Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-10-01
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
osnprshensivs Review OF the Import
ant Happenings of tho Past. Week
Cullsd From the Telegraph Columns.

Cullsd From the Telegraph Columns.
In a collision between an express and
an excursion train on the Great East
ern railroad, near London, seventeen
persons were seriously injured.
DIR. Lewis Swift, of the Mount Low
observatory, Pasadena, Cal, has dis
covered two new comets close together,
both being about one degree from the
sun.
A terrific gale has swept the coast
Of the United Kingdom. The storm
played havoc with the trees in London
parks, and caused great damage among
coast and fishing craft. The loss of
life is reported slight.
The Clyde line passenger steamer
Frederick DeRarry. New York to Jack
sonville, was wrecked at Kittyhawk,
N. G. The crew of seventeen men
were taken off by life saving boat.
There were no passengers or cargo
aboard.
In pitched battle between squad
OF policemen and gang of hoodlums,
at Philadelphia, Pa, Michael Pizza
was shot and killed and five others,
three of whom were officers, were seri.
ously injured. The scene of the affray
was dingy three. story brick house in
the heart of the Italian district.
Charles Pfeifer, living at Bright
wood, Ind, cut his wifes throat and
hanged himself. Both are dead.
Pfeifer was an operator on the Big
-Four. The couple were married a
year ago and lived happily. 1t is be-
lieved that Pfeifer was temporarily in
sane.
The boiler of ninety.ton ten wheel
locomotive on the Big Four road burst
at Pekin, Ill, hurling the engine more
than 100 feet partly demolshing a
factory, killing the fireman and break
ing nearly all the glass within a quar-
ter of a mile of the scene Pieces of
the engine were picked up 900 feet
away and one of the big drive wheels
was hurled 400 feet from the track.
The turnpike rioters are out again
in Lawrenceburg, KY, and have de-
stroyed twenty of the twenty y-four toll
gates in Anderson county. The county
last fall voted to make the pixies free.
Proceedings for appraisement con-
demnation and purchasing have been
made, but the people did not wait for
relief in that way. Under the laws of
Kentucky the county will have to make
good the loss and damage by the mob
Richard Williams, the excursions
inspector, of San Francisco, convicted
OF extortion, has been sentenced to six
years imprisonment and $4,000 fine
A bakery at Woodburn, Or, was
destroyed by fire, and baker named
Ruhl was burned while trying to save
some of his effects from the building
The loss ia $4,000.
Hops aggregating in quantity over
$4,000 pounds have been contracted by
Marion county growers to Charles
Green q Son, the purchase price being
cents pound.
Edison Keith, for forty yearsa promi.
nent citizen of Chicago, threw himself
into the lake at the foot of Thirteenth
street in that city, while temporarily
insane, as a result of chronic dyspepsia
and insomnia.
The American ship Luzon, Captain
Park, which left New York May 81
for Shanghai, passing Anjeron August
Is, grounded ON bar at Woo Sung.
1t is probable the ship will be fioated
after she has been lighteued, but she
must be drydocked before putting to
sea again.
Kill me, kill me; shoot me out Of
this misery" This was the agonizing
cry of Anton Dusback, who has been
employed in the Guggenheim smelling
works near Woodbridge, N. j. Dus.
back was working near tank Of sui.
phuric acid, when he lost his balance
and plunged headforemost to a fate
more horrible than death. His eyes
were badly burned and his hair eaten
off. He cannot recover.
From Pittsburg, Pa, comes word
that Russian spies sent out by the gov.
ernment Of the czar have stolen Ameri.
can armor-plate secrets and propose to
turn their acquisition to profit by fur.
nishing information by means of which
Russia may make her own sheaths for
battle'ships. This in brief is the dis. /
covery which has been kept quiet for
somemonths by the officials of the Car.
negie Company, and which has worried .
the naval authorities and officials of
this country and of the steel company.
The engineer and ordinance depart.
ments Of the army are preparing for
the execution of the legislation Of the
last congress, looking to the improve.
ment and strengthening the fortifica.
tinns and coast defenses ~ tb;s co,,,,....