Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1899-01-06
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Te1egraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in a Condensed Form.

in a Condensed Form.
William K. Vanderbilt, jr.. is to wed
Miss Virginia Fair, of San Francisco.
Only about $4OO worth of property
was recovered from the wreck of the
Maria Teresa.
Gold shipments from Australia for
the year 1898 amounted e12, 800, 600.
Shipments to America increased by
$1,000, 900.
A deficit in the German beet sugar
crop of at least $50, 900 tons is figure
upon by United States Consul Diedrich,
at Madgeburg. He says that the back
ward season resulted in deficiency.
Negotiations ale progressing in the
matter of the payment of the Cuban
troops, so that on laying down their
arms they may be enabled to enter
upon civil pursuits and earn their
living. Probably no further approp1ia-
tion by congress will be necessary to
enable the president to carry out the
plan, if it should be decided, as the
money will eventually come out of the
revenues of the island.
Immediately upon the ratification of
the peace treaty by the senate, the
president will recommend to congress
the enactment of legislation looking to
the settlement of the claims of Ameli-
can citizens for damages sustained in
Cuba, Porto Rico and other Spanish
possessions which formed the seat of
war. Claims to the amount of $780,
900, 900 on this score have already been
lodged with the state department.
Near Austin, Tex, passenger train
escaped serious wreck through the in
tervention of a bird. Some one had
tied rail securely across the track. A
few miles before reaching the spot a
bird, blinded by the headlight, flew
against the glass, breaking and extin-
gushing the light, which necessitated
running slowly to the next station.
The train, at reduced speed, struck the
obstruction, tearing up the track and
damaging the front of the engine, but
no one was injured.
Part of Red Rock mountain, accord
ing to a dispatch from Airolo. a village
of Switzerland, canton of Ticino, has
fallen into Airolo, destroying a hotel
and several houses. The scene of the
disaster presents terrible spectacle,
the debris of the avalanche covering a
square mile. The hotel, with eight
houses and 12 other buildings, were
swept into a great heap of matchwood.
A new terror was added by the outbreak
of fire amid the ruins. Three dead
bodies have been recovered. 1t is esti-
mated that the damage will reach
100000.
Admiral Dewey is now the senior
officer of the American navy, having
reached that position without congress
sional action through the retirement
of Admiral Bunce.
The American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association has presented to the
Anglo-American joint high commission
a carefully prepared argument in favor
of free paper and free pulp.
Senator Mcbride has offered an
amendment to the naval bill, which
provides for the construction OF a stone
drydock on the Columbia river and
appropriates 100000 for immediate
use in beginning the work.
.One-half the largest foreign order for
finished steel ever sent to this country
has been offered the Illinois Steel Com
pany. of Chicago. The order amounts
to $2,000,O00 and is for water pipes
to be used by the Australian govern
ment. The Carnegie Company will
supply half the amount.
Senator Mcbride has introduced
bill appropl iating $4,000 for the pur-
chase or construction of launch for
the use of the customs officials at As
toria. A craft capable of giving good
speed and one that will stand knocking
about is badly needed in tie customs
service at Astoria, and Senator Nc
Brides bill is intended to supply the
deficiency.
The German ambassador, DR.. Won
Holleben, has returned to Washington
after an extended absence, during which
he held several important conferences
with the authorities at Berlin relative
to American affairs. 1t is expected
that his return will soon bring about
exchanges with the state department,
and perhaps directly with the presi-
dent, relative to number of current
questions in which both countries are
interested.
William F. Moore, convicted of
robbing Martin Mahon, a hotel keeper
of New York, by the "badger game"
was sentenced to 10 years in the state
prison. The charge against Moore was
that he conspired with his wife, Fayne
Moore, to rob Mahou. and that Mahon
was enticed by the woman to apart
ments occupied by the Moor es and
there compelled by the husband to pay
blackmail. Moore was convicted on
his second trial. the jury in the fist
instance having disagreed. Fayne
Moore formerly resided in Portland, Or.
Minor News Items.
Prof. Kitridge, of Harvard, is said to
be the only man living WHO can read
Eliot's Indian Bible.
The French vintage of 1898 is Off
cially estimated at 2,2S2, 900 hecto-
liters, which is 68, 900 hectoliters be-
low the vintage of last year.
James II. Southall, convicted OF deal
ings i'll fraudulent government time
checks, was sentenced in St. Paul to