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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
FooLHARDY PROJECT.
Captain w. c. oledrive, of Boston, t
Walk Across the Atlantic.

Captain w. c. o1edrive, of Boston, to
Walk Across the Atlantic.
Chicago, Dec. ga special to the
Times-H Herald from New York says:
Captain w. c. Oledrive, of Boston, has
planned to walk across the Atlantic
ocean. He will begin his journey July
and will be accompanied by Captain
w. M. Andrews, famous by reason of
his voyage across the Atlantic in a
small boat. 1t is nothing new for Cap
tain Oledrive to promenade the waves.
That has been his pleasure and profit
these ten years. Captain Andrews,
who is to be the companion of the wa
ter pedestrian, will journey in brand
new 14-foot small boat and in this
merely repeats feat performed in 1878
and again in 1892. Captain Andrews
is the man who has brought about the
whole affair. Here is his own state
ment:
"Incredibfe as it may seem, next
year we are really going to walk and
sail down Boston harbor, cut onto the
ocean and over to Havre, France,
through the great bore of the river
Seinesand up to Paris, to be there to at
tend the exposition of 1900 in our new
seagoing shoes and the smallest, fastest
and best boat that ever crossed the At
lantic ocean, the Phantom ship. Every
vesselswe speak on the ocean. will re-
port one of us walking and sometimes
towing the boat in calm weather.
The seagoing shoes of Mr.. 0ledrive
are the most wonderful part of the
whole affair. They are pair of cedar
boxes five feet long with fins on the
bottom and sides. They are very light
and capable of sustaining 140 pounds,
and as Oledrive weighs only 130 pounds
they. are as good to him as steamers
deck.n
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
FIRST COLONY READY.
Progress of the Salvation Army's Work
in California.


New York, Dec. 0.-Commander
Booth-Tucker has started for California
to complete the work of founding the
first of the Salvation Army colonies il.
this country at Soledad near Monterey.
Most of the cottages have already been
built and the work of cultivation is
well installed on, the farm of 500
acres, but numerous applicants are
ready to start the moment Booth Tuck
er reaches San Francisco.
The commander said that there was
mo doubt that the experiment wouhd
prove great success. Claus Spreckles,
he said, is erecting million dollar
beet-sugar factory in the immediate
neighborhood, which viii be able to
consume all that the colonists can pro-
duce, and the product of as many
farms as they may care to start in the
neighborhood.
81 shall spend several weeks in the
West and take look at our Colorado
farm in the Arkansas valley before !
RETURN" said the commander. "A del
egation of men connected with in
ming establishment in Chicago recently
came to me and asked that l establish
farm near that city. They were rot
out of work, but said they would
rather go into something that promised
a permanent occupation than to remain
where they were''
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Dan Daly,s Bad Fall.

Boston, Dec. 30.-Dan Daily, the
popular comedian, and one Of the lead
ing lights in the "Belle of New York;
company, received probably fatal in
jury at the Park theater last night. Al
the close of the first act Daily makes a
flying entry" sliding in on an in
clined wire. In some way either the
wire or handle broke, Daily falling to
the stage, striking on. the shoulders
and back of the head.
: Two physicians were summoned
from the audience, and worked over
him half an hour, but could not bring
him back to consciousness. He was
then sent to the Massachusetts general
hospital, and at an early hour he was
still unconscious, the physicians believ.
ing he was suffering from concussion Of
the brain.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Result of a Practical Joke.

st. Louis, Dec. 30.-It was devel-
oped tonight that the shooting of
Katie Dozenbach by Marcus Nassauer,
at Clayton yesterday, and his own sui
eide, was the result of practical joke.
1t is said Nassauer's friends had con-
stantly told him the girl loved him
deeply, and she herself entered into
the spirit of the fun by telling him she
was about to leave for Oregon to be
married. Driven to desperation by the
thought of losing her, Nassauer called
at her home and shot her and then
blew ont his brains.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

San Jose, CAL, Dec. 29.-As a result
of a Christmas -debauch, Lagora Molina,
Chilean woodchopper, met terrible
death near Los Gatos. He drank
deeply and with three fellow-workers
caroused in his cabin until far into the
night. Then he took lighted lamp
and went into the yard. He stumbled
and fell, the lamp exploded and the
burning oil ignited his clothing. He
was burned to death, but his fate was
not known until morning, when his
charred body was found.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
ARE READY FOR A CONFLICT
Japanese Fleet Assembling
at Nagasaki.
SHIPS FuLLYEoulPPEDFoRwA WAR
Fort Hamilton-Her Reason for Pro-
testing-Japanese Cabinet Resigns.

