Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-24
The NEWS OF THE WEEK
From All Parts Of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS

OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
amt Happenings of the Past Wesf
Guiled From the Telegraph Columns
Three more transports have reached
Cape Town.
The town of Troy, Kansas, was wiped
out by fire.
Queen Victoria IS visit to Bristol was
made the occasion for a display of pa
triotism.
General Manager Frey, of the Santa
Fe, has resigned, his resignation to
take effect after January 1.
William Durfee, who built the first
copper furnace that used gaseous fuel is
dead at Middletown N. Y.
United States Consul Petit died at
Dusseldorf, Germany, as a result of an
operation for acute appendicitis.
Representative Hepburn, of Iowa,
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canal bill in congress the first day.
A new bank organized in New York
will fight the clearinghouse by collect.
ing out-of-town checks free of charge.
A report is current in Wall stree.
that the American Sugar Refining Com.
pany may soon absorb all competitors.
Representatives of the American
Bible Society report that in the inter-
ior of China their men are subjected to
extreme cruelty.
Andrew Carnegie has offered Tucson
Ariz., a building for library, pro.
vided site and maintenance of the in
stitution are guaranteed.
The Northern Pacific railroad is seek.
ing borrowers for its surplus money,
Wall street brokers being the medium
chosen of reaching them.
The transportation subcommittee Of
the United States industrial commits
sion will hold 10 days. session in
Chicago to hear grievances.
A cyclone wrought havoc in India.
Thousands of native dwellings were
razed. There were no fatalities, but
the loss of property was immense.
John H. Haswell is dead at Albany.
N. Y. He was an important factor in
developing the steel industry, and was
a long time in the government service
Mrs. Stanford has disposed of all her
Southern Pacific stock to the Hunting
ton-Speyer syndicate. Her holdings
amounted to 285, 900 shares at $40 per
share.
A. London express train from Flush
ing collided with another train near
Capello during fog. Five persons
were killed outright and 80 injured,
Is fatally.
A story has reached Victoria from
the Orient of Chinese fiends who kid
naped boy and demanded ransom of
the father. In default of payment
they sent the dead body of their victim
to the parent in jar of brine.
A court of inquiry will fix the re-
sponsibility for the accident to the
Charleston.
Major John A. Logan, son of the
gallant "Black Jack" was killed by
rebels in Luzon.
The wreck of the Charleston was the
principal topic of discussion at the last
cabinet meeting.
The German emperor's forthcoming
visit to England is being looked fer
%r q @ Nf oy,-oo
The Beers threaten to execute six
British officers, whom they hold as
prisoners, if Nathan Marks is not re-
leased.
Health conditions i'll the navy are
said to be excellent. There are only
"a of the Asiatic squadron in the hos
pital.
The annual report of Major General
1t is extremely brief and formal in
character.
The navy is being supplied with
Krag- -Jorgensens. Ammunition wil'
be interchangeable between the army
and navy.
Seven Americans were killed while
storming the town of Salinda Sew
enty-seven dead Filipinos were counted
jim the trenches.
Two members of suicide club, at
Frankfort, Ind, carried out their COM
pact within 10 days. They were both
members Of the l58th Indiana yolun-
teers.
According to an agreement just
reached the bicycle trust will with
draw from the rubber tire field and
permit the tire trust to control all
patents.
: The efforts of chaplains of the army
who have been ordered to the Philip
pines to have their orders revoked, is
occasioning considerable comment in
Washington.
According to statement just issued
the Southern Pacific shows gross in
crease in earnings of So, ,026, 1873 and
net increase of 81, ,l98,575. The Cen.
trail Pacific is prosperous, too.
The Boer war will cost Great Britain,
it is estimated, 800, ,000,0 900.
Benjamin H. Lee, who will have
charge of the Connecticut exhibits at
the Paris exposition, held similar
post at the worlds fair in Chicago.
Oscar Darling, well-known civil
engineer and inventor, has become the
father of his twenty-third child. The
last arrival is q son. Mr.. Darling is
56 years old.
Wyoming papers predict that Hart
Vile will become second Pittsburgh,
owing to the rapid development of its
hematite ore beds, which are the