Lincoln County leader., October 13, 1899, Image 6

LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
CHA8. F. St ADA E. SOTJLE, Pubs.
TOLEDO OREGON
THE NEWS OF I WEEK
Gomprahenslve Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Fait Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns.
St. Paul plumbers are on a strike.
Emperor Francis Joseph has ap
proved the new Austrian cabinet.
William Waldorf Astor paid hie
taxes in New York, amounting to nearly
half a million.
Brigadier-General Eagan has decided
to appeal his case to congress and
hopes to secure vindication.
The British government has placed a
large order for canned meat and tinned
fruit with one of Chicago's packing
concerns.
A party of American soldiers were
ambushed by Filipinos. A signal ser
geant was killed and two other Ameri
cans were wounded.
Joseph Kirk, the town marshal of
Inez, Ky., was shot by a dwpomr,
A posse have gone to the mountains af
ter the murderer.
As the result of a severe electrical
storm on North beach, Washington,
the house of the life-saving crew was
damaged by a thunderbolt.
Two masked men stopped the Shef
fels stage near Ouray, Colo., and took
the mail, but overlooked a box con
taining $12,000 in gold.
Indianapolis is carrying back to the
South the Confederate flag, which her
soldiers captured from the Ferry, Tex.,
rangers during the civil war.
A writ of habeas corpus has been
granted to Captain Parker, found guilty
of misappropriating funds, and who
had been sentenced to imprisonment.
The Venezuela boundary award is a
compromise. Some of Great Britain's
claims are disallowed. Her frontier
will start at the Waini river. The
award was unanimous.
The first race of the America cup
series resulted in a fiasco. Time limit
was five hours and neither boat finish
ed in this time. Excursion boats in
terfered badly with the racers.
The sword awarded by congress was
presented to Admiral Dewey by Presi
dent McKinley. The address was
made by Secretary Long. The admiral
responded by saying that he now had
proof that republics are not ungrateful.
The Warren . liner Bay State, from
Liverpool for Boston, is ashore near
Cape Race, N. F., and will likely prove
a total wreck. Her crew and a num
ber of passengers are adrift in boats
which are lost in the fog. One boat
reached Cape Fuller.
Pasteur methods ore subduing the
plugue in Portugal.
New York is jammed with strangers
to see the international yacht races.
There is talk in Japan of a triple al
liance between Japan, China and Corea.
Sir Thmoas Lipton has been invited
to attend the Chicago corner stone lay
ing. The empress dowager of China, it is
said, has determined to deposo the em
peror of Japan.
Fifteen men, with knives, revolvers
and clubs engaged in a street brawl
in Chicago and one man was killed.
Japanese laquers have been found by
a German chemist to be the most effec
tive protectors of iron and steel from
runt.
Captain Albert Barker, who took
the battleship Oregon from New York
to Manila, will take command of the
Norfolk navy-yard.
In the event of war the British ex
pect early reverses in South A trie.
The government is blamed for having
delayed sending reinforcements to the
Cape.
Gen. Otis says the insurgents are
maneuvering solely to gain recognition.
He has told Aguinaldo's envoys that
the only thing the United States will
consider is a white Hug.
A paddle steamer en route from
I long Kong to Manila foundered and
seven of the crew were drowned. The
disaster is said to have boen due to the
ravages of the white rat.
President McKinley has determined
to urge again upon congress the au
thorization of a trans-Pacifio cable,
and when that body meets will be able
to show the practicality of such a
route by a naval survey.
A crook arrested at Knoxvillo, Tenn.,
has offered to reveal the hiding place
of the timepiece stolen from ex-President
Harrison some time ago. It is
worth more than $1,000 and was pre
sented to Mr. Harrison ly the souators
on his retiring from ollico.
At Mnucio, lud., Francis Stoker, i
veteran of the civil war, dropped dead
from apoplexy. His son, Everett, now
coming home from the Phiippinos, wil'
learn of his father's death and that of
his betrothed, Miss Edna Fogel, c
Chicago simultaneously.
LATER NEWS.
Admiral Dewey will receive a $1,000
watch from the municipality of Boston.
The city will spend $12,500 giving
the admiral a welcome.
