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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
A MOB OF BoHEMIAns.


Tiled to Lynch a Motorman Who Ran
| Down a Boy.
Chicago, Dec 28-George e. Dem
mark, years old, was killed by
trolley-car at Troop and Eighteenth
streets, this afternoon. Fred Bernier,
motorman, was threatened with lynch
ing. for killing the boy, and was with
great difficulty rescued from the
mob of Bohemians. who. incensed at
the terrible accident, surrounded the
car and dragged Bernier from the plat
form, determined to hang him. Patrick
Hanley, the conductor, managed to
save Bernier from the mob, and then a
riot call was sent to the Maxwell street
station. The police took charge of the
motorman and conductor and locked
them up.
After the boy had been killed, Motor.
man Bernier took. refuge in the car,
which stood within few feet of where
the accident occurred, and in an in.
stant it was beseiged by Angry men.
He attempted to keep them ont by
latohing the doors on the inside, but
they broke the doors in, knocked him
down and kicked and beat him for a
few moments in shocking manner.
He managed, however, to get away:
from them, and ran to the door of the
drugstore. where he was handed pis-
tol. and was admitted inside by Mr..
Kvitek, the proprietor, before any
further harm befell him. The crowd
surged around the store and yelled:
"Break it inl Kill himp'
It looked for minute as if the store
would be raided, but Mr.. Kvitek had
made use of the telephone. He called
on the Maxwell station first for an am
bulance. but by that time matters had
got so warm that he requested patrol
wagon. In few minutes the wagon
brought number of officers, who did
all they could to quiet the mob. When
some degree of quiet had been restored
the police arrested the endangered men
and took them to the station. There
the men seemed unconcerned, and de-
clined to make statement.
There were many versions. given of
the accident. Well-informed people
living in the neighborhood said they
had been expecting something Of the
kind for long time, and were only
surprised that it did not happen sooner.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Caught by tho Fire.

Albany, Or, Dec. 49, Yesterday,
at Foster, eighteen miles above Leb-
anon, a man named Wadli, who renent-
ly purchased the Touring mills at Fos-
ter, went from the mill to the house
after his books. He found the house
on fire, gave the alarm, rushed in to
save his books, was overcome by the
heat, and burned to death in the pres
ence of his father, brothers and crowd
that had assembled, His charred re-
mains were recovered after the house
had burned down. He was single
man, recently from Minnesota.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Result Of a Christmas Fight

Oakland, CAL, Dec. 3O.-Frank Oar.
rique died at Livermore this afternoon,
presumably from the effects of a severe
beating received on Christmas day at
the hands of Louis Petitfice. The lat
ter who has been in custody since Sat-
urday, will be charged with murder.
Both men were employed at the Paris
vineyard, three miles south of Liver
more, and quarreled On Christmas,
Darrique was shockingly beaten about
the head and badly cut up, although
as far as known Petitfice only used his
fists. There were no witnesses, and
the cause Of the fight is not known.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Destroyed by Fire.

San Francisco, Dec. 29-The Cali
fornia glue works, at Sixth avenue and
Q streets, were destroyed by fire last
night. The building was insured for
$4,000 only, and the net loss will be
$4,000 at least. 1t is supposed that
the fre was caused by the careless
handling of lamp by Henry HELLER,
the Yatchman, who lost his life in the
flames When found, his charred re-
mains lay near pile of broken glass,
once part of the lamp, and it was evi.
dent that his clothes had been saturat.
ed with oil.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
ACCEPTS OUR -OFFICES.
Spain Asks the United States to Ac
as Mediator.

