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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
I.onaan Inna. 2s-Tha St p.

London, June 2S.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent of the Morning Post
says the Novoe Vreyma protests vlgor-
ously against the action of the United
States as to Hawaii, which, it adds.
may soon be followed by an attempt
to annex Cuba.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
Drowned Under a Coal Barge,

Cincinnati. June 29.-This evening
George Lowenstein, Robert Keith and
Edward King rowed skif from Gin
cinnati to Newport, KY, and struck
the upstream end of coal barge in
landing. The skiff was swamped and
Lowenstin and Keith were drawn un-
der the barge and drowned.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02

1t is calculated that by the end of
the year 1000 there will be 1,70O, 900
English-speakfng persons on the globe.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02

Laplanders' are the shortest people in
Europe, their average height being:
Males, SO inches; females, 81.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
AMERICANS TO ss TRIED
The Famous Competitor Case Comes
Up at Havana July L.


New York, June 3O-A Journal dis
patch from Havana says: Consul Gen
eral Lee has finally been notified that
Ona Melton, the American newspaper
correspondent, Captain LaBored and
others belonging to the captured
schooner Competitor, and one or two
Americans incarceratedwith them in
Cabanas fortress, will be called for trial
July 1. The hearing will be before
civil judges, and judgment will be
based on the declarations previously
made within the walls of the prisons
on evidence taken by government
official or crown prosecutor, acting on
behalf of the Spanish admiralty and
war department. The court will listen
to no new testimony, save in support
of the written declarations already
filed.
George Ferran, the only witness the
Competitor men were permitted to call
on their behalf, was arrested immedi-
in prison. His sworn statement was
that the vessel was beyond the three.
mile limit, and had the American flag
at her masthead when seized. This
statement displeased the Spaniards,
and Ferran was therefore detained here
and charged with perjury.
I Consul-General Lee has as yet re.
ceived no instructions to employ coun-
sci to defend the prisoners.
A Spanish magistrate said the men
would undoubtedly be found guilty
&o
terms of imprisonment, but added:
''Their friends should not fear their
being executed or deported. Our peo-
pie are too diplomatic to force Ameri-
cas- hand"
The rebel generals. Rivera and Bal
lacoa will not be shot, General Wey-
ler has received cable from Minister
of War Ascarraga to indefinitely sus-
pend the court-martial sentence OF
death, pending the close of hostilities,
when their pardon may be expected.
General Weyler himself has taken no
steps to stop the court-martial and
shooting of other and less important
prisoners of the war.
During the last three days at Ma
tanzas. at Sagua, Santa Clara, Sancti
Spiritus, Cienfuegos, and Pinar del
Rio, dozens of executions occurred.
At Sagua two Cuban girls accused of
sending out clothes to their brothers
fighting under the insurgent chief,
Roban, were convicted of aiding the re-
bellion and sentenced by military
court to respectively IL years and six
months imprisonment in the African
penal colony.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
Pushing the Tariff.

Events have moved rapidly in Wash
ington this week. The senate, realizing
the pressure which is being brought
upon it by the country for rapid action
on the tariff bill, has held sessions early
and late and pushed through the bill at
rate of speed absolutely unparalleled
in the history of that ordinarily slow
going body. That this should have
happended within few months of the
close of one of the most bitterly fought
campaigns that the country has ever
seen is the more remarkable. And
that people should go on complaining
because still greater speed is not made
under these remarkable circumstances,
can scarcely be accounted for, except
upon the theory suggested by q gentle
man recently quoted in this correspond
ence that the state of nervous prostra-
ton to which the Cleveland admins
tration brought the country has rem
dered the people to some degree ire
sponsible and unwilling to measure
things expected by those that have hap
pened in the past.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02

The first printing in America was es.
tablished at Cambridge, Mass, in 1889.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02

Only pound of maple sugar to a
tree was the report of the manufac.
turers in the Cambridge district of Yer.
mont this YEAR
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
The Cuban situation.

