Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-06-23
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.

Otld, W. hllIIHR lWO.
Six thousand garment makers are on
strike in New York.
A cloudburst occurred near Viola,
Wis, damaging crops.
A salmon cannery at Vancouver, B.
c., burned; loss, $4,000.
The supreme lodge of Workmen are
in session at indianapolis.
7. g. Shaughnessy Is the new presi-
dent of the Canadian Pacific.
Whites and Howards, of Kentucky,
planned an attack on troops at Lexing-
ton,
John D. Rockefeller and James j.
Hill held conference at Seattle Tues
day.
Portions of body are being found
all over New York. Another murder
mystery.
J. r. Orr, Californian, on his way
to Klondike, was robbed of $1,000 in
Vancouver, B. 9.
New York Manhattan railway must
pay S2,75O, 900 taxes by recent de-
cision of the court.
The company which lost the City of
Paris, has ordered two new boats to be
built in this country.
With the present transport services
it would take four months to get 3d.
600 troops to Manila.
Transports bringing the Second Ore
gon home will first touch at San Fran
cisco to land other troops.
The famous Wells Fargo war case tax
has been ordered back for rehearing in
the California supreme court.
The Manila fleet forced the rebels to
abandon their guns, who, however,
clung on stubbornly for four hours.
General Luna and his aid-de.camp,
Lieutenant PasCo Ramon, were assassi-
mated by Aguinaldo's guard, at the lat
ter's headquarters.
Lawton's troops had a severe engage.
ment with the enemy in a strong en-
trenChment at the crossing of Zapote
river, near BaCor, Cavite province.
He drove the enemy back with heavy
loss. Our casualties are some 40, ac.
cording to Otis. Press dispatches give
the loss as so.
The French cabinet has resigned.
Mexico will produce $l2. 900, 900 in
gold this year.
A Chicago Chinaman has taken ad.
vantage of the new bankruptcy act.
Louis Urick is the name of the man
killed by the snowside on White pass
early in June.
During drunken street brawl in
San Francisco one man was killed and
three wounded.
Captain Henry Nichols, commander
OF the MonadnOck, died of sunstroke
while on duty at Manila.
Artillerists manning the coast de.
fense guns have been instructed to in.
crease their target practice.
The municipality of Havana has pre-.
sented to General Maxine Gomez a
certificate naming him as an adopted
son of the city.
The Second Oregon regiment, with
the signal corps, has sailed rom Manila
for Portland. They are expected to ar.
rive about July IL.
Great Britain is taking steps to pro.
tect her shipmasters and seamen from
boarding house keepers.
Yellow Jack is creating panic in
Mexico. 1t is unusually virulent this
year, the mortality exceeding 60 per
cent.
The United States government has
granted Spain the privilege of ransom.
ing the Spanish prisoners held by the
Filipinos.
The war department has under con-
sideration an order sending the Twen-
ty-fouIth and Twenty-iifth infantry
to Manila.
Admiral Dewey has requested that
the money raised to buy him home
in Washington be used to establish a
home for soldiers and sailors.
The administration is being severely
criticised by the Eastern press, who
says the rebellion in the Philippines
should be put down Immediately.
New Richmond and Boardman, Wis.
were nearly wiped off the map by de.
struotive cyclone. A number of lives
were lost, and the property loss is enor.
nous.
The Pacific coast gunboat Marietta.
which accompanied the Oregon on