The Marquette Club, of Chicago, en
tertained President McKinley at a
banquet in the Auditorium Saturday
night. Thirty-five hundred guests were
present.
According to the Sebastopol corre
spondent of the Daily Graphic, the
Russian naval credit, for 1900 amounts
to the ernomous total of 87,500.000
rubles.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: I learn that Germany is
about to hand over documents which
will lead to the quashing of the Drey
fus verdict.
The Thirteenth Minnesota regiment,
returning home from the Philippines,
was royally entertained in Portland.
The regiment remained over night and
attended the exposition.
The Spanish government has sold
the Havana floating dock for $600,000
to a syndicate of Vera Cruz merchants.
Several New York firms have been
asked for terms for conveying the dock
to Vera Cruz.
Admiral Dewey has chosen J. W.
Crawford as his official secretary. Mr.
Crawford is an employe in the office
of the judge-advocate-general of the
navy. He will hold the rank of lieu
tenant in the navy.
Near Chicago five persons were in
jured in a collision bewteen a Haw
thorne race track train on the Illinois
Central, and a freight engine which
stood upon a siding, the switch of
which had been left open.
Don Emanuel Aspiroz, Mexican am
bassador to the United States, and the
first of the distinguished guests whom
Chicago has arranged to entertain dur
ing the fall festival, has arrived in the
windy city from Washington.
The third attempt to 6ail the first
race beteen the Columbia and Sham
rock, which took place Saturday,
proved a failure, the wind giving out
when the yachts were five miles from the
finish. When the race was abandoned
the Columbia was slightly in the lead.
A petition to President McKinley,
urging the friendly services of the Uni
ted States in mediation between Great
Britain and the republics of the Trans
vaal and the Orange Free State, has
received the signatures of more than
400 representative men, including 80
odd presidents of colleges, 50 church
dignataries, governors of states, may
ors of cities, justices of the United
States and state courts, senators, con
gressmen, editors and others conspicu
ous in public matters, the professions
and commerce.
The Thirty-fifth infantry has sailed
from Portland direct for Manila.
A Chicago rat-catcher is reputed to
make $6,000 a year at the business.
Admiral Dewey at his own request
has been formally destached from the
Olympia.
The United States revenue cuttei
McCulloch, formerly dispatch boat of
Dewey's fleet has arrived in Portland,
Oregon.
President Andrade is said to have
given up the struggle in Venezuela and
to 1 ave engaged passage on a steamer
Bailing for New York.
Agents of the British government are
now in this country picking up horses
and mules by the hundred, and arrang
ing for speedy shipment.
Shipping men fear that disaster ha9
befallen the Cyrus Wakefield, a month
overdue at San Francisco. Five per
cent reinsurance has been paid on her.
General Otis reports progress of the
war in the Philippines. A robber
band operating in the western portion
of the island of Negros has been exter
minated. Western roads are consdering a prop
osition to discontinue the practice of
granting reduced rates to officers of
volunteer regiments returning from the
Philippines.
The Pacific Biscuit Company, othf r
wise known as the cracker trust, las
been fully organized and is now doing
the bulk of the cracker and candy busi
ness of this coast.
The president is said to favor a de
partment of industry and commerce to
be represented in the cabinet. It is
being urged by the Business Men'8
League, of Chicago.
The big ship Edward Sewall, with a
carrying capacity of 16,000 tons has
been launched at Hath, Me. She will
engage in the grain trade between San
Francisco and Liverpool.
A Pretoria' dispatch quotes "Oom
Paul" Kruger as saying: "Bullets
came by thousands at the time of the
Jameson raid, but the burghers were
untouched. Over one hundred were
killed on the other side, showing that
the Lord directed our bullets. The
Lord rules the world."
The patent issued to James E. xw
for a certain kind of crown and bridge
work in dentistry has been held valid
by the United States circuit court for
the southern district of New York.
This patent lias been the cause of an
immenso amount of litigtaion, and it
is said that nearly every dentist in the
country has used the crown and bridge
work.
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Every Preparation for War
in South Africa.
ARMY RESERVES MOBILIZING
Orders for the Reassembling of Pai l I a-ment-Every
Wheel of Government
Machinery in Motion.
