Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-09-23
CURRENT EVENTS Of THE Day
Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week Culled
From the Telegraphic Columns.


From the Telegraphic Columns.
A great dock strike is imminent at
Havre in consequence of the refusal by
the employers to grant an increase in
wages.
Chicago is sweltering, with no indi-
cations for cooler weather, and in the
Ohio valley the hottest September
weather on record prevails.
The Michigan crop report for Septem-
Der, issued by the secretary of state,
says the wheat crop will be $4,000, 900
bushels, the largest for five years.
The celebrated Angus-C Craven will
contest has been decided in San Fran
cisco. The Fair heirs have won their
case, and new trial has been denied.
A Washington correspondent of a
New York paper says the United States
is getting ready to deal with Spain Wig
orously, and that the department has
already decided upon plan of action
A tremendous explosion occurred at
the camp close by the Chinese arsenal
of Kiangnan, near Shanghai. Forty
bodies have been dug out OF the debris.
Two fine Krupp guns, 1900 new pat
tern single-fre and magazine rifles,
with 10000 rife cartridges were de-
stroyed.
Probably the largest and finest tur-
qoise ever found on American soil has
ut haan ranatuaI in,
Southern Mexico. 1t weighs in the
rough l76 karats, and it is estimated
by competent experts that it will weigh
fully 8S karats when cut and polished.
1t has the best color known, being =
delicate sky blue, just shade lighter
than bluebird's wing. This, with =
number of smaller stones running from
40 to 10 karats, was taken from newly
discovered mine, the location of which
is in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
Absolutely no details of this discovery
can be learned. The large stone is
estimated to be worth $4,000.
A dispatch from Madras says: A
most serious accident has occurred at
the Champion reef mines. Forty per-
sons are known to have been killed.
The home of Thomas Hawkins, a
farmer who lives near Greenwood, Cal,
was destroyed by fire and his 5-year-
old daughter perished in the flames.
The Fraser river salmon pack is the
largest ever known in the Northwest.
Altogether $500, 900 fish of the sockeye
variety were caught off the mouth of
the river during the season.
The Japan Mail, discussing the silk
trade, says: Prices in Japan are now
steadily rising, orders on a large scale
having been received from abroad by
many foreign firms in Yokohama.
A tornado struck the town of Port
Arthur, Tex, killing six people, and
injuring several more, besides destroy
ing much valuable property. The
town was practically leveled by the
cyclone.
George f. Reginer, chairman of the
Democratic county committee, shot and
instantly killed Simon Fransdel, a
young butcher, at Monmouth, Ill.
Fransdel had been paying attention to
Reginer's daughter against her fathers
wishes.
The startling news comes from Fort
Lockhard that the combined forces of
the Afridis and Orakzais number A.
600 men. They are now all collected
near Khan-Khi valley, and massacre
is feared mt any moment.
John l.. Sullivan, ex-champion pu-
gilist, has announced that he will run
for mayor of Boston, and expected to
poll 5000 or $4,000 votes. Sullivan
says his principal platform will be to
license gambling places and disorderly
houses.
A later account of the Mexican hor-
ror, says: The people killed at Pam
uelas quarry exposition, numbering "a,
were asphyxiated by the dense gasses
generated by the explosion. Among
the number We're several horsemen,
who perished with their horses, and
the bodies of the men and horses lay
together in II horrible manner.
Rev. E. f. B. Howard has escaped
from the Ohio penitentiary, at Column
bus. He was famous United States
prisoner from Tennessee. He was
trusted in the front Office and walked
away. Howard was convicted at Clarks.
vile, Tenn, and sentenced for nine
years and fined 81, on % counts of
using the United States mails for fraud.
ulent purposes.
Further details of the capture of
Victoria de las Lunas province of San.
tiago de Cuba, say that the insurgents,
after capturing the town, killed with
the machete 40 guerillas for having
made a stubborn resistance. 1t isex.
planned that the Spanish hoisted the
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