Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-12-03
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Comprehensive Review OF the Import
mt Happenings OF the Past Week
Quilted From the Telegraph Columns.

Quilted From the Telegraph Columns.
A dynamite explosion occurred at
Kouskie by which several persons wero
killed.
The latest reports from Russia are to
the effect that the winter crop through.
out the south, excepting in the eau
oasus, is in a fairly favorable condition.
A Singapore dispatch to the London
Times says the Spaniards have been de-.
feated by the insurgents in the Philip
pine islands, with the loss of 800 Of
their men.
The strike in the gas works, in Dor.
deaux, which necessitated the calling
in Of the soldiers to assist in the works
to save the city from being left in dark.
ness, mas ended IN a compromise.
At Webster's sawmill, on Deep
Greek, in Washington, Engineer B. f.
Gilmore was caught by a shaft and in.
stantly killed. The body was fright.
fully mangled.
The first serious frontier incident in
a long time occurred near Munster,
when a German forest guard shot an
alleged French poacher, inHicting q
flesh wound. The French government
will inquire into the case.
While the employees of the Thiels
enamel factory, of Hamburg, Germany,
were going to work a body of strikers
attacked them and a free fight followed.
Shots were fired, several persons seri.
ously wounded and many arrests made.
A Paris dispatch says the trial of
Bazin's patent roller boat, which it is
alleged would shorten the Atlantic pas.
sage to ninety.six hours, is expected to
occur In the middle of December across
the English channel from Havre, in the
presence of distinguished naval author.
tiles and possibly Of President Faure,
who is Interested in the experiment..
A disastrous prairie fire swept over
the Seminole country, Oklahoma. Six.
teen persons, it is reported, wero
burned to death by the raging flames.
A Catholic mission was saved BY tho
heroic work of Sisters Freda and Kirk.
The two sisters fought the flames for
two hours with blankets, and saved the
lives of twenty Indian pupils. The
fire was started by outlaws, who were
fleeing from Il posse of deputy marshals.
Most OF the people burned were half.
breed Indians.
The sugar planters Of the Island of
Mauritus have decided to join with
those Of the British East Indies in rep.
reservations to the government of Great
Britain regarding the sugar bounties
paid by foreign countries, with the
view OF bringing about some counter.
acting influence to enable planters there
to compete more fairly with their for.
efgn rivals. Delegates have been an.
pointed to present the grievances in
the proper quarter,
= Hon. Lafayette Lane, an ex-oon. |
gresham Of Oregon, died at his resid.
euce at Roseburg, Or, November 2S.
The railroad track from Coquille City
to Marshfleld and Myrtle Point was
greatly demolished by last weeks
freshet, many bridges being afioat and
the roadbed badly damaged In many
places.
Last weeks snow storm was much
moGe severe on the Sound than in Port.
land. At Tacoma fully nine inches
covered tho ground, retarding to a con.
siderable extent railway and street car
traffic. The Sound cities have received
no through Eastern mail for a week.
Baker oountv's Assessment roll has
been filed, and shows the total value Of
property in the county to be 50, 274, 2S4;
total value Of taxable property, $2,.
1853, S79. Washington county's assess.
ment shows the total value of property
to DO 81. S27 ,435; total taxable prop.
erty. $4.46l, Gas.
Hon. T. T. Geer, of Marion county.
is spoken Of as the most likely candi.
date for the honor Of carrying the elec-
toral vote Of Oregon to Washington
and represent the Webfoot state in the
electoral college. The sage of Waldo
hills polled the largest vote Of all the
Oregon electors, and has always been
unusually popular with his party.
The numerous hold.ups which have
i'll Tacoma and Seattle during
the past two weeks have caused many
citizens to tako tho %precaution of de-
posting their money and valuables in
some safe place before venturing into
the streets after night. In none Of tho
which have occurred have the
robbers secured more than a few dol.
lars for their pains,
Owing to the many protests received
by Superintendent Irwin against his
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