Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-22
LATER NEWS.

The New York stock exchange wa
thrown into panic by two large fail
ures.
! The house passed the currency bill
by vote of 100 to $50. Eleven Demo
Gratis voted for it.
The weather bureau 40 Fort Canh,
! has been closed and the work will here
after be done at Astoria.
The verdict of the jury In the Nc
Daniel case was manslaughter, with thu
extreme penalty recommended.
Howard Tuttle, former Portland
Or, boy, denies that he is the maj
who jumped into the bay near SaI
Francisco.
Malcolm Glenn, a newspaper mar
known all over thre north coast region,
attempted to cut his throat with razol
at Ontario, Or.
Yamhilll county hopgrowers have
decided to 60 into the pool and have
sent delegates to the Oregon Hopgrow-
ers' Association.
The La Marie Optical Company, Of
France, with capital Of $1,000, 900,
will establish branch factories in I'LL.
nois and Connecticut.
The executive committee of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
have decided to build a $500, 900 build.
ing In Cleveland. O.
A South Pacific naval station will
be established as soon as conditions in
the Philippines admit of the with
drawal of some of the ships there.
The German navy may be used In
conjunction with those of France and
Russia to exert pressure to prevent re.
Inducements reaching South Africa.
The president of the Brown univers-
ity asserts that if England whips the
Beers it will bring on war of nations
In which the United States must par
ticipate. !
In the steer-tying contest at Denver,
COL, Ed. Harrell defeated "Doc. "
Goodin, tying five steers in minutes
30 seconds. Goodin claimed the
worlds championship.
1t is probable that the distressed
bark reported ashore near Point Bonilla
on November Is, is the long-missing
Colusa, which sailed from Honolulu on
October 9 for Esquimault.
The Boer republics have not yet used
a third of the military resources at
their command. They have been quiet
ly preparing for years. Forts of the
Tro o1 11a
Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby, flag
lieutenant to Admiral Dewey during
the Manila campaign, who has been
i'll with typhoid fever for several weeks,
died at Garfield hospital, Washington,
D. G.
General Methnen is preparing for
another advance.
The German press and people are
jubilant over Buffers defeat.
Major-General Wood anticipates hay
ing pleasant time in Havana.
Agitators are alarming the peaceable
natives of the island of Negros.
Three Mexicans were killed as re-
suit of fight near Florence, Ariz.
New York is working hard to secure
the next national Democratic conven-
tion.
The Broadway National Bank, of Bos-
ton, has failed, with liabilities of $3,-
900, 900.
William H. Carpenter, poet and edi-
tor, died at his home in Baltimore,
aged SO.
The usual large number of British
officers were killed in the engagement
at Tugela.
Aguinaldo has retreated into the
mountains and Major Marsh has given
up the chase.
The Beers captured great quantity
of British supplies and ammunition at
Magersfontein.
The Forty eighth United States in
fantry has been released from quaran-
tine at Angel island.
Buller's casualties in the battle at
Tugela river, in killed, wounded and
missing. number 1,100.
The American Federation of Labor
has registered an emphatic disapproval
of government subsidies.
The Stanford University football team
will play the Multnomah club ON New
Years day at Portland.
Baron Roberts has been appointed to
General Butler in command
of the South African forces.
Four persons were burned to death
in Alliance KY, as a result of child
throwing some powder in fire.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians
will donate 81 900, 900 to aid the Beers
in their fight against the English.
The Spanish government has formal
ly recognized General Castro as presi-
dent of the republic of Venezuela.
A farewell banquet at Carleton,
in aid of the fund of the
American hospital-ship Maine, realized
SO, 900.
Fire completely destroyed the school
annex building of St. Michaels orphan
asylum. of Pittsburg Pa, with loss
Of 80, 900.
A Cleveland, Akron & Columbus pas
senger train collided with switch
engine near Cleveland, killing the en-
gineer, fireman and conductor.
The Illinois Central railroad has
secured control of the Min
neapolis & st. Louis line, giving it an
independent line to st. Paul.
Patrick Furey, who died in Philadel-
phia at the age of 1o8, had as his am.
bition the desire to live in three CEN
turies and nearly accomplished it.
The queen of Portugal, who is said
to have taken mp medicine as fad, be.
came 80 interested in 1t that she COM
pleted the course and took the degree
of M. d.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
are raising money in aid of Mrs.