Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-01
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome Of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERsE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in a Condensed Form.

Eight hundred Beers sure ndered al
Vryburg, north of Kimberley.
Plague in Honolulu has been effect
ually stamped out, not recording 8
single case in 46 days.
Recent injunction decisions have
stirred up the labor unions, and they
urge concerted action.
The auditor of the war department
finds it big task to straighten out the
Cuban and Puerto Rican finances.
Twenty-Five miners, 10 whites and Il
Negroes, lost their lives in an explo
sion in a coal mine near Raleigh N. G.
At Pueblo, Col, a negro fiend wht
had ravished and murdered two girls n
an orphan home, was lynched by 6
mob.
Grand Chief Arthur, of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. was re
elected at the convention at Milwaukee
Wis.
General Warren occupied Dougla'
after heavy fighting and without sus
tanning any loss. The Beers have re-
treated to the north.
The will of the late Benjamin H
Howell, the sugar merchant, OF New
York, disposes of an estate valued a
81, 5000 and gives SIS, 900 to Brook
lyn charities.
The Methodist general conference al
Chicago, after considerable discussion,
voted to abolish the time limit ON pas
torates. The result of the vote was re-
ceived with great applause.
Another note regarding the Ameri
can indemnity claim has been handed
to the sultan's envoy. Terofik Pasha
1t is couched in more precise terms. in
sisting on prompt settlement.
Considerable California capital mas
been invested in an extensive mining
enterprise in Siberia and Manchuria.
Concessions for large tracts of land
have been obtained from the Russian
and Chinese governments, and the work
of development will soon begin.
At the Kansas Democratic conven.
tion, at Wichita, to elect delegates te
the national convention, in his opening
prayer, Rev. Dubber set the delegates
wild by the praying of the nomination
and triumphant election of Bryan.
The applause lasted several minutes.
The water of large lake near the
town of Zapotalan, Mexico, disap'
peared in great fssure IN the earth,
produced by an earthquake. The bed
of the former lake is now dry, and the
fissure can be plainly seen. 1t is ove1
three miles long and from one to three
feet wide. A tidal wave which swept
in from the ocean after the shock did
little damage.
British are within 40 miles ol
johannesburg.
Much lumber is going to Cape Nome
from Puget sound points.
Rioting in St. Louis grows worse.
Three men and girl wounded.
Ashland, Or. has quarantined
against San Francisco Cinnamon.
Republicans of Alaska denounce Gov.
ernor Brady, and ask for hisretirement.
Republican leaders do not favor
Senator Washburn, of ,Minnesota, for
vice-president.
Boer delegates will not be admitted
to the floor of the senate. Their mis-
sion is failure.
The Iron Dyke mine, in Union coun
ty, Or, has been sold to Pennsylvanis
parties for $s5, 900.
William R. Hearst, of the San Fran.
cisco Examiner, predicts the Inaugural
tion of Bryan next spring.
Mexican government is still fighting
the Yaquias, additional troops being
sent to reinforce General Torres.
The war department. refuses to &C.
cept the designations OF volunteer off
GERS now serving in the Philippines.
No municipal governments will bs
organized in the hemp provinces oi
Luzon until the rebels are driven out.
Fire today destroyed Reeves Bros,
Boiler Works, at Alliance, Ohio. The
loss will reach $144,OOO, with $40, 500
insurance.
Taylor and Beckham will both be
candidates for reelection to the Ken.
tucky governorship this fall, and hot
election is expected.
Colonel Bethune, while marching in
the direction of Newcastle, was am
pushed by party of Beers and very
few of his force escaped.
Nathaniel P. Hill, former United
States senator from Colorado, one oil
the wealthiest men in the state, ID
dead at Denver, aged 6S.
The village of Point Claire, 16 miles
from Montreal, Canada, has been almost
entirely wiped out by fire. Two hun.
dred people are homeless. No fatalities.
Berlin, with the approval of the
kaiser, sent over 500, 900 marks for the
famine sufferers in India.
Six thousand passengers for Cape
Nome are booked for May sailings and
all berths are preengaged.
Miss Morgan, San Francisco girl,
is the only woman among 600 art stu
dents at the Beaux Arts in Paris.
In New York city retail druggists
have formed an association to compete
with department stores.