Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-08-25
LATER NEWS.

! The Chilean ministry has resigned.
Quiet has been restored in the Blue
fields district, Nicaragua.
Lieutenant George F. Teller has been
appointed census supervisor for the
| Second district of Oregon.
Dawson City saloon keepers have
! formed trust and will make whisky a
/ dollar a drink this winter.
Gold is reported to be again flowing
into the bank OF England and British
| financiers are feeling bettcr.
Two 17-year-old boys were killed
while stealing watermelons in Ouray,
Colo. The murderer says he only shot
to scare the boys.
The hunt for gold on Kotzebue sound
| brought fearful results. Seven per
cent of those who went into that in
hospitable country lost their lives.
+ From the reports on the worlds
wheat crop there is little to indicate
| failure in either Germany or Russia,
while England's crop is large.
Angered by the action of gambler
who assaulted one Of their number, the
Indians of grading camp at Winslow.
Ariz., threaten to exterminate the
whites.
Japan has issued her new law regu-
lating all faiths and beliefs. Both
pagan and Christian religions are to
be placed under absolute control of lo-
cal governors.
=
At Wetumpka. Ala, Peter Louin
and his I5-year-old son were taken
from Jail and lynched by a mob. They
were accused of shooting Hall Jordan,
respectable citizen.
M. Labori appeared in court Tuesday
morning, and il his condition will per-
init, he will conduct the case for Drey-
fus until verdict is reached. He was
warmly greeted by the prisoner.
A seaman of the British ship Amphi-
trite was caught by tow line. drawn
overheard and drowned as the vessel
was entering tie Columbia river. An
other member of the crew was lost in
similar manner in Honolulu harbor.
A plot to escape from the guardho ouse
was unearthed at Fort Sheridan. The
prisoners had the bars of the guard
house all sawed through and had OBJ
tanned possession of the key to the
magazine. Knives. powder and cart
ridges were found in their possession.
The government is confident that the
situation in Samoa is under con-
troll. The Badger was, saluted and
cheered by the natives as she sailed.
The temporary government set up by
the commission is fully capable to hold
natives in check though they do at
tempt to o;cause trouble
The iron miners of Michigan are be-
coming iestless and threaten to strike.
The Roanoke has reached Seattle
with $3.50. 900 in gold dust from Cape
Nome.
Five people were drowned by the
capsizing of the schooner Savidge near
Detroit. Mich.
It is said the trust conference at Chi
cago will be a representative. non-poli-
tieal gathering.
i Nebraska has raised $35, 900 for her
brave regiment and will bring them
home in special train.
The seat of the Yaqui Indian war has
been removed to ground advantageous
to the Indians.
Eight hundred tons of supplies left
Philadelphia ON a transport for the
Porto Rico sufferers.
Seattle won first place at the annual
meeting of the Pacific Northwest ath-
letic Association at Astoria.
The secretary of the interior has is-
sued orders to restore to public domain
the land once reserved for the Columbia
river boat railway.
Two Indians and one white man were
hanged for murder at Dawson last
month. They were the fist legal exc
outions in that country.
General Merritt, after a talk with
President Mckinley, stated to corre-
spondent of the press that there would
be no change in the commanders of the
Philippines.
Two French lieutenants were assas-
sinated in the Soudan, where they had
been sent to take command of column
of troops. Revenge is thought to have
prompted the act.
In head-end collision between troll
ley cars near Philadelphia thirty peo-
pie were injured. some fatally. Care
lessness of the motorman is given as
the cause of the accident.
The Twenty-sixth regiment at Platts-
burg. N. Y, has received orders to pre-
pare to leave for Manila within week.
Like orders have beer received by the
Thirty y-first infantry at Fort Thomas.
Ky.
Prince Henry, Of Prussia, who COM
mands the German squadron in the Pa
cific. will visit San Francisco, on board
his flagship after he leaves China.
President Mckinley has extended him
an invitation to visit Washington.
Mr.. s. 8. Peters IN has purchased
site at Port Angeles, WASH, and il sat-
isfactory arrangements can be made he
will put in operation shingle and
hollow-ware plant of gigantic proper
tions. which will give employment to
70 persons. The matter of granting
franchise to Nh Peterson was favor
ably considered by the council at it's
last meeting.
The British government used 124,-
900 gallons Of corn whisky last year in
the manufacture of smokeless powder.
Tba fin, ,hor lopda of xbo oorfL oro