The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-06-24
EPITONE Of THE DISPATCHES
Happenings Both at Home
and Abroad.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Interesting Collection of Items Frura
Many Places Quilted From the Press
Reports of tho Current Weclz.

Interesting Collection of Items Fru1H
Many Places Quilted From the Press
Reports Of tho Current Weck.
Preparations are being FASTENED for
the third expedition to the Philippines.
Five steamers loaded with troops will
probably sail from San Francisco for
Manila about July l.
An engine and tender on the north
bound freight on the Langdon line of
the Great Northern jumped the track,
fatally injurlng Engineer Peterson,
Conductor Cohen and brakeman.
For the purpose of testing the eff
cheney of the mines in Hampton roads
the burned schooner Shenandoah was
blown. The ship was torn into a
thousand fragments. An officer in the
fort set the mines OH Ivy electricity.
Spanish power is crumbling in the
Philippines. General Pena and l, 900
Spanish soldiers have surrendered at
Santa Cruz, and similar surrenders have
occurred at other places. The insur-
gents propose to form a republic under
Anglo American tutelago.
The Hawaiian annexation resolution
has been favorably reported upon by
the senate committee on foreign Iela-
tions. There is now a probability that
the islands will have been formally an
nexed to the United States before two
weeks have elapsed.
The achievement of the Vesuvius at
Santiago Is regarded as remarkable, and
opens a new era in warfare. The effect
of her giant shells upon the fortifica-
tions with which they came in contact
was destructive to degree heretofore
unequaled by any death dealing ma
chine in existence.
Lieutenant-Colo Arna of the Gu
ban army, who has just arrived in Key
West, says that as soon as war between
the United States and Spain was de-
clared, the Spanish guerillas in Pinar
del Rio province went through the
country districts butchering the pacifi-
cos, women, children and old men,
whose bodies lie in the roads and fields
unburied to this day.
A special cable from Hong Kong to
the New York Journal says that the
most severe and strong battle since
Dewey's annihiation of the Spanish
fleet has occurred at Manila. One
thousand insurgents attacked 1900
Spanish, infiicting heavy losses and al
most forcing an entrance to the city.
Marines from Dewey's warships and
insurgents have the city surrounded
and cut off from every possible source
of food supply. Foreign residents
Ia sro .,s Sc. g.. :. s;esaels in The harl,ar
Dewey is prepared to take the city "a
hours after the arrival of the troops
now en- route.
The army OF invasion for Porto Rico,
it is said. will be $4,000 strong.
Spaniards at Cadiz are reported as
being in state of great excitement,
fearing our ships may 60 across.
President Mckinley has sept to the
senate the name of Isaac L. Patterson
for the position of collector of customs
for the district of Willamette, Oregon.
A leading Washington diplomat says
the departure of Skaters expedition
destroys all chances of an early peace
orous prosecution of the war.
The president has sent to congress
recommendation for the advancement
of Lieutenant Hobson, who sunk the
Merriinac in Santiago harbor, ten num-
bers in the list of naval constructors.
Disgruntled sailors on the Harvard
and Yale, 600 of whom are, foreigners,
IN
are vain, as the British and German
consuls refuse to inter fere in the mat
ter. The charges made by the sailors
of a breach of faith on the part of the
government are held to be unfounded.
Tie services of our marines are being
appreciated. Secretary Long has COM
mended the zeal and discretion of the
Captain of the Marietta. The secretary
says the recent long voyage of the gun
boat demonstrated the abilities of her
master and crew. The captain of the
revenue-cutter Hudson also has been
commended for his gallantry at Car
denas.
A special from Key West says that
advices from the headquarters of the
Cuban civil government i'll La Guanja,
Camaguay, report that over 5000
Spanish volunteers and many regulars
from the Puerto Principe and Neuvitas
garrisons have deserted to the Cuban
patriot army. The immediate cause of
the desertions was fear inspired by the
proximity of the American fleet.
SIMPSONS battleships are clearing
the way for Skaters men in Cuba.
The defenses at Caimanera, the ter
minus OF the railroad leading to Guam
tanamo have been reduced. The Tex
as, Marblehead and Suwanee partici-
pated in the commandment. Firing
continued until the brick fort and earth
works constituting the defenses were
completely demolished and their occu.
pants compelled to take to the bushes.
The Spanish guns fired but five shots,
all of which went wild.
Minor News Items.
OF the Is, 600 citizens Of the United
States now in Germany, 1000 are ma
circulated students.
Timely rains give assurance of a
wheat crop in the state of Washington
in excess of 10000, 900 bushels.
The Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylva-
MIA and Wisconsin boat regatta will
take place ON Saratoga lake June 80.
Charles Allen, pugilist. was given at
st. Joseph, Mo-, IS years sentence
in the penitentiary for robbery.
The oldest living railroad conductor
is Edward Miller, who is still in ac-
tive service on the Westchester divi-
sion of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The state department has formally