The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-17
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES.
EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED.

EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED.
MINNEAPOLIS, July l2.-Shortly after 5
o'clock this afternoon heavy wind and rain
storm passed over lake Minnetonka. The
small steam yacht Minnie Cook, with eight
persons ON board, was capsized and the en-
tire number drowned. News Of the acci-
dent spread rapidly, and created the wild
est excitement, when it became known
that all the victims resided here. The un.
fortunate party was composed of ex-Mayor
A. c. Rand, wife and two sons, Harvey
and Frank, J.. r. Coykendall and wife, their
.son-iu-law, and George Mcdonald, engineer.
Two bodies have already been recovered.
The storm is described by eye witnesses as
terrific.
GENERAL SHERIDAN SPEAKS.
CHICAGO, July l2.-General Sheridan
who leaves Chicago tonight for the scene Of
the anticipated Indian trouble in Indian
territory, said in an interview to-day. that
in his opinion the Arabahee tribe was peace
able inclined, that the Cheyennes alone are
lii = to rise, and that the occasion of the
whole disturbance was the encroachments of
colonists and cattlemen on Indian possess
ions.
CLEARING HOUSE RETURNS.
BoSroN, July l2.-Managers of the lead
ing clearing houses of the United States
report that total elearances for the week
ending July IL were 1852, ,s97, ,O46, an in
crease of 7.S per cent compared with the
corresponding week year ago.
END1coTT GOES TO NEW YORK.
WASHINGTON, July l2.-Secretary Endi-
colt lett Washington Tonight for New York
to be in attendance tomorrow at meet
ing Of the board, appointed to examine
means of defense for this country, and to
report Recommendations for additional forti-
fcations.
GOULD GoBBLING HINES.
DALLAS, TEXAS, July l4-Jay Gould has
bought of Robert G. Stephens, the builder
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, all his min
ing interests in the Indian Territory, inclu-
ding the McAllister mine, from which the
coal supply Of Texas is mainly derived. 1t
is thought he will thus control fuel so as, to
annoy opposition railroads in Texas and no.
tably the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
owned by Galveston merchants, for the con-
troll of which he has been making success
i've efforts. That railroad has tlled in the
Clerks Office for registration mortgage to
the Farmers Loan and Deed Trnst Company
o: New York for s., la, 600, designed to be
used in it's extension. Its ultimate north.
City.
INDIANA CROPS.
INDIANAPOLIS, July l3.-The June report
Of wheat in Indiana showed 81 per cent. OF
an average crop. Latter reports make i,
g. per cent. The showers of June helped
The crop and the grain is unusually large
and plump. and will weigh heavy. The
corn cropwill be the largest ever raised il
the State. Oats and hay are also very fine
The general per cent. of wheat in the north
ern third of the State N sS, in the centra
81, and in the southern Al. The corn Gro,
in the southern third is put at 80 per cent
in the central at 9s, and in the northern .
SO. Oats are also best in the southern
third. while timothy and clover are better
in the north. Indiana wheat is better thai
that of either Illinois or Ohio.
DEPRIVED OF REVENUE.
LAWRENCE, KAN, July l3.-The oc
cupatien tax that threatened an incipian
rebellion, it is now thought, will be acqui-
esced in, and the needed revenue to run tn
city will be supplied. The closing of tn
saloons shut off the revenues so largely tina
the city was found without means to NEE
the current expenses. Drug stores are re
ieved of license tax, and are not requires
to pay percent ON their scales. This
the only city in the state where an occupa
tion tax has proved success
INDIANS COOLING DOWN.
WASHINGTON, July 13.-The War d.
partment is in receipt of dispatches frol
Indian Territory which say that the disa
fected Indians are becomingquiet, and the,
isa favorable outlook for settlement of th
Indian difficulties.
STRIKE IN THE BRICK YARDS.
CAIcAGo, July l3.-Most all the brio
yards in and around Chicago shut down a
Saturday night, and manufactures have r
duced wages fifty cents day. The me