Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1899-01-06
LATER NEWS.


. saved with difficulty.
A dispatch from Rome says mob O.
1000 people had assaulted an interna
revenue sentry box, and stoned thu
gendarmes around Niscemi, Sicily, al
a protest against ex communication.
number of persons were wounded.
John Wellmer, of Lafayette, Nicol
lett county, MINI, was shot in the heac
and hip by two tramps, to whom he
had given shelter. They bound Mrs
Wellmer to lounge with clothes line
and escaped with Wellmer's team.
The grip, and the ailments attendant
upon it, that are now included in its
train of ills, have Frustrated an unus-
ual mum ber of residents of Washington.
D. G. An observant pharmacist esti-
mates that 10 per cent of the District IS
population is suffering in one way or
another from the new generic grip.
The governors office at the state
house in Springfield, H., was entered
by parties unknown and $3.50 stolen
from a drawer. The crime is surround
ed in mystery, as all floors of the build
ing are guarded by watchmen. The
theft was discovered by Colonel ]. M.
Tanner and an investigation is pend
ing,
One of the most notable celebra-
tionns in the history of American col
| leges was in commemoration of the
Tooth anniversary of Pennsylvania uni
versity, at Lexington. Ky. 1t was no.
table on account of its many famous
alumni. including Jefferson Davis,
president of the Confederate states, and
Justice Harlan, of the supreme court
of the United States, scores of con-
| gressmen and men prominent In public
| life.
King Charles has opened the cortes
gerares at Lisbon. In the course of his
speech from the throne, King Charles
said that during the war between the
United States and Spain, two friendly
nations, Portugal proclaimed, and, as
was her duty, maintained strict and
absolute neutrality. His majesty said
he greatly sympathized with the czar's
disarmament proposals, and made a
reference to the colonies which appar-
emily disposes of the rumors of the sale
of Delagoa bay.
In Chuna the Yellow river floods
have destroyed the crops, and famine
has resulted. Thousands of natives
are starving. Thousands of hungry
and ragged refugees are moving down
the river in boats, only to find the
walls of the cities lower down closed
against the starving hordes. The gev-
eminent appropriated 100000 taels for
their relief, but less than one-fifth has
been distributed. 1t is claimed dis
honest officials have pocketed the bal
ance. A relief fund has been started
at Shanghai. Rev. B. Craig Patter-
son, of the Chan Khan mission, appeals
to American friends for aid.
The British government favors the
canal being built by the United States
with guarantees of it's neutrality in case
of war.
Ordres have been issued for the dis
patch of additional troops to Cuba to
assist in the maintenance of good gov
ernment there.
A crisis is imminent at Berlin. The
emperor and chancellor cannot agree,
and new cabinet is looked for. The
principal trouble is over the wholesale
expulsions of Danes and Austrians.
The new year brings Ireland the
greatest experiment since Catholic
emancipation, namely, the initiation
of the local government act, which
really, in many of its features, is an
extension of the emancipation acts and
policy.
The war department has come to the
conclusion that it Will be necessary to
accord General Brooke, military COVER
nor of Cuba, the assistance of a special
cabinet approaching in functions the
late autonomist cabinet of Cuban ad-
ministration of the civil affairs of the
island.
The situation at Iloilo is grave. Fiji
teen hundred natives, fully armed,
are at Melo, suburb of Iloilo. Seven
teen thousand more, it is reported. are
awaiting orders to embark at several
points on the island of Negros, Is
hours sail from Iloilo. All the women
have withdrawn, and many families
have taken refuge with the Americans.
OHlSca SllOulu pass Law
authorizing him to remain on the ac-
tive list, Rear-Admiral Dewey will be
placed on the retired list on December
26. 1899. Only one other retirement
will occur this year, that of Commo.
dore H. l.. Howison. now commandant
of the Boston navy-yard. There is
strong sentiment in naval circles in
favor of the passage of law which
will permit the retention of Admiral
Dewey upon the active list for 10
years, as was done in the case of heroes
of the civil war.
The American line steamship Paris,
which has arrived in New York from
Southampton, after tempestuous pas
sage, reports that Tuesday, December
81, in latitude 1929 north, and longi-
tude 3l:29 west, at $3.50 in the morning.
she sighted a steamer flying signals of
distress. She proved to be the British
tank steamer Vindobala, Captain
Clark, from Rouen, France, December
15, for Philadelphia, in ballast. She
showed the signal letters, "Must aban-
don vessel" The Paris rescued her
crew, and no lives were lost.
The will of the late Charles P. Will
der, of Wellesley Hills, Mass, be-
queaths $4,000 to Mount Holyoke
college.
The shortage in the California wine