this 1,,ve'y valley. A dismal waste
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greater precautions than ever will now
be taken to preserve his life at least
until after ho sails on tho Mariposa for
Australia tomorrow afternoon. j
, The Louisville & Nashville has com
munication with Nashville, after a ces
sation of two weeks.
The local relief committee this after
noon sent a boat to the Franois river
country, both to bring out people and
carry supplies and food to man and
beast. It is said that the destitution
in the territory to be covered is fearful,
but the news of it did not raach Mem
phis until today.
Situation at Greenville.
Greenville, Miss., April 5. Over
10,000 people are homeless in the flood
ed districts. Many towns and cities
are submerged, and desolation reigns
Colonel Grant Declined.
New York, April 5. Colonel Fred
D. Grant has deicded to decline Presi
dent McKinley's offer of the position
of first assistant secretary of war.
Mr. Garnt sent the "following tele
gram to rrcsiflent .McKinley:
of water covers the surrounding coun
try on every side of Greenville, and the
city is a desolate island, connected
with the outside world by a mere
thread, a telegraph line running eastJ
Railroad communication is cut off
north and south.
Northern IllverH.
Omaha, April 6. A Bee special
from Sioux Falls says: The Big Sioux
river is higher than ever known, and is
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Aitoiingn you are pleased to uree th
(tin ti liitiL niniK tlm it. : I . . . '
,w ,.,nllr, iv is un- toet, and is still rising. At Castlewood,
j'.'.-.-.i.rtu w, me, iu uiMinmur nie position
of assistant secretary of war, which you
were gooit enough to offer me, I there'
fore decline with thanks tho appoint-
the lowlands are flooded. At Brook
ings, the same condition exists. At
Egan, the water is rising rapidly, do-
ng much damage. At Sioux Falls,
niem, at in samo time regretting that business along the river has been sus
tain not to serve the administration, ! ponded. The water is still gradually
for which I worked earnestly." j rjajn(?i ami wiu 800 put out the fir8
Mr. Grant declined to be interviewed ! in the Bell electric lighting plant and
beyond giving out the foregoing telo- . the pumping station. The bottoms
Br""1, 1 above the citv nr n sou m,H muni, f..,,
is expressed, as the flood from the
north is still to come. Damage to
bridges in Minnehaha county alone so
far is $50,000.
At the Twin Cities.
St. Paul, April 5. -The Mississippi
river is at the high-water mark of 1881
and danger lurks along its path. It
reached a stage of 19.7 in 1881, and
Into this afternoon the gauge showed
15.7, and still rising. Yesterday morn
ing at 7 o'clock the river showed a
height of 13.6, and this morning, it
was 15.3, a rise of almost two feet in
twenty-four hours.
A Powder Mill Wrecked
Shamokin, Pa., April 6. All the
buildings of the Shamokin Powder
Company were wrecked by a terrific ex
plosion which occurred in the mill early
this morning. Fortunately no lives
were lost, all tho men having gone
home. Three houses half a mile away
were damaged badly. Mrs. David
llann was badly cut about tho face mid
body. Mr. and Mrs. llann and Mrs.
Klinger were buried in their beds be
neath debris and boulders weighing 200
pounds. The loss is nearly $ 50,000.
Child Instantly Killed.
San Francisco. April 2. A child
named James Holmes was instantly
killed today by being run over by a
loaded truck. The driver, II. Meyer,
was charged with mausluughtur.
Minneapolis, April 5. A huge ice
jam, which formed in the Mississippi
at Forty-second avenue north, broke
late yesterday afternoon.
RIVERA TO BE SHOT.
Indignation In Havana at Hii Intended
Execution.
New York, April 5. A Havana dis
patch to the World says:
General Rivera probably will be shot
soon, ns General Weyler has given or
ders that he be tried by court-martial
and shot immediately. lie maybe put
to death on Saturday, in spite of his
wounds, or the Spanish may cure him,
and then shoot him. The certain exe
cution of the brave, wounded prisoner
of war excites indignation and disgust
here. No other alleged civilized na
tion is capable of such an act.
