Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-02
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM wHE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two HeInispheres Pres s1t
in Condensed TcEm. =

in CoE1ensed TCTm. \
American troops have withdrawn
from Pekin.
Roosevelt was met by big crowds in
the state of New York.
The business portion of the town of
Dunayant, Kansas. was destroyed by
fire.
The United States is holding back
its answer to the Anglo German agree
ment.
Bryan says, if elected, he will i'm
mediately withdraw the army from
the Philippines.
Thomas Walsh, the Colorado mil
lionaire, forms a partnership in COM
mercial enterprises with King Leopold,
of Belgium.
Great uneaSiness was created in pal
ace circles, says the Constantinople
correspondent of the London Daily Mail,
by reprt that an American squadron
was approaching and the censor was
instructed to prohibit the press from
mentioning the subject.
Another feud has broken out in Clay
county, Kentucky. between the Phil
pots and Davidsons Recently David
Davidson, father OF Felix Davidson,
the deputy who was killed by Phil
pot few weesk ago, was killed and
several others wounded in a fight. On
the other side, David Philpot was
killed and two others badly wounded.
Skirimshes continue between the
Russians and the Chinese at various
points along the Manchurian railway.
The Amur Gazette. at Blagoyest-
schensk, asserts that the Chinese bank
of the Amur river will be offered to
Russian settlers. 1t is reported that
the construction of railway between
Blagovestchensk and Tsilsikar has been
decided upon.
Colonel Picquart's suit for libel
against LIE Journal of Paris, arising
from the Dreyfus polemics, was de-
cided in his favor. The court COM
manded the manager of the paper. M.
Pouch, to pay fine of 1000 francs,
Huu M L OSs1ucu SdIll, buO VIII
ers of the articles, were sentenced to six
months and one months imprison-
ment, respectively. and all three were
sentenced to pay 10000 francs dam
ages.
William Hammer Piper, of Chicago,
on behalf of the Zion church has sent
kilograms to President Mckinley and
~ nhio ~
against the treatment of the represen-
tatives of the denomination at Mans
field. O., and appealing for their pro-
lection. Mr.. Piper sasy these p,inis-
ters have not broken single statute of
the state, and thu right to preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ is vouchsafed to
them by the laws of Ohio and the con-
stitution of the United States.
A New York bank teller stole $780,
900 and escaped.
Boer guerrilla attacks give the Brit
ish much trouble.
President Mitchell thinks this is the
last week of the miners strike.
Twenty-Five carloads Of Oregon fruit
trees will be shipped to other states.
The British steamship Royalist will
enter the transport service of the Unit
ed States.
The Pacific Coast Company in three
years has risen from bankruptcy to
$1,000, 900 surplus.
Thirteen-y year-old school girl, Lulu
Jones, was the victim of a muderous
assault at Jefferson, Or.
Baron Won Richthofen is Count Won
Bulow's successor as minister of for
sign affairs for Germany.
The Kentucky miners strike has
been declared off. Eight hundred
men wilt return to work at once.
The Russian minister of finance, NJ.
De Witt, authorizes denial of the story
that Russia began negotiations in New
York in the middle of October for a
$50, 100000 loan.
General Charles NJ. Sierra, of the Co.
lombian republics army, announces
that his government had purchased
George Gould's yacht. Atlanta, and
would use her in suppressing the rebel.
lion.
Near Vioksburg, Miss, Chester
Barnes, colored, was lynched by mob
Of his own people. In drunken fury
Barnes murdered his wife. stabbed and
badly wounded negro who interfered,
and engaged IN rife duel with a
white man who attempted to arrest
him. The murderer was shot to death.
The citizens of Oklahoma and In
dian Territory want single statehood
for the two territories. The formation
Of leagues to promote this end has COM
menced. The first league was organ
lied at Wagner, l. T. Determined
efforts in this direction are being made
by the leading people of those territor-
les.
There are about 10000 lepers in the
Philippines.
The gold yield OF Cripple Greek for
the present year is expected to amount
10 $4,000, 1000.
An English inventor proposes to
build boat, that will cross the Allan
tic in two days.
Big imports of gold from Europe art
anticipated in New York as result OF
the resumption of mining in South
Africa.