Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-29
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of thu Telegraphic
News of the World.

GPiloIIle Oh tE1 Geographic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Pres mt
in a Condensed Form.
Hunters advance column occupied
Krugersdorp without opposition on
June 18.
Admiral Schley's squadron, which
has been released.
A Russian admiral was in COM
mand of the feet that bombafded and
destroyed the forts at Taku.
Railway and telegraplic communi
cation between Cape Town and Pre-
toira is now completely restored.
Thieves cracked the safe of the Gam
brinus brewery, in Portland, Or, and
escaped with between $500 and $500 in
cash.
A young man named Robert jackson,
of Riddle. Or, accidentally shot him.
self while deer hunting. He was in
stantly killed.
By the death of David D. Wells. SON
of the late David A. Wells, of Norwich,
Conn.,. Harvard University is richer
by about $4,000.
After July l the Office of Indian
agent at Warm Springs. Or, will be
dispensed with, at which time Agent
James L. Cowan will be dropped.
Hawaiians have met in convention
at Honolulu and have formed an indie.
pendent political party. They have
already begun the fight for statehood.
The statue of Washington presented
to the city of Paris by the Daughters
of the Americen Revolution has arrived
in Paris The pedestal has already
been prepared, and the unveiling will
take place July 8.
Uniform wages of So for nine hours
work day is demanded by the: line
men working for the Canadian Pacific
Telegraph Company, the Great North
west Telegraph Company, the Canada
Atlantic, the Bell Telephone Company.
Over 200 men have quit work owing
to the refusal of the companies TO ac-
cede to their demands.
Assistant Secretary Taylor has rem
dered decision adverse to the appeal
of James Fitzharris and Joseph Mullet.
from the decision of the immigration
officials at New York, who held them
for deportation on the ground that,
having been convicted of felony in con.
nection with the murder of Lord Cav
endish and Thomas Henry Brice, in
Phoenix Park. Dublin, in 1882, they
cannot be permitted to land in this
country under our immigration laws.
Two thousand stand of ,-arms. have
been given up by the Beers at Pretoria.
The battle-ship Oregon and 5000
American troops will 60 to Taku at
once.
American ships took no part in the
bombardment and seizure of the Chi
nese forts at Taku.
A special session of congress may be
called. The situation in the far East
seems to demand it.
Three of the forts at Taku were com.
pletely destroyed by the bombardment
from foreign ships, and the British yes.
selscaptured four Chinese torpedo boats.
Mrs. Beveridge. wife of United States
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, died in
q sanitarium at Dansville. N. Y, Of
heart failure. She had been i'll several
months.
Half of the business portion of the
city of Bloomington, ILL.,, including
five squares of the finest business blocks
of the city and the court house, were
destroyed by fire, with losses estimated
at 100000.
Negotiations for commercial treaty
with France have been satisfactorily
concluded by the Brazilian minister of
foreign affairs at Rio Janeiro. France
will grant reduction of 20 per cent
on the duty on Brazilian coffee.
The Pacific Oil Works Company was
incorporated at Tacoma. Wash, with
a capital of $3.50, 900, to bore for oil in
q gulch, almost in the heart of the
city. Sample oil from outcropping in
dictate rich deposit. Work will be
prosecuted at once.
A dispatch from Lord Roberts sent
from Pretoria, June 16, gives an offiriAl
version of an attack on a British pess
at Zand river, June 16, by 500 Bocrc,
with three guns. 1t says that General
Knox, with a mixed force. drove off the
Boers, who left four dead and four pris-
oners on the field. The British loss
was Major Seymour and two men killed
and nine wounded.
The French government will have
1900 troops at Taku when the REIN
forcements just ordered have arrived
there. They will reach Taku before
June 80. The dispatch of a cruiser
division, which was decided upon,
will give France strong naval force.