The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-11-18
THE news Of THE WEEK
From All Parts Of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.


Six of the Fergus Falls train robbers
have been captured.
A fire and an explosion in store in
Hanover, Mass, killed four men.
According to astronomical calcula-
tions a shower of meteors is due this
month.
Five hunrded men were thrown out
of employment by fire in copper
mine at Houghton, Mich.
Havana toreadors will petition Presi-
dent Mckinley to permit professional
bull-fighting in Cuba under the new
regime.
Charles A. Wheeler cut his throat
with razor in the Woodmen's hall at
Portland, Or. He left letter, saying
that drink was the cause of his down.
fall.
A fierce duel between the notorious
Herr Wolff and the Polish deputy,
Chevalier de Gniewosz, is the sensation
of the hour in Vienna. Swords were
the weapons used and De Gniewosz was
badly wounded.
Miss May Wallace, teacher in the
Pendleton academy, was shot through
the body while standing by window
at the home of her parents in that city.
A Chinese youth Is suspected, his
motive being revenge for being expelled
from class.
Five were instantly killed and four
others seriously injured in collision
on Pennsylvania railroad. Two ex.
press trains crashed head-on by failure
of the air-brakes on one of the locomo-
tives to work. All the killed and in
jure6 men were members of the crews
of the wrecked trains.
Sickness among the soldiers in camp
at Honolulu is increasing. Typhoid
fever is rampant. The military hos
pital is crowded, and the nursing force
is entirely inadequate to the demands
made upon 1t. Since August %, is
soldiers have succumbed to various dis
eases, typhoid carrying off seven.
There are no less than 2OS New York
ers on the sick list.
The administration has decided, says
Washington dispatch, to pay but little
cash to the Dons. The Philippine pub
lie Improvements debt will be made
good, but no more. The whole amount
to be allowed will probably not exceed
one million The president and cab
met carefully noted the sentiment of
the country in regard to an indemnity
as expressed at the election, and con-
clude that payment of the sum first pro-
posed would not be in accord with the
will of the people.
A new cabinet has been formed in
Japan.
The Creek Indians had fight over
the elections, and one of them was
killed.
At Geneva, Switzerland, Luchenni,
the Italian anarchist who assassinated
the Empress of Austria, was sentenced
to imprisonment for life.
There is general belief in England
that the danger is not past. that
Fashoda was but one incident, and that
war with France is yet probable.
The Cubans at Holquin are reported
to be in terrible condition and are
rotting to death without the care of
doctor. The death rate is 80 day.
At council of admirals held in
Paris it was decided to fit out all
French war vessels available. Thirty
reserve ships have been ordered into
commission.
Lake Michigan was again swept by
northeast gale, and great damage to the
sea wall has resulted. The work of re-
pairing the damage created by the last
gale is all undone, and the outer drive
way in Lincoln park was undermined.
French newspapers are becoming hos
tile and are critcising the proceedings
of the peace commission. The Ameri-
cans are accused of having adopted an
irregular form of procedure in present.
ing the reply to the Spanish proposal.
An early rupture in the negotiations is
predicted.
A serious clash of authority, in which
the government inspector and Red
Cross agent were involved, occurred in
Cuba. and the warehouse at Gibara was
seized. The agent protested against
the selAuIe, DuI HIS prOtesL was ulsre-
garded. He then appealed to General
Wood, who promised to see that no
further friction occurred.
At Wilmington, N. G., white men
provoked trouble with negroes and a
fight to the death ensued, in which
eight of the blacks were killed. Armed
men patroled the streets of the city.
The battle was precipitated by the de-
struction of the plant of newspaper
run by negro. and in which had been
published an article derogatory to the
white women of Wilmington. The
negroes were disarmed to prevent fur
ther trouble.