The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-11-25
LATER NEWS.

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Captain McCalla has wired the navy
department that he has abandoned the
cruiser Maria Teresa.
i Senor Garcia, while in New York
on his way to Washington. said thai
the Cubans have naught but friendly
feelings for the Americans.
Nine millions and a quarter is the
| price the Union Pacific. Denver & Gull
railroad brought at foreclosure sale.
The reorganization. committee was the
! purchaser.
Senator Quay. Pennsylvania po.
litical boss, is in serious trouble Five
indictments which are not easily ex-
planned away, have been returned by
the grand jury.
A number of Filipinos have arrived
in San Francisco on their way to Wash
ington to look after their claims
against the government for damages
sustained by the American invasion of
Manila.
Star Pointer, the famous PAGER with
the worlds record of 1:59L for mile,
was sold in New York to w. ]. White,
of Cleveland, O., Tor 81 5, 900, 5000 less
than he was sold for in 1897 to James
A. Murphy, of Chicago.
Late advices from Japan state that
10000 more fishermen living on Etrup
island, northern Japan, are on the
verge of starvation. Some have moth
ing to eat, while others are existing on
rats and putreied herrings.
The Spanish mail steamer San Au-
gustin, which sailed from Nuevitas for
Spain, carried the Columbus monu-
ment, formerly in the cathedral at
Havana, with 287 boxes of archives.
She took also 23 officers and 16O SOL
diers.
President Brown, of Norwich uni
versity, has received personal letter
from Admiral Dewey, in which the ad-
miral Gays: 81 trust the entire archi-
pelago will be retained by the United
States. Any other arrangements will
lead to no end of trouble.'
The 'semi-official Journal de st.
Petersburg repudiates the anti-Ameri
can views with reference to the Philip
pine islands recently expounded by the
Bourse Gazette, which, it declares, in
no way represents the views held in
leading Russian circles.
Nearly all the bucks of the White
river Utes. and part of the Uintah tribe
are off the reservation, and probably
great many of them are in Colorado.
The Indians say if the government
won't pay for the land they bought
from them they will hunt on it as often
as they can get there to hunt.
A highbinder war has again broken
out in San Francisco.
Four companies of engineers have
been ordered by the war department to
Havana.
Ex-Queen Lilioukalani has arrived
in San Francisco ON a visit to this
country.
The president has appointed John
Morgan collector of customs for the
Southern district of Oregon.
Policeman Luke Curry, of Great
Falls, Mont, was mistaken for a bur-
glar, shot and instantly killed by Isaac
N~SASAs AhSi
Rear-Admiral Joseph N. Miller, who
hoisted the American flag over Hawaii
On August II last, has retired after
spending Al years in active service.
The London Chronicle criticizes the
action of the United States in killing
Canadian shipping trade with Porto
Rico, and speculates as to the meaning
Of the action.
Sixteen families of Canyon City, Or,
left homeless by the recent fire, are |
shelterless and in dire distress. A
Portland evening paper is collecting
to relieve them.
Acting on the recommendation Of |
Captain Dickens, Secretary Long has
increased the age requirement in the
case of apprentices admitted to the
naval service from IA to 10 years.
According to a plan of Secretary
Gage, paper money is to be made uni
.orm, and bills of one denomination
must all -Iook alike. 1t is thought this
will make easier the detection of coun-
erfeits.
1t is represented by dispatch from
San Jose, CAL, that the prunegrowers
# that vicinity charge that Oregon
orunes have been sold there and
hipped East as Santa Clara county
)runes.
The San Francisco Examiner saws:
20 less than five new sugar companies
rave been incorporated in the Hawaiian
stands, and within two years from
low the output Of raw sugar will be in
reased considerably.
A Philadelphia dispatch says that
American vessels are in scanty supply
nd that shippers are forced to resort
argely to foreign ships Over $780,
90, 900 will be paid this year to own
RS of vessels under foreign flags by
. England is rushing munitions of war
D Esquimault. The intention appar-
ntly is in case of war to fit out war
hips and transports at Esquimault for
ervice in Eastern waters, and to draw
'hatever troops are needed for the
'ritish forces in India.
Fifty-seven officers. of the regular
rmy have sons in the service, and two
enerations of the same family are even
lore frequent in the navy. The Sell
'idge family furnishes three genera
ons-from a lieutenant to an admiral.
The life insurance companies doing
usiness in Canada have agreed here
tier not to accept risks on the lives of
arried women, unless they happen to
3 the breadwinners of the family; or,
| other words, wholly Independent of
leir husbands.
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