The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-01-13
COAST cULLINGs.
Devoted Principally to Washington
Territory and California.

furniture factory at Los Angeles
was DESTROYED by fire, loss $l25,U00.
Martin Hanson, living near Mos.
COW, Idaho, committed suicide with
rifle.
At Sun Francisco Thomas Adams.
waiter. wds shot and MORALLY woun-
ded by Martin J. Calvin.
A bill has been introduced in the
Washington Territory Legislature TO
abolish the use OF seals ON legal doc
uments.
A hotel barn at Milford, Cal, was
burned, with one man and twenty-one
horses. The loss is $4,000. The fire
was the work OF an incendiary.
Fuller, who killed Archbishop Seq
hers in Alaska, has been found guilty
of manslaughter aud sentenced to im-
prisonment in the United States peni-
tentiary for ten years and to pay a
fine OF $1,000. The court has re-
quest d that an order be issued by the
department of justice to have Fuller
confined in the prison on McSeiPs
Island.
Adam RouLh, who lives ON the
Weippe, near Lewiston, Idaho. went
hunting and succeeded in killing
large bear and deer. He left them
in the woods until next morning. On
his arrival where he had left them, he
found three large cougars in possession
of the bear and deer, devnuring the
same. This made the little Frenchman
angry. and with his Winchester rifle
hB commenced firing at them and
killed all three-and took them home
with him.
A very sad incident occurred at
Juneau, Alaska, recently. Mrs. Har-
ding, an elderly lady resining at that
place, was taken sick with pneumunia,
and went to Port Townsend, w. r..
for treatment. She improved and
start, home. and on the way up had
relapse. Shortly after her arrival
at juneau she died. In due time the
funeral occurred, the body being fol-
lowed to the grave by a number OF
friends ON fout. Miss Harding. the
deceased's twenty-one year-old daugh-
ter led the procession, aud jl.st as the
graveyard was reached she fell dead
upon the coffin containing the remains
OF her mother. Heart disease was the
cause.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred
at Seattle. A force of men were en-
g4geh driving a line of pies south OF
the Oregon improvement Company's
mills, and were at work about 400
yards south of the mill when the boiler
suddenly exploded, blowing the house.
engine and boiler into ten thousand
pieces, and covering the bay with de-
bris Tor 100 yards in all directions. OF
the hall doZen or more men At work
on the driver, not one was instantly
killed, though one was blown 150 yard.
int, the water, and wac rescued BIZ
boats James Livingstone died from
his injuries three hours after the ex-
plosion. J III. wyman, VIM. DrlscolI
and F. Mcpherson were injured.
Juneau, Alaska, is on the mainland.
100 miles north of Sitka. and Is the
distributing point for the Yukon and
- her mining districts of tue interior.
Ii has floating population from 500
to LOU. 1t has now a small church,
u hospital and a school, conducted by
the sisters of S. Ann, who went there
in October, 1856. The new hospital
Is fine structure, 40x40 and two sto
ries high. and will accommodate twen-
ty-tive patients. The old hospital
building is used for school. The
chapel is small building. 22x4O, with
spartments in the rear for the priest.
Douglas island. on which is located
the great TresIwell mine and stamp
mills, lies off the coast about three
miles. The hospital at Juneau is
great boon TO the poor miners in that
isolated region.