The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03
COAST cuLLlNGs.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California

Ex-Justice OF the Peace, William
Henly, of Sacramento. Cal, COM
mitted suicide at the Western hotel,
by taking morphine.
Lee Sykes alias w. r. Short, sus-
pected OF completely in the robbery Of
q stage and the murder of passen-
ger in Shasta, county, Cal, was ar
rested by Sheriff McCord
G. N. Galloway, freight brake
man, was thrown from train at
Tucson, Ariz.. while making curve
west of the depot. His neck was
dislocated, and he died immed-
lately.
A destructive fire occurred in the
Hidden Treasure drift mine, at Sunny
South, Cal. Two miners, Robert Nc.
Kitchnie and John Bowering have
been taken out dead, and several others
were fatally burned.
Mrs. P. Dempsey, of Fort Bragg,
CAL, forced her two children to drink
whisky, and gave them no food. The
oldest, u boy of years, could not sur
viye the shock 10 his little brain, and
died in commissions.
Joseph Martran, an italian, aged 43,
was crushed to death at Los Angeles,
CAL, while making an excavation for
sewer pipe. Three other men were
badly injured internally, and one had
a leg broken.
The custom house officers at San
Francisco have seized 800 FIVE tael
boxes of smuggled opium on the
h.,r a. kN.,,.I
lulu. The opium arrived on the
steamer Parthia from Victoria, aud
was transferred to the bark.
James Leary, stumbled and fell in
| front of cable car at San Francisco.
Before the gripman could apply the
brakes the car passed over the mans
| leg. He was taken to the receiving
/ hospital, and died from the shock in
about an hour.
Giovanni Bistano, an italian, was
killed vt San Francisco by the cayiue
in of Il sewer. The trench, which wa.
| eight feet deep. caved in and covered
the man with sand His fellow lab
orers succeeded in digging BistanI
out, but life was extinct.
John Murphy, 13 years oh, wa
drowned in the San joaquin river
near Stockton, Cal. while bathing
Murphy and another boy had beer
ducking each other. During tht
sport Murphy ventured beyond hi
! depth and was carried away by tn
current.
Haywood Reed. OF Sacramento, Cal
conveyed two small boys across tn
river in his boat, and on reaching th
other side they commenced waling il
the water. Both went over = step-oi
. and were dragged into the curren,
The younger, aged 8, a son of Wn,
Lamphey, was drowned.
The Otago, SO tons, Captain "
Collins, left Seattle with 1891 tons c
coal, bound for San Francisco Will
! three and a half miles north of Poin
Reyes, she became lost in heavy foe
and before the captain could loeat
her position she was among the break
ers, and had struck. The vessel an
? cargo are total loss.
A disastrous fire occurred at SAINT
Fe, Il. NJ, by which the Catron builG
ing, containing the opera house, pos
ofhce, Mt1icnz Office, book and new
stand, and an extensive law libTar
and offices, was destroyed, and severs
!. other buildings were badly damaged
The loss aggregate so 600; insuranc
$4,000.
George Grassel and Rhiwold FRYE
two coopers, had fight at San Frar
cisco, and the former was badly dan
aged about the head. He retired I
his house, followed by Frye, who a
; tackled him with cooper's axe and
long knife, burying the knife in hi
groin and nearly seyering Grassel
! arm with the axe in an endeavor t
reach his head.
Charles Jansen, of Los Angelet
Cal, committed suicide in a mos
shocking manner. He used double
barreled shotgun, and tied handkel
chief from the toes OF his right foot t
) the triggers, so that both barrels wer
discharged at once, blowing one sid
of his face and half Of his head off an
spatterine his brains against the cei
ing of the room, making most sicl
ening sight.
At mass meeting of citizens a
: San Francisco, a memorial was draw
| for presentation to congress, settin
forth that 5000 Chinese have bee
landed on writs of habess corpu
since 1884, and that the violation c
law has been accomplished throug
! the agency of federal. courts. Th
memorial further charges that ther
are now 4,0O0 Chinese in San Fran
cisco without certificates, VINO hav
been landed on writes OF habeas con
pus, and who are now out on bail. i
conclusion the memorial demands th
impeachment and removal of Lorenz
Sawyer, judge of the United State
circuit court of the ninth circuit, AM
George NJ. Sabin, district judge 70
the district of Nevada.
J. E. Harrison, a policeman, trie,
to arrest Spaniard at San Jose, Cal
when the man drew pistol and sho
, at the officer three times. One bal
: nipped piece out of Harrison's eal
one went through his vest under hi
left arm and the other went between
his fingers, breaking a cane in bi
, hand. The officer then drew hi
weapon and began firing. He pu
J.. three bullets into the Spaniard, on
through the body near the heart, on
through the bowels and one througl
the thigh. The Spaniard died shor
time after.