London, Dec. 30.-A special dispatch
from Shanghai, dated Tuesday, says:
1t is reported that Japanese fleet of
warships is waiting near Gotto island,
outside Nagasaki fully equipped for
war, and only waiting instructions.
The feet includes the Yashima and the
Fuji, two. of the finest vessels in the
japanese navy, and the Chen Yuen,
which was captured from China. The
japanese feet, it is understood, is act
ing in close touch with the British
squadron, under Vice Admiral Sir
Alexander Butler, commander-in-chief
of the China station. Japan will GER
tainly oppose permanent Russian oc-
cdpation of Port Arthur. The sudden
dissolution of the Japanese diet was
owing to the war spirit. 1t is expected
that the japanese fleet will attempt to
prevent the landing of reinforcements
from Odessa for the protection of the
Russian trans-Asiatic railway in Man.
churia.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Boat Upset by a Dog,

Elmira. N. Y, Dec 28.-Rudolph
Boericke, aged 33. son of DIR. Boericke,
of Philadelphia, and his brother Ed
ward, Of Chicago, were rowing on
Keuka lake, seven miles from Ham
mondsport, Christmas night, when the
boat was upset by their dog. Both men
were taken from the water alive, but
Rudolph died Immediately after he
was brought to shore.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

st. Louis, Dec. 29.-The business
houses in the center of the CITY were
shaken to their foundations, knocking
goods from the shelves this morning by
a terrific explosion, and for time
there was great excitement: The shock
came from charge of dynamite used
in trying to raise the sunken towboat
Dolphin, which went down during the
tornado. 1t lies in the middle of the
Missouri, opposite the foot of Olive
street. Ali attempts have proved fu-
tile
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Mr.. Gladstone will shortly celebrate
his S8th birthday. The "grand old
man" was born in Liverpool December
30, 1909, and as things look now, he
bids fair to welcome the dawn OF the
goth century. If he survives till next
year he can participate in the centenary
celebration of the Irish rebellion. As
he comes of sturdy race, the chances
are that he will live even beyond his
Goth birthday.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Passenger Train Ditched.

Atchison, Kan., Dec. 28.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific southbound limited pas
senger train, which left Omaha at 3:05
this afternoon, was ditched between
Becker and Willis, 80 miles north of
Atchison, tonight. The tender, the
combination baggage and mail car and
the chair car left the track. The COM
bination car turned completely over.
]. J. Pike, the baggage and express
messenger, was painfully bruised, but
no one. was seriously hurt. The pas
sengers were transferred to special
train. -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
british Mt Port Hamilton.

London, Dec. ,30.-The Globe this
afternoon says private kilograms reached
London last evening announcing that
over 20 British warships have arrived
at Port Hamilton. Another report says
a report is current at Chez Foo to the
effect that the Japanese fleet has also
arrived at Port Hamilton. Port Ham
ilton is small island south of Corea.
and not far from Quelparet island.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Fell Into a Crate.

franklin. Pa, Dec. 28.-Grace and
Annie Nelson, whose parents live near
here, were left alone in their home last
evening. The former fell into the
CRATE fire and her clothing was ignited.
She was burned to death. In trying to
save the life of her sister. Annie was
also badly burned, and it is believed
she cannot recover.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Broke Through the Ice.

Kingston, N. z, Dec. 2S.-While
skating at Rifton, on Waikiki creek
yesterday, Mrs. v. W. Vanberger, aged
%, broke through the ice. Edward
McMIchael went to her rescue, crawling
along the ice, but the ice broke under
him and he was precipitated into the
water. Both were drowned.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Japanese Cabinet Resigns,

Yokohama. Dec 30.-Owing to the
failure of Premier Marquis Saigo to
bers of that body have resigned. The
newspapers demand the formation of a
very strong ministry, capable of coping
with the situation In the East.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Blown Out of the Cab.

