Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-25
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome Of the Te1egraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in Condensed Form.

General Brabant has occupied Lady.
brand.
More Christians have been massa cree
north of Tien-Tsin by the boxers"
Kentucky Republicans indorsed the
administration of President Mckinley.
Disease is causing the deaths OF
many American soldiers in the Philip
pines.
Filipinos reject civil marriage,
claiming it as no more than concu-
binage.
Boer peace ENJOYS will be allowed tc
present their credentials at the state de.
partment.
Collector of Customs Ivey has with.
drawn his resignation and will serve
out his term in Alaska.
F. P. bengal. who eloped from Pros.
ser, WASH, with Mrs. Brackenburg,
was arrested in Spokane.
There is strong sentiment in favo&
of Hepburn, of Iowa, for vice-presideni
on the Republican ticket.
Manila editors and correspondents
protest against the press censorship.
Many papers are shutting up shop.
Four persons perished in the fire in
the Hotel Helena. in Chicago. Guests
were forced to jump from windows.
Elijah Moore. aged 10, who murdered
Rev. Jesse Moore, his father, at Dex-
ter. Mo-, November l last, was ex-
ecuted.
Americans in Yucatan lose contracts
on electric and bridge work through
being underbid by Englishmen and
Germans.
Fire destroyed the works of the Can.
ada Cycle & Motor Company of St.
GATHERINGS, Ont, causing loss of half
a million dollars.
Colum mbian rebels threaten Panama,
great excitement prevails in that city
and United States vessels have been
ordered to the scene.
An alleged nobleman. charged with
forgery, in "a Victoria, B. c., court,
swallowed glass during the trial and
will die. His name was Elliott.
A factory is now constructing at
Corvallis to manufacture many articles
of hardware, thus utilizing valuable
timber that has been going to waste.
Webster Davis was called upon to
speak at the Missouri Republican con-
ventlon, but debate on the question
OF appointing a committee to escort
him to the stage came near disrupting
the convention.
Secretary Gage, in response to an in
quiry from the house of representatives
as to the extent of the influx of Jap
anese, has submitted letter from inn
migration Commissioner Powderly,
stating thrat the arrivals for the nine
mouths ending March 81, last, were
4,427.
General Butler occupied Dundee.
Senator Clark, of Montana. has re-
signed.
President Steyn's brother captured
by General Butler.
Great rush is on from Dawson to gold
diggings of the Koyokuk.
There is no hope of action by the sem
ate on the Nicaragua canal bill this
session.
Germany is seizing Congo Free State
square miles.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, introduced
q bill making it crime for railroads
to blacklist employees.
The United States court of appeals
holds that boycott is malicious inter-
ference with business.
London papers want to ostracise
Richard Croker in revenge for the posi-
tion Tammany has taken in the Boer
war.
Democrats complain of Kansas City
hotel men. They object to paying five
dollars per day for bed in room with
four others.
President J. J. Hill paid $14O, 900
for Spokane flour mill in order to get
an entrance to the city for the Great
Northern.
Porto Rico and Hawaii will send
delegates to the Democratic national
convention. Each island will be ao-
corded six delegates.
The grandstand, famous glass betting
ring and all the buildings of the race.
track at Clifton, N. j., were entirely
destroyed by fire, with loss of $780,
900. The fire was the work of incen-
diaries.
Assistant Attorney General Boyd has
rendered decision in the case of ex.
press companies, in which he holds
they are not liable to taxes as brokers,
by reason of their issuing money orders
and travellers checks.
An American laundry plant has been
exported to China.
Over $5, ,OO0,O capital is invested
in this country in the manufacture of
playing cards.
Coal is worked so easily in China
that in Shansi it sells for 13 cents per
ton at the mines.