Spain Asks the United States to Act
/ as Mediator.
| Washington, Dec. 30-It has been
learned from an authentic source that
Secretary Olney and Senior Dupuy de
LONE have practically terminated the
negotiations of the Cuban question,
which are to be submitted to congress
when it conyenes, January 5. The
terms of the agreement are based on
recent official communications from
Premier Canovas addressed to, the Sec
retary of state.
The premier states clearly the terms
| which Spain will accord to the insur-
gents, and practically asks the United
States to propose these conditions to
her 1ebellious subjects. In return for
our good offices, Spain assures this gov.
ernment she sincerely deplores the great
commercial loss which we have sus-
tanned On account of the Cuban dis
turbances. She assures us she is even
now considering a reciprocity treaty
which will deal mainly with Cuban
products, and which will be framed
in such advantageous terms toward this
government that our losses, both in
commerce and in the destruction of
American property in Cuba, will be
most generously compensated. 49,
Premier Canovas says Spain cannot,
as a self-respecting and respected ma
tion, stand before the world as having
been coerced into measures by the
United States. She has freely granted
all she now offers, and that in the face
of a rebellion. But she accepts the
good offices of the United States to act
as mediator, and to guarantee to the
insurgents amnesty and the enforce
ment of the new reform law which she
is about to proclaim in Cuba.
The form of government offered is,
the Spanish statesman declares, the
limit of independence which can be
granted to province by any nation
without absolutely severing the bonds
of union with the mother country.
Autonomy as enjoyed by the Canadians
can never be granted in Cuba. What
Spain is willing to grant the insur-
gents, if they lay down their arms,
and what she asks the United States to
guarantee, is an act which provides
for council of administration which
shall control all matters pertaining to
the commerce of the West Indies and
all estimates upon the general taxation
and expenditures of the island, as we'll
as its general home government.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Hundreds of Cocaine Fiends.

Hartford, Conn Dec. 3O.-The CO.
caine habit has taken such hold on
many residents of Manchester that steps
are being taken to obtain the restriction
of the sale of the drug. The evil had
its inception when a local druggist a
year ago made preparation of cocaine
and menthol which could be used as
snuff. 1t was intended as specific for
asthma, but the prescription was passed
around, and now hundreds of persons
have become slaves to the snuff.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
THE SULTAN is oBDURATEI
Absolutely Refuses to Permit Furthe
Interference.

Constantinople, Dec. 3O.-The Rus
sin ambassador on Saturday, actiDgir
concert with representatives of Great
Britain, France, Italy, Germany and
Austria, had an audience with the sui
tan, Abdul Hamid, one of many such
interviews within the past year, on the
! same subject, the better administration
of affairs in the Turkish empire
The Russian diplomat began by
warning the sultan and the Turkish
government that if the revenues ceded
for payment of the Turkish debt were
touched, European control of the
finances of the empire would become
inevitable M. de Nelidoff, the Rrs-
sian ambassador, further informed the
sultan that the czar guaranteed his per
sonal safety and engaged himself to
maitain the sultan's supremacy in the
event of severe measures being neces-
sary upon the part of the powers. The
sultan, however, remained obdurata.
refusing to consent to any measure oi
control, financial or otherwise, by the
powers.
The Russian ambassador said the
condition of the Turkish empire placed
the throne and the caliphate in immi-
nent peril. Thereupon Abdul Hamid
remarked impressively:
81 may be the last of the caliphs.
but I will never become second khe-
dive''
In addition to these warnings, M. de
Nelidof sent note to the Turkish gov
ernment and to the palace. The Ut
most significance is attached to it III
diplomatic circles. He pointed out in
precise terms the necessity for the sui
tan following the advice of the powers
and acting in complete agreement with
their plans for improving the situa-
tion, warning them once more that
the sultan's refusal to do SO involves
the most disagreeable consequences.
The ambassadors of the powers will
meet again to discuss the situation.
and will reassemble in future twice a
week until they complete their recon-
mendations to the sultan and his ad-
visers. The envovs acting together
will henceforSh maintain the strictest
secrecy regarding their deliberations
and the action taken or contemplated
and will not even inform the ENJOYS
of other powers of the decisions reached.
These latest steps upon the part of
the powers are once again reported to
have produced a profound impression
at Kiosk and in pursuance of the is
suance of an amnesty decree the Ar.
menian prisoners in Asia Minor and
this city and vicinity are being released
daily in patches of fifteen.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Sentenced to Death.

