Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-02-25
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprehensive Review OF the Important
Happenings OF the Past Week Culled
From the Telegraphic Columns

happenings OF the Past week Culle
From the Telegraphic Columns
The secretary of the interior has dis.
missed the appeal of the state of Ore
gon from the decision of the land office
holding for cancellation the indemnity
school selection of lands in The Dalles
land district of Oregon.
Authentic reports have reached
Shanghai OF recent date from all sec.
tions of the Chinese empire, indicating
that riot and attack upon foreigners ia
the order of the day. The attacks
seem to be those of isolated rutfians
rather than concerted action OH the
part of the populace.
Another rich strike is reported as
having been made in the Blue Jay
mine, OH Yorrison gulch, a tributary
of Coffee creek, Trinity county, Cali
fornia, by the Graves brothers. The
new pocket is said to be worth $50, 600.
1t will be remembered that a $40 900
strike by the Graves brothers caused a
rush to Coffee creek last summer.
The senate committee on education
and labor has decided by unanimous
vote to report favorably the bill pre-
pared by the trainmen of the country,
and recently introduced in the senate
by Kyle, providing for the arbitration
of railroad strikes by a board of arbi-
tration to be chosen by the strikers and
the interstate commerce committee.
A special from Washington says: A
cablegram received by the secretary of
state from Minister Woodford, at Mad
rid, announces that the government of
Spain has disavowed the letter of De
LONE to Senor Canalejas. This dis
claimer, as the administration officials
are pleased to call it, is regarded as
satisfactory, and the president has au-
thorized the announcement that the
incident is closed.
Rev. @. o. Brown, the California
minister who figured in the Overman
case, has been formally dropped from
membership in the Chicago Congrega-
tional Association.
The outlook in France is gloomy,
and many prominent men fear DOWN
fall of the government may result from
the recent agitation. One writer de-
clares that anarchy prevails in the
army, the law and the streets
Dispatches from Guatemala state
that anarchy reigns supreme through
out the country, as direct result of
fha nf
and the plotting of the leaders of vari-
GUS factions to get into power in the
republic.
The house library committee has
made favorable report on the bill to
appropriate $40, 900 to erect a statue in
Monterey, CAL, to Commodore John
D. Sloat, who, on July Z, 1916, landed
at Monterey and declared the land
United States territory.
A dispatch to the New York World
from Havana says: General Blanco's
tiasco in Eastern Cuba, the postponing
of the elections, De Lome's retire
ment, and the recent activity of the in
surgents make the outlook black for
autonomy and for Spain. The failure
of the scheme of election will be proof
to all nations that autonomy is dead,
and the government is naturally de-
laying the evil hour.
There is rumor in Havana that the
palace authorities have letter written
by Consul-General Lee, the contents of
which are as interesting, even exciting,
for Spain, as the De LONE letter to
Canalejas was for the the United
States. Another report was set afloat
that Genearl Lee had resigned. This,
however, is known to be untrue. A
strong effort is being made to get Gem
eral Lee in the same boat with De
LONE. The members OF the autonomlst
cabinet do not like him.
There is general impression among
the pan-American diplomats in Wash
lngton, says q correspondent, that
Costa Rica and Nicaragua are very
near war. Both governments have as
sumed belligerent attitudes, according
to information which has reached
Washington, and it is the expectation
of Central Americans in Washington
that President Zelaya will demand a
disavowal of Costa Rica's response
bility in connection with the reyolu-
tion in San Juan del Sur Two British
warships are now in Nicaraguan wa
ters, and more are expected. One of
these now in Nicaragua is at Corinto
and the other at San Juan del Sur.
The annual report OF the civil service
commission for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1897, has been presented to
the president. 1t begins with state
ment to show that after an experience
OF nearly 10 years the hopes of the ad-
vocates of the civil service law have
been largely realized. In practice the