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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Louisiana Leyee Breaks.

New Orleans, April ga break in
the levee occurred at IL O'Clock last
night at Melrose plantation, thirty
miles below the city, on the west side
of the river. Superintendent Landrik,
of the Grand Isle railroad, is on the
scene with men and material, and is
sanguine of closing the break, which
is from thirty to forty feet wide.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
JAPANESE win Be Deported.

San Francisco, April 26.-Thirty five
japanese, said to be contract laborers,
now held at the quarantine station,
have no right to land, according to
United States District Attorney Foote,
who SO informed Immigration Com
missioner Stradley. The men came
from Victoria on the Umatilla.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Condition at Hannibal.

St. Louis, April 2S.-A dispatch
from Hannibal, Mo-, says: Flood con-
ditions are becoming alarming. The
government gauge at 10 o'clock this
registered eighteen feet and
eleven inches, being nearly two feet
above the danger line. The water is up
to Front, street. and cellars on Main
street are filed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Accident in London.

London, April 2S.-A tremendous
explosion occurred on the underground
railway at $50 this evening, as train
filled with men from th ecity was max
ing its usual stop at the Aldersgate sta
tion. The glass roof of the station was
blown out, and the platform was strewn
with debris. Many of the gaslights in
the waiting-rooms and on the platforms
were extinguished, and the station was
left in semidarkness. A panic ensued.
When comparative quiet had been re-
stored, it was found that a first-class
coach had been wrecked, and that its
occupants were lying about manned and
bleeding. Ten of the injured were
found to be in precarious condition,
and were removed to the hospitals. A
number of persons who were standing
ON the platform were also hurt. Much
of the wreckage was hurled across the
station.
The cause of the explosion is not
known, but it is believed to have been
the result Of an accumulation of gas
which became ignited in some way.
Many persons, however, believe the dis
aster was not due to accident, but was
caused by the explosion of bomb,
which had been placed in the station
with the intention of wrecking it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Canadian Detective Shot.

Detroit, Mich, April 27.-Charies
Mahoney, government detective from
Windsor Ontario, was shot and fatally
wounded today, while attempting to
capture two negro robbers at Belle
River, Ontario.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

Pretoria, April 2s.-Te case against
Lieteannt Etoff, grandson of President
Kruger, charged with slandering the
queen of England, has been dismissed
on the ground that the evidence is con-
dicting.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Don't Want That Kind of Perfection.

Don't Want That Kind of Perfection.
Republicans can be trusted to make
all the amendments to the bill that are
necessary or desirable They have al
ready done this in number of in
stances. The bill will not be passed
without due consideration. 1t was not
perfect when it came from the commit
tee, and it will not even be perfect with
the amendments that will be added.
Perfection has only been reached by the
Wilson tariff, which causes deficit of
$40, 900. 900 per annum. The people do
not banker after that kind Of perfec.
A4.- Baltimore Amarican.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Chicago. April 26,-Two hui

Chicago, April 26.-Two hundred
Greeks said good-by to Chicago last
evening, and, amid scenes of wild en-
thusiasm, started for the seat of war in
their native country. Before another
week has passed it is altogether prob
able that Chicago will not have score
of Greeks within her limits. Already
arrangements are now under way for
the departure of another party of 200
Grecian patriots who will leave soon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

Salt Lake, April 26.-A private tel
egram from Price, Utah, says the posse
which left Castle Gate yesterday in
pursuit of the men who robbed the
treasurer of the Pleasant Valley Coal
Company had an encounter with the
bandits and wounded one of them,
whose name is supposed to be Fowler.
The robbers were going toward Cedar
mountains
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Memphis Relief Work Ended.

Memphis, April 2s.-The Memphis
flood sufferers relief committee acting
in conjunction with the war depart
ment, ordered the formal closing of
Camp Congo, at the home established
for flood refugees early in the overflow
season. All planters were notified t"
send in transportation for farmhands at
once, as no further rations would be is.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
FORMAL SESSIONS.
No Business Transacted in Either House
of Congress.

of Congress.
Washington, April 2S.-The senate
chamber had deserted appearances
when the session opened today, many:
of the senators having gone to New
York to attend the Grant ceremonies.
Harris of Tennessee was at his desk.
for the first time in many weeks, and
was congratulated on his recovery from
a serious illness.
In the absence of the vice. president
and President Protein Frye, Nelson
occupied the chair. DR.. Milburn'sl
opening prayer was an eloquent refer
ence to the gathering of thousands to-
pay tribute to the great chieftain.
Grant, and he prayed that the glow Of
patriotism freshly kindled may
strengthen our government and the,
union of states.
nkNhen ff1e sfndian Dill was TepoFrei
from the house, an effort was made to
send it to conference, but Gorman OBJ
jected, saying it had been understood
that no business was to be transacted.
Thereupon, at 1926 P. NJ, on motion
of Morrill,, the senate adjourned.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
A Hint to the Senate.

