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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1897)
Lincoln Coanty Leader J. F. 8TKWAKT. Ful.ll.lier. TOLEDO OREGON II Comprehensive Review of the Important Happening of the Pant Week Culled From the TelegTaphlo Columns. The Oregon Btate Sunday school anion met in convention at The Dulles. The secretary reports that dur ing the year 20 new Sunday schools were organized. There litis been a loss from enrollments of laHt year of 226 schools, 2,644 officers und teachers and 15,979 scholars. At a special meeting of the Francisco chamber of commerce question of the advisability of nezing Hawaii was considered. San the memorial wag drawn up for presen tation to both the houses of congress, uryiiig piuinpl uuiiun looking to the an nexation of the Hawaiian republic. The administration has determined to solve the Behring sea question by branding all seal pups found on Priby loy islands th is season. Instructions to this effect have been transmitted to Professor David Starr Jordan, the seal expert, who will soon leave San Fran- a n i cisco for Behring sea. It has been decided at the ad EVEKT80FTHEOAY to build a new yacht for the queen and j Melson was perfeotly composed and the design has been submitted to and calm. He bid the sheriff good-bye, approved by her majesty. The new land at 10:13 the drop was sprung. Mel vessel, which will be built at the Pem-; son's neck was broken and death was broke dockyard, will, in general out- : instantaneous. At 10:22 he was pro line, resemble the great Atlantic liners, jounced dead by the physicians and cut It will be 620 feet long, with only 60 down. He will be buried in the pau ieet beam, and be fitted with powerful per graveyard at the expense of the engines, so as to havo great speed. county. He wrote a long letter to his xvepreHHniauve urunipauker, of Indi- nil. lino i .. . . 1 I hiuuuuvdu in wie nouse a reso lution for a constitutional amendment providing that hereafter no noncontig uous territory shall hn annvo.i t i.A United States except in pursuance of a treatv nncrntintmi Viv fl.a ' n w.u f " v niHITUL, UUII- ourred in by two-thirds of the houses of congress and ratified by the legislature of three-fourths of the states, and no i contiguous territory except by treaty cloflo nis wl'erabouts, and fearing that concurred in by two-thirds of each e na(1 met witI' fonl play, a search house, the vote of concurrence not to i mg narty wn8 organized on August 26, be taken into the house of representa- am' after two d1?8' travel in the Sis tives until two years have elapsed from kyou """'"tains, the party found the the time of taking the vote in the sen- U0ly of Porrv '" nn old well near a de ate, serted mining claim. There was a bnl- Nine children have been killed and W0JUml tl,e right side' a,,(J 011 t,,e many others injured by tho collapse of y WUS sl'e" r"m 8 41" a church wall at Solino, in the province 1 , 7 J1 8 revolver- wlio the bul of Cuido Real. i lt!t taken frora the wound fitted. With Geo D. 11.1. n .(tnm .,i.t!lis evi,1'u' the returned to One of tho must. nrnmimx.t m. , ., ; ' . "'i business men of Peru, 111., committed suicide by shooting. The estimate of Chicago's population by the publishers of the direotory just printod is 1,828,000, an increase of 70,- uuu over last year ... i Alinnie Rose, aged 20. whose mind ! was unbalanced bv the ornut. i, i I v c"- OI last VOlir. mmniiHmi.1 ... .. oL 1 Louis by taking a dose of Paris irreen. A dispatch from Berne says the fed eral council has refused to ratify the commercial treaty with Japan, owing to the prohibitive duty placed by Japan um. uiuckb and watches. The Spanish Eovernmei.t lm. !.,,! . I contract for a six per cent loan of 8 - 000,000 to meet the expenses of ti,'e Philippine war. It will be guaranteed 1 by the Philippine customs. i the services. As a result Aumiatua Garrison and Frank Jones are 3 and Thomas Jones fatally wounded. The volcano Mayu has been in a o lava h 7, ,r",,t,7,,Bml th? flW oflasahas done great damage in the ..rAi, . ' "'",0,"1" looa.