The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-09-29
Foreign Demand for Silver
Rapidly Increasing.
THE DROUGHT IN KENTUCKY.
Railroad Earnings Still Show Dis
appointing Results-Mexican
officials Released.

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| Secretary Gresham is preparing a re.
port on the Hawaiian question.
The promise of immigration to Texas
is considered to be very flattering
| The army worm has made Its appear
ance in portions OF Red River county,
Tex.
Factories are to be built near the Ala
hama penitentiary to be operated by
oonvicts,
Nashville will probably issue 100000
Of city scrip to supply the demand for u
local circulation.
| The Keeleyites are to have a day at
the Worlds Fair, when 10000 Of the re-
formed are expected.
An Indiana bank which recently sus-
pended began business on capital Of 81
and failed for $4,000.
The wheel trust, organized less than q
year ago, has dissolved as result Of the
action Of outside companies.
Five hundred Presbyterians have left
Colorado for the Cherokee Strip, where
they propose to found colony.
an aiarniine cpiueinlc ol .yphoiu ana
the military prison, Leavenworth,
The Comptroller Of indianapolis has
sell 1900 0O(l If city ref,nd;na bondp
Rival electric-light and power compa-
and consumers sxnact ;ncraosad ratas
NJ h;aa h.,.;.,,. IN, - VI -. -
labor in Minnasota The State hos aGo
nrisoners for whom thev have M worE
D.. pahs., ~. - - -. ~ 80
,aaTo.taJ us % that oIsIe u aS Denver lias
Ak tO) to Al COl on acco,int of it hard times mas
W. NJ. 49, 49, III N =" ''ii'''
Ta,er va, has o. oeeli selilhg at ~ cents
tapisl ~ a.la 20 S Seli.s ior salteen a,ohg
r 1N,,I- - sp ',v" A''@0 n ., 0.'''
Ilnp'oses u tile Nasilyiile, ,, ohatta,
ioo1 ,5 a'u ~ ,a iouis .s laiiauau nave agteeu
'Io',. tTa ~ p'i o'h' 'euao'''h ior ninety
u@yS' g
liie leiihsylvalilaI Commissioners nave
ueviueo ~; ~ p'eseH. Ssi .lieil ouAIe pulluihg
70 the WY VI Viiicaeo aiter Tue EXPOSE
'ioh'
"he Memphis banks have been notified
from New YORK that they can nave all
the money necessary 10 move tie COTTON
crop.
Bank circulation increased $l5 ,0O0,0 600
in August and 81, 900, 900 in July, or $20,-
O00,0 since the financial trouble reached
the critical stage.
The recent burning Of Chicago
dwelling-house by prairie fire is sig
nifcant commentary upon the magni-
tude OF that expansive city
The City Judge Of Savannah, Ga,
fined himself $40 the other day for being
late, and then remitted the fine on the
ground that it was his first offense."
Railroad earnings still show disap-
pointing results. The falling-of is felt
| in all sections of the country, 30 per cent
OF the roads reporting smaller receipts
than a year ago.
Mrs. Frank Rheinhardt, widow OF
st. Paul, Mimi, has been notified that
by the death OF her brother-ln.law an
estate in India, valued at $2b, ,OOO,O 600, has
been left to her.
New York citv's saloonkeepers have
started strong movement to abolish
the free lunch. They assert that the
free lunch Is q needless expense, which
brings in no adequate return.
| A movement il on foot in New York
to form a trades union including the
young women in sweetstuff shops and
retail stores generally, where the hours
are very long and the girls ill-paid.
The foreign demand for silver is rap
| idly increasing, The United States has
exported $1,000. 900 more Of silver dur
ing the past elgnt months thah curing
a like period IN 1872
Estimates are being prepared at the
Nevy Department for the fabrication ol
sufficient number Of modern guns fol
the wooden vessels which can be used
Tor cruisers Tor ilVe or ten years more