Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08
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condensed Form.
Thee northwest woolgrowers' con-
vention opened at Pendleton.
A Cuban agitator stirred up
an anti American demonstration in
Santiago.
Carman, arrested at Manila for aid
ing the rebels, says he was not alone
in the work.
A new course of study for Oregon
high schools has been adopted by the
state board of education.
Senator Carter, of Montana, talked
the river and harbor bill to death,
speaking 1S consecutive hours.
H. G. Van Dusen, of Astoria, has
been appointed fish warden for Ore
gon, and Lewis Bean, of Roseburg,
deputy.
A robber smashed in a Grand Forks,
B. c., jewelry store window and es-
capped with $1,000 worth of jewelry.
No clue to the burglar.
Russia has withdrawn a portion of
the Russo Chinese agreement regard
ing Manchuria, and China has ap-
pealed to the powers in the matter
A crowd of 10000 people witnessed
the ceremonies attending the inaugu-
ration of Mckinley and Roosevelt.
A heavy rain fell during the entire
day.
Oil is reported as having been dis
covered near the Oregon-Idaho line
on the Snake river A Seattle syndi-
cate has secured 1900 acres of land
there.
The fifty-sixth session of congress
has closed and the fifty-seventh ses-
sion opened. Vice-President Roose-
welt presided at the opening of the
new session.
T. Dietderick's sawmill at Manor,
Wash, about eight miles from Van
couver, was burned. The mill was
practically new, and had been in op-
Grafton about year. It was valued
at $250O; no insurance.
The Beers have crossed the Orange
river.
Outlook is good for Oregon prune
and hop crop.
Volunteers defeated a band of
rebels in Leyte.
Dewet and the bulk of his commando
have eluded the British.
British officials do not believe the
Boer war is near an end.
It is rumored in Berlin that Am
basasdor White will retire.
Provincial governments will be es-
tablished in southern Philippine
islands.
Spokane capitalists will build a
$4,000 brewery and Ice plant at Baker
City, Or.
American preparations for depart
ure from China are practically
completed.
Cuban conservatives want to dis
cuss the senate amendments with
Americans
The La Grande, Or, sugar factory
will buy lands and engage in the
raising of beets.
Great Britain is anxious about the
report that France intends to station
a force at Hankow, China.
Count Won Waldersee has issued re-
newed orders to allied force to be
ready for a possible expedition.
All the appropriation measures save
the river and harbor and sundry civil
bills have been acted upon by con-
gress.
The river and harbor bill, as agreed
upon in conference, carries $4,000
for the improvement of the William
ette and Yamhill rivers above Port
land.
Judge Elbridge Hanecy was nomi-
mated for mayor of Chicago by repub-
licans.
At Grice, Tex, IL women with
hatchets, axes and rocks went to the
postoffice and store run by J. J. Grice,-
in which bitters are sold, and taking
the bottles outside, broke them all.
The bodies of Louis Burch and Addie
Taylor. both 18 years of age, were
found in a deserted house in La Junta,
Colo. A revolver lying between them
told the story. Young Burch's father
forbade their marriage, and this was
the cause of the double suicide.
American machinery is being shipped
to every part of the world.
Railway track elevation in Chicago
has cost the companies over $l7,000,.
600.
Foreign diplomats expect the United
States to establish protectorate over
Cuba in regard to foreign affairs.
Troops in Pekin looted the roof of Q
Buddhist temple in the belief that the
tiles were of gold. but they were only
gold plated.