The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-03-14

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ator A1lison's motion that a COM
)mittee investigate the subject.
Land Commissioner Richards
will allow cattlemen and sheep
men to Craze their herds this season
on land Withdrawn from entry pre-
liminary to its addition to forest
reserve.
Adjutant-G General Corbin says
the department. of the Columbia
will be moved to Portland, it at all,
but no move is contemplated.
i Washington, March GA Swede,
who gave his name as T. Berg, of
Providence, r. l.. tried tor an hour
today to see the president. He was
urged by the White House attaches
Ito reduce his communication to
writing. This he endeavored to do,
but failed. One of the secret SER
vice officials interviewed him and
found him possessed of hallucina-
tions. Berg said that several years
ago he had informed the United
States government that the Span
iards intended to blow up one of its
battteships, and wanted the presi-
dent to see to it that he received
$1oO. 900 for his information. Berg
was persuaded to return to Provl-
deiice, and there place his claim
| in the hands of a lawyer.
New York, March 1O.-Mysteri.
Gus death stalked on the Anchor
Line steamship Karamania during
the voyage from Marseilles, which
ended this morning.
e. a number of the passengers and
fcrea died during the voyage and
the fact that the cause is not ap-
parent has forced the steamship to
remain in quarantine pending rig
orous investigation.
On the run to Palmero four of
the crew were suddenly taken sick
and two died. One of the men re-
covered before reaching Palmero
and the remaining sufferer was sent
ashore at the latter port. Physi-
clans at Palmero declared that the
man had been poisoned, but found
it impossible to state the nature of
the toxic.
Later in the. voyage several of
the crew-all occupying the same
ward room-were suddenly taken
| ill. They all rushed on deck, where
the fresh air revived them some-
what. They complained of the most
terrible pains. The compartment
occupied by the men was stripped
OF all its furnishings and thorough
ly disinfected. It was then sealed.
March 1stf two persons manifest
ed the same symptoms and died
within two hours after making the
first complaint.
Death seemed to haunt the ship.
On the day following this incident
another passenger was seized with
the mysterious symptoms and was
carried to the hospital, shrieking in
the most terrible agony. He died
half an hour later. p
A little later in the day still a.
mother passenger was found dead
in his berth. All the dead passen-
gers occupied berths adjoining the
steerage.
With white faces and nervous
voices the oficsrs of the liner held
funeral services over the victims of
the mysterious scourge and threw
the bodies over the side.
The only explanation for the
many deaths that could be offered,
and this is not conclusive by any
means, is that poisonous gas was
generated in the hold of the ship
by some article of freight, the ma
ture of which is unknown, and that
this gas found its way on it's mis-
sion of death through the various
vents leading to the sleeping apart
ments. The truth or falsity of this
conclusion will probably not be
known until the freight is taken
out.
San Francisco, March 10.-Sail-
ors recently on the battle ship Ore
gon, who arrived here on the steam
er Coptic, report that the Oregon
was in terrific storm, on Februa-
ry, 20, while en- route from Yoko-
homa to Woo Sung. The boats
were carried away, the large seven
ton steam launch was tossed out Of |
its davits and against the turrets,
and other damage, though the ship
herself sustained very little dam
age.