The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
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line of the state, 30 that the stat,
would have jurisdiction over gambling
or illegal whisky on boat in these
rivers or any other illegal act done OF
the river.
The Constantinople correspondent o1
the London Times says the Turkish
minister and first secretary Of the
Turkish legation at Washington have
been recalled, owing to the sympathy
for the Armenians manifested in the
United States. This has been denied
at the leagtion, however. It is also
said that the sultan has promised
Abraham Pasha $4,000 if he succeeds
in inducing the Armenian patriarch tc
retire.
Judge Piper, of Moscow, Idaho, has
fixed the date Of the execution of Frank
Smith for the murder of Emmett Fox.
Smith will be hanged May 1. A judg-
ment for $83, 549, ,280 was filed against
the Atchison, Topeka g Santa Fe Rail.
road, in favor Of the Union Trust Com
pany as trustees for the holders of first
mortgage bonds. The amount is for
the deficiency Judgment obtained in
February last against the railroad
company in Kansas.
The state department has received a
cablegram from United States Minister
Smythe, at Port au Prince, Hayti, con-
firming the Paris report Of the death Of
President Hippolyte.
A terrible explosion Of fire damp took
place in a mine at Brunnerton. N. q.
Five persons were killed outright, and
sixty more were entombed, with no
hope of being rescued.
The Iron Horse group Of mines,
among the best known in the Trail
Creek district in British Columbia. has
been sold for $75, 900 to Peter Porter.
The Iron Horse is a gold producer. and
has defined ledge, and is shipping
ore.
The Vose block, one of the finest in
Machias, Me-. was burned and several
business firms renting Offices in the
building, as we'll as lodge-rooms, lost
all their effects. The total damage is
estimated at $250,000; insurance,
$50, 900.
An attempt was made to derail the
Oregon express between Tehama and
Vina, CAL, by placing ties on the
track. The engineer saw the obstruo-
tion in time to avert amashup. No
motive can be given for the attempted
derailment.
The London Standards Berlin corre-
spondent says that China has granted
concession to Russia to build railroad
from the Chita, in the trans-Baikal
district of Siberia, through Manchuria
to Port Arthur, the latter port being
ceded to Russia in exchange for certain
important concessions.
The resignation Of John I. Hall as
assistant attorney general Of the inter-
ior department., has been presented to
the president to take effect May l.
Juge Hall resigns to accept the general
counselship Of the Georgia Southern &
Florida Railway Company. His suo-
cessor as assistant attorney general
will be w. A. Little, of Columbus, Ga.
A new play is being written in San
Francisco, in which Matte Overman
and Mrs. Tunnell are to have star
parts. The play will follow closely
the dramatic incidents of the recent
careers Of the Rev. G. o. Brown and
Mrs. Mary Davidson. Richard @.
White is the author of the play. He
says it will eclipse the famous Durrant
play.
: The two three-story warehouses Of
the Pleasure Ridge Park Distillery
Company were destroyed by fire in
Louisville, KY, with all their con-
tents, including upwards Of $4,000
barrels Of whisky. The total loss is
about $3.50, 900, of which $s90,000 is
on bonded whisky, $4,000 on free
whisky and the remainder on the
buildings.
Three hundred Chinese were blown
to atoms by the explosion Of a maya
zine attached to the fort at Kiangyin,
China. The disaster, according to
mail advices received by steamer, was
the work Of mutineus soldiers, who
were preparing to join the secret So
ciety rebels in an attack on an adjacent
town, but whether through carelessness
or by intention is not known.
In the last week Of mild weather,
Grand Valley, Colo, throughout Its
length and breadth, is riddled with
holes dug for fruit trees. 1t is esti.
mated that between 100000 and l..
900, 900 fruit trees, apples, peaches,
plums and pears, chiefly, will be
planted as soon as water is turned into
the irrigating bitches. This is far the
largest planting the valley has ever
known.
A desperate fight took place in the
village of Berry, Ill. James and
Charles Horning, two prominent young
farmers, and James Housick were shot
in the fight. One of the Mornings re-
ceived wound in the leg, and the
other had his hand and his arm shat
tered by ball Housiok was shot in
the neck, and his injury is regarded as
serious. The trouble grew out of the
sending of a valentine.
CONSERVATION was thrown into the
camp Of the numerous heirs and claim
ants to the Davis millions, when At
torney M. J. Cavanaugh fled petition
in the district court in Butte, Mont.
in behalf Of Mrs. Huldah Queen Davis,
otherwise known as Huldah Smell, of
Kern county. Cal, laying claim to the
whole of the estate, worth many mil.
lions, alleging she is the surviving
wife of the dead millionaire.
1t is stated that the Rev. CO.
Brown, of San Francisco, will be tried
I,,, Tho Rov couforonce on the charOa of