Bridgeton, N j., Dec. 28.-James
Bowers, an engineer on the West Jersey
railroad, was blown out of his cab late
last night between Hustled and Pal
adm. The wind was blowing a gale,
when sudden gust caught him and
whirled him to the roadside The fire.
man backed the train and found him
some distance off. He was painfully
but not badly hurt.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Utica, N. Y, Dec. ga special
from Amsterdam says that one of the
engine houses of the Sanford carpet
mills was wrecked by an explosion,
presumably of dynamite, at 1890
O'Clock. Only two walls were left
standing. Few facts can be ascertained.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
can Defx the World.

San Francisco, Dec 29.-E. L. Shep-
hard, who recently returned from
China, where he had an official posi-
ton, commenting upon the reported
occupation of Kinchau by Russia, said
today:
''Kinchau is an important walled
city (not an open port), at the head of
the gulf of Lau Tung. and it commands
the mouth of the liver Yalu, where
the battle between the japanese and
Chinese was fought, and the other i'm
portant rivers which flow into the gulf.
1t is about equally distant between the
mouth of the Yalu river and the ter
minus of the great wall of China 1t
commands the railway system recently
constructed from Tien-Tsen to the cap
ital of Manchuria, and is of pre-eminent
importance as strategic post.
'.The seizure Of the point shows that
Russia has practically taken possession
of Corea, Manchuria and the gulf of
Lau Tung, and possesses significance
which will cause CONSERVATION among
the diplomats in the Old World. Its
situation is such that its possession
pIdCllCdlly pldOOS lsucGla III a pOcIb1Ou
to defy the world.
The gizzard of hen recently killed
at Covington, Ca, contained 81 brass
Jacks, 81 birdshot, two pins, tiny
brass ring, bit of steel and some
crushed brass caps.
Pittsburg, Dec. 2e.-Captain g. B.
Hayes, aged SO, on Friday night while
walking from Osborne to Haysville,
was overcome by the cold and fell and
was rapidly freezing to death. He was
found by John and Harry Bishop, and
carried to their stable. where he re-
manned all night. Later he was re-
moved to his home. At New Orleans
in 1851 Captain Hayes hauled down
the Pelican flag of Louisiana and ran
up the Stars and Stripes. This act
cost him his steamboat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Liberty, Mo-, Dec. ga wreck oc-
CURED at the Memphis road depot here
last night. Local train No. Sc broke
in two on the down grade coming into
town, and the two sections came to-
gether in front of the station. Five
persons were injured. two seriously.
The injured are: Miss Tilly Smither,
of Liberty; Mrs. Shelton, Colonel Jesse
Poore, of Golden City, and Floyd
Quinthard. Miss Smither is still un-
conscious. The conductor and brake
man We're slightly injured.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
THE CAR ADVANCING.

age, Now Occupied.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 29.-The Rus
slams have occupied Kinchau, north of
Port Arthur,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Isaiah W. Lees, the chief Of police
of San Francisco, has been connected
with the department A years. He
was born in England and is SO years.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Three Were Asphyxiated.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Anderson
and her two daughters, Edith and
Myrtle, aged s and s years, we're as
phyxiated by illuminating gas in their
home at 81 johnson avenue, today.
The husband, on returning from work
tonight, found his wife and children
dead in bed. Gas was pouring from
all the jets In the cookstove.
Jim Stevenson of Lexington, KY.
has an immense hand. From the
wrist to the tip Of the middle finger it
measures IL inches, and the thumb
nail is as big as half dollar.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, weighs
1000 tons.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
wrecked on a Bahama Reef.

Nassau, New Providence, Dec. 2S-
The schooner Harlequin, which, as pre-
viously reported, went ashore on the
reef near Rumcay, Bahamas, on the
12th became total loss. The crew
was saved. the vessel was owned in
New York. The British man-of-war
Partride went to her assistance, and
spent several hours in a vain effort to
float her. The schooner was in ballast.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
San Francisco Market.

