Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-09-09
'EPITOME OF THE DISPATCHES
Interesting Co1lection Of Items From
Many Places Culled From the Frees
Reports of tho Current Week.


The transport St. Paul has arrived
in Manila from San Francisco with all
we'll on board.
Foreign vessels will be allowed to
enter the ports of Hawaii as usual,
pending revision of the United States
laws.
Schley and Gordon, commissioners
to settle the conditions for the Spanish
evacuation of Porto Rico, have sailed
for San Juan.
Being out OF work and without means
to support his family. a Chicago drug
clerk turned highwayman, and in at
tempting to rob saloon was forced to
shoot the proprietor.
Several vessels of the Mosquito"
feet are useless. The board of survey
has found upon examination that their
machinery and boilers are badly worn,
and will make report condemning
them.
The annual session of the National
Irrigation Congress opened at Chey-
enne Thursday. Ex-senator Carr, the
president, delivered the annual ad-
dress, urging the necessity for extend
ing irrigation facilities.
Eight lives were lost and considera.
BILE damage wrought by the Georgia
storm, which was more serious than
first reported. Lieutenant Morgan and
a crew of six were drowned by the up.
90 oFp TIL
The mate OF an Italian ship lost his life.
The American ship Barring Brothers,
from New York, has been burned in
the harbor of Kobe About 1000 tons
of mating was also destroyed. 1t is
intimated that the fire was OF incendiary
origin. When the vessel arrived at
Kobe from Yokohama six of the crew
were in irons. Four were afterward
liberated.
Orders have been received in An.
napolis from the president directing
Cervera to make arrangements to pro.
ceed with his officers and men back to
Spain Immediately, in accordance with
instructions issued by the Spanish
ministers of marine. The officers were
very enthusiastic when they received
the news.
A passenger train on the New York,
Ontario 81 Western railroad, was
wrecked at Ingalls,, near Saratoga. The
wreck was doubtless due to the BASTARD
ly work of tramps, who threw open the
switch at which the train was wrecked.
The dead are: Engineer B. G. Dowd,
of Oswego; Fireman William Hall, OF
Norwich; Brakeman A. l. Osborne, oi
Walton. Eight were injured.
Cuban troops threatened to enter the
town of Guantanamo, but were pre-.
vented by Colonel Ray.
Recent developments in the cele.
brated Dreyfus case in France, it is
said, may occasion a retrial which
would liberate Dreyfus and Emile Zola.
Wilhelmna HELENA Paulina Maria
has attained her majority, and became
queen of the Netherlands. Solemn
thanksgiving services were hel1 in
churches throughout the country.
Unknown incendiaries set fire to q
Chicago house. Their intention was tc
kill woman and child who were with.
in, but the intended victims were res.
cued by man who observed their
peril barely in time.
The hospital ship Olivette, while
anchored near the quarantine station al
Fernandina. Fla, in some unaccounta.
BILE manner suddenly filled and went
down, giving those on board barely
time to escape with their lives.
Strikers are determined to prevent
by force, if need be, the operation oi
the coal mines at Para, Ill. Six
thousand union men from other sections
are about to join the ranks of the
strikers, ana aid in enforcing their de-
mands.
William Ferriss, wealthy resident
of Mount Vernon, H., died, aged 9t
years. He served on board an Ameri.
can privateer in the war of 1919, and
subsequently was member Of the ex
petition that cleared the Gulf of Mexi
co of pnates.
The convention assembled at Man
aqua to form constitution for feder.
aoy to consist Of Salvador, Hondura,
and Nicaragua has agreed upon 40 o
the 149 articles. 1t has been agreed
that the name of the coniederacv shal
be "The United States of Centra
America.
General Garcia is now without
command. The Shafter incident lie,
to his removal at the hands OF Genera
Gomez. His successor has beer
named in the person of Rodriguez, VIII