The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-09
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
From All Parts Of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS

OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive ksvisw OF the IMpert-
ant Happenings Of the Past wsoh
Culled Fren the telegraph colaInns'
The killing of Frank Hepburn, son
of Congressman Hepburn, at Chester,
Ark, is now attributed to political
conspiracy. The first report stated
that a duel was fought.
Lee All Nee, waiter, was shot and
instantly killed by unknown assassins
in San Francisco, as result OF high
binder war. Another shooting affair
occurred the same evening, but no one
was killed.
Three dead bodies have been taken
from the Chicago river, and men are
at work dragging the stream for more.
The remains are those of infants and
had been in the water for some time.
The doctors assert that they had all
been drowned, and it is thought that
they have been the victims of a baby
farmer.
A fatal collision occurred on the
Southern Pacific railway, half a mile
south of Green's station, Oregon, re-
sulting in the death of John McGon-
igle, of Portland, fireman, and A. N.
Toy, a brakeman. Five others were
seriously injured. The collision was
due to conductors carelessness In
mislaying his papers and orders.
In Abbeville, s. c., Willedge Ma.
lone, boy IA years old. went with q
shotgun to a colored woman. Matte
Hellman, who owed him twenty five
cents and told her he would shoot her
il she did not pay him. She replied
that she had no money, and he would
have to shoot Thereupon the boy
emptied both barrels Of the gun into
her, killing her instantly.
Cases of poisoning from eating
smoked whitefish continue to be re-
ported from Wisconsin. At Merrill,
in that state, Albert Radlof and an
other man died of poisoning. Twenty
five cases in all are reported from that
town. Twenty additional cases are re.
ported from Brotherton, on the east
shore of Lake Winnebago. some OF
whom cannot recover. Milwaukee has
also received her share, and fifty peo.
pie have been poisoned in Oshkosh.
The news is causing panic among
fish eaters and dealers.
For the third time in six months the
Sonora stage has been held up, near
Cloudman, Cal. Two masked men
suddenly appeared on either side of the
road and covering with shotguns the
driver, ordered him to "hold up" He
was then ordered to throw out the mail
sacks and told to drive on. The mail
sacks were rifed of registered letters
and left on the road where they were
subsequently found by the postmaster
of Cloudman. The amount secured by
the robbers is unknown, but is believed
! to have been large
The barge Sumatra, the consort Of
the W. B. Arnold, from Chicago, with
load of railroad iron, foundered of
Government pier, near Milwaukee.
Four sailors were drowned. The cap
tain, mate and cook were rescued by 9
life.saving crew
Jennie Love was shot in the head and
instantly killed by William Swanson
in st. Louis. The testimony of several
witnesses goes tn show that the bullet
which ended the woman's life was in
tended for William Lee, negro with
whom Swanson had been quarreling,
Jealousy about the woman is the cause
alleged.
A vicious st. Bernard dog attacked
a party of school children in Marys
vile, Cal. Laura Baumann, aged q
was bitten about the face and head and
will probably die; Baby Kuchs, wa!
almost torn to shreds. it's arms and
breast were terribly bitten, and it can
not recover. Albert Kuchs was bitter
through the wrist, and will recover
unless rabies follows. A little gir
was bitten in the leg, but will recover
"Doc'' Payne and Lon Beckwith
middle weights, met in Cleveland, o.
for finish fight for $3.50 side ant
the gate receipts in Lavac's gymna
SUM. In the seventh round, whel
Payne was all but knocked out, tn,
police burst in the doors and stopped
the fight, arresting all the principals
seconds and referee. Two hundret
SPECTATORS were in attendance, ant
only ten of them escaped, jumping
from the windows. All Of the patro
wagons in the city made trip after triI
conveying the crowd, which contained
many prominent citizens, to the sta
ton.
1t is reported that Lewis Gimm, O
Cleveland, o., the holder of the Ameri
can 24-hour indoor biycle record, i
mentally unbalanced from the effect
of his remarkable performance in tina
city last week. Gimm rode 486 mile
and 1,115 yards in 231s hours, break
ing the American record by more thai
33 miles. He would have fallen from
his wheel at the finish but for th'
Judges, who noticed the movements O
the rider and carried him from th'
track.
There has been run on the societ,
known as the Cuida Economica in Ri
de Janneiro. The funds of the societ.
are guaranteed by the government. bu
numerous persons Withdrew their de
posits. Coffee producers and export
ers are greatly alarmed at the falling
prices in Europe. The agricultural
congress in San Paulo proposed tn
foundation of bank for the needs o
the rural depositors. Foreign capital