The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-03-06
GENERAL NEWS.
Trouble at New Orleans.

NEW YORK, Feb 27.--The Worlds special
z from New Orleans says: Official returns OF
5 gate receipts at the exposition during the
week have just ~been published, and are
causing comment Some of the officers
claim mistake in the returns, while others
assert clean steal. Many exhibitors
and state commissioners say they expect a
final crash in a few days. 1t is all nonsense
to talk of holding the exhibition over for
another season, as not one exhibitor out of
ten will remain day longer than he is
compelled to.
: Prohibition defeated at Lansing.
LANSING, Mich, Feb. 27.-In the sanate
!, tonight joint resolution submitting q
prohibitory amendment to the people failed
to pass, yeas Is, nays l3, which was not
the required two-thirds. The vote was
strictly partisan, republicans voting yea and
democrats nay. 1t was then reconsidered
and tabled. 1t will be brought up again
after the spring election.
The Sharon Divorce Case
| SAN Francisco, Feb. 27.--When the mo-
ton to set aside the decree in the Sharon
divorce case came up for hearing o. P.
Evans, of counsel for defense, stated to the
court that since the motion to set aside the
findings i'll the case on ground that the
court found that no secret marriage relations
existed between the parties, which was
equivalent to finding that no marriage
existed, the case had been appealed to the
supreme court, and he therefore asked that
the motion be dismissed. 1t was SO or
dered.
The Boundary Line between British Colum-
| bia and Alaska.
| OTTAWA, Feb 27.-With a view of ascer-
tanning what steps the dominion govern
ment have taken to have the boundary line
fixed. Gordon is moving for all cores
pondence that has passed between the
United States and the Canadian govern
ments in connection with the appointment
of joint commission for survey of the
boundary line between the British posses
sions and Alaska. He stated that under
the treaty of 1925 between Russia and
Great Britain the boundary was defined as
fIllwing SUBMITS of mountains, but when
the summit line exceeded ten leagues from
the coast, the line was to run parallel to the
ocean at distance of not over ten leagues
Serious trouble, he says, is likely to follow
unless survey is made and the boundary
line defnately laid out, as settlers are going
into that section of the county without
knowing whether they are locating in
Alaska or British Columbia. Valuable
mineral deposits have been discovered near
the supposed boundary, which are likely to
attract considerable immigration during the
present year.
Bad News for British Columbia.
New York, Feb. PA Herald editorial
says: "The two commissioners instructed
by the Dominion government to study and
report upon the problem of Chinese immi-
the northwestern wilderness, report strongly
in favor of having all the Chinese they can
get. Hardly any one else can live there,
and Chinese thrive. The commissioners
J
British Columbia has been developed by
Chinese labor. To check it or pass any
restrictive measure by which Chinese would
be driven out of the country wodld be a
death blow to all such industries. Ottawa
specials intimate that there will be bitter
fight in the house when the report is pre-
sented to-day. Although the government
last year disallowed an act of the provincial
legislature restricting Chinese immigration,
they had hoped the commissioners would
have reported favorably. and this session of
the dominion parliament would have al
lowed the provincial act. 1t is now evident
that nothing further will be done to prevent
British Columbia from being overrun by
| Chinese
Blaine Happy.
NEW YORK, March "A gentleman who
called on Mr.. Blaine few days ago, says
he found him in good spirits, and keenly
alive to all that is going on in and out of
politics. He seemed in excellent health,
and said LIE was going to Europe probably
this summer or fall, from which it is fair to
infer that he will have finished the second
volume of his book
-s Past Freight.
| SAN Francisco, March 2. The first
trains of the Central and Union Pacific new
last freight lines were put in action yester-
day One thousand cars have been equipped
with air brakes, and it is the intention OF
| the railroad managers to run tr.;ns from,
this city to Chicago in eight days.
An Order Revoked.
WASHINGTON, Feb 27.-The secretary of
the interior has revoked circular of Octo-
Der % last, issued by the commissioner of
the land office, refusing to allow amend
ments of pre-emption filings and homestead
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