The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
tP|TOME OF THE DISPATCHES
Happenings Both at Home
and Abroad.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places CuIled From the Press
Reports of the Current Week.
General Shafter says the surrender of
Santiago was great surprise to him.

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Santiago was great surprise to him.
Retribution is not quite complete.
The Cuban commissioners will make
an attempt while in Havana to ferret
out the persons who destroyed the
Maine.
Orders have been issued by the war
department that all the regular army
regiments now at MOntauk, which
were started previously east of the Mis-
sissippi river, shall retu1n to the same
stations.
A semi-official note from Berlin says
that peace having been re-established
between the United States and Spain,
orders have been given that the German
naval force at Manila be at once reduced
to one or two ships.
A report is current in London that
Great Britain and Germany have signed
a treaty of alliance for Germany's sup
port in Egypt. England will recog-
nize Germany's claim to Syria as an
outlet for her surplus population.
Reliable information has been OBJ
tanned by the Associated Press to the
effect that Russia intends to convene
the international peace conference at
ST. Petersburg one month after the ad-
journment of the Spanish-American
peace conference at Paris.
The monthly statement of the public
debt, shows that August 81, the public
debt less cash in the treasury, was
$I,012, 470,71 which is a decrease for
the month of $34, 1911. This de-
crease is accounted for by correspond
ing increase in the cash ON hand, due
to the receipts from the war loan.
The Chicago Tribune prints statistics
showing the number of soldiers who
have been killed in battle and have
died of diseases in camp during the war
with Spain. While $50 officers and
men have been killed in battle or died
of wounds received. there have died of
disease in camp between 1900 and
1900 volunteers and regulars.
A Madrid dispatch says: All Cata-
lonia protests against the continuance
of the special war taxes, and insists
upon their immediate repeal, threaten
ing to close all the factories if the de-
mand is not complied with. The lower
classes are deeply and perhaps danger
susly impressed by the CHASTITY appear
ance of the repatriated soldiers from
Santiago de Cuba.
Lighthouses in Southern Philippines
have been re-established.
Foreign vessels will be allowed to
enter the ports of Hawaii as usual,
pending revision of the United States
laws.
Schley and Gordon, commissioners
to settle the conditions for the Spanish
evacuation of Porto Rico, have sailed
for San Juan.
Being out of work and without means
to support his family. Chicago drug
clerk turned highWayman, and in at
tempting to rob saloon was forced to
shoot the proprietor.
Several vessels of the Mosquito"
feet are useless. The board of survey
has found upon examination that their
machinery and boilers are badly worn,
and will make a report condemning
them.
The annual session of the National
Irrigation Congress opened at Chey-
enne Thursday. Ex-senator Carr, the
president, delivered the annual ad-
dress, urging the necessity for extend
ing irrigation facilities.
Eight lives were lost and considera-
BILE damage wrought by the Georgia
storm, which was more serious than
first reported. Lieutenant Morgan and
crew of six were drowned by the up
setting of a yawl off Tybee island.
The mate of All Italian ship lost his life.
The American ship Barring Brothers,
from New York, has been burned in
the harbor of Kobe. About 1000 tons
of mating was also destroyed. 1t is
intimated that the fire was of incendiary
origin. When the vessel arrived at
Kobe from Yokohama six of the crew
were in irons. Four were after ward
liberated.
Orders have been received in An
napolis from the president directing
Cervera to make arrangements to pro-
ceed with his officers and men back to
Spain Immediately, in accordance with
instructions issued by the Spanish
ministers of marine. The officers were
very enthusiastic when they received
the news.
passenger train on the New York,
Ontario & Western railroad, was
wrecked at ingalls,, near Saratoga. The
wreck was doubtless due to the BASTARD
ly work of tramps, who threw open the
switch at which the train was wrecked.
The dead are: Engineer B. G. Dowd,
of Oswego; Fireman William Hall, of
Norwich; Brakeman A. l. Osborne, of
Walton. Eight were injured.
Minor News Items.
The United States government has
placed an order in England for 10, OO0,-
900 cartridges.
Regulations have been issued con-
cerning military taxes to be collected
in the Philippines.
Sir William Augustus Frazer, bart,
the author and one of the queens body
guard for Scotland, is dead.
The subsistence department will have
plenty of supplies ready to forward to
Cuba in case it is found necessary.
Horace Adcock, 1a years of age, died
from fright received during a heavy
electrical storm at Macomb, Ill.
New York capitalists will start a
bank at San Juan, Porto Rico. 1t will
be capitalized at $500, 900.
The conference of state and provincial
boards of health in session at Detroit,
declared tuberculosis to have killed
more people than any other affection.
A syndicate has been formed of all