Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the lmport mt
Happenings Of the Past Week prese led
ina Condensed Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.

LihSiy 10 rIoVe oI interest TO Our MANY
Readers.
Mrs. Mckinley continues to inn
prove slowly.
Carnegie gave e2,000, 900 to Scotch
universities.
The Ohio congressional party is in
Oregon on their trip home.
In a second trial race Shamrock II
beat Shamrock l one minute.
President Mckinley reviewed the
school children of San Francisco.
The University of Oregon defeated
the University of Washington in ath-
letics.
An extra session of the Hawaiian
legislature cut the salaries of great
many of the officials.
The Pan-American exposition has
been dedicated. Vice President
Roosevelt made the address of the
day.
An American company has con-
cluded arrangements with the Mexi-
can government for the construction
of new railroad in Yucatan, Mexico.
:; A body of Filipino rebels under
Angels attacked a detachment OF
American troops, killing two soldiers
and one native scout and taking one
soldier prisoner.
A New York syndicate has been
formed for the purpose of securing
the trade of the Orient. Manzanillo,
ON the southwest coast of Mexico,
will be. developed as the chief port.
The general strike of the employees
in the machinery and allied metal
trades throughout the country to en-
force the nine hour day, with an in
crease in wages, was estimated to
effect at least $50, 900 men, but many
employers signed the scale at the last
moment, thus reducing the number
considerably.
King Alexander of Servia will not
.abdicate.
The Albany, N. Y, street car strike
has been settled.
king Edward has ordered many
reforms at Windsor.
...sLawson's yacht Independence is
being hurried to completion.
Germany is much afraid of Amer.
ica's commercial supremacy
Turkey refuses to permit the entry
oftgpewriters into that country.
The, battle ship Ohio was Launched
at San Francisco in the presence O
President Mckinley.
"A fund is being raised for the de
strhction of sea lions at the mouth
of the Columbia river.
The president told Governor Geel
that he might visit Oregon before
the expiration of his term.
The Union Pacific now controls
the railroad situation from the Mis-
souri, river to the Pacific coast.
Mrs Mckinley is now able to sit
up. No date has yet been fixed fol
the return of the. presidential party
to Washington.
Orders have been issued for strike
of fifty thousand nachinists through
out the country. A prolonged stfug
gle is expected in the Pacific coast
shops.
Peace reigns in the southern Phil
ippine islands.
Civil officers have been appointed
in A1bay province.
A transport line may be established
via the Suez canal.
An Ohio river boat was burned
Two lives were lost.
Three hundred firms have signed
the agreement with machinists.
Ten cars were wrecked on branch
of the Southern Pacific near Albany
Or.
Nine miners are dead and three
fatally injured from an explosion in 3
West Virginia coal mine
The Chilean government has waived
1IS ODJoCGlOn To Tile 1a1-Am6r1can
congress to be held in Mexico.
President Mckinley has given NJ
his tour to the Northwest on account
of his wifes' illness. Her condition
is considered serious
The Shamrock II will be PARTIAL,
remodeled.
The Alaskan, the largest merchant
steamship ever built on the Pacific
coast, has been launched at the Unior
Works, at San Francisco.
The governor of New York has
ordered 2, 200 soldiers to Albany. Al
efforts to settle trouble between strik
ers and employers has thus far failed
Although reports coming from
South Africa are very meager, the in
dications are that the Beers are rapid
ly breaking down, owing to cold ane
lack of provisions.
The congressional appropriation o
So, 600, 600 for the extension of tn,
rural delivery postal service become
available in three months.
The Roman Catholic archbishop o
Montreal has forbidden the member
of that church from countenancine
cremation in any way.
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