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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1897)
LiDeoln County Leader J. F. HIKWAKT. I'uhllaher. TOLEDO. .OREGON' tamprehenalve Review of the Important ; Happening! of the Patt Week Culled : From the Telegraphic Columns. ' A collision occurred at theGirdleness lighthouse, near Aberdeen, Scotland, 1 between the British steamer Coldyne i and the Grangoe. The Coldyne sank : and eleven of her crew were drowned. The five anarchists convicted of par-! tioipation in the bomb outrage, June 7 j hut, at the feast of Corpus Christi.were ! hot in Barcelona. They shouted : "Long live anarchy," just before the i order to lire was given. A ponderous rock, weighing ten tons, while being swung from a fiat car, crashed through the sides of two cars on the westbound Chicago & Alton passenger train near Chicago, wrecking the cars and injuring a number of peo ple. Another citizenship question has arisen between this government anil Germany. An American citizen named Mayer has been impressed into military service by the German government. The state department haB requested his release. Eight-year-old Emelia Kilssling.who drank some lemonade which was kept in a tin bucket over night, died at Danville, Cal., from the effects of the poison. Eighteen Bcholars who drank of the stuff are sick. The ladies of the liebekah lodge used a part of the lemon ade at a social. The remainder was presented to the school children next day. Consul-General Mclvor, at Kanaga wa, Japan, reports to the state depart ment that, according to current reports, the Japanese government is about to end a commission to Washington for the purpose of influencing a redaction of the increased import duties, which, according to the American papers, it is proposed to levy on silk. The im perial diet has passed a bill allowing a bonus to exporters of raw silk. There will be an encampment of the Oregon National Guard this year. It will be the latter part of June or first of July. It will continue from six to ten days. An effort is being made by the agricultural board at Salem to have the encampment postponed until Sep tember 80, and to have it then held on the state fair grounds, in conjunction with the fair. The selection of a place has been left to General Beebe. The Greek cabinet ministers who have returned from the Greek frontier seem to be in favor of a continuance of the war. Altogether, fourteen officers have been recalled from Crete to be ent to Thessaly, and this is also proof of the intention of the new cabinet to continue the war. The movement was actuated by necessity. All the best officers are being sent to the front, nor is there any intention yet displayed to evacuato Crete. Forest fires are said to lie starting up again around Ashland, Wis. The Santa Fe purchased the Atlan tioAi Pacific railroad at a foreclosure sale for $13,000,000. The Transvaal will observe the queen's jubilee day as a holiday as a token of appreciation. A big fire in Pittsburg, Pa., de stroyed ,3,000,000 worth of property, and resulted in one death and the in jury of four persons. The banking-house of J. B. Wheeler &Co., in Manitou and Aspen, Colo., have gono into the hands of assignees. No reason is given by the directors. W. D. Cane, of Pittsburg, Columbia county, and J. W. Duncan, of Uma tilla, Umatilla county, Otegon, have beuuappointcd fourth-class postmasters. A Washington special says that it has been definitely decided that Nat ion al Committeeman J. K. Boyd, of North Carolina, will be appointed solicitor of internal revenue. Colonel John Hay, tho newly ap pointed United States ambassador to Kngland, was received with unusual distinction while presenting his cre dentials to the queen at Windsor castle. Johanna Spath, widow of Jacob Spath, Is suing Kau Sons, sausage inanufacl turors, of San Francisco, for 100,000 damans. Her husband was killed in tho defendant's factory and tho widow charges the linn with being responsible on account of negligence. President McKinley has sent to con gress a message concerning the lynch ing of three Italians at Ilahtivillc! Va., August !, IStitl. lie recommends an appropriation of ( 10,000 tor tho heirs of tho persons without admitting the liability of tho United Slates in tho promises. In the German reichstag Count von Kanitz, the agrarian leader, interpellat ed the government on the subject of tho promised United States tariff, lie asked if tho government wished to con tinue tho agreement of lS'Jl, and said the Dingley bill implied less the in crease of American customs revenue than the successful expulsion of Euro pea u imports from American markets. MARKED BY LIGHTNING. Young (ilrl'n Frightful Experience in a Thunder storm. j Chewelah, 'Wash., May 10. An ex traordinary electrical