Wool-Nevada 11@13c; Oregon, IL
@14c; Northern 1880 per pound.
Hops-10@14c per pound.
-Middlings, $20@23; CAL
ifornia bran, $17.O0@1s.0 90 per ton.
Onions-New red. 70@80c; do new
silverskin, $2.O0@2.25 per GENITAL.
Eggs-Store, 24@28c; ranch, 30@
SAC; Eastern, 5000; duck, 20@25c per
dozen.
Citrus Fruit = Oranges, navels,
$1.5O@3.OO; Mexican lines, $4,000
800; California lemons, choice, $1.50
@2.O0; do common, SOC @$1.25 per box.
Cheese-Fancy mild, new, IL 1ac; fair
to good, 1850 per pound.
Hay-Wheat, 12@14; wheat and
oat, $11@ ola; oat, e10@12; river bar
ley. s7@s; best barley, s1o@12;
alfalfa, So. 500 10; clover, $8.50@1O.
Fresh Fruit-Apples, 25c@$1.25 per
large box; grapes, 25@50c; Isabella,
COG 75c; peaches, 50c@$1; pears, 700
81 per box; plums, 20@85
Butter - Fancy creamery. 38c;
do seconds, 35@s7c; fancy dairy. 80 10;
good to choice, 80@31c per pound.
Potatoes-New, in boxes, S5@S5c.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
IOfice of Downing, Hopkins & Co., Chicago
Board of Trade Brokers, 711-714 Chamber OF Com
merce Building, Portland, Oregon.I

The trade has fallen into way of
thinking that the big receipts of the
past week will clean up the surplus
wheat that is liable to come out at
present prices. Most of this wheat is
contract, when it is all in the bulls
think that they will control the situa-
ton.
In the Northwest the claim is made
that 80 per cent Of the crop has been
marketed, and that country elevator
stocks are very light COM pared with
previous years. Every one is looking
for sharp falling off in receipts after
the first of the year; also for higher
prices, while the situation on all sides
is admittedly bullish the world over,
the prices have not responded to what
the bulls think the position of stocks
to estimate requirements justifes.
They have fixed the standard Of values
in their own minds, and because they
are not realized they feel disappointed.
NioSt VI Gllou are IOO HuCu lnCllu6u 10
lose sight of the fact that the price of
wheat has reached a point where SUBJ
stitutions of other articles cuts greatly
into the consumption, and that the
speculators are more solicitous as to
the price and the probable supplies
than the consumers.
The outlook for supplies from Ar
gentine is uncertain, the probability
being that the exportable surplus will
not exceed 30,0O0,0 900 bushels. Trad
ers lose sight Of the fact that Argen-
tine is large country, and that unfa-
vorable conditions will hardly exist
over the entire territory.
Harvesting is now in progress, and
the rains might reduce the exportable
surplus. There will be little wheat to
ship from Australia, but India's pros
poets are evidently good, judging from
the free offerings in Liverpool for Sep
tember. The American visible supply
this week showed larger increase than
expected, being 1,051 900 bushels more
than last week, and now totals 36, &c.,
600 bushels, as compared with "a, 49,
900 bushels at the same time last year.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31
Portland Market.

| Wheat-Walla Walla, 75@76c; VAL
ley and Bluestem, 77@7Sc per bushel.
Four-Best grades, $4.25; graham,
So. 40; superfne, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 35 @36c; choice
gray, 33 @34c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $1,000; brew
ing, 500 per ton.
Millstiffs-Bran, SIT per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $1S.
Hay-Timothy, $12.5O@13; clover,
| $10@11; California wheat, $40; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, 5000 per
ton.
Eggs-1s@25c per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, $4,000;
fair to good, 45@5oc; dairy, 40@5oc
per roll.
Cheese - Oregon. 11hc; Young
America, 12Hc; California, 9@1Oc
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $1.75@
2.25 per dozen; broilers, $4,000. so;
geese, So. 5000. so; ducks, $4,000 500
per dozen; turkeys, live, 5000 per
pound.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, 35@45c
per sack; sweets, $1.40 per Genital.
Onlons-Oregon, new, red, 9Oc; yell
low, SOC per GENITAL.
Hops-5@14c per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop. 4@6c.
Wool-Valley, 14@16c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7@12c; mohair, 20
| @22c per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3. so; dressed mutton,
61ac; spring lambs, 5 nc per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $4.0O;
| light and feeders, So. 3.O0@4. 90; dressed,
81. .50@5.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $2.75@3.00;
COWS. So. so; dressed beef, AZ @6c per
pound.
veal-Large, ~ @5c; small, 81 q
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31

Michigan has law fixing a heavy
penalty upon railroad companies for
employing persons addicted to the use
Of intoxicants.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31