Before the senators take up the Ding
fey bill the last sentence of the St.
Louis tariff plank should be emblazoned
in large letters on the walls Of the sem
ate chamber: ''The country demands
a right settlement and then it wants
rest" Behind that sentence is the
voice of the people. Will the senate
heed it?-Chicago Times Herald.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Fir for Tea Chests.

Tacoma, April 29.-The steamer Vic
toria, sailing Friday, will carry to
Japan pioneer shipment of 200, 900
feet of fir lumber, to be used in making
tea chests.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

Vienna, April 2s.-Emperor Francis
Joseph, with Archduke Otto and Count
Gluchowski, the Austro-Hungarian for
eign minister, has started for st. Peters
hurO
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Seattle, Wash, April 27, 1897.

Seattle, WASH, April 27, 1897.
Wheat-Chicken feed, $27 per ton.
Oats-Choice, $23@24 per ton.
Barley-Rolled or ground, $40 per
ton.
Corn-Whole, $40 per ton; cracked,
$20@21; feed meal, $1,000.
Flour-(Jobbing)-Patent excellent,
50. 80; Novelty A, 81. so; California
brands, 81. 90; Dakota, $5.65; patent,
$6.4O. J
Millstufs-Bran, $f4.oo per ton;
shorts, $1S.
: Feed-Chopped feed, $1s. 90 per ton;
middlings. $22; oilcake meal, $50.
Hay-Puget sound, per ton, $l1.0o;
Eastern Washington, $15.
Butter - Fancy native creamery,
brick, zoe; ranch, 14@15; California,
'14@17.
Cheese-Native Washington, 12c.
egetables-Potatoes, per ton, $15.5 so
GLE; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets,
per sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c;
rutabagas, per sack, SOC; carrots, per
sack, 40@50c; cabbage, per 100 lbs,
81. SO; onions, per 100 lbs, $3.25.
Sweet potatoes-Per 100 lbs, 81. 90.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, loo; ducks, $6@6.50.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 12H @13c.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; cows, exc; mutton, sheep,
SIC per pound; lamb, &c; pork, &c per
pound; veal, small, &c.
Fresh Fish - Halibut, AZ @6c;
salmon, 6@8c; salmon trout, 7@10c;
founders and soles, 3@4c.
Provisions-Hams,l large, 1a; hams,
small, 11Ac; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry
salt sides, 6Lc per pound.
Fruits-Lemons, California, fancy,
$2.5O@3; choice, 5; Cal fornia fancy
navals, $3@3.50.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Muravien,s Appointment Confirmed.

ST. Petersburg, April 2S.-Emperor
Nicholas has formally confirmed the ap-
pointment of Count Muravieff as Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs, and he
has conferred the decoration and order
of Vldimir upon M. de Kotzebu, the
Russian minister to the United States.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
In the~House.

Washington, April 2S.-The house
held purely formal session today.
Many of the members had gone to New
York to attend the Grant monument
exercises, and, under the arrangement
made last week, after the reading of
the journal, adjournment was imme-
diately taken. The presidents message
transmitting the report of the Mexican
boundary line commission was, how
ever, received before adjournment.
There was less than fifty members pres.
ant
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

Partisan street-peddlers sell trained
toads that climb little ladders and dive
into water. The toads cost about
twenty cents each.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

A scene of indescribable confusion
followed. The crash of the breaking
timbers was mingled with agonizing
shrieks and pitiful cries of the wounded
and struggling passengers in the half
submerged car. They were shut up
like rats in cage, and the marvel is
that any were able to escape horrible
death. The car with its human freight
lay on its side, but did not at once go
to the bottom. There was breathing
space for the frantic humanity within,
and terrible struggle at once began to
reach the windows. There was a grab
bling for hold of some kind, and
rapid and instantaneous smashing of
windows. Heads and arms at once be-
gan to emerge from the wreck, and the
able-bodied climbed to comparative
safety on the outside. One or two who
had jumped while the car was flying in
the air were slowly and painfully SWIM
ming to the shore; and hats, canes, din
ner baskets, and other small movable
articles began to appear on the surface
of the water.
The car remained in its half-sub-
merged condition, very close to the
steep bank for a few seconds-long
enough to prevent the certain death of
many of the crazed prisoners-andt then
it gave a sudden lurch, and the water
rushed in through the windows and
other orifces. The upper side sank to
the level of the water, and the under
side rested on the uneven bottom. The
water was from six to ten feet deep.
The passengers who had been able to
extricate themselves from their impris-
onment began to help others out
through the shattered windows. These
were able to make their way to the bank
over planks run out by rescuers who
had already began to assemble.
Passengers who had fortunately es-
capped from the car aided in giving the
alarm, and. within few minutes time,
many persons were rushing to the res
cue. Some thoughtful person turned
in the fire alarm, and the warning bell
started the East Side battalion to the
scene.
Firemen and others performed gallant
service in the efforts to save life. New
ton Hanson, lad of Is, was taken out
dl1NC, Out ulCu III bAAuOs
Frantic efforts were made by the
fremen to extricate Miss Katherine
Baillie, who could be seen in the
wrecked car with heavy timber across
her body. She was still alive, but was
strangled before the fremen could get
her out.
The lifeless body of Blanchard was
next taken out. He had been drowned.
The dead are:
William W. Blanchard, of Sunny
side, 4S years of age; assistant miller
at Acme mills.
Katherine Baillie, 25 years of age;
until recently of Illinois.
Newton Hansen, of Sunnyside, 16
years of age; employed at Great East
ern Tea Company.
Eighteen people were injured, some
seriously.
There will be ,093 churches within
the boundaries of the Greater New
| York.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Even the South supports It.

