Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-13
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
From ALI Parts Of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
amt Happenings of the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.

Comprehensive Review of tho Import
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.
The Thirty-fifth infantry has sailed
from Portland direct for Manila.
A Chicago rat-catcher is reputed to
make So, 900 year at the business.
Admiral Dewey at his own request
has been formally destached from the
Olympia.
The United States revenue cutter
McCulloch, formerly dispatch boat of
Dewey's fleet has arrived in Portland.
Oregon.
President Andrade is said to have
given up the struggle in Venezuela and
TO have engaged passage on steamer
sailing for New York.
Agents of the British government are
now in this country picking up horses
and mules by the hundred, and arrang.
ing for speedy shipment.
Shipping men fear that disaster has
befallen the Cyrus Wakefield, month
overdue at San Francisco. Five per
cent reinsurance has been paid ON her.
General Otis reports progress of the
war in the Philippines. A robber
band operating in the western portion
of the island of Negros has been exter.
minated.
Western roads are considering prop
60 hn or iao af
granting reduced rates to officers Of
volunteer regiments returning from the
Philippines.
The Pacific Biscuit Company, other
wise known as the cracker trust, has
been fully organized and is now doing
the bulk of the cracker and candy busi-
ness of this coast. s
The president is said to favor de-
partment of industry and commerce to
be represented in the cabinet. 1t is
being urged by the Business Mems
League, of Chicago.
The big ship Edward Sewall, with a
carrying capacity of 49, tons has
been launched at Bath, Me. She will
engage in the grain trade between San
Francisco and Liverpool.
A Pretoria dispatch quotes "Oom
Paul" Kruger as saying: Bullets
came by thousands at the time of the
Jameson raid, but the burghers were
untouched. Over Que hundred were
killed on the other side, showing that
the Lord directed our bullets. The
Lord rules the world
The patent issued to James E. Low
for certain kind of crown and bridge
work in dentistry has been held valid
by the United States circuit court for
the southern district of New York.
This patent has been the cause of an
immense amount of Litigation, and ii
is said that nearly every dentist in the
country has used the crown and bridge
work.
Emperor Francis Joseph has ap-
proved the new Austrian cabinet.
William Waldorf Astor paid his
taxes in New York, amounting to nearly
half million.
Brigadier-G General Eagan has decided
90 appeal his case to congress and
hopes TO secure vindication.
The British government has placed a
large order for canned meat and timed
fruit with one of Chicago's packing
concerns.
A party of American soldiers were
ambushed by Filipinos. A signal SER
geant was killed and two other Ameri-
cans were wounded.
Joseph Kirk, the town marshal OF
Inez, KY, was shot by desperado.
A posse have gone to the mountains af.
ter the murderer.
As the result of a severe electrical
storm ON North beach, Washington,
the house of the ife-saving crew was
damaged by thunderbolt.
Two masked men stopped the Shelf
fels stage near Ouray, Colo, and took
the mail, but overlooked box con-
tanning $12, 900 in gold.
: indianapolis is carrying back to the
South the Confederate flag, which hei
soldiers captured from the Ferry, Tex,
rangers during the civil war.
A writ of habeas corpus has been
granted to Captain Parker, found guilty
Of misappropriating funds, and who
had been sentenced to imprisonment.
The Venezuela boundary award is a
compromise. Some of Great Britain e
claims are disallowed. Her frontier
will start at the Waini river. The
award was unanimous
The first race of the America cup
series resulted in a fiasco. Time limit
was five hours and neither boat finish
ed in this time. Excursion boats In
terfered badly with the racers.
The sword awarded by congress was
presented to Admiral Dewey by Presi-
dent Mckinley. The address was
made by Secretary Long. The admiral
responded by saying that he now had
proof that republics are not ungrateful.
Not one drop of Intoxicating liquor
is allowed to be sold at any of the mil.
itary camps of Canada.
At 76 years of age Judge jackson, oi
the United States district court fol
West Virginia, is still active on the
bench. He was appointed by Lincoln.
According to the books of the New
York police department. the receipts oi
the burglars and highwaymen of that
city for the past 18 months have beer
little rising of So, 100000.
The copper mines of Groslitz in Bo.
hemia, which have not been worked
since the seventeenth century, are te
be reopened.
A new law has gone into operation
in New York which will make it prac
tically impossible for any qualified cit
izen to escape jury duty except for ur
gent reasons.
The Berlin authorities have strictly
forbidden collections among school
children for missionary and other pur