London, Oct. 9. Whatever may be
the result of Great Britain's contro
versy with the South African republic,
every department of the government
today is as busy as though actual hos
tilities had begun. The electric flash
that announced the mobilization of the
army reserves and the summoning of
parliament, set every wheel of the gov
ernment machinery in motion. An
hour after the Gazette appeared, exe
cutive orders were being dispatched
from the war office to every section of
the kingdom, and the 10,000 bulletins
which appeared posted throughout the
country today are said to-have been
identical with the proclamation pre
pared for use had the Fashoda incident
required such a step.
At the same time Lord Salisbury and
Mr. Balfour were issuing the necessary
orders for the reassembling of parlia
ment, and the admiralty was concen
trating its transports. So complete
were the preparations that 25,000 re
serves have already individualy received
coupon tickets . which . contain instruc
tions where each man shall report for
railway transportation to the place
designated, and a money order for three
shillings for proivisions en route.
At Woolwich today, it was asserted
that 95 per cent of the reserves would
be fully equipped within six days. In
the meantime, the members of the two
houses of parliament are arranging to
return to London, and a force of men
is busily engaged in completing the
improvements at Westminster.
The important news from South
Africa comes from Mafeking, where
twice on Saturday the British camp
was aroused, the men stood to their
arms, guns were limbered and patrols
were dispatched in the direction of the
border. No hostilities have occurred
as yet, but the enemy has moved prac
tically to the border, eight miles from
Mafeking, in force, estimated at least
6,000, comprising five commanders.
The garrisoning and fortifying of the
town are practically completed. The
streets are barricaded, and a perfect
system of mines has been laid.
Two armored trains have arrived at
Mafeking, consisting of three bullet
proof cars, the first of which carries
a searchlight, while the rest of the cars
are loop-holed. Each train is com
plete in itself and carries its own pro
visions. No Way to Avert War.
Southampton, Oct. 9. Sir St. John
Christopher Willouhby, who accompan
ied Dr. Jameson into the Transvaal in
1896, and who, for participating in the
raid, was sentenced to 10 months' im
prisonment, but was subsequently re
leased, was a passenger by the steamer
Mexican, which sailed for the Cape on
Saturday. Mr. Wessels, member of
the Cape assembly for Vryburgh, was
also a passenger by the Mexican. In
the course of an interview, Mr. Wessela
declared that he saw no way to avert
war between Great Britain and the
Transvaal, and, if not long, it would be
terribly severe. He believed it would
be impossible to restrain the younger
Dutch residents of Cape Colony, with
whom blood would prove thicker than
water. The Boers, said Mr. Wessels,
were hemmed in, and would fight des
perately, and trouble might be ex
pected with the natives.
TRIED SELF-DESTRUCTION.
The- Barbaric Act of a Polish Woman
at Bucoila.
-Seattle, Oct. 9. A special from Bu
coda says: A most deliberate and bar
bario attempt at sucide occurred at this
place yesterday. Mrs. Leo Prabuski, a
Polish woman, became angered at
some little domestio occurrence and
determined to do away with her life.
She procured an ordinary hatpin six
inches long and drove the pin into her
stomach through the navel. Pressing
hard against the pin, she drove it until
it could go no farther, as it had lodged
in the spine. Then, with the intention
of forcing the pin out at the back, she
procured a rusty darning needle and
drove this into what she thought was
the hole made by the hat pin. Not
until 12 o'clock last night did she tell
any one what she had done.
Today Mrs. Prabuski repented of hex
act, and accompanied the Bucoda phy
sician to this city, where Dr. Redpath
removed tho pin and needle. Dr. Red
path thinks she will live. She is 48
years old and has 19 children, five oi
whom are living.
IllgKPut Corn Crop In History.
Chicago, Oct. 9. "This years', corn
crop will be one of the largest in out
history," said Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson today. "The total yield as
estimated will be between 2,800,000,
000 and 2,500,000,000 bushels. The
high prices offered for meats will in
cline the farmers to use their crop for
feeding purposes."
CANNIBALISM IN SOUTH SEAS.
Natives of the New Hebrides Boasts a
Hawaiian.
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 9. A re
markable story of cannibalism was
brought to Sydney, Australia, a few
days before the sailing of the steamer
Aorangi to this port, by the French
steamer Jeanette. The victim of the
display of savagery was a native of
Hawaii, named Amaru, who acted as
orderly to the immigration department
at Noumea, in the New Hebrides.
