The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
COAST NEWS.
Successful Suits Against the South
ern Pacific.
Los ANGELES BolCorrs ALIENS.
Railroad NewS.-GOOd Fruit Prospects,
Fatalities.

pShtoh uuiltN OI.s HAS u paint NINE.
Diphtheria is prevalent at Colfax,
Wash.
Many Oregon farmers have three crops
OF wheat on hand.
Columbia River fsuit-growers have an
abundant yield this season.
NJ. F Davis, Pelku 6Dhnty hoy, grad
uated last week II. f.awwst Point
Portland is promised wedding in a
balloon ascension for the Fourth
The Tacoma Cracker factory was en-
tirely destroyed by fire June 18th.
The time consumed by the great
Blythe contest has reached 500 hours, so
far.
John Orth, Southern Oregon pioneer,
died at his home in Jacksonville, June
Slh
A recent fire at Kittle K Co. IS oil works
in San Francisco caused a loss OF $780,
000
McComhS, the Seattle forser, has been
sentenced 10 five years in the peniten-
tiary.
California boys carried off some of the
highest honors at Harvard College this
year.
A half million dollars las been sent
from Oregon to California this spring for
beef cattle.
Frederick Moresi was crushed TO death
at Spokane Falls recently by heavy
case oi plate glass.
Linn County hop-growers will make
money this year Preparations are be-
ing made now to harvest the crop.
The coast defense vessel Monterey and
cruiser San Francisco, being built in san
Francisco, will soon be completed.
Bozeman 4 Holland, wholesale liquor
dealers at Butte, Mont, have made an
assignment. Liabilities, about SAC, o,0C0
San Francisco is using every effort to
see that the California display at the
Worlds Fair is as complete as possible.
A committee of German dairymen will
visit Oregon this summer for the purpose
OF securing locations for German col
onies.
A railroad smashup in Montana, June
18th, killed the brakeman. injured two
others, and killed and crippled 500
sheep
The entire police fo,ce, from the chief
to the jailer, has been dismissed hv the
city council OF FL Paso, Tor want OF conf
dence.
Professor d. T. stanley. OF Monmouth,
has sold ont and gone to Chicago. Tlis
probably ends the State Normal School
scandal.
Emanuel Redding of North Cove,
WASH, killed cougar recently measur-
ing feet 8 inches in length and weigh
ing 80 pounds
The San Francisco Chronicle cele-
brated its twenty-fifth anniversary by an
opening OF its new building the evening
OF the 10th inst
Commencement exercises Of the Uni
versity of Oregon closed last week and
were the most interesting in the history
OF the institution
The fruit crop of Southern Oregon is
said to be the finest ever grown ASH
land viii ship more fruit than ever be-
/ fore, AID has prospects for two large cam
neries.
The City Council of Los Angeles have
insei te a clause in street-work con-
trac.s prohibiting the employment OF all
aliens, or others not citizens of Los An
geIes.
In suits against the Southern Pacific
Company, both the widow OF Engineer
4 Miller, and administrator of the estate
of Fireman Guthrie, have been awarded
damages of 5000 and S3 600, at Salem.
The supreme court of California has
/ rendered a decision reversing the judg-
ment OF the lower court granting alfmony
and counsel fees to Sarah Althea Sharon
in her well known divorce suit against
William Sharon.
Mount Shasta's is disappearing. On
its east side there are indications of con
siderable commotion and large quanti-
ties OF smoke and vapor are rising.
/ Quite an excitement prevails among the
! people in its vicinity.
1 A young man named Fred Close. and
young tifteen-year-old girl left their
home in Ashland, Oregon, on Friday
night, June 9th A warrant las been
issued for the arrest of Close on the
charge OF kidnapping.
In San Francisco, the morning of the
l4th, Mrs. Dora Gamma, aged 10, while
while trying to light fire with coal oil
was burned to death. The servant girl
in attempting to save the unfortunate
woman, was severely burned.
Three camps, numbering ,001 work.
0f tho Nnrthnrn DaaiEa ~
Pacific and Port Townsend Southern are
at work on railroads ut Olympia, Wash
The latter camp is driving Is 900 piles al
deep water on the west side terminal.
DR. Calvin B. Gardiner, John Frazer
and boy named Full were crossing the
river at Spokane Falls, June 18th, wher
the ferry boat capsized. Frazer managed
TO swim ashore, but the doctor and the
boy were carried over the falls apC
drowned.
Captain William Warren, one of the
most prominent fruit growers of SAINT;
Clara Valley, Cal, died suddenly June
|, 14th. Death is supposed to have beer
caused by eating canned oysters which
were poisoned Captain Warren wa.
the first white settler in Japan in 1853.
Work on the magnificent Crocker
building to be erected in San Francisco
will begin about July 1st. The buildin,
! viii be eleven stories high and made o
, sandstone. The trimmings will he O
terra Gotta. 1t will cost million and
half dollars.
Two children OF Michael Kirby.
teamsteT living ~ san Francisco, whil
playing with matches IN a Large dry
goods box set fire TO straw and other in
!, fiammable material in it, and before tn
J younger one aged AZ years, could b