The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-07-08
EP|TOME OF THE DISPATCHES
Happenings Both at Home
and Abroad.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED

interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places Culled From the Press
Reports of the Current Week.
President Mckinley has appointed
George Bruce Cortellyon. of New YorB
assistant secretary to the president. tt
fill the additional position of that grade
recently created by congress.
1t is the general understanding
among army officers here that the next
expedition to the Philippines will gel
off about July IL. The fleet will con-
sist of the Peru, City of Puebla. Aca.
pulco, Umatilla and Pennsylvania.
The Porto Rican expedition, which
is the next number on the war pro-
gramme after the surrender of Santi-
ago, is to be led by Major-General John
R. Brooke, now commanding the First
army corps at Chiukamagua, who will
be made military governor of the ISL
and after its capture.
According to trustworthy intelli-
gence from Manila. the Spanish COVER.
nor-general has made arrangements for
ACCI1IlS Win Au1hiI III DlCOIAS
commander of the German naval
forces In the Far East), in order to
propose in behalf of the Spanish gov
ernment that Manila should be handed
into provincial charge OF neutral
commander. The proposal was rejected
by Diedrich, in view of the American
blockade.
The Japanese cruiser Matsushima ar.
rived at Hong Kong Friday from Ma
Mia, which port she left on the after.
noon of Monday. June 81. She reports
that the American transports had not
then arrived. The situation was uu-
changed, the Spaniards continuing to
erect defenses and the insurgents oc-
cupying positions within about 1000
yards of the city. Food is growing
scarcer The Matsushima reports also
that when she left Manila han Dor there
were FIVE German and four British
warships there.
The president has intimated that
another call for volunteers will soon
be issued.
Captain P. II. Cooper. superintend-
ent of the naval academy, has been Sc.
lected to command the cruiser Chicago.
The Egyptian government has decid.
ed to notify Admiral Camara that the
continued presence of the Spanish
feet at Port Said is violating neutral.
ity, and that the warships must leave.
Secretary Long said that he understood
Camara's feet had paid the canal
lues, and the presumption is that they
continue she voyage
The war department has received
the Welcome information today that
military telegraph stations have been
established at St. Villa, in the center
Uf the present military operations, and
that this line runs to point near
Aguadores, where it connects with the
French cable line, thus bringing Gen.
eral Shafter into direct communication
with the department.
Corporal Hucht, Seventh infantry,
who with seven men was sent out
seven miles from Santiago was found
by General Shafter Thursday afternoon
and sent into camp. The party had
repeatedly seen the Spaniards, who did
not offer to molest them, and the
Americans spent the day as if enjoying
picnic in the woods. Tie corporal
said that if he had had with him
sufficient force he could have brought
in 40 Spanish prisoners.
The camp conditions near Santiago
continue hard. Heavy rains set every
thing af1oat. Ratons, however, are
being served out regularly, but they
are still not plentiful. Officers and
men fare alike. The latter are suffer-
ing during the cold nights from lack OF
blankets thrown away on the march.
These have been appropriated by the
Cubans, who take everything in sight,
and do as little as possible. On the
whole, they actually fare better than
our men.
Consular Agent Broadbent has Just
made a master stroke, which he re-
ports to the department. While the
Spanish ships were seeking permission
of the Egyptian government to take
coal at Port Said, the consular officer
succeeded in quietly buying up all the
coal available at that place. This
amounted to 2,0O0 tons and 1t is In a
good place to be shipped to Dewey, to
serve as base of supplies for Watson'a
Eastern squadron, when it enters Ethe
Mediterranean, or to coal any Ameri-
can vessels that may pass through the
Suez canal bound to the Asiatic sta
tion.
1t is said that in some of the farm
ing districts of China pigs are harness.
ed to small wagons and made to draw
them.
Among the Phoenicians the wearing
of earrings was a badge of servitude,
the same custom obtaining with the
Hebrews.
Giilingham, England. had grave
digger who died lately aged rs. In 81
years he had buried over $4,000 per.
sons.
There is no abatement in the de-
mand for the new war bonds. Experts
agree that the total of individual sub.
scriptions will not exceed the $40, O0O,-
Oe0 mark.
The submarine boat Argonaut has
completed run of 200 miles under
and on the waters Of the Chesapeake
bay between Baltimore and Norfolk,
Va, and Simon Lake, the inventor,
expresses confidence in being able to
cut the wires or destroy mines laid to
protect any harbor in the world.
The collapse of building at Blot.
France, killed 80 persons.
Ii the sun was to be divided into
smaller planets it would make $780,
900, each the size of the earth.