Colonel Baccaloa, who tried to carry
off his wounded commander on his
back, although himself wounded, will
die with him. It is predicted that
these executions will provoke General
Gomez to shoot all Spanish piisoners
hereafter instead of releasing them.
The Cubans are not disheartened at
the loss of General Rivera. They say
General Roloff is in Pinar del Rio, and
will become second in command of the
whole army.
Insurgents in great numbers are
coming from the East, and concentrat
ing in Havana province. They have
plenty of ammunition and good cav
alry. A World courier from Santa
Clara reports seeing one column of
1,00 well mouiiUJ, well-armed insur
gents passing west toward Matanzas.
This-eame courier says a very large ex
pedition has landed near Remedios,
and that most of the arms are for the
western provinces. General Weyler
remains in Cienfuegos. He is better,
but still sick, and is doing nothing
effective.
Permission asked by Mr. Marriott, a
colleague of Mr. Crosby, the corre
spondent of the Chicago Record, killed
in the field, to go and secure the body
and effects, haB been refused by the au
thorities. Minister de Lome wired the
request, and General Lee seconded it.
Mr. Marriott took General Lee's letter
to the palace, but General Ahumada
refused to Bee him, saying the request
could not be granted.
NO TIME WAS LOST.
The New Board of Control In Charge
In AVashington.
Olympia, Wash., April 5. The new
board of audit and control was organ
ized this morning, with Governor Rog
ers ex-offlcio chairman. M. II. Holmes,
of Seattle, was appointed clerk of the
board, at a salary of $1,000 per an
num. The board appointed Dr. F. L.
Goddard, of Tacomu, superintendent of
the hospital for the insane in Steila
cooraj to succeed Dr. Waughop. The
resignation of II. L. Achilles, com
mander of the soldiers' home in Orting,
was called for. and S. M. All en. nt Km.
attle, was appointed. Warden Mus
grove, of the state penitentiary, was re
moved, and Deputy Warden C. E. Reed
was placed in charge for the present.
The salaries of two accountants at
Eastern and Western Washington hos
pitals for the insane were reduced to
$1,000 yearly for each.
Traveling Auditor Ernest Lister will
leave for Steilacoom in the morning to
investigate the condition of affairs at
the asylum there, after that he will go
east of the mountains.
The board appointed J. B. Gehr clerk
of the penitentiary.
The Hoy Showed Pluck.
North Yakima, Wash., April 5.
Harry Steele, a boy of 14, was knocked
down in this city this morning by sev
eral freight cars, during a flying
switch. He fell between the rails, but
was "nervy" enough to lie quiet until
all of the enrs passed over him, though
the wheels passed over his riirht hand
and mashed it so that amputation of
tnree ringers was necessary. The cars
were loaded with rock, and were not
seen by the boy, who was watching the
engine on another track. The boy
showed pluck all through the affair,
saying he was glad it wasn't his head
that had to be amputated.
Kohbed and Beaten In Spokane.
Spokane, Wash., April 5. J. M.
Olmstead, a groceryman, was held up
early this evening at the corner of
Sixth and Washington streets by two
highwaymen. The men asked for his
money. He refused to give it up, and
they set upon him and beat him nearly
into insensibility. They then took
from Olmstead $40 in gold and silver
and made their escape. The means of
identification are small. This is the
third hold-up of the week.
Two Ambamiadora Nominated.
Washington, April 6. The president
today sent the following nominations
to the senate:
Andrew D. White, of New York, am
bassador extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Germany.
Willirm F. Draper.of Massachusetts,
ambassador extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Italy.
Chandler Hale, of Maine, secretary
of the embassy at Rome, Italy.
Samuel L. Gracey, consul at Fu
Chai, China.
Anson Bnrlingame Johnson, of Col
orado, consul at Anioy, China.
French I'ort Tax Adopted.
