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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1898)
iiineoln Comity header W. I.. DAVIS, Editor. fipEDO ORE'iON. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happening of the Put Week Called From the Telegraph Column. Colonel William J. Bryan has de clared himself aa opposed to expansion. Spaniards opened fire on a Cuban funeral procession in Havana, and wounded several. One will probably die. By the explosion of a shell at Fort Constantine, at Cronstadt, Russia, nine soldiers were killed and three officers and seven soldiers wounded. By an explosion in the grist mill at Pettysville, Nate Thomas and Clarence Emmons were killed outright and Will Markley was fatally injured. Chicago packers will spend a large amount of money in erecting immense cold-storage plants in Santiago and Ha vana for the reception and storing of fresh meat. Simon, the new senator from Ore gon, has been placed upon the follow ing committees: Mines and mining, irrigation, revolutionary clnimo( Prtn mao river front and trespasses upon Indian lands. Five deaths occurred in Butte, Mont., which are claimed to have been caused by the dreadful sulphur and arsenic fumes from the smelters. Many people who can do so are leaving the city to get out of tne smoke. It is probable that Secretary Bliss will, within a short time, tender his resignation to the president. He has had the step under consideration for some time, deeming it necessary that he should be free to devote more time to his large business interests. The Brooklyn, Texas, Castine and Resolute have been ordered to Havana. While there is not the faintest desire to convey a threat in the dispatch of these warships to Havana, it may be noted that when they lie within the harbor they will hold the town in per feot subjection. The Clearwater Short Line Railway Company, which is the official titleof the branch Northern Pacifln ont-nfT has filed certificates in the office of the secretary of state at Olympia, designat ing inomas cooper as its agent in Washington, and showing the route of the proposed road, now under construc tion. Word has been received from T7n.tnt States Consul Allen that John C. Flan agan, the confidential elerk of George w. .Lake, a rich merchant of Chemul po, who was murdered August 29, has been sentenced by a consular couit to imprisonment for life. Flanagan hA , been robbing his employer systematic ally and committed the crime to cover up ins misdeeds. Two men were killed by the explo sion 01 natural gas at (Jannonsville, Ind Henry J. Nelligan, cook, George W Beverly, both of company G, First Florida, stationed at Huntsville, Ala.. were Killed m a camp quarrel. Denaior uavis, 01 the Paris peace oommission, in an interview with a London Daily Mail correspondent, de clared in favor of a triple alliance be tween the United States, England and Japan, for the protection of all their interests north of the equator. Charles Tracy, aged 16, shot and instantly killed Tim Connors, custodian of Greenlawn cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. Tracy with a number of other boys was near the cemetery throwing snowballs at pedestrians. Retiming to desist he was killed by Connors. The thirteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor met at Kansas City, Mo. About 150 dele gates from all parts of the country were present; also William Thome and Wil liam Inskip, of London, representing the British tiadee-union congress. The British Columbian government has made a crown reserve of all town sites and land outside of the mining fields in the Lake Atlin district. This was recently announced privately by Mr. C. Settlin, premier of British Co lumbia, to. Gold Commissioner W. J. Rant, who has just arrived in Seattle from Atlin. Rossland's famous Le Roi mine is at last before London investors. The London Globe Corporation and the British America Corporation have in Tited subscriptions to 200.000 shares of 5 each in the Le Roi Company, ltd. The purchase prioe is 950,000. paya ble in cash in fully paid shares, leaving 60,000 for the working capital. The United States government is not aware that any arrangement has been niade for the transfer of the title of the Samoan islands to Germany, and being one of the parties to the tripartite agreement under which Samoa is now governed, It J8 not conceivable that any chauge in the status of the islands can be made without the knowledge of this government NEWS WEEK LATER NEWS. At a meeting of the various religious denominations held in London, the czar's disarmament proposal was in dorsed. Four persons were killed and others seriously injured in Paris by the col lapse of a house in course of construc