The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30

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The steamer Hope, after coaling at
Campbleton, G. B., sailed for the Arc
tic regions with Lieutenant Peary and
party on board.
The senate failed to confirm the
presidential appointment of T. V. Pow
derly, of Pennsylvania, commissioner
of imm igration.
A. A Fischer, German, aged "a,
because OF ill-health sucked gas and
died in San Francisco. He left note
asking that the gas he consumed be
paid for.
Thomas Renberge, welldigger, and
William Butler, a veterinarian, we'll
known in Wabash, Ind, were drowned
in the Mississippi river near there
while fishing.
Captain J. T. G. Nash has bonded
the Golden Standard quartz mine,
owned by the Kublis and Judge Wat
son, near Gold Hill in Jackson county,
Or. The price is $l25, 900.
The fund for the Omaha Worlds
fair now amounts to 500, 19o. paid in
private subscription. The state gives
another 800, 900. There will be no
trouble in swelling the stock to $780,
900.
As an excursion train was returning
from GAINESVILLE to Marietta, O., the
trestle work over bottom land three
and a half miles from Marietta, gave
way, and two of the four coaches were
precipitated to a cornfeld below. The
coaches were filled with people, but no
one was killed. About 5 persons were
badly injured, and all were more or
less bruised. s...-r.
That Japan will continue to oppose
the Hawaiian annexation treaty is
shown by the latest news from the jap.
anese government, under date of July
10, which is now made public for the
first time. While couched in polite
and diplomatic language, the protest is
sufficiently firm in tone to show that
Japan will continue to wage a diplo-
matte war, and possibly go further to
prevent the contamination of the an
nexation policy.
Recent advices from Peru, which
have been confirmed by G. de Miranda,
a petroleum magnate now IN San
Francisco, state that the wonderfully
rich strikes reported from the Clon-
dyke region have been totally eclipsed
by fabulous discoveries of gold in that
South American republic. In an in
terview Mr. Miranda said that there no
longer seemed to be any doubt that the
famous Inca gold fields, which have
been considered as myths among the
intelligent people of Peru, have at last
been discovered.
The schooner Norma arrived at Hon
oluiu from the South seas on the 10Th.
While the vessel was cruising on the
long voyage Captain Rosehill secured
sufficient evidence to warrant the be-
lief that England has been taking for.
NAL possession of number of small,
frtile islands in that portion OF the
globe, without stopping to inquire who
the owners might be. There are many
lagoon islands that are very fertile.
but unfnhabited. These aye now be-
ing brought under cultivation for En-
glish companies, who are planting
cocoanut groves and other tropical
fruits for the export trade
Miss Jean Ingelow, the distinguished
poetess and novelist, died in London.
She was in her 77th year.
The formation of a safemakers COM
bine. which will include almost every
manufacturer in this country, ls now
under consideration in New York.
The new light draught gunboat An
napolis has been placed i'll commission
at the navy yard in Brooklyn. The
ceremonies were witnessed by large
number of spectators and many nava
Officers.
John A Creighton was held up al
the gate of his home in Omaha, Neb.,
and severely beaten about the head ano
robbed OF valuable diamond stud ane
= considerable sum of money. JOhI
Scheuck. Creighton's brother-in-law
who answered his cries for help, was
also robbed of a valuable diamond
Creighton's injuries are very severe
Senator Pritchard announces that th'
civil service investigations by the sen
ate committee on civil service reform
will be discontinued until fall. Thi
committee will visit Omaha in Octobe
and take testimony in the case of som'
alleged violations of the civil servlc
law there and upon their return may
resume their hearings in Washington
Yellow Hair and Sam Grow, the tw'
Cheyenne Indians who were arrested a
accessories with Eugene Standing Ell
for the murder of John Hoover, owe
whose death the late trouble on tn
Rosebud reservation occurred, brok
jail at Miles City, Mont, by diggin
throngh an lS-ineh wall. A posse
out securing the country for them, bu
with little hope of catching them.
Edhem Pasba, commander-in-chie
of the Turkish forces in Thessaly. wa
the recipient of an internal machine
which exploded while it was bein
opened, severely sounding Edhel
Pasha in the arm.
The tariff bill makes a new conces
sion to American vessels in the f0reig
trade. or trade between the Atlantic an
Pacific, by exempting from Interna
tional revenue taxes distilled and fel
nented liquors, tobacco and cigars use
as SUPPLIES ON such vessels.
Forest fires have been raging for tw
DAYS in the mountains east OF Orovllle
Cal. Four or five houses and barn
have been burned A big fire starte
near Whitewash Trees and ran six Q
seven miles south to Palmero. FIT
men were engaged in fighting it. Az
other fire broke out near Robinson
mill, and burned over distance elgh
by twelve miles. Two hundred me
were fighting it for two nights an
DAYS. 1t is believed that these fires az
incendiary.
1t is said in Athens that Italy ha