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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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