The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-16
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
From All Parts Of the New
World and the Old
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS

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OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
CuIled From the Telegraph Columns
The pottery trust has completed it's
organization under the laws of New
Jersey; capital, $20,000,0 900.
Steamer Roumania has sailed from
Savannah for Havana with the first
regiment, North Carolina, to help gar
rison the turbulent city.
The Paris court of cessation has
granted stay of proceedings in the
Picquart trial, and thereby invoked the
fury of the anti-Dreyfus press.
A mining suit involving property
valued at So, 900, 600 has been entered
in the courts of California by Mon
tana syndicate against prominent Cali
fo1nia capitalists.
In a recent public address in Wash
ington Count Won Goetzen said that the
only good volunteers among the United
States troops during the late war were
the Rough Riders.
1t is now understood that Major-Gen.
eral James f. Wade, president of the
United States evacuation committee,
will be appointed by President MoKin-
ley military governor of western Cuba.
The supreme court of Nebraska has
decided that the bondsmen of ex-State
Treasurer BARLEY will have to make
good that officials shortages and steal
ings from the state, amounting in all
to about 100000.
D. II. Howard, a New Mexico cattle
dealer, with two detectives. is on the
trail of Gilett, the Kansas plunger, on
whom Howard is $4,000 short. How
ard will ask the governor of Kansas to
issue reauisitlon papers for his extradi-
tion to New Mexico.
The British Columbia mills are again
receiving lumber orders from Cape
Town, South Africa, after period OF
two years, during which little or no
lumber was shipped to that district.
Two vessels are at present under way
to Victoria to receive cargoes for Africa.
Sam Smith, trainrobber. has been
sentenced to be hanged at Eldorado,
Kan, for the murder of citizen Bel
ford, who was one of posse that resist.
ed Smith and his partner. Tom Wind.
Wind pleaded guilty. to second-degree
murder and was sentenced to 20 years.
The Spanish government has issued
the following semi official note relating
to the presidents reference to the loss
of the Maine in his message to con-
: gress. t5sSnain has been treated bv the
conqueror with unexampled cruelty and
is resigned to her fate; but she can not
tolerate President McKinley's accusa-
tion. for she is conscious of her COM
p'ete innocence.
A bill will soon be drafted providing
for the taking of the 12th census.
The steamer Rosalie, which has. just
arrived from the towns on the Lynn
canal, reports that a thousand men
from Dawson are making their way to
the coast.
Francisco de Franchi, who was shot
dead by Antonio Rosso after saloon
quarrel in San Francisco, is said to
have been an agent of the mulderous
La Malta Society.
One more request of the Spaniards
was negatiyed by the peace commits.
sioners. Ships and products OF Spain
will not be granted the same rights in
Cuba and Porto Rico as those of the
United States.
From the war department comes the
announcement that it is proposed to
send regular regiments to relieve the
volunteers in Manila just as soon as
transportation can be arranged. The
volunteers will be returned to the
United States in the order in which
they left.
The finding of the court of inquiry
concerning the abandonment of the
1nfanta Maria Teresa during the torn
of October 80, has been made public.
The court finds the abandonment was
not due to any fault or neglect on the
part of any officer of the navy, and
does not think any further proceedings
should be instituted.
While fighting fire in the dock of
the Lehigh Coal q Coke Company at
West Superior, Wis, crew of men
was caught by bad oave-in. caused by
the weakening of the pile foundation.
Four were buried under thousands OF
tons of burning coal. One, John Nal.
inowski, has been rescued. alive, but il
in precarious condition. The other
three have probably persisted.
Of the emergency national defense
fund of 500, o0OO. the navy depart.
ment got the largest amount. viz, $29,.
e73, 1874. The war department expen.
ditures of the emergency fund amounted
to $13,951.3O3. The state department
received 5000 from the emergency
fund. Of this 500. 900 has been trans.
felred TO bankers for this department
at London for the use of the commits.
sion at Paris, and $50. 900 was advanced
to tie disbursing officer for the com.
mission prior to its departure for Paris.
Minor News Items.
The 26th body from the wrecked
steamer Portland came ashore at Chat.
ham, Mass.
Special Tariff Commissioner Robert