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Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
situation at Ladysmith.

An undated heEograph message from
Ladysmith, by way of Pietermaritz-
burg, represents the garrison as in no
way daunted by General Buffers re-
verse at Colenso and is confident of be-
ing able to hold out indefinitely.
The mails are just arriving from
Ladysmith. All the correspondents
comment bitterly upon the superiority
of the Boer artillery. The Times cor
respondent says:
IT is impossible to evade the opin-
ion that if British gunners were in the
Boer position, the loss of life and dam.
age to property in Ladysmith would be
10 times greater"
The holidays have brought no sur
cease of recruiting activity. Lord
Alwyn Frederick Compton, unionist
member of parliament for the Bicycles
wade, division of Bedfordshire, will
raise corps of mounted men. Lord
Salisbury's private secretary, Schom-
burg Mcdonnell, who is volunteer
officer, has volunteered for service.
The action of the United States gov
ernment causes considerable discussion
regarding the contraband question as
affecting Delagoa bay and Portugal.
Widely divergent opinions are ex-
pressed.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
BoERs KEPT AT BAY.
Butler Destroys the Co1enso Footbride
No Further Advance.

Butler Destroys the Co1enso Footbridge
No Further Advance.
London, Dec. 28.-Up to this hour
nothing has arrived from South Africa
that would indicate any change in the
military situation there.
The war office is issuing lists of fur
ther deaths and wounded, as well as
counts of sickness. The most serious
report of the last class is that horse
sickness has broken out in both the
British and Boer camps in Natal. Four
hundred British cavalry horses, it is
said, have already been shot owing to
the occurrence of CHAMBERS. The di-
sease is likely to spread with much
greater rapidity among the British
horses than among the hardy Boer
ponies, and this may mean consider
able prolongation of the campaign.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Military Governors for Northern Lu
on-Young and Hood Appointed.

Military Governors for Northern Luz
on-Young and Hood Appointed.
Manila, Dec. 27.-General S. B. M.
Young has been appointed military gov
ernor of the provinces of Northwestern
Luzon, with headquarters at Vigan.
His command includes the Thirty third
infantry, under Colonel Lulter R.
Hare, and the Third cavalry. He will
establish permanent stations at San
Fernando and Laoag, with outposts
where needed.
The Sixteenth infantry will proceed
to Aparri, garrisoning such towns as
may be deemed necessary in the prov
inces of Cagayan, Isabella and Nueva
Viscaya, of which Colonel Hood has
been appointed military governor.
General Young and Colonel Hood
are establishing municipal govern
ments, and the ports in Northern Lu-
zon will be opened for trade about jan
uary l.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
BRooKE's FAREWELL.
Banquet rendered the Eetiring Gov
ernor of Cuba.

Banquet rendered the Eetiring Gov
ernor of Cuba.
Havana, Dec. 25.-Sixty- five persons
were present at the farewell banquet
rendered to General Brooke today at
the Paris restaurant. General Mario
Menocal presided, and Ernest Lee Co.
nant acted as POSTMASTER. Major Gen.
eral Wood, in response to words of well
come, said:
''The United States is in Cuba in
the person of representatives, who in
tend to carry out great work and to
fulfill strictly the promises of the
United States congress. As for myself,
/ can only do what the president has
sent me to do, but hope to enjoy the
esteem and confidence of the Cuban
people as General Brooke has enjoyed.
them"
General Brooke said:
81 shall always remember the Ion,
hours of toll in Cuba, but I shall also
ever recall the kindness shown me by
all Cubans, especially by those who
realize that the Americans are their
best friends.'
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
A DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE
Southern California Receives
Severe Shaking Up.
THE WORST in MANY YEARS
Shock Caused Great Damage at San
Jacinto and Hemet-Six Indian
Women Killed by Failing Walls.

