Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-04-23

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The president has nominated Leo
Bergholz, Of New York, as consul at
Erzeroum, Armenia.
Rich placer grounds have been found
in Washoe valley, near Carson, New.
and there is considerable excitement
in consequence.
Charles Voorhees,, formerly a lay
judge Of Bergen county, y. j., and an
ex-member Of congress, committed sui
side in New York.
Five men were fatally injured by an
explosion Of FIRE damp during FIRE in
the Red Ash vein Of the Woodward
mine in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
5 John Jones, colored, aged ls, who
committed an assault upon l2-year-
old white girl near Mormon Springs,
Miss, was hanged by mob. Jones
confessed his crime.
A cable message from Cape Town,
South Africa, reports the killing Of
three engineers near Buluwsyo. The
names of two of the victims are given
as Hammond and Palmer.
An explosion occurred in the colliery
at Wellington, 5. e. Eight miners
are known to have been killed, and it
is believed eighteen persons will lose
their lives through the disaster.
A dispatch from Buluwayo, South
Africa, says: The whole country is in
the hands Of rebellious natives, and
they are moving in great force north.
ward. 1t will require a large force of
troops to dislodge them.
On April 8 another powder explosion
occurred at juneau, Alaska, this time
in the new tunnel Of the Treadwell
Company, between the Treadwell and
Mexican mines Some OF the men in
jared are expected to die.
Joseph Selamel was put to death in
the state prison at Clinton, n. Y, by
electricity. he murdered his sweet.
heart, Theresa Kammora, by cutting
her throat with razor, August 80.
1895. The cause was Jealousy.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Standard says: The new
chamber just elected will certainly sup
port the government in resisting
American interference in Cuba, and il
will also be very protectionist body.
The Paris correspondent OF the Lon.
don Times says he learns that at
Frances invitation, Russia now directs
the negotiations with England on the
subject OF the Nile expedition, grow.
ing out Of the objections of Russia and
France.
A broken rail on the New York,
Pennsylvania & Ohio road wrecked the
third section Of freight train No. SO,
near Meadville, Pa. Two men were
killed and three others seriously in
jared. The dead are: Patrick Kerr,
engineer; Bert Rowley, brakeman.
1t has been discovered that some Of
the Matabeles who are employed as
servants in Buluwayo have been acting
as spies and conveying information Of
the movements Of the expeditions to
their friends in outlying districts.
One Of these traitorOus natives has been
shot
The senate committee on public
buildings and grounds has authorized
favorable reports on the amendments
20 the sundry.civil bill. increasing the
limit for cost for public buildings st
Cheyenne, Wyo, from $l50,000 to
$3.50, 600, and at Boise City, Idaho,
from $3.50, 600 to $500, 900, and at Hell.
ena, Mont, from $3.50, 900 to $500, 900.
An appropriation of 100000 was
made available in each case.
Chairman Aldsce Walker, Of the
in an inerview stated that
Judge Golfers decree in the foreclos-
are case of the United States Trust
Company against the Atlantic 4 Pa.
oinc railroad, was preliminary step
toward the foreclosure sale Of the line.
The decree covers the property in New
Mexico, but no decree in Arizona has
yet been given. Similar proceedings
will be taken in other sections Of the
sompsny's territory.
In the suit Of the London Times
against the Central News, which fur.
nished dispatches TO news agency in
the United States, demanding the re-
turn Of sums of money which had been
paid by the Times to the Central News
for kilograms alleged to have been fab.
ricated or unduly expanded, the News
agency submitted TO verdict impos.
ing upon it nominal damages and
'osss, the Times Withdrawing its
lharges Of fraud.
While brooding over the idea that
,is family would suffer from want,