storm occurred yesterday, in which a number of peo- j pie were more or less injured. The : most unfortunate victims were "Miss Lutie McCorniack and Miss Laura Boiler, aged lti ami 14 respectively. ; They were returning from school, and j took refuge under a large pine tree. A ; bolt of lightning struck the tree, ami the girls were knocked senseless. Soon after, a neighbor saw Miss Boiler aim- j leasly wandering near his house, and j he and others instituted a search. ! They went to the tree and found the ( apparently lifeless body of Miss Mc-: Cormack. She was lying on her back, j twelve feet from the tree, having h;n , thrown that distance by the force of ; the thunderbolt. The lightning struck ! her first on the back of the head, and a ! strip of hair an inch wide was burned j clear to the skin from the last cervical ! to the third dorsal vertebra. At the j latter spot there was burned black a i place as big as a man's hand. Between j the knee and the sole of the foot, on each leg, a strip an inch and a half wide was burned. Her hat was itcr- j ally torn to pieces, and was burning i when she was found. Her shoes were I torn to shreds, and one was lying about six feet from her body, and the other sixteeen feet away. Notwithstanding all these injuries, she was finally brought back to consciousness. She ia in danger, however, because of inflam mation of the nerves. Three head of cattlea half-mile away were instantly killed. W. O. Smith, a half-mile west, was partially stunned and knocked down, and Ellsworth Cos ner, a half-mile north, was knocked down by the same thunder-Dolt. Accident or Suicide. Rossland, B. C, May 10. J. B. Fisher, of Deer Lodge, Mont., who un itl the last election was county re corder, died here shortly before 8 this evening from a shot in the right tem ple. Whether it was a case of Buicide or accident there were many opinions. The object of the man's journey here may help to clear this up. The Red Mountain train was nearing Rossland, when, as usual, the car doors were locked, while the customs in spector made his rounds. Fisheropened his vulise and took out his revolver, it may be presumed to avoid paying duty. The gun discharged and he was shot in the very place that, would be selected for such an act and the skin about the wound is burned from the close contact with the weapon. The deceased wan a Mason and a Knights of Pythias, ami was a handsome, stalwart man of about !)0. In his valise were pictures of his wife and two children, and a statement of his accounts as recorder. Farewell ltanquet. London, May 10. The farewell ban quet given this evening by the Amer ican society in London to Mr. Bayard, former ambassador of the United States, was attended by 270 guests. The com pany included Ambassador Hay, Mrs. Hay and all the members of the em bassy, and the lord bishop of London. Mr. Bayard had a cordial reception. Ho brought with him the log of the Mayflower, which he deposited in its glass case in the reception-room, whiie it instantly became the center of attrac tion. During the presentation of the loving cup, which is in the form of a pumpkin, surmounted by a bust of Mr. Bayard, Mr. and Mrs. Bayard were visibly affected. Mr. Bayard, on rising to respond to Mr. Crane's sentiments, was greeted with a storm of applause. He spoke for an hour slowly and impres sively. The CaMrnde Rraerve. Washington, May 10. Commission er Hermann has recommended to the attorney -general tho suspension for the present of legal proceedings growing out of sheep pasturing within the Cascade range forest reserve. The attorney-general is requested to instruct tho United States attorney for Oregon to stay all proceedings until further orders, in view of the legislation pending in con gress and tho probable early action by the department on tho question. The recommendation is due to a rep resentation from Oregon that great hardship and loss have resulted to sheeKiwners of the state by their ex clusion from grazing lands within the reserve on which they have been de pendent for years. To Fplore North rncifle ContA. New York, May 10. The World says: An exploring party under the leadership of 1-iofessor Frank Boaz, the noted scientist and explorer of the American museum of natural history, is about to undertake an extensive systematic ex ploration among the inhabitants of the coast of the North Pacific ocean between the Amoor river, in Asia, ami the Col umbia river, in America. The funds for this important undertaking have been generously provided by Morirs K. Jesup, tho president of the museum, who has done so much already for the advancement of science and for further ing the work of the American museum of natural history of this city. A Belgian gourmand of Mons has be qucathed f :l,U00 to five friends for an