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. 27.-At 4:25
O'Clock this morning a severe earth
quake shock was felt over large por-
ton of Southern California. The un-
dulations lasted about IL seconds. The
entire center of the shock appears to
have been at San Jacinto, small town
in Riverside county. The business por-
ton of San Jacinto consists of two
blocks of two-story buildings, some of
which are built of brick. Ten or 15
buildings were damaged, chimneys be-
ing toppled over and walls cracked and
shaken. The total damage at San J
cinto and Hemet, small town nea
by, is estimated at $50, 0,O0e. The large
tourist hotel at Hemet was damaged
and the hospital at San Jacinto also
suffered. The shock was heavy at
Santa Ana, Anaheim, San Bernardino,
Riverside and other places, but no par
ticular damage is reported, except from
San Jacinto and Hemet.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Reforms in Havana

Havana, Dec. 27.-All the stores in
Havana closed at 10 o'clock Christmas
lay.
General Wood says he intends to be-
gin work at once upon the highways,
which are greatly in need of repair.
This will serve to give employment to
a large number of men.
The school system will also be inn
mediately reorganized. The judiciary
will form the suject of early attention,
particularly the jails and existing sys-
tem of keeping prisoners for months
without trial. An order will issue di-
recting that complete list of prison.
ers held for trial be furnished monthly.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
ittsbure Printers. Strike.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 27.-Presi-
dent Donnelly and Secretary Bram-
wood OF the International Typograph-
ical Union, today returned from. a
meeting of the executive council of the
union in Pittsburg.
''We found that Pittsburg publishers
refused to meet with us or in any way
recognize our council" said Donnelly.
"We have as result, rated the Inter
national Association of Machinists and
will have nothing more to do With
them, either through arbitration or in
any other way. The fight in Pittsburg
will be fought to a finish. >,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Six Indian Women Killed.

San Jacinto, CAL, Dec. 27.-It is es-
by the earthquake will aggregate over
$50, 900. The main shock was pre-
ceded by loud roaring, and awakened
many just in time to escape from the
doomed buildings.
The business street was such wreck
that tons of debris had to be removed
before buildings could be entered.
At Saboba Indian reservation, six
squaws were killed by falling walls,
two fatally, and many seriously in
jured.
The shock caused dry artesian wells
to flow larger streams than ever before
Considerable damage is reported ir'
nearby villages.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
streat Car Dxnam,tsd

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. 25.-For the
bird time since the strike was de-
:lared against the Springfield consoli-
lated railway, November 10, a street
car was dynamited at 1880 O'Clock
last night. The car was blown off the
track and completely wrecked. No
passengers were aboard, and the motor
man and conductor were not injured
The explosion happened in the heart of
the city, at Eighth street and Capitol
avenue, and caused great excitement.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
many LIVES WERE LOST
Horrible Disaster in a Small
Italian Village.
wEaE HURLED INTO THE SEA
An Enormous Rock Loosened and Fell.
Carrying With It Hotels, Villas and
Famous Monastery.

New York, Dec. 25.-A special to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Reart Admiral Bradford has asked au-
therlty from the navy department to
establish bureau at the naval training
station at Newport for the develop
meat of naval system of wireless tel
egraphy. 1t is proposed to detail sew
eraa officers having high electrical
knowledge at this station and to fur
nishs facilities for study and expert
menb, in the belief that something bet
ter than Marconi's apparatus may be
devised.
The project to secure Marconi's sys-
tenn for the navy has been practically
abandoned. In the first place Its range
was found to be exceedingly limited,
especially when vessels were rolling in
q seaway, and their topmasts continu.
ously varied in height above the water.
Then there was the insuperable objec-
tions Of interference, two stations be-
ingsunable to hold intelligent commun-
ication when third station within
their circle of sensitiveness undertook
to send message to either point. This
detect destroys the value of the system
where more than two ships cruised in
squadron or where an enemy chose to
send disturbing messages.
Finally, Marconi's terms of $40, 900
forsthe first year and Sic, 900 annually
thereafter were regarded as exorbitant
fozsthe use of his half-developed inren-
ton. He declined absolutely to modify
his proposition, which compelled the
navy to take 20 sets of apparatus or
more, and to pay $500 outright for each
set and $500 a year each as royalty
for their use. He refused to send two
or three sets for experimental pur-
pores, and gave American naval officers
that he did not care to
d0tbusiness on small scale when Eu-
ropean navies were fighting for the ex-
elEsive use of his coherer and other es-
seatial features, in spite of the SYSTEMS
radical shortcomings, as discovered on
this side of the Atlantic. Marconi's
Altitude toward the army was scarcely
different, and the signal corps is going
aHsad on sytem of its own, which
axpids the Italians patents, and al
ready is said to be producing better re-
suits.
Rear-Admiral Bradford believes that
some of the electrical experts of the
naval equipment bureau, if the oppor-
tEnity is given them, will produce ap-
psratus to meet the peculiar conditions
the navy without appreciable expen-
6iure. and in all probability the ex-
periments he desires will be ordered.
One station will be located at the
training station and the other at the
torpedo school, on islands about mile
apart, and as progress is made other
stations will be set up at various points
in Newport harbor, where torpedo
boats are always available. with vessels
in motion or for miniature feet evolu-
tions. Several forms of apparatus from
American inventors have already been
submitted for test, and doubtless others
will be received when the work is act
ually started.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
First Supply Bill.

