The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-09


here today. Some 500 delegates were
present from most northern and western
states and Canada. Col Ingersou sent
regrets and wished the convention success
Coincidence were sent to the president and
family by unanimous vote and hopes were
expressed for his recovery.
OF several battalions of French troops
which have left Toulon and Marseilles for
North Africa three battalions will occupy
Susa. General Garreard repulesd two vio-
lent attacks by the Arabs on the 26th and
Doth ultimo. French loss about twenty:
Arabs lost about one thousand killed and
wounded.
Tunis, Sept. a.-Various accounts show
that the area of disturbances is constantly
increasing, and reaches from the frontier OF
Morocco to the extremity OF Tunis. The
Arabs are concentrating to defend kalrsuln.
Visalia, Sept. 2-A'child of Fuller, who
died last saturday at Hanford of smallpox,
has the disease. The county board OF
health has doubled quarantine precautions
at Visalia and ordered Tulare and Lemoore
to do the same. There is great excitement
here and at Hanford. Judge Cross ordered
court postponed one month, as many jury
men came from Hanford. There is great
excitement throughout the county.
San Francisco, Sept. 3.-The following
has lust been received from headquarters at
the Preside: Mickey Free, an Indian who
was at the fight and came direct to San Car
los. saws medicine man was arrested by a
Lieutenant, supposed to be Crews. The med
icine mans brother said, ''You shall not
arrest nv brother, "and killed Crews. Troops
then killed the medicine man. The en-
listed scouts close to the troops then poured
their fire into them, and killed most OF the
officers and a great many men. Ihen the
massacre took place. A few soldiers got
away, holding together and trying to tight
their way back to Apache, but it is sup
posed I'll ey must have been all killed, from
the number stated by the Indians.
+. j. Jefferys, the best authority on the
Apache Indians, has been interviewed by a
Star reporter, He says if the scouts have
turned against our soldiers it means gen.
eral outbreak of the Apache nation. He
has predicted several times the danger of
these scouts turning traitors He believes
the massacre fully as bad as reported.
News from Lower San Pedro last night
are to the effect that Eskeniigun, chief OF
the Araqulpas, and chief Sagnlo bave warm
ed the whites to leave the valley or prepare
to defend themselves.
Yesterday afternoon the engineer Of a
freight train coming west was surprised at
the sudden appearance of a large body OF
mounted Indians near wilma, west of Gage.
They followed the train for about four
miles. He opened the throttle valve and
sped away. He did not know whether they
were armed or not. He calculated their
number at l50.
London, Sept. 3.-The Standards special
says: Competent authorities think that the
crops of France will fall short of the require
mei,t for home consumption. The deficiency
will have to be made up by imports from
America.
London, Sept. "a Cofistantinople cor
respondent says: Germans and Englishmen
interested in the welfare of the Jews have
set ON foot a movement to obtain a grant OF
land in Syria from the porte as an allotment
to Jews desiring to emigrate from countries
where they are now subject to persecution.
Port Townsend, Sept. 3.-It is thought
the absconling defaulter of Albany, Oregon,
passed through this City this morning, on
his way to Victoria. The facts were tot
known until after the boat left
Spokan Falls, Sept. 3.-Articles incorpor-
oting the Koutenai Mining Company, with
H. NJ. Mccartney, John Galbraith, H. w.
Fairweather, F. w. Paine and F. E. Birge,
have been filed in this county and territory.
The company are to operate in Perry dis.
triet, B. c., about It's miles northeast OF
here and 100 north of Pen 'dOreille.
Bonfires were lighted oyer large portion
of the north of Ireland Saturday night as a
mark of gratitude to Gladstone for the land
act.
On August 31st Ayoob Khan issued a
proclamation that he has abandoned his IN
tention of fighting the ameer and was about
to fiht the English.
San Francirco, Sept So convention oi
grain growers of the state held a meeting
this afternoon and resolved to issue circulars
to grain growers throughout the state, and
advising them, in view of the great amount
Of tonnage in harbor, and the short crop in
the state and partial failure of European
harvests, to hold grain for twenty-five per
cent. advance. The convention will meet
again a week from Wednesday; when alarge
attendance is expected:
Leng Branch, Sept. 6.-The president
left Washington at $50 this morning, and
reached Long Branch at l:20. He seemed
to bear the journey well though the hea,
was very oppressive. After his arrival he
was for several hours restless, and showed
signes of great fatigue. and complained
that his back had bruised feeling.
New York, Sept. 6.-Another new iron
steamship, built for the Oregon Improve
ment Co. by John Roach at Chester, Pa,
arrived at pier in Brooklyn yesterday.
| She is named the Walla WalIa, and will
start in a few days for Portland, Oregon,
| with cargo of railway m iterial for the o,
r. & NJ Co. The new steamer has seven
water tight compal tments. She is 1856 feet
long and 40A feet across beam and her dis
placement capacity 800 tons.
Marquette, Mich, Sept. 6. The packing
house of the Lake Superior Powder Com
pany exploded at o'clock to-day. Eleven
men were blown to atoms and small pieces
| of their bodies found in all directions.
Philadelphia, Sept. 6.-The train ran
over the P. w, & B. division Of the road As
| miles an hour. When the president was
| informed that more than half the journey
| was completed he was greatly pleased and
| said that this was decidedly the most in
teresting day of any since he was shot.
$50 p M.-Since the last bulletin was
| issued the president has been moved from
| Washington to Long Branch.
| The train was furnished with the most
| skillful men on the line. The extract was
administered at 1910 A. NJ. A stop of foul
minutes occurred at Lamokin for fuel, the
| only time coal was taken in on thetrip. Al
| 1890 stop of FIVE minutes was made al
| Gray's Ferry for water. Between Philadel
I phia and Monmouth Junction the special
| train made several miles at the rate of sew
| enty miles per hour. Bay View was reached
! at 1905, and brief stop was made to en-
able the surgeons to examine and dress the
I wound It was found to have suffered nc