The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-08-26
LATER NEWS.
Orders for releasing 100000 volun-
teers have been issued by the govern
ment.

| sizing OF his boat during the flshbOat
race at tie Astoria regatta.
The supreme lodge, Knights of Py.
thias, met in biennial session in the
hall of the house of representatives at
indianapolis, Ind.
The British expedition in the Soudan
reports terrible scenes of slaughter by
the dervishes. Everywhere are evil
dences of misery and decay.
The 24th annual meeting of the
American Bankers Association con-
vened at the Broadway theater, Denver,
Colo, Tuesday. Most of the 500 dele
gates exp, cted were present.
There are now in the hospitals at
Camp Wikof, Montauk Point, more
than 1900 men. OF these about 900
are in the general hospital In deten-
tion. Many Of those in the general
hospital are improving. and some are
now being discharged as we'll every
day.
The war news was suppressed at San
Spanish reverses for weeks after they
had occurred. The truth about the
destruction of Cervera's fleet was never
published. The same secrecy was OBJ
served when Santiago fell. News of
the restoration of peace caused rejoio-
ing among all classes.
Eight men were killed, possibly 10,
and five injured, two fatally, at the
Carnegie tunnel on Charters division
of the Panhandle railroad near Pitts
burg, Pa. The accident was due to the
wall of the tunnel caving in. The
dead are: John Jones, foreman; Felix
Mills, laborer, and six unknown
foreigners.
General Merritt has sent word to the
war depar tment that he needed no
more troops. This statement was in
response to an inquiry from the White
House. The president and his war
managers are we'll pleased with the
generals dispatch. They accept it as
an assurance that the American COM
mander has the Filipinos under his
control.
Coincident with the West Indian
sugar conference to assemble at Barba-
does September 8. for the purpose of
protesting against the sacrifice of the
colonies, Jamaica is preparing a plebis-
cite to the British parliament, request
ing permission to endeavor to arrange
for annexation to the United States.
The promoters Of this movement are
endeavoring to secure inter colonial CO.
operation, but are not depending
upon it.
The premier of Queensland. the pre-
mier Of New South Wales and the pre-
mier Of Victoria, met in conference at
Sidney, N. S. w., and discussed plans
for Pacific cable. They decided to
make the definite offer that if Great
Britain and Canada collectively would
guarantee fve-ninths of the cost of lay
ing the new cable, they would recon-
mend to their respective legislatures to
contribute one-ninth each, asking New
Zealand to contribute the remaining
ninth.
The Manila cable is again working.
Major General Miles is coming home
by his staff he will leave
Porto Rico in few days.
The natives control the water supply
of Manila, and refuse to allow the wa
ter to run except for a few hours each
day. They have demonstrated that
they are incapable of self-government.
The president has promoted Captain
Charles D. Sigsbee, U. S. N, now COM
the st. Paul. by advancing
him three numbers on the list of cap
tains in the navy, for "extradordinary
heroism.'
Dave Speagle shot and killed Bob
Penix at Wilbur, Wash. Speagle is
said to have been too intimate with
Penix's family. Penix started out to
kill Speagle, and the latter killed him
IN seif-defense.
A tremendous explosion at the plant
of the Chattanooga Powder Company.
at Coltewsh Station, killed two men,
Lucius b. Eagan and Harton Mortchke,
and injured seriously, If not fatally.
six others. The plant was destroyed
by fire.
A dispatch from Buda Pesth to the
London News agency says that while
a regiment of soldiers were crossing a
pontoon bridge over the river Moras,
near Homd, the bridge collapsed
Three hundred men were immersed !
and over 80 were drowned.
The monitor Monadnock has arrived |
in Manila. On the way over she |
stopped at the Ladrone island of Guam, |
which had been seized by the first ex-
pedition. She found that Spaniard |
mad repudiated American rule. and set |
up a government on his own account.
Captain Whiting, of the Monadnock,
upset this new government.
md made the usurper prisoner and
brought himsto Manila.
Our warships may soon coal at
The contract for the
Of station there is to be let |
Work will be carried
orward rapidly and completed next
rear. Naval officers declare the harbor
occurred by the United States is the
,nly iand-locked port of refuge in
samoa.
By the bursting of waterspout at
Nadiana, Spain, 40 persons were
lrowned.
The tug Nimrod went down in a gale
IF Cape St. Bias and 12 of her crew
we're drowned.
The emperor of China has to fast Ga
lays in each year for the sake Of relig-