Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-04-22
OF THE DISPATCHES
Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places Culled From the Press
Reports of the Current Week.

Ballard. of the District of Columbia, to
be assistant agent at the salmon fisher
les in Alaska.
The government of Switzerland has
prohibited the importation of American
fresh fruits, owing to the alleged pres
ence of the San Jose scale on the fruit
recently imported.
Consul Brice, who has arrived in
New York, says that for three days be-
fore leaving Matanzas, the people
threatened his life, and at all times his
property was'in danger.
Special dispatches from Madrid say
that advices from the Philippines re-
port that the rebellion is increasing,
and that 10. 600 rebels are now under
arms. Trouble is feared at Manila.
The Republican congressional con-
yention for the first district of Oregon,
which met in Eugene Monday, renomi-
mated Hon. Thomas H. Tongue by &C.
clamation. Nearly all of the l45 dele
gates elected were present.
A British officer, who has just re-
turned from Cuba, is authority for the
statement that when an American army
reaches Cuba the people will flock to
its ranks. All Cubans want lisa surety
of help and they will rise in a body.
The bodies of G. Rando and G..
Hankland have been found in the Pend
l'nrailla riyn. l., ,a.tl.. uH..I:-
ton. These are the two men who were
drowned as a result of their boat be-
coming fouled in the ice two months
ago
A report has been received in Par
sons, Kan, of a duel fought at Mineral
City between Jack Murphy. a farmer,
and an unknown man. Both were
killed, each receiving four shots in the
body. The cause of the tragedy is not
known.
o. M. Dean, editor of the Williams
County Free Press, shot and killed
Hawk Schufelt, who attacked him when
going from Grinnell to his home in
Williston, N, d. The exposure Of cat
tle-stealing by a gang of rustlers il sup
posed to be the cause of the ARRAY.
The senate committee on appropria-
tions has completed consideration Of
the naval bill, and it has been reported
TO the senate. The amendments rec
commended by the committee increase
the aggregate appropriation made by
the bill, as it passed the house, by 49,
263, 800, making the total SAG, 277, 55S.
A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch says:
A few nights before United States
Consul Hyatt left Santiago de Cuba
under instructions from Port Antonio,
Jamaica, Il mob of Spaniards made a
demonstration before the consulate, and
threw tomatoes, eggs and stones at the
Stars and Stripes floating over the con-
sulate.
The 30 cotton cloth mills of New
Bedford, Mass. which have been closed
since January II, when the 5000 on
eratives struck AZ n result of 10 per
cent reduction in wages, have again
been opened to give strikers an oppor-
tunity to return. All the corporations
started their machinery, but in MANY
of the mills 1t is said barely a quarter
OF the working force went in.
A delegation OF a dozen Indiana
from the Oneida reservation, Wiscon-
sin, in endeayoripg to make arrange
ments for the enlistment of a number
OF Indians in case of war with Spain.
They are disappointed in not being
able to find anyone with authority to
enlist them. A company of 100 and
possibly two companies could be raised
on the reservation in n few hours.
Five more murders have resulted from
the Baker-Howard feud in Kentucky.
Saturday, George Baker was shot and
killed by members of the Howard fac
tion, while on his way to town. sun.
day. Alex Baker and his brothers went
to Towards home, cal led the old man
out and shot him to death, and then
finished their work OF revenge bv xii.
ling his wife and two children, after
which they fled to the mountains.
News of the probable loss OF the
schooner Alexandria has been brought
by the Kodiak to San Francisco. The
Alexandria sailed from that city for
unalaska, February o., carrying sup.
plies for tho North American Trading
Company. Captain Avery was in com.
mand OF her with Il crew of six men.
Fifteen days ago the Kodiak was At
Kodiak island, and the Alexandria vas
then 40 days overdue at that point.
Indian John Smith, recently from
Missouri, writes down from valdes, or
Copper City, Alaska, that 1000 men
are there, and 1000 on the trail with.
IN 10 miles; flour is selling ut IS per
100 pounds, bacon II cents, and coffee
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