Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-09-23
tPITOME OF THE DISPATCHES
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Many Places Culled From the Frees
Reports of the C9rrozA weak.

banding the Eastern squadron.
Creation of the grade of vice-admiral
and it's bestowal upon Admiral Dewey,
is to be recommended to congress by
Secretary Long.
With the detachment OF Commo-
dore Watson from command of the
Eastern squadron, all work in connec.
tion with the raising of the Spanish
cruiser Cristobal Colon will cease.
Orders have been sent to Chaplain J.
@. Mcintyre, formerly attached to the
battle ship Oregon, who, it is alleged,
severely criticised Rear-Admiral Samp-
son and Captain R. D. Evans in an ad-
dress at Denver, Colo, directing him
to proceed to Denver to await trial.
George NJ. Hunter, company H,
First Washington volunteers, has ap-
piled for pension for disability in
Cured while in the service in the war
with Spain. Mr.. Hunter recently re-
turned on furlough, and is staying in
Salem, Or. His application is proba-
bly, the first one growing out of the
Spanish war.
Major-General Davis, at Camp
Meade, has disapproved the findings of
the court-martial in the case of Cap
tain Duncan, Twenty-second Kansas,
who was convicted of ampering with
the graves of Confederate soldiers at
Manassas, and ordered the captain re,
leased nom arrest and restored to duty.
The steamer Discovery, which has
just arrived from Skagway, Alaska,
brings advices from Dawson up to Au-
gust 81. 1t is stated that the Cana
dian police have completed a thorough
investigation of the food supply for the
coming winter. They report that the
amount on hand is more than suffi-
clent to carry the camp through the
winter.
The boundary dispAte between Chile
and Argentina seems likely to develop
into great South American confagra-
ton. 1t is believed, as a foundation,
that Bolivia has signed secret treaty
with Argentina to make common cause
against Chile. In case of war, how
ever, Peru would checkmate Bolivia,
leaving Argentina to the care of Chile.
This attitude of Peru is said to be due
to the fact that Chile has wiped off
SlO, 900, 900 from the ransom for the
provinces returned by the protocol.
Chile is now completing her naval and
military preparations for a hostile cli-
max to the negotiations with Argen-
tina.
Four Quilliyute Indians died of the
black measles in one day in Puyallup
valley and white hop-pickers are in a
state of terror.
A Manila dispatch says the insur,
gents have evacuated the suburbs of
Manila. They did so in a grand march
in which nearly 5000 men took part,
carrying rifles. with colors waving,
bands playing, and shouting viva
Americanos" and Viva Filippinos
libreP"
The war and navy departments
strongly assert that Dewey he's never
asked for help. Newsr, per reports to
the contrary were all canards, ana much
annoyance has been caused by their cir
culation. The Germans are not pre-
pairing to make trouble at Manila, say
the department officials.
The Turkish government has sent a
circular to the powers, claiming that
the British provoked the recent disor-
ders in Gambia and refusing to withdraw
the Turkish troops from Crete. The
circular has made an impression. The
5ashi bazouks have consented to disarm
provided their arms are delivered to
Turkish authorities.
The fate of the movement of the an.
nexation of Jamaica to the United
States is sealed, says the Kingston,
Jamaica, correspondent of the New
York Times. a movement has been
inaugurated in Jamaica having for its
object the annexation of the island to
the Dominion of Canada. A change of
nationality would thus be avoided. and
Jamaica's troubles brought to an end
Three persons were killed outright
and several others badly injured in
Wichita, Kan, by Rock Island pas.
senger train, which struck a carry-all
at the Douglassavenue crossing. In
the vehicle were l3 persons on their
way to Buffalo The carry-all was 60
ing at q rapid pace, and the driver
could not stop when he saw that the
train was upon him.
Admiral Walker, president of the
Nicaragua canal commission, has re-
turned to Washington. The admiral
says that about $50 men are at work
along the line OF the proposed canal,
and they will stay there throughout
the rainy season. Admiral Walker is
contident that the commission will be