The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-10-30
ARKANSAS COLORED PEOPLE
Emigrating to 0klahoma--The Case
Against Detective o'Raliey
at New Orleans.

4 The New York Central railroad will
help to enforce the alien-contract-la labor
law.
The Buffalo Board OF Health has de-
clared thssBarber asphalt works a nui-
Hance.
\ AT Davenport, Ia, the water in the
Mississippi river is lower than il has
been since 1864.
Saratoga, N. ", and Hartford, Dam
bury and Norwslk, Conn, are in great
danger of water famine.
Southern cities are running themselves
into debt head over heels to get improve
ments in the way Of water, gas and cleo
tric lights.
King Bird, negro convict in the
Frankfort penitantiary, deliberately am
putated his arm in order that he might
escape hard work.
| The Boston Park Commissioners are
being urged to take steps to preserve
what il left Of the earth-work iortifca-
/ tion on Bunker Hill.
4 sl,0O0,O0O building is to he erected
in Chicago on the southeast corner OF
| Washington and State streets to the
memory Of Columbus.
1 An English syndicate, which paid
s6D0, 900 Tor q Baltimore beer brewery
ts200,000 in CASH has offered to sell it
back for $l25.O00 cash.
| A Pullman sleeping-car conductor has
been arrested at Shreveport, La, for vi
0lating the law by permitting colored
passenger to ride on his car.
| Several hundred PittsbIrg people stood
in line for hours, jostling and pushing,
for the singular honor Of buying the frat
stamp sold in the new postoifice.
Negroes are leaving Arkansas by the
carload for the newly-opened lands in
Oklahoma, and farmers expect trouble
getting help 10 handle their crops.
The cotton worm is creating great de-
yastatiOn in many counties in Missis-
sippi. One field OF twenty-five acres
has been entirely stripped OF its leaves.
Another claimant to the estate OF A.
7. Stewart, the dry-goods millionaire Of
New York, hobs up in Australia. His
name is Hunter, and lie claims to be
first cousin.
Dallas, Tex, is organizing scheme
for a supply plant which will furnish the
5000 members Of the association with
all the beef, live and dressed, that they
may require.
Prof. Lee Of the Bowdoin College ex-
pedition to Labrador says that the du-
plicates Of the valuable relics secured by
the explorers will be sent TO the Worlds
Fair at Chicago.
The Mexican government has Just
granted concession for a standard
gauge railway about $50 miles from the
City Of Mexico 70 town on the Pacific
Coast at PaIizada Bay.
The Canadian government has notified
the steamship companies that ii will
hold them responsible for the mainte-
nance Of any destitute Russian Jews
who may land in Canada.
The examination Of President Dill Of
the defunct ClearGeld and HoutzdaIe
(Pa.l Savings Banks is now in progress,
and facts showing he is guilty Of embez-
zling large sums are coming to light.
Members Of the Boston Fruit and Pro-
duce Exchange will leave Boston in Feb
ruary f0r trip TO the Pacific Coast. The
party will be gone month, and will be
taken charge Of by Raymond 4 Whit
comb.
During the past week about forty men
have been discharged from the employ
of the Wagner Palace Car Company at
East Buffalo, N. Y, because they were
members Of an organization Of An
archistE.
AT New Orleans the case against De-
tective O'Malley has been nolle pressed.
0'Malley was indicted on a charge Of
bribing the jury which acquitted the
Italians accused OF assassinsting Chief
Of Police Hennessy.
As matter Of general convenience
the Secretary Of the Treasury has de-
cided that employees Of the Treasury De-
partment may receive their salaries in
weekly installments, instead Of only
semi-monthly 40 at present.
@. A. Spreckels, Rudolph spreckels.
j. Uhler, Charles Watson, William 0.
Hampstead and Louis Spreckels will
make application at philadelphia next
month for charter for corporation to
be known as the spreckela Steamship
Company.
The total school enrolment for the
United States on July |, this year, was
about Il, ,22O, 900. The total public-school
enrolment, including about 65, 900 in
universities, ETC., was 70 ,730, 600; in pri-
private and paFochial schools not far
from 750. 900 each.
DR.. Dorchester, the Superintendent OF
Indian Schools, in giving bis estimate 81
the progress In chriatianizing the In
dians in the Dakotas says from the
church authorities he learns that the
Roman Catholic Church Indian popula-
tion in those States ID 4,740, while
from 10000 to 1900 are Of other denom-
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