The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-08
FROM ALL THE WORLD.
Items of Interest About People
and Things Carefully
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John Burns, the noted labor leader,
is dangerously Ill. Supposed to be the
lnfluenZa.
Paris has an insurance company that
refuses to insure the life Of any one
that uses hair dye.
Governor Mitchell states pos lively
that the Corbett, Mitchell fight shall
not take place in Florida.
The Louisiana taxpayers are request
ed to pay their taxes at once and save
the public schools from closing.
The first application of a woman to
be notary public in New Hampshire
has been refused by the governor.
Chris Evans is having his trla at
Fresno. He will probably have to
suffer for his coldblooded crimes.
A Baltimore and Ohio train recently
made the run from Akron to Chicago,
distance of 352 miles, IN eight hours
anu twenty minutes.
The supreme court has granted a
decree of divorce to Helen Dauvray
Ward, the actress, from John NJ,
Ward, the baseball player.
November 30th was the great foot
ball day. Princeton defeated Yale;
Harvard, Pennsylvania; Seattle, Ia
coma; Stanford and U. of c. tied.
Considerable stir has been caused in
London society by the conversion to
Romanism of a niece of Right Hon.
John Morley, chief secretary for Ire
land.
The sheriff of San Bernarlino coun-
ty has received couple of blood
hounds which will be used in trailing
criminals in the mountains and on the
desert.
Admiral Stanton, who was relieved
of command of the South American
squadron for saluting the flag of the
rebel, Admiral Mello, has arrived at
New York city.
AT Ottumwa Ia., Edna Cook was
driven insane by cross-examination
while on the witness stand. The
prisoner on trial attempted to protect
the girl and row followed.
Colorado declared for female suf-
frage by a majority of about 1000.
The miners are said to have voted for
it to encourage immigration of strong
minded women from New England.
A we'll in Minnehaha Park, Spokane,
is down 25O feet and is going thirty
feet farther. There is water enough,
but it is proposed to drill 1900 in
hopes of finding coal or oil, or both.
Michael Hennessey, a Connecticut
farmer, while drunk, thrust his wife
into IA fire lace and watched her burn.
He refused to call medical assistance.
The woman will die. Hennessy was
arrested.
Governor Peck, of Wisconsin, has
issued a proclamation calling upon the
people for food and clothing to relieve
the starving miners at Hurley. There
are 800 people who need immediate
assistance.
Two boys In the vicinity of Center
vile. Fresno county, about sixteen
years of age, were attacked with CLAN
ders, which had been communicated
from diseased horses. One of them
named Cassel, died in great agony.
The exports of wheat from Amer
ica, Canada, Russia, India, Australia
and the Argentine to Europe for the
forty three weeks ended 0stober %,
were 272,O24,0OO bushels, against
240, 100000 bushels the previous year.
Among other incidents of the recent
high winds 1t is reported that the lights
IN the lamps along the lower Colum-
bia were blown out. The Cathlamet
Gazette says the fault is in the lamps,
which are not sufficiently protected
from wind and rain.
The championship billiard match
between Jacob Schafer, "the Wizard"
and Ives, "the Napoleon" was won by
Schafer in Chicago. The score stood
Schafer 1000, Ives 3,945. These two
players are now matched for a. sixty
days game for stake of $4,000.
Earnest Weiss, Bellingham Bay
railroad brakeman, had narrow escape
from death atiSnmas. He was knocked
off the top of moving freightcar in
the yards and had the presence of mind
to lie fiat on the ties until the section
passed over him. He was bruised
some but thankful to be alive.
In the filing for probate of the will
of the late Mayor Garter Harrison it is
found that instead of being a four
millionaire, Mr.. Harrison's property is
valued at trifle more than 5000, 600.
The entire property, excepting a
bequest to some charitable institution
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