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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

Washington, June 1S.-The treaty
Tor the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands reached the senate chamber at
b O'Clock today. The senate went into
executive session, and as soon as the
doors were closed the message of Presi-
dent Mckinley, accompanying the
treaty. and the treaty itself, were read
to the senate.
The message of the president was not
very long document. Il dealt with
historial facts concerning the island,
and showed that the United States and
Hawaii are becoming more closely
bound to each other. This was not
really annexation, he said, but con-
tinuation of existing relations, with
closer bonds between people closely re-
lated by blood and kindred ties. Since
1890, says the president, the predomi-
nance of the United States has been
known. The sending of the first envoy
there brought the islands in closer rela-
tions with the United States, and their
relations grew firm by succeeding
events.
At the time the tripartite agreement
was made for the government of Samoa,
he said, Great Britain and Germany
wanted to include Hawaii in the group
over which protectorate was estab-
lished, but the suggestion was rejected
by the United States, because this gov
ernment held there already existed re-
lations between Hawaii and the United
States which placed the islands under
the special care of this country, and
this government would not allow any
other country to interfere in the affairs
of Hawaii. The annexation of the
islands, said the president, and making
them a part OF the United States, was
in accordance with the established pol
icy of this country.
The president called attention to
the fact that legitimate and existing
government of Hawaii offered to annex
the islands to the United States in
1881; but, on account of what was
deemed the best policy, the annexation
was not accepted by this country. He
stated that the United States virtually
exercised protectorate over the islands
since the first American mission, and
guaranteed the autonomy of the govern
ment of the group. The islands had
been largely settled by our own people,
and our people were now interested in
them. American interests predom-
mated, and we had grown to consider
them under our own protection. The
present treaty was in the light of
consummation of what had practically
been in existence for years.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
Washington.

Inc free textbook proposition was
voted down in Mount Vernon.
Steamboat men at Gray's harbor are
'alklhg OF putting steamer on North
fiVer' above the jam.
Inc number of deaths in Seattle dur
ilg May was 3S. Eight of these were
'"''ureh and two were from drowning.
,v Az the school election in Walla
"alia the proposition to furnish free
eA',oOoks was defeated by vote of 81
N, "inneld Scott Rich, of Cam bridge,
mass has been engaged as PRINCIPAL
.ne Spokane high school, at salary
@ $1,000 year.
All laws passed by the last session of
ane Washington legislature, to which
~ emergency clause is attached, have
Oecome operative.
nemls' shingle mill, in Cowlitz ooun.
Il, Il, !na' mas been delayed on account of
0;1, ,%e Jam OF bolts in the Toutle river,
Will Oe started up at once.
a, An ordinance has been passed bv tho
riGp Jympia council denying to all bicycle
,;St Jels ,he use of the sidewalks for
.ng during the dry season.
,ra iaree Seattle wheelmen made the
lss. an from ron Seattle to Olympia and return
tan. Ds sunday, covering the entire dis
M Vi lo4 miles on their bicycles.
nav ,"e Atlas Lumber Company, at MUIR
|jnto M u. ~ putting an additional engine
na" n'o l's sawmill. Last month the COM
iny inny shipped more than 70 carloads of
h e Lewis county commissioners at
latest meeting, decided to post
sua Dae e. Indefinitely the proposition to is.
tS, Sp iuhdlng bonds to take up the coun-
noating Indebtedness.
Two rolls of steel wire cable were 70.
csn,Ir IN Shelton, Mason county. re.
EaoH Ey ior Simpsons logging camps.
5 Oon r ioil Is 1000 feet long and weighs
h ;VOO OOdp pounds. They cost in st. Louis
tito. a,'iers in the swauk district in Kit.
seaso. a county have begun work for the
Tvs SOh n and clean-ups are yielding we'll.
2s IN Coo large dams on Baker creek. to hold
buiI, iTIVVivOO .t gallons of water, are to be
VIII this summer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
The TOrnadO's Path.

Lincoln, ILL.,, June 2l.-A tornado
which passed over the central and
southern portions of Logan county this
afternoon destroyed thousands of dol
lars worth OF property and completely
demolished the immense COW barn on
the farm of the state institution for the
feeble minded. Twenty-six persons
seeking refuge from the storm were
buried in the debris. Four of the refu-
gees, boy pupils from Chicago, were
taken out dead. Five Others were Sc
verely injured, one of whom, the farm
superintendent, will probably die.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
No Pension for LII.

