I ! J 1 h 1 Lincoln Goanty Leader J. F. 8TKWAKT. Publisher. TOLEDO OREGON Comprehensive Itevlew of the Important Happenings nf tile Iast Week t'tillml From the Telegraphic Column. A Louisville & Nashville express train was held up by a lone robber, who secured about $4,000. Mrs. Henry Scott, of Chicago, and Mrs. Maria Hay, formerly of Chicago, were killed by a runaway at Du buque, la. John II. Moss and Levan Berg have been arrested in Seattle, charged with the murder of Michael J. Lyons, the Port Blakely saloonkeeper. Charles Peterson, a Swedish laborer bout 25 years old, committed suicide on a farm near Ellensburg, by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. President W. H. Cromwell, of the Blackburn university, and instructor in Latin, has resigned, to take the Latin ohair in Puget Sound university, Taco ma. John Quincy Adams, a Northern Pa- cino switchman, while running over ine tops 01 cars at Missoula, Mont., slid and fell between the cars and was killed. Louis Sickmiller was instantly killed and Albert Sickmiller, Charles Faille and George Steinhelder fatally injured by the Erie fast express near Mans field, O. The River Knr has overflowed its banks near the railroad depot of Naw thig, Russia. Nineteen men belong ing to the Nijni Novgorod dragoons were drowned. Every boat brings to Port Townsend men to look over the proposed fo lifica tions sites with a view to bid for the oontraots for construction. All the Western, as well as several Eastern and Southern states are represented. A meeting of representatives of Q. A. R., Loyal Legion and Woman's Re lief Corps, has been held at Indianap olis, Ind., to perfect plans for the erec tion of a monument and care of the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, in Spencer coun ty, this state. Christian Ross died of heart disease, at his home in Philadelphia. He was the father of Charley Ross, and up to hig last illness Mr. Ross never gave up the searoh for his missing boy, whose abduction startled Philadelphia on July 1,1874, and becume an unsolved mys tery the world over. A terrible explosion of a torpedo on the Moxican International, near Eagle Pass, Tex., completely wreoked a loco motive and killed the engineer and fire man. A sidewalk collapsed in Chioago and 100 people, mostly children were thrown to the ground, ten feet below. A number were seriously injured and one fatally. Mrs. Know, wife of J. W. Know, living near Latah, Wash., gave birth to three girls and one boy. Eaoh child is well formed and weighs 4' pounds. Mother and children are doing well. The walls of a saloon gave way with out warning in Watortown, S. D., bury ing a number of persons in the ruins. The place was crowded at the time. The work of olearing away the debris resulted in the finding of one body. Five others were seriously injured. It has been discovered that the act of the last session of the Colorado legisla ture in regard to negotiable instru ments, repealed the statute establish ing the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Washington's birthday and Memorial day as legal holidays. A mob of 300 infuriated peasants at Odessa, Russia, seized and savagely lynched one Dunkirk, a murderer, who wag being conveyed by the police to jail. Dunkirk was charged with the commission of 13 murders. The po lice have arrested 35 ringleaders of the lynching party. Alma Fullmer, 10 years old, has been convicted of theft, and ordered sent to the reform school at Whittier, Cal. From the bottom of a mortar 1kx she took an old plank, with which to build a playhouse. She was convicted of petty larceny by an Alameda judge, anil now Bhe is behind the bars await ing her removal to the reform school. A telegram received in Seattle from United States Senator Wilson suvs that plans for the fortilications at Magnolia bluff, the army post near Seattle, have been approved, and an assignment of $400,000 made. General Weeks, quar-termaster-general United States army, haa been ordered to Seattle, and direct ed to proceed with the work immedi ately. Tho basement and entire lower por tion of the postofrW building in Port land, Or., was wrecked by a terrific ex plosion of gas Monday. The head jani tor, whose thoughtlessness caused the explosion by taking a lighted candle into the basement, was severely burned about the head and arms. A clerk in the stamp department was also hurt, but not seriously. GHnrnoFiD M'KINLEY AND LABOR UNIONS. The President Khows Ills Friendliness Toward Them. New York, June 28. A Washington dispatch to the Journal says: "I regard the