Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-06-11
THE NEWS RESUME
A DIGEST FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD.

Culled From the Telegraph Columns
AT Home and Abroad.
The National Brewers Association
has voted to contribute $4,000 for the
st Louis storm sufferers.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
Russia has warned the porte that a
Christian massacre in Crete would
unite the whole of Europe against
Turkey.
News is received of disastrous cy-
clone in Eastern Colorado that blew
down the postoffice at Lansing. The
schoolhouse and number Of residences
were also damaged. A lady was seri-
ously injured, but will recover.
A two-story building in Astoria, Or,
was gutted by fire. The occupants of
the upper floor barely escaped with
their lives. The loss on the building
is $4,000; insurance, $1,000, and the
loss to the tenants is about $4,000.
At Wallace, Idaho, while a work.
man named Hutchinson was engaged
in wiring house for electric lights,
joist on which he was standing broke,
and he fell to the floor, sustaining in
juries which will probably prove fatal.
1t is alleged that George Hickey
constable OF Oakesdale, Wash. has ex-
torted money from merchants of that
town, by threatening to arrest them
for having sold lemon extract to In
dians, which, he claims, is in violation
of the liquor-selling laws.
The body of the late James G. Blaine
will be taken from Oak Hill cemetery,
Washington, and will be brought to
Augusta, Me. Mrs. Blaine has de-
cioed to have both the body of her hus-
band and her son, Walker, buried
there, and the removal will occur prob
ably this month.
A Pretoria dispatch says President
Kruger is anxious to commute the death
sentence of the reform leaders to
heavy fine, but the other members of
the executive council object on the
ground that the government would be
charged with mercenary motives.
They suggest that they should be con.
fined for five years in prison.
In a report sent to Governor Lord, of
Oregon, as COMMUNICATIVE of the
state militia, by Adjutant- General Tut
tie, it is stated that no actual disturb
ance now exists upon the Columbia
river, and that present conditions do
not warrant the sending of the militia
to the scene of the trouble, but the |
sending Of few troops to Westport to
patrol the river is recommended. |
The work of relief and restoration
goes on in st, Louis. Contributions of |
money, clothing and provisions are be.
ing sent there, and all the destitute are
being cared for. The losses caused in.
directly by the tornado are Just be.
ginning to reveal themselves, and will |
be nearly as cruel as the immediate
effects. Because the tornado ruined |
many mills and factories large num-
Der of men will be Uut of employment
for weeks and months.
The glorious Fourth will be cele.
brated i'll Portland, Or, this year as
never before. The patriotism of the
citizens has been aroused thoroughly |
and the committee appointed to arrange |
the celebration has met with spontane.
GUS encouragement on every hand. The |
celebration will begin Wednesday, and |
continue uninterruptedly for four days, |
ending Ill blaze of glory Saturday
night, Each day will be crowded as
full as it will hold with events of all
kinds.
The supreme court of the state of
Washington has reversed Judgment in
the case of the State, appellant, VS..
Thomas Clayborne, respondent, charged
with murderous assault upon Ed Ions.
dale i'll King county. After convic.
tion, the lower court granted an arrest
Of Judgment, because of the INSULT
cheney Of the indictment, in that it
used the word personal, rather than
bodily" injury, rs provided by stat.
ute, but the supreme court holds these
words to mean practically the same
thing IN this connection.
Every day reveals great distress
among the people in Seneca, Mo, AS
the result of the cloudburst, and imme.
diate aid is Imperative. At first all
were engaged in recovering lost bodies,
but attention is now being given to
clearing the wreckage and establishing
homes, This task becomes formidable
and is retarded by the demolition of
many houses. Scores Of residents have
lost all their effects, and in other cases
furniture not destroyed is damaged by
water and mud SO as to be unfit for
use, but people are too poor to replace
it. An appeal has been made for as.
sistance and says 800, 900 is needed to