The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-03-26
by striking molders. The non-union
men were finally vanquished.

by striking molders. The non-union
men were finally vanquished.
The race Tor the Hircsh cup in Nice,
total distance of thirty miles, Satan
ita won, Ailsa second, Britannia third.
The schooner Noyo, from San Fran
cisco for Fort Bragg, oollided off Point
Arena with the steamer Pasadena. The
Noyo was damaged.
The German reichstag committee
has concluded the first reading of the
sugar bill. and fixed the import duty at
40 marks per 100 kilos.
Ex-Chief of Police Thomas M. Speers
died in Kansas City of heart disease,
aged SO. He was chief of police in
Kansas City for thirty-two years.
The miners employed at the Win
throp mine, in Ishpeming, Mich, quit
work, because the management wanted
them to work ten.hour shifts, instead
of eight.
The Prince of Monaco has renewed
his concession to the Monte Carlo
Casino for fifty years, on condition that
his annuity be incresaed from $500, 600
to $400, 900.
In. San Francisco, G. f. Mars, q
lathing contractor, was assaulted and
beaten by strikers, who claimed Mars
was working for less than union rates.
He died from the effects of the injuries.
William @. Judge, of the Theoso-
phist Society, died in New York, after
an illness of two years. He has been
since the death of Mime. Blavatsky, the
most prominent Theosophist in this
country.
A Washington dispatch says the Or
der soon to be issued drawing into the
civil service large number Of officers
Of the government who are now except
president.
The strike of the special order. or
custom tailors, is already practically
broken. About forty of the shops
closed have opened, the contractors
having signed the contract drawn up
by the men. The strike begun with a
reported number of 1900.
The big suit of Swift g. Co.. the Chi
cago packers, against the Grand Trunk
railway, which has been pending since
1899, was dismissed by stipulation.
Swift & Co. sued for $500, 900 on ac-
count of alleged excessive charges for
freight on shipments east from 1887 to
1889.
The scheme of adding the latest
weather forecasts to the regular post.
marks on letters will be commenced
he 1nlv 1
Applications for this service from over
forty postof1ices have been fled, and it
will be introduced in Chicago and
other large cities
News has reached New York from
Luayra, Venezuela, of the bursting of
the magazine Of the Venezuela war
ship Marscale Ayacuche. Eight men
were killed in the explosion. The re-
mainder of the crew were rescued by
fishermen. The warship was burned
to the waters edge.
A dispatch to the London Globe from
Cairo says the Kalifa has proclaimed a
Jehad (holy war; against Egypt, and
called on all dervishes capable of bear
ing arms to enroll under his banner.
It is said Osman Digna is to leave
Cassala and join the dervishes now
mastering at Dongola.
In Chicago the cupola in the shed of
the iron foundry on Ashland avenue
fell from it's supports. Molten metal
was hurled in every direction. Michael
Donovitch and Peter Rovitch were
fatally burned, and Edward Davis,
Miles Conway and Alexander Cameron
were seriously injured.
That trade between the United States
and Asia is increasing is indicated by
the heavy trans-Paclflo mails now ar.
irving and departing. The steamship
Victoria that sailed from Tacoma, car
ried the largest mail ever taken out by
a Northern Pacific liner. There were
45 sacks of papers, amounting to 1850
pounds, and 6, 500 letters.
In Cleveland, O., the fishing tugs
Jessie Enas and Helene went out on
the lake, and after gathering the nets,
set out the night before, started back.
When outside the breakwater, bliz-
zard struck them and they were soon
hemmed in by dense stacks OF floating
ice. The powerful harbor tug Bacon
forced her way to the rescue, and, after
hard battle, brought the Helene in.
The Bacon put back to rescue the Jessie
Enas, but the effort was finally aban.
doned.
The British ship Auldgirth, which
arrived in Cork recently with cargo
of wheat from Portland, Or, reports
having passed in latitude $500 south,
longitude 1881 west, two large Ice
bergs, about five miles long and about
500 feet high. On the following day,
in 56:27 south and 6S:06 west, she
passed eight ioebergs from one to
twelve miles long, and from 100 to 700
feet high. There were light northeast
winds at the time, and fine weather.
The icebergs were right in the track of
ships.
Edison has succeeded. with the aid
of the Roentgen ray, in penetrating the
human body with the naked eye, the
successful experiment having been
made at last. He looked into the
lungs and heart, and examined the