Butter = Fancy native creamery,
brick. 28c; ranch, 16@18c.
Cheese-Native Washington, 121ac;
California, 9Ho.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 28c.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, loc; spring chickens, 50. 500
8 90; ducks, $S. 50@3.75.
Wheat-Feed wheat, $22 per ton.
Oats-Choice, per ton, $4,000.
Corn-Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; cows, 51ac; mutton sheep,
&c; pork, &c; veal, small. z.
Fresh Fish-Halibut, 5@6c; salmon,
Sc; salmon trout, 7@10c; founders
and sole, 3@4; ling cod, 4@5; rock cod,
&c; smelt, az @4c.
Fresh Fruit-Apples, 50c@$1.25 per
box; peaches, 75@s0c; prunes, s5@4Oc;
pears, 75c@$1 per box.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-31


is the watchword on the Republican
side in congress. This was the recon-
mendation of President McKinley's
message.
President McKinley's dignified and
forceful utterances on the Cuban ques-
ton continue to receive the commeHdas
tions of the country. The splendid
progress made by his administration
in Cuban matters, not only in the re-
lease of all Americans confined in
Cuban:prisons when he came into office,
but also the change in the attitude of
the Spanish government toward the
people of Cuba since the views of the
administration have been expressed on
the subject, have apparently shown to
the people Of the United States the
wisdom Of course which combines
conservatism with humanity.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-09-30
AN ERAOF COLONIZATION.

History repeats itself in the mair
particulars; and the replenishing and
multiplying on the earth has eee1
going on since man existed. Exist
ence is kept up by the constant NOV
ing of all of life's forces. The ex-
employing of natural laws is found
| in the reclamation of the waste places
of the west.
We shall look for repetition OF
former times in Kansas. Indications
point strongly that way. 1mmigra-
ton by colonies is not one of the i'm
probable improvements in the future
of the country lying in what is known
as the semi arid belt, a country of
fertility when applied with natures
restorative. water.
In the recurrence of events the
colonizing OF immigrants is not one
of the improbabilities of the future OF
the country lying east of the Rocky
mountains. The Booth Tucker plan
is an incipient movement for the re-
lief Of the congested population ct
the cities. With prosperity in the
country the hand of philanthropy
stretches out to succor those people
who are willing to help themselves
when provided with the means for
their assistance in making start in
the world.
The colony plan of settlement at
foris some advantages not found in
individual settlement. The discom-
forts of isolation are not found where
a community of people have common
interest and closer neighborly rela-
tons. The misfortune of many of
the pioneer settlers, who have endur
ed the hardships of a new country,
can be overcome by settlement in
colonies.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-09-30
The BOOth.Tucker Plan of COlOniz.

The Booth.Tucker Plan of C0lOniz.
ing.
Capitalists of the East will advance
the money for the original purchase
of lands upon which it is designed
to settle colonies of immigrants. As
stated by Adjutant Ferris, of the
Salvation Army, who has lately been
at Rocky Ford, a purchase of 5000
acres of land will be made near Pu-
eblo, Holly or Rocky Ford, and each
family settling upon the tract will
purchase ten acres. The Adjutant
has been in Denver to look up the
water rights of the land to be pur-
chased.
The plan is to build house and
prepare the ground for the first crop,
on each ten acre tract, and also to
provide necessary stock and nipple
ments. Tee settler can pay for this
at the rate of 81 a week, or some
other easy weekly payment. 1t will
be so arranged that in ten years all
will be paid for, and he will be the
owner of a beautiful and valuable
home. By the time he has compile
ted his payments he will have paid a
small interest on the original outlay,
but this will not amount to as much
as he would have paid had he pur-
chased his one little plat for himself.
The saving comes in in the purchase
of SO very large tract.
Strict conditions will be imposed
on the settlers. Adjutant Ferris
says: ''They must be able and will
ing to work-no others. It would do
no good to send invalids or semi-in
valids there. Sufficient health and
strength to succeed, ambition and in
dustry, these will be the only require
ments. Already, before the matter
has been formally or officially pre-
sented to the public, simply from the
newspaper articles on the subject, we
have received thousands of applica-
tons. They come mostly from the
better class of working people, skilled
laborers, people who have little
money laid up, perhaps, people who
have had good positions and good
salaries in the past, but have been
stranded by the financial depression
of the last few years. As these peo-
pie leave the cities. there will be that
many more places and opportunities
for those left behind. To relieve the
crush of population in the cities, and
get men out of the labor market onto
the ground, that is our ambition"