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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-07
ON AMERICAN RIVER.
"oOu Reports Brought Down nv
Yukoners.

Yukoners.
Port Townsend, Oct. 1.-The bark
hayden Brown, 10 days from St.
Michaels, arrived tonight, bringing 70
passengers from the various mining
sections of the Yukon basin. About
~ are direct from Kotzebue sound.
having left that section as late as Sep.
tember 6. All confirm previous re-
ports of no gold being found on the
sound.
E. II. Sullivan, ex-judge of Whit
man county, is among those returning
from the Yukon country. He spent
IA months IN searching for gold and
has visited nearly every mining camp
on the Yukon. He speaks in the high
est praises OF the prospects of American
river and its tributaries, Bluff, Marion,
Canyon, Gravel, Discovery, Caribou
and Dome creeks. On American river,
30 claims have been located and are
being worked, and on its tributaries,
200 more claims have been worked dur
ing the summer, some of them being
quite rich, No. 4 yielding $lOO per day
to the man, but it was not worked long
owing to high water. Discovery gulch
has made the best showing in the pro-
duction Of gold, having been more ex-
tensivley worked and being more favor
ably situated.
Eagle City is the outftting point for
American river and tributaries and il
is rapidly becoming formidable rival
to Dawson. Already this summer 800
cabins have been erected. The United
States government has established there
a military post OF 10 men and Gus.
tom-house. There are about 600 men
In that immediate vicinity, and during
the summer there has not been a single
case of sickness.
P. j. Tuohy, OF Chicago, has spent
the season at Circle City. He reports
about 700 men working in that district
and that claims are yielding we'll.
Wages are $40 per day.
The Koyukuk river country is an
other dismal failure, according to re-
ports brought down. 1t is claimed
there are about 40 small steamers on
that stream and 400 men were lured
there by reported strikes, but thus far
nothing has been found. Many are
starting out, while others are going
into winter quarters.
Just before leaving that district a re-
port came down the river that a rich
strike had been made 900 miles up the
stream, but no credit was given to it.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-07
UNFORTUNATE PRosPEcToRs
Eight Miners Lost Their Lives on Kot-
zebue Sound.

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-Charles E.
Watson, a mining man of Carson City,
who has arrived here on the bark
Northern Light from Kotzebue sound,
tells how eight gold-seekers lost their
lives. He says:
"On the night Of August II, Fred
Howard, Irving Howard. Joseph Gra-
ham, Samuel Wilmeth, of Providence.
r. l., and J. g. Starke, OF Grub
Gulch, MADEIRA, Fresno county, Cal,
who went north on the bark Mermaid,
were drowned while trying to get
across Hotham inlet with their provi-
sions. A storm arose and capsized
their small boat. When morning came
the other prospectors missed the Rhode
Island party, as they were called, and
the searching party that was sent out
found the boat floating keel up, but no
trace of the men. The provisions and
other effects belonging to the hapless
party were cast upon the beach by the
waves.
George Mueller. of Iowa, was
drowned August 13, while ascending
the Kubuck river. Mueller and his
partner had moored their boat under a
sand bank that caved in on them, cap
sizing their craft. l was nearby and
rescued Mueller's partner just in the
nick of time.
"Two men named Clark and Craw-
ford were drowned in the Kubuck rap
ids. could not ascertain their bap-
tismal names or where they hailed
from"
Watson says he is satisfied there is
very little gold in the Kotzebue coun-
trv
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ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
lnt Division to Garrison Cuba Has
Been Formed.

