Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-09
LATER NEWS.

Two men were killed in a railroad
Accident at The Dalles, Or.
The big Atlantic liner st. Paul suf-
fered a serious accident at sea.
Kitchener is to stop pursuit of Beers
and establish garrisons among them.
The king of Corea sent the allied
troops large gift of -four. rice and
cigarettes.
Experiments with storage reservoirs
for irrigation are being made in NAL
heur county, Oregon.
An immense crowd attended the un-
yelling of the statue of the late Presl-
dent Carnot at Lyons.
Professor Schurman replies to Sixto
Lopez, in which he shows it is for the
highest good of Filipinos for Americans
to succeed.
The suit of the state of Texas against
the Waters-P Pierce Oil Company for
penalties amounting to 100000. for
alleged violation of the ANTITRUST law
Of 1899, ended in favor of the company.
The deaths from the ,ailorad wreck
near Keswick, CAL, now number
three. James Hart, of Charter Oak,
Ia, died from the effects of his injur
les. The name of one of the other
killed has been discovered to be E. j.
Bowen, of Castle Rock, Wash. B.
Woodruff, of Ashland, Or, may re-
| cover.
Suit was filed in the United States
court at New Orleans, by M. F. Nc
Loughlin. of New York, and F. J. Vir-
gin and G. L. Loep, of Tennessee,
against the Wells Fargo and Southern
Express Companies for an accounting
of the affairs of the Texas Express
Company and for 100000 damages.
The petitioners state that they held
stock in the Texas Express Company,
which did business in Louisiana and
which had working arrangement
with the Wells Fargo Company for
division of receipts of the business
done in these safes. They charge that
the Wells Fargo Company broke faith
and obtained control of the business
themselves.
The latest reports from the ill-fated
mine at Berrysburg. W. Va. show
that Is are dead and three are so seri-
ously injured that they cannot recover.
Two men were found dead in part OF
| the mine which has been abandoned. d.
The door at the mouth of the mine was
shut, and two men we've blown through
| the door $50 feet from the mouth. The
cause of the explosion has not yet been
determined. The coroner's jury rend.
cred verdict that persons named and
| others unknown and unidentified came
to their deaths by an explosion caused
by the firing of powder and dynamite
in the south entry of the south mine.
either accidentally or Intentionally, by
persons unknown.
Harvard defeated Pennsylvania In a
football game by score of II to 5.
A serious strike of street railway
mployes is on in Jamaica.
A letter written by private in q
Manila hospital states that AguinaidO
is dead.
The close of the campaign in New
York city was marked by parade oi
81, 900 Republicans.
The naval increase programme 70,
1901 involves the construction of 3:
vessels of 151, 900 tons displacement.
Osgood Field. grandson of Samue,
Osgood, the first postmaster general o.
the United States, died in Paris. aged
II.
Sensational disclosures which were
brought out at criminal trial at Ber'
lin showed the corruptness of the po'
! lice force.
A German force had a hard fight
with Chinese regulars in a pass neal
the great wall, in which the Chinese
were defeated.
The safe of the Farmers and Mer'
chants bank at jackson Center, O.,
was blown open by desperadoes an6
$5, 500 was secured.
General Macarthur has cabled list
of casualties during recent Engagements
with Filipino insurgents, showing nint
killed and IL wounded.
The steamer Senator arrived at Seat
tie from Nome with 333 passengers ant
$5OO,OO0 in treasure. She encounter
ed succession of violent gales.
The population of Verm ont, as an
nounced by the census bureau, is 343,
GAL, against 332, ,422 in 1890-an in
crease of 1919, or 3.S pei cent.
Twelve miners were killed by an ex
plosion in mine at Berrysberg. W
Va. The explosion was the result O.
an accidental discharge of dynamite.
Commander Booth-Tucker and sew
eral other officers of the Salvation
Army, have purchased homes in Noun
Vernon, in which city it is said thu
American headquarters of the arm.
will be located.
The navy department has directet
Admiral Remey, at Cavite to conven
court of inquiry to inquire into tn
charges of cowardice against Captain
Hall. United States marines, preferred
by Minister Conger at Pekin.
The joint commission appointed t.
investigate the desirability of a pneu
matic-tube system for the Chicago mai
service will make favorable recon
, mendat1on to the postmaster-genera
This improvement is expected to brin
about a revolution in local mail facili
ties.
Five thousand honey bees, as the
leave the hive, weigh about on