Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-01-13
ant Happenings of the Past Week
& Culled From the Telegraph Columns.

OoueIal hdAlluO OOIHeH, from MS
camp, 200 miles westward, near Mar
ciso, has issued proclamation to the
Cuban army advising against disband
ing until the proceedings at Washing,
ton regarding the pay of the insurgent
troops have been completed.
By the purchase of a large block of
stock of the Calbarien railway, in Cuba,
l.. Ruiz & Co., bankers, representing
English capitalists, have secured con-
trolling interest in that lii o. The
same men have also been large pur-
Chasers of the stocks of Sagua and Glen
fuegos companies.
The monthly treasury statement of
the public debt shows that at the close
of business. December 81, the debt,
less cash in the treasury, amounted to
81, 1879, 176, 286, an increase during the
month of $l.702, 799.. This increase
is due to the delivery of per cent
bonds of the new issue, previously paid
for.
AT Evansville, Ind, Minor Garrett,
Edgar Gardner, Elijah Scott, Frank
Curl and William Morris, boys ranging
in age from 10 to 12 years, were given
a public whipping in the police court
for stealing some old wash boilers.
Their parents were given the option by
Judge Winfrey of whipping the boys or
having them sent to the reform school.
Governor Roosevelt, Greater New
York's new exeuctive, has established
code Of rules to govern his considera-
tlon and determination OF applications
for pardons and combinations of sem
tence. He will not exercise executive
clemency in behalf of a man who has
been convicted of numbering or abusing
his wife, nor will he pardon any hab-
itual criminal. His mercy will be
shown only to those whose sentence
seems to have been severe or whose
commission of crime was the result
Of influence.
A most remarkable wedding has
taken place at the village of Trail, O.,
four brothers being married to four sis
ters. The four knots were tied at the
home of the brides, who are the daugh-
ters of farmer named James Hoch-
Stetter. Their ages range from 18 to
%, and the ages Of their respective
husbands vary only slightly. The
grooms are four sons of John Summers.
The ceremony of marrying the four
couples occupied almost an hour, the
same clergyman performing all. The
four brothers and their wives will live
within stones throw of each other.
A dispatch from Rome says mob of
1900 people had assaulted an internal
revenue sentry box, and stoned the
gendarmes around Niscemi, Sicily, as
a protest against eX communication. A
number of persons were wounded.
John Wellmer, of Lafayette, Niool-
lett county, MINI, was shot in the head
and hip by two tramps, to whom he
had given shelter. They bound Mrs.
Wellmer to lounge with clothes line
and escaped with Wellmer's team.
The governors Office at the state
house in Springfield, Ill.,, was entered
by parties unknown and $3.50 stolen
from drawer. The crime is surround
ed in mystery, as all floors of the build
ing are guarded by watchmen. The
theft was discovered by Colonel ]. M.
Tanner and an investigation is pend
ing.
One of the most notable celebra-
tionns in the history of American col
leges was in commemoration of the
Tooth anniversary of Pennsylvania uni
versity, at Lexington. Ky. 1t was no.
table on account of its many famous
alumni, including Jefferson Davis,
president of the Confederate states, and
Justice Harlan, of the supreme court
of the United States, scores of con.
gressmen and men prominent in public
life.
King Charles has opened the cortes
gerares at Lisbon. In the course of his
speech from the throne, King Charles
said that during the war between the
United States and Spain, two friendly
nations, Portugal proclaimed, and, as
was her duty, maintained strict and
absolute neutrality. His majesty said
he greatly sympathized with the czar's
disarmament proposals, and made
reference to the colonies which appar-
emily disposes of the rumors of the sale
of Delagoa bay.
In China the Yellow river floods
have destroyed the crops, and famine
has resulted. Thousands of natives
are starving. Thousands of hungry
and ragged refugees are moving down
the river in boats, only to find the
walls OF the cities lower down closed
against the starving hordes. The gov
eminent appropriated 800, 900 taels for
their relief, but less thnn ona.fifth has