Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-02-24
OF RECENT OCCURRENCE.

First Washington infantry at Manila,
died Monday.
The war department has issued an
order mastering out of service all the
volunteers now in the United States.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri,
, tered upon his duties as secretary OF
the interior.
The house committee on appropria-
tions has ordered a favorable report on
the bill to pay Spain $40. 900. 900 for
the Philippines.
Agoncillo, the Filipino delegate, ar.
rived in New York Monday from Mon
treal. Agoncillo expects to sail for
England iE few days.
The senate ommittee has reported
favorabiy an amendment to the sundry
civil bill pioviding for the laying of a
cable from the United States to Hawaii
and the Philippines.
Many French newspapers are Bit
terly assailing M. Loubet, the new
president, but the better class support
him. and confidence in the stability of
the new government is increasing.
Samuel H. Stevenson, D. D., one of
the Oldest Presbyterian ministers in
the United States, is dead in Bloom
ington, ILL.,. at the age of Sc. He was
near relative of former Vice-P Presi-
dent Stevenson.
A fire in the little city of Port
Washington, Wis.,. destroyed $500, 900
worth of property. and rendered 80
families homeless. A chair factory
covering two blocks was destroyed,
throwing 500 men out of work.
The revolution In Nicaragua is
spreading. General Mena. at the head
of 700 insurgents. is near the town of
Rama. The insurgents are well armed
with small guns and are expecting
Gatling, Krupp and Hotchkiss cannon.
Michael Milano, the prosperous pro-
prietor of a bootblacking establishment
in Tacoma, committed suicide by firing
two shots from a revolver into his
brain. Fifty-two dollars was found
on the body. Family trouble was the
cause of the act.
A new town has been laid out in
Alaska, 25 miles from Juneau, which
it is expected will be the gateway to
the Atlin goldfields. 1t has been
named Taku, and is situated on Taku
bay, four miles from the mouth of the
inlet of that name.
The Italian bark Barbara Luigi went
ashore February on Little Bahama
bank and is a total loss. Three of the
crew were drowned and two perished
from exposure. The captain and eight
OF the crew have arrived at Nassau, N.
P. and report the loss.
Mrs. Howe. OF Gresham, o.. was
drowned in the Willamette at Port
land Monday. She was passing from
one steamer to another, as the boats
were lying at the dock. when she fell
between them. An attempt to rescue
her tailed. She was on her way to
visit son at Salem.
The first session of the eighth conti-
mental congress of the National Society
of the Daughters Of the American Rev.
olution began in Washington Monday.
Mrs. Daniel Manning. president-gen-
eral OF the society, made her annual
address. She dwelt especially on the
aid given by the society during the re-
cent war, asserting that the organiza-
tion had furnished $500. 900 in money
and supplies.
The Columbia river fish canneyy
combine will close half of the canneries
the coming season.
The Cunard steamer Pavonia, which
sailed from Queenstown for Boston,
January 26. and which was sighted on
February 5, in a disabled condition,
has arrived in tow at the Azores.
M. Loubet was elected president of
France on the 21st. The assembly
cast 8l2 votes, of which Loubet re-
ceived 483 to 279 cast for M. Meline,
and 80 scattering.
A battle has occurred at Talien-Wan
between Russian soldiers and Chinese,
in which 800 of the latter were slain.
The trouble is said to have originated
over the question OF taxes.
oIduiH& HAS Uc&uu Ou Lno SnAk0
River Valley railroad, between Union
Hat and the head of the south fork of
the Penewawa creek. A large force OF
men and teams is working on the big
,ut between those two points.
A dispatch from Cape Charles, Va,
lays so oyster sloops and schooners
have been carried out to sea by drift
ng ice from Magothys bay. It is be-
ieved many are manned, and the crews
nay suffer from exposure and hunger.
Tugs will be sent to overhaul the ves-
'els.
Oregon Legislature Adjourns Sine Die. |
Although the hour set for the final
adjournment of the Oregon legislature
vas IL O'Clock noon Saturday. the ses-
lion was prolonged till O'Clock.
Aside from the formalities of finish. |
ny up necessary matters in land, the i
passage of the special appropriation |
dill was the feature of the day.
The house refused to concu, in some |
If the senate's reductions of items in |
he bill, and it was necessary to ap-
point conference committees before |
agreement could be reached. This |
prolonged the session till Z O'Clock in
he evening, when the session was de-
;lared ended.