The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1897-04-29
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE day
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Two boys We're drowned in a slough
near Marietta, Wash.
The 3-year-old child of Frank Floyd,
who lives in Arroyo valley, California,
was killed by the bite of rattlesnake.
Edward NeiII was mangled to death
at Wallace, Idaho, by a line shaft in
which his clothing became entangled.
Two elderly women were knocked
down and robbed in their home in Gin
cinnati, o., by three men, who escaped
with jewelry valued at So, 900.
Governor Adams, of Colorado. has
vetoed the bill regulating the manufac-
ture and sale OF oleomargarine passed
at the recent assien of the legislature
The veto ms sa = is sensational, as the
governor shows in his message that the
most barefaced bribery ever attempted
was employed TO secure the passage of
the bill.
At meeting of prominent Parnell-
ties in Dublin, Ireland, a resolution
was adopted providing for the forma-
tion of an independent Irish league, in
which agrarian interests are not TO be
dominant. and which will be founded
on the broader and sounder basis of
independent political action for the
benefit of the whole Irish nation" The
object of the lslgue will be .'civil and
religious liberty, and absolute indie
pendence of all alliances with any En-
glish party"
The famous 'that-trimmings case, %
which indirectly invovled between $780,
900. 900 and s25, 900. 900, and which
has been postponed from time to time
for the past three years, has been
finally decided in favor of the govern
ment by jury in the United States
circuit court in Philadelphia. The suit
was brought as test case by an i'm
porting firm, who sought to recover
from the government difference of 80
per cent in customs duties The firms
contention was that the importations
in question consisted solely of hat trim
mings, on which the duty, under the
Mckinley tariff act, was only 90 per
cent, but the federal officials prov ed
that the merchandise was used chiefly
for dresses, and dress trimmings, on
which there was duty of 80 per cent
A number of japanese have left San
Francisco for Mexico, where a colony
will be formed on land granted them by
the Mexican government.
The body of Captain Evan Davies, OF
the British four-masted ship Delcairnie,
who drowned over four months ago in
the harbor at Astoria, has been picked
up by fisherman. The remains were
positively identified by papers found in
the pocket.
The great coon and varmint hunt on
Fox island, Washington, in which sew
eral hundred hunters participated, was
anything but a success as a varmint-
killing bee, though all who attended
were well satisfied, as the courtesies OF
the islanders made the outing most
enjoyable one.
Seth L. Milliken, representing in the
house of representatives the third dis
trict of Maine, died at Washington.
For some time he had suffered from
a serious affection of the bronchial
tubes, which last week developed
alarmingly, and was accompanied by
kidney and liver complications.
Bernardino Asseuro, Mexican set
tier on the tract of land near Hollister,
CAL, claimed by Portuguese, was
found murdered in the charred re-
mains of his hut. Investigation shows
that Asseuro was murdered with an ak,
after which the body was laid on the
bed, and the hut fired, to conceal the
crime.
The first wool of the season has been
delivered to warehouse in Heppner,
Or. It is said the wool is lighter and
of better staple and brighter than the
clip from the same sheep last season.
The rain has greatly delayed the shear
lo% LAarry rt,f ,,ov-a ha-
ing sold, owners holding firmly for a
small advance, about 10 cents head,
more than buyers are willing to pay.
A dispatch from Baker City, Or. =,
says that Powder river is higher than
it has ever been known to be, and is
doing great damage. Only one bridge
remains in the city, and if the warm
weather continues, it will go out. The
Sumpter Valley railroad is flooded foI
miles, and trains will not be running
for weeks. The northern residence por-
ton of the city is inundated.
Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States supreme court, has refused a
writ of habeas corpus in the case of Ell
verton r. Chapman, a broker, who re-
fused to testify in the sugar speculation
investigation as to whether senators
had speculated in sugar stocks while the
Wilson tariff bill was before that body.
The sentence of the supreme court OF
the District of Columbia to 80 days in
Jail and 500 fine was affirmed, and
Chapman's application for writs of GER
tiorari and habeas corpus were denied.
As a result of terrible accident in
a mining camp near Rossland, B. c.,
six men were killed and several others
injured. Twelve men were asleep in
the camp when a landslide, 800 feet
long and six feet deep, and fifteen feet
wide, overwhelmed them.
A train near South Lyon, Mich,
struck a vehicle on a crossing and in
ssantly killed Harry Clark and Miss
Sarah Fisher. Miss Ethel just was
seriously injured. Clark was student
OF Ann A rhnr and Miss Fisher attend.