Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-22
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE DAY
OonprehensiveR Review of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week CuIIed
From tho Telegraphio Columns.

From tho Telegraphio Columns.
The Minnesota state board of par
dons refuses to pardon the Younger
brothers.
The National Republican League con,
vention met in Detroit. Delegates wers
present from nearly all the states
The departure from Portland Of thn
British ship Glenelvan brings the grair
feet for the present season up to II
vessels compared with 6S the year be-
fore.
Advices from Constantinople ;ndcat'
that the sultan is obdurate regardin,
the acceptance Of the peace proposals.
Edhem Pasha is Fastening back to Do
mokos, and the furloughs of all Turkish
officers have been Cancelled, in readiness
for renewal of hostilities.
Advices from the south of France
show that the destruction by the floods
there was greater even than earlier re.
ports indicated. The losses are esti-
mated at 200, 600, 900 francs in the aggre-
gate. Hardly village has escaped
damage, and the number of .ersons
drowned is nearly 300.
E. NJ. Waite, about 10 years old, who
was the Oldest printer in Oregon,
dropped dead in Salem. The printers
were to play the BARRIERS a game of
baseball. Waite carried a printers
towel as banner for the printers in
the parade. He tainted from the heat
and never regained consciousness.
The parliamentary South African
commission, which has been inquiring
into the Transvall raid, has agreed
upon it's report. The report will ex-
press an emphatic opinion that what
ever justification there might have
been for action on the part of the peo-
pie of Johannesburg, there was none
whatever for Cecil Rhodes conduct ir
subsidizing, organizing and stimulat-
ing an armed insurrection against the
government of the Transvaal.
Henrique Laidley, Portuguese vice.
consul at San Francisco, is at Monterey,
CAL, at the request of the Portuguese
minister at Washington to make thar-
ough investigation regarding the dis
turbance over the hauling down of the
Portuguese flag from the Lole above
Manuel Ortin's grocery store and the
burning of the flag. Ortin's notMca-
tion to the minister at Washington re-
suited in the investigation Laidley
declares if the affair is not satisfactorily
explained the Portuguese government
will demand an apology from the Unit
ed States.
Reports from the North say the AL.
aska Commercial Company's steamer
Arctic was crushed by ice.
The International Gcldmining con.
vention at Denver selected Salt Lake
City as its next meeting place.
By the explosion of lamp Samuel
W. Brown, miner, and his wife,
Mary, were burned to death in bed at
Pittsburg.
Five thousand wrought nail workers
Of South Staffordshire and North
Worcestershire have struck for 10 Der
cent advance in wages.
Preparations are on foot in Dublin
Tor the Parnell anniversary demonstra-
tion in October, and it is believed this
year it will be larger than ever.
The British government has notified
the collector of customs at Vancouver
that no duty will be charged on salmon
brought from the United States.
The statement of the Bank of Spain,
which has been formally gazetted, has
increased the adverse comment on the
bank management. 1t shows note
circulation of 36,0O0,OOO pesatas in
excess of the authorized issue.
Fully 900 men are employed ON the
branch line from SLOGAN, crossing to
Slocan lake. About 45O men are ON
each end of the line working toward
the center, and the contract REQUIRES
that grading be concluded byOctoher Is.
1t is expected that trains will be run
over the road by December /. Twelve
miles of wagon road have been complet-
ed from the crossing inland.
The difficulty growing out of tho
boundary dispute between Costa Rico
and Nicaragua is nearing the point
where diplomacy and arbitration will
be out OF the question. The boundary
commission appointed bv ex. President
Cleveland shortly before he relin-
quished his office has suspended work
for two months to watch the actions of
both sides before proceeding further.
What is said to he the greatest oil
discovery ever made is reported from
Alaska. Some gold ptospectors several
months ago ran across what seemed TO
he lake of oil. The lake was fed by
innumerable springs, and the surround.
ing mountains We're full of coal. They
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