-co - r iui.u-ieiy destroyed There has beenoonsiderable loss of life, During a thunder storm, lightning struck a convict camp near Dakota, Ga., and as a result four convicts are dead, 10 are dying and 20 escaped dur ing tho panic which ensued. The camp is at the lumber mills of Grees Bros, and about 150 prisoners from the state penitentiary were at work there. Several mysterious robberies have oc curred oil steamers touching at Hong Kong. Tho steamer Tayuan on arriv ing there recently from Australia, re ported that boxes containing f.5,000 in gold sovereigns had been stolen from her treasure room. A few davs later 5.000 in gold leaf was stolen from the treasure chest of the steamer Loosook while she was loading at Hong Kong for Bangkok. On Juno 14 men from t!, it;-.i States cruisers Marion and Philadel. . ' "I. ",8"ltot "finking painkiller, lhia were landed at Honolulu. While . , other preparations contain- on marvh to the drill grounds an order- ? ll,dl?n P'l-T,"Pnt hu8 bocn ly brought an order, and the bMulUm S""" ," t,,prp' an; " Korged returned on Ixmrd. This action S ''"''T8 ''is stuff, which was taken, it is understoo,!. on amount 't TrK,t,rm- rumor to the effwt tlmt th .lunL.IiT1,a.In:lm" rl,Kra ar "i,g every cruiser Naniwa would hind a f..i-.. , men to take c large of the Hawaiian ! 1 , mar lerenee on tho subject of th l,,t.k ( custom-house. Th" Japanese S"o I ZtnL U ' neWS.,rm th sSA 1 '. " believed that Admiral 1 "e for U'C dwt'"- I m notiBed the reporters he wiH Uean slee's prompt action caustvi th. It has been eom.mte.1 t),t . nl 81V them any news hereafter on I captam of the K.oiw. to change hi. 86 00o"o00 and S o I tlT" h "?t they publish it . ; ; IU1UU- J each year. j eiohange enC ATONED FOR HIS CRIME. w, MclMon, the Murderer, Executed j at Grant ran. Grant's Pass, July 5. Lemuel V. Melson was executed here today. He abandoned all hope yesterday, and was taken into the Episcopal church and baptized by Rev. Isaac Dawson. He spent the day in reading and in writing lettors, and was more calm than any one else about the jail. He slept well last night and ate a hearty breakfast this morning. He refused to discuss the crime or his position, saying only when asked that he was innocent. He was very much affected by the church ceremonies and the singing, and wept quietly. There was a great many people in town to witness the hanging. Sheriff Hiatt issued 100 invitations, and be sides those in the enclosed space the court-house yard is well filled. The board fence around the scaffold is so Boustructed thut a good view of the pro ceedings cau be had from the main yard and street. About 600 people wit nessed the execution. Kev. Dawson went into the jail at 5:15 this moriiiii. Muloun made u lull confession of Ithe crime. Sheriff Hiatt had the death warrant at 9:40, and at 10:0.1 Kev. Dawson prayed his last prayer . At 10:01 Sheriff Hiatt and his depu ties, with MelBon, ascended the scaf fold. When asked if he had anything to say, Melson said: "I am guilty of killing Perry, and am sorry for it. May God have mercy am nui I y lur 11. wire yesterday, Story of Nelson's Crime. Grant's Pass, July 6. In March, 1896, Charles Perry disappeared from the Waldo copper mine, near Waldo, Or., where he was emnlnveil ami n " ....v. ..D known to hve had considerable money . 1 "lm at tne tlme- Inquiry by 1 'rient'8 ,or 8everttl montlis failed to d Inquiry by his is uresoeut City. Ual. It was learned that whlln at tha per mino Perry had often been told by L. W. Melson, his friend, of a fine mining prospect between there and the coast in the Siskiyou mountains, and that Melson left the copper mine on the lli.T. nt Vtl- .1! . ' no re- turned next day and went tinrom.n . oii.y ts uisappearanee. lie re- Citv Cnl.. siivinur tLt p 1....1 ........ ! to Waldo ... . ' V o iiitu uunu tn U iil.ln Melson began spending money freely, though previous to that time he was known to have been possessed of very limited means. It was also learned that Melson had sold a revolver which proved to bo tho one from which the T'et fom." Pe"-y'" body lmd been u Posion was also found a wa,fh wt"01' Proved to be Perry's. n Mul8" was P'aced under arrest at U8Uei"t City, but it was ascertained tl. .' evidence throughout uUt MM Melson was about 43 years old, and came to tho PaeilUi coast from Ken- UU'ky 13 yeaM "0' l0l"lti"8 " X county, Or. He went to Del Norto wnere ne was married, and where he leaves a wife and two children Melson's wife did not visit him dur ing his incarceration, and expressed no desire to see him, but wrote to him fre quently. saying that she was not sur prised at tho verdict of the jury. She expressed very little sympathy for liini, but requested him, if guilty, to never confess his crime on acoount of the children. Charles Perry, the victim, was CO years of age, and camo to the Paoitio coast two years ago from Connecticut, where his wife and seven children now reside. Ho was considered a sober and industrious man. Indians Drank Painkiller. Brainerd, Minn., July 5. Five In dians, inclllilincr llltii.f Wm sj.v nHA dead at Malone's Point, on Mille'Lacs 1 !.