That the bill also received the votes
of five southern Democrats is signifi-
cant sfsathe change of southern senti-
ment on this question, and is graft
flying augury of the good time coming
when the protective policy will meet
with popular acceptance among the
new leaders of the new South as the
only policy that can develop the vast
resources of that section of the Union.
Exchange.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Bridge over the Kaw Damaged.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 28.-One
span of the Northwestern railroad
bridge across the Kaw has been forced.
out of plumb by great mass of drift
wood.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Missine French Steamer.

London, April 29.-It is feared the
French steamer Henri, from Swansea,
for Marseilles, has been lost. with
thirty Of her crew.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

A Russian landowner at Batoum DUR
ing the big oil strike there had an in
come of about $4,000 day from his
wells.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

Portland, Or, April 81, 1897.
Flour-Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, 81. 90; Benton county and
White Lily, $4.O0; graham, So. 40; SUI
perfine, $2.75 per barrel.
Wheat-Walla Walla, 73@74c; Val
ley, 15c per bushel.
Oats-Choice white, 3s@4Oc per
bushel; choice gray, 37@39c.
Hay-Timothy, $14.00@15.00 per
ton; clover, $11.50@12.50; wheat and
oat, $12.O0@13.50 per ton.
Barley-Feed barley, $3.50 per ton;
brewing, $18@19.
Millstuffs - Bran, s14.5o; shorts,
$16. 80; middlings, $26.
Butter-Creamery, Soc; dairy, 25@
271ac; store, 17H @30c per roll.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, 55 q Csc;
Garnet Chilies, 6O@70c; Early Rose.
80@85c per sack; sweets, $2.75 per
GENITAL for Merced; new potatoes, SO
per pound. i
Onions-$2. 5o@2.75 per GENITAL.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $2.75@
8. SO; geese, $4,000 500; turkeys, live,
HOBO; ducks, $6.00@7.00 per dozen.
Eggs-Oregon, 91ac per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon, 11ac; Young
America, 121ac per pound.
Wool-Valley, 12c per pound; Eastern
Oregon, 6@Sc.
Hops-5@8 per pound.
Beef - Gross, top steers, So. so;
cows, $2.25@3.0o; dressed beef, 40
&c per pound.
Mutton-Gross. best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.50@3.75; dressed NUT
ton, &c per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice, heavy, $4,000
4.25; light and feeders, $2.50@3.00i
dressed $4.50@5.25 per cwt.
Veal-Large, 31a @4c; small, 41a@
per pound.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
The Same Old ScOlds.


The same old crowd are now picking
the Dngley bill to pieces. They are
attacking the bill as whole and in de-
tai, and the strongest and wisest pro-
visions will be the points where the
free trade attacks will be the most Bit
ter and relentless. They are claiming
it as a return to McKinleyism. a bill to
foster monopoly, a measure to increase
taxation, and they are leveling against
it all the stock arguments of those who
imagine we can become rich and pros
porous by buying our manufactured ar
ticles abroad instead of making them at
home and employing our own labor.
Those who believe in the opposite doc
trine must be prepared for all this, and
must meet it promptly and squarely.
The best way to do this is to refuse to
be led off into any discussion of sched-
ules before the objects and principles
underlying this important measure of
relief are fairly laid before the people.
In the first place, both President Nc
Kinley and Mr.. Dingley have told us it
is necessary to provide for deficit of at
least $50, 900, 900 per annum from this
method of taxation. Until the United
States is able to pay as it goes there can
be no financial stability and no indus.
trial prosperity. P. Parker.
why Do the Kickers Kick?
In the course of the tariff debate in
the house, some Of the lecturers on free
trade theories have gone into figures,
and have made out that the Dingley
tariff bill proposes in the aggregate
higher duties than the Mckinley law.
These gentlemen forget that the free
list was enormously enlarged in the law
that bears the name Of the statesman
now president of the United States.
sThey forg also that one object of the
Mckinley law was to reduce revenue.
standard Union.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Fatal Boating Accident.