organization of labor as the natural and legitimate effort to se cure its rights," said President McKin ley today. This strong declaration in favorof or ganized labor was made in the course of a conversation with Samuel Gom pers, president of the American Federa tion of Labor, and Frank Morrison, the secretary of the organization. Gompers and Morrison came to the White House at 4 o'clock. They were admitted at once and the meeting became so inter esting that the president neirlected his drive. For an hour, labor interests and labor legislation were discussed in all their various phases. The anti pooling bill, to restrain the operation of pools and trusts, caused the labor people some anxiety. Gompers ex plained that the labor organization' were afraid that they themselves would be classed as trusts, and the penal ites of the act applied to them, rather than to the large combinations usually known as trusts. He thought, nn amendment should be made specifically exempting labor unions. President Mc Kinley agreed that labor onions should be protected, and spoke of measures in which he had taken an interest in former years. He did not, however, seem to think there was much danger of their being classed as trusts or sub jected to penalties. "Unless you believe as some peopie do," said Gompers, "that labor union are an evil, I think you will agree with me that their existence is being endangered by this bill." "I do not desire to be classed with those who consider trade unions an evil," replied Mr. McKinley, and he emphasized it with the words At tho ho. ginning of this dispatch. BURNED AND SANK. Fate wt the Lumber Schooner Appii and Amelia. New York, June 28. Fathoms deep on a bed off the treachnrnnn FWiHa Keys lies the charred hnlk of tin. American schooner Appia and Amelia, wnicn Durnea to the water's edge and sank June 15. Hor mmtuin w n Williard, and his orew of eight men! wno Dareiy escaped with their lives from the burnimr vessel inat o;n,i here on the Mallory liner Concho. The Annia and Ameliu mili mi r,i the port of Pascagoula, Miss., June 3. bound for this port. Lumber filled every available space below decks, and it was piled high on the decks. When the fire broke out near the after hatch, Jnue 15, Captain Willard was deter mined to save his schooner if possible, and while three men were told to form a bucket brigade, the others with their felt hats soaked with water and drawn down over their faces, to protect them from the heat, made a bold dash at the smoking hatch, succeeding in tumbl ing the lumber overboard, while their mates kept them drenched with water drawn from the sea. It was all in vain, however, for the flames crept along the deck beams and burst from the forward hatch. It was then apparent that the schooner was doomed, and the longboat was hastily provisioned. Without waiting even to secure the ship's papers, her skipper and crew piled into the boat and were soon afloat. Thpv were nicboil nn Vtv a pilot boat and landed at Key West, iiere iney obtained passage on the Concho. To Spread the Gospel. San Francisco, June 98. The Morn ing Star, with its captain and crew of Christians, is ready to make another tour among the cannibal islands of the South seas. The vessel will be manned by men who will preach the gospel to the natives. Three vounir ladies will also go out as missionaries. They will make their future residence on some of tho little islands, where tlnv ivill continue their work for life. The Morning Star is a barkentine riggod vessel with auxiliary steam en gine, and is owned and maintained by the American board of missions. The ladies of the party areMiss Cha pin, who will start a training school on Kosale, of the Caroline group, and Miss Bon kill Logan, who has been at tending school in Buffalo. Miss Logan will join her mother on the Caroline group, and take up kindergarten work among the natives. Third-Class Wool. Washington, June 28. After a con test lasting throughout the dav, the senate completed the paragraphs'of the wool schedule relating to raw wool nd advanced to the features relating to manufactured woolen goods. The day was devoted largely to a discussion of the effect of the rates on the price of wool, and the speeches were on techni cal lines in the main. Quay made a strong effort to have the ad valorem rates on third-class wool adopted, but he was defeated, 19 to 41. The committee rates were then agreed to, vi: Four cents per pound on third-class wool valued at 10 cents or less per pound, and 7 cents per pound on third-class wool valued abnva 7 cents