The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-10-28
LATER NEWS.
Chanoine, the French minister of
var, has resigned.

The total registration of voters il
New York was 556, sS9. as against 576.
192 in 1897.
Fire broke out at pier No. 80, Eas
river, Brooklyn, and did damage to the
amount of 100000
John Fl. Dialogue, head of the ship
building firm OF that name, is dead al
his home at Camden, N, ].
A great improvement is reported in
the health of the Spanish troops at Ha
vana during the past ten days.
A movement to restrict the town oi
Pullman, ILL.,, to it's charter Limitations
has been approved by the supreme court
of that state.
Another demonstration has been
made in Havana by city officials who
many months past.
The steamer Reina de Los Angeles
has returned to Santiago after carrying
the Garcia and Cespedes factions to
Santa Cruz del Sur to attend the Cuban
assent bly,.
American exports are increasing
more rapidly than those of f-any other
country. In 1870 we had ~ per cent
of the worlds commerce; now we have
13 per cent.
Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hob
son has arrived home again. He be-
lieves the sunken Spanish warship Viz
caya can be saved, but it would cost
1000, 900 to raise her.
Emperor William has designated
large fountain which he proposes to
erect in Constantinope as gift to COM
memorate his visit and that of Empress
Victoria to the sultan's capital.
The steamship Victoria brings news
to Tacoma that two more battles have
been fought in Formosa between Japan
ese troops and the native savages, who
seem bent on discriminating all the
Japanese on the island.
Aguinaldo is desirous of going to
Paris for the purpose of appearing be-
fore the peace commissioners, says a
Manila dispatch, but he is prevented
from SO doing by the jealousies existing
between the insurgent leaders.
The principal fact brought out by the
newest British blue book is that no
offer to negotiate on the matter of pos-
session of Fashoda was ever made. The
French papers now seem hopeful of a
peaceful solution of the dispute.
- The canal route survey has been
completed and there is an exodus of
civil engineers from Nicaragua. Louis
Wlckman, who has just arrived at New
York from GTeytown. thinks Zelaya's
opinion as to the time of the expiration
of the Maritime Canal Company's con-
cession is faulty.
Time to the Yukon will be short
ened as the result of the discovery of a
pew channel for vessels. Steamers of |
moderate draught may enter the mouth
of the river and ascend four or five
hundred miles before trans-shipping. |
Expansion of territory under the new
survey is important.
The last detachment of Spanish
'roops have sailed from Porto Rico and
is complete.
The Utah troop of cavalry, which has
|SNh ooiAS Suoiu uuLy III tl0 IOS6IulL0,
las been ordered to the Presidio.
Major Wesley Merritt, q.
). A, was married privately in London
o Miss Laura Williams, of Chicago.
News has been received in Washing
on OF the launching at Havre of the
ruiser Rio de la Plata, which is to be
presented to Spain by the Spanish resi-
ents of Argentina.
The joint traffic association has re-
eived death-blow by the United
states supreme court, which has just
ecided tnat its existence is unlawful,
nd the antitrust law is being violated.
A Madrid dispatch to the New York
World says that leading men at Madrid
oncede that America will not assume
he Cuban debt, that the Philippines
'ill probably be lost and that the
american commissioners demands in
IL matters will be acceded to.
Secretary Long has taken the intitia-
i've steps to make San Juan de Porto
leo the first naval station in the West
indian waters. Congress will be asked !
appropriate money enough to make
one of the best equipped naval sta
ons the United States has.
Serious trouble is brewing among the
Kiowa and Apache Indians. :
or 30 years, since the Medicine Lodge !
eaty, the government has fed these :
but that treaty. expired July /.
hey have commenced killing cattle be-
nging to Texas cattlemen, and a
isis is near. }
The California superior court has i
,clded that Mrs. Botkin, accused of n
e murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning g
Id sister, of Dover, Del, is not a fugi- f
We from justice of Delaware. Mrs. n
otkin has been remanded in custody n
the chiet of police of San Francisco,
id the date of her trial will be set A
ter.
The president has approved the n
of General Wade, at K
avana, that the Spaniards be allowed | Il
It'll December l to evacuate Cuba; t.
however, United States Ii
oops now in Cuba and others to be d
spatched will take possession of the "
'ritory as fast as the Spaniards vacate Il
probably leaving Havana last. a
Rear Admiral Phelps is the only sur
wing member of the first graduating =,
ss from the naval academy. There =
re Al embers in the class.
The grand camp, United Confederate to
terans OF Virginia, has placed itself til
record as claiming the right to Sc o,
le from the unioaSt will. or
Queen Liliuokalani will leave Homo in
u for Washington about the middle fe