Ilnt Division to Garrison Cuba Has
Been Formed.
Washington, Oct. 1.-The public
fder forming the First division for the
|fcupatiOn Of Cuba does not designate
e majOr-general who will command
but states that the division will be
|RnPOrarily commanded by the senior
hcer on duty until a permanent divi-
On commander is chosen by the presi-
fnt The division is OF three brig
ies, as follows:
cavalry brigade, composed of the
Venth and Eighth United States cav
Y! to be commanded by Brigadier-
PAeral L. H. Carpenter, United
aeS volunteers.
Inc First infantry brigade, composed
me Fifteenth United States infantry
p the Fourth United States volun-
A infantry, to be commanded by
rgadler-General Simon Snyder,
plted States volunteers.
ASVOnd infantry brigade, composed
me First United States infantry and
Slxth United States volunteer in
puy' to be commanded by Brigadier-
EnelsI b. E. Williston, United States
lunteers.
i4ese ns troops, with the exception of
fifteenth infantry, are under or
W 20 to Huntsville. Ala, and the
Ieenth will probably be expected
~ sOon' 1t has been generally sup
f'u mat the division would he COM
Ilueu by General Wade, who is now
Ouoa as chairman of the military
omission.
que following is the order as issued
Aalltant-General's Office, Wash
FOn' Oct. by direction of the
te'aiy OF war, the Fourth United
Wy volunteer infantry detachment
me seventh army corps will be
Ieu IN readiness for immediate sery-
Ouoa, pursuant to general orders
current series, from his office, and
,'eu' iulIy armed and equipped, to
'Matlon at Manzanillo, the COM
,o .Jlng oftlcer reporting his arrival
s,sgraph to Major General Wade,
Ioa W. states volunteers, Havana, who
Position.
y command Major-General Miles.
III. G. CORBIN,
"Adjutant.General.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-07
WILL COLLECT DUTIES
uncle sam Will Take Possession =,
Havana CustOm-Houso


Washington, Oct. 3.-Tbe cahiro4
meeting today was devoted largely 70
matters Of detail in connection with tho
formation of the army which will he
sent to Cuba. Reports were read 70 tho
effect that by October 10 danger from
yellow fever will have passed. and If is
understood the movement of troons
VIII be begun about that time.
The conduct OF the Spanish customs
officers at Havana is very unsatisfactorv
TO the president, and it is SAID to he
decided to take possession of the crs.
toms-house there at an early date, and
administer affairs under the regula.
tions prescribed by this government.
There was also some cons Iteration
of the subject of mastering out com.
paratively large number of general
officers of the volunteer armv. TO meet
mastering out of regiments already or.
dered.
Instructions We're given to the two
commissions now sitting in the West
Indies to provide, it is stated, for the
actual occupation Of Porto Rico in adj
vance of Cuba.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-07
ONLY One Got Through.

Vancouver, Oct. l.-W. Sundstrom,
one OF the passengers on the steamer
Horsa, from the north, left Edmonton
for Dawson on January 19, and
reached Dawson August "a. He claims
to have travelled 5000 miles through
trackless forests, and to be the only
one Of 2,O00 people who started via
Edmonton to reach the Klondike. The
scenes along the trail, he says. were
terrible. The therometer often went
30 below zero, and the suffering was
awful.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-07
BRUTAL CRIME IN TEXAS.
Woman. Aided by Her Paramour, Muir
ders Her Old Husband.

Woman, Aided by Her Paramour, Muir
ders Her Old Husband.
Fort Worth, Tex, Oct. 3.-Word
has been received here of an atrocious
murder recently committed on Porter's
creek, near El Campo, Tex. The mur-
dered man was Otto Harmes, an old
German farmer, who, it is claimed,
was murdered by his wife and Julius
Harmes, his nephew.
The information comes that Julius
became infatuated with Mrs. Harmes
and they decided to put the old farmer
out OF the way. 1t is said julius hit
him on theshead with an AK one night
when he was sleeping, and, assisted by
Mrs. Harmes, dragged the body to a
cornfeld, piled brush over it, and start
ed fire.
The story further says that Julius
and Mrs. Harmes returned the next
morning to find the fire had gone out
and Harness was alive, but unconscious,
and that they then piled cornstalks
over him and burned him to crisp,
after which they buried his remains.
Both have since been arrested.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-07
TERRIFIC storm In Japan.

San Francisco, Oct. 3. - The
steamer Gaelic, from China and Japan,
brings news of terrific storm, which
swept over Japan September 9, doing
much damage to shipping. Heavy
rains fell, and the rivers became raging
torrents. A summary of the loss of
life and property follows; Deaths,
$50; houses swept away, 1874; houses
ovelthrown, 1,195; partially wrecked,
1,46o; houses inundated, 1857; river
banks broken, 7S.
The heaviest loss Of life occurred in
the prefecture OF Kofu. This section
also showed other losses greater In
comparison with any other, but Aichi
prefecture suffered greater loss OF prop
erty.
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THE NEW CHARTER BILL.
Portland Measure Introduced In the
State Senate.

