The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
LATER NEWS.

fined.
Governor Lord has issued a proc
lamation, calling the Oregon legislature
is extra session September 26.
The steamer Lewiston ran ashore
while carrying sick soldiers from Mon
!auk Point to Boston, and it is feared
many men will die as result Of the
exposure.
A slight clash has occurred at Daw-
son. United States Consul McCook
was compelled by Canadian officer to
remove the Stars and Stripes from the
Alaska Commercial Company's store.
The United States gunboat Benning-
ton has been ordered to Pango-Pango
bay, Samoa, according to Mare island
reports, to make survey for coaling
station. Upon finishing the survey she
will proceed to Manila and relieve the
Concord, which will come to Mare
island and 60 on drydock, the English
docks not being available.
There has been another series of
fatalities in the Austrian Alps. One
case, that of a newly married couple,
was particularly sad. The bride lost
her footing and fell; the rope broke,
and she went to destruction. The hus
band deliberately threw himself after
her, and was killed. A gentleman who
visited the spot two days later lost his
balance and fell, being killed instantly.
A Havana dispatch says: Senior Fer
nandez de Castrazo has directed dis
patch to the mayors OF the provincial
towns, instructing them, in order to
avoid mistakes. to correct the igno-
rance regarding the origin of the relief
supplies now being sent into the in
terror from Havana" and to take steps
to inform every inhabitant that the
supplies are "bought, paid for and dis
tributed by the colonial government,
unaided by any. foreign help Or sub
scription."
The whaling fleet has been lost in
Northern waters. At least three and
probably eight vessels were caught and
crushed in the ice above Point Barrow.
No news of the crews has been re-
ceived, but the general belief, however,
is that no lives were lost. The Belvi-
dere got out. The Wanderer is also
said to have reached Herschel island.
The vessels lost. therefore, were the
Newport, Fearless, Jeannie, Belana,
Grampus, Beloga, Norwhal and Mary
D. Hume.
1t has been decided to abandon Camp
Wikoff within the next three weeks.
James Wilson, "King of Tramps,"
has been commended for his bravery at
Santiago.
Fifty deaths and over one hundred
prostrations is the result of one hot day
in New York.
John Hills, a well-to-do New York
ice dealer, his wife and his sister-in-
law. Mary Conlin, have been poisoned
by whisky sent through the mail.
Private letters from our consuls
abroad indicate that the Philippines
must be retained if the United States
desires to maintain it's position in the
world of nations.
The Iowa met with an accident in the
Brooklyn navy-yard dock. The engine
rooms are said to have been partly
flooded during the process of floating
the big battle-ship.
The French minister of war, M
Cavaignac, has resigned. The resigna-
tion is due to disagreement with his
colleagues, who desire a revision of the
Dreyfus case. Thus revision of the
case seems assured.
nr;o k,1 oIr hot
assaulting OF an American missic nary
in the Sorachi district, Japan, is caus-
ing considerable excitement, especial
ly since the new treaties will spread
foreign residents all through the in
terror.
More soldiers are soon to fsave for
Honolulu. General Miller says three
regiments will sail from San Francisco
within a month. The First Tennessee,
Fifty-firs Iowa and Twentieth Kansas
are the lucky men The 9th and 7th
California and California heavy artii-
lely are to be mustered out.
According to native Japanses papers,
received in Seattle on the Kinshu Maru,
Marquis Ito's visit to China is liable to
result in his changing residence. 1t is
said that he has been offered prlncely
salary to become general adviser to the
emperor.
Spanish soldiers have demanded their
pay, and they object to leaving Cuba
without it. Posters exhOrting the
troops to refuse to leave Havana unless
the money is first forthcoming, were
circulated in Havana. The prevailing
sentiment is one of animosity toward
Madrid.
A Madrid dispatch says: General
Jademes, ad interim governor of the
Philippines, replying to the goverh-
ment's request for information as to the
true situation of affairs in the archi-
pelago, reports that to resume establish
ment of Spanish sovereignty over the
islands would require feet and end
less quantities of material.
At least 81, 900, 900 prize money will
be distributed among American sailors
as a result of the war with Spain.
Rear Admiral Sampson of the North
Atlantic squadron will receive $40, 900,
Dewey and his men are to receive $751;
500 head money. appropriations Tor
the purpose will likely be made at the
next session of congress.
Andrew Carnegie has offered the
town council of the town of Dumfries,
Scotland, the sum of 100000, to build
a public library.
The attorney general of Ohio has de-
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American Steel and Wire Company,
under the antitrust law.
The reported death of Mrs. Terriss.
widow of the actor who was murdered
by Richard Arthur Prince December !