The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-23
1ELEGRAPHlC RESUME
Events of the Day in a Con.
densed Form.
Of INTEREST TO ALL READERS

ftoms OF Importance From Domestic
and Foreign Sources Cream
of the Dispatches.
The president has nominated Lee
Bergholz, Of New York, as consul al
Erzeroum, Armenia.
Rich placer grounds have been found
in Washoe valley, near Carson, New.
and there Is considerable excitement
in consequence.
Charles 81. Voorhees,. formerly lay
judge of Bergen county, N. j., and
an ex-member of congress, committed
suicide in New York.
Five men were fatally injured by
an explosion of fire damp during fire
in the Red Ash vein of the Woodward
mine in Wilkeskbarre, Pa.
John Jones, colored, aged 10, who
committed an assault upon a 12-year.
old white girl near Mormon Springs,
Miss, was hanged by mob. Jones
confessed his crime.
A cable message from Cape Town,
South Africa, reports the killing Of
three engineers near Buluwayo. The
names of two of the victims are given
as Hammond and Palmer.
An explosion occurred in the colliery
at Wellington, s. G. Eight miners
are known to have been killed, and
it is believed 18 persons will lose
their lives through the disaster.
On April another powder explosion
occurred at Juneau, Alaska, this time
in the new tunnel of the Treadwell
Company, between the Treadweu and
Mexican mines. Some of the men in
jured are expected to die.
A dispatch from Buluwayo. South
Africa, says: The whole country is
in the hands of rebellious natives, and
they are moving in great force north
ward. It will require large force of
troops to dislodge them.
Joseph Selamel was put to death in
the state prison at Clinton, N. Y, by
electricity. He murdered his sweet
heart. Theresa Kammora, by cutting
her throat with razor, August 80,
1895. The cause was jealousy.
The Madrid correspondent Of the
London Standard says: The new
chamber just elected will certainly
support the government in resisting
American interference in Cuba, and it
will also be very protectionist body.
: The Paris correspondent OF the Lon-
don Times says he learns that at
Frances invitation, Russia now di.
rects the negotiations with England on
the subject of the Nile expedition,
growing out of the objections Of Russia
and France.
A broken rail on the New York,
Pennsylvania g. Ohio road wrecked
the third section Of freight train No.
80, near Meadville, Pa. Two men
were killed and three others seriously
injured. The dead are: Patrick
Kerr, engineer; Bert Rowley, brake
man.
Emperor Francis Joseph has bestowed
the order Of the Golden Fleece upon
the German imperial chancellor, Prince
Won Hohenlohe. Emperor William
has decorated Count Goluchowski,
the Austrian minister Of foreign
affairs, with the order Of the Black
Eagle.
1t has been discovered that some Of
the Matabeles who are employed as
servants in Buluwayo have been act
ing as spies and conveying information
of the movements of the expeditions
to their friends in outlying districts.
One of these traitorous natives has
been shot.
While brooding over the idea that
his family would suffer from want,
John Lehman of Chicago shot and
killed his three children. After com.
mltting this terrible deed, Lehman
attempted to end his own life by hang
ing, but, failing in this, he turned the
revolver upon himself, and sent q bull.
let through his heart, killing himself
instantly.
One of the main buildings Of the
Chicago Fireworks Company, at Gross
Point, fourteen miles north Of Chicago.
blew up, resulting in the death OF
Nicholas Boree and Annie Boree. The
explosion is supposed to have been
caused by powder being ignited by
concussion in the machinery used in
making fireworks.
The house committee on ways and
means has decided to report favorably
the bill introduced by G. W. Stone, to
repeal that section of the Wilson act
which gives free alcohol for use in the
arts and manufactures. The internal
revenue officials acknowledge their
inability to carry out the provisions OF
the law. Great frauds are said to be
possible under the law, and many
large claims have been piled up against
the government.
Meager reports from the lower Brule
agency in South Dakota, state that
Handsome Elk, an Indian belonging tc
that agency. shot two Indian police