Washington, June 17.-One point OF
Importance in which the Hawaiian
treaty differs from the convention nego.
tiated by Secretary Foster in President
Harrison's administration is the omis-
sion of any provision for ex-Queen Lii
uokalani and Princess Kaiulani. In
the original treaty it was provided that
the United States should pay the ex-
queen the sum of $40, 900 cash and the
same amount of money as a pension
each year during the remainder of her
life, provided that she in good faith
submitted to the government of the
United States and the local government
of the islands. Princess Kaiulani be-
ing next in line of royal blood was to
have received a cash payment of $780,
900, but no pension under a similar
proviso as in the case of the ex-queen.
1t is understood any objection that
might be expected to the annexation of
the islands based on the large propor-
tion OF coolies in the population, has
been forestalled by an article not only
prohibiting further immigration of such
laborers to the Hawaiian islands, but
also prohibiting the coming of any
Chinese from the islands to other parts
of the United States.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
GENERAL WooDFoRD'S TASK.
The New Minister win Bring Spain
to Terms.

rhe New Minister VIII Bring Spain
to Terms.
Chicago, June 2l.-A special TO the
Times-llerald from Washington saws:
Spain is TO be brought to terms. Cen
eral Stewart l.. Woodford, the new
minister to Spain, after dining with
President Mckinley last night, spent
the evening at the White House. He
received instructions as to his work in
the Spanish capital, for which he will
start in Il week or two.
General Woodford's task is divided
into three parts. His first mission will
be to present demand for reparation
and indemnity for the death of DR..
Rulz. His second task is to prepare
the Spanish government for the inevit-
able, and the inevitable is the loss of
Cuba as a colony. The third phase of
his work is the presentation of dis
tinct proposal from the United States
as to the disposition of Cuba.
1t is as to the first and second chap.
teis that General Woodford is now con.
i0'i'6 Win tHc pTeslueHU. lie VIII
receive full instructions as to the third
either before he sails or as soon as he
shall have had an opportunity to report
upon the state of mind in which he
finds the Spanish ministry and the
queen regent.
President Mckinley also instructed
General Woodford to impress upon the
public men at Madrid these vital points:
First-The United States is not actu-
ated by an unfriendly feeling toward
Spain.
Secoand-The United States does not
desire to take advantage OF Spain's
troubles with her colony to bring about
the annexation OF Cuba to this country.
Third-Unless Spain will herself
make a move toward meeting the in.
eTitable, toward giving Cuba freedom,
the United States will be compelled to
interfere and in the case of interven-
ton annexation might naturally follow.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
Annexation Question May Go Over Until
the Regular Session.


Washington, June 1.-THE suggest.
ed course Of procedure when the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty is sent to the
senate is that 1t should be made public
in order that the proposition to restore
the house provision in the tariff bill
may be accomplished, with the under
standing that the treaty of anneSation
possibly will be in effect before a year 8
notice of abrogation could be given.
One reason given for making the treaty
public would be that it could be dis
cussed in connection with the Hawaiian
provision in the bill
1t is not believed there will be any
attempt to secure immediate action on
the treaty, and possibly it might not be
considered at this special session. Some
question has arisen az to whether the
senate is competent to act upon a
treaty which acquired territory, and
whether the house would not be called
upon to concur, but the precedents are
that the treaty-making power-the
president and senate--can act, and the
only manner in which the house would
be considered would be in voting on an
appropriation necessary to carry the
treaty into effect.
The manner in which the treaty will
come before the house is in the para.
graph providing that the United States
shall assume the present debt of Hawaii.
This will not in any way effect the
treaty or interfere in its adoption.
Before the matter will be submitted
to the house will come the ratification
OF the treaty by the senate. If the
treaty is ratified no action by the house
can change the condition. The failure
OF the house to appropriate money to
pay the debt or interest on it may be-
come future complication, but the
ratification Of the treaty by the senate
will annex the islands.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
OUR TRADE WITH CuBA.
Decline From One Hundred NIiIIiops
to Twenty Millions.

