The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-15
EASTERN MELANGE.
St. Paul win Have a Recount of
Her Population.
Twenty -four English Sailors Attempt t,
Desert from Their ship at
Newport, R. i.

Inc tennessee wheat crop Will De
short; the corn crop an average.
General Adam Badeau's resignation as
a retired officer of the army has been ae-
cepted.
The state National bank of Yelling
ton Kan, has closed it's doors. I4iabil-
tiles about 100000.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union
of America met in its twentieth annual
session at Pittsburg.
Advices from North Carolina and vir-
ginia indicate that the tobacco crop will
be large and of fine quality.
The gamblers of Cleveland are boast
ing that the Police Commissioners dare
not order them to be suppressed.
Texas fever has made its appearance
among cattle within the city limits of
Chicago, and about twenty deaths are
reported.
The Grant family do not approve Of
Senator Plumb's resolution for the re-
moyal OF the Generals body from River
side TO Arlington.
An official rough count by the Census
Bureau shows the population Of Phila-
delphia TO be ,044 1874, an increase dur
ing the last ten years of 197.724.
The United States steamship Balti-
more ran into the Dolphin while the lat
ter was at anchor nj Bar Harbor, Me-,
and made several ugly dents astern.
The engagement is announced of Isaig
Bey, formerly connected with the Turk
ish legation in this country, to Miss Alice
Jenney, daughter of millionaire of
Boston.
Governor Campbell says there is not a
word of truth in the story that he threat
ened TO oppose the execution of a Fed
eral elections law in Ohio with the State
militia.
The electric battery has superseded the
hose and cold-water treatment for tam
ing refractory prisoners at the Ohio pen
itentiary. Ii is reported TO be very eff
cacious.
In Iowa there viii be a total failure OF
the honey crop this year. Leading api-
artists say there Is no honey in flowers,
and the clover and buckwheat have thus
far yielded nothing.
1t has been decided by the members
OF the South Fork Fishing and Hunting
Club to donate the property of the fa-
nous south Fork dam to the Pittsburg
Fresh Air Fund Association.
The fifth annual convention of Gar
ment Workers of the United States and
Canada has opened in Rochester. Since
the last convention the membership has
increased from $500 to 10000.
The Washington Senators have agreed
upon Thomas III. Boyd for Deputy Conn
missioner at Tacoma. His appointment
is made under the new law organizing
the Puget sound collection district
The returns relating TO abandoned
farms in Maine show that there, as in
Massachusetts,, it is in the older settle
ments where the locations were i'll
chosen and the soil is exhausted that the
chief decline is apparent.
Lieutenant w. r. Rush and Ensign
NJ. X Eyre Of the cruiser Boston have
been tried by a court-martial on the
charge of absence without leave at Rio
de Janeiro and sentenced TO two years
suspension from rank and duty.
President Palmer, the Worlds Fair
National Commissioner, after confer
ence with the Executive Committee Di-
rectOrs, has announced that he would
call meeting of the National Commit
tee September Is instead of a month
later.
Twenty-four British sailors attempted
to escape from their ship at Newport, r.
l., by stealing one of the vessels boats
while excursionists were landing. The
crew sent in pursuit shot one, cut an
others finger with cutlass and captured
all but three as they were landing at the
torpedo station.
Representative Enloe has introduced
a resolution, which was referred to the
| Committee on Rules, TO further extend
the investigation of charges against
Commissioner of Pensions Raum. 80 as
to inquire into the business relations
existing between the Commissioner and
his son, John Raum, who is engaged in
prosecuting pension and bounty claims.
Judge Tuley in his speech before the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
OF the United States at Chicago said !:
There are too many strikes and too
much disorder. A strike means an in
dustrial war, and rights founded on vio-
lence are unstable. Rights should be
reached by legislation and not by phys
ical force.''
Secretary Noble has approved the rec
ommendation of superintendent Porter
submitted last week, that the original
order directing recount of the popula-
tion of the city of st. Paul be put into
execution. The examination of the
SCHEDULES ulSClOScS dIllOUR OIneF lfFoRu-
larities the fact that at least 1000 dupli-
cations of names are made.
The property of Andrew S. Hammond
of the Munroe Organ Reed Company,
Worcester, Mass, has been attached by
Charles =. Fisher, heavy stockholder
in the Munroe Organ Reed Company. of
which Hammond owns the controlling
interest and is general manager. A bill
in equity filed by the plaintiffs counsel
alleges that Hammond mismanaged the
affairs of the company, and asks that a
receiver be appointed.
Arthur Krupp of Germany has arrived
in New York. He will make an extern
sive tour through the United States to
study its iron industry, and will attend
the convention of German and English
iron founders and engineers. Arthur
Krupp is cousin of f. Krupp, the man
ufacturer of cannon and steel guns in
Essen, Germany, and he himself is the
owner of an extensive hardware factory
in Berndorffe, Austria. in which his
cousin is special partner.
Friends of O'Donovan Rosa propose
to raise a fund for him that viii main
tain him IN comfort in his old age. With
this object a society has been formed
that is going to send out circulars early
this week to all prominent Irishmen in
the country, asking them to contribute
In the society is every well-known Irish
man in New York city who inclines to
the use of physical force for the freedom
of Ireland. 1t is also contemplated to
start subscription to send Rossa back
to England soon after January i, 1891,
the twentieth anniversary of his banish-
ment from his native country.