The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-11-18
LATER NEWS.

Oregon has been selected by the Nor
mon church for Zion In the far West.
The people of Salvador are again up
in arms, caused by the new deal entered
into by the government.
Washington authorities say that the
war tax will not be abolished at the
coming session of congress.
The French court of cessation has
decided that Drefyus be notified of the
revision of his case.
The steamer Columbia, bound from
Honolulu to Seattle, sank in the harbor
of Hilo. She had number of passen-
gers ON board, but there were no casual
ties.
General Calixto Garcia and his staff
and o:her delegates from the so-called
Cuban assembly will 60 to Washington,
where they will have conference with
the president.
General Merritt will soon resume
command of the department of the
East, and General Shafter will 60 to
San Francisco to resume command of
the department of the Pacific.
Lieutenant Herman g. Dressed. q.
s. N, committed suicide at Baltimore.
Dressed served on the Puritan during
the recent war. He entered the navy
in 1876, being appointed to Annapolis
from Ohio.
In Oakland, CAL, sparks from new
ly lighted fire ignited the dress Of Mrs.
Preay, and she was burned to death in
the presence of her two small children.
Just prior to her death she gave birth
to a child, which was dead.
Sp,niards are ready at last to reply
to the American ultimatum of three
weeks ago. A meeting has been ar
ranged with the American commits
sioners, who feel confident that definite
results will be reached.
The Tallant Banking Company, Of
San Francisco, one of the Oldest insti-
tutions on the coast, has retired from
business, and transferred all of its
assets, valued at over 81 100000, to
the Crocker- w Woolworth National bank.
of that city.
An open switch caused collision
neal Murray Hill, Ontario, in which
eight persons were killed or fatally
wounded. The accident was caused by
a freight train trying to escape on
siding from an approaching passenger
train.
President Mckinley has completed
his plans and decided on line of ac-
tion with regard to our new government
possessions. All of the islands are to
be continued under a strong military
government; all iduciary positions will
be administered by army officers; the
islands are to be kept out of politics as
much as possible; the present currency
systems are to be retained for the pres
ent, and duties on imports from the
islands will be collected.
The Spanish government Is trying to
borrow money in London to pay of the
troops in Cuba.
Secretary Long witnessed successful
torpedo test of the Holland submarine
boat in New York.
As fatal wind-up of debate in Coos
county, Oregon, Raw Hollenbeck stabbed
to death Guy Beckiord.
Adjutant-General Corbin says the
volunteers may soon come home. The
regulars will lake their places.
An unlikely story comes from Paris
that syndicate of capitalists proposes
to take over the Philippines.
Returning Klondike1s bring news
that the City of Dawson has been visit
ed by $50, 900 fire, in which 40 build
ings were burned.
News has been received of the death
of two more Oregon volunteers at
Manila, Frank E. Rofno. of Portland,
ard ]. J. Reed. of Hubbard.
A Berlin dispatch says Spain is nego-
tiating with Germany to dispose of the
remnants of her kingdom, notably the
Caroline, Palawan and Ladrone islands.
The steamer Wolcott, from Copper
river, Alaska, brings news of the
drowning. of young woman named
Grosscup and man named Tankerson,
in Controller bay, October s.
Secretary Long has given orders that
10 new work on North Atlantic vessels
be begun. The Oregon and Iowa have
been ordered to remain on the Brazilian
coast for ten days.
A London dispatch from the province
of Chan Tung, China, announces that a
food in an adjoining province has de-
stroyed hundreds of villages and threat
ems million people with famine.
International complications are pos
sible with Mexico. James Temple,
American, is being held in Sonora, fol
having shot a Mexican in Arizona. His
release has been demanded by the Sec
retary OF state.
Seven thousand unpaid Spanish
troops in Cuba have mutinied, and an
armed demonstration was made at the
residence of the military governor at
Nuevitas. Two Spanish warships are
en- route to the scene.
Morris J. Lutz, Reading (Pa.) shoe
maker, was shot and killed by his 49,
year-old son. Young Lutz came home
intoxicated, and his father rep1imanded
him. This angered the boy and he
fred two shots through his fathers
head. The boy then committed suicide
by cutting his throat. He had the rep
utation of being a desperate young
fellow.
Charles @. Dawes, comptroller of the
currency, has ordered that the system
of semiannual examinations of national
u