Washington, June 2l.-A significant
report on our trade with Cuba from
1887 to 1897, prepared by Chief Hitch
COCK OF the foreign markets section of
the AGRICULTURAL department, has been
promulgated by Secretary of Agricul.
lure Wilson. The statistics show very
cle lriy the effect of present hostilities
III Cupa on the commercial intercourse
OF the United States with that island
During the last fiscal year. 1896, the
total value OF our Cuban trade amount-
ed to only $47,54S, 61O, as compared
with SlO2, ,S64, ,204 in 1898, the wear
preceding the breaking out of the war
Ihis was falling off of more than 80
per cent in these returns. Returns al
ready available for the current fiscal
year Indicate still further decline.
the records for the nine months ending
March 81, 1897, placing the total value
OF the trade for that period as low as
$l4,926,Sl1. At this rate, the figures
Tor the fiscal year 1898 will hardly
reach $50, 900, 900, or less than one
NTH the value recorded in 1898.
The report also demonstrated that in
past years our imports from Cuba have
generally been much in excess of our
exports to that island, the balance of
trade being decidedly against the Unit
ed States.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
lEF PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Resume of Events in the
Northwest.
vIDENcE OF STEADY GROWTH

Gathered in All the Towns of
our Neighboring States-Improve-
mept Noted in All Industries-OreGon
astoria now has a paid fire depart
nent
Pendleton is considering the PROPOSE
Hon of buying in its own paper, as an
Investment for funds.
The locks at the Cascades were
onened for the season last week, as high
Fater is over for this year.
Baker City's praises are loudly sung
by all the visiting firemen who took
BART in the tournament there.
Indian Agent Harper says that many
6sh are being taken in the Umatilla
'rlyer by persons using dynamite
Winans Bros. brought into The
Dales 1900 pounds OF salmon one day
last week The run is light, but the
fsh are of excellent quality.
Seven emigrant wagons passed
through Lakeview. Three of them were
bound for Indiana, and the rest for Ne
braska. They were from Rogue river
valley.
The bicyclists of Astoria are talking
b building bicycle path, and it is
suggested that the county join them in
building good road to John Days and
Knappa.
Lane county's Jail has been without
an occupant since the March term of
eircuit court, the longest period it has
been empty during the present sheriff's
term OF office.
The Lane county court has let the
contract to build lO0-foot strain beam
truss bridge, with crib pier, across
Salmon creek, for $500. Seven bids
were handed in by four bidders.
The grasshoppers are doing consider
able damage in the vicinity of Lexing-
tOn, Or. Gardens have been COM
pIetely ruined, and in many places
fntlre fields OF wheat have been eaten
pp.
The graduating class at the Corvallis
college this year numbers Il, against 48
last year and 81 the year previous.
'Ihe reduction in the number is largely
Fiue to an extension of the course from
three to four years.
There will be no grain raised in the
northern part of Morrow county this
year, and but small amount of hay,
'he grasshoppers having destroyed
everything in sight. The portion Of
Fhe county that they have not visited
will raise an average crop.
The Weston Leader says that num-
per OF pioneer relics were exhibited at
lhe reunion tent there recently. Thomas
spence's contribution was pocket rife
lOo years old, made in Massachusetts.
~ is harmless looking affair now, but
was W considered a trusty weapon by Mr..
Spence's father, who, armed with it
alcne chased band of Indian horse
thieves for three days.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
Comment OF London Papers.

London, June 17.-All the afternoon
papers have taken up the Hawaiian
question in the light OF the proposed
annexation Of the island to the United
States. The Globe says:
"The question is essentially interna-
tional, and cannot be disposed OF by the
decree of one power alone Great Brit
ain and France are in the same position
towarad Hawaii as the United States"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
senate Has Disposed of the Agricul-
tural Schedule,

Washington, June lS.-The senate
made rapid work on the tariff bill to-
day. There was no long speeches and
the debate was of a snappy character,
which at times enlivened but did not
delay the serious work on the bill.
Thirteen pages were disposed of, carry
ing the senate through the agricultural
schedule and up to schedule H, relating
10 spirits, wines, etc. During the dav,
the paragraphs on dairy products, farm
products, fish, fruit and nuts, meat
products and miscellaneous agricultural
products were acted on. The finance
committee proposed many changes. in
the main advancing rates somewhat
over those heretofore reported. The
committee was sustained on every vote,
although contest was made on alomst
every paragraph. Vests motion to re-
store salt to the free list was rejected
ayes "a, noes 81.
The important paragraph proposing
TAX on tea went over at the suggestion
OF Allison, who expressed the hope that
this duty on tea might be dispensed
with.
The senate met at IL A. NJ, and will
continue to meet at that hour until the
bill is disposed of.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