The return of Special Commissioner
Calhoun from Cuba revives interest in
the situation in that unfortunate island
and in the prospective action of the
administration. 1t is believed that
President Mckinley and Secretary
Sherman are now likely to have suffi-
cient information within a compare
lively short time to enable them to act
intelligently and in way which will
bring relief and encouragement and
substantial aid, not only to American
citizens in Cuba, but to those who are
struggling in behalf of the cause OF
liberty.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02

Of the $s1, 900, 900 appropriated by
the .Chilian budget, no less than $780,
900, 900 are for army and navy expen,
lures.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
Armed Bandits at Leadvilie

The Hawaiian Islands show sur
plus revenue of s93, ,627. .26 for last year.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
Protection Gaining in the South.

NOGDlUS mas HOTS ulSLuTDcu tllc
Democratic leaders in and out of con-
gress than the fact that the large num-
ber of Democratic members from the
South have, within the past few days
and weeks, cast their votes in favor of
a protective tariff and that no less than
one-third of the members of congress
from south of Mason and Dixon's line
have either voted directly for high
rate of protection in the pending tariff
bill or refused to cast their votes against
it. Thirty-two Southern men in the
house voted for the Dingley bill and
five others from that section-Populists
refused to vote against it, while in
the senate, as is well known, numbers
of Southern Democrats and Populists
have voted for either higher rates Of
protection than were originally placed
in the bill or than those reported from
the finance committee.
That this growth Of protective sentj-
ment in the South is genuine one and
largely the result of the development
Of manufacturing industries in that Sec
tion is apparent, but the necessity for
excusiqg and minimizing it has led Mr..
Bryan's organ, the Omaha World-Her-
aid, and other papers to assert that the
protective vote from the South is cast
by men not natives of that section and
not representing it's real sentiment. In
recent issue, the Omaha World-Her
aid, commenting upon this subject,
says:
During the last decade great deal
of Northern capital has been invested
in Southern manufacturing enterprises
and it is natural that the investing cap
italists after years of paternalism in
the shape of protection should still
cling to it. The voices from the South
crying for protection are voices that
have been imported into that section
from protection nurtured New England
and are not the voices of Southerners.
The proteetionists in the
South are those who have left the sterile
hills of New England and wandered
down south to broaden their field of
operation.
This assertion that the Southern votes
which have been cast for the protective
tariff bill Or for especially protective
features proposed or adopted, ere.cast
by men not natives of that section
rpet-baggers-is absolutely untrue.
1t is apparent from the examination
of the personal history of the Demo-
Gratis from the South who have voted
for the protective features of the tariff
bill, that in every case they are natives
of that section and lifelong Democrats,
and the Populists who voted for the
bill are all natives of the South.
The same rule in most cases applied
to the 80 Republicans from the South.
The Republican party has in congress
today a greater number Of members
from south of Mason and Dixon's line
than ever before, with the possible ex-
ception Of single congress shortly af-
ter the close of the war.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
.RoHANNoN BOYS CAUGHT
Leadvil1e Crowd Wanted to Hang The
but Were Driven Back.

Leadville Crowd Wanted to Hang Them,
but Were Driven Back.
Leadville, Colo, June 24.-Leo and
Frank Bohannon, who escaped from the
custody of the officers and shot and
mortally wounded Deputy Fahey, were
captured this afternoon, two miles be-
low Granite by Deputy Sheriff McDon-
nell. The officer took the trail this
morning and about two miles above the
town of Granite he caught sight of the
desperadoes. Returning to Granite, he
secured the services of John Gilbert, a
ranchman, E. Shaul, deputy, al d
the trio soon caught up with the Bo
hannon boys. When they saw the Off
GERS they made an attempt to draw
their guns, but the officers had the drop
and they were quickly disarmed and
shackled.
There was very large crowd at the
depot when the train arrived, bringing
in the prisoners. A large force of dep
uties and policemen was on hand, as
there had been rumors of trouble. The
two men were quickly hustled into a
carriage and none too soon, for the
crowd made rush and were only
driven back after sharp struggle. The
Jail is closely guarded tonight.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
'yol2.I7e 4 sss....es ss;ssi.ssiss

Kansas City, June 28.-A special to
the Star from Salina, Kan, says: A
terrible cyclone passed 5 miles north
of this city last night So far as heard
three are dead and a number danger
ously injured. The dead are:
Mrs. Anna Geesey, aged 81; Nola
Geesey, 13; Ida Geesey, 9.
Four members of this family were
also badly hurt. Mr.. Geesey was away
from home The remainder of the
family had retired, and when the storm
struck they made for their cave. Be-
fore they had gotten out of the house
the tornado had destroyed it.
The work of destruction was not
known till this morning, when neigh
bors found the dead and injured mem
bers of the family lying about in the
debris. The three dead were found SO
feet away, east of the house, and neal
them the body of girl, alive, but
buried to her waist in dirt.
There are rumors of other casualties,
but particulars are meager.
Intense heat prevails in Central Kan.
sas. At some points farmers are com.
PEELED to abandon their harvest work
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
Asparagus is the Oldest known plant
used for food.

