The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-01-12

of Paterson, n. j.
The Stanford football team won every
game played IN the Northwest. The
last one was with the Portland team,
and the score was 16 to 0.
An unusually large number of people
attended the New Years reception at
the White House. President and Mrs.
| Cleveland received the callers.
An injunction has been served on
General Master Workman Sovereign Of
| the knights of Labor restraining him
| from ordering strike on the Northern
Pacific railroad.
A conference of the leaders of the pro-
posed new prohibition movement was
held at Pittsburg. The leaders claim
there are 100000 Prohtbitionist voters
in this country, and they want to unite
them under one organization.
Governor Mitchell of Florida says he
is determined to prevent the Mitchell
Corbett fight. The managers of the
fight claim he can not stop the affair.
| The governors latest plan is to declare
martial law and order out the militia to
prevent the fight from coming off at
Jacksonville.
Jake Schaefer, the billiardist, is going
on the stage as star. He has entered
into copartnership with Ward and
Vokes, two ex-variety performers, and
will appear next season in farce-comedy.
Jake will have little to do except to give
an exhibition Of fancy shots with A. w.
Spinks. The contract calls for 1875
weeks, beginning the first week in
Gohoafa,. 10 IN 8OE0 a
| week.
Receiver Payne of the Northern Pa
| cific has returned to Milwaukee from st.
| Paul. He says the employees of the line
| do not complain so much of the reduc-
ton of wages as of several things they
consider unfair. Payne says if the men
can convince the receivers they are not
being treated fairly the receivers may
| join the men in petition to Judge Jen-
| kins to change the schedule to conform
| to their ideas.
The sensation of New Years day at
Ashland, Wis, was the feeding of 1000
children on mince pie 90 feet in Cir
conference and inches thick, weigh
ing nearly quarter of ton. Half dol
lars contributed by hotel guests were
| put in the pie edgewise and drawn in
each piece. Over 1 200 pieces were given
out from this one pie to the children,
and it proved happy and novel gift to
| the hundreds of poor children.
Aristocratic circles of West Bay City,
Mich, are scandalized over the actions
of club of swell young ladies. The
girls have always contended that the
boys of the town were rather slow, so
they impFovised some "boys" and gave
party, half of them donning mascu-
line dress suits. The masqueraders
called for the girls and escorted them
back home again. The efforts of a
dozen bellies in scurrytng after dress
suits gave the whole thing away.
The California Midwinter Interna-
tiofial Exposition was opened at San
Francisco New Years day. Flags were
hoisted ON the buildings and the band
played concert. This is not the formal
opening, as the exposition Is hardly in
readiness to receive visitors and give
them their moneys worah. 1t is ex-
pected the fair viii be i1Sreadiness for
opening on a grand scale by pf1e 10Th.
Part of the ceremonies of the opening
was the unveiling of the statue to Sir
Francis Drake in Golden Gate park.
The Chicago Inter Ocean said editor
tally: Chicago wishes the California
Midwinter Fair a happy New Year. She
cherishes grateful memory of the good
wishes and good deeds that California
displayed toward the Worlds Column
bian Exposition. Everybody who is not
lucky enough to live In California has a
desire to see what the famous state is
like. It's climate, its fruits, it's irriga-
cation systems, it's vast ranches, it's vine
yards, its gold mines, its mountains and,
above all, it's people, are vested in gar
ments of romance.
Three hundred of the thousands Of
destitute in Detroit have been given a
way out of their difficulties by G. w.
Wilson, president Of the Detroit Car
bonic Acid Gas company. He is the
founder Of a community five miles from
Flint, where he owns 415 acres of the
finest cultivated land in Genessee coun-
ty. He proposes TO take go of the most
reputable families now under the care
of the local poor commission, pay all
their expenses, clothe, feed and house
them, and accept them as members of
the community in good standing.
The Herald's special from Montevideo
says: It is reported that Mello has been
seriously wounded, and will soon come
here in order to have his injuries at
tended to. The latest news received
here of the Rio Grande do Sui campaign
is that General Hippolito with column
of 1000 loyal men is now encamped
within one league of Santa Ana, and
when he has joined forces with the gar
rison there they will number 1850 men.
The postrnen just arrived from Bage say
that the siege of that town by the in
habitants still continues, and daily COM
bats occur between the besieged and be-
siegers.
Sheriff Browart OF Dutal county, Fla,
says the Corbett-Mitchel fight will not
take place In Jacksonville.
The D. Lothrop Book Publishing COM
pany of Boston has assigned. The firm
is one of the best known in the country.
The Atlantic and Pacific has been
placed in the hands of receivers on the
suit of the Mercantile Trust company OF
New York.
Mayor Gilroy of New York has re-
ceived 81, 2,038. SO, which is the contr1bu-
tions of the uniformed police Of the city
for the moRth of December toward the
relief Of the unemployed.
Twenty-Five members of the lower