Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprehensive Review Of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week Culicd
From the TeIegraphic Col""'"s

Brady, of Alaska, to the governorship
of that territory.
George j. Hackett, a miner, was
crushed to death, as the result of an
accident in the Brown Bear mine at
Deadwood, Cal.
James P. Harlan, brother of Asso-
ciate Justice Harlan, was accidentally
killed by being run down by train in
Louisville, Ky.
The 18th annual session of the grand
encampment of the Indian War Vet
Grams of the North Pacific Coast, is in
progress in Portland, Or.
A rock and mud slide near Illecille-
waet tunnel, British Columbia, on the
Canadian Pacific railroad, killed five
men and fatally injured another.
As result of earthquakes in India
the postoffice at Chittagong has been
swallowed up, some streets are closed
TO traffic and thousands of poor people
are homeless and living in the open air.
Reports from all portions of Wash
ington and Oregon, east of the Cas-
cades, tell of the rainfall the past
week, which has been general in this
section. The correspondents all agree
that the last vestige of danger to the
'97 wheat crop is removed. The crop
yield will be enhanced 25 per cent.
The rain has caused additional benefit
by wiping out the grasshopper pest.
Senator Mcbride, of Oregon, has been
making an effort to secure the restora-
tion of the house rate Of So per 1000
on lumber, planed, grooved and
tongued, instead of $3.50, as reported
by the senate committee on finance.
He says that the lumber dressed in this
manner is worth at least twice as much
in the Portland market as the sawed
lumber, which pays duty of So under
the bill, as agreed to. Senator Nc
Bride says that the importations of
dressed lumber will quite seriously in
terfere with industries in Oregon and
Washington.
The universal postal congress, the
fifth convention of the kind in the
world, has finished its labors in Wash
ington, ID. G. The sixth congress will
be held in Rome in 1908. All the
countries OF the world were represented
at the congress just closed, with the
exception of Corea and the Orange Free
State, and these two sent word that
they hoped soon to enter the postal
union. The congress, among other
things, succeeded in establishing uni
form colors for postage stamps, ar
ranged for facilitating Intermediary
transit rates and diminishing the tariff
quite materially on a graduated scale
for the ensuing six years.
Howard A. Scott, who murdered his
wife in October last was electrocutea
In Sing Sing prison, N. Y.
A fast freight train on the Santa Fe
railroad was ditched near Elma, Mo-,
and three tramps and brakeman were
killed.
The United States government i'm
migrant station, on Ellis island, New
York harbor, was destroyed by fire,
put Will HO loss OF lie.
Assistant Quarantine Officer Blue
declared that the disease on the CITY
of Para, now at Angel island quarantine
station, San Francisco bay, is yellow
fever.
A serious landslide occurred near
Briega, canton of Valais, Switzerland.
Part of the forest there and a number
OF buildings have been buried. There
was no loss of life.
Sir Henry Irving unveiled memorial
statue to Mrs. Sarah Scott-Siddons. the
famous English actress, on Raddington
green, London, where her remains
were inferred 66 years ago.
While Professors Marksburn and
Richards We're practicing on fiying
trapeze Mt Fiesta Park, Los Angeles,
they fell to the ground and Richards
sustained internal injuries which will
probably result fatally.
Firemen eXtinguished fire at the
home OF Grant Prestel, laborer, at
Dayton, o. They found the charred
bodies of Rose Prestel, aged l6, and
Albert Prestel, aged . years. The
children played with matches and set
fire to the house.
The southbound express Oh the Grand
Rapids n Indiana, was deraied near
RigSeville, Ind. The rails are said to
have spread, ditching the engine, ten
der, mail and baggage cars. The en-
gine was totally demolished, instantly
killing the engineer.
The Pacific Mail steamship City Of
Para, now in quarantine in San Fran
cisco, brings details of the loss in mid
Pacific of the British ship Buckhurst,
ON April last, she having picked up
part of the crew OF the ill-iated vessel
an Nav