Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-02-18
TIE NEVIS OF THE WEEK
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenlngs Of the Past Week
Quilted From tne Telegraph Columns.

gRphical Society.
San Francisco capitalists are said to
b, engineering plan to get lottery
bill through the Nevada legislature,
hiving been encouraged to make the at
tempt by the ease with which the prize
fighting bill was passed.
The house committee on Pacific rail-
rods has decided to report favorably
tn bill drafted by Representative Har-
risn, which provides for the creation
ofa commission to settle the indebted
nes of the Pacific roads to the govern
mnt.
It is said that Speaker Reed will
foestall legislation, other than tariff,
atthe extra session Of congress by ap-
p0nting only two committees, those on
wys and means and on mileage, and
reerving the appointment of other COM
mttees until the regular session.
While the action is unprecedented,
MEMBERS say it would be legal.
George Davies, prominent COM
MISSION merchant of Cleveland, O., was
ubt and killed by his wife at their
reidence in that city. The tragedy
vas the result Of long series Of quar-
rds. Mrs. Davies when taken into
custody wept bitterly, and said her hus-
lind had treated her unkindly and
elled her bitter names.
During the voyage from Hampton
loads of Admiral Bunce's blockade
quadron, which reached Charleston,
three men were lost overheard from the
lattleship Maine, one man was crushed
b death on the cruiser Marblehead, an
ther was fatally injured and six others
we're 80 badly hurt that several may
ose limbs. The officers say the voyage
was made in the worst gale ever expert
enced by the fleet
A press representative who visited
the poor houses of the famine district
of India says the inmates were found to
be in deplorable condition. The
buildings were overcrowded and med
ical attendance was lacking. A man
outside of one OF them was dead and
smother was dying A girl of years
Of age weighed only ten pounds, and
in weight. The skin in all cases was
drawn over the faces, showing the out
lines of the skulls and the limbs and
joints had the appearance of those of
articultated skeletons. 1t is estimated
that the present famine is the greatest
Of the century, and will greatly surpass
that of 1876, both in area and severity.
The famine belt is 1900 miles long by
400 miles wide.
Mrs. Mary Scott, pioneer of 1864.
died at her home in Walla Walla, at
the age of 70 years. Her husband,
John Scott, died only three months ago.
The president has signed, on the rec
emmendation Of the secretary of the
interior, an order, reducing the num-
ber of pension agencies in the United
States from eighteen to nine. 1t is said
this will save at least $3.50, 900 per an
num.
Hon. ]. +. Boyer died at his resi-
ience in Walla Walla. Mr.. Boyer was
one Of the best known men Of that
city. In business, in church, in social
life and in almost every matter of pub
lie interest he was for many years one
of the most prominent men of the In
Land Empire.
A Santa Fe train was held up and
robbed by two masked men near Mel
son, A. Il. One of the robbers while
attempting to break into the express
car was shot and killed by Messenger
Summers. The other escaped, taking
with him about half dozen registered
packages, the through mail pouches
being unmolested.
A grand ball, on luxurious scale, in
honor of President and Mrs. Daz, was
given Saturday night at the palatial
residence of Pablo Escandon, of the
opulent family OF that name. 1t was
in point OF importance, taste and dis
play, what the Bradley Martin ball
will he in New York.
News has been received of the whole
sale killing of paciicos at Jubaco, Ma
tanzas province, last week, by one of
Weylcr's captains, named Marios. He
raided small village, expecting to find
an insurgent hospital there. Being
disappointed he arrested twenty Of the
men, and, putting them in line, he or
dered every odd numbered man shot,
promising to spare the others. No
sooner had these been dispatched than
he had the Others put to the machetc.
Rev. Myron Reed, pastor of the Den
yer Broadway Temple Association,
preached sensational sermon last
Sunday, in which he discouraged the
collection OF grain and money for the
starving people of India, while there is
SO much suffering and need in our own
country. Rev. Reed declared that
present conditions in India wore
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