-. - 1 .i... . . nun Pl'triHI MllltTB II fO fpeCied 10 pan oi tne reservation to bring the' " nanti imrmii.r mwi a....i.xd I . SPANIARDS Trial of the Competitor Crew Again Postponed. NO FUTURE DATE WAS SET Officials Fear the Effect on American Relations of Panning Sentence on the Prisoners. New York, July 5. A Herald dis- The trial of the Competitor crew did not take place on July 1, as had been reported. It may not take place for several months yet, unless the United States presses the matter. The authorities here hes itated to bring the men to trial for dip lomatic reasons. They realized the fact that if the lawsof Spain mean any thing, and are not to be brought into disrepute, the sentence of the Compet itor filibusters must be a severe one. On the oilier hand Spain dues not de sire to aggravate any hostile feeling that mny already exist in the United States against her. It was just about the middle of June that Consul-General Lee, by direction of his government, pressed here for an enrlv tirnl. Tin nnintAil nnt flint a Iaim, delay had already taken place and de clared it unjust. To the consul's letter General Weyler sent a most indefinite reply. He began by excusing the past delay on the ground that proceedings on the part of the prosecution, had con sumed much time, and now, he said, the lawyers who had been assigned to the prisoners had been given until the end of July to prepare the defense. In conclusion he stated that it was "im possible to say when the trial would be 1 Ul If ftlt .... uruugui on. xnis means mat it nas been thought best to delay the trial in definitely. In the meantime the Competitor crew are languishing in prison. Some of them cannot stand the confinement much longer. They are not treated badly, so far as Spanish treatment of prisoners in Cuba goes. Americans oannot realize what the confinement in Cabanas during these hot months means. When Melton, for example, was taken prisoner, he was a remark ably fine specimen of a man. Today he is broken down beyond recognition. His shoulders are bowed and his frame wasted to skin and bone. Disease among Spanish troops in San tiago de Cuba has been so severe that when General Wevlpr nrHnroH tho into the interior against the rebels, the only soldiers available were convales cents. All over the island disease among the Spanish troops is increasing at a fearful rate. Out of the thousand men in tho Vegar battalion in Pinar del Rio, nearly 700 have been rendered unfit for service by malaria. The hoa pitals in Havana are crowded to over flowing. General Ruiz Rivera is dangerously ill. The prisoner's doctors have per formed a delicate operation upon him, and he is now in a critical condition. The Herald's correspondent in Ma tanzas reports a fierce engagement on Saturday last between Spanish troops and a large body of insurgents. Be tween 60 and 70 Spaniards were killed and wounded. The rebel loss is not known. General Meline, who was with a column of men, came to the assist ance of the Spaniards and was badly wounded during the engagement. There are in the vicinity of Matanzas 2,200 insurgents well armed and equipped. The rebel leader Guaraoha captured and killed two Spanish spie? near the city limits of Matanzas. The Herald correspondent vouches for the statement that the Spaanish macheted 17 pacifi cos, men and women, who had left MatanzaB for a plantation to get food. Rivera's Condition. Havana, July 5. A press correspond ent has had an interview with General Rivera, in San Ambrose hospital, to which he was removed from Cabanae fortress by the advice of attending sur geons. General Rivera expressed him self as satisfied with the medical and surgical attendance provided, as well as with the nurses. All the food sup plied him is excollent. His meals are served from a restaurant near by at his own expense. Terrible Suicide of Three Slen. t,.8,'; Jl,ly 8 Tst west ot Wellsville, there is a coal chute belong, ing to the Wabash line. As passenger train No. 6 was dashing through this chute, Engineer Robinson saw three men liyng with their heads upon the rail. He tried to stop his engine, but the distance was too shni-t .i i l!"8' the instant the men were ground beneath the wheels. A close examination of the b.Klise revealed the fact that the men must have been perfectly sober when they took their places beside the track. Canovas Angry at Beporters. Madrid, July 5.