Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-21
EPITOAE OF THE DISPATCHES
Interesting Collection Of Items From
Many Places Quilted From the Press
Reports of the Current Week.

A plan to dismember the republic OF
Switzerland is under discussion in
Europe.
Twelve men, it is said now, were
killed and 23 wounded in the riot at
Virden, III.
Mrs. Nancy Geer, wife OF the gov
ernor-elect OF Oregon, expired suddenly
of heart disease in Omaha.
All Spanish civil courts in Philippine
territory now subject to American con-
troll have resumed business.
The government now has 90 warships
in course of construction. When COM
pleted, the United States navy will
rank third.
Secretary Alger has wired Governor
Tanner, of Illinois, placing the Fifth
Illinois volunteer infantry at Tanners
orders, in case the state militia is in
sufficient to end the coal troubles.
The Spanish mail steamer Reina
Maria Christina has sailed from Ha-
yana for Spain with 1,O73 officers and
troops, Col cases of military archives
and heavy cargo of ammunition.
AS a result Of eating canned Holsters,
shrimps, and CLAIMS, two knights of
Pythias, j. l. Jones and Charles Young,
who live near Rainier. Or, are dead,
and Walter Furow, of the same lodge
and town, is critically i'll from. the same
poison.
The government has apportioned the
prize money for the men of our war;
ships. Sampson gets the lions share,
Dewey the next largest sum, while
Schley will receive less than some of
the captains. The men will receive
from $50 to 5000 each.
The imperial Chinese government
has granted to the Peking syndicate of
London the right to open and work
mines and to construct and operate
railroads in the empire free from Chi
nese control. This is the first conces-
sion ever granted by the Chinese gov
ernment to foreign syndicate.
The annual report of Land Commits
sioner Hermann estimates that over
1900, 900, 900 feet of public timber
has been destroyed by fire during the
past 20 years. The report says forest
fires form the main subject for the at
tention Of the land office, now threaten
ing, as they do, not only the growing
forests but the forest lands whose pro-
ductiveness they retard indefinitely.
The report that the treasure of the
khalifa was found at Khartoum and
forwarded to Cairo is without founda-
tion.
Alexandria advioes received at Lon
don say that the troops who have just
returned to Khartoum are dying off
like flies from enteric disorders.
Jesse James, jr., son of the notorious
bandit, has been placed under arrest
for completely in the many train rob-
berries in the outskirts of Kansas CITY,
The anniversary of the death of
Charles Stuart Parnell WIS observed in
Dublin with procession and exercises
at the grave of the home rule leader.
Marquis Ito, the Japanese states
man, has expressed the opinion that
the anti.ioreign policy recently adopt.
ed by China would be modified upon
representations being made by the
powers.
An unknown white man was burned
to death in negro church at La Flore,
Miss, by the negroes, who thought
that because the man was i'll he must
be affected with yellow fever. The
church was entirely destroyed.
The Bear Island or Pillager Indians
will surrender, and the threatened
war has bee averted The recalcitrants
have agreed at conference to come
into the agency as soon as details OF
the terms are arranged.
A terrible experience is related by
Samuel Ensign, an American. He
was deprived of his liberty for IS long
years, and robbed of all his worldly
possessions, and thrown into a Cuban
dungeon. He finally escaped and re-
turned to his native land.
Two bloodless uprisings have occur
red at Guam since American rule was
established. Both We're quickly quel-
led. Spanish priests melted the ma
tives to deeds of violence. Tho Amer.
lean flag was hauled down on each oo.
casion. but soon replaced by the local
police. A young sailor is now running
things for Uncle Sam.
A rear-end collision between two o.
r. u N. trains occurred at Sullivan's
gulch, near Portland Two engines
were wrecked, four box cars smashed
into kindling-wood and the caboose of
the first train wrecked and thrown
down steep embankment into the WA.