st. Louis, June 28.-A terrific rain
storm this morning did considerable
damage in the southwest section of the
city. The poor house was unroofed
and the building otherwise damaged.
The storm also struck the insane asy-
lum, but not much damage was done.
A Thoughtful New York contemporary
announces that 'boiled alligator flesh
tastes very much like veal" Those
who are in straightened circumstances
and are unable to obtain veal will dc
we'll to remember this substitute.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-02
Topeka RDDkD WITH HAIL
Chunks Of Ice as Large as
Ostrich Eggs Fell.
MANY WERE SERIOUSLY HURT
Roofs Were Pierced and Dogs and Birds
Killed-Runaways Occurred in All
Parts of the Cfty.l


Topeka, Kan. June 28.-The worst
hail storm known in this section OF
Kansas struck this city shortly after 6
O'Clock tonight. The shower of hail
was terrific. Hailstones weighing IL to
16 ounces striped the trees of their fo.
liage, smashed windows on every hand.
including the finest ,plate-giass store
fronts; cut down telegraph and tele.
phone wires, riddle9 awnings, injured
many persons and inflicted unprece-
dented damage throughout the city. So
great was the weightof the falling hail
that when it struck the asphalt pave
ment many of the haiIstones rebounded
to the height of 30 and 80 feet, Dogs
were struck in the streets and instantly
killed. Horses were knocked to their
knees, to rise again and dash away in
mad fright. Many runaways occurred
throughout the city. When the fury
of the storm passed, those who ven-
tured out found dead birds everywhere,
and on every hand was the scene of the
wreckage of the storm.
The storm came from the southwest.
Dense, greenish clouds gave warning
of disaster, and as the day had been
extremely hot and close, many fcresaw
a Cyclone and sought shelter in their
cellars. The storm came on with a
heavy wind and terrific lightning, and
then came rain, together a with a deaf
ening crash of hail that was paralyzing
to the senses. So great was the dam
age to telegraph wires that the city was
cut off from the outside world for sew.
eral hours. Topeka tonight looks like
city that has withstood a siege of wal
guns. There are not dozen buildings
in town that are not almost window
less, and many roofs were caved in.
The roofs of many structures, also.
were pierced. The damage can be i'm.
agined when it is known that the hail.
stones ranged in size from that of a
hens egg to that of an ostrich egg, and
that, 80 minutes after the storm one
hailstone was picked up which meas.
ured IA inches in circumference.
Surgeons are busy dressing the
wounds of persons injured in the storm,
and reports of injuries continue to be
received. Many We're hurt in the run.
aways on the streets.
The damage cannot be estimated, but
will amount to thousands of dollars.
Window glass is already at a premium
here, and tonight three carloads were
ordered from Kansas City. Street-oa al
traffic is stopped, and eletric lights are
out, owing TO generalization of TIE
electric lights stems.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

and at II per cent. with per cent the average
Banks and trust companies quoted per cent
the minimum Tine contracts were qurtPd ~
foreign bankers II per cent for sixty daIs
with a gold note and loans for longer perious
were inadc ~ Il per cent plus n liberal corilih's
sion with high-g grade collateral demanded 'oiii-
mercial paper was taken at from p? To I'D per ceh.
Sterling and Continental exchange rates nj this
time last year were weak. and gold shipments
to this country were being made. Sterlng ra'es
at present are not far from the gold impof.'"s
point. and the rapidly accommodating TRACE pai
ance In favor Of this country will soon co'nPe
the shipment Of the precious metal from Lonvon
or the Continent Cotton is later this year ih"n
last. and the full effect of the grain moNcHe,'
upon the exchange market has yet TO be ie''
while the low rates FOR money in TINS ha'he.
furnish additional reason for the postpohei'c''.
Of the gold importing movement Can h'"'.,
rules at il Mli2 per cent against .'d ID per en-
at this time a year ago. and besides TINS, Ems
Nsh bankers dong every thlne IN '"',.
power to resist gold exports to this counu!'
is proba bc that when exchange does ran 'o nv
gold importing point there viii he rehe"u Oh
a large scale Of investments In long sterihs
bills, operation which was common last year
and which will be less difficult this year on AZ
count of easy money here. While the MONEY
supply al this centre may be called upon 80 =. u
considerable extern, the chances are 10! !"
favor of an active money market. because Oh '''e
large arves he'd by interior banks, ai'houSn
the extent Of the future demand may ne sun
as to rause moIe activity than IL now eNpe'.ssu
Prices for the last sales % the principal ac'l'e
stocks to-day, compared with the nna' hS"i''
of yesterday. WCr" as follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28
Friday, August 21-p. II