Washington, Dec. 25.-The urgent
deficiency appropriation bill, the first
of the important supply bills for the
government expenses, is practically
nade up, and the total will amount to
about $71, 100000. The items have
already been sent by the several depart
ments, and these are being put together
80 that the appropriation committee
will be able to submit the bill to the
house soon after 1t assemblies. OF this
amount, $45, 157, ,S71 is asked for the
war department., and So, lab, TAO for the
navys
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Five Thousand Bills introduced

Washington, Dec. 25.-The officials
of the house of representatives have
struck balance on the recent deluge
of bills, showing that up to the recess
the records stood: Total bills intro
duced, 5,015; joint resolutions, 95;
simple resolutions, 65; grand total,
5,175 measures of all kinds.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
INSTANTLY Killed.

Roseburg, Dec. 25.-A George Noah,
engineer at the Oregon Brewery & Ice
Company's plant, in this city, while
attempting to put on pump belt, was
caught by large pulley running at
high speed, and instantly killed. The
body was dreadfully mangled. No one
was present. The other employees on
the premises heard scream, rushed to
the spot, and stopped the engine. The
the engine-room.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Tidal Wave at San Diego.

San Diego, CAL, 27.-The most Sc
we're earthquake experienced in this
city in ID years took place at 4:25 A.
M. today, and was accompanied by a
loud rumbling noise. The taller build
ings in the city we're severely shaken
up, and the plaster shaken off and q
few broken articles of household furni-
ture reported, but no serious damage
was done. A high wave struck the
beach on the ocean front soon after the
shock, but no damage was done to ship
ping. A slighter shock followed the
first one a few seconds later.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
New York Aldermen Favor Beers

NewYork, Dec. 25.-The board Of
aldermen today adopted resolution
praying "the God of battles" to make
the Beers successful in the war against
England. The resolution now will go
to the coouncil, and if that body con-
curs,, will come before Mayor Van
Wyck for his approval.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Forty Children Drowned.

Brussels, Dec. 25.-Upwards of 40
school children were drowned today in
an ice accident at Frelinghem, near the
French frontier. The children of the
district had been given holiday, with
permission to play on the frozen river
Lysus. When the merriment was a,
full height, the ice broke suddenly and
the children disappeared. A few were
rescued half dead but the majority
were drowned. Thirty-six bodies have
been recovered, but others are still
missing.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
EXPLOSION WAS TERRIFIC.
May Be Forty Dead in the Braxnell
Mine,

Mine.
Brownsville, Pa, Dec. 27.-The
horror of the Braznell mine disaster
grows in intensity with every hour.
The number of the dead is nov esti-
mated at 40, and may pass that figure.
At the same time there is strong pre-
sumption that the laws regulating min
ing were carelessly and probably Grim
inally disregarded. Today the first
bodies of the victims were brought out
of the mine, and never in the history
of mine disasters were human beings so
horribly mutilated. 1t was nearly IL
O'Clock when the first of the bodies was
taken out, % hours after the explosion.
At $50 three more were brought to the
surface, and again at $3.50 three came
up in the cage of the main shaft.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Separate Sleeping Cars for Negroes.