Wheat - Chicken feed, $26 per
ton.
Oats-Choice, $21@22 per ton.
Flour -(Jobbing)-Patent excellent,
$3.50; Novelty A, s.. 80; California
brands, $4.75; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
$6.40.
Barley-Rolled or ground, $40 per
ton; whole, $l9.
Corn-Whole, $40 per ton; cracked,
$50; feed meal, $50.
Millstuffs-Bran, $500 per ton;
shorts, $l8.
Hay-Puget sound, per ton, $12. 90;
Eastern Washington, $17; California,
$13@14.
Feed-Chopped feed. $500 per ton;
middlings. $22; oilcake meal, $50.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, lie; spring chickens, 81. .5O@3. 80;
ducks, $500.
Butter - Fancy native creamery,
brick, l6ci ranch, 10@12.
Cheese-Native Washington, 100
lie; Eastern, lie; California, 9Hc.
Vegetables-Potatoes per ton, $l2.0O
@l4; parsnips, per sack, 81; beets,
per sack, $l.o0; turnips, per sack, 81. 90;
rutabagas, per sack, SOC; carrots, per
sack, 75c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
$l.75; onions, per 100 lbs, $l.50.
Sweet potatoes-Per 100 lbs, $3.50;
new potatoes, 1 24c per lb.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 14@15c.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; cows, 6lac; mutton, sheep,
619c per pound; lamb, DC; pork, 6 &c per
pound; veal, small, 6@7c.
Fresh Fish - Halibut, 4@5c;
salmon, $3.50; salmon trout, 7@l0c;
founders and soles, 3@4c.
Provisions-Hams, large, lie; hams,
small, llAc; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, SIC per pound.
Fruits-Lemons, California, fancy,
s3.00@3.50; choice, 80. 80; Cal fornia
fancy navals, $3@3.50.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

Paris, June 21.-In fight between
Italians and French workmen at Bar
cine yesterday, two Frenchmen were
killed. The district is intensely ex-
CITED and the police are taking steps to
quell further disturbances. Another
affray between French and Italian
workmen has taken place near Aries.
Troops have been sent to the scene.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER,
Downing, Hopkins X Company's Review
of Trade.

There was not much trade in wheat
last week but prices were tirmer and
the close was cents higher than the
preceding Saturday. 1t is safe to say
that with the statistical situation so
strong as at present, the volume of gem
eral trade never was lighter. Specula-
tion is confined to professional traders
who have been educated up to see
nothing but the short side. However,
there is another side to the market
The Orange Judd Farmer makes an
estimate of the prospective yield of
winter and spring wheat, placing it at
$4,000, 900 bushels, somewhat lower
than the former estimates from other
sources. The real stimulus to the mar
ket at present is the unreasonable
weather that has prevailed in the
Northwest for the past two weeks,
and if the wheat crop has recently been
as badly damaged by frost as it is
claimed, we will see sharp advance
as soon this fact is fully determined.
We are inclined to look for further ad-
vance under the prevailing conditions.
Receipts of wheat for eastern shipment
at Duluth have been light, most OF the
spring now going to Minneapolis where
there is an extraordinary milling de-
mand. Beerbohm's report estimated
the worlds shipments for the week at
only 100000 bushels. The exports
from both coasts of North America were
reported at / 800, 900 bushels, compared
with $4,000 bushels last week, and
2,922, 900 bushels the corresponding
week of last year. The amount on pas
sage to importing countries decreased
in the seven days 100000 bushels.
The American visible supply decreased
1,764, 900 bushels and now totals 22,-
6S6, 900 bushels. A year ago the visi-
BILE decreased only 673O, 90 bushels, and
totaled 494, 800, 900 bushels.
The long expected advance in stocks
is now under full headway, and values
have advanced steadily all week, with
scarcely any reaction to speak Of.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
Cyclones Add to spain's Misery.

London, June 2l.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Mail says: A sue
cession of cyclones and fierce hail
storms have destroyed the crops and
vineyards in the provinces of Vallado-
lid and Guadalajara. In the district of
Newcastle, houses have been flooded,
hundreds of cattle drowned and num-
Der OF lives lost.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
Railroad Speed

Nyack, N. Y, June 21.-The steam
yacht Ellide, built for E. Burgess War.
ren, of New York, in her trial trip over
a measured course, made the mile in
one minute and 30 seconds. which is at
the rate of 40 miles an hour, the fast.
est time on record
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
Spanish Defeat in PbilIpp,pes.

New York, June 2l.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says an Off
cial telegram from Manila announces
desperate combat in the Philippine
islands against the rebel general Agui-
naldo. The Spanish losses were over
100 killed and wounded. The news
has caused profoundly painful i'm
preston.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
Portland Markets.

