Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-27
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
4 Comprehensive Review Of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week Presented
in Condensed Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove Of Interest to Our Many
Readers.

Fire at Springfield, o., destroyed a
church building which cost $50, 900.
Ex-Governor Shaw, of Iowa, has
been offered the secretaryship of the
treasury.
Fire wrecked five story New York
building, doing damage to the extent
of $4,000.
Bids of SIT, 800 have been made
and refused for seats on the New York
Stock Exchange.
Fire damaged the Champion coated
paper works, at Hamilton, O., to the
extent of nearly 81, 600, 600
Two masked men entered the Office
of the Alternately furniture factory at
Leavenworth, Kan. and got away with
the tri-weekly payroll of $500.
Argentina and Chile have signed
protocol to submit their differences to
arbitration of Great Britain, and that
country has signifed its willingness
to serve.
The first torpedo bat built by Rus
sia at the new Port Arthur navy yard
is success. The boat has developed
a mean speed of FIX knots on her
trial trip.
Robbers entered the Chicago House
Wrecking Company's building, bound
and gagged two watchmen and blew
open the safe. They took $33 from
the watchmen. The amount taken
from the safe was not large.
The Consolidated Implement Com
pany and the Cooperative Wagon
and Machine Company, of Salt Lake.
two of the largest establishments of
their kind in the West, have been
consolidated. The new concern will
be known as the Consolidated Wagon
& Machine Company. Its capital
stock has been fixed at 81, 100000.
Half million Germans are unem-
sployed.
Turks threaten to expel Americans
from Syria.
The schley court of inquiry has
been dissolved.
Argentine people are preparing for
war with Chile.
Forty-fve lives we're lost in fire in
a Mexican town.
Germany threatens forcible meas
ures against Venezuela.
The battleship Indiana has been
ordered to La Guayra, Venezuela.
Governor Crane, of Massachusetts,
has been offered the treasury port
folio.
General Miles has been reprimand,
ed for meddling in the Schley contro
versy.
Panama canal shareholders want tt
sell their property to the Unltec
States at any price.
Secretary Long has approved thu
findings of the majority report of tn
Schley court of inquiry.
SIMPSONS application for ar in
quiry into the question OF who com
manded the Santiago squad. On ha
been denied.
Taft says conditions are good TO
peace in the Philippines.
A Chinese cruiser called at Manil
to honor General Chaffee.
Appraiser Wakeman, of New York
has been removed from Office.
Fire at Clarksville, Ark, destroye
property valued at 100000.
The transport Mcclellan has sale
from Bermuda for New York.
Fire in Baltimore, Md, caused
loss of $4,000: fully covered b
insurance.
The first ground for the st. Lou
exposition was broken with imposin
ceremonies.
Engineer who caused the recer
California train wreck, says he forge
his orders.
The American Lumber Compan.
capital So. 600, O00 was Incorporated
New Jersey.
Fire at Huntington, Pa, destroys
the opera house block, including Sc
eral stores. Loss, $3.50, 900
The Atlantic Rubber Shoe Co
capital, $40, ,0O0, 600, has been inco
porated at Trenton, N. J.
The bodies of two shepherds, part
burned, were found at Cabra Spring
N. NJ. They were murdered and the
hocks stolen.
A st. Petersburg capitalist h
promised to supply 100000 roubl
for the expense of a north polar
ploring party, which will leave ne
year.
A pro-Boer orator caused riot
Birmingham, England.
The new German inspection i
will become effective as regards il
ported meats, April l, 1902.
The cost OF schools for Indian ch
dren to the government was So, 4S
525 in 1900. The enrolment '
26,541.
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