The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-28
EASTERN ITEMS.
American Exports to
Venezuela.
THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Restrained From Running
Dining Cars.
THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.

A n uNp-lOu lHotcuf Will ut cAulult6u u
Il the Worlds Fair.
\ Trains will run through the Hudson
river tunnel in three months.
/ The remains Of mastodon have beer
| discovered near Oakfeld, N. Y.
4 The new poll-tax law in Mississippi
assures the whites clear majority.
| A disease among the cows threatens
| milk famine in three Western States.
4 Colore6 people will erect an emanci
patton monument at the Worlds Fair,
| The constitutionality Of the alien
landlord law Of Illinois is to be tested il
the courts.
The only country in the world which
will have wheat to sell this year is the
| United States.
| An English syndicate has bought ur
nearly all the leather-board factories IN
the Eastern States.
Gold has stopped moving outward, and
the indications are that the return cur.
rent will soon set in.
In spite Of previous statements the
Florida orange crop has turned out to be
the largest on record.
A New York lawyer, who three years
ago fed to Spain with $l03,O00 stolen
money, now inherits 100000.
Brooklyn is to have a fine new theater,
to be operated by Charles Frohman, AL
Hayman and Manager Knowles.
Boston Aldermen propose to raise the
atrical licenses to $1,000 and deprive
themselves Of dead head passes.
There is considerable suffering in the
Rio Grande Valley among the Mexican
population, owing to the drought,
OF nearly fifty papers Of all shades Of
opinions in Pennsylvania but eleven
have declared in favorof constitutional
convention. if
American exports to Venezuela are
said to be now ahead Of all others, their
aggregate in the last fiscal year having
been $l0,0O0,000.
Aluminium in ton lots has been reduced
30 cents pound, making it as cheap as
copper, considering the difference inbulk
of the two metals.
James II. Keene, the California spec
ulator, is making his presence felt in
Wall street. He is said to be rapidly
retrieving his losses.
The investigation at Ottawa into the
bribery cases between the officials and
contractors continues to show avery cor
rupt condition Of affairs.
Colonel 0lcott, the New York theoso-
Iphist, will go to Japan in October, where
he will lecture before a meeting Of the
high priests Of theosophy.
There has been an exodus Of tramps
from Mount Holly, Nj. /, since the Board
of Freeholders has had them sent to the
almshouse and made to work.
Diphtheria in its most malignant form
has broken out in the South Dakota asy-
lum for the insane at Yankton. There
are 800 people in the institution.
A tremendous movement in favor Of
early retiring has been inaugurated in
Chicago. The police have decided that
all saloons must close at midnight.
An excursion Of 5000 persons vent
from Cincinnati to Niagara Falls one day
last week. 1t is claimed as the largest
excursion ever carried on railroad.
Several large loans have been made in
New York recently, in which the lend
ers insisted upon gold clause, accepting
lower interest in consideration thereof.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union
has adopted resolutions favoring the
passage Of Sunday laws and the pr0hibi-
ton Of liquor-selling at the Worlds Fair.
The organized marble dealers Of Ohio
are asking for legislation permitting
them to remove froM the cemetery any
already erected monument that Is un-
paid for.
According to the census reports the
total value Of the church property in the
United States, including edifices, ground
on which they stand, furniture, ETC., is
$1lS,3Sl ,5l6.
Underground conduits for electric
wires for various purposes have been
perfect success in philadelphia. The
first experiment with them was under
taken six years ago. &
tits announced that the company or
ganized to build bridge across the Hud-
son river to New York city has completed
its organization and will commence work
actively in October.
A silver vein Of marvellous richness is
reported to have been discovered on
Posmeroy Mountain, Colorado, near Car
ibou. This is in the midst Of the rich
silver districts Of Colorado.
In hechess tournament at Lexington,
KY, Showalter defeated Pollock in play
ing off the tie, thus winning the cham
pionship Of the United States Chess
Association for the third time in success
sion.
The President has committed the sem
tence Of Charles +. Amerman Of San
Francisco, who was convicted Of tamper-
ing with the mails. A pardon was de-
MED, but a $3.50 fine was commuted to
800.