tion. It is feared that five bodies still remain buried in the debris. Mrs. Mary Tutt Throckmorton, w in her early life was a leader in Was ington society, is dead from the efifec of inhaling illuminating gas which i caped by accident in iier room. SI was 88 years of age. ilie British steamer Pawnee has al rived in New York from Mediterra ean ports, and brought 10 sbip-wreckt peopie, eignt men and two women, wl were ianen irora the disabled schoon Deer Hill, of St. John's, N. B., midocean. The navy department has made pu uo a report irora Admiral Schlev ool ermg that part of the operations an movements of the flying squadro irom its sailing from Key West fi Cienfuegos up to, but not including tl first bombardment. As a result of a coasting'accident i Tuitle oreek, eight miles from Pitt burg. Joseph West, aged 80 years, oeaci ana eleven others are injured, tw seriously. The sled collapsed at tl bottom of a steep hill and hurled th party with great force in every dired lion. Ihomas Jones, living near Greed vv. Va., attempted to light a fire wit crude oil. An explosion occurred! wrecking the room, and the dresses cj his twin daughters, aged 4 years, id nited. He was too badly burned t assit them, and they were so bad!; burned that both of them died shortl afterwards. Exports to Cuba are already begin ning to show the effect of returninj peace and the reopening of our ports t commeroe. The October figures of tli treasury department bureau of statk tics show a marked increase in the ex ports of the United States to Cuba ii nearly all articles, comparing Octiber 1898, with October, 1897. The international anti-anarchistii' conference which has been in sessioi here for several weeks, has proved d success. Great secrecy is maincainei regarding the proceedings and conclu sions, but the delegates seem satisfiei that they have laid a splendid founds tion for a uniform system of dealing with anarchists. The conference de clined to recognize anarchist outrage as political crimes. The drought in California has ende and rainfall is reported from nearl every section of the state. Puget sound oystermen have former an association, and will make an effo to secure needed legislation. The war department has decided hAVAtha ran-iaino ri oil tmU;. - - " v . . DUIHICID n JIU l;A.l i If : 1 - . , i. j . Ai , ujou iu -uunuu it-iunieu io mis country, captain Jvnoch, custodian of the relics in the famous Luetgert case,' is a victim of blood poisoning and may not recover. Clyde Bennington, aged 22, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in San Quentin for his part in the Oro Giande train robberies. The death sentence of Private Lind say, Tenth cavalry, has been commuted by the president to life ininrisnnmnnr on recommendation of General Wheeler. Since the cessation of hostilities this government has spent about $1,000,000 in feeding the starving Cubans, and the work is still going on with untiring vigor. The United States troorjs i n Cnha nnd Porto Rico have not beer, forgotten. They will be sent for Christmas 10.00C pounds of prime turkey and 2.00C pounds of cranberries. The body of an rnknown man wm found on one of the bars of the Willam. ette, three miles east of Monro. Th head and feet were missing. There wai no means of identification. A dispatch from London savs it ii understood that the Prince of Wale has spoken approvingly of the proposed monument to George Washington to be placed in Westminstei Abbey. The halibut schooner Two BrntWq plying in Alaska waters, has been miss ing nearly six weeks, and it is feared that she has been lost with all on board. One of her boats was recently found in a badly battered condition. Eight additional survivois of the (iron of the lost ship Londonian were brought into Baltimore by the North German Lloyd steamship Maria Rickmers. They are: Captain F. B. Lee, Third Offlcei Joseph Cottier, Boatswain T. Behem, Quartermaster F. Carlsen, Able Sea men J. Webb and W. Cadness, Second Steward D. Darnell and Second Cook W. Martin. In the German reichstag, Count von KardorfT, leader of the free conserva tives, condemned the sentimental Ger man sympathy with Spain, and wel comed the appoarance of the "great and vigorous American nation" among the oolonizing powers. .He said ha hoped that, in accordance with Bis marck's principle, commercial ques tions would be kept seDiirata from political relations, for, if . - - " Mn anu JW stores wera done. Germany could bo on yery good destroyed, and a hotel and a large lum terms With the Uniti.1 Ri..foo 1 h. ,:n , . " '"' '' . u.uivo, 1 CZAR'S PROPOSAL OF PEACE William T. Stead on Sincerity of It. the OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS t I ririmv- t "uffieace to rjre- sent an