Denver, Colo, Dec. 30.-Allen Heinz
Downen, highwayman, convicted of
the murder of Joel g. Ashworth. who
was shot on the street on the night of
June 27, was today sentenced to be
hanged the third week in January.
Downen, who originally confessed to
this murder and many other crimes,
broke down and tearfully protested his
innocence.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
An Investigation Asked For,

New York, Dec. 3O.-Several life
insurance companies have asked Coro-
ner Tuthill to make a thorough investi-
cation as to the cause of the death of
David Blakeley, manager of Sousa 8
band, who expired suddenly in his
office in this city in November last.
The body is to be disinterred in odrer
to determine whether certain sums in
Chicago accident insurance company
can be collected, Blakely having suf-
ferei severe bicycle accident some
weeks prior to his death.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Took His Own Life.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Suffering from
depression, caused by financial re-
verses Otto Wasmansdorff, a we'll
known banker of this city, fired bull
let into his brain and died almost in
stantly. He killed himself in front
hall bedroom at his home on Cleve-
land avenue.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

Oakland, Cal, Dec. 2S-Dr. J. W.
Robertson's sanitarium was partly
burned this morning 1t was occupied
by thirty patients, suffering from ner-
vous disorders. The first care was for
the patients, many of whom were still
in bed. There was great confusion,
but they were all safely removed. The
house was formerly Livermore college,
and, while only two stories high, oc.
cupies a large area. The damage will
be under $4,000. A defective fue
caused the trouble.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
THE PACIFIC ROADS DEBT.
President Cleveland Preparing to Bring
the Matt: + to q Settlement.

fresluent cleveland preparing to Bring
the Matt. to q Settlement.
Washington, Dec. 30.-The Even.
ing Star today says:
The president has had several con-
ferences of late with the attorney. gen.
eral, and the secretary of the interior
and the secretary of the treasury, with
a view to speedy action for the adjust.
roads to the government.
1t has been settled that steps will
shortly be taken for the foreclosure of
the government mortgages on these
roads, unless congress shall make
provision for settlement of the ques-
tion at the present session. With the
amount already matured, more than
$13, 3,000,0 900 of the principal of the
subsidy bonds issued in behalf of the
Union Pacific line, and more than &c..
600, 200 of similar bonds issued in aid
of the Central Pacific road, will have
fallen due and been paid or must be
paid on or before January 1 next.
Without reference to the application of
the sinking fund now in the treasury,
this state of affairs will, in the opin-
ion of the president, as stated in his
annual message, '"create such a default
on the part of the companies to the
government as will give it the right to
at once institute proceedings to fore.
close its mortgage lien. -
In addition to the above stated in
debtedhess maturing January / next.
there will mature thereafter, by Jam
uary 1, 1899, the remaining principal
of such subsidy bonds which must also
be met by the government. These ag-
gregate Sal, 900, 900, of which $780,
600, 900 are on account of the Union
Pacific, and $21 1000, 900 on account of
the Central Pacific Company.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

Bombay, Dec. 30.-The bubonic
plague is increasing, there having been
2,094 cases and 1 ,494 deaths from that
cause up to date. The exodus from
the city continues, and the natives are
threat tened with malarial law unless
they conform with the sanitary regu.
lations.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

Corning, N. Y, Dec. 2s.-A hor--
rilbe double murder occurred at Rath.
bunville, fifteen miles west of this city,
last night. William Alien, William
Harrington and Floyd Myers obtalned
a buffalo robe while in an intoxicated
condition. Myers had the robe at his
home, and Allen and Harrington drove
there at 10 o'clock last night and de-
manded it. They were met by Myers.
who had shotgun with him. When
they demanded the robe, Myers shot
them. They were in the buggy at the
time, and the horses started at the re-
port Of the gun. Both men are dead.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Abandoned Bark's Crew Rescued.

