The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-02
LATER NEWS.
An Appalling Disaster on the Atlantic
Coast Hundred Lives Lost.

entire crew. The mum Der drowned is
about 100. Thirty four bodies have
been recovered from the surf ana the
rescue work still proceeds. The Port
land was valued at $3.50, 900, and was
insured.
Chas. w. Couldock, the well-known
actor, died in New York.
Natural gas has been discovered on
Summerland beach, near Santa Barbara,
Cal.
The steamer Wildwood sank at her
dock at Port Townsend during heavy
storm.
Many of the Manila soldiers want to
come home. They have been attacked
by serious case of inconsistencies.
A deputy sheriff near Birmingham,
Ala, was killed by negro when he was
trying to arrest an escaped convict.
Three negroes were lynched near
Meridian, Miss. The crime alleged
was the humping of white man.
The government has been officially
advised of the successful termination
of the Paris negotiations with Spain.
The steamer Detroit was lost on
Shelter island, near Juneau. She had
81 passengers, all of whom were saved.
The battle-ship Wisconsin, recently
launched at San Francisco, is fas. in
the mud, and all efforts to dislodge her
have proved futile.
Incompetent engineers are blamed
for the breakdown of the cruiser Buff
fac. while on her way from New York
to join Admiral Dewey's fleet.
Horse-stealing on large scale is said
to be going on in Eastern Oregon, and
thousands of horses have disappeared
from that section during the past year.
A writer in the London Contemporary
Review, in an article characterizlng
William Of Germany as the arch enemy
of England, declares that country and
the United States must stand shoulder
to shoulder in the East.
General Blanco's retirement and the
resignation of the autonomist cabinet
increases the confusion in Cuba, which
preceded American control. Fear is
felt that the United States may not
assume immediate jurisdiction, and
that confusion will result.
News Is at hand from Tien-Tsin that
a large number of Japanese spies have
been captured by the Russians at Port
Arthur and shot. Seven japanese, all
officers of the imperial japanese army,
were taken, and on their persons were
found drawings of the principal forth
fications. But day elapsed after their
capture before they were marched out
before firing party of Russians and
summarily shot.
Topgallant, a famous stallion, was
sold in Chicago for $40. 900. --
New bankruptcy rules, the supreme
court announces, will take effect Janu-
airy 2, 1899.
Forty people were killed by the ex-
plosion of box of dynamite near the
Reina battery, Havana.
The United States navy has landed
marines in China to act as guard for
the United States legation.
Japan will resist the great czar, and
preparations are already under way for
driving the Russian troops from Corea.
The Franklin stamp mill at Hancock,
Mich, has been destroyed by fire. the
loss being $3.50, 200. Six hunderd men
will be thrown out of employment for
six months.
A special to the New York World
from Washington says: A cable be-
tween the United States and the Ha-
waiian islands will undoubtedly be pro-
vided at the forthcoming session of
congress.
At banquet given in his honor at
New York. Admiral Schley stated that
he had a presentiment that Cervera
would attempt to escape from Santiago
harbor, and that he had made prepara-
tions to give him a warm reception.
According to dispatch from Shang-
hal TO London, England, news agency,
the British admiral has hoisted the
union jack over Ting Hal. capital of
the island of Chu San, and over several
other islands in the Chu San arohi-
pelago.
An English Carlist positively asserts
that Don Carlos army will take the
field in Spain soon after the treaty is
signed. He declares that a loan has
been fully financed, and that 1t Is di-
vided equally between France and
England.
Damage by the terrible Blizzard off
the New Enlgand coast has been much
greater than was indicated by early
dispatches. In or near the harbors of
Massachusetts alone not less than 100
vessels have been lost, and in most
cases the fate of the crews is unknown.
At least ITO lives have been lost.
Official statistics show that German
cattle everywhere are suffering from
tuberculosis and other diseases. In the
district of Aix-la-Chappelle. for in
stance, 83 communes show that 749
farms are SO infected. At least 40
percent of all the German cattle have
tuberculosis. and in some districts the
percentage is as high as 70 per cent.
Mrs. William F. Havemeyer died at
her home in New York of pleurisy.
Secretary Alger has ordered the entire
army armed with Krag-Jorgensens.
1t is understood that negotiations to
revive the steel rail pool are under way
at Pittsburg.
Rev. Samuel Colierd Bartlett, former
ly president of Dartmouth college, died
at his home at Hanover, N. H., of
acute indigestion, after little over a
weeks duration.
Past Assistant Paymaster F. H.
Conant, United States navy, died at
the naval academy at Annapolis. Md.
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