annual dinner, which thev must attend dressed iu mourning, entering the room with a flair to tho music of an I Oordion. IS Turks Force Them to Re treat From Pharsala. BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY The Greeka Transfer Their Suppllea to Ionmko Volo Ia Evacuated Edhein I'stlia Still I'lmhinc South. Larissa, May 10. A dispatch from Pharsala, dated 11 A. M. today, de scribes the battle there, which begun yesterday morning. A Turkish corps appeared on the summit of Mount Tekke yesterday morning. Securing a formidable entrenched position on the hillside, they attacked the Fourth regi ment of Evzones about noon. The lat ter made a strong resistance, but were finally compelled to slowly fall back. The Turks then cannonaded and de stroyed the village of Ordskiniwof, which is about two hours' march north of Pharsala. The crown prince having ordered the army to draw up in line of battle, the Greeks advanced about 2 P. M. The Turks, numbering 30,000, imme diately descended the slopes of Mount Tekke and planted batteries, which be gan to bombard the regiments. Owing to superiority of weight, the Turkish cannon inflicted heavy losses upon the Greeks, and especially near the station. The Turks continued to advance until they came into close quarters, and then the crown prince decided to retire to more commanding positions. All the ammunition and supplies have been transported to Domokos, on the heights of which the Greek batteries were prepared for action. The Turks have burned the village Df Tatia, and have massacred a priest and the entire family in the village of Dioskani. Steady Advance of the Turk. Lodon, May 10. The Daily Mail's correspondent with the Turkish forces at Pharsala, telegraphing yesterday morning, says: Yesterday's battle was the most de cisive of the entire war. It was not intended nt the beginning that the fight should be a regular pitched en gagement, but on the arrival of Edhem Pasha at the outposts a furious firing began. The weathrer was cool and the sky somewhat cloudy after a thunder storm. The village of Pharsala could be see, huddled, as it were, under a line of low, peaked hills. Higher and roundabout were black hills rising be hind the others, while between us and the village ran the small stream known to the anoients as the Kaipeus, crossed by a bridge at the railway. Between the stream and the village were the Greeks, in an excellent posi tion, well defended by earthworks. Their advance line consisted of two bridges, ami their reserve of two half brigades, altogether about 20,000 men. Against them were 50,000 Turks. The artillery began the engagement, the Greek practice being much better than usual, but after two hours they began to retire across the river. This was a great mistuke, as they were thus inclosed between tho river and the mountains, with no room to deploy. The sight was superb. In many cases the Greeks fought with the cour age of despair. The great black masses forming the rear guards to hold the bridges covered the whole rich green plain. The endurance and dash of the Turks was magnificent, too. I reached the battlefield with a regiment whose men immediately began to run for ward, dancing under fire, and shouting like children when they saw the en emy. The Greeks repulsed them vigor ously and followed up the repulse. The Turks had formed in a semi-circle of thundering batteries and crack ling battalions. The division on the extreme right tried to cut off the retreat to Domokos, while the remainder of the force flung itself upon Pharsala. The battle was but little like the bat tles described in books. There was no tiring of volleys, no bayonet assaults, no cheering, no rush only a Bteady, leisurely advance into the open in per fect order. There was some individual firing, and the soldiers shouted, "Allahl Allah!" until the constant repetition swelled into one heavy, montonous shout. I saw men suddenly fling up their hands and fall face downward, but the Greek tiro in the main was ineffec tive. Before 5 o'clock, the last village north of the river had been taken. Then the village of Vasili and the en trenchments near the river w.s stormed, with considerable loss to the Turks, and the battle ceased at night fall, the Hanking division having estab lished itself behind the Greeks and cut off the best line of retreat to Athens. Kdhrm I'nsha Announces It. Constantinople, May 10. Tho min istry of war has received the following dispatch from Edhem Pasha, the Turk ish commander in Thessaly, dated yes terday evening: "The Turks today won a great vio lory. Turkish shells are commencing to fall near Pharsala. Details will be for,..,.!...! .... .v.. ,.,.,, ,, ,.,-i, rauan says a division of Turkish troops commanded bv Hakki Pasha carried the first line of Greek defenses