Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-22
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The condition of Empress Frederick
continues unchanged.
Purchase of 500 cavalry horses in
Oregon has been ordered by tha war
department.
A provincial government is in course
of formation in Tarlac, northera Luz
zon province.
General Chaffee is not to join in the
German expedition in China under
Won Waldersee.
Fire destroyed the Union Railway
Company's barns at Elwood, r. l.,
and 80 tolley cars. causing loss of
$4,000.
Governor Rogers has appointed 6.
Meade Emery, as an additional judge
for King county, Wash, to Serve until
the next election.
Eight alleged Boxer leaders, after
trial by officers of Chang Chi Tung,
the viceroy of Hanko, have been de.
capitated at that place.
William P. Hill, for over 80 years
prominent New England newspaper
editor. is dead of grip, at the home of
his son-in-law in Denver, Col.
The schooner Alice, which was in
the Nome trade last year, ran on the
rocks near the West Point lighthouse.
while en- route to Seattle from San
Pedro. The full extent of the damage
is not known. She was towed to Port
Townsend.
Fire destroyed the Pvthian opera
house, the Second National bank build
ing and the building occupied by the
Southern Express Company, at Jack
son, Tenn, causing loss OF $lO0, 900.
1t is believed two lives were lost in
the falling of the opera house wallis
The bank OF Omaha. at Omaha, Tex,
has been robbed of $4,000 in cash and
paper amounting to $4,000. The rob-
bers made their escape upon hand
car. The lone occupant of the bank
was decoyed from town by bogus tele-
grams, and remained away from Oma-
ha on the night of the robbery.
A verdict for 81 800 for the plaintiff
was rendered in the circuit court in
the case of J. j. Hecker vs.. the o. R.
g. N. Co.. at The Dalles, Oregon.
Hecker, in June last, while driving
across the railroad track four miles
west of town, was struck by an engine,
and sustained severe injuries for which
suit for So. 500 was brought.
Money scarcity in England contin.
ues.
The president will call an extra ses-
sion.
The end of the Boer war is not in
sight.
. Severe cold weather prevails through
out Europe.
A 13-inch gun exploded on the bat
tleship Kearsarge.
An Englishman's letter created q
sensation in Manila.
Five rebel officers and 20 men were
captured near Manila.
Civil government was established in
Pangasinan province.
All the volunteers will be home from
the Philippines by June 80.
The czar is suspicious of Emperor
Williams doings in England.
Appropriation bills have the right
OF way i'll the house this week.
Russia has imposed an increased
tariff on imports from America.
The senate will practically devote
this week to appropriation bills.
Louisiana mob hanged q negro who
killed white man and his family.
Six persons were killed and as many
seriously injured in train wreck in
Nevada.
Nine prisoners in the Spokane coun.
ty Jail oyerpowered the jailer and es.
capped.
Official list of the victims of the
Union mine accident places the num-
ber at 81.
One regiment and a portion of two
others will be mustered out at Van.
couver. Wash.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the colonial tour of the Duke
OF Cornwall and York.
Two Bridal Veil. Or, factories and
the o. R. & N. railroad bridge were
damaged by the bl eaking of drift jam.
Danish government has broken OF
negotiations with the United States
regarding the sale of Danish West In.
dies.
Colonel W. T. Hart, a well-known
Western promoter, committed suicide
by jumping from a moving train into
the Snake river.
To hasten peace negotiations, Won
Waldersee has planned an s0-day ex.
petition and asks American and French
to cooperate with the Germans. -
Queen Victoria had 73 children,
grandchildren and great.grandchil-
dren.
Lord Roberts is the first man ever
entitled to wear the Garter. the Vic.
toria Cross and the order of st. Pat
rick.
Thirty-five prominent American
sculptors will contribute to the embel.
lishment of the grounds and buildings
OF the Pan-American exposition at
Buffalo, N. Y.