The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-30
LATER NEWS.

fled that ManzanilIo will be evacuated
| October 2.
The Italian government has sent to
Russia automatically worded accept
ance of the czar's invitation to take
part in the peace conference.
Damage to the amount of about $780,
900 was caused by fire in the Hotel
Vendome, San Jose, CAL, which is one
of the finest hotels on the coast.
The New York transport Yucatan
has arrived from Ponce, having on
board 1876 men belonging to the various
regiments sent home for muster out.
The president has appointed Harvey
humphrey, Of Washington, special
agent to allot lands in severalty to the
Indians on the Colville reservation in
Washington.
The Farmers bank in Flora, Ind. i,
was looted, the robbers securing about
$12,0o Cashier William Lennon,
who was aroused by the noise, was shot
and probably fatally injured. Blood
hounds were put on the trail of the
bandits.
General Nunez OF the Cuban army,
refutes all statements to the effect that
Cubans were in league with Spaniards.
Cubans, be says, could not so far forget
themselves as to form an alliance with
the Spaniards. who have SO cruelty op-
pressed them, against the Americans.
The commission to investigate the
conduct of the war department held a
secret meeting Monday. Nothing can
be learned as to what transpired. The
commission decided to hold two ses-
sions daily, one from 10 A. M. to 1890
P. NJ, and the other from 2 to 4 P. NJ.
The first word that has come to
Washington from the American men,
bers of the peace commission since their
departure was received at the navy de-
partment Monday, being cablegram
requesting that Captain Bradford, chief
of the equipment bureau, be sent at
once to Paris to assist the commission.
A new and highly important inven-
tion has been tested at the German
naval maneuvers at Berlin. 1t was in
the shape of Greek Phoenlcian fire,
invented by Berlin engineer. 1t ig-
mites on contact with the air or water,
and cannot be quenched by either
water or earth. 1t burns with bril-
liant flame, exceeding big searchlights,
and it can be sunk under water or un-
! der ground, and, when brought to the
surface, instantly bursts into flame at
any desired point. It WAS tested dur
ing the night evolutions off the island
of Heligoland, and off Kiel, and proved
most efficient in detecting the presence
of the enemy.
The work of raising the Cristobal
Colon has now been taken up by the
navy department.
- The steamer Rosalie has arrived at
Seattle with i10 passengers from Klon-
dixie, and $4,000 in gold dust.
A recapitulation of the reports of the
board of health shows a total of 1874
cases in the state of Mississippi.
The war department will not enter
tain applications for discharge, ex-
cepting they reach it through military
channels
News has been received from Ju-
neau, Alaska, of the drowning of w.
Nutling, of Michigan, and w. H. Lock
wood, of California.
The Louisiana board of health makes
the official announcement that Frank
lin has had 101 cases to date. Five
persons have died there.
An official dispatch from S.. Louis,
Senegal, in West French Africa, says a
force of Soudanese sharpshooters in
the French service defeated an army Of
Sofas under one of Samody's chiefs,
capturing 5000 men.
The most beautiful of the souvenirs
of the great naval battle of July 3, off
Santiago, has reached the navy depart
mnt from Guantanamo. 1t is a bronze
bust of Christopher Columbus, taken
from the flagship Cristobal Colon,
which lies below the surface of the
ocean, 20 miles from Santiago.
Advices firm San Francisco say Gen
eral Shafter will soon return to resume
his station as commander of the depart
ment OF California, relieving General
Merriam, who will probably be as
signed to his former duties as COM
mander Of the department of the Column
bia.
The steamship Topeka has arrived at
Seattle with $50 Klondikers, 80 per
cent of whom have little or no dust.
The passengers report that H. Fraser
and E. L. Tolner, both of Seattle. were
held up by two men near Haines' mis-
sion and robbed of $4,000 in gold.
The body OF Ike Martin was found near
the scene with bullet-hole through
the head. He had been robbed of
$4,000.
At meeting of the French cabinet
Monday, all the ministers being pres
ent, a decision was taken in favor of a
revision of the trial of former Captain
Dreyfus, and the documents in the case
will be sent to the court of cessation.
Crowds of people outside the ministry
of the interior, where the cabinet coun-
Gil was held, loudly cheered the minis
ters. The legality OF the proposed re-
trial proceedings must be passed upon
by the court.
Americas wheat crop for 1898 is esti.
mated at 20, 900. 600 bushels.
Every Spaniard is liable to be called
to military service On attaining 20
years of age.
The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions shows that there
were $3.50 pensioners residing in the
state of Washington on June 30 last,
and they were paid $3.50, ,S77 during the
year just closed. In Oregon there were
4,932, who drew $712,0O8 during the
l2 months embraced in the report.
Cuba has 1.631,O00 inhabitants;
Philadelphia 1, $50, 900.