Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-08-18
LATER NEWS.

q mile in race for the Aetor cup.
1t is estimated that 100, 900 tons OF
food will be needed weekly for relief OF
Porto Ricans.
Frank Reims, who had much to dc
with the development of baseball, il
dead at Chicago.
The forty-fifth annual session of the
International Typographical Union is
in session at Detroit.
Emperor William remem bered his
former soldiers in Chicago by present.
ing them with banner.
Sir Chalres Tupper says we must ar.
bitrate the boundary dispute or Canada
must build a railway to Dawson.
President Schurman, of the Philip.
pine commission, will 60 to Cham plain
to confer with President Mckinley.
Tom johnson. the Buckeye congress.
man. and his brother, have secured a
contract to build railroad in England.
When the Olympia arrived at Leg
horn from Naples. Admiral Dewey was
down with fever and unable to see call.
ers.
The revolution is gaining in Santo
Domingo and the people are in wild
panic. The situation is considered bad
for the government forces.
Secretary Root has sent kilograms to
governors of states, asking for the
names of two officers OF each volun-
teer regiment in the Spanish war.
The navy department thas decided to
give the cruiser Olympia rest and
Dewey's gallant flagship will be sent
to Boston navy-yard Immediately upon
her arrival in American waters.
Panics are said to be threatening
Germany and France. and England is
being kept busy In avoiding trouble
from financial stringency. Her trade
conditions continue good, however.
Another transcontinental line will
be built in Canada to compete with the
Canadian Pao,fo. The government
has voted Sc. 900. 900 in aid of the pro-
jeot and it is expected that it will be
completed within two years.
Russia has agreed to arbitration Of
the claims Of American citizens whose
vessels were seized by Russia. These
claims amount to $500. 900 and Russia's
willingness to arbitrate them is the
best evidence of their validity.
Manila is soon to have an ioe-making
plant.
The smeltermen's union in Colorado
has declared the strike off.
M. Labori, attorney for Dreyfus, was
shot down while going to court at
Rennes.
Paul de Roulede, a French deputy,
was arrested at Paris for conspiring to
overthrow the government.
When the new regiments now FORM
ing have been filed, it is said Secre-
taly Root NAV ask for more volunteers
to relieve those who have served in
tropical countries.
The British commander, Percy st.
John, denies most emphatically having
criticised Major General Otis, and de-
nounces the purported interview as
fake of the worst kind.
Colonel Butts colored troops have
participated in their first engagement
at the capture of San Mateo. They be-
haved we'll. their leaders having diff
Guilty in holding them back.
An Arizona recruit, while on a spree
in Denver. shot and killed two police-
men who had attempted to arrest him.
He escaped and reward has been of
fered for his capture dead or alive.
Captain A. HI. Otis, of the First
Washington volunteer infantry, has
cleared himself of the charge of looting.
His name was forged to letter, and
efforts are being made to find the
forger.
A Seattle dispatch says the recent
seizure of six Canadian fishing boats
near Point Roberts by the United
States customs officials will probably
be settled in a day OF SO by the release
of the boats.
In Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa
and Wisconsin, great deal of damage
was done by storm. In some places
there was loss of life. due to lightning,
and the loss in crops and destroyed
buildings reaches heavy figure.
The Americans have taken San
Matso, 10 miles north of Manila. Their
loss was three killed and l3 wounded.
including lieutenant of the Twenty.
first infantry. Twenty-three of the
enemy are known to have been killed.
Government commissioners have eff
ected an agreement with the Crow In
dians, which will become a treaty
when ratified by congress. About
200, 900 acres of land will be pur-
chased on the northern end of the Crow
reservation from Fort Custer to YELL
lowstone river and thrown open to set
Element.
The transport Continental has ar
rived in San Francisco from Manila.
She narrowly missed a couple of ty-
phoons, and was ashore on a coral reef
where the entire crew barely escaped
capture at the hands of the Filipinos.
One OF the sailors was killed by a part
ing hawser, and one of the quartermas-
ters was stabbed by colored cook.
Spain has had 81 wars in the last
100 years.
Two Thousand saloons have been
opened in Cuba since the war.
The first cotton mill in Kansas will
soon commence operations in Independ-
ence.
The fraternities of the United States
have 5000. 900 members.
There was a falling off of nearly SO
per cent in the number of embezzle-
ments reported in the country last year.
Names adjutant-general is about to
her naval reserve. Its nucleus
will be taken from the man from Port.