The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-11
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
From All Parts Of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns

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/ Culled From the Telegraph Columns
| Ex-President Harrison mas peeu Bo.1-
dered the presidency of the new uni
versity of Indiana, but he declined.
Another balloonist met his fate near
Wards island, N. Y. His balloon
caught fire in mid-air and he fell into
the water near Hellgate and was
drowned.
Mr.. Bryan has issued his letter of &C.
ceptance. He defines his position on
the questions of the day and states
that he will uphold every plank of the
platform adopted at Chicago.
/ Seventeen people were injured, some
of them seriously, by the overturning OF
wagon, which rolled down an en-
bapkment of ten feet. The accident
occurred near Clackamas station, Ore.
gon.
There have been received at the
granaries at Salem thus far this season
60, 900 bushels of wheat. and it is esti-
mated that about $4,000 bushels are
yet to come. Wheat now sells in the
capital city for AZ cents bushel.
James Applegate, who died at Mon
rovia, was one of the earliest pioneers
to come to the Pacific coast. He came
to Oregon from Missouri in 1843, to
gether with his father and two brothers.
He was 63 years old at the time of his
death.
Superintendent Paine, of the Oregon
State Insane asylum, has filed with the
board of asylum trustees statement
of expenditures for the month of
August, which shows the per capita
expense for that month to be the lowest
in the history of the institution.
William c. Bradford, of Marysville.
Cal. met his death in the Webb mine,
near Browns valley, through the prem
ature explosion of blast located at
about the 50O-foot level and some fifty
feet in drift. Tom Powers, who was
some fifty feet away also suffered seri-
GUS and possibly fatal injuries.
Engineer E. F. Ingles, the hero of
Webster. who saved his passengers
from being robbed by killing Bandit
Morgan on September 5, was called be-
fore J. A. Fillmore, A. D. Wilder and
other officers of the Southern Pacific
and given a testimonial for bravery.
The ceremony was simple. The brave
enigneer was given check for $3.50,
together with a beautiful watch and
chain suitably engraved.
A terrible tragedy was enacted on
Broad street, Richmond, Va. James
e. WINNER, aged 46, blacksmith
working at the Richmond locomotive
works, stabbed and killed s. G. That.
heimer, son of a well-known liquor
merchant. The cause of the homicide
was the alleged betrayal of Winner g
partially paralyzed daughter by young
Thatheimer. WINNER, who was hunt
ing for the youth, came up with him
on the street, caught hold of him and
stabbed him in three places. That
heimer walked half block and fell
dead. WINNER surrendered himself.
The losses by the recent severe fire
at Monmouth are being rapidly adjust
ed, and as soon as all are settled near
ly all the firms will take immediate
steps to rebuild their respective places
of business
The annual exodus of hop -pickers
has begun from Salem and other towns
in Marion county, and, although the
pickers will receive but 20 cents box,
the usual number are leaving for the
fields with undim inished enthusiasm.
The twenty foot boat in which Cap
tain Frank Charlsen and his brother
John, of Nyack, left New York on
June 81 last for Queenstown, was
sighted two weeks ago bottom up some
$50 miles off the Irish coast, and the
fate of her crew is merely matter OF
conjecture.
There has been an election bet made
in Milwaukee, which for originality
lays over anything which has been
made thus far. Fred W. Burke and
Albert Donaldson are the parties to the
wager. The former agrees to leave
the country forever on or before Janu-
ary 1, 1897, if William Mckinley il
elected president, and the latter will
do the country like service if w. ].
Bryan is elected. They have drawn
up a contract to this effect which has
been formally attested before notary
public.
The appellate court of the fourth
district, Of Illinois, has decided that
blowing corn on Sunday in sight Of
church -goers does not in itself consti.
tute disturbance of the peace. In
constituting section 261, which relates to
disturbing the peace by labor on Sun.
day, under which Mr.. Foil, Seventh
Day Aventist, was arrested, the court
holds that this section does not prohibit
work or amusement on Sunday. but
prohibits only such conduct as disturbs
the peace and good order Of society.
The defendant being Seventh Day
Adventist, observes Saturday as the
Sabbath, and plowed corn on Sunday,
and his arrest and conviction resulted.
The old public school building, al
Cheney, Wash, which had been pur.
chased by Rev. r. Manner, has beer
| burned. The fire was doubtless of in
cendiary origin. There is an intensely
bitter feeling between two factions in
Cheney, one side asserting that il
would retain control of affairs, even il
| it had to resort to fire or other strong
methods. 1t is stated that the enemies
| of Rev. Manner are responsible for the
! loss of the building, but there is no clue
to the perpetrators. The building was
worth about $1,000.
Thomas Salter, employed on the