The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-08-06
EVENTS Eg OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

TERSE TICKS FkOM THR WIRES
An Interesting Collection OF Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
In Condensed Form.
Storms in West Virginia have cre-
ated great havoc and railway traffic
has been suspended.
The members Of q camping party
near Oakland, CAL, were forced to
climb trees, while a madened bull de-
stroyed their camp.
e. L. Harrison, who was formerly
travelling auditor for the Northern
Pacific railroad, committed suicide in
Tacoma, by shooting himself in the
mouth. tine bullet from his revolver
penetrating to the brain and killing
him almost instantly.
A freight train on the vandalia rail-
road ran through bridge near Craw-
fordsville, Ind. killing Conductor
Mckenzie and Fireman John Herber
and seriously injuring Roadmaster J.
s. Brothers and Engineer Bowman.
The wreck was caused by washouts.
Rev. Geo. p. Knapp. who was ar
rested in Bitlis, Eastern Turkey, on the
charge of conspiring against the Turk
ish government, and who was once lib
Grated, but refused to leave the country
before his innocence was establi shed,
has again been arrested and will be
tried ON charge of inciting riot.
e. L. Moody, a logger, made cow.
ardly attempt to murder Mrs. 81. J.
Bum in hotel kept by the woman's
husband at Elma, Wash. Moody
stabbed his victim In the wrist and in
the right breast with knife, and then
fed, leaving Mrs. Bum seriously if not
fatally wounded. Moody Is still at
large.
A Havana dispatch says the police
have captured collection Of maps Of
the island, highly colored, showing the
supposed insurgent headquarters in
Cubitas, the rebel flag and picturing
various chiefs Of the insurrection. The
maps bear the imprint Of a Barcelona
firm. The Havana stationer. Don Fer
nandez, in whose possession they were
found, was arrested.
The two daring navigators who left
New York june 80, in sailboat but
eighteen feet long. to cross the Attain
tic, are all right. They were sighted
ON July 10 In latitude 63, Longitude
81. SO, by the American liner Indiana
and asked to be reported. They ap-
peared to be in the best of spirits and
required no assistance whatever from
the Indiana, although provisions and
water were offered them.
Il is rumored that the Turkish gov
ernment contemplates an issue Of paper
money.
In Victor, Colo. fifty pounds Of giant
powder exploded, causing IS, 600 worth
of damage. Many people were cut by
glass, but none killed.
In Sedalia, Mo-, Mart Crawford,
section foreman ON the Missouri Pa
cifc. was hanged by furious mob for
the attempted rape of a l6-year-old girl.
The socialist congress, which met in
London, proved to be noisy gather
ing. Scenes OF violence were enacted
and free fight was narrowly averted.
The coming year it is said wines will
come high, owing to the failure Of Cal
ifornia's grape crop. Little wine will
be exported from the golden state this
season.
A New York dispatch says Senator
Hill is now In favor of q third ticket
The information, it is said, comes di-
rect from personal friend Of the sem
ator, who is prominent Democrat.
A stockman named John Lawrence
was found dead upon the range near
Union, Or, with bullet in his head
and pistol lying few feet away. 1t
is supposed that he committed suicide.
The trial of the South African raid.
ers has ended in London, and DR..
Jameson has been given sentence Of
fifteen months imprisonment without
labor. The others received light sem
tences.
In Quincy. H.. five fatalities by
drowning or otherwise occurred in
forty eight hours James Mclean was
killed by an accidental fall from the
roof of the Kicker National bank; Her.
bert Harrison, a school teacher, Fred.
erick Gross and Fred Baumgarten, sons
Of prominent citizens, were drowned
in Bear creek; George Betero, another
youth, was drowned In pool south
OF the city limits, and his two brothers
were saved only with great difficulty.
Pennsylvania was visited by disas-
trous hurricane, resulting in loss of life
and property. Steeples were blown
from churches, adjoining buildings
were crushed, houses were unroofed,
and trees broken Of or torn up by the
roots. Great havoc was caused by the
heavy rainfall. Two lives were lost,
thirty-six injured, some fatally, and
property damaged to the amount of
800, 900. A boarding. house near Cecil,
Washington county, was washed away
and its occupants, fifteen coal miners,
were drowned. Seven of the bodies
have been recovered. Eight are still
missing.
Two cable cars broke loose at the
top of the Ninth-street incline in Kan.
sas City, and dashed down the declivity
into the Union depot sheds. The grip
car and those on board escaped injury,
but the trailer was thrown from the
track Just inside the elevated sheds and
literally smashed to pieces. Several of
the occupants Of this car were badly
hurt. Among them are George D.
Fearon. of Kansas City. and his two sis
ters, Mrs Gay and Miss Fearon, both
of New York. Mra Gay suffered an