The stock market again strong on larger
volume Of business. with final prices for most
issues at net gains as compared with las, nights
final figures The character OF trading less
professional than yesterday operations
by this element constituted the greater part Of
the days businessman number Of important
market interests exhibited returning interest in
the market The course Of the Granger stocks
attracted the principal attention. Rock Island in
particular making further progress toward a
higher level and indicating in its movement the
general belief that it would be the first of the
Granger stocks to enjoy an increase in dividend
1t is probable that its dividend rate will be
raised to I per cent st. Paul was strong on
the publication of an excellent statement of July
earnings, and Burlington continued to reflect its
increasing popularity both among investors and
people who are confident that 1t will reach a
price considerably above par before it makes
any material recession The anthracite shares.
Ontario and Western excepted. were compare
lively inactive. Reports current to-day
that Ontario and Western directors were getting
ready 10 announce a ! per cen dividend on the
stock with a view to dissolving the voting trust
which now exists Commission house business
showed improvement and London prices came
In stronger cable advices from London report
ing strong market for American securities.
with a growing pressure OF investments IN the
American department on the London Exchange.
Reports from the West reflected an enormous
grain movement the Western roads. the
Burlington companys deliveries yesterday being
the largest in the history Of the road. 1t is un-
derstood that for the current month this com
pany's earnings are increasing at the rate Of
$4,000 a day. as compared with August. lS?j.
while trustworthy reports from the Atchison
show that the increase in gross earnings for the
month will aggregate S225Vn II is now con-
fdenty believed that the company Will be able
ia nav the full / per cent upon the adjustment
bonds for the current fiscal year. with a hand
some surplus for the preferred stock Among
the specialties Laclede Gas common attained
unusual strength and activity. due to various
favorab BILE rumOrs about the company. II Is said
that the question Of calling IN the preferred stock
and Issuing bonds in It's place is being consid
cred by the company.
can money at this time last year lent at .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

Domestic exchange was as follows at the
nIaces named: san Francisco-Sight DC: tele-
graph. lac Savannah-Buying. 1-lG off; sell
ing par New Orcans-Commercial DC. dis
count: bank 81 premium. Charleston Buying,
mar: selling. &c premium. Chicago-6,c dis
count Boston-Par. -. Louis-Sl 10 iIc. dis
count Cincinnati-Between banks. Joc. dis
count over counter par.
Bank clearings in this city We're Exchanges.
S1O3 1924: balances S4639 j96. Philadelphia
[Exchanges S0141 $50; balances. Sl3S6Ol'.
Observation-Disclosures SO. 13IGol balances, 81
:}..,gJ16 Baltimore-Exchanges. S3"i3.sOl; bal
ances Sif2 "a ChicaGO-Exchanges. SlfSlb-
SO: balances. Sl.%32,Jo1.
The commercial price II bar silver was olr.c
Mexican silver dollars. i0a4c. In London bar sill
Yer advanced i to 237sd. silver exports to-mor-
row 90 OOO ounces Two silver bullion certln-
Gates for . 600 ounces OF silver sold on the Stock
Exchange at ola.
Money on call in London was 12QA per cent
and open market discounts II. per cent for short
and long bills British consols closed at III IL
for money and 1929 for the account. French
rcntes were 10i francs % centimes. Paris dis
count rate. Ia per cent. Paris exchange on
London - francs II centimes. Berlin discount
rate 30 per cent The Bank Of England's mini
mum discount rate remained unchanged at :
per cent.
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.
To-dav's Washington Treasury statement. COW
crng actual results Of two days ago. compared
with the last preceding statement. gives the fol-
loving balances:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28
Financial.
$5,OOO,OOO.
PBNNSVLV COMPANY
GUARANTEED 81 PER CENT.
TRUST CERTIFICATES.

