Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-04-06
LATER NEWS.
Beers are surrounding Methuen.
Republicans elected their entire ticket

Plumbers of Cleveland are on strike
for higher wages.
William ]. Bryan spoke to o crowd OF
$4,000 people at Seattle.
Fire at Newport, Ark, destroyed
property to the amount of $500, 900.
Roberts communication with kim.
berley has been cut off by the Beers.
No Puerto Rican franchises will be
granted until government is estab
lished.
Two small boys of Astoria, Or, were
drowned in the Columbia while out in
a small boat.
Beers captured seven guns and $50
men in an engagement IL miles from
Bloemfontein. .sS>
Painters and carpenters of st. Louis
are on strike, pending adjustment of
their demand for higher wages.
Beri-beri, smallpox and bubonic
plague are prevalent at Manila, estab-
fishing death rate of over 40 per 1000.
Webster Davis, assistant secretary of
the interior, has resigned to go on the
lecture platform in the interest of the
Beers.
Governor Roosevelt, Of New York
has signed the bill repeating the Horton
boxing law. 1t will go into effect
September /.
There is general desire among all
classes in the Philippines for speedy
establishment of some form of perman-
ent government.
| Joe Pete, an Indian, under sentence
of death for murder at Carson, New.
has escaped from custody. He was to
have been hanged May 4.
Diamonds, jewelry and money to the
value of $4,000 was stolen from a
Philadelphia residence. and suspicion
rests on the coachman, who is missing.
A British steam launch was captured
by pirates near the Check Heung Shan
district, the pilot of the boat murdered
and the launch and lighter, which
had in tow, looted.
In severe engagement near Bolivar,
Venezuela, General Hernandez was de-
feated by General Penalosa, command
ing the government troops. The revo-
lutionists lost 223 killed.
Because he was suspected of being
spy of a rival company, Choy Fook, a
Chinese fisherman at Point San Pedro,
CAL, was tied by five members of the
alious companies to a beacon stake
on barren rock in Richardson's bay,
and there left for two days without
food or water. When discovered he
was almost in dying condition. His
would be murderers have not yet been
captured.
Lord Roberts is advancing ON
Pretoria.
An underground railroad is TO be
constructed in Berlin, at cost of $780,
900, 900.
The government is taking vigorous
measures to suppress outlawry in the
Philippines.
Until the tariff question is settled.
business in Puerto Rico will remain
at standstill.
The double turrets of the new battle
ship Kearsarge have been tested and
proven success.
Ex-United States Senator Gibson, of
Maryland, died of heart disease at
Washington, D. G.
General Louis Botha has been ap.
pointed to succeed General Joubert in
command OF the Boer army.
The 57th annual boat race between
Cambridge and Oxford resulted in an
easy victory for Cambridge.
Senator Mcbride introduced bill |
creating Crater Lake National park,
at Crater lake, Southern Oregon.
Seattle printers have raised the price |
of job work 80 to so per cent, caused |
by the increased cost of stock and high |
rentals.
Russia is active. Military prepara-
tions in several directions are being
pushed with vigor. War with Japan is |
not probable.
John Hayslip, of Kansas City, has
been found guilty of murder in the sec-
ond degree and sentenced to 80 years in |
the penitentiary.
Robert Bradley. alias Barclay, has |
been arrested in San Francisco, for |
counterfeiting silver dollars. An en-
tire outfit was captured.
Several persons perished by being
burned by the igniting of petroleum
tanks, caused by a collision between |
two trains, at Vladivkokos. Caucasus.
All the coal mines in Indiana have |
suspended operations, due to the failure |
of the operators to sign wage contract |
for the year. About 5000 men are idle |
as result.
All the coal miners in the Pittsburg,
Pa, district, celebrated the establish
ment of an eight-hour working day,
causing complete idleness in the dis.
trict for one day.
The Hamburg-American line steam
ship Phoenicia, which arrived at New
York from Hamburg and Boulogne.
brought 2, ,03S steerage passengers. the |
largest number of immigrants arriving |
by any steamer in many years.
Santa Clara county's (Cuba) tobacco
crop will be the largest ON record.
Gen. Winslow says Cuba IS future de-
pends upon agricultural prosperity.
In the Klondike eggs are now selling
for $120 case and beef at $1.50 a
pound.
Capt. Silas W. Terry, late in com.
mand of the Iowa, has been assigned
to succeed Admiral Mccormick as
Commandant of the Washington navy
yard.
In New York city $50 retail drug
gists have formed an association to
compete with department stores.