The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-02-11
CURRENT EVENTS Of THE DAY
Epitome Of the Telegraphic
News Of the World.
rERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form

An Interesting Collection of Items From
the New and the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
4 Peking correspondent says poor
old China is afraid to borrow from
either Russia or England. She is en-
-deayOring to secure an extension from
Japan in the payment of the war in
demnity
News has been received of a landslide
at t4uesnele Forks, Cariboo. Three
miners, William Allen, Joe Rich and
Alex Mclean, were buried. The slide
was 900 feet wide, 800 feet long and
% feet high.
Insane jealousy prompted the wife of
William V. Place, an insurance ad-
justcr of Brooklyn, to kill her 17-year-
old steplaughter and almost take her
own life and that of her husband.
The crime was fendish in it's nature,
the weapon being an AK.
Claus SpreckIes' daughter, Mrs.
Mason, who recently decided back to
her father 800, 900 in property, be-
cause her parent did not approve of her
recent marriage, now regrets her hasty
action and would like TO again come
into possession of the estate.
The steamer Capilano, which has
just returned from the northern halibut
fishing grounds, reports the drowning
OF two Of her fishermen, named Robert
Loughea1, of Ontario, and Michael
Driscoll. The captain of the Capilano
reports the toughest weather in his ex-
perience.
The house of representatives has re-
ceived the official report of the death
of Colonel Ruiz, the Spaniard who
was executed for carrying a message
from Blanco imploring the Cubans to
accept autonomy. Aranguren, the Gu
ban general, who is supposed to have
ordered Ruiz put to death, is not CEN
sured in the official report.
1t is annouced that Hetty Green will
build railroad through Oklahoma.
The proposed road will run from Med
fordo on the Rock Island to Sherman,
Tex, where it wall connect with E. R.
Green's road. There the line will be
homa, and will give the territory an
other connection with the Gulf The
road it is said will be built the present
year.
One of the biggest silk manufacture
ing houses in Europe, with mills at
Cienfeld, Germany, is to remove to
this country, locating at Paterson, N.
j., and build what is intended to be
- largest silk mill in the United
Tho ino filnI
aterson give the name of the con-
as the Andiger Meyer Silk Com
!. Employment will be given to
o weavers.
he trial of M. Emile Zola and NJ.
eiux, manager of the Aurore, who
being prosecuted by the French
rnment as the result of a letter
:h the novelist caused to be pub
I'd in Aurore in December last,
Igly rejecting upon high officials
hected with the Dreyfus case. is
ting a great amount of excitement
Paris. When Zola entered the
troom the first day of the trial
of 'spit upon him" came from
spectators.
lomas Thompson, ex-minister to
Ell, ex-representative, ex-secretary
ate, and one f the most prominent
tocrats in California, cut his throat
lie temporarily insane at San Jose.
he British Atlas Company, of Pana-
has offered to purchase railroads
ocean to ocean and steamers
ed by the government fol 81, ,500,-
ti3yer. Tie government demands
foo, 900.
ord has been received in Spokane
Washington that the committee
agriculture has reported favorably
Iator Warren's amendments for the
lblishment of division of irriga-
n in the agricultural department.
Che most violent storm known since
51 swept the shores of Cape Ann
iesday night and early Wednesday
p-ning, causing heavy loss of life and
put $500, 600 damage. More than a
zen vessels are ashore near Glouces-
at least four more are lost and
my others are damaged. The water
mt of Gloucester harbor and along
cape is dotted with wrecks and
f2ckage, schooners, sloops and other
the fierce gale.
A Washington special says: Repre-
sentative Ellis, of Oregon, is very anxi-
Gus to have tie land south of Hood
River and Mount Hood excluded from
the Cascade forest reserve, and opened
up to settlement. He holds that this
land, being very fertile and we'll locat-
oil chnnlI hn civ N furr, onI
school purposes, and opened to those
wishing to avail themselves of its
many advantages. Just now the in
terror department has the matter un-
der consideration, but from what Mr..
Ellis has heard from officials there,
and from his colleagues in congress, he
feels tolerably certain of succeeding in |
having this land thrown open to settle
ment.
While the steamship Coptic, which
arrived in San Francisco recently, was
lying in Shanghai, she narrowly es-
capped being sent to the bottom by the |
from her deck to her hold. Six tons of
four sacks, piled in the hold, was all |
that prevented the precious metal from
going through the vessels bottom. AS |
it was, the falling mass penetrated five
of the tiers. Third Mate Athens and |
storekeeper Murphy were injured in
the accident, and the mate was left at
Shanghai for surgical treatment.
The latest story of railroad consoli-
dation which is going the rounds of
Wall street concerns a consolidation Of
some of the Gould lines with the
Rockefeller lihes, In the Southwest.
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