-Senor Canovas del Castillo, the Spanish premier, and the itiuan nave bad a lonu con lerenee on tho subi.vt nt . the stock , CLOSE CALL FOR JACK TARS. Thirty Men Scalded on Board of the Monitor Puritan. New York, July 5. Thirty men nar rowly escaped death in the boiler-room )f the monitor Puritan. That they were not scalded to death is due to the presence of mind of one of the crew. The Puritan is moored at the foot jf the main street ' of the Brooklvn navy-.vard. and has been undeiroinu. re- Dairs to her boilers. The renaira lui.l been completed and the men were only putting on tne nnistnng touches at the time of the explosion. Orders had been given to start the fire under the boilers, ind get up steam, so that both engines and k boilers could be given a thorough test, as the vessel had been ordered to sea for target practice. Engineers were in the engine-room, ?iving instructions to firemen. There was suddenly a slight hissing sound of escaping steam in the room, but the nun continued to work. Then a sharp report and a flood of hot water anil Steam from one of the boilers started them to their feet. In nn instant tlm mom waa filled with aluam that was so :tense the men could hardly see. When the burst of steam camo from the boiler August Wilson, the maker, in charge, ordered the men to ?et out ot the room. Wilson was the last to get out, and while he was trying to find the entrance tn tlm omrim.. rooms Chief Engineer Cowie, of the n ... , ... ruirian, who Heard tne report of the explosion, rushed into the room. Cowie made several attempts to get to the valves, but was held back by Wilson. When the steam was neurlv exhiuiatu.l the valves were closed, but not until Cowie had been burned about the head and neck. The injured were attended by the ship's surgeon. The cause of the accident was ti. blowing out of the crown sheet in one r.t A I. T. ui. hib uoners. it was a miracle, the afflcers sav. that none of tli killed or greater damnce done tn the vessel. As it is, the monitor will have to remain at the vard fnr RniKR lima so the boilers can "be put in trim. BAD FOR WORKING-CLASSES. A. Serious Labor Problem Now Con fronts Chile. New York, July 6. A speoial 'to the Herald from Valparaiso, Chile, says: If the government does not soon take stops to better the condition of the working classes throughout Chile, there will be a dark, despairing outlook in store for them. The Heraldo here says the closure of the engineering estab lishments will cause others to follow and leave more than 1,000 working men's families exposed to hunger. It adds that this may cause the naralyza tionof several nitrate establishments in Tarapaca province, throwing 1,800 men in the streets and causing the stoppage of all building work throughout Chile. Workingmen are preparing to hold a monster meeting next Sund flv tn urn. test against the delay of conuress in discussing the reform customs tariff law, which has been submitted to that body. The workingmen will also pro test against the idle noli ticul dismia. sion in congress on the resolution t f tne government railway directors to order five locomotives from tlm it.,i.i States after having promised to protect mo iiuuuiiHi industries. Could Not Live Apart. Guaymas, Sonora, July 6. A sensa tional double suicide Senor Uodomiro Mv known and nonulur mum JL. i...j been engaged for some time to Senorita ..i.ra inigo, the daughter of an equally aristocratic f, a . .. , - ...... . j . Aiiumer suitor round more favor in the her stepmother than did young Aiayto rena, and the latter Vila nritifln.l HU uutiuvu IU iease paying Ins visits. This led toclandestinn when a mutual friend attempted to i- . ,v jKnounai encounter resulted. tor this the VOUCH? mnti wi a nUn..i. l ,. , - a ...... ' ia nuuub iy be arrested when he took two nitnl .me in each hand, pressed each to his temples and fired twn hull a Vmfrl. a ng the brain. When the shocking news was conveyed to tho young lady she took poison, and is reported to have since died. A Collection of Ivories. San Francisco, July 6. John L. Bardwell of tins city, has presented to Solden Gate Park museum one of the largest collections of delicately carved ivories that can be found in the Unit ad Mates. There are TOO pieces in all. ranging ,n value from 35totl,000 'iii . J rel,re8ent every conceiv able kind of animal and vegetable life, with protecting gods and goddesses. Will Not die up ThTssaly. London, July 6,-A dispatch to the rimes from Constantinople dated Wednesday says: Tewfik Pasha wil announce to the ambassadors of the povyers tomororw that the cabinet maintains the indefensible right of :onSrrCtam 'y byVirtueof The Effort Failed. Washington, July 6.