About six months ago Amaru mar
ried a native woman of Aoba, in the
New Hebrides group, and on passing
that island on the second day of the
voyage of the Jeanette to one of the
outlying islands, he decided to visit his
wife's tribe. Accordingly the couple
were put off in a small boat, and it was
only a few weeks ago that the steamer
made a second call and learned their
fate. By mistake they had landed on
an unfriendly shore and were taken
prisoners.
The man was tied to a stake and his
torture begun. This consisted first in
allowing vicious jungle snakes from
which the poison fangs had been re
moved to attack the man's legs.
Then a fire was made at his feet and
his legs were horribly burned, though
the injury was superficial so that the
victim would not die under the treat
ment. Then he was made the target
for the spears of the tribesmen, who
finally killed him. He was torn to
pieces and placed over a fire with two
sheep. In fact, according to the story
he was eaten with the sheep.
In the meantime Amaru's wife had
been provided with another husband.
The matter was reported to' a British
man-of-war, but it is thought no action
has been taken.
DROVE THE REBELS BACK.
General Grant's Command Advanced
From Imus.
Manila, Oct. 9. General Fred
Grant, with three companies of the
Fourth infantry, two companies of the
Fourteenth infantry and a band of
scouts attached to the fomer regiment,
advanced from Imus this morning,
driving the insurgents from the entire
west bank of the Imus river. Three
Americans were wounded. It is esti
mated, that 10 Filipinos were killed.
Companies C and II, with the scoute,
crossed the river at the big bend and
advanced westward in the direction of
the Binacayan road, the insurgents
firing volleys, but retiring. Twenty
Filipinos were discovered in trenches
at the Binacayan church, about mid
way Detween liacoor and Cavite Viejo.
These were routed, six being killed.
Riley's battery of the Fifth artillery
made an effective sortie about a mile
south of Bacoor and shelled the west
bank of the river at close range. That
bank is now held by tho Americans.
Heavy Loss of Mules.
Washington, Oct. 9. A cable mes
sage from General Otis to the war de
partment brings word of the loss oi
Beveral hundred horses and mules on
the transport Siam. The message fol
lows: "Manila, Oct. 9. The Bteamei
Siam, which left San Francisco August
18 with 45 horses and 828 mules, en
countered a typhoon September 21 off
Northern Luzon, in which all but 16
mules were lost. The animals were
killed by the pitching of the vessel and
the lack of air from the necessary clos
ing of the hatches. There were no
casualties among the passengers.
It is stated at the quartermater's de
partment that the mules which were
lost on the Siam were trained pack
mules, which were considered the most
valuable sent to the Philippines.
Home in Washington for Dewey.
Washington, Oct. 9. Admiral
Dewey has elected to accept a house in
Washington already constucted, in
stead of having one built for his occu
pation. The admiral was officially in
formed today of the purpose of the peo
ple of the United States to present him
with a home in Washington. He
frankly expressed his gratification at
the tender, which he immediately ac
cepted. He said had the proposed
home been the gift a few wealthy men
he should have, felt indisposed to ac
cept it, butjgnoted that the fund had
over 43,000 Subscribers, indicating that
it was to be really a gift of the Ameri
can people, and as such he would ac
cept it with as much pleasure as h
had the sword bestowed uponfoimbv
congress. '
WashtnKton 8oldiers Decorated.
San Francisco, Oct. 9. Governoi
Rogers and several members of hia
staff, besides a number of ladies, visited
the general hospital today in search ol
any Washington men that might be
there, so they might decorate the suf
ferers with the state medal to be pre
sented to the men of the regiment
when it has returned. There were six
Washington men in the hospital Nel
son Churchill, Louis F. Drittson and C.
H. Hover, of company H; Robert E.
Bucklin, of company K, and Jesse Ar
nold and Robert T. Golden, of company
G. Golden was so ill with typhoid
that no one but the governor was al
lowed to see him, but the others were
all ready and anxious to see the dele
gation, and in each ward where there
was a Washington man quite a levee
was held. Governor Rogers himsei
decorated each man, at the same time
i ieugiug ms service in the name
i of the state.
Portland an Interesting
to Visit.
