The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16

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It upwards of $50, 900. 600. Nam
ives were lost in the fire, and S5, 00'
people are homeless. Two thousan,
louses, including every bank in tn
,ity, of which there are five, wer
burned. II is impossible from tn
present food supply there to feed al
he victims, and the suffering will un
be great.
Chicago Day Celebrated.
Chicago day, the anniversary of tn
,reat fire twenty five years ago, wa
celebrated in that city chiefly as po
iticsl holiday. Republicans ant
Democrats celebrated separately, eacl
,arty having its own big street parade
IS we'll as monster gathering indoors
Practically every factory and store il
he city was closed, also the board o
rade and banks. From ealry morn
ng the streets were jammed will
heering thousands, struggling to gai1
ome point Of vantage.
An Overzealous Parson.
The Rev. Lang, an evangelist, wh,
lad been holding revival at Seward
}. T., during one Of his sermons de
Jared that all women who dance ar
A storm broke at onoe
md Lang was chased to the Santa F.
tation by fifty enraged church mem
'ers. At the station he was beaten al
most to a jelly by two farmers and I
lumber of women. Subsequently b,
vas rescued from a coat of tar ant
Gathers by a train crew.
Crime of q Madman.
Albert Bray, aged 80, of Noblesville
nd farmer and a very religious
nan, cut the throats of his wife, 9
ear-old son, Carl, 2-year:eld daughter
edna, and himself. The wife and chill
Iren died without a struggle. Bray
With a gaping wound in his throa
ived for some hours without regainint
Bray crushed the skull
f his victims with an ak after he hat
ut their throats.
She Fought Burglar.
Miss Ella Emerson, 18 years old, o
rruitvale, Cal, battled with burglar
Who tried to chloroform. gag and bint
Ter, and after desperate struggle, sh'
ucceeded in making her escape b,
Gaping through an open window ant
ropping to the ground, Q. distance O
welve feet.
Du Maurier fs Dead.
George Du Maurier. artist, novelist
md author of "Trilby," died in Lon
on. His end was painless. HI
'assed away surrounded by his friends
FOR days he has been lowering between
ife and death, at instervals conversins
With friends regarding his work. Upor
ne occasion a friend at the dying
mans bedside referred to the success O.
'Trilby" as book and play, where
pom Du Maurier replied: Yes, i
as been successful. but popularity hat
illed me at last" The immediat,
ause of his death is given as hear
rouble.
For the Good of the Cow.
Instructor Winterhalter, of the agri
college at the university o.
is making comprehensiv,
airy report which will cover practic
lily the entire state The work is be
ng done under the supervision of Pro
essor E, W. Hilgard, who is advocat
ng the uss of the Babcock tester to dis
over disease in COWS. Professor Hill
ard says the report will show th'
alue of such tests and suggest method
+ recompensing the dairymen for th'
oss of cattle.s
Freight Thieves Captured.
Secret service agents of the Chicag'
3 Northwestern railway have arrested
n Chicago the members and stopped
he operations of the most skillful al
yell as successful gang of freight-cal
ilferers with whom the railroad de
ectives of that city have had to dea
With in many years. 1t is known thu
ar that five railroads have suffered
through the operations of the gang
nd it is believed not less than $40, ,00(
worth Of property has been stolen with
q the last six months.
An Election Lynching.
The state election caused q murder
nd lynching at Mount Junction, Ga
aus Williams, Populist (negro), strucl
ticket out of a Democratic negro
oter's hand. The Democratic Negro
truck Williams for his insolence, ant
Williams fired at his assailant, bu-
Missed his aim and shot and instantly
illed Engineer Middleton, of the Cen
raj railway, who was an onlooker
,ystanders took Williams and lynchei
i'm and riddled his body with bullets
Wheat 10 Advancing.
Manitoba wheat is advancing daily
1t some points where competition ii
keen as high as 81 cents hal
cen paid to the farmer, while 60 cent
) now the general price for No / hare
the province.
Ten We're Drowned.
In collision between the steamer
alexander aid Emden, on the Ham
urg, near Hull, the former sank
ten of the crew.
A Ligftship Founders.
It is reported in Queenstown that thu
)aunt's rock lightship, having OF
oard a crew of eight men, has foun
Iered.
The B0rland's Grew.
Captain Anderson and 90 other un
ortunate men, composing the crew O
he ill-fated bark James A. Borland
rrived in San Franciso on the Alask,
Packers Association steamer Afnogak
which came in from Port Townsend
rhe Borland went on the rocks Will,
rying to make the harbor at Tugidel