Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-10-07
CURRENT EVENTS Of THE DAY
Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week Culled
From the Telegraphic Columns.


timore g. Ohio railroad tracks near
Chester, Pa, by a passenger train
crashing into wagon.
The Daily Mail laughs at the report
of the Canadian expedition in Hudson's
bay hoisting the British flag over
Baffin's Land, to get ahead of the
Americans, and declares that the terri
tory has long been British possession.
The first of the sealing fleet to re-
turn to Victoria was the Casco.
She brought / ,064 skins, taken off the
Japanese coast and Copper islands. she
reports that the Calotta, with 400
skins, and the Director, with 1000
skins, are close behind her.
Five men met horrible death from
black damp, the afteraccumulation Of
fire in the Jermyn mine near Rend-
ham, Pa. The bodies were discovered
by gang of men who went down into
the mine with supplies for combating
the fire. Noobdy knew of their deaths
until the discovery of the lifeless bodies
During the past month nearly $5,-
600, 900 worth of grain has left the Pa
cific ports for Europe. Besides this, 20
lumber vesses have sailed for foreign
ports with cargoes valued at over $780,
900. AS the month of August nearly
equaled September, the export of grain
and -four alone for the two months
would easily run into the ten-million
figures.
Baron Won Stumm's organ, the Post,
Berlin, published an article calling at
tention to the fact that 3,3OS horses
were imported from America during
the first seven months of 1897, and in
sisting that this new import ought to
be excluded. In the same article the
Post claims America sends even greater
numbers of dead horses to Germany in
the shape of sausages.
Over 5000 textile workers have been
locked out at Loebau, Germany, and in
its vicinity.
Commander Booth Tucker has ar
rived in Denver to complete the ar.
rangements for establishing a Salvation
Army colony in the Arkansas valley.
Michael Simmonds, railroad brake
man, aged 2S, shot and tried to kill his
sweetheart, Miss Jenny Long. aged 10,
at Baltimore, and then committed
suicide.
Rose the l9-yeabr-old daughter Of
John Miller Murphy, died at Olympia,
Wash. Her death was caused by an
overdose of laudanum, taken to allay
neuralgia pains.
Engineer +. Bennett Mitchell was
killed and Fireman John II. Cawley
seriously injured by the explosion of .
locomotive on the Northern Central
railway at Georgetown, Pa.
Secretary Wilson has secured an Or
der from the postoffice department to
attach the government frank to pack
ages of sugar-beet seed to be sent
throughout the country for analysis.
The latest news from Guatemala re-
ceived here states that price of $780,
900 has been placed ON the heads OF
Prosper Morales and his aide, Manuel
Fuentes. 1t is asserted that an order
TO this effect has been promulgated by
President Barrios.
AS result of the breaking of cable,
three colored men who were being car
ried up in an elevator shaft of the
Northwest Land tunnel. at Chicago, fell
% feet to the bottom of tho excavation.
One OF them was killed instantly, and
the other two sustained fatal injuries.
Word comes from Kaslo, b. c., that
three men who were out on the lake
about 500 yards were drowned by the
boat capsizing. A stiff breeze was
blowing, and, as the boat reached the
beginning of the swift undertow oppo-
site kaslo, the men tried to change po-
sitions, and the boat was overturned.
In recent interview, Lieutenant
Peary, who has just returned to Boston
from the Arctic on the whaling bark
Hope, said: ''The l00-ton meteorits
in the hold Of the Hope fell from the
skies hundreds of years ago, and has
long been the source of iron supplies for
the Esquimaux. l discovered Il in
May, 1894, and since that time have
been trying to secure it and bring it to
America, :"
The duel between Count Badeni, the
Austrian premier, and DIR. Wolff, the
German nationalist leader, has caused
the widest sensation. Count Badeni
sent his seconds to DR.. Wolff, who ac-
cepted the challenge. The premier
sent a telegram to the emperor, asking
permission to fight the duel, and at the
same time rendering his resignation.
In reply he received not only permis.
sion to fight, but also the imperial APP
proval. Count Badeni then made his
will, after which he spent the evening
at the Jockey Club and pleasure re-.
sort. His wife and family lrau, ,,>,L