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NUMEROUS
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The Great Fair Opened Sept.,,
nd W,11H Afternoont'
Ing to October J88. '
The Oregon Industrial Enorit
which is now in full blnst n
is the most successful enterprise,,!'
kind bvat IiaM in t),. v - v "0ltl
Everything about it is on a
scaie, as weu it may be, for
pense has been spared to make
cvaj.
miug wuuocieu. WUn It first-rlnt.
every respect. To accomplish thus!
vv,v w invest $12 Off
as a starter, and this amount 2
quickly forthcoming. The enterprise
business men of Portland went dow
into their pockets and produced
cash, for they recognize the fact M
the fair is a great object-lesson, u
educator, and instructor an enterprl,
that benefits the entire Northwest.
The products of everv section of ft.
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farms, fields, factories, forests and &4
eries all make a grand showing, uj
there are grains and grasses that in
part of the world may be well proud o!
Colonel H. GDosch, Col. R. C. Judas
and Lonis M. Spiegl have collected to
gether and have on exhibition thou
sands of specimens of grains and grass
and fruits and vegetables raised in tin
Northwest, all of which make a splen
did showing for this rich reaion.
Among the many things seen at tin
exposition in Portland may be men-
tioned the mining exhibit. Tons of
ore, all showing just where it cam
from and its value is shown, having
been collected by J. P. Marshall, and
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mere is a reproauction of a quam
mine, with its big timbers, shafts and
tunnels, built by J. F. Batchelder, of
the Portland Railway Co., who in
practical mining engineer.
In a large illuminated cave-is a com-
plete fish hatchery, in which young sal
mon may be plainly seen in all stagei
of hatching out, and there is a
grown Royal Chinook salmon alwaji
on exhibition,
There are a great many sights to we
at the exposition. The reahstio
production of Multnomah falls is worth
going miles to enjoy, and it is a great
success. The real water, with the
whole of Bull Run river behind it, fallf
80 feet; and the rustic bridge is there
for the people to cross, and the sylvan
pools, and ferns and mosses and big,
live fir trees. The falls are attracting
great crowds and will run all the time
to the closing, October 28.
Portland is a very attractive city to
visit, and it has such a splendid street
car system that the stranger can see
the business section, the attractive
homes and the splendid suburbs all on
a single 5 cent fare, while comfortably
seated in open electric cars. Two car
lines pass the door of the great exposi
tion building, in which the great fair
of the Northwest is held the City &
Suburban line and the Washington
street line and all the stranger has to
do is to take a car which is plainly
marked, ''Direct to the Exposition."
The war museum, which is under
the direct supervision of Captain E. S.
Edwards, Colonel D. M. Dunue and
General O. Summers, is a grand sight
to see. It was the carrying out of
brilliant idea suggested by Dan Mc
Allen, one of Portland's most patriotio
and enterprising business men, and it
will be the means of adding many dol
lars to the iund being raised to tie
Oregon volunteers who lost their live
during the recent wars.
The immense exposition building at
Portland has been vastly improved in.
every part of its interior, and Is gay
with flags and bunting, and at night
presents a scene of splendor rarely
equalled. It has 8,500 electric lights,
and presents a picture to be long re
membered. Kstlmates for the Navy.
Washington, Oct. 9. Acting Secre
tary Allen has prepared the statement
of estimates which will be submitted to
congress for the maintenance of the
naval establishment for the next fiscal
year. These amount to $73,034,083,
which is an increase over the appropria
tion for the current year of $24,587,18?-
Included in the increase for next
year are appropriations of $12,268,474
for public works and navy-yards ana
stations. There is also an estimate of
$2,021,000 forthe new naval academy-
D'Arcoa Praises Dewey.
Boston, Oct. 9. Tho Spanish mini''
ter, Duke D'Arcos, who has just left
his house at Manchester, said with re
gard to the reception being given Ad
miral Dewey:
"It does not surprise me in the least.
Admiral Dewey is a brave and noble
man, and for the extraordinary service
he has rendered his country no honor
that can be shown him in return is too
great. He has aroused the admiration
of the whole world by the gallantry of
his conduct, and he would be a small
man, indeed, whd could not recogni
his merit and give free expreaiont
his admiration for Dewey's valor."
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