Portland Measure Introduced In the
State Senate.
The Portland charter bill, introduced
In the senate by Haseltine Thursday
morning, provides for several import
ant changes in the administration of
city affairs. The salary of mayor Ia to
be reduced from $5, 900 TO $4,000 per
year, city attorney from So, to S2,-
400, to take effect after present terms
expire. The city surveyors Office Is to
be abolished, and the present munich
pal court. costing $1,000 for the judge
and 81 500 for the clerk, is to be super
seded by police court, the Judge of
which shall receive $1,000 and the
clerk 81, 200. Municipal Judge Hen
nessy's term of Office is made to expire
three days after the act shall take
effect, and the mayor is to appoint his
successor. Thereafter, however, the
police judge shall be elected by the
voters.
The board Of public works is to be
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ACCIDENT IN A MINE.
Thirty Men MiracuIously Escape Death
in Idaho.

Thirty Men MiracuIously Escape Death
in Idaho.
Wallace, Idaho, Oct. 3.-Thirty men
working the night shift in No. 4 tun-
mel of the Morning mine had an almost
miraculous escape from death early this
mor.ing, when $50 pounds of dynamite
in a magazine exploded. The first re-
port to reach here was that eight dead
and wounded had been recovered, and
that smoke was still too thick to per-
NIT the rescuers to get farther back,
where it was feared the imprisoned
men were all dead, either from the di-
rect results Of the explosion or from
the gasses generated by it. Later it
was learned that not man had been
killed or seriously injured, the only
casualty being the killing OF a horse
used to haul out the ore. Most OF the
men walked out, although some of
them were so stunned by the explosion
or overcome by smoke and gas that
they had to be helped. A number OF
them were stunned by the concussion,
and one, Captain Woods, fell onto his
candle, burning his face severely be
fore he recovered consciousness suffi-
ciently to get from over the flame. 1t
is not known what caused the explo-
sion, no one being near the magazine
at the time. That no one was injured
was purely piece of luck.
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Thomas II. Bayard Dead.

Dedham, Mass, Sept. 3d. Thomas
F. Bayard died at 4:30 O'Clock this
afternoon at Karlstein, the summer
residence of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel
D. Warren, after an illness of six
weeks. His death was without pain.
His wife. his two daughters-Mrs.
Warren and Miss Florence Bayard-
and his son, Thomas f., jr., saw him
draw his last breath, and his third
daughter, the Countess Lauenhaupt,
was on her way to Dedham.
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The House,


Upon the meeting of the house
Wednesday morning several committees
were appointed on minor matters, and
then tie introduction of bills was be-
gun. Speaker Carter announced the
membeSs Of the committee on investi-
cation of state Offices.
On motion OF McCulooh, the joint
resolution referring to the committee
on food fishes was withheld from the
senate, pending a reconsideration Of
the matter. These bills were intro
duced:
By Moody-Providing that an attor-
ney from outside states who Is a prac-
titioner in the highest courts, may ap-
pear as an attorney in an action in Or.
egon.
By Stillman-To incorporate the
city Of Pendleton and repeal the act
now in focre. Referred to the Una
tilla county delegation.
BY Ross-To establish in the city of
New York fiscal agent for the state
of Oregon and other civil corporations
VI tulo SlhtOI IbO abOhI W DO appOiulSu
by the governor.
By Young-To provide for the dis
charge of judgment liens on real estate.
By Young-Providing for the protec-
tion OF elk. and making the closed sea-
con from January 1, 1899, to December
81, 1910, after that time the closed
season to be during December of each
year.
By Tapping-To provide the times,
etc., for holding teachers examina-
tions.
By FlaGg-Fixing the salaries OF
Marion county officers.
BY Kruse-To increase the facilities
for the alleviation and cure OF disease,
and repeating all acts in conflict there.
with.
By Virtue - Protecting hotel and
innkeepers against delinquent guests.
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The House.

