The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
TELEGRAPHIC RESUME
Events of the Day in a Con.
denSed Form.

)F INTEREST TO ALL READER.
items OF Importance From Domesti
and Foreign Sources Cream
of the Dispatches.
Ike Pizer, a negro, was lynohed II
Shreveport, La, for attempting to as
sault two young ladies'
The negotiations between France ani
Great Britain, however. promises 4
satisfactory settlement.
A dispatch from Bombay reports {
tremendous fire in the native quarter
of Calcutta, as the result of which
many persons were killed.
Governor McGraw, of Washington,
has offered $500 reward for the appre.
hension, arrest and conviction of the
murderers Of DR.. J. 81. Lyon, of Roslyn.
Thomas Hughes, Q. c., the author
of "Tom Browns School Days, tom
Brown at Oxford, !" ETC.. and the foun.
der of the British settlement at Rugby,
Tenn, died in London, aged 78.
1t is asserted in Paris that more
powers besides France and Russia will
seize the occasion of the British -Egyp.
tian expedition up the Nile to demand
guarantee for the evacuation Of Egypt.
Rebels recently attacked the Japan.
ese near Fusan. After several days
fgting the rebels were repulsed. Many
Japanese have been murdered, and
ID panese warships have been sent to
the scene Of the disturbance.
The athletic team Of the university
of California has received a telegram
from the Harvard team accepting a
challenge to meet May 23. The Cali
fornia team will meet the athletes of
several other colleges on their Eastern
tour.
Louis Melberg, car repaireY on the
Great Northern railroad, was fatally
injured in Seattle by being caught be-
tween the drawheads Of two fat-cars.
A coupling link was driven through
his body, tearing his intestines In q
horrible manner.
A prominent butcher and one of the
stockholders of the American Dressed
Meat Company Of Walla Walla, and
W. A. Montgomery, who was employ
ed as butcher at the company's
slaughter yards, have been arrested on
charge of stealing cattle.
Bicycle tourists from the United
States and other countries will this
year be required to deposit, at the Can
their wheels on entering Canada, and
when they are exported back the money
will be refunded to the owners.
The American Electric Heating Cor
poration, which includes all the oom.
panies of importance engaged in the
of electric-heating appar-
atus, has been formed, with headquar-
ters in Boston. The new corporation
is controlled by syndicate of Boston,
New York and Western capitalists.
The Mexican government is making
for the abolition of all
interstate and inter-municipal duties
in July, and taxes will be apportioned
greatest Importance and far-reaohing,
and will greatly facilitate interna-
tional trade.
Hiram b. Morrison, arrested in Bos-
ton after his wife had been found dead
in their home, with finger marks upon
her throat, has confessed that he
choked the woman to death in fit of
jealous rage at her having a crowd Of
neighbors in the house drinking. He
alleges he was also drunk.
The trans Missouri roads have not
been as liberal with the Grand Army
as the roads in the Western Passenger
They have decided upon
a rate of one fare for the round trip for
the annual encampment in st. Paul,
instead of rate Of cent per mile, as
authorized by the roads Of the Western
Passenger Association.
A New York paper says the revolu-
tion in Nicaragua, according to intel
ligence received through private cham
nels, is more serious than the dis
patches from that country would indi-
cate. The strict press censorship estab.
lished by President Zelaya renders it
impossible for news of any character
except what is favorable to the govern.
ment, to be made public.
The Spanish government has official
ly disclaimed responsibility for the
fiery views expressed in the columns Of
the Madrid newspaper Ell Epoca, de-
manding that the United States cease
talking about the Cuban insurrection
or else declare war at once upon Spain.
The government felt that it might be
harmful because it was intimated that
the article was inspired by 1t.
At a meeting of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce of the United
Kingdom, held in London, a resolu-
tion expressing appreciation Of the
friendly feeling displayed by the cham
ber of commerce of New York and the
national board Of trade Of Philadelphia
and representing their strong desire
that a method be found for settling in
conoiliatory spirit any differences
which may arise, was adopted.
A dispatch from Athens reports the
renewal of the murders of Christians
in the island of Crete, and the exist.
ence Of a panic there owing to the be-
lief prevailing among the Cretan dep
uties that the Turkish troops are wait
ing for the Christians to retaliate for
outrages, when they will seize the oc-
oasion to begin a general massacre.
The deputies have invoked the protec.