at Velestino and the attack it proceeding against the other lines." CRIME OF A FARM HAND. Shoot Ilia Former f:mployer and Three either IVraons. Milwaukee, May 10. Alexander Har ris, a farmer, living five miles south of Waukesha, on the the Mukwonago road, and his wife, were murdered this morning when at breakfast. A hired man was wounded, but escaped. A hired girl was also wounded, and it likely to die. The crime was committed by William Pouch, a farmhand. Pouch worked for Harris about two years ago. Last night at his request he was given lodging over night. About 5 o'clock this morning Harris and a hired man went to the yard to milk the cows. Mrs. Harris and the girl were preparing breakfast. Pouch left his room quietly, and, going to the yard, bade the men there good morn ing. Harris and the hired man were sitting on stools near each other. Pouch drew his revolver anil fired at the farmer, killing him. He then shot the hired man, inflicting probably a fatal wound. Pouch then walked leisurely to the kitchen. He told Mrs. Harris her hus band would not be in for a few minutes ;lr,J he WOUld Cat his bluukfael ut Ulice. The woman waited upon the murderer, who seemed to relish his meal. After breakfast Pouch.sJtarted to walk toward the door. Before Mrs. Harris realized what was about to happpen he wheeled around and shot her in the breast. He then fired at the hired girl. The farmer's wife died Boon af terwards. The hired girl has a chance for recovery. Pouch then rode away on a bicycle. A posse of farmers is in hot pursuit. The farmers are greatly excited and enraged, and should they get hold of the murderer he will undoubtedly be lynched. The supposition of the authorities is that Pouch is either insane or commit ted the murderers in order to hide the evidence of another crime. The man ner in which the murders were com mitted shows plainly that Pouch delib erately arranged his plans. Harris was quite well to do. Pouch worked for him in the summer of 1895, but nothing occurred as far as known to cause enmity between them. Pouch is 20 years of age. The name of the hired man who was shot is Nelson Mcliolt. The girl is Helen Vesback. Latest reports from Mukwonago state Mrs. Harris was not instantly killed as at first stated, and may recover. There is little hope for Nelson McHolt, the hired man, and Helen Vesback, the girl. A HEROIC BOY ENGINEER. Ho Saved Many Uvea at the Risk ol Hla Own. Houghton, Mich., May 10. With a box containing 200 pounds of dynamite on fire, ten feet away from him, John Thomas, a boy who runs a compressed air hoisting engine in the Tamarack mine, stuck to his post and Baved the lives of the men at work in the mine by his bravery. Ten seconds after Thomas had hoisted the men to the level the dynamite ex ploded, smashing the engine to pieces aiul doing other damage, but the men and the boy to whom they owe their lives were safe. The miners working in the 23d level had put seven casts of dynamite in a box for future use. At noon a miner accompanied by Thomas went to his post, .gave the alarm to the miners in the level below and ran his engine un til he had hoisted them out. He then fled. The alarm of fire caused great ex citement, but no miners were injured in the rush to reach davlight from a depth of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. For Peace In Cuba, New York, May 10. A special to the Journal from Havana snvs: Your correspondent is able upon high author lty to confirm the Journal's recent Washington reports as to negotiations pending there between Secretary of State Sherman, Dupny do Lome and Estrada Palina, looking to a peaceful solution by purchase or otherwise of the Cuban question. The story is the topic of conversation in all the clubs. El Dial io de la Marina, the reformist oragn here, in a leader, sounds an omi- iiuiniiuioui warning dv initmatiug that the so-called reforms that Premier Can- OVUS has offered t il l .:n iBuiuu Miu ue little more than a farce, should Cuba bo left to pay the cost of the war. Spain must pay it, El Diario declares, other wise she cannot hope to keep the colony and continue to monopolize its trade. Requested to Kenign. Olympia, Wash., May 10. The members of the board of control this af ternoon received a formal request from the governor to resign. This action is desired by Governor Rogers as a result of tho recent occurrences that render harmonious action impossible. One of the board said tonight that the members had not decided what action they would take, but they would hold a conference as soon as practicable, and agree upon a course, when they would all stand together. The' governor said that he did not care at this time to enter into a discus sion of the difficulties that have made it impossible for him to act further with the board as it is now constituted Tho members of the board will douhtl less decide soon wbeilor ti,.... -..n 4. '"j in resist the governor or quietly acquiesce in his request. 