per pound. The schedule wag completed up to paragraph 364, relat ing to cloths knit fabric, etc Pension Measure Favorably Reported. THE SURVIVORS MADE HAPPY The Bill Provides for Tensioning- Sur vivors of Orugon and Washington Wars of 1847 and 1856. Washington, Jnne 28. The senate committee on nensinns has rerjorted a general bill for amending an act grant ing pensions to survivors of Indian wars. The bill was introduced by Senator McBride, and provides for pen sioning the survivors of the Oregon and Washington wars of 1847 and 1856. Senator Gallinger, who made the re port, said: "It will be gratifying to the Indian war veterans to receive a mesance thnr. this bill has been favorably reported, ana that this long-delayed act of jus tice is in process of settlement. These veLerans average lis vooria nlilor than the veterans of the late civil war, and that statement alone is sufficient to show that at least the hnnntv nf tho lovernment can be bestowed upon them for a very brief time." Of the Cayuse war the report says: There were 682 volunteers and no regular troops engaged. The estimate as to Cayuse war is based upon the percentage of survivors of the Mexican war and widows of sol diers of that war, who are now alive ind have pensionable service, the Cay use war having occurred while the Mexican war was in progress. It is shown that 12 per cent of claims filed by Mexican war survivors and 10 per cent filed bv soldiers' widows hv been rejected on conditions that do not enter into the Indian war act, towit, a service of less than 60 davs and acre limit, etc. Taking this estimate and computing with the American table of mortality, there should be 144 survivors and 82 widows now living. These volunteers were not miint.prpd into the United States service, but un der a subsequent act of congress the state oi uregon was reimbursed for their service by the United States. The following is what the rnnnrt. of the Oregon and Washington terri tory wars: The war department rennrta Hint. RKfi regulars were engaged, and the auditor for the war department 6,897 militia. Of the regulars probably 75 per cent, or 637. served in the Mexican ur ami other wars, leaving 213, and of the mi- niia zu per oent, or 1,276, served in other wars or rendered more than one service in the Oregon and AVashington territory wars, leaving 5,103 militia; a total of regulars and militia of 5,316. Of this number deduct 6 Der cent, nr 319, for desertion and casualties. which would leave 4,997 survivors at close of the wars. From an examination nf a nnmhor nf claims it appears that these survivors Bnouiu now be 65 years of age, and from the American table of mortality 48 per cent, or 2,899, are now living . ine numoer or. widows is baBed upon the pe-centage of widows of Mexican war soldiers who are living, which would show 1,840 widows of soldiers of Oregon and Washington territory dig. romances living. THE CUBAN ELECTION. Cuban Exiles In America May Vote for Representatives. New York, June 28. Cubans who live in the United States. pn,l been contributing toward the expenses in ine war, are to have a voice in the direotion of affairs of the young repub lic, whoso constitutional asseiublv is to meet at Caniaguay September 2. There will be a general election of members of the assembly before long throughout those parts of Cuba whom tho i.. gents are strong enough to hold one. aim u naa ueen decided that represen tatives may be elected Viv rnh,.n. ;., the United States. Orders will be issued containing all details as to nnllinir tho vnto on v.. Cuban above 16 years old who two months previoug to the election has contributed a certain oause of the patriots will be entitled to vote, as to the nominations, they are not yet made. The local junta is issuing a fine sou venir coin to commemorate the strug gle. It is the same sixw m tU tt..;. i - a wiu UlllbCU States dollar, and containg the nam amount of silver. This coin will be sent to different bankers in this city who are in sympathy with the cause, and any customer who is willing to acoept one for $1 will get it. Killed In a Rossland Mine. , If8.A"gL'lcs' J,,ne 28 Manacer Jack illiams, of the Columbia opera company, who is now in this city, re ceived a telegram from Frank 1 urtisg a member of the company, now at Rossland, B. C, which states that Cur tiss wife, who also was a member of the company, and known on the stage as Pauline Williams, was killed in a mine shaft at Rossland. The couple were married in San Francisco two weeks ago, and were on their wedding trip. The identity of the