New Orleans, Dec. 29:-The stea ner
Queensmore, Captain Cross, from Lon
don, arrived today, having on board
Captain Tobiasson and son, mate and
crew of the Norwegian bark Neptune,
picked up on December 9, in latitude
45, longitude 13 west. The bark had
a crew of nine men, all told, and was
from Belize, Honduras, bound for
Havre, with a cargo of logwood.
When abandoned there was ten feet of
water in her hold.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
An Immense Blast Fired.

San Diego, Dec. 30.-The Southern
California Mountain Water Company
fired the largest blast at Morena made
in the history of the state. The
amount of rock disloged was $50, 600
tons. Giant and black powder was
used. All the deposits of powder
which were placed in tunnels at differ
ent levels in the hills were connected
by electric wires, which completed a
circUit
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Serious Fire i'm Washippton.

Washington, Dec. 30.-The large
furniture house of Julio Lansburg, on
New York avenue, was burned this
evening. The loss on building stock
and adjacent structures damaged will
amount to about $3.50, 900. The loss
on the stock alone is placed at $780,
600, on which there is 100000 insur.
anco
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Bank Closes It's Doors

West Superior, Wis. Dec. So
The Bank of Superior, doing business
in the: East End, suspended today. An
assignment was made by the directors
to Henry s. Butler, who has taken
possession. The bank has $25, 900
capital and $4,000 surplus. which is
largely tied up in investments. Big
proportional deposits of 100000 was
a constant menace. A slight run Sat.
urday caused the closing. The deposits
are mostly small amounts. Officers of
the bank expect to liquidate in full
unless there is continual decline in
assets.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
A Big Cruiser Floated.

Cronstadt, Dec. 3O.-The armored
cruiser Rossia, of 12, 2,13o tons displace-
ment, the largest vessel in the Russian
navy, which ran on a sandbank in the
beginning of November and has been
frozen in ever since, has been foated
after fifty-one days of incessant labor
with steam icebreakers,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Another Big. Tunnel.

Seattle, Dec. 29.-H. G. Henry, the
millionaire contractor, today confirmed
the report that he had secured the con-
tract. to build the approaches to the
Great Northern railroads tunnel
through the Cascade mountains, and
that men were already on their way to
commence preliminary work. Mr..
Henry refused to state the amount of
the contract. 1t will take about six
months to do the work, and then every
thing will be- ready to commence on
the tunnel, which will be one of the
greatest engineering feats known in
railroad history. The tunnel will be
~ miles long, and will reduce the
altitude Of, the road 1000 feet.
Mailcarrier Protected Himself.
Burlington, KY, Dec pa COL
orei peoples Christmas celebration be-
gan at Big Bone springs Wednesday
night, and continued all night. Chas.
Elwart, a mail carrier, while passing
the place yesterday morning, was as
sau4ted by Harvey Foster, colored,
armed with razor. Elwart shot Fos-
ter dead. He has been arrested. Ell.
warts reputation is good while that of
Foster is bad. -
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
italian Village DemoIished

London, Dec. sO.-A special from
Rome says a landslide entirely de-
stroyed the village of Santa Ana de
Pelago, demolishing 11S houses and
rendering 150 families homeless.
There was no loss of life
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Lost on the Swedish Coast.

Hull, England, Dec. 30.-The Will
son line steamship Volo is total loss
at Wingu, off the coast of Sweden.
The crew and passengers were saved.
The Volo was screw steamer built at
Hull in 1890, registering 841 tons net
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
A Drunkard's Act.

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. 2s.-'While
leaving the Santa Fe train at the First
street depot in a drunken condition,
Mason Birkley stumbled. fell and
threw his year-old boy Harry under
the moving train. The child was
crushed to death.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

The Latest in Nursing Bottles.
Nursing bottles are now made with
a porous filtering body located in the
neck, which straina the milk as it
passes through it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
A Ferryboat Burned.

