The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-10
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitone of the Telegraphie
News Of the World.


News Of the World.
vERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collectionsof Items From
the New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
The Italian cabinet has resigned.
General Pellieux's action is regarded as
q political move, to make possible for
the Marquis di Rudini to secure a
unanimous ministry. The ministers of
finance, justice and public works, in
the retiring cabinet. will not appear in
it's successor.
E.. L. Hewes, the Wichita mountain
boomer, who has been at Wichita for
three weeks trying to organize party,
has left for Oklahoma City without a
single follower. At different times he
claimed to have from 500 to 1000
boomers ready to follow his lead into
the country.
Toru Hoshi, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary from Japan to
the United States, was a passenger
from the Orient on the City OF Peking,
which as just arrived in San Fran
cisco. He will leave for Washington
at once carrying with him instructions
in reference to the Hawaiian treaty of
annexation which will be considered
by the United States senate.
When the German reinforcements.
consisting of four companies of ma
rines, numbering 23 officers and 1900
men, and company of naval artillery,
arrive at Kiao Chau bay, for which
point, as already cabled. they will Sc on
set out, they will bring the German
force there up to 1866 men. the lar
gest body Germany has ever sent be-
yond Eropean waters. 1t is understood
that the reserves had to be drawn upon.
Surgeon General Wvman, of the
marine hospital service, has submitted
his annual report to Secretary Gage. 1t
shows that during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1897, the total number of
patients treated at hospitals and the
dispensaiies connected with the service
was 81, ATT. Although the total num-
ber of patients treated was 673 in ex-
cess of those treated during the pre-
vious fiscal year, the expenditures were
s53S, 536, which is $21, 900 less than
the previous year.
The annual report of James II. Erkles,
controller of the currency, for the year
ended October 81, 1897, opens with q
brief resume of the history of the legis-
lation which constitutes the present
National bank act, and invites the at
tention of congress to amendments to
the law recommended in former reports,
without specifically repeating them.
The controller renews his recommend
bank examiners be paid an annual sal
airy instead of fees, as now.
Further information from Washing
ton respecting the proposed canal and
locks for the channel at the -dalles is to
the effect that it is proposed to push
the work with deal of rapidity. The
contract system and modern methods of
excavation and building have made it
clear that years need not be spent upon
work of this character. If the con-
tract for improving the Columbia by
small channel at the dalles is adopted
it will no doubt be stipulated that the
work must be done with rapidity.
A terrible railroad accident has oc-
Cured in Warsaw. While a passenger
train was stationary at the terminus,
heavy freight train ran into it, owing
to the error of pointsman. Eleven
persons were killed and % others were
seriously injured.
The receipts of the customs SO far
this fiscal year undoubtedly will fall
considerably short of estimates made
by the managers Of the new tariff bill
during its pendency in congress. At
that time it was estimated that the
customs would yield about $3.50, o00,-
900 during the first year. The indica-
tlons are now said to be that the re-
ceipts from this source will not aggre-
gate more than $l65. 600, 600.
A plate of armor, representing a lot
of 500 tons for the turrets of the battle
ships Kearsarge and, Kentucky, was
tested at the Indian Head proving
grounds Tuesday. For testing pur.
poses, two eight-inch shells, one Car
penter projectile and the other
Wheeler sterling, were fred at the
plate, one at a high and the other at
low velocity. Neither penetrated nor
cracked the plate. but both partially
welded themselves into it.
Word comes of a wreck on the Santa
Fee near Williams, Ariz., in which
three men lost their lives and much
valuable property was destroyed.
After the first section of freight train
No. 33 had pulled out of Williams the
air that controls the brakes gave out
and the train dashed down the steep
grade with rapidly increasing velocity.
The hand brakes were unavailing to
check the speed, and when a point
about 10 miles west was reached the
train left the track. Two engines were
heavy one. Engineers Newton and
Watsons and Fireman Berry were pin
ned under their respective engines and
lost their lives, it is said, by being
burned to death.
Emperor William opened the session
of the German re1chstag in person for
the first time since 1894. The cere-
mony took place in White hall, in the
royal castle. His majesty read the
speech from the throne.
The steamer San Bias has arrived in
San Francisco from Panama and way
ports. She brings the news that the
Salvador coffee crop for this season
will be one-third laroer than ever be-