Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-03-24
LATER NEWS.

WlLuOuL cleCtlHS OHlGcu ClaICo oOho-
tor to succeed Senator Cannon.
Governor Rogers, of Washington,
has vetoed the two school textbook
bills passed by the recent legislature.
NJ. Cam bon, the French ambassa-
dor, has called at the department. OF
state and served formal notice of the
signing of the peace treaty at Madrid.
The navy department has been ad-
vised OF the arrival at Manila Of the
battle.ship Oregon and Iris. Admiral
Dewey cabled that the Oregon is in a
fit condition for any duty.
A tornado has swept over a large
area of the South. The loss of lifeI and
destruction of property has been es-
pecially heavy in Tennessee, Alabama,
Arkansas and Mississippi.
A Finnish deputation OF 400 persons,
who recently arrived at st. Peters
bulg, to petition the czar against the
classification deecress, has been Or
dered to return home Immediately. the
czar refusing to receive its members.
George Dewey, jr., has received
letter from his father, the admiral. in
which he says he is in good health, al
though somewhat fatigued. The ad-
miral expressed the hope that his task
would he finished before long.
The California Legislature has ad-
journed without electing a United
States senator Nineteen ballots were
taken during the last days session,
and l04 ballots since the convening of
that body.
The International Steam Pump
Company has been organized in Jersey
City. All the prominent steam manu-
facturers in the city are said to have
gone into the combine. The com.
pany has a capital of $4,000, 900.
Two explosions have occurred at the
government ammunition factory at
Bourges. IN the sheli-flling shop.
Three men were killed and five were
injured. At Marseilles cartridge ex-
ploded. blowing up quantity of gur-
powder. Three men were injured and
great damage was done to the building.
The Impartial, of Madrid. asserts
that republican plot has been discov-
cred in the province of Seville; that
three of the leaders have been arrested,
and that Carlist movements have taken
place at Perpignan, capital of the
French department Of the Eastern Pyr-
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cumulating.
BY the burning of the Windsor ho-
tel, in New York, l6 persons lost their
lives, and others will probably die from
injuries received. The number of
missing is 66, and 81 were injured.
Jewelry to the value of 81, 900, 900, be-
longing to guests, was lost. The
Windsor was large but old building,
all burned very rapidly.
The directors of the Pacific Coast
Company declared dividend of az
and per cent on preferred and com
mon stock.
Reports of the likelihood of a renew
al of the trouble among the Indians at
Leach Lake, Minn., are not credited at
the Indian bureau, at Washington.
A report ia current involving the es-
tablishment in San Francisco by the
most widely known financial men OF
the world of a commercial bank, with
a paid-up capital of $5,000,000
The snow-bound train on the Chew
enne 81 Northern at Wheatland has
been abandoned by the company off
cials, who will take steps to rescue the
passengers by sleds.
Acting Postmaster-G General Heath
has issued an order directing that here
after fees for postal money orders issued
in the United States for payment in
Cuba shall be the same as those fixed
for domestic money orders.
Orders have been issued for the mus
ter out of the First Texas at Galveston
and the Second Louisiana at Savannah.
Both regiments are now at Havana.
The Sixth company volunteer signal
corps, at Augusta, Ga. was also ordered
mustered out.
The drought which was threatening
the loss of millions of dollars to Cali
fornia has been broken by a rain storm
continuing for several days. Reports
show that both grain and fruit crops
are in excellent condition through the
big Sacramento valley.
A special from Madrid says: Pre-.
mier Silvela, in an interview just pub
lished, spoke in favor of the interven-
tion of France for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning permission from the United
States for Spain to resume direct nego-
tiations for the release of the Spanish
prisoners held by the Philippine rebels.