girl is not known, even to her husbani, who ask Williams for information. CORBETT'S CLAIM. Further Consideration Has Been Post poned l.ntil Next Session. Washington, June 28. The senate committee on nrivileces and elections today cosidered the report prepared by Senator Hoar in the case of Hon. H. W. Corbett, recommending that Cor bett be seated as senator from Oregon. The committee declined to act upon the report, but ordered that it be printed for the use of the committee, together with any views which might be sub mitted by the members opposing Cor bett. The result of this proceeding1 will be to postpone further consideration of the Corbett claim until the next session. The Union Pacific Question. Washington. June 25. The senate committee on Pacific railroads today agreed to report favora bly a resolution introduced by Senator Harris, of Kan sas, expressing the sense of the senate that the United States should redeem the Union Pacific from prior liens and take steps to foreclose the government mortgage. - The resolution was amended by the addition of a provision at the instance of Senator Morgan, requesting that the president suspend proceedings to carry into effect an agreement alleged to have been made to sell the interest of the United States in the Union Paoific railroad and in the sinking fund until the further action of congress had refer ence thereto. The action of the committee was unanimous. THE HOUSE CHAIRMANSHIPS. Speaker Reed Will Name the Heads of the Committees. New York, June 28. A special to the Journal from Washington says: Speaker Reed will name his commit tees the day the present session closes. The new list of the most important chairmanships of committees is given below: Accounts, B. B. O'Uell, New York; agriculture, J. W. Wadsworth, New York; appropriations, J. G. Cannon, Illinois; banking and currency, J. H. Walker, Massachusetts; claims, C. N. Brumm, Pennsylvania; District of Co lumbia, J. W. Babcock, Wisconsin; coinage, weights and measures, C. W. Stone, Pennsylvania; education, G. A. Grow, Pennsylvania; elections, No. 1, L. W. Royce, Indiana; eleotions, No. 2, G. W. Prince, Illinois; election of president, vice-president and represen tatives, W. C. Arnold, Pennsylvania; enrolled bills, A. L. Hager, Iowa; for eign affairs, R. R. Hitt, Illinois; im m gration, R. Barthoidi, Missouri; In dian affairs, J. Sherman, New York; interstate, W. P. Heppburn, Iowa; in valid pensions, Wiltred S. Kerr, Ohio; judioiary, D. B. Henderson, Iowa; la bor, J. J. Gardner, New Jersey; manu factures, G. W. Farris, Indiana; mer chant marine and fisheries, Sereno E. Payne, New York; military, J. A. T. Hull, Iowa; militia, B. F. MarBh, mi nus mines and mining, R. G. Cous ins, Iowa; naval affairs, C. A. Bou telle, Maine; Paoific railroads, H. H. Powers, Vermont; patents, Josiah D. Hicks, Pennsylvania; pensions, H. C. Loudenslager, New Jersey; postoffices and postroads, Eugene F. Loud, Cali fornia; public buildings and grounds, David B. Mercer, Nebraska; publio lands, John F. Lacy, Iowa; railways and canals, C. A. Chickering, New York; territories, W. S. Knox, Massa chusetts; rivers and harbors, W. B. Hooker, New York; war claims, E. m! Mahone, Pennsylvania. Relieved to Have Starved to Death. San FranciBpo, June 28. Fortune de Conte, an artiBt, highly educated, once patronized by New York's aristoc racy, erstwhile dean of the art depart ment of the university of Southern California, and for some months past an earnest worker here, is dead. P-v. alysis is given as the cause of death, but it is believed he was a viotim of starvation. Papers found among his effects in dicate that he was a member of the famous Orleans family and that his name was Sainte Salm de Conte. His father was Carlos de Conte, at one time ambassador to England, and who died about 30 years ago. Three In One Day. Seattle, June 28. There were three violent deaths in Seattle and immedi ate vicinity today. . A Chinaman, who was a prisoner in the county jail, borrowed a razor from the jailor, so that he might shave him self, but slashed his throat with it and died instantly. The second case was that of a 4-year-old boy who fell into Cedar river, at Maple Valley, and drowned. The third was that of an old man named Skinner, whose body was picked op on the tideflats this afternoon. He had probably fallen through the trestle t night. He had a sister living in Milwaukee. 8 Storms In Missouri. Kansas City, June 28.