1 II ft Ghastly Scenes at Palaise del l'Industrie, Paris. THE SEARCH STILL GOL j r 1 Thrilling Accounta of the Dlmutft by Spectators and 8urvivor-eaui) of tho Fire Ia Undeterinluel New York, May 10. A dispatch to the Herald from Paris says: The seen, on entering Porte Eight, of the Palais, de l'Industrie last night, when tii( bodies of the victims of the Rue Jejt Goujon were taken there, was of a fear. ful description. There had been place,)1 the charred corpses of what had been a few hours before beautiful women ol1 the very best families of Paris. The' bodies were laid out on roughly in. provised platforms of boards taken from anywhere about the place. They wen charred beyond recognition. Almost all the bodies were burned about tht head and feet, while th" middle of ii, body remained comparatively intact Ambulances kept coming up in i stream, bringing more and moreoftfii unfortunate victims, the crowd ootsidi giving way in awe-stricken eilence. The Rue Jean Goujon was almost im. passable. Of the bazaar building in which onlr a few hours before everything had been fair and beautiful, there remained onlr a few charred poles. Inside ths wrecked building there was nothing but pieces of rags, wood and human re mains. The firemen were digging among the debris in search of the bodies. There were not enough ambo. lances, and the bodies had to be placed in wraps. Then came soldiers, polio and firemen to carry away the dead, and they all worked in silence and with will. The soldiers carried sheets ii which to wrap and transport bodies. There were women nurses from l'Ho pital Beaujon, also with sheets, wait ing to cover up the dead before the; were taken away in the ambulances. Near the western wall, which bound ed what had been the bazaar, bodiei were literally found piled in heaps am their position seemed to indicate that i terror-stricken rush had taken place, o an instinctive huddling together in tin face of death. There were pieces of nn derskirts all over the ruins and frag ments of woolen garments and corse covers. Tiny little slippers wen everywhere to be seen, crisp am charred by the heat. On one side w a pile of valuable jewels, eto., guards by policemen. There were bracelet and rings, completely free from flesh showing how terrible had been thi flames in their fury. I spoke to two women who en standing near the ruins. The eWe one was Mine. Rochezautier, and tin younger was a servant. "We were attracted by the cries o the ladies," said Mme. Kochezaotier "Oh! such cries 1 We called toth men in the Hotel de Palais, whfcl frontson 17 Cors de la Reine. Hwa the work of a moment to tear down tb iron bars of the windows and to throi out a chair. We hauled the poo women in there. They were so fright ened that they did not stay here long They were bo terror-stricken that man could not cry. But many were loi and I saw several rush out from th flames and fall dead. We saved i least 150." Mile, le Comte, of 22 Rue Jean Got jon, said: I "The fire broke out at 4:30 o'olocl I It was terribly sudden. The heat wi j worse than the smoke. You could ni go into the street for fear of the heai i The bazaar burned up just as if th j wood had been soaked in kerosene. , should think there were 3,500 peop j there, because, you know, the minci i was there during the afternoon and thi .made an extra attraction. He ba j hardly left when the flames burst ou They seemed to spring up all over. ! "So fierce was the heat that all wii dows and shop fronts opposite we ; cracked or burst open. Birds in tl j windows dropped dead from their pe ,ches as if struck by lightning, ar many of the neighbors were so par ! lyzed by fear that thev did not kno j what to do. The fire lasted only twe: I ty minutes, but such a twenty minnt I shall never forget I Women n shrieking into the street and fell dci in the roadway overcome by the hw i burning from head to foot." Americana Were Fortunate. New York, May 10. A Journal di patch from Paris says: There we very few American present in the elm ity bazaar at the time of the fire, ai these see m to have been especially! vored by fortune. Mrs. William Aft left the bazaar a quarter of an hour I fore the conflagration. Miss Fane, si ter of Frederick Fane, an American i Biding in the Rue Prony, who ia almc totally deaf, was in the building wb the fire broke out. Her escape w largely dud to her infirmity. She ri the fire and made her way to the ex being among the first to reach it. i 1 Under forced draught the new Briti first-class battleship Jupiter made : average of 18.4 knots in her four-bo trial, nearly a knot more than the oo , tract soeed. ?-