Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-11-26
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings OF the Past Week
Quilted From the Telegraph Columns.

Mrs. Mary B. Stevens, of Yale,
while acting as chaplain Of the Daugh.
tiers Of Rebekah, at their annual session
In Springfield, ILL.,, and as she was Just
beginning a prayer dropped to the floor
and died Of heart disease.
A late rider in the American soldiers
of Buffalo Bills Wild West show, was
most brutally murdered by a comrade
in Omaha, Neb. The motive was evi.
IDENTIFY robbery, and the murderer has
fed from the city, after a most remark.
able exhibition of GOODNESS after his
crime.
Edward w. Curry, chairman of the
Democratic state committee, died in
Des Moines, Ia, of blood poisoning,
the result Of an initiation into the
Elks' lodge a few weeks ago. He was
seated in the electric chair and was
horribly burned b fore those operating
it realized what they were doing.
Mrs. Foley, a widow, aged so, and
her unmarried daughter, Fanny, aged
20. were found murdered in their home
near Liberty, Mo. 1t was a cold blood.
cd murder for the sole purpose of rob-
berry. The robber or robbers first dis
patched the women. then ransacked the
house. Fifty dollars, all that was se-
cured, was taken from the foot Of a
bed on which the women had slept.
A correspondent of the London Daily
Mail at st. Petersburg says he is able
to confirm the report that CONSERVATION
existed while the car was on his visit
IN Egland over the discovery of a plot
against his life. The Belgian police
seized a parcel of bombs, which were en-
route for Paris, just before the czar was
leaving England. On the same night
the Paris police arrested forty suspects.
In the absence of absolute proof the
matter was dropped.
The Philadelphia & Reading Rail.
road Company was reorganized at
Philadelphia. The railroad was sold
under foreclosure on September %.
Under the plan of reorganization there
will be three comprehensive Philadel-
phia d Reading Railway Company,
the Philadelphia 81 Reading Coal and
lron Company, and the Reading Com.
pany. The latter is known as the Ma
tlonal Company, but an application has
been filed i'll the court to have the title
changed.
1t has been definitely decided by Su.
perintendent Irwin that the holiday
session of the Oregon State Teachers
Association will be held at Salem this
year, beginning on Monday, December
30, and continuing for one week.
John s. Frye, a returned Alaska
miner, met an old schoolmate from
Germany in Tacoma. They roomed
together n night, and in the morning
Frye missed $500 in gold, his sole pos.
sessions. His old schoolmate had
stolen it and made his escape.
An angry mob attempted to lynch
an old German named Breckman in
Cherryville, Kan, for his brutal treat.
ment of his daughter. She was beaten
into insensibility and died from her in.
1uries. The sheriff prevented the mob
from securing Breokman and he was
hurried to Jail.
A three-story structure at NE corner
OF Front and Davis streets, Portland,
owned by the Ainsworth estate, was
partly destroyed by fire. The building
was occupied by the Oregon Cracker
Company, whose plant was ruined,
entailing a loss Of about $40, 900. The
damage to the building will amount to
$40, 900.
The Cariboo Gold Mining Company,
OF Spokane, has declared a dividend
of . cents Il share. This makes a total
of 1926, 900 paid in dividends since
February, 1895. This is the mine
whose manager was held up by a high.
wayman and robbed Of 81, 900 in gold
bullion not long ago. The robber was
afterwards killed by the foreman Of
the mine.
The board Of fire commissioners in
Spokane has decided to request the
resignation of Chief Winebrener. of
the fire department.. Mayor Belt, af-
ter a long contest, has secured control
Of the commissioners, and extensive
removals are probable in the various
departments. 1t is thought that Clair
Hunt, of the water department, will be
the next one to go.
Burglars broke into the house Of John
Mirka. al old miser. Of Cleveland, O.
He was known to have his money hid
den somewhere about the premises and
the robbers tried to force him to tell
them his secret hiding place. He re.
fused and they tortured him. He was
bound hand and foot and a lighted
lamp placed at his feet until tho flesh
was lite,-lly cooked. The old man