Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-22
LATER NEWS.

Otis exclusion order.
Japan is being urged to secure rail-
way concessions from China.
James M. Nixon, a once famous
Snowman, is dead in New York.
The battleship Kentucky will have
her first run about the lst of October.
The Indian hoppickers in PuyallupI
valley, Washington, are sun dancing.
Almost the entire business section
of Farnham, N. Y. was wiped out by
fire.
The sovereign grand lodge of Odd
Fellows met in Detroit, Mich, IN an
nual session.
The steamer Alpha has arrived from
Alaska with 200 passengers and hall
a ton OF gold.
The American ship George Stetson
was burned at Loochoo, China. No
loss of life resulted from the disaster.
A bill has been introduced by a
Chickasaw lawlnaker raising the price
of marriage license from $50 to 81 900.
Major Jones, who has been quarter
master at Manila, has returned. He
thinks $4,000 men will be needed in
the islands for 10 years.
Hon. Daniel Ermentrout, congress-
man from the sixth congressional dis
triot of Pennsylvania, is dead. He
was serving his sixth term.
Officials say that Admiral Sampson
will not be suspended by Admiral
Howison and that the newspapers are
making mountain out of mole hill.
Chief of Engineers Wilson will sub
init to congress comprehensive scheme
for the defense of Porto Rico. The
Spanish works will be utilized in part.
A boat containing the captain and
! men from the French steamer Dunra
is believed to have been lost near the
island of Elba in the Mediterranean
sea.
Thirty transports are scheduled to
sail for the Philippines before Noyem.
bre 1, and it is predicted that the sol
diers Of the new regiments will eat
Christmas dinner at Manila.
The time has not been extended and
sheep must be off the Rainier reserve
by the 25th OF this month. Stockmen
say they will move to Montana or
Idaho unless favorable legislation ie
secured.
Advices from Manila announce that
Aguinaldo is willing to release all, sick
civilian and Spanish prisoners, but it
is added that General Otis refuses to
allow Spanish vessels to proceed to
Filipino ports to receive them.
Circle City. Alaska, now has popu- !
lation of but 100.
A big yield of wheat is reported in
the Walla Walla valley.
The Nevadas, Iowas and Tennessees
will soon be on their way home.
Six negroes were killed in riot be.
tween white and colored miners at Car
terville, Ill.
G. A. Pillsbury, the great Touring
mill king of Minnesota, is dead at his
home in Minneapolis.
The Dreyfus meeting held in London
was spiritless affair. Interest in the
subject seems to be tagging.
The plant sof the American Fisheries
Company, Promised Land. L. l.. was
destroyed by fire; loss, $500, 900.
The British admiralty has prepared
war map of st. Johns. N. F.. as a
preliminary to fortifying the town.
An adobe house, FIVE miles from
Mora. N. M, collapsed and killed Man
uel Cordova, his wife and six children.
The memory of the martyred presi-
dent, James A. Garfield. was honored
in San Francisco with a parade and
exercises at Golden Gate Park.
The Hungarian novelist, Mauria
Jokai. now in his 10th year, was mar.
lied at Vienna to the Hungarian act
ress, Alabella Grossnagy, girl of 1S.
Tom Reed has published his farewell
to his friends of the first Maine dis
trict. He says public Office ia mans
opportunity, not ribbon to stick in
the coat.
The reply of the Transvaal is very
unsatisfactory to the British, and Mr..
Cham berlain declares it will compel
the imperial government to consider
the situation afresh.
A Manila dispatch says the cruiser
Charleston bomarded the fort at Subig
bay. Little or no injury was done.
The Monterey and Concord were sent
to continue the bomardment.
A Washington dispatch says tie Tar
tar recently delayed in the Orient, was
not overcrowded, that she had 1875 less
than her capacity, and that the trouble
was entirely due to gum bling.
One of the most remarkable religious
institutions in the country, the Monas-
terry and College of the Holy Land, was
dedicated with imposing ceremonies by
the prominent Catholic clergy Of this
country at Washington.
Leaders of the different railroad en-
ployes organizations are discussing
plans with view to establishing en-
ployes' grocery stores at the division
points of the various lines. If success
fol in this line other departments will
be taken up.
Glasgow numbers among it's popula-
tion a man who is making manuscript
copy OF the Bible. He expects to fin
ish it in two years.
Wilbur f. and John Stiles are twins
living in Wichita. Kan. They look so
much alike that only intimate friends
can tell them apart.
Near a certain quarry in Italy ia a
town the inhabitants of which pay no
rent or taxes. They are quarry en-
nloyes. who have dug dwellings in the
face OF q steep rock.
Captain Francis w. Dickins, for
some time acting chief of the bureau of
navigation, navy department, is to be
given command of the battleship Indi-
ana. succeeding Captain H. G. Taylor,
who has asked to be relieved.
The official report on the mineral
production of the United States for the