Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1899-02-03

chancellorship.
Twenty children are reported to have
been drowned by an ice disaster at the
village of Warpuhnen, Boirheim. re-
Gently.
The president has nominated Colonel
Asa B. Carey. assistant paymaster-gen-
eral, to be aymaster-general, with the
rank of brigadiergeneral.
A terrible blizzard was general
throughout the Mississippi valley on
the 29th and 30th of January, reaching
as far south as st. Louis.
Three representatives Of 40 German
families in the East are looking over
the Pacific Nol thwest with view to
buying several thousand acres of land
fol a colony.
Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, who has
settled the estate of her late husband,
Leland Stanford. and who would be en-
titled to $357,769 as fees, refuses to ac-
cept anything for her services.
Companies H, D, K and L, of the
Seventeenth United States infantry,
412 enlisted men and nine officers,
have left Colum bus for the Philippines.
They go via New York.
The American shipping interests of
the Hawaiian islands have largely IN
creased since their annexation to the
United States. There are now load
ing for or on the way to the islands SO
vessels, of which 35 fly the Am erican
flag.
F. w. Peck, United States commits
asks congress to increase the amount
set aside for the government exhibit to
81 100000. The~frst appropriation
was $65, 900. which Mr.. Peck says is
entirely too small.
The reported rich strike of gold at
Cripple Creek has been confirmed. 1t
is the richest ever discovered in the
world, estimated to run as high as
5000. 600 to the ton. There is blocked
out in one level, at depth of $50 feet,
$4,000, 900 worth of ore.
A. Thompson, agent of the Coast
Seamen's Union at Seattle, says: Gun
less the Shipowners' Association gives
t1J 1h5 W pun CSdO 6OaAhOl OAl OOoSb-
ing vessels, a general strike will be Or
dered, and every sailing vessel on the
coast tied up as soon as she gets into
port. The union men will not accept
less than $40 per month"
Theodore Kitchener, aged so, acci-
dentally shot and killed his wife at
Newtonville, N. Y.
One billion feet of Oregon timber,
on Abiqua creek, was sold to Wisoon-
sin parties few days ago.
The thermometer ranged flom So to
40 degrees below zero at different
points in Wisconsin the first of the
week. .
Ore assaying from $4,000 to $780,
900 gold per ton is reported to have
been struck in the Isabella mine at
Cripple Creek, Colo.
On the 18th ballot taken in the joint
session of the Montana legislature Sat-
urday, Hon. VIM. A. Clark was elected
United States senator.
In the lower house of congress
joint resolution has been adopted grant
ing " OhCAuOia GAC pl lfAlCSO Va 6CAO-
ing cadet to West Point.
Charges affecting the integrity of
District Judge Scott, of Omaha, and
seeking his impeachment by the legis-
lature have been presented to that
body.
Ex-senator Slater, prominent figure
in Oregon politics for number of
years. died at his home in La Grande
on the 2Sth. He came to Oregon III
1850.
The Montauk Club, of Brooklyn, ten
dered banquet on the 28th to Admiral
William T. Sampson, and principal
among the other guests was Secretary
of the Navy Jonh D. Long.
A big celebration was held in Havana
in honor of the memory of the first Gu
ban president, Jose Marti. Four thou
sand people were present, and there
was no disorder of any kind.
The body of Captain Sturtevant,
pilot of the Paul Jones, has been found.
From the clothing of the body it is be-
lieved he was off duty and asleep when
the disaster was caused by the boiler
exploding.
General Eagan, tried by court-mar-
tial on charges of conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman, was found
guilty and sentenced to dismissal from
the army. The president has the
power to mitigate or entirely set aside
the findings.
The district attorney at Philadelphia
has notified counsel for Senator Quay,
his son, Richard, and ex-State Treas
urer Haywood, that he had fixed Mon
day, February 20, as the date for trial
of the three defendants on the charge
of conspiracy in the misuse of the
money of the state on deposit in the
Peoples bank.
Private advices received at Seattle
state that the government will send
three detachments of soldiers into the
Copper river district of Alaska next
spring to lay out mail route to the
Yukon river and establish ports. The
purpose is to establish an all-American
route to the Yukon. 1t will extend
from the mouth of Copper river to
Eagle City, 60 miles below Dawson.
The two richest prima donnas are
Adeline Patti and Sibyl Sanderson.
Pensions have been granted to the
widows of Capt. Allyn Capron and
Cant A l1vn K Cannon fathar ond