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 23.-Governor
Gambler today signed the bill prohibit
ing the sleeping car companies operat-
ing In the state from furnishing berths
to negro passengers, except in coaches
used especially for the accommodation
of negroes
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
The Lighthouse Is Dark.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 25.-The light
house steamer Quadra left this after
noon for Egg island. Passing steamers
report no beacon showing at the light
house there. The keeper is frail, and
it is feared he may have died. He has
a little daughter, 8 years old, with
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Soda Tank Exploded,

Woodburn, Or, Dec. 25.-By the ex-
,losion of soda tank in the Woodburn
,da works building today, Earnest
rmes and Lawrence Moshberger wer,
eriously injured, and a portion of the
actory building was badly wreck ed
The cause of the explosion is mys terry
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Sailors Saw Meteoric Display.

Philadelphia, Dec. 27.-Captain
Filetham and the crew of the British
steamship Grossmont, which is now
lying at the Delaware breakwater, af-
ter successful run from Java, wit
messed splendid meteoric display on
December 8, when the vessel was in
latitude 83.14, longitude S2.51. A
brilliant meteor was sighted in the
heavens towards the southwest.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Mixed Marriages,

New York, Dec. 27.-Archishop
Corrigan has transmitted to the clergy
of the diocese decree from the vatican
bearing on the celebration of the jubilee
of the holy year. One effect of the de-
cree will be to make difficult the mar
riage of Catholic to Protestant by a
priest In 1900. Mixed marriages, as
they are commonly termed, are custom
arily allowed only by dispensation of
the bishops, but for the holy year this
power is suspended.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Minnesota Town Burned.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 27.-A Hast
dngs, Mimi, special dispatch says near
ness portion of the town, PRINCIPALLY
fronting on Vermillion street, were
burned early today, with loss OF
about 5000. 900.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Portland Market.

Wheat - Walla Walla, SIG SIC;
Valley, $40; Bluestem, $40 per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, $500 graham,
So. 80; superfne, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, "a 4@35c; choice
gray, $40 per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $16@18.50;
brewing, $18.00@1s.50 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, SIT per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, SIS; chop, SIC per
ton.
Hay-Timothy, $s@1o.5o; clover,
$7@s; Oregon wild hay, Sc OF per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 50@55c;
seconds, 42k @ 45c; dairy, 371a @40c;
store, 25@S5o.
Eggs-18@19cp per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $4,000
$50 per dozen; hens, $4.00; springs,
So. .50@S.50; geese, $7.00@9.0O for old;
$4.50@6.60 for young; ducks, 81. 80
per dozen; turkeys, live, 12H @18o
per pound.
Potatoes-55 q zoe per sack; sweets,
2@2Lc per pound.
Vegetables-Beets, ST.; turnips, 90c;
per sack; garlic, 70 per pound; cauli-
flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, 81;
beans, 5000 per pound; celery, 70@
75c per dozen; cucumbers, SOC per
box; peas, 3@4c per pound; tomatoes,
75c per box; green corn, 1910
15c per dozen.
Hops-S@11c; 1898 crop, 5@6c.
Wool-Valley, 12@13c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8@14c; mohair, 2T@
SOC per pound.
! Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 311c; dressed mutton, 6 q a
7c per pound; lambs, INC per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500;
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed,
S.. 80 100 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, So. 1904. 90;
cows, $8@3.60; dressed beef, 61a@
7Ic per pound.
Veal-Large, 6H@7kc; small, SO
SIC per pound.
San Francisco Market.
Wool-Spring-Nevada, 12@ loo per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12@1 lee; VAL
ley, 20@22c; Northern, 1O@12c.
Hops-l899 crop, 11@12c per
pound.
Onions-Yellow, 75@S5c per sack.
Butter-Fancy creamery 24@25c;
do seconds, 22@23c; fancy dairy, 20
gallo; do seconds, leo per pound.
Eggs-Store, 25 @2716c; fancy ranch,
84c.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $1,000 a
1900; bran, $13@14.00.
Hay-Wheat $7.00@9; wheat and
oat $7.50@9.0o; best barley 5000
7.50; alfalfa, $5.O0@7.50 per ton;
straw. 35@45c per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, $1.00; Ore
gon Burbanks, 85o@1.1 10; river Bur-
banks, 45@75c; Salinas Burbanks,
$1.0001.25 per sack.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencia,
$2.75@8.26; Mexican lines, $4,000
500; California lemons 75c@$1. so;
do cheice $1.75@2.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, $1.50@
2.bo Per bunch; pineapples, nom-
inal; Persian dates, 8@61ac per
pound.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29

