Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-09-10
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
oOmprehonsive Review of the Import
ant Happenings OF the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.

A waterworKs system in the Wells
precinct of Spokane was burned to the
ground, entailing loss of about 81, 900.
The banks of Seattle will retaliate
npon those of Canada for discounting
American money by demanding dis
count upon all coins presented, which
,ome across the northern border.
Officer Frank Toal, of Vallejo, Cal,
while attempting to arrest Dan Wynne,
was shot by the latter and killed.
Wynne was hit by bullet from the
officers revolver and is expected to die.
.Jospeh Orosz was hanged in Pitts
burg Pa, for the murder of Tereas
Bobak, whom he shot January s, be.
cause she refused to marry him. He
also shot himself, but the wound did
not prove serious.
Indians living in the vicinity of En-
terpirse, Or, are threatening to avenge
the death of the half-b breed who was re-
Gently lynched at Asotin for outraging
young lady, by general massacre of
the settlers in that locality. The set
tiers have taken precautions against
surprise by the dusky braves.
The French mining syndicate which
has made extensive purchases of min
ing properties in Oregon and Wash
ington recently, has made another deal
whereby it acquires possession of the
placer grounds on Snake river near
Sturgill's bar, The purchase price is not
named, but the first payment is :25. 900.
A London dispatch says that in off.
Cial circles it is believed the Marquis
of Salisbury has determined to pursue
his own cousre at Constantinople in
future, and has given the British am
bassador, Sir Philip Currie, precise and
significant instructions with greater
powers to command naval aid in en-
forcing the demands of Great Britain.
The stoppage of the pumps in the
Leadville mines where strike is in
progress will cause considerable dam
age, and prominent mine official says
1t will take months to repair the dam.
age done in the flooded mines. The
strikers profess to view the situation as
being more favorable to tn EN-, and to
have information that the compact be-
tween the managers is broken iIretriev-
ably, and that some of the leading
mines will resume work within a week,
conceding the demands of the union.
A meeting of the business men was
held recently to petition the union to
declare the strike off, but did not de.
eide upon definite action.
Viola Foster, of Burns, Or, who
was accidentally shot last week, by
gun i'll the hands of her father, died
from the effects of her wound.
In the grain warehouse at Lewiston,
Idaho, have been received this season
$4,000 bushels of wheat and more is
,oming in at the rate of about 2,500
bushels "A day.
While engaged in digging a well ON
his farm near Greenville, Or, Lewis
Hartwicker was overcome by noxious
gases and died before he could be
brought to the surface.
Captain Jack" Crawford, who
claimed to be the original poet scout
Of Oregon, was accidentally killed by
falling rock in the Blewett gold
mine, near Blewett, Wash.
part of the Equitable powder
plant, four and n half miles east Of AL
ton, ILL.,, blew up, and three persons
lost their lives. The shock was felt for
twenty miles. Buildings were dam.
aged in Alton.
The business part of Laddonia, Mo.
was gutted by Il $50, 900 fire which
started from an unknown cause in the
drugstore of Frank Beagles. Eight
business places, including the Farmers
Il Traders bank, were burned out.
A terrible explosion occurred at Pin.
hole, Cal, the California powder
works being blown up. Three people
were killed and the entire plant of the
powder works was destroyed. I'm.
mense tissures were opened in the
ground.
Peter Wildaner, prosperous stock
man Of Eastern Oregon, committed
suicide at his home near Upper Viii.
low creek by shooting himself through
the head. Poor health is the motive
assigned for the commission of the
rash act.
A fatal wreck to passenger train No.
ON the Atlantic n Pacific occurred at
Williams, n. NJ. The engine ran into
an open switch, derailing it and the
mail car. Fred Downs, the engineer,
was caught between the cab and tender
and badly scalded, Frank Fhckinger.
the fireman. was caught under the en-.
gine and killed almost instantly.
The fast passenger train service rec.
ord in the West was broken by the
Union Pacitio's overland limited. The
rognlar schndnln tina of tho train is