San Francisco, April 28.-Charles
w. Lehman, young banking clerk
employed by the German Savings &
Loan Society, went yachting yesterday
with party of friends, and while be-
ing transferred form one of the yachts
to another slipped upon the stern of the
yawl and sank, probably striking his
head as he went down. He caught the
side of the frail craft and tipped it SO
that it filled rapidly and sank, throw
ing the three occupants into the bay.
In the confusion which ensued, Leh-
mann was not seen to rise, and as he
was unable to swim, he was undoubt-
edly lost, although the accident occur
red close to the shore.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
A semi-omciaI Announcement

Athens, April 27.-The semi-offcial
announcement was made this after
noon: In a fierce engagement at
Matt yesterday the troops fought hero
ically until O'Clock in the evening,
and compelled the Turks to retreat,
whereupon the Turks were heavily re-
inforced, and our positions were shaken
and retreat ordered. 1t is not yet
known if the retreat was general.
A second dispatch from headquarters
of the staff says: "Our troops are con-
centrated along the line of Pharsalosis,
and in consequence of these operations
the abandonment of Tyrnavos and La
rissa is considered inevitable"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

One inch of rain falling upon one
square mile is equivalent to II, 500, 900
gallons Of water.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
The Report From St. Louis.

St. Louis, April 2s.-The Mississippi
river registered decline here this
monring, but above, at Keokuk, Han
nibal and other places, rise of 1.6
feet is shown and the Missouri is also
booming. At Kansas City the advance
for the past forty-eight hours has been
fully two feet, while at Boonville it is
one-half foot. There are places near
Quincy where the water spreads over
the low lands from bluff to bluff, max
ing the river from eight to ten miles
wide.
The levees can stand a foot or two
more of water, but the danger lies in
the continual rising of surface water on
the inside, which is now almost to the
top of the banks.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
The Retreat From Larissa.

cloud of dust raised by the advancing
cavalry of the Turks, asked leave to dis
mantle the Office. He was directed to
leave it. Since P. M. Saturday, the
Larissa office had made no response to
calls from Athens.
A Reveni dispatch says Edhem
) sspasha, or learning that the Greeks had
! been ordersd to fail back, attempted 70
deliver crushing blow with consider
able force, which had been resting
thirty-six hours, and succeeded in
breaking through the Greek lines in
several places.
A report has reached here that
Turkish force of $4,000 men, having
pushed its way through the. passes at
Viodendros, Analipsis, Nezeros and
Rapsani, has descended on Derili. The
Greeks have retreated to Makrychori.
It would appear, however, that the
position at Reveni itself, and at Bough-
All is unaltered. The Greeks, as a re-
suit of the orders of Crown Prince Con-
stantine, stopped just short Of seizing
Damasi.
Details of the Retreat.
London, April 27.-A dispatch to
the Times from Milouna says:
The Greeks abandoned Kritiri during
the night and fed. The Turks are now
marching on Larissa. Edhem Pasha
will not allow his troops to enter the
town, which, but little damaged, is sur
rounded by Gordon of cavalry. An
officer with squadron of horse has
been dispatched for the protection of
the Greek monastery in case of any dis
order.
The Greeks, in their hurried flight,
forgot to cut the telegraph wires be-
tween Milouna and Tyrnavos. The
Turkish cavalry has reached the envir-
ons of Larissa and has taken several
Greek soldiers captive. These say
perfect panic prevails in the town.
Edhem Pasha makes his headquar-
ters in Greece tonight. The sultan has
sent him the Immiaz order in bril-
liants The coast road between Elias
soma and Milouna has been cleared,
and thus a supply of provisions and
ammunition is assured. The discipline
of the army is excellent. Today it Is
rumored here that the Crown Prince
Constantine has fled. The Turkish loss
so far has not been great, only about
400 at the most.
The POSTS. Athens correspondent
says: A terrible panic took place on
Friday night during the retreat, which
became miserable rout. the Turkish
cavalry using rifles, bayonets and re-
volvers indiscriminately. The CORE
spondents of the London Times and the
Reuter- Telegram Company were nearly
killed. Mr.. Williams, who represents
the Daily Chronicle, remained at Tyr
navos. Other correspondents lost their
sketches and their baggage.
The Daily Telegraph's Elassona cor
respondent says that Edhem Pasha' Or
ders with respect to the inviolability
of private property are strictly respect
ed by his troops. The Greek villages
are not sacked, and only a few "spirit
storeso have been burned.
The Standards correspondent at Mi
louna says the Turks captured large
stores of provisions and ammunition at
TyrnayOS.