The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-18
TELEGRAPHlC.
10 EFilans Of Inc Principal Events Now
Attracting 7 bic Interest

". -. Marshal FRANKS has Deen al
lowed vi ,30l 07, for expenses incurred
in bringing Benson, OF survey fame,
from Denmark.
Ewing Waiterson, son of Henry
Watterson. editor Of the Louisville
Courier Journal, has been arrested on
a charge of assault with intent To kill
Mrs. Irene Unkel.
Officer Martin Nolan was shot in
several places aud fatally wounded
while trying TO arrest two members o.
the notorious Mollie NOlt gang oi
housebreakers in Chicago.
A freight car loaded with powder
while standing in the yards at Mont
9omery, Ala exploded from some un
known cause, destroying several car
near il, and killing Robert Givan, .
colored man.
Amos IL. Tyler, Of Bath N. ",
salesman. shot and fatally Wounds
DR.. w. +. Gilroy, a dentist. lyle
went to Gilroy's house, and upon th,
lattels appearance began shooting a
him. Three balls entered Gilroy'
body.
The remains of Gen. Martin BEEN
If Chicago, will be inferred at Alton
Ill. The death OF Gen. BEEN by SUI
eide, at Stanton, Nebraska, was "A moe
unexpected blow to his friends an,
relatives, to whom the deed WAS mex
plicahle.
VIM. Spurgeon, who has been re
siding at Springfield, Mo-, sometim
under the name of Samuel whitney
was arr stcd for the embeEzlement o
over $3.50, 900 while in the employ Of
private banking firm Of Baltimore
confidential clerk.
A gang OF men were working in /,
sewer trench at Yonkers, N. ", which
ia sixteen feet deep, when the water
pipe burst, causing the sides OF tn
ditch 10 cave in, and quickly tillin
the trench with earth and water. ST.:
Of the labor,rs are known to hav
been buried alive
The boiler at the sash aud blin
factory of J. Hodges, at Mancheste ]
n. H., exploded. VIM. Tyler an,
Harvey Emery were killed, and EI
sineer Thompson WAS f.tally injured
A piece OF the boiler struck the hou.
Of Mrs. James Mahouey, 800 feet dir
tant, aud fatally injured that lady.
A vacant frame builiing on -Four
teenth street, in Chicsgo, coll ipse,
while number OF school girls WEI
therein rompiug. Lillian Collins, Il
years old, was buried in the ruins an,
had TO Toe chopp q out OF the WRECK
She was horribly crushed. The other
had narrow escape.
A cyclone struck the village OF p
catunics, H., wrecking several hous.
and innumerablo outbuildings. On
woman and thr,e children were in
jdred, hut not fatally, by flying tin
,,er. The storm came all the WAY
from Freeport, accompanying tn
4 evening train part OF the di4tance anC
causing havoc flong the route.
I Fire was seen ON the iarm uf Widow
/ Freeze, near Arlington, Neb. A poss'
of citizens went out, and were horri
/ lied at finding the charred remains o
seven human bodies, only identified
by their stature as follows: Old lad,
I Freeze, Fred. Gratelus hen, his wif'
aud three children, and Fred's brothe
Louis, scattered in different parts o
the barn, among the horses and COWS
Emma Althouse, a young woman
4 Attica, n. Y, who has been subject 4,
frances OF long duration for son
/ time, awoke, after a sleep Of thirty
three q ,ys. When told of her pro
tracted sleep she evinced much SUI
prise. During her sleep her graz
father, residing il Kentucky, I'll, d
When Emma awoke, she informed lh
family physician of the fact, but 81
could not tell how she came to knt '
it.
/ A number # explosions of naturs
gas occurred almost simultaneously il
Buffalo, n. Y, caused by over pres
sure, and created widespread excit,
ment, besides destroying st. Paul
Cathedral, the pride and glory of Il
city. An explosion occurred in III
furnace in the basement, blowing Gu
windows and doors. Flames at one
broke out, and in half an hour the 4
terror of the beautiful church was i
ruins.
The climax in the case of the Wi
: hmantic Savings InsuLute IN Connec
icut, was reached in the arrest {
Cashier Royce, on twenty-five count
which indicate that Royce's pecul,
ions have been more bold and e.
tended than at first expected. TIL
indictments allege misuse of depoSi
and the making of false entries for
large number OF notes and bills r.
> ceivable which were never sent for co
lection. He is also charged with a.
! propritting about $4,000 at diff, rel
times.
O5e of the largest, if not the laIges
pensions on record has been granite
10 G. B. Gillett, of Watcher. low
. the amount being $l2 Gillett r
ceived sunstroke while in the arm
! was treated at the hospital for disea
II the eyes, and finally discharge
from service ON account of this dis
, bility. In 1872 he applied for a pc
sion. but his claim was rejected
D 1878 on the ground that his blindne
h ;uuld not be directly traced to su
stroke while in the service. A fe
years since his relatives and attornt
had the case responded, and the
, is an allowance of over $4,000 on u
drst payment, and S72 month du
. ing the remainder of his life.
, The rem ,ins of woman we
fonnd In the brush in Sweitzer ca
yon, about three miles east of S,
e Diego, Cal. by Mr.. Grubnow. dair
man. The remains had been shoe
5 ingly mutilated by coyotes. In
a satchel near hv were several lette