-A passenger train on the M., K. & T. wad near Montrose ran into box cars that had been blown from a sliding, and killed an unknown man who had sought shel ter in the carg. Mrs. Rickabaugh wag instantly killed by lightning near AN Duny while sitting t Vi,;j a , bert. Rooster, 8 aer, was also killed Large Ostrich Eggs Fell MANY WERE SERIOUSLY h'J Roofs Were Pierced and Dog, ,,,, Killed Runaways Occurred',, 7 Parts of the City. J ',' ' Topeka, Kan., June 28. The ,, hail storm known in this section' Kansas struck this city shortly o'clock tonight. The shower oil .. voi, i. iiujimujieB weighing j 16 ounces stripped the trees of their liage, smashed windows on every ha-' including the finest plate-glasa tt fronts: cut down teWmnh .j .', , o - "t" auu If, phone -wires, riddled awnings, many persons and inflicted unpit dented damage throughout, tho n;.. great was the weight of the falling ment many of the hailstnn to the height of 20 and 80 feet i1 were struck in the streets and ioBUn;. killed. Horses were knocked to knees, to rise again and dash awaj ; mad fright. Many runaways occnm throughout the city. When the (, of the storm passed, those who tt tured out found dead birds everyrtp and on every hand was the scene ofi wreckage of the storm. The storm oame from the Bouthw? Dense. greenish clouds of disaster, and as the day had be! extremely not and close, many forem a cyclone and sought shelter in th( cellars. The storm came nn vitl heavy wind and terrifio lightning, u then came rain, together a with ado! ening crash of hail that was mnhm to the senses. So crent. vm tho A.r age to telegraph wires that the city u out off from the outside world form eral hours. Topeka tonight looks lit a city that has withstood a sieienf.i guns. There are not a dozen buildiw in town that are not almost windo less, and many roofs were caved Ihe roofs of many structures. k were pierced. The damage can be it aginea wnen it is known that the hi stones raneed in size from that nl hen's egg to that of an ostrich egg, a that, 30 minutes after the Btorm m hailstone was picked up whioh mea- ured 14 inches in circumference. Sureeons are busy dressing til wounds of persons injured in the store and reports of injuries continue to k received. Many were hurt in the m aways on tne streets. The damage cannot be estimated, bs win amount to thousands of dollu Window glass is already at a premii here, and tonight three carloads w ordered from Kansas City. Street traffic is stopped, and eletric lights out, owing to demoralization of eleotric light systems. Cyclone In Another Section. Kansas City, June 28. A special I the Star from Sal inn. Ran., ssvs: i terrible cyclone passed 15 miles non l of this city last night So far as heiri three are dead and a number ously injured. The dead are: Mrs. Anna Geesey, aired 84; Kl Geesey, 18; Ida Geesey, 9. Four members of this family W also badly hurt. Mr. Geesey was an; from home. The remainder of thi family had retired, and when theston Btruck they made for their cave. Bt fore they had gotten out of the hoiF the tornado had destroyed it. The wnrlr nf rlAst-iinti known till this morning, when neigh- uors iouna tne aead and injured men bers of the family lying about in tli debris. The three dead were found feet away, east of the house, and net them the body of a girl, alive, bis buried in hpr wniot in rlif There are rumors of other casualties, but particulars are meager. Intense heat prevails in Central Kac sas. At Borne points farmers are com pelled to abandon their harvest work. BOHANNON BOYS CAUGHT. Leadvllle Crowd Wanted to Hang Thi but Were Driven Back. Leadville, Colo., June 24. Leo rf Frank Bohannon, who escaped from tl" custody of the officers and shot mortally wounded Deputy Fahey, wen captured this afternoon, two miles be low Granite by Deputy Sheriff McDon nell. The officer took the trail tb morning and about two miles above tbf town of Granite he caught sight of tb desperadoes. Returning to Granite, k secured the services of John Gilbert," ranchman, E. Shaul, a deputy, 'J the trio soon caught up with the B hannon boys. When they saw the off cers they made an attempt to dr their guns, but the officers had the dm! and they were quickly disarmed W" shackled. There was a very large crc ' i depot when the train arrived.'e J"?'11 in the prisoners. A large ion dep uties and policemen was cn '.'")' there had been rumors of trouble. Th two men were quickly hustled into" carriage and none ton nnn. for tb crowd made a rush ami were onL' driven back after a ihi ),n.lo. Tb -' '-- "DO' jail is closely guarded tonight. Asparaeus is the nl.loat innim nlid Chunks of Ice as "ww for food. 7 7 J "B"""ng near St. Charles.