Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-02-03
LATER NEWS.

Theodore Kitchener, aged 60, acci-
dentally shot and killed his wife at
Newtonville, N. Y.
One billion feet of Oregon timber,
on Abiqua creek, was sold to WisCon-
sin parties a few days ago.
The thermometer ranged flom 80 to
40 degrees below zero at different
points in Wisconsin the first of the
week.
Ore assaying from $40. 900 to $780,
600 gold per ton is reported to have
been struck in the Isabella mine at
Cripple Creek, Colo.
On the 18th ballot taken in the joint
session of the Montana legislature Sat-
urday, Hon. VIM. A. Clark was elected
United States senator.
In the lower house of congress
joint resolution has been adopted grant
ing to Venezuela the privilege of send
ing a cadet to West Point.
Charges affecting the integrity of
District Judge Scott, of Omaha, and
seeking his impeachment by the legis-
lature have been presented to that
body.
Ex-senator Slater, prominent figure
in Oregon politics for number OF
years, died at his home in La Grande
on the 2Sth. He came to Oregon in
1850.
The Montauk Club, of Brooklyn, ten
dered a banquet on the 28th to Admiral
William T. Sampson, and principal
among the other guests was Secretary
OF the Navy Jonh ID. Long.
A big celebration was held in Havana
in honor of the memory of the first Gu
ban president, Jose Marti. Four thou
sand people were present, and there
was no disorder of any kind.
The body of Captain Sturtevant,
pilot of the Paul Jones, has been found.
From the clothing of the body it is be-
lieved he was off duty and asleep when
the disaster was caused by the boiler
exploding.
General Eagan, tried by court-mar-
tial on charges of conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman, was found
guilty and sentenced to dismissal from
the army. The president has the
power to mitigate or entirely set aside
the findings,
The district attorney at Philadelphia
has notified counsel for Senator Quay,
his son, Richard, and ex-State Treas
urer Haywood, that he had fixed Mon
day, February 20, as the date for trial
of the three defendants on the charge
of conspiracy in the misuse of the
money of the state on deposit in the
Peoples bank.
Private advices received at Seattle
state that the government will send
three detachments of soldiers into the
Copper river district of Alaska next
spring to lay out mail route to the
Yukon river and establish ports. The
purpose is to establish an all-American
route to the Yukon. 1t will extend
from the mouth of Copper river tc
Eagle City. 60 miles below Dawson.
The New York Evening World prints
an interview with John Sherman, in
which the latter forcibly expresses him.
self against expansion.
According to figures published al
Madrid, $4,000 Spanish soldiers per.
ished, chiefly through sickness, during
the last campaign in Cuba.
1t is reported in Havana that Gen.
eral Rabi, with 1900 Cuban insur-
gents, has taken to the hills in Santa
Clara, in defiance of American author
tiles.
A battle has taken place at San An
Gamma, Ecuador, between government
troops and insurgents. Four hundred
men were killed and 800 wounded, anC
400 insurgents were taken prisoners.
The premier, Senior Sagasta, has an
nounced that the government had de
cided to convoke the cortes during tn,
second half OF February, whether tn,
United States senate ratifies the peac,
treaty or not.
A bicycle saddle combine is to be or
ganized and capitalized at 1900, 00C
preferred and $750,000 common stock
Those already in line are said to pro
duce 80 per cent of all the saddles useC
in North America and fair percentag
of those used abroad.
Considerable alarm is felt in admin
istration circles over the possibilit,
that Spain and Germany may recognize
the Philippine republic - German,
from interested motives and Spain t
free the 5000 or 10000 Spanish troop
held as prisoners by Aguinaldo.
The strike which has been in prog
ress at Colon, Colombia, for nearly