Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-31
EVENTS OF THEDAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.

Negotiations for Cuban reciprocity
will be renewed by Secretary Hay.
Governor Yates, of Illinois, is suffer
ing from an attack of typhoid fever.
Two of the largest anthracite coal
companies in Pennsylvania are to con-
solidate.
The Alaska salmon pack shows an
increase of 400, 900 cases over that OF
last year.
AS far as in, the evidence in the
Molineux case looks very bad for the
defendant.
Another man has been arrested for
holding up the Northern Pacific train
in Montana.
w. J. Bryan's special train collided
with a freight in Colorado, and three
people were injured.
The cholera death rate in the Philip
pines is constantly going higher. At
present rs per cent OF the cases prove
fatal.
Colombia's delay in presenting
canal note is probably due to its being
vexed over American activity at
Panama.
The business man who is contented