The first bill introduced in the house
Thursday morning was by Ross, au-
thorizing corporations to act as execu-
tors, administrators, assigness, reoeiv-
ers, depositors, etc., the same as ind.
viduals.
When the Baker City charter was
adopted, four years ago, section rela-
tive to the election Of officers was lett
out entirely, and, as a consequence, the
present officers have been holding Office
for four years. Grace introduced an
act which remedies the mistake, which
passed the house.
A bill was introuced by Thompson
relative to the protection of the sheep
interests and state tax on dogs.
Resolutions we're introduced as fol-
lows
BY Moody, to make the senate and
house committees on printing joint
committee, with power and instruc-
tions to investigate and report on the
state printing Office. BY Young, grant
ing 10 house committees and the Multi
nomah delegation one clerk each.
Several messages of an unimportant
nature were received from the senate.
McCulloch moved reconsideration
of Myers joint resolution, authorizing
the appointment of commission of
five to examine into and report at the
next session of the legislature on the
food-fsh industry. After spirited de-
bate, the resolution was indefinitely
postponed.
Representative Curtis secured the
allowance of clerk for the committee
on resolutions, but Farrell was unable
to get one for the Multnomah delega-
tion.
A resolution by Morton thanking the
state printer for a supply of stationery
was adopted.
Butts moved that the house adjourn
until p. M. An amendment by
Young that tie hour be made 10 A. NJ.
Monday was defeated.
The house then adjourned until
afternoon.
The house, on reconvening, concur
red in the senate resolution regarding
the retention of the Philippine islands
Hill introduced bill creating the
Office Of clerk to the justice of the
peace Of Portland.
Standley introduced bill to prevent
sheep, horses and cattle from being
herded from one county to another.
A. ID. Griffin, editor OF the Portland
New Age, is sergeant-at-arms of the
house.
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pOonn's' Newfoundland, Oct. L.
'na, british commissioners, Sir John
En, ts'on, Sir James Erskine and Lord
n, 1estn, to investigate the French
III IIc,o. rgnts in Newfoundland, have
p,s'ed y, their inquiry into the opera
u the French treaties on the
IDa n"est coast of the island. At
|or va Uay they will begin an investi-
~Vl S,. the trouble arising in connec-
"'tn N, the lobster and herring fish.
iney report that extreme dis
lhoas a.s's among the fishermen on the
|ssS Ss' coast, owing to the failure Of
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English KuIogies OF Bayard,

London, Sept. 90.--The morning
papers publish long obituary notices,
memorial articles and editorials eulo-
gisttic of ex-Ambassador Bayard's g
career, and especially of his work in
promoting an Anglo-American entente,
and expressing profound regret at the
news of his death.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-07

Inc SenNJes
The senate met at 10 A. NJ. Bills
were introduced as follows:
By Dufur, resolution calling for 90
sets of the Oregon code for the use of
the legislature; action deferred by con-
sent. BY Kuykendall, resolution pro-
viding that the senate sessions be
opened with prayer. By Driver. to
provide for the display of the American
flag on the schoolhouses of the state.
By Hasetine, resolution providing that
100 copies of the rules of the senate be
printed; adopted. By Dufur, provid-
ing for committee of three in the
matter of the senate journal of 1897:
adopted. BY Looney, to provide for
the working of state convicts upon the
public highways. BY Daily of Benton,
regulating tax sales of lands mortgaged
to the state read second time by title,
and referred to the committee on pub
lie lands. By Haseltine, to provide for
the regulation of the sale of municipal
lands under default. By Taylor, bill
70 incorporate the city Of Pcndlcton.
By Dufur, amending the statute In ref
erence to trespass on telephone poles
and wires. By Kuykendall, to define
the qualification of the voters at school
meetings and kindred SUBJECTS.
a message from the house reporting
the passage OF a resolution urging the
immediate use Of the federal approrpi
alton for the improvement Of the
Cascade locks, was received.
A message from the house providing
for a special committee for examina-
tion OF the books and accounts of the
Oregon insane asylum was reported.
and the senate concurred.
A message from the house reporting
the adoption Of resolution providing
for a special committee to examine the
books and accounts of the state peni-
tentiary was reported, and the senate
copcurIed: >e~ ~
A message from the house concur
ring in the resolution providing for
an examination of the books OF the SEQ.
retary Of state was received and filed.
The chair announced as a special
commission on examination of the asy'
lum books and accounts, Senators Tay-
lor and Kelly, and on examination oi
the books and accounts Of the peniten.
tiary, Senators Patterson and Howe.
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Tho Senate.