Paris. April 5. The chamber of dep.
uties adopted the port duties bill, im
posing a tax upon foreign vessels of 1
franc 25 centimes per metric ton upon
merchandise and upon each head of
cattle or hogs landed.
A Ycnng Woman Gains 20 Pounds
Her Physioiain io Iowa Said She Wit
Going Into a Decline, and That
Her Lungs Were Affected
They Sent Her to Nevada.
Any
But to Fight Lung Troubles or
Wasting DUease, Build up
Your Flenh.
From the Express, Lou Angeles, Cal.
Two years ago, back in Eastern Inwa
Miss Maude Lease began to go into a
decline. She lost flesh rapidly. Her
appetite failed. Fearful headaches
nearly drove her fruntic. She consulted
local physicians good, honest, practi-
rrii . i 5 i ,, . ,
uuiiero. xuey 1010 ner mat Her uns
were affected; that medicine might
alleviate, but a change of climate was
the only remedy that offered a prospect
of cure.
Ill and despondent she delayed as
long as possible her departure, but at
last it became imperative, and she
came to an aunt at Verdi, Nevada, in
the hope of finding health and strength
in the pure air and among the pines of
the Sierra Nevadas. But she con
tinued to fail, and to add to her mis
eries, learned to know the anguished
sufferings which attend that complica
tion of i'.U, tuul for want of better
nomenclature, has been denominated
"female weakness."
And now comes the miraculous part
of the story, just as she told it to the
interviewer last night:
"I ran down to 118 pounds," she
said, "suffered tortures from those ter
rible headaches and from sleeplessness.
My aunt persuaded me to try Dr. Wil-'
Hams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I
had used nearly every kind of 'prescrip
tion,' could get no relief from them,
and hoped for none from theso pills.
But to please auntie I began to take
them. From the first day I noticed a
beneficial effect. The headaches grew .
less severe; my appetite gradually re
turned. I could sleep nights and be
gan to get good and strong.
"I used to take one of them three
times a day. In two months I weighed
138 pounds, aiid was entirely well, and
have been well ever since. The win
ters at Verdi were very cold and, be
sides, I hud heard so much about South
ern California that I came to Los
Angeles.
"Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have
helped me more than anything I have
ever taken. I thank them for my
health and ability to enjoy life. I am
living at No. 800 Hope Btreet, Los An
geles, and shall be only too glad to re
peat what I have just said to anybody,
either in person or by letter."
So spoke young and attractive Maud
Lease, and no one who saw her big eyes
snap as she said it could doubt the
earnestness and sincerity of her state
ments. And that is why we say the story of
a miracle is floating through the air,
although now the miracle has become
an established fact.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in
a condensed torm, all the elements
necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific
for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effect of la grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
complexions, all forms of weakness
either in male or female. Pink Pills
are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 60 cents a
box, or six boxes for $2.60 (they are
never sold in bulk or by the 100), by
addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
A London scientist has invented a
mirror of celiiloid which accurately re
flects every object. The celuloid mir
ror is unbreakable, and is cheaper than
glass and lighter.
The hissing sound produced by ser
pents is greatly exaggerated, as the
quantity of air contained in a snake's
lungs is too small to produce a loud
sound when ejected.
In the opinion of Crispi, former
prime minister of Italy, Americans ore
working to prepare a future for the peo
ple of the Old World which is not an
agreeable one.
Hunt era in Kansas earn about $2 a
day slaying jack rabbits. The skins
are sold for three cents each to Eastern
hatters, who use the hair in the manu
facture of soft hats.
In the mountains of Sweden, Norway
and Lapland all vegetation would be
destroyed by the Norway rats were it
not for the white foxes, that make spe
cial game of the rodents.
The lighting of certain of the London
prisons by electricity is under consider
ation, and is proposed to erect a
special description of treadwheel to
supply the motive power.
In the fiords of the Norway coasts
the clearness of the water is wonderful.
At a depth of thirty fathoms objects
the size of a silver dollar may be clear
ly seen.
The banks of Xewfonndlnnd onmuli
by the sand, ice and stone brought from
the north by the icebergs.
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