The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-18
EASTERN NEWS.
The First General Reunion of Com
tetlerate Veterans.
DEATH Of THE LAST WITNESS OF THE
ASSASSINATION OF LlNCuLN.
kemmler's Third Senienee-A Railway
Arrident- appointment Of Post
masters Pensioned.

There were 1,775 immigrants handed
NJ the barge etiiee in New York one day
last week.
Original pensions have heen granted
John Huekney oi san Bernardino and
'ohn shelly oi Snisnn, Cal.
The President has approved she act
for the retief of eN-Ioiiector Ellis oi
California
Mrs T. H. Brownlee has been APP
yointed Postmaster at san Demas, Los
Angeles County, Cal, and II. Haistead
at Con-don, OR.
The President has approved the act tx-
tending the unexpended balance for
letter carriers for extra compensation
under the eight-hour law 10 June 80,
1891
of the I50 applicants for admission To
the Military Academy AT West Point
examination on account OF physical de
fects.
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs ordered a favorable report upon
the nomination OF Lieutenant-t t;oionei
Richard \. Batrhelder 10 be Quarter
master-t ieneral OF the United States
Army.
4 Baton Rouge special says: Governor
Nichols says te viii not sign the lottery
bill, but the necessary two-thir,is major
ity in both houses Will pass the bill over
the Governors veto.
Secretary Blaine and Senior Romero,
j the Mexican Minister, have entered into
an agreement by which American and
Mexican troops may cross the boundary
in the pursuit OF hostile Indians.
About 5,o00, COO barrels per day OF
crude petroleum are consumed for iuel
in Chicago In the uSe OF this oil Tor
/ fuel about 500.001 tons OF soft co;ii per
annum are supposed to he displaced.
Driven to despair hy the foreclosure OF
a mortgage Tor SIS. Frank Wirtlani and
his vile. OF Hobokell, n. J., committed
/ suicide, July Sd, by drowning. The
mother had iler child, only five months
old, in her arms when she Went down.
The charges against the Minneapolis
census t4nuineFafors are TO be dropped
i the evidence against them, in the opin
I ion Of George l.. Baxter, special counsel
+ for the Government, not waTranting the
+ prosecution.
+ George A Parkhurst, the well-known
actor, died suddenly at his home in New
York City, July 2d. Parkhurst was the
/ last living member of the company THAT
played in the National IheaIer at
Washington on the night OF the assassin
alton oi President Lincoln.
The latest patient at the Hydrophobia
Hospital in New York is a man 20 years
old, Who WAS bitten by a dog that has
since died. The ease seems hopeless and
I the old man has been told that he has
-fsrl
death He insisted, however, on ieing
inoculated.
John b. Mccarthy, private secretary
+ OF Senator stanford, recently called on
President Harrison and presented him,
OH behalf oi tile Misses Dora and Edna
tiambie, of Los Angeles, "A handsome
painting OF a sack oil Pomona oranges
4 he President expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the WORK of the
ladies.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train was
!. wrecked five miles from Nevada, Mo.
iune 18th, by tile spreading OF the rails
/ ON a sharp curve. Three coaches were
piecIpitated down All embankment.
Conductor sam Jones and 4 child OF w
/ d. Matyins, both OF Kansas City, We're
fatally hurt. Iwenty-seven other people
We're injured more or less seriously, bat
1t l. MOI Thought any OF them will lie.
Thhe President has appointed five
memDers of the new General Appraisers
curt, as follows: George lichenor,
District ol Columbia; George I'll. sharp.
New York James A Jewell, New y York
Charles h. Ham, Chicago; j +. WIlkin-
son Jr., Louisiana. The remaining foui
r4elI0ers will be appointed during thls
week NJ NJ Estee OF California is
Il
The White Cap outrages have broken
out afrt.Sh IN ii rrison ounty, lnd. The
night of luty 7th band OF nearly thirty
visited the county Poofhouse and took
superintendent John III. Denboe from
his bed and gave him twenty-five lashes
on his bare body. He was charged with
maitteAting tine inmates. Hickory
switches were used in his castigatiot
and he was very severely handled His
flesh was cut i'll places amt he was leIi
bruised, bleeding and almost Insensibie
Tie Yuma Sentinel SAYS The Indians
tins year have reaped ii heavy harvest o
wheat and corn from the moist lands ad
jacent to the bottoms, which We're
oveTfowed up to few days ago The
children oil the forest" have learned
that they can get three crops in one yeai
by moving to different parts OF the allu
wal lands at the proper time. mum
Der of the Iumas have grapevines anC
, pomegranates planted near the river
but above overflow, and they are doinl
: nicely and Will toe in full bearing mex
season.
The first general reunion OF Confeder
, ate veterans commenced in Chattanooga
Tenn July 3d, lasting three days. Iht
) city was brilliantly decorated wi h blue
! and gray bunting, the stars and stripe
+ and large pictures OF prominent generals
, and other leading characters OH boti
sides III the late war. several thousanC
. people attended ffom the various south
ern States, among them General kirb,
smith, General john b. Gordon ant
others Addresses OF welcome and re
sponses were made. In the grand mill
tary parade Fritay morning, there wer
/ Io, 600 old soldiers and militia from al
parts OF the South. General Gordon
General Commander, reviewed the troop
and delivered an address from the saddle
! For the third time the sentence @
} death has been passed on William
! / Kemmler, the murderer, whose case ha
} become famous through the long fight il
the courts agrinst the electrical execu
tion law kemmler was brought iron
Auburn TO the ourt OF oyer and reI
miner, July Sd, and Judge Childs OF
J dered his previous sentence to be carrie
, into effect at Auburn Prison, y. Y, dui
. ing the first week in August Kemmler
while talking with McNaughton an
Yelling, grew quite nervous, and whe
writing his name on card his han
trembled very much. To Mr. Yelling Ii
remarked: I" Well, / guess this ends il
I'm perfectly satisfied 2
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