Tho Senate.
The senate convened at 10 A. NJ.
The session was opened with prayer by
Rev. j, Bowersox, of Lafayette.
A message from the house, ANNOUNCE
ing the passage of resolution calling
upon the secretary of state for 90 cop
les of the code for use of the legisla-
ture, was received and read.
A substitute for the house resolution,
offered by Selling, calling for 10 cop
les, five for the senate, and 10 for the
house, and their return to the states
custody at the end of the session, was
read and lost.
Resolutions and bills we're introduced
as follows:
By Fulton. urging the Oregon dele
CATION in congress to press the reten-
tion of the Philippine islands; carried.
By Hasetine, empowering the scertary
of state to give copies of the history Of
the Oregon Indian wars to pioneers,
veterans and commanders of camps; re-
ferred to the committee on ways and
means. By DAILY Of Lake, amending
the statutes as to the qualifications of
voters. By Daily of Benton, providing
for committee of two from the senate
and three from the house to amend the
school laws. without compensation
carried. BY Mulkey, amending the
constitution and abolishing the Office
of state printer. BY Taylor, provid-
ing for repeal of act creating the state
board of equalization. BY Daily of
Lake, for the protection Of those fur
nishing supplies and labor ON public
buildings. BY Hsseltine, amending
the Portland charter. By Dufur, for
protection OF grouse and prairie chick
ems. BY Daily of Benton, asking the
secretary Of state to supply senators
with So worth Of stamps and 81 worth
of nepspaper wrappers; adopted. BY
Reed, providing for the return to the
secretary of state of codes ordered in
the morning. By Bates, to amend the
statutes in relation to returns of sales
by executors and administrators of es-
tates. By Harmon. TO provide for the
resignation of electors, and kindred
matters. "
A message from the house, concur
ring In the senate Philippine resolu-
tions. was received. Morrow intro.
duced bill to amend the statues reg
ulating the payment Of county off.
GERS.
A message from the governor, recit.
ing the loss of Mechanical hall, at the
Oregon agricultural college at Corval-
lis. and recommending an immediate
appropriation for rebuilding it. in the
interest of the state and students, was
received.
DAILY of Benton. moved that the gov
ernor's message be referred 10 the agri-
cultural committee for an investigation
of the loss, the committee to report by
bill or otherwise. The motion carried.
The house bill to amend the charter
of Baker City was read the second and
third times and passed,
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Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 3.-Captain
Brady. of the United States signal
corps, has been ordered to begin the
construction Of an overland telegraph
line from Guantanamo, via Santiago de
Cuba, to Manzanilo. The line is to
be used principally for the transmits
sion OF government dispatches. although
commercial messages will be accepted.
The present cost of transmission of
messages by telegraph from Guantana-
mo to Santiago is 20 cents a word up
to 30 words, and l2 cents for each al
ditional word.
Schools were opened today. The at
tendance will be compulsory. English
will be taught. Thirty teachers at a
salary of $50 a month each, and the su-
perintendent, at $l25 month, have
been engaged
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iINP|ONS THEIR CAUSE
,I.s Takes the Part Of the
Volunteers.
.r,sE THEIR WORST ENEMY
r-oops Did Not Suffer Through
Their own F"ult-A Gross Insult to
$4,000 Brave Men,

c,icooo. Oct. 1.-The Daily News
Esshipeton special says that General
|Elo, % at the reception given at his
l"n.o se' sst night to his comrades of the
|%dsl Of Honor Legion, denounced as
/ [l.0 the claim that volunteer officers
N ,oldiers were themselves RESPONSE
n for the sickness in the camps.
nTbe volunteer troops of the United
|,tes in the war with SPAIN" said
h "Vere as brave and as patriotic
I.iv Of soldiers as ever took the field
4 ,pv campaign the world has ever
|ssn The battles they fought were
[on as calamity as any recorded in
|nto1y. And yet the peril which our
EHiers had most cause to dread was
N Mllets but disease, which swept
|T,r our camps and destroyed hundreds
Ibqre bullets killed one. Our sol.
|pr entered into the fever-stricken
INNS as they went up the hill in the
kco Of the enemy-with a courage
|Dd devotion that must open to them
N glorious pages Of history,
Those who say that these men
E,bened and died because they wished
\ those who blame the soldiers and
Ulcers Of our army for disease and
|eath that devastated the camps and
bnned the ranks; those who assert
bal our soldiers suffered through their
IN fault. insult 25O, 200 Of the bray
n men that ever carried arms beneath
be sun.
These men did not suffer and die
cause they liked it, AM whoever
|ys they did insults our army and the
ben who offered it. Il is an affront to
EsNn. have nothing to say of the
lsme fOI the death Of those brave
~
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Rear-End CollisIon.

ea0. "e, oct. IA rear-end collision
4 WI an extra freight and a work.
Scglred this morning on the
-racltc at haywood siding.
,yAaumont, of the freight
was Filled.
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Comino Of the Obdam.

Washington, Oct. 3.-The following
was received at the war department;
"Ponce, Oct. 9.-Obdam sailed to-
day with l9l convalescents, lO4 dis
charged soldiers and teamsters.
BROOKE"