-The Republi jan managers of the tariff bill have thrsen't"8 Sn ontheflor ol lb senate to secure a unanimous agree ment to take a vote on the tariffbUl omorrow. The opposition declines to Kree upon any date until the proposed imendmenta nra . jruposea Jgr -v hesitate out oftoro! vide against a possible surprise. lEIIIClII The Finance Committee Suff; jueieai, inree Times WHITE PINE DUTY CUT IN J General Breaking Up of Tartm Both Sides of the Chamber-Th, ( .now f radically Completed. Washincton. Jnlv a ti, committee suffered several uneiiv ' iff i f i u 8 l)r"Bressof thet iff bill debate today, being defeated "'i"i "nn voies. -uotton bam was placed on the free lit on:' and cotton ties also, by a vote of 2S ineuutyon white pine mf icuuoeu irom fa to f 1 per 1 a vote of 82 to 81. " ' ine amendment on pine occasion: the greatest sumrise. ami lo,l ... . i in vfnpK bicahuig upoi party lines on both te ciiamuer. During the earir stages of the debate, the duty on W ber, including pine, was placed at after a protracted contest rnA. . llAldj, If). ler returned to the contest, and morti to place white pine lumber on thefw list. The amend a close vote of 82 to 83, four Eepnbli. "uacr, warier, riansurough at Quay joining with the Demomt. Populists and silver Republicans it the affirmative, while three Democrau Bacon, McEnery and Martin voted with the Republicans in the negative. Following nn this oi- uiuuiie moved to reduce the rate on white pine irom s to i, and it was carried byt majority of one. Two Republicans- caKer and Carter voted with the Democrats in the affirmative, and three democrats Bacon, McEnery and Mar tinwith the Republicans in the nm tive. The bill is now completed, with the exception of the reciprocity section and some comparatively minor naraeranhi Much progress was made today in clearing up detached paragraphs hereto fore passed over. Only three of these coal tar, potash and tea remain, so mat these items, the reciprocity section and the brief internal revennn anrl H. ministration nrnviainna am all tlui m. main of the hill tn ha ilimmaul nt u we nnai vote is taken. Tariff Bill In the House. Washington. Jnlv S Wh nn flia tar. 1ft bill reaches the house after it tiaa ssed the senate, it. in tint rnl,.,hu that there will be an attempt to oppose um motion wnioh wil no oitiirr i ed by Chairman Di nirlpV- nr hv tlm nn. .- o "J eration of a special order, to disagree to me senate amendments nm mm ili bill to conference. The Rennhliram leaders will avoid Hnhnto M, p,.nr tne leader of the minnritv eni.l tv)a he would not Onnnsft a mot inn tn opt the blil Republicans would agree to a reasona ble time for debate when the bill is re ported back to the that three or four daya for discussion at 11...1 i . . . . mm. nine woiim De sumoient. The number Of conferees behalf of the house, nas not yet been de-' cided, nor the political division, but the conferees, as usual, will be th ranking members of the committee from each side. It is believed possibly that there will be seven conferees. The po litical division may be five and two, or four and three. The Republicans of the house committee, in their ranking order, are Dingley, chairman, Payne, Dalzell, Hopkins, Grosvenor. Russell, Dolliver, Steele, Johnson, Evans and Tanney, and the Demorats, Bailey, Mo Millin, Wheeler, Robertson and Swan son. ARMY OF DELEGATES. Westward Movement of the Christian Cndeavorers, Denver, July 8. Since early morn ing special trains loaded with delegates to the Christian Endeavor convention have been rolling into the union depot of this city. The Gulf road began dis patching trains around the famous loop" in the mountains at 6 A. M., and thousands of excursionists made this delightful trip. Twenty special trains were Bent west over the Denver & Rio Grande railroad tnnW. anil to morrow 50 trains will be dispatched on that line. The Colorado Midland will also handle a large number of extra trains. ' Railroad men estimate that 10,000 people arrived in Denver from the East today, and most of them are en route West tonight The Traffic Through Nevada. Reno, Nev., July 8. Superintendent bright, of this division, is here mak ing arrangements for Christian En deavor traffic, expected next week. Colonel Wright said it would take 50 trains of 10 cars eaoh to carry them, ihey will run about 45 minutes apart, and to avoid accident, trains will run lorm station to station, that is a train leaving Reno would not be followed by another section until the preceding one had passed Verdi. All freights will be abandoned. It is expected trains will oegm passing Reno some time Monday afternoon. Fiftv ii mr. ,,.; and 50 crews will be sent frnm san,. tnento to Wadsworth Sunday. VID!
