The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-11
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Ia Epiisns d he Principal Events Now
Attracting Public lnisrsst

Hungarian house deputies adopted
the army blll a. proposed by the gov
ernment.
In the duel ON the Bois de Bnulogne
| in Paris, between Depuis and Habert,
art critics, the former was killed.
| II. p. Gravel, treasurer OF Scott
county, Kas., has been found shnrt in
his accounts TO the amount oi $1,000.
The ship Smyrna was sunk in n
coll sion with the steamer Moto, off
the Isle OF Wight near London. Thir
teen passengers were drowned.
Daniel Moriarity aud Daniel Hayes
were hanged at Traiee, for the muir
der Of James Fitzmanrice, farmer,
near Isixna, county Kerry, Ireland,
January 2lst last.
Alexand.ri Jones, colored, was
hanged nc Tallahasse, Fla, for the
murder nf George Outhbert, Ia No
vember, 1887. The execution war pri.
vate.
Samuel Phillips, the eieven-year-old
son OF prominent merchant Of Sagi.
nav, Mich, while playing ON some
logs in a bayou, fell in. Engleharl
Reidlinger, aged twenty-Iour. jumped
in 10 save the boy, but the little fellow
clung 10 his neck and both were
drowned.
Ramon Cruz, wealthy planter re
siding thirty miles from Havana, was
taken prisoner by bandits is held for "A
| $1,000 ransom. Soldiers are scour
ing the country In search OF him while
his vile has received letter demand.
ing money, and saying II she plays the
messenger false her husbands life will
be forfeited
New York brokers have been i'm
strucled by detective and requested
to look out for a large number OF
bonds stolen from firm at Lisle,
France. The bonds are supposed TO
aggregate $l,OOO,OO0, aud include
Panama obligations, Credit Foncier se-
curities, Portuguese obligations, Rus
sian rents, Turkish bonds and miscel.
laneous obligations.
A passenger train on the New York
& Pennsylvania railroad was wrecked
near Whitehouse, N. u, by the spread
ing Of the rails. The mail aud bag.
gage cars and two passenger coaches
containing about forty passengers,
rolled down "A twenty-foot embank-
ment. No one was killed outright,
but seventeen OF thare injured will
| die.
Helene Crosmond, prima donna,
committed suicide in the cabin Of the
Piccadilly, London. She signed con-
tract with the Drury Lane Opera Com
pany, but owing TO "A misunderstand.
ing shc tore mp the contract in lit Of
temper. Later she tried TO reopen
negotiations, but in the meantime a
substitute had been engaged. and in a
sit ei dependency she shot herself.
/ General Writ Adams, p Detmaster AT
Jackson, Miss. and John Martin, AN
editor, fought a street duel, and both
men were killed. The general was hit
in The head, and Martin was hit twice.
A published article was the immediate
cause OF the tragedy, though breach
has long existed between the men. IL
charged incompetent service in the
postofiice. 81 A s.
A nine year-old daughter Of farmer
named Albert Goodspeed, living near
Des Moines, Iowa, is lyiag at the point
of death, having been almost literally
eaten by a dog when found. The girl
had been attending school. A huge
dog was standing over the little girl,
tearing the flesh from her breast and
devouring IT, Her left breast had been
eaten away, leaving the lungs exposed,
while her limbs were horribly mangled
A terrible accident occurred at
Rushsylvania, Ohio. A school exhi-
bition was in progress in hall situated
in the third story Of brick building,
over 400 people being present. Sud
denly the floor gave way with a fright
full crash and the entire audience went
down in a surging mass TO the ground.
ten seriously injured, and probably
fifty less seriously injured.
i An odd marriage occurred at st.
Louis. Miss Ada Belle Richards, u
cousin of the late President Arthur,
was married 10 DIR. Wright, OF the
Choctaw Nation, Indian territory. The
groom is a quarter-blood Choctaw In
dian, and son of the late Gsv.
Wright, OF Indian terrific y. He is a
well educated physician and quite
handsome. The couple became ac-
quainted while the bride was doing
missionary work in the territory year
ago.
A lamp exploded in the hand of
Mrs. John Quillen at Pittsburg, Pa, as
she was going up stairs. The burn
ing oil set fire TO her clothing, and,
overcome with fright, she ran to the
window and jumped out, alighting on
brick pavement thirty-five feet be-
low. Coleman Kilroy and wife who
also occupied the house had retired,
but were awakened by the explosion.
Kilroy jumped from the third story
window and was badly injured. His
wife forced her way through the flames
which filled the halls but in so doing
was painfully burned about the head,
face and arms.