Flour-Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, So. 75; Benton county and
White Lily, $3.75; graham, $S.40; su-
perfine, $3.50 per barrel.
Wheat-Walla Walla, 74@75c; VAL
ley, rec per bushel.
Oats-Choice white, 3S@40c per
bushel; choice gray, 37@39c.
Hay-Timothy, $l3.OO@14.OO per
ton; clover, $ll. so; wheat and
oat, $lO.00@11.00 per ton.
Barley-Feed barley, Sic. 80 per ton,
brewing, $lS@19.
Millstutfs - Bran, $14.50, shorts,
$16.50; middlings, $3.50.
Butter-Creamery, SOC; dairy, 2O@
25c; store, l71a @3Oc per roll.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, 40 "a SOC;
Garnet Chilies, 55@65c; Early Rose,
35@40c per sack; sweets, 1915 per
Genital for Merced; new potatoes, 1@
l 40 per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $1,000
3.25; geese, $4,000 90; turkeys, live.
lOc; ducks, 50. 50@3.50 per dozen.
Eggs-Oregon, ll@ 12c per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon, IL Nc; Young
America, 12 1ac per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12c per pound; East
ern Oregon, 6@8c.
Hops-Ic per pound.
Beef - Gross, top steers, $3. 80;
cows, $2.50@3.00; dressed beef, 5@
61ac per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, axe; dressed mutton, AZ
@5c per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice, heavy, $4,000
4.50; light and feeders, $2.5O@3.0O;
dressed $3.00@5. $50 per cwt.
Veal-Large, 81 @4c; small, 4H@
&c per pound.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

A Detroit (Mich.) man is said to
have q $4,000 cane,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-10
D. H. RHODES,
Superintendent

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIF-
&c RAILWAY.
Time ia BILE effective Sept Is, VI.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-10
CONNECTIONS.

~ 1nf Kansas Mail-Has reclining chair
- seats free) and Pullman drawing room
efeerers 10 Wichita and Burton. Kan. Con-
,,srts al Wichita. Kan. with A. I. & s. r.
g. T1o;nts in Cherokee strip and Oklahoma
So,rests al Burton, Kan, with A T. A.
L for points in Kansas.
No ice St Louis Matthias reclining
.6afr cars (seats free) 10 81. Louis ard
p,1;ir,an rswiag-rooTn sleepers 10 Monet
co~nects at Pierce City. No. with No rs
80 r1oints in Indian Territory via Neosho
- [Iorstt with No. ;. the Texas I.frnifAd
Nresfibulet) which has reclining chair cars
fsaats free) Pullman drawing-roo-n sieen
e~s "a Galveston via Paris and Dallas rs
Si-i1c ears Tslirina 10 Dallas: Connects =
No1rft with No. 2 Which Connects 81
n:on station, =. LOUIS, with ali lines for
- asst. north and southeast
u No los Colorado and California urnstsa
tsss reclining chair cars (seats frsel "a
Tn-~ton and Anthony, Kan, Pullman Ruf-
-. AZ 7rsns-rooTn sleepers 10 Burton Esn
!rNr.,-rh Pullman sleepers Burton H.
a. 4 - Pnsfio Denver. El Paso. Los Angeles
- 6ssro and san Francisco. Connect:
50 ie,1rr-5- Kan, with a T. < : r To-
ro,rts in Colorado, Wyoming. Utah. Neva-
"a Idaho. Montana Oregon. Washington
New ana OLD Mexico. Arizona ard Caa.or-
MA -
chair cars tseats free1 and Pullman Buffet
irawiug-rCoTr sIeepCrs 70 s. LOUIS Re-
cl.ninS chair cars seats frssl and Pullman
PzIsce Sleeper Moueii 10 Dallas Tex. via
Paris. Connects al Nonett with Nc 70.
points n Arkansas and Texas Connects
a. Monet with No. :. which connects 80 81
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-10

FOR SALE OR TRADE-ne Il sec. 26-26-1e;
good house, barn, cribs and sheds; fine
orchard, peaches cherries and apples;
good water and trees. also artificial lake
, acres surface from to y # deep; fine
school house on corner, miles from GEN.
ter of city; miles of stock yards and pa
of Kechi station. Also residence with mod
ern improvements, No. III Paramount
Ave, first house south of the college.
This is a fine location for educating a
family or keeping students boarding
house. Address W. E. Hutchinson.
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