The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-11-10
FROM ALL THE WORLD.
Items of Interest About People
and Things Carefully
Corralled.

Springfield, Mass. by the marriage oi
Miss May, daughter of Mrs. Florence
Il. w. Burnham, to Yung Kwai, a young
member Of the Chinese consular corps
in New York. He attended the higl
school there several years and thei
went to Yale university, of which he /:
IL graduate; There is considerable op-
position to the match on the part o.
the young woman's friends, but she de-
clares that she will remain faithful and
marry her Oriental lover.
A Kansas woman, who has beer
elected police justice of her city, has
adopted novel solution for the traml
problem. The first tramp who wa>
brought before her for judgment was
sentenced to two baths a day for ter
days and to hard labor on the stonepile
with the order that he be fed if he
| worked and starved if he shirked. The
prisoner served the ordeal, but now the
first question tramp asks on ap-
preaching Kansas town is whether
the police judge IS man or woman.
The heaviest verdict for personal
damages ever given in Detroit was re-
| turned in the Wayne county court
against the Michigan Central railroad
recently. 1t was for $4,000 in favor
of William Lucklln, seven years old
who had both legs cut off by Mlchi-
gan Central train a year ago last April.
The boys foot became caught in the
guard rail; and before he coald extri-
cate himself from the track the train
backed down upon him.-Ex.
Orders were sent by the treasury
department to the superintendent of
the mints at San Francisco and New
Orleans to resume the coinage of silver
dollars. This action is taken under
the authority of section 3 of the Sher-
man law of 1890. 1t is for the pur
pose of utilizing the seignorage. The
expectation is that about 1900, 900
standard silver dollars can be coined at
once.
A Kansas man has discovered Ii
quid preparation that will change the
color of the African and make him Il
white man. He says he has expert
mented on two negroes aud that his
preparation did the work. He says he
will open an establishment to put his
discovery into operation. He thinks
his fortune will be made when his idea
is introduced in the South.
Secretary Gresham received Il
dispatch from United States Minister
Baker, who was on board the steamer
Costa Rica at Amapala when fired on
by the Honduras authorities because
the captain of the vessel refused to sur
render ii refugee from Honduras on
board as a passenger. The dispatch
fully confirms the press reports OF firing
on the United States flag.
The attempt to secure jury in the
case of Dan Coughlin for "a second
trial for completely in the murger of DIR
Cronin continues in Chicago. Over
200 men have been examined, out of
whom the state has accepted four, and
the defense four, but not one yet has
been accepted by both sides.
Fred. Shultz, who furnished the
government officials at San Francisco
with the information leading to the
seizure of 500 boxes of opium on the
steamer Romulus has been awarded
ST 900 reward by Judge Morrow.
At Halifax, Novascotia, Richard
Savage, of New York. Tuesday shot
and killed his fve-year-old son and
wife and then, pointing revolver al
his head, sent bullet through it, dying
few hours later.
The treasury department figures
show that 430,5l7 immigrants arrived
in the United States during the nine
months ended September 30, and 476,
643 arrived during the same period ir
1892.
At Independence, Iowa, last Tues
day, johnson tho bicyclist made mile
with flying start In l:56 3.5, the fastest
| yet known. In the afternoon he made
mile with standing start in 2:O5 Is.
Councilman Geo. B. Swift has been
elected mayor of Chicago and viii
serve out the unexpired term of Garter
Harrison, the recently murdered ex-
ecutive.
Arthur Caruthers, Salvation army
soldier, was arrested at Victoria, B. c.
for the murder of Cniaman las,
Monday.
1t is predicted that the present COIN
age of gold between nowe land January
1st will amount to $40, 100000.
The horses Directum and Alix will
trot at Mystic Park, Boston, Nov. Is
for purse Of $4,000.
Only twenty-seven men have been
announced as candidates for the gov
ernorship of Mississippi.
Recent heavy rains in the SOUND
country have resulted in much damage