The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-25
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES

An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in Condensed Form.
President Cleveland will take no ac-
tion as to the Cuban rebellion.
John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, was
made permanent chairman of the Re.
publican national convention at st.
Louis.
Adolph Padelford is dead in Paris.
He was the the husband of Bettina
Girard, the actress, whom he paid
$40, 900 to drop her name.
The pump house of the North End
Water Works, Tacoma, was burned
down, leaving that entire section Of
the city without water for day.
Sarah Blackburn obtained verdict
at Oregon City from the Southern Pa.
cific Railway Company for $4,000 for
the killing of Mark Blackburn, by
train at street crossing.
As result of the recent warm
weather rivers and creeks in Idaho are
booming, and lands in many places
are overfowed. It is estimated that
damage to the amount of $12, 600 has
been done to the road between Wallace
and Osborne.
Owing to poor attendance and bad
weather, the Portland baseball club of
the Pacific leauge, has been 6isbanded.
The Seattle club followed suit. Ia.
coma will make an effort to hold to.
gether. An effort will be made to
have desultory games throughout the
summer.
John Connors shot Mamie Mulligan
three times in the head, in Chicago.
He then shot himself through the right
temple. He is dead. The girl is not
expected to live. The deed was com.
mitted because the girl would not
marry him. Connors is 45 years old,
and Miss Mulligan is 16.
The British steamer Drummond Cas-.
tie, Captain N. M. Pierre, from Cape
Town, for London, oollided with an
unknown steamer near Brest, France.
She sank in three minutes with 144
passengers and 1O3 officers and crew on
board. Two men were picked up by a
fishing boat. The fate Of the steamer
with which she collided is not known.
News Of a terrible earthquake, in.
volving the loss of over a thousand
lives, has reached Yokohama from the
island of Yesso, which contains the
northern provinces of Japan. The
subterraneous disturbance lasted about
twenty hours, and during that period
the utmost terror prevailed. Ground
rumblings are described as resembling
lowed shock almost in uninterrupted
succession. In all it was estimated
that about $50 shocks occurred. The
whole town of Kumaishi is destroyed
by a tidal wave, which accompanied
the earthquake. Many disasters to
shipping are reported from the tidal
wave.
A year.old baby fell out of fourth.
story window in Chicago the other day
and sustained no serious damage. He
lit in mudhole.
The banks at Cheney, Wash. sus.
pended payment and failed to open
their doors. Hard times and inability
to make collections are the causes as
signed for the failures.
A young man named Conway, q
brakeman on gravel train, fell be-
tween two cars of the moving train
near Arlington, Or, and had his
right leg crushed in two places.
The coroner's jury impaneled to in.
vestigate the fatal shooting Of Charles
Rice, near Roseburg, returned verdict
Of willful murder against James Dix
on, the boy who fred the fatal shot.
A 16-year. old boy named Charles
Wyatt accidentally shot and killed
himself with a 22-caliber rife near
Centralia, WASH, while out hunting
in company with another lad Of about
his own age.
By fire at Hoquiam, Wash, the
mill of the Northwest Lumber Com
pany was destroyed, and the barkentine
North Bend, which was taking on
cargo at the dock, was damaged to the
extent of $1,000. The amount of the
damage to the mill has not been esti.
mated.
The Goodrich reservoir, fifteen miles
from Baker City, broke, and great
volume Of water rushed down the gulch
about four miles, where it jumped
from Goodrich creek to Pine creek.
About three miles further the food
struck r. French's house and dashed
it to pieces, drowning the family, con.
sisting Of the parents and five child.
rem, ages ranging from to 10 years.
The bodies were found scattered along
the creek distance Of two miles. The
clothing was torn of and the bodies
mangled. Large pine trees were car
ried miles down the stream and fences
and bridges were swept away. Grain
fields are badly damaged. The reser-
voir was constructed in 1868 and has
been used for mining purposes.
Indian War Veterans.
The grand encampment of Indian
war veterans of the Pacific Northwest
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