New York, Dec. 30.-The double
!decked ferryboat New Brunswick,
owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, was burned to the water 8
edge today. The loss is $4,000.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

Candlesticks, with chimneys, and
having perforations in the bottom OF
the tray for the admission of air, are
made by an Englishman.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Fatal Floods In Greece

Athens, Dec. 3O.-Floods occurred
in the Liviada district. They have
been accompanied by some loss Of life.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

A steel fly wheel twenty five feet
in diameter and requiring $50 miles of
wire IN its construction, has been
made in Germany.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
A Postoffica Block Burned.

Amesbury. Mass, Dec. 29.-The
postoff1ce block was badly damaged by
fire today. The loss on the building
and property of the various occupants
will amount to $50, 900; insurance
about $4,000. .. The fire proba bly,
caught near the boiler in the basement.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Rivera Warns weyler.

N0W ok, Lee. GS.-A special from
Key West to the World says:
Steamship passengers say that Gen.
eral Rivera, who is in command of the
army of Maceo, has sent a formal
warning to General Weyler. General
Rivera notified the Spanish captain
general that if he persisted in his
threats to kill pacificos found in the
country, the Cubans will make reprisals
on all Spaniards whom they may cap
ture.
General Weyler is affecting to dis.
regard the warning. Those near him,
however, say he will not dare to carry
out his ideas as ruthlessly as he intend
ed. His guerillas still have full au.
thority to capture or to kill pacificos in
the country and to force their families
into the garrisoned towns. AS the
troops in such places have little extra
food and the residents none to spare,
this order lays great hardship upon
the poor counGry folk. Hundreds will
soon be starving.
General Rivera is moving ont OF mis-
entertainments. ALI indications point
to an important engagement soon.
General Weyler has visited various
points on the trocha and San Christie
bal. He is always accompanied by
large force.
There is skirmishing daily along the
trocha and on the outskirts of Arte.
misa
A battle has been fought in Santa
Clara province between guerilla bands.
The Cubans forced the Spanish to re-
tire into Remidios with heavy loss.
Regia, across the bay from Havana,
was attacked again last night almost
under the guns of the fortress. Sew
eral houses were burned and running
fight maintained for two hours.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01
Disastrous Fire.

Potsdam, N. Y, Dec. 29.-The
Windsor hotel, four saloons, two cloth
ing stores, three restaurants, one gro.
cery, two livery stables, and two. bar.
ber shops, composing a large portion of
the business section of the town. were
burned today. The loss lis estimated
at 500, 900; partially insured.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

Folding beds which are hung from
the center and drop down at both sides
have Just been devised.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

Erie. Pa. !. Dec 29.-Roscoe Finley,
the tax-collector in Greenfield town.
ship, this county, was waylaid, beaten
into insensibility, robbed of $500 and
then dragged into his own barn, which
was fred by the would be assassins,
last night. But for the fact that a
neighbor, who had been attracted by
the fire, entered the barn to release the
cattle and horses and stumbled over
Finley's body, he would have been
cremated. The barn was burned :~.n
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-12-24
Floating Up a River.

1t was vexed question in 1890
whether the Pilcomayo river, which
flows for hundreds of miles from the
Bolivian Andes to the Paraguay, might
be used as commercial highway from
Bolivia to the ocean. Our countryman,
Captain Page, settled this question SO
conclusively that no further effort to
utilize the Pileomayo is likely to be
made, and in this work, that cost him
his life, for he died of his privations
after being hemmed in for months by
hostile Indians, he devised plan for
steaming up river when the water was
so low that his vessel was stuck in the
mud. He was determined to go still
farther, though his little steamer,
which drew only IS inches, rested on
the river bottom, so behind the boat he
threw up an embankment of earth clear
across the channel, backed it with palm
trunks and brushwood, and before long
the water had risen couple of feet,
and the little Bolivia was able to go ON
her way four miles before she stuck
again. Then another dam was built,
and this process was repeated seven
times, and with the aid of the dams the
vessel advanced about 80 miles above
the highest point she could reach at the
natural low water stage. Harper IS
Round Table