Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-27
LATER NEWS.

c., to be register of the land Office at
Weare, Alaska.
The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Times, referring to the rumor that
Italy is about to seize port in China,
says he believes it absolutely devoid of
foundation.
Advices reaching New Orleans leave
no further doubt of the loss of the
Yacht Paul Jones. Parties are search
ing for the bodies of the unfortunate
mem bers of the pleasure party.
Henry NJ. Hoyt, assistant United
States attorney general, has been or
dered by the department of justice to
go to Santiago and advise General
Leonard Wood on legal questions.
The strike of the dock laborers at
Colon, Colombia, is fast assuming a
serious aspect. A batch of 46 Panama
dockmen arrived last night, and stones
and revolvers were fred at the train as
it neared Colon.
Sharkey, the pugilist, and his spar
ring partner, Robert Armstrong, were
arranged in the municipal court at
Boston and fined $l5 each for partici-
pating in an exhibition which the po-
lice maintained partook of the nature
OF a prize fight.
A dispatch from London says: Arch
bishop Ireland, after his visit to Rome,
will come here TO consult with the
French bishops on the subject of Heck
erism. The bishop of Orleans has in.
vited the distinguished American &C.
clesiastic to preside over the fetes in
honor of Joan D'Aic.
A recent dispatch says: The real
truth as to the situation in the Congo
State is being hidden. The whole
country is in ferment, and the REBEL
lion is not being put down. The gov
ernment troops appear to fear the reb-
els and the prestige of the whites has
been much impaired.
The greatest gathering in the history
of Alaska Indians is scheduled for Au-
gust 10 next at Klawan, on the Chill
kat river. At this grand potlatch, the
tribal war OF the Wrangel and Chilkat
Indians, which has been raging for
many years, will come to an end. 1t
is estimated that over 1900 Indians
will be present.
A race against time from Seattle
to Dawson for purse of $4,000 began
Sunday, when Richard Butler,
wealthy Klondiker, started for Dawson
on the steamer City of Seattle. Joe
Barrett, another wealthy KlondIker.
bet Butler $4,000 that he could make
the trip from Seattle to Dawson in %
days or less, and 81, 900 more that he
could not make it in less than 20 days.
Chauncey M. Depew was elected to
the United States senate from New
York.
Senator Lodge has been reelected
from Massachusetts, and Senator Davis
from Minnesota.
Francis M. Cockrell was elected to
the United States senate by the Mis-
souri, Legislature.
A fire broke out in the Wheeler
mine at Denver, Col, on the night of
the 18th. All the miners escaped.
The fire in confined to one room.
A state funeral almost majestic in its
impressiveness was given the late Rep
resentative Dingley in the house OF rep
resentatives.
A Madrid dispatch says the premier,
Senior Sagasta, in an interview de-
clared that he only awaited the United
States senate's ratification of the peace
treaty to oonvoke the cortes.
The secretary of the interior, in
communication with the house COM
mttee on Indian affairs, said an in
vestigation shows the reports of q
threatened uprising of Indians of the
Northern Cheyenne reservation are I'm
founded.
Reports from Pinar del Rio, Cuba,
say that the province is being ravaged
by bandits, who have broken away
from the insurgent forces. Thus far nc
great damage has been done, and the
crimes committed are not of a serious
mature, but the ranks of the outlaws
; are constantly incr creasing, and the raids
J are becoming more daring.
: AT the annual meeting of the Busi
: ness Mems League at st. Louis, two
: hundred merchants and capitalists were
: present. A resolution was adopted
heartily endorsing the action of the
delegates from the states and territor
les comprised in the Louisiana pur
chose in deciding to commemorate tht
! event of the purchase by holding
, worlds fair in st. Louis, and pledgin,
Q full support to the undertaking.
I The congressional subcommssion OF
, agriculture and agricultural labor o