address of thanks to the czar, would rouse the continent. "Round the Anglo-American deputa tion would group themselves, in the first place, the representatives of the seven small states Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Switzer land and Portugal, with an aggregate population of nearly 80,000,000, and with these reinforcements the great in ternational delegation would becin its crusade through Europe. In four weeks, it would have shaken thn nnnti. nent from center to circumference." The movement in favor of an inter national demonstration in support of the czar's peace conference is taking practical shape in Great Britain, and is attracting much sympathy from the queen and other members of the royal family, who are said to be aware of the entire sincerity of the czar. MORE HOBSON KISSING. The Merrlmae Hero in the Hand! of Chicago Girl. Chicago. Dec. 20. Lieutenant Rich ard Pearson Hobson was heavily bom barded by a large field of kissing girls at the Auditorium tonight, but as no distress signals were hoisted after the engagement, it is not believed that lie was seriously injured. Lieutenant Hobson lectured on "The Sinking of the Merrimac," under the auspices of the Chicago Press Club, and after the lecture, the members of the audience pressed forward for an impromptu re ception. There was muoh handshaking and applause, but more interesting than either were 163 kisses given the Merrimac's hero by as many girls. The lieutenant met the attack bravely and even seemed to encourage It. During his brief stay in Chicago, Lieutenant Hobson was the guest of General John MoNulta, at the Union League Club. After the leotuie he left for Kansas City, where he will speak tomorrow evening. Tuesday evening the distinguished naval offi cer will face an andienoe in Denver, whence he will proceed to San Fran cisco and sail for Manila December 24 on the City of Peking. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20. Nearly the whole of the business part of the town of Tifton, in the center of the poach belt, was burned last night. An oil lamn in n lirmr.i; ... b i.vuoo cAuiui eu. uvi uiiu were uamageu. RIOTS IN HAVANA SUBURBS. Cubans Break Loom With the With drawal of Authority. Havana, Dec. 20.-J-The Spanish evacuation commissioners informed the American commissioners this evening that the Havana suburbs of Cerro and .IpQim ripl lVfntito hn1 hnnn a vnmint.A'1. The Spanish troops evaouated Jesus del .Monte at 6 o'clock this evening, lnime- ilintif lY..flUfT n AMmm was leaving port about sunset yester day, she ran full speed upon a rock clearly defined in the charts, but not buoyed. Last September, General Leonard Wood, considering that the absence of a buoy there might lead to some accident, anchored a small one, the first ever placed there, but the Bessie, on entering the harbor one night, carried it away, and since then there has been no buoy to mark the location of the rock. The Cincinnati probably is not seri ously damned, as she is not making water. For the last 24 hours the gov ernment collier Southery and the May flower have been engaged in an effort to pull her oft. Thus" far they have been unsuccessful, but it is hoped they will have better luck tonight at high tide. The principal risk now is tearing a hole in the cruiser's bottom while she is pulling off. TROOPS ON THE SCANDIA. Transport Bring the Remaining; New Yorker From Honolulu. San Francisco, Doc. 20. The United States transport steamer Scandia has arrived here, 83 days from Manila and eight days from Honolulu. She re mained several days at the latter port, a:id the news she brought from the Philippines Was forwarded hr tha atnom. era Alameda and Gaelic, which arrived uunng tne past week. The Scandia brings the r6TTl Bin 1 11 17 P i TT1 no rt tot; n 4l,n - -'O w.MMiVII Ul 111 JO JMrst .New York volnntnr ronUni vii k irom Honolulu. All good condition, five who were ill being now convalescent. Among her passen gers from Manila nrn W a Woik i the Astor battery, and W. J. Cohn, C. H. Herrman, W. H. Curran, of the Pennsylvania volunteers, and several members of the First California regi ment. The Scandia is in quarantine, and no mail or passengers will be land ed tonight, neither will any one be per mitted to go on board. Medicine for Troop In Cnba. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20. Major General Brooke, who was appointed as military governor of Cuba, arrived in the city this afternoon. He had a con ferenoe with the president and secre- laijr Aiger una evening. After the uonieience secretary Alger Brooke was on his wnv tn I . ... " H , , . . ""iiau upon , . " e- .. telecraDliic ordfirs for n i.,. least seven mlloa lnn ami throo a" ...w, .. 