Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-07
NEWS Of TIL W[[k
From All Parts Of the New World
and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Important Hap
peninss of the Past Week in a
Condensed Form.

peninss of the Past Week in
Condensed Form.
A typhoon swept the Island of Guam,
killing hundreds of natives.
The dowager empress is trying to in
duce the emperor to return to Pekin.
The powers are debating on the wis
dom of sending an ultimatum to China.
The official vote OF Wisconsin fol-
lows: Republican, 265, ,S66; Demo-
cratic, 159,2S5.
A laborer on bridge near Grant 8
Pas was instantly killed in the col
lapse of the structure.
General Bates reports the capture of
33 Filipinos, six of whom murdered
several persons last spring.
The Dutch of Cape Colony are be-
coming restless and loyallsts fear there
may soon be an uprising.
The population of Oklahoma is $685.
246, against 81, 1874 in 1890, an increase
of 336, All, or A per cent.
The population of South Dakota is
401, $40. az against $685. in 1890, an
increase OF ~, 1852, or 22.1 per cent.
The population of North Dakota is
319,416, as against 1872, 7l9 in 1890, an
increase of 1856, ,427, or 74.6 per cent.
The population of Tennessee is
2.O20.093, as against 1,767, Is in 1890,
an increase of 23,098, or 14.3 per cent.
The population of New Mexico is
1920, as against 1898 in 1890, an
increase of 4l,717, or 27.1 per cent.
The United States auxiliary cruiser
Yosemite sank in a typhoon at Guam,
November 5, drowning five of the crew.
The population of Idaho, as officially
announced. is 161,772, as against 84,-
385 in 1890, an increase of 1887, or
9l.7 per cent.
Two American privates were killed
and three wounded in an ambush of
ladrones near MaIolos, Luzon. The in.
snrgeuts escaped.
Bank robbers at Emden, ILL.,, COM
pletely wrecked the Farmers bank
with dynamite and got away with
$4,000 to $4,000.
By an explosion of nitro-glycerine
at Leaserville, w. Va, 20 miles above
Wheeling, four boys were killed and Ia
wounded. of whom two will die.
The population of the state Of Wash
ington as officially announced, is 5l8,-
103, as against $40, $50 in 1890, an in
Increase of 1853, ,913, or 1872 per cent.
Conger has not signed the Pekin pro.
tocol.
Secretary Root has returned flom
Cuba.
Kruger visited the French govern
ment off icials.
Palace guards have been sent to ar
rest Prince Tuan.
Colonel DENLY may succeed Conger
as minister to China.
A conspiracy to assassinate Lord
Roberts was discovered in Johannes.
burg.
Governor Geer has issued certificates
OF election to Republican electors for
Oregon.
Heavy fogs preaviled on Puget
Sound, causing many minor accidents
on both land and water.
The official vote for presidential elec-
tors in New Jersey was: Republican,
221, 70l; Democrat, 164, ,80S.
The population of Texas is 3,O49, ,7lO,
against 2.235, 523 in 1890, an increase
of 813, 1877, or 36.3 per cent.
The population of Nebraska is 1,06S,.
$50, against 1,O5s,91O in 1890, an in.
crease OF 1870, or g per cent.
Official returns show that the vote
for president in Iowa was: Republi-
can, 307,818; Democrat, 200, ,466.
The population of North Carolina is
1903, $40, as against 1917, 947 in 1890,
an increase of 275, 1858, or II per cent.
The Portland, Or, Chamber of Com.
merce urges an appropriation of 81,
100000 for canal and locks at the
dalles.
The population of Utah, as officially
announced, is 276, 749, as against 207,-
O95 in 1890, an increase 68, or
1871 per cent.
An irrigation bill allowing more
than 81 100000 to Oregon, Washing
ten and Idaho will be introduced at
the coming session of congress.
Signor Marconi has practically solved
the question of ocean transmission by
wireless telegraphy, and will soon be
able to use his system across the At.
lantic.
The population of Montana, as an
nounced by the United States census
bureau, is 243, ,329, as against 1872, l59
in 1890, an increase of Ill 1.1T0, or
84.1 per cent. The population in 1886
was 39.159, showing an increase of
$4,000, or 237.4 per cent, from 1880 to
1890.
DIR. Leopold Kahn. the Arctic ex-
plorer. is certain that Lieutenant Peary
IS wintering at Fort Conger.
The yellow book on Chinese affairs
published by tie French foreign Office
shows close relations betw en- France
and the United States.
The will of Frank Williams, late of
Johnstown, Pa, makes bequest of
$500. 600 to the Lehigh university at
South Bethlehem Pa, for the benefit OF
worthy students.