Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1899-01-27
LATER NEWS.

placed in Chicago.
Boston capitalists are said to have
made an offer of So, 100000 Spanish
gold, for the San Jose warehouses and
wharves at Havana.
Hundreds of cattlemen are in Den
yer to take part in the convention of
the National Livestock Association.
The attendance will be large.
General Russell Hastings, of Massa
chusetts, has been chosen for appoint
ment as director of the bureau of
American republics, to succeed the late
Joseph Smith.
Bank notes to the value of EGO, 200
have mysteriously disappeared from
PARIS bank, in Bartholomew Lane,
London, England. 1t is supposed that
they have been stolen.
A dispatch from Omaha says: The
Twenty-second infantry has received
orders to move at once for San Fran
cisco. The regiment has orders to sail
from San Francisco on the 28th.
A bill has been introduced in con-
gress which provides that mo person
living in or practicing polygamy shall
| he eligible to be member of either
house of congress, nor shall such per-
son be permitted to hold seat therein"
The secretary of war has completed
the organization of a colonial commits
sion to undertake the adjustment OF all
matters of detail respecting the govern
ment of territories acquired during the
war occupied by the United States
| forces.
Rev. Edward II. Budd, who was
thought to have been lost on the Paul
Jones, is alive. The vessel was de-
tanned in Pass La Outre SO long by
| foggy weather that Mr.. Budd grew inn
patient and left the party, returning to
| New Orleans.
As result of the assignment of the
battle-ships Iowa and Oregon to the
Pacific and Asiatic stations respective
ly, and the decision to dispatch the
cruiser Newark to the Pacific coast, the
commissioned naval force of the United
States is about equally divided be-
tween the two oceans.
The treasury department has given
instructions to the customs officials at
Sitka and Skagway to stop the trans
portation of liquor under convoy from
Canadian ports through the White Pass
to the Northwest territory. Informa-
tion has reached the department that
instead of being shipped across the bor-
der into the territory this liquor has
been returned secretly to the locality
Of Skagway and disposed Of thule, con-
trary to law.
The Infanta Eulalie, aunt Of the
king of Spain, is visiting England.
The president has nominated Ed
mum D. Wiggin, of Washington. D.
c., to be register of the land Office at
Weare, Alaska.
The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Times, referring to the rumor that
Italy is about to seize port in China,
says he believes it absolutely devoid of
foundation.
Advices reaching New Orleans leave
no further doubt of the loss of the
yacht Paul Jones. Parties are search
ing for the bodies of the unfortunate
members of the pleasure party.
Henry M. Hoyt, assistant United
States attorney general, has been Or
dered by the department of justice to
go to Santiago and advise General
Leonard Wood on legal questions.
The strike of the dock laborers at
Colon, Colombia, is fast assuming a
serious aspect. A batch of 46 Panama
dockmen arrived last night, and stones
and revolvers were fired at the train as
it neared Colon.
Sharkey. the pugilist, and his spar
ring partner, Robert Armstrong, were
arranged in the municipal court at
Boston and fined $15 each for partici-
pating in an exhibition which the po-
lice maintained partook of the nature
OF prize fight.
A dispatch from London says: Arch
bishop Ireland, after his visit to Rome,
will come here to consult with the
French bishops on the subject of Heck
erism. The bishop of Orleans has in
vited the distinguished American &C.
clesiastic to preside over the fetes in
honor of Joan DAG.
A recent dispatch says: The real
truth as to the situation in the Congo
State is being hidden. The whole
country is in ferment, and the rebel
lion is not beinl put down. The gov
ernment tronps appear to fear the reb-
els and the preuiigs ef the whites has
been much ;mpaire>.
The e. ,a1 ,st gath ing in the history
of Alaska indians is scheduled for Au-
gust 10 next at Klawan, on the Chill
kat river. At this grand potlatch, the
tribal war OF the Wrangel and Chilkat
Indians. which has been raging for
many years, will come to an end. 1t
is estimated that over 2,000 Indians
will be present.
A race against time from Seattle
to Dawson fo- purse of $4,000 began
Sunday, when Richard Butler, a
wealthy Klondiker, started for Dawson
on the steamer City of Seattle. Joe
Barrett, another wealthy Klondlker,
bet Butler ~ 100 that he could make
the trip from Seattle to Dawson in 25
days or less, and 1000 more that he !,
could not make it in less than 20 days.
The population of India increases at
the rate of 100000 annually. |
Profanity is forbidden by both the