1 1 v iinii i :i ii i h ... MMmnnfi i. .. - . . wii.uicilttj Willi . , the president and the secretary relative W an1 in that a,en rich cllutos to affairs on the island. i being discovered almost daily. RAVAGED BY HE If Province of Pinap del J nuinea by Spanish. HALF THE PEOPLE ARE DEA a , Ueneral Davis' Itnn,.t II H a. He Found It-Prcla,tloil PeoConntry , Great Washington, Deo. 19. The tflrf:u etate of affairs existing in the JS""1 province of Cuba is shown in this J Davis: departmeilt ' QeJ "Pinar del Rio, Dec. 19 Arti,,t . General. Washin ,tn. a... utai" last night. ThetToopsaroitS encamned. nn,l l, n t. lurial)W .,nnlia w T "'"'"quire . i.v ueen received win, the greatest enthusiasm and rejoioi ' 1 he civil governor left the provi! when the Spanish troops retired T alcalde called and tendered his service!9 A small Cuban force in in ti. police, and good order prevails ...J wliete. I shall raiso tl, ,. ;l !!, 7 """'"row ... mo j'.counue oi me troops ami ;,; hi ens. ine treasury la emntv. n,i ,d only means of reDlenishini u tem of taxation almost to the veresVi ftAliflannlU.. fill WC ...uu. nere are no custom. uisuouo iii una province, t m is one of great fertility and boantv wl lias been ravaged almost to destruction m asHureu Dy responsible ci tizens and foreigners that one-half the former population nas been killed and starved lu ueuui. oionei seyuurn, with two- uaiitumns, la at uuanajay. He j8 or. (lered to occupy Mariel w'ith a detach ment. There is no sickness among the trPS. DAVIS." Swonls Turned to I'lowsliHieg. Havana,. Ueo. 19. General Davis the American commander at Pinar del Rio, has issued a proclamation savin iimv jrreHiuuni ivioiviniey has directed nun to assure the inhabitants of secur ity of their lives and property as oig as they were orderly. General Davis further declares that fair taxes will be levied, and that no favoritism wi shown. In conclusion, General says: Inhabitants of Pinar del Rio I have come as a friend to heln vnn in -II LI.l. ... . - mi wiucn may contriDute to the pros perity ot this ereat country, or is mn. eral welfare. There is very little I am ooiiged to do without vour co-opora- tion, but with your helD I am sura nf complete success. The troehns and . 4 forts will be turned into homes, and the machetes will be used for labor only, your sacrifices and heroic acta have been already rewarded. Tli naat Deiongs to the history of tho century; tninK oi your future peace ami prosper ity. This must be your aspiration." The Spanish Archives. Havana, Dec. 19. Tho removal of the Spanish archives fiom Culm to- Spain has been the subject of frequent correspondence betwoen the American and Spanish military commissions. To oay ine matter was satisfactorily ad justed. Colonel Clous, on behalf of the American commissioners, had long interview with General Jiminei Castellanos, who had lists of the docu ments in each division of the variou departments of the government. ' All documents relating to municipal and provincial affairs, as well as those necessary to administration, are not to t-..... . . . ue aisiuroeu, Dut only such papers liom the governor -general's office and other offioea as exclusively relate to the Span ish government. For instance, papen reenrdinC tlm Hlll-ian Inhf atwl tlia r expenses aie to be sent to Madrid, while on me other hand the archives or tne autonomist government are to remain practically intact. Decided by a Soldier's Vote. Topeka. Kan., Dec. 19. The state canvassing board decided a tie between A. F. Scott, Republican, and L. M. Marks, Populist, candidates for the legislature from Jefferson county, ordering the drawing of lots. Mr. Scott won. but did not dnmnml his certifi cate, going home with the expectation tnat it would be sent by mail. IMore thn COttiRnnln ...... L I. ,. ..,..,. lllft mid-Puoific vote oast by the Twentieth Kansas, en route to Mam a. was re ceived. Upon examination one vote was found for Mr. Marks. Accordingly the state canvassing board reversed i decision and issued a certificate to Mf. Marks. Transport From Havana. Savannuh (la Don 1o Tim trnnl- . ....... au. . V. ' w " nort Omofav oailo,! tA- Atarllinl. I UK I IUU bUUaj A 17 1 . ' Cuba, carrying Brigadier-General Ha' brouck and the headquarters staff of the Second division of the Seventh army oorps and the Fourth Virgini regiment. The transports MinnewasU and Roumanian arrived from Havan today. Thev will taVn aboard the Forty-ninth Iowa and tha Sixth Mi- souri regiments tomorrow and probably Bail the next day. will Gold Kelt I Large. Spokane, Wash., Deo. 19. There ereat exoitcmnnt Imr. ntcr reneated )r said General rich Btrikea in the Republic camp, on Havana prov- t,ie Colvillo reservation. It is no tvannah upon demon8trated that the gold hell i"