Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-07
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitonle of the Te1egraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM The WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
Nhs Two Hemispheres Pres .1h
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+hs. Two Hemispheres Pres e1h
IN Corlensed Tc,m-
to Annoy.
A plot to burn Shanghai has been
discovered.
Bryan has decided ON an Eastern
stump tour.
Seventy missionaries from China
reached Vancouver, B. c..
Washington fusionists renominated
John R. Rogers for governor.
Nancy c. Eoff, great aunt of Gov
ernor Geer, died at Macleay, Or.
Bressi, the assassin of King Hum
bert, was sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
1t is reported that Prince Tuan and
1900 Boxers were killed in great
battle.
Earl Ii asks the appointment of sew
eral Chinese officials to the list of peace
makers.
Yu, the governor of the province of
Shen ST, is reported to have invited the
foreigners in his province to come to
his protection. About August 81, 50
accepted the invitation and all were
massacred.
pany will soon be purchasing the pro-
duct of California wells, now having
obtained in the East number of tanks
for the storage, which will be located
at Bakersfield. where ground has been
secured for them.
The United States transport Thomas
arrived at San Francisco, 90 days from
Manila, via Yokohama. She has on
board 261 sick and wounded soldiers,
81 military prisoners, 81 cabin passen.
gers, 173 in the steerage, and seven
stowaways. Seven deaths occurred
during the voyage.
DR.. P. S. Kellogg, who has just re.
turned from two years. service as sur
geon in the Philippines, denies the
charges of neglect OH the transport
Sherman, made by Captain Crenshaw.
of Atlanta, in his ante-mortem state
ment. DR.. Kellogg, who came home
on the Sherman with Clenshaw, says
the captain was badly wounded; that
it was only question of time when
he should die, and it was at his own
request that the captain was allowed
to come home. DIR. Kellogg AYERS that
Crenshaw had every possible attention,
including the best physicians and
nurses.
Boxers attempted to mine the Ameri-
can legation.
A strike of 100000 anthracite coal
miners is threatened.
General Chaffee is preparing to win
ter 5000 men in Pekin.
The battle-ship Alabama averaged II
knots on her official trial.
The -Nehalem and Tillamook fisher
mems strike is at an end.
Several of Minister Conger's guests
have arrived at Tien Tsin.
A movement to clear the country
south of Pekin is in progress.
Official American dispatches are be-
ing tampered with in China.
From st. Petersburg it is reported
that peace negotiations have begun.
Primary returns indicate that Croker
will control the New York Democratic
convention.
Senator Scott, of West Virginia, says
the Repu blicans will lose 100, 900 votes
in New York.
Heavy fighting is reported to have
occurred at Machadodorp, between
Beers and British.
P. G. Stewart, member of the pro.
at Tacoma, Wash.
Four townships surrounding Sho
shone Falls, Idaho, have been reserved
for national park.
San Francisco's population, accord.
ing to the United States census. il
342,7sS; Bostons', 560,S
Ten square miles of forest reserve il
the San Gabriel reservation, near Los
Angeles, Cal, have already been swept
by fire, and still the flames are devour
ing the timber. 1t was reported from
Sturtevant's Camp that the fire had
spread on the north side of the wes
fork Of the San Gabriel river and the
south side of the Tejunga river, between
DEVILS canyon and the Short CUT
Jose Castroy Garcia, who was arrest
ed in Hayre, France, on July 20 last
charged with absconding from Porte
Rico with $4,000 of United States
funds, has arrived in New York. HI
was in the custody of Luis Barrios
assistant chief of the insular police o
Porto Rico, who went to Havre t.
bring back the alleged embezzler. B,
his extradition the French government
recognizes the sovereignty of the Unit
ed States in Porto Rico.
It is stated that Germany will takt
more first prizes at the Paris exposition
than any other nation.
Fifty RESIDENTS of Massillon, O., lef
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