Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-06-15
Bank Failures in the West
Brighten DepOsitOrs.
Mr.. BUsHYHEAD STRICTLY IN 1T.
MObammedans to be COlOniZed in
Florida and Georgia by an
American Convert.

Kansas Populists have started prof
Get 10 build railway by public subscrip-
ton.
Several cases of smallpox have been
found in New York tenement on First
street.
Kansas millers, fearful of a shortage
in the wheat crop, are engaging for iu-
turc delivery.
Padcrewsk's total receipts for his
sixtv-iOur concerts in the United States
amounted to $4,000.
Eulaia admires american rush, =" and
wonders at the newspapers, whose pict-
urcs please her greatly.
The Farmers and Mechanics Lumber
Company and the Loomis Coal Company
at st. Louis have failed.
Kentucky has Parliament which
won't adjourn. 1t has been in session
for eight months or more.
The speed Of the cruiser New York ac-
cording TO the final computations was
twenty-one knots an hour.
The Missouri Railroad Commissioners
have decided that a single horse must be
accepted a. freight, though unaccompa
nied Uy a person.
Philadelphia has gas plant OF its own,
and last year it netted a revenue OF over
81 600. 900 in addition TO the free use OF
what was needed for public purposes.
New York expects less blockade and
quicker transit on Broadway because OF
the cable cars, which have commenced
running on that congcsted thoroughfare.
1t is now authoritatively stated that
| Carlyle W. Harris, the executed wife
pOisOncr, came near cheating justice on
the eve OF Of his execution by taking
/ poison.
The Michigan Legislature has legalizcd
| the use Of the Myers voting machine in
| towns, villages and cities. The vote in
the Senate stood 10 TO A. in the House
| ~ 10 3.
Louisville has offered 81 600 600 for the
| removal OF the State capital of Kentucky
| from Frankfort to that city. The Legis-
! Iaturc, which is now in session, will set
tie the question.
When the dispensary law goes into cf-
| feet in South Carolina on July the State
will realize IL profit on every gallon Of
! liquor sold, and il expected to clear $780,
900 the first year.
4 Detroit doctor, who undertook to
! pull a dislocatcd ankle into place dislo-
| Gated the knee joint OF his patient. The
latter has entered suit against the doctor
for 5000 damages.
1t IL the opinion of the New York
| World that the revenue bill of the next
! Congress will contain q clause imposing
/ a tax upon incomes over certain
amount-say over $4,000.
In Ohio after August all wholesale
dealers in cigarettes must pay $500 and
| and all retailers 800 for license fees, and
| the prospect Is that very few OF either
! viii take out the required license.
The first vessel with green flag flying
| nj her top that ever entered Boston hur-
! Dor has lust arrived ut that port. She
is the iour-masted bark Cave Hill, built
in Belfast, Ireland. Her tonnage is
2,l57.
| Philadelphia has never had such Il
| thorough house-to-houses sanitary inspec-
| tion as that which is now being made by
| the Board Of Health officials, who during
| the past week visited 1886 houses and
| discovered S15 nuisances.
The recent failures in the West have
! alarmed bank depositors, and many are
! withdrawing their money and renting
| space in deposit companies. The Safe
/ Deposit Association Mt Chicago announces
that 100 safes were rented Saturday.
The first time Archbishop Corrigan Of
| New York had been in q Protestant
church during u religious service was at
| the recent funeral OF Mrs. Ohauncey NJ.
Dcpcw. The presence OF the prelate is
said to have touched Mr., Dcpew very
deeply.
| \ Milwaukee brewer has an option on
an estate In Mexico, consisting OF about
| 5G1 square miles, at 80 cents per acre,
| The property IL known as the Camotlan
estate, and it lies in the State OF Jalisco
| north and west OF the city OF Guadala-
jara, the second city Of Mexico.
Bushyhcad, cx.chicf OF the Cherokces,
! has managed by the insertion of Il clause
in the Cherokee land bill passed by Con-
| grr,s to select quarter section OF land
| before the tract is thrown open to settle
mcnt and establish townsite. Tie has
been offered $50 eco for his selection, but
refuses
| Bv a ruling OF the United States Cir
cult Court OF Appeals ut st. Paul, Mimi,
! DO was held that u foreign subject who Is
lullifcd To become acltilcn OF the United
states under the Revised Statutes does
| not become such hy filing declaration
of intention TO do 50. He must comply
with all the provisions OF the Federal
| statutes,
One OF the Florida phosphate compa-
D tt.. Hlt,H.,
lur now dozen companies thus engaged,
one Of which is formed 10y French capi-
tlhsts, who ship phosphate to France,
Europe now annually consumes 20 600
tons Of Florida phoSphateS. The capital
invested in these Florida companies is
S6,NOOOO.
The salvation Army in New York cX.
| poets to make a remarkable display in
/ that yity next fall, when General Booth
will visit this country, Commander
] Balltugton Booth and his wife will have
| charge, and IL is their purpose to bring
| tn New York AZ least leo, 600 members oi
! the army. and that every State and every
province in Canada will be- represented.
Mrs. Frank c. Button, alias Mrs.
/ Anna l., Wetmorc, alias half dozen
| lthcr names, who was arrested in Pitts
! bunk recently az the instance OF her
ncvr,t lN,hcr-in-law, Jacob Button. ap.
/ pear To hC the most remarkable adytu-
| ,urVss that has ever operated in the
| United States. Her scheme WAS similar
10 that OF Eva Mann, who wrecked and
iually drove to suicide Robert Ray
| Hamilton.
Alexander Russell webb, the United
! states Consul, who four wears ago EN-.
buccd tho religion OF Mohammci. and
who represents the MohNmmcdms lr
/ 'hr United States, has been securing
| anl Nm EInrlha and ErNr..ia inr tho iLir.