The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-03-25
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE Day
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condensed and Comprehensive Form
Representative King, of Utah, intro
duced Tuesday a joint resolution recog
nizing the independence of Cuba.
The submarine boat Holland has
made another trip in New York. At a
depth of 5 feet under water she showed
good speed, and was handled with ease.
A dispatch to the Berlin Vossiche
Zeitung from Dare's Salaam, 25 miles
south of Zanzibar, East Africa, says
that last month party OF German for
esters was attacked, and three Germans
and many of the native carriers were
massacred.
The Vienna newspapers announce
that Japan, between 1895 and 1905,
will have devoted 1914, 100000 yen to
the building of warships. Forty seven
have already been ordered with short
terms of delivery in England, France,
Germany and the United States.
While returning home from church
in Wellsville, o., Oliver Reed asked
Sarah Walton to marry him, and upon
her refusal he shot her through the
heart He then blew his brains out
dying in short time. Papers found
on his body show the deed was premed-
itated.
The house committee on naval affairs
has completed the naval appropriation
bill. The bill is calculated as carrying
between $50, 900, 900 and S37 eco, 900,
of which about $4,000, 600 will be ex-
pended on this years work on the three
battle-ships, six torpedo boats and six
torpedO-boat destrOyers.
Replying to a resolution of inquiry,
The attorney-general sent to the senate
Tuesday statement that the records
of his department do not show that any
writs of injunction or restraining Or
ders have been issued by United States
courts against labor organizations or
their members engaged in strikes in
1897 and 1898.
A dispatch to the New York World
from Madrid says: Instructions have
been given since Friday night to the
press censor to stop all foreign and do
mestic press telegrams-and even tele-
phone messages-containing news un-
palatable to the government. Unau-
thorized details of naval and military
preparations of the movements of war
ships, particularly of the flying squad
ron, of the purchase of vessels of war
and stores abroad are especially inter-
dicted.
Roland Worthington, the veteran
journalist, died at his home in Boston,
aged 81 years. He entered the news
paper business as an employe of the
counting room of the Boston Adver-
tiser. In 1916 he took charge of the
Boston Traveller. When Daniel Web
field in August, 184S, Mr.. Worthing-
ton published a verbatim report and
had it sold by the newsboys in the
streets, an innovation which called
down the severe criticism of the other
Boston papers.
The British Columbia, Seattle & Pa
cific Coast Railroad Company has made
application to the city council of Sc
attic for franchise 80 feet wide over
Railroad avenue. 1t was stated to the
council that it was the purpose of the
company to construct a railroad from
Portland, Or, to Seattle, and thence
to the British Columbia boundary.
The company was willing that a condi-
tion be imposed in the franchise that
the work of construction should begin
in 80 days, and the line be finished
within Is months. The two incorpo-
rators of the company are Henry J.
BrOkaw and Austin J. Fletcher, we'll
known financiers of New York The
road will cost between 81, 900, 900 and
$5,OOO,OOO.
The Republican leaders of the house
are pressing for an early adjournment,
and it is said that their course meets
the full approval of the president. All
save three of the appropriation bills
have gone to the senate. The action of
the appropriations committee in prepar-
ing the general deficiency bill at this
time is the best evidence of the inten-
tion to secure early adjournment.
The construction of five modern dry
docks has been agreed on by the house
committee on naval affairs. They are
to be located at Portsmouth, N. H.;
Boston, League island, near Philadel-
phia; Algiers, La, and Mare island,
Cal. These docks are to be of wood,
except those at Algiers and Ports
mouth. The material of construction
of these will not be determined upon
until later.
General Superintendent MCGUIRE has
announced that large gangs of men are
at work all along the line Of the Astoria
6 Columbia River railroad, and only
1 1 miles of rails ore yet to be laid.
The last spike will be driven about
April 1, with appropriate ceremonies
The man to drive it has been selected
from the ranks of the men who have
worked faithfully during the winter to
push the line through.
DIR. Tomas Estrada Palma, of the
Cuban junta in New York, is quoted as
saying: 81 consider Mr.. Quesada's
presence at Vice-President Hobart's
reception to the Belgian prince in
Washington Tuesday matter of great
importance. He was invited as the
accredited representative of the Cuban
republic, together with the Spanish
minister and other members of the dip
lomatic corps. Mr.. Quesada's presence
as an honored guest is very significant.
1t is semiofficial recognition of Cuba"
The governor of Kentucky has re-
ceived a message from MiddIesboro
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