Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-20
EASTERN MELANGE.
The Reported Conditions Of
the Various Crops.
DESTITUTION IN WEST KANSAS.
Outcome Of the Weather Bureau
Investigation at Washing
tOn-The Mississippi.

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! GlObe-DemOCrat TO lecture.
The work of oyerhauling the halls Of
Congress is being pushed rapidly.
Toronto is wrestling with the question
Of running street cars on Sunday.
Leadville, Col, is filling up with idle
men, owing to the shutting down OF the
mines.
Serious charges OF discrimination have
been filed against a number OF roads en-
tering Chicago by local merchants.
By using cotton-picking machines
crop can now be raised in some districts
Of the South at cost Of 2la cents
pound.
Near Valecitos, Tex, the Rangers and
a band OF Mexican horsethieves had a
fight and Captain Jones Of the Rangers
was killed.
There is destitntion in parts Of Kan
sas. The wheat crop is failure in large
sections. The Legislature may be called
in extra session.
Guileless immigrants landing in New
York sometimes are bunkoed into the
exchange OF good European money for
I Confederate bills, ,- '.'-A'>-- =. .'a7-rs =
| secretary oi State Lesueur is receiving
\ Complaints from all over Missouri re-
garding combinations of insurance
agents to put up rates.
Governors viii be elected next Novem-
ber in Ohio, Iowa, Massachusetts, and
Virginia. The contests in Ohio and Iowa
will be the most interesting OF them all.
The other day workmen in an old house
in Philadelphia, at one time occupied by
William Penn, discovered lot Of an
cient coin and English bank notes hid
den under the flooring.
The receipts Of the government for the
year aggregated $685., 900 600, while the
expenditures will foot up 1888, 600, 600,
leaving surplus of receipts above ex-
penditures Of i2,OOO,OOO.
The Department of Agriculture is
about to introduce calla-lily roots as a
vegetable. In appearance the root re-
sembles an Irish potato; it is easily
propagated and palatabe.
The banks at Independence, Kan,
have arranged series of electrical alarm
bells, which are placed in different por-
tions OF the business part OF the city.
The town is now fully prepared for rob
bers.
A suit has been instituted at New York
against Senator Squire OF the state Of
Washington to recover ~, ,000, 600, which,
it is claimed, the Senator owes the
plaintiffs for lands sold and which be-
longed to them.
The outcome of the weatherbureau
investigation at Washington is the eX-
oneraton of Prof. Harrington and the
dismissal of Mclaughlin, chief OF the
executive division, who preferred the
charges on which the investigation was
based.
The new military order signed by the
President abolishes the Department OF
Arizona, and places Arizona, New Mex
leo, Utah and Colorado in the new de-
partment. California is restored to the
Department OF California, with head
quarters at San Francisco.
The abolition of seed distribution
through members OF Congress and the
charging OF the cost Of meat inspection
upon the packers are likely to be two OF
the leading recommendations in the an
nual report OF Secretary Morton OF the
Department OF Agriculture.
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son and II number OF business men at
Denver have urged Governor West to
call special session OF the Legislature
for the purpose of passing an act stay
ing proceedings for the collection OF
debts. The Chamber of Commerce is
opposed to the plan.
The citizens of Chicago have been Of
iicially warned to keep out OF the United
States government building in that city
containing the postotice, custom-housC
and Federal courtrooms. City Building
Commissioner Toolen made personal in
spection of the place, and declared it Ii
able to collapse ut any moment.
The wheat crop of the United States
will be much below the average, while
the corn crop will be enormous, and il
the weather conditions continue good
probably the largest ever raised. The
acreage OF oats, barley, rye and similar
grains has been increased, and the crop
will be large. The hay crop is above
the average.
The Mississippi waters passing through
the Rescue crevasse into the New River
basin IN Louisiana have uvcrtlowed the
country, doing immense damage. There
are five TO ten feet OF water in Dutch
town, The Mississippi is now falling,
and it is hoped the back water will inn
mCdiatcly feel the effects of the fall. The
water stands seven feet deep in places,
and several lives have been lost.
The United States makes very dis
couNging showing ior this years crop OF
cotton. II is already certain that the
crop has been badly damaged by unia-
vorable weather during the past six
weeks; that it has got poor start; that
it is being injured 10y insects and disease
and cannot amount to an average yield.
More serious still is the prospect that
further adverse weather, which may
fairly he expected at this season, catch.
ing the hclated crop in its present con-
dition, will reduce the yield still further
\ few sections, rs Florida and Louisiana,
seem to have been exempted to the me.
tvOrulogical fate that has oVertaken the
the cotton crop generally, but they arr
not extensive enough TO make any ma.
tcriM difference in the crop rs u whole,
Acting Secretary Hamhn has instruct,
ed Collectors of Customs in opttr that
the department may he fully advised
concerning the admission OF Chinese
persons into the United States to pre-.
pare and forward to the department q
statement showing the number OF Chi,
nese persons admitted by them from
january to June 30, lSNS, and the rca,
sons; the number 10 whom admission
was infused aud the r,aSons; the mum,
bcr permitted to land Tor transit to an.
other port for exit from the United
States, The Collectors arr also directed
To make u weekly report OF the Chinese
persons seeking admission into the
United States, through giving NAMES
description, occupation and place OF dcs
tination in the United States, OF thos,