The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-02
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
From All Parts Of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS

augustus CduSSdhub a 4ohOhO4s NV
ing near Tia Juana, Cal, while draw
ing loaded shot gun from his wagon.
was killed.
Gold has been discovered in paying
quantities on the farm of Bahne Lucke,
near Commanche, Ia. An assay shows
about $13 aggregate value to the ton.
TheSdeposit is from six to twenty five
feet deep.
Manuel Gregory. colored, was shot
in Chattanooga, Tenn, while attempt
ing to rob house. The bullet, fred
at distance of twelve feet, struck
Gregory in the head and fattened out
as it if had been made of paste. The
negro is not seriously injured.
Hon. William Collins Whitney and
Mrs. Edith S. Randolph, were married
at Bar Harobr, Me. 1t was an in
formal affair. There were no brides.
maids and no best man. The entrance
to the church was mass of roses,
laurel hydrangeas and potted plants.
D. M. Browning, controller Of Indian
affairs, has made his annual report to
the secretary of the interior. He says
that with no outbreak or disturbance
during the year, the progress of the In
dians in general education and civiliza
tion has been uninterrupted and sub
stantial. The main effort now, as for
many years, must be to put the In
dian upon his allotment, teach him to
support himself, protect him from en-
croachment and injustice, and educate
his children in books and industries.
The steamer Umatilla, from San
Francisco to Puget sound, struck on
the rocks off Point Wilson promon.
tory, in Discovery bay, near Port
Townsend. All of the passengers were
landed safely by means of small boats
The starboard bow of the steamship
was stove in badly and the steamer is
leaking seriously, but rests above the
water supported on the rocks. The
cause of the disaster is attributed to
the fogs so prevalent in Northern wa
ters at this season.
The Cuban junta has received an
offer from an English syndicate of
loan of $6,00O,O0O for $50, ZOO, 900
payable in twenty years. President 7.
Estrada Palma and the other members
of the junta held conference as soon
as the offer was received. The presi-
dent was asked what action was taken
and stated: "We have taken no de-
oided action as yet," he said. "We
have received a number of similar
offers from bankers, who see that we
are almost certain to win, and we
have them all under advisement. We
will probably accept the best terms, the
offer Of the English syndicate seems to
call for very large interest, but the
fact that they may never get it back
must be considered. During the last
year of the Mexican war for independ-
ence Mexican bonds sold for So. so on
the hundred
In a collision between an express and
an excursion train on the Great East
ern railroad, near London, seventeen
bersons were seriously injured.
A terrific gale has swept the coast
of the United Kingdom. The storm
played havoc with the trees in London
parks, and caused great damage among
coast and fishing craft The loss of
life is reported slight.
The Clyde line passenger steamer
Frederick DeBarry. New York to jack
sonville, was wrecked at Kittyhawk,
N. G. The crew of seventeen men
were taken off by a life saving boat.
There were no passengers or cargo
aboard.
In a pitched battle between a squad
of policemen and gang of hoodlums.
at Philadelphia, Pa, Michael Pizza
was shot and killed and five others,
three of whom were officers, were seri-
ously injured. The scene of the affray
was dingy three-story brick house in
the heart of the Italian district.
Charles Pfeifer, living at Bright
wood, Ind, cut his wife's throat and
hanged himself. Both are dead.
Pfeifer was an operator on the Big
Four. The couple we're married
year ago and lived happily. 1t is be-
lieved that Pfeifer was temporarily in
sane.
The boiler of ninety-ton ten-wheel
locomotive on the Big Four road burst
at Pekin, Ill, hurting the engine more
than 100 feet, partly demolishing a
factory, killing the fireman and break
ing nearly all the glass within quar-
ter of a mile of the scene. Pieces of
the engine were picked up 1000 feet
away and one of the big drive wheels
was hurled 400 feet from the track.
The turnpike rioters are out again
in Lawrenceburg, KY, and have de-
stroyed twenty of the twentyfour toll
gates in Anderson county. The county
last fall voted to make the pixies free.
Proceedings for appraisement con-
demnation and purchasing have been
made, but the people did not wait for
relief in that way. Under the laws of
Kentucky the county will have to make
good the loss and damage by the mob.
The dredge Enterprise is now at
Cascade locks engaged in clearing the
sand from the upper entrance. The
inner wall on the south side has been
completed, and the concrete foundation
for the north wall is done. Several
courses of masonry remain to be laid
upon this latter wall. 1t is the gen.
eral feeling that the locks are nearing
completion, and any further delay
would be an unwelcome surprise. With
the. completion of this work, The
Dalles expects to make rapid growth
aud attract capital from abroad.
The supreme court of Washington
holds that an ordinance of the city of
Tacoma, preventing BARRIERS from pur-
suing their calling for compensation
on Sundays is special legislation, and
obnoxious to the provisions of the state
,ons<,&nk;or IT, COWS this c1oes of poo.