Secured by Covenant OF the Pennsylvania
Company and Pledge OF Fifty Thousand Shares
or the Guaranteed Special Stock Of the Pitts
burgh. Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Com
pany Aegregating at Par Five Million Dollars
@'OooWtD, ard by the Guaranty Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company
These certificates are Issued by The Girard
Life Insurance. Annuity and Trust Company
OF Philadelphia. Trustee. under n deed OF
trust made by the Pennsylvania Company and
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to the ssid
\ Trust Company whereby the Pennsylvania
Company has pledged w.t. said Trust Company
SJ,ooOOO0 at par Of the Seven Per Cent. Guar
anteed Special Stock OF the Pittsburgh. FIT.
Wayne ard Chicago Railway Company. which
road forms the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's main line from Pittsburgh TO Chicago.
as collateral security for loan OF $5.cO0O00 TO
be known as Pennsylvania Company Guaran-
teed 81 Per Cent Trust Certificates. Series A.
and issued in amounts OF $1,000 payable forty
years from September l. 1897. with interest at
3i1 per cent. per annum. payable March ] and
September | in each year. Principal and Inter
est are payable in gold. without deduction for
any tax or taxes Ecw imposed or hereafter to
be imposed thereon, either by the laws OF the
United Slater Of America or Of the State OF
Pennsylvania. for Natona. or State purposes.
and which either cf the said Companies IS or
may be required authorized to retain there
from. said Pennsylvania Company agreeing to
pay the same and the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company guarant'c irg payment thereof. and
each certificate has endorsed thereon the abb
solute covenant OF payment thereof by the Penn
sylvan,a Company (being the proprietary Com
pany Of the Pennsylvania Lines west Of Pitts
burgh), ard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-28

Ten shares of Fourth National Rank stock
sold at 10 against 1884, tie last preceding sale
Railroad bonds were strong ana mod'rhtel!
active at net gains in the majority OF Issues me
more important dealings were In the Atchls"i,
issues Chcsancake and Ohio AS. Kansas ana
Texas seconds Northern Pacific general len is
and prior lien Is. Oregon Short Line income a
IS Southern Railway first rs Texas ana racine
second incomes Rock Island debenture s ana
St Louis and Iron Mountain rs. Total safes
were S2112 00O par value. against S2-"N"'
Yesterday The principal net gains were made
bv Chesapcake and Ohio 4iAs. y 10 S]H ROCK
Island debonture .is q to 1O4a; Missouri Paclfic
first consol Is - to H}ia; St Louis southwestern
frsts "a to ~: Southern Railway first rs. rs 10
9la.: Union Pacific extension sinking fund -
REGENTS IL to III: St Louis and Iron Mountain
rs II to ST.. Texas and Pacific second incomes
10 To 80: Kansas Pacific first consoi receipts IA
to %: Austin and Northwestern. II TO H"i:; Cen
trail Of Georgia second incomes. - 20 ~ Kansas
and Northern IS . 10 1O1; East Tennessee con
sol rs. - to H. and Erie general lien is. q to
- international and Great Northern thirds
lost u to ~: Iowa Central IS. p 10 -: oregon
Railroad and Navigation firsts Il 10 III. ana
oregon Short Line incomes 4 rs. y to Oo In
miscellaneous issues Oregon improvement first
receipts gained q To 10ll2. and the consol 's re-
CENTS %, To 80 american Spirits Us lost 10
SJls. and Detroit CPS IS l" to ~
THE MCN.-v MARKET.
Money on call iN1H rcr cent. Time money
was 90 per cent for sixty days. :. per cent for
three months. . ner cent for four months ana
3isM4 per cent for six months commercial
naner rates we're: Prime Endorsed bills recev-
able 3l5H4 per cent prime single names, per
cent: 1rst-class names. iNlie per cent, ana
good names 4i4T3 per cent.
The foreign exchange market was dull ana
hardly steady Posted rates were 4.Sfi2 ana
eGi@ for long and short sterling respectively.
pates for actual business closed rs follows