Seattle, Dec. 23.-Theodore Mayors,
Hneman in the employ of the Grant
Street Railway Company, met death
this afternoon from the combined
effects of an electric shock and a 20.
foot fall from a pole, the fall being
caused by the shock. He was formerly
a resident of Los Angeles.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29

New Paris, Ind, Dec. 25.-Five bur
glars entered the private bank of Will
liam Sharp last night and blew the SAFE
open with nitro-glycerine. The explo
sion threw out the front door and win
lows of the building and aroused citi
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Oscar Wilde Challenged.

Paris, Dec. 27.-Oscar Wilde, who
has for some time been living in Paris,
may have to fight duel. According
to the Echo de Paris he became in
volved in an alteration in restaurant
last evening with M. Richet, the ex-
plorer, and as result cards were ex-
changed
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Cal1n Before the storm,

PeAing, Dec. 25.-Li Hung Chang
has been appointed acting viceroy of
Canton. It is believed this is prepar-
atory Ito his degradation in compliance
with French demands.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
Little Damage Done at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. 27.-The
most severe earthquake ever felt in Los
Angeles came at 4:27 this morning.
No great damage is reported. There
were two shocks, the first being the
most prolonged. The shock lasted
about II seco nds, the undulations be-
ing from north to south.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29

Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, ex-
presses the opinion that every husband
should deed to his wife the homestead.
Senator Depew has leased the Cor
coran mansion at Washington for his
full senatorial term of six years at an
aggregate rental of $4,000.
A monument, a granite shaft 10 feet
high, is to be erected on an eminence
at Erie, Pa, overlooking the lake, in
memory of the late Captain V. P. Grid
ley, of the Olympia.
Baroness Hirsch has given over $5,-
00O,000 to charity since the death o!
her husband. as
The total gold production OF the
Cripple Greek district in November was
$2,515, 500, an increase of more than
% per cent over the largest previous
monthly record.
The supreme court of Minnesota, in
a case where husband sought to Sc
cure possession of his wife, aged 13
years, decided that girls under age can
marry without their parents consent,
Notwithstanding the state law on age
of consent.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-29
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

Oregon pheasants are to be planted
in Illinois.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-12
THE CAMPAIGN BEGUN.
Faith Curers to Be Driven Out of
Business In New York.

New York. May 11.-President Michael
c. Murphy of the board of health has
begun an active campaign against all
persons whom he considers to come under
the head of faith curers." He has is
sued a letter to the chief sanitary super
intendent with regard to these persons.
1t reads in part as follows:
You are hereby requested to direct the
assistant sanitary superintendent of the
various boroughs of the city to use all
means in their power to discover any
local persons practicing medicine without
diplomas. Recent events have SHOWN
and take advantage of their more ignor-
ant and those whom / believe to be evil
minded persons go from house to house
an dtake advantage Of theih more ignor-
ant neighbors protesting that they are
endowed with wonderful healing faculties.
If this system is allowed to proceed, great
evil Will result.
In your endeavOrS to suppress the
practice / would suggest that you imme-
diately communicate with the medical
societies Of the several counties compris-
ing the entire greater city and either
make an engagement TO meet in consulta-
ton to advise what is the best method to
adopt, or receive their communications in
writing and afterwards adopt some broad
system that the object in view may be
accomplished.