The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-03-30
TELEGRAPHlC.
IN Epiisns IL he Principal Events Now
Attracting Public Interest

Theodore and Herman Dahl, aged
Z. were killed by runaway team at
Chicago.
A cyclone struck Lumber City, Ga.
b. v. Holland and w. B. Whiddon,
both prominent men, were killed.
Henry Henning, living in Kingston,
Illinois, shot and killed his wife, and
then cut his own throat, dying almost
Instantly.
A snow plow pushed by four engines
Jumped the track near Sharon, New
York, and killed the conductor, en-
ginee~, brakeman and fireman. Four
others were seriously hurt
Rev. Eugene Peck, pastor of the
Eastern Presbyterian church of Wash
ington, d. c., was struck by loco
motive while walking on the railway
track, and instantly killed.
A train on the New England rail
road was ditched at Springfield, Mass.
Two locomotives left the track, and
the steam-pipes burst, fatally scalding
the conductor and brakeman.
Near Greenville, Miss, the cabin oI
a colored man burned down and ere
mated the bodies of five children from
two to nine years of age. The parents
were visiting neighbor's house.
Matilda Openshaw, whose husband
was killed on the Utah & Nevada rail
road, recovered verdict for $4,000
da aslages against the company on the
ground of negligence of defendant.
The east-bound train on the Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western railway
jumped the track at Binghampton
Ny. Three coaches were burned and
one passenger was killed and a Mum
Der injured.
At Dansville, n. Y, Colonel L. B
Faulkner and L. Kuhn, director anC
cashier respectively of the defunc
First National Bank, were arrested
upon a requisition of the u. S. cour
and taken to Buffalo.
The case of cannibalism reported
from Peace River, Manitoba, turns on
not to have been caused by hunger
but to have been the work of woman
who has killed and eaten twelve per
sons, members of her family.
Mrs. VIM. Dalton was burned t.
death with her 4-year-old daughter il
the fremont house, Chicago. Abou
dozen other persons made their es
cape in q semi nude condition. 1
dissolute tailor who was evicted from
the premises for non payment of rem
is suspected of having set the place ol
FIRE.
Richard Barber, farm hand, az
saulted his employer, Richard Mason
with poker, at Ithica, N Y, and the
beat Mrs. Mason TO death with tn
same weapon. He then poured oil o.
Mrs. Mason and then ignited it. Mr..
Mason's body was consumed with th
cottage. Mason Will probably die
Neighbors hunted Barber down an,
Jailed him.
Cyrus Gribble, Charles Doolttle an
John johnson were waylaid, murdere
and robbed OF 657 ounces of gold bu
lion, the weekly product of the Vu'
ture mine IN Marieopa county
Arizona. Mexican outlaws are sur
posed to have done the deed. L
addition to the reward of $1,000 d
fered by ex-Gov Tabor, of Denver
owner of the Vulture mine, Maricop
county has offered $1,000, and tn
Territory 81 900 for the apprehensio
Of the nurderers.
A special from Houston, Texa'
says: A shocking massacre occurre
at Spanish Camp, sixty miles west {
here. The settlement is composed {
Mexicans, negroes and white despers
does A negro cabin was set on firt
and the occupants deliberately she
down as they ran out. Five weT
killed outright, and one was severel
injured, while two burned to death i
the cabin. Another negro was caugh
and hanged to a tree. The butcher
was the outcome of suit for posses
sion of land recently decided in fave
of the negroes.
Gus Anderson was out hunting o
Dry Creek, near Visalia, Cal, an
observing some object crawling aIon
behind the rocks, thought it was
lion and fred. What was suppose
to be another animal close behind tn
object fired at, was seen to move, an
Anderson fired again. A man the
held up his hands and cried: "I su
render" Going to the place, he foun
a boy who answered the descriptio
of John Arnold and man thought |
be Frank Bolinger, both of the pri
oners who escaped Jail at Vi-ali
Bolinger was shot in the head and die
In few minutes.
"a dispatch from Oporto, Portuga
says: The bodies of isixty-six victim
of the theatre fire have been expose
for identification. Many heart rendin
scenes were witnessed Besides th
bodies there are also ffty-three hear
of unrecognizable remains. Sever;
projects have been organized for til
relief of the families of the poor vi,
Tins. It is reported that some Amer
cans and Englishmen were burneC
Electric lights have been provided {
enable the searchers to work withor
interruption. The fire originated b
the blowing of an unprotected gas j
against the scenery. The scene-shifte
saw the fire, and rushed to lower th
curtain, but before he could reach
the burning scenery fell on the stag,
There was a panic Immediately. /
the cheaper parts of the house tn
attendance was principally of th
rough class, including many sailor
and dock porters, who crushed dow
the weaker people in their rush fc
the doors, using their fists, shoes an
knives, and mercilessly slashing thei
way to the front. Girls, children an
women were literally butchered.
The story comes from Milton