Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-26
LATER NEWS.

Hanna talked 10 col0fed volunteefs
n Chicago.
Natural gas has been discovered neal
| spokane, Wash.
America approves of the Anglo-Ger-
nan agreement.
| The miners strike will be called of
when all the companies post notices.
Imperial troops have suffered re-.
verses in southern provinces of China.
Robbers attempt to blow open safe
of the First National bank at Union,
Or.
The anti-imperialists issue an ad.
iress to the independent voters to sup
port Bryan.
Four firemen were killed and prop
erty valued at $3.50, 600 destroyed in q
st. Paul fire
European papers indulge in much
critical discussion of the Anglo-Ger-
man agreement.
Aguinaldo is said to have written a
letter directing cessation of political
attempts for pacification.
A score of criminal irsane patient
overpower their keepers and escap,
from a New York asylum,
The Spanish cabinet resigned as q
protest against appointment OF Weyler
to be captain general of Madrid.
Cholera is increasing to such an ex-
tent in Japan that steamers thence
have been quaraptined. There are a
npmb ber of deaths aboard steamers
coming from Nsgasaki.
Hon. John Sherman, representative
in the house, for long term a mem.
Der of the senate and twice holding
cabinet positions. died at his residence
in Washington, D. c., in the 18th year
of his age.
John Alexander Dowie, the Zionist.
of Chicago. was mobbed at a meeting
in London. Seven hundred students
attempted to prevent the faith healer
f1om entering the hall, but strong
force of police pulled Mr.. Dowie
through the mob of students and ar
rested the ringleaders.
The transport Belgian King, which
broke down soon after leaving Ma
Mia in consequence of an accident to
her machinery, has put into Hong
Kong for repairs. The Argyle was at
Nagasaki on her way from Manila to
Taku with animals. The Arao has left
Kobe for Manila with animals. The
Thomas left Nagasaki the goth inst.
for Manila. The Breconshire left
Uol,o ba JO,I for lJon;la until, n
large cargo OF lumber and forage. The
Summer, Athenian and PAX Ling were
at Sagasaki the 20th. The Athenian
was hound for Taku with animals, and
/ the PAX Ling was taking animals te
Manila. The Port Albert is at Naga-
saki.
Roosevelt spoke in Baltimore.
There are 80 cases of yellow fever in
Havana.
The total registration in Greater
New York for 1900 is 656, 154.
Bryan closed his campaign in New
York with a speech in Buffalo.
The spread of yellow fever in Ha-
vana is said to be due to Spanish i'm
migration.
General Weyler, x-captain-genersl
of Cuba, has been appointed captain
general of Madrid.
Mr.. Stevenson's forecast OF the elec.
tion is 1873 for Mckinley, 189 for Bry-
an and 120 doubtful.
MANY American and European mis-
sionaries in Shan 81 province have
been killed by Boxers.
The Dutch cruiser Gelderland, with
President Kruger on board. has sailed
from Lourenco Marques for Europe.
One man was killed in a train wreck
on the Northern Pacific near Missoula,
river.
Charles Dudley Warner, the author
and one of the owners of the Hartford
Courant, died suddenly at Hartford,
Conn.,, aged II.
The New York Herald's forecast of
the presidential election is that Nc
Ninley will have 2Sl and Bryan 166
otes in the electoral college.
Fire in st. Paul destroyed a packing
house, locomotive and 80 box cars,
caused the death of five men by falling
walls and entailed loss of $500, 900.
The United States census bureau an
nounces that the population OF Ala
hanna is 1928, ,697, as against 1,513..
OF in 1890; increase, 2l5, $50, or 2O.8
per cent.
A special dispatch from Constanti-
nople says new and frightful massacres
of Armenians have just occurred in the
district of Diarbekir. The Mussul-
mans, it is assert ted, pillaged, out
ragged and killed during five days with
out the Intervention of Turkish troops.
Eight villages, it is added, were entire
ly destroyed and burned.
According to a correspondent of the
Shanghai Mercury, Bishop Fontosati,
in South Honsn, was tortured four
hours by Chinese. Different mem bers
of his body were removed singly. Two
priests were covered with coal oil and
placed on a pile of sticks which were
then sect fire to. Bishop Fogota was
disem mboweled, and others were fright
fully tortured. Three thousand con-
verts, led by French priests, in defend
ing their church, were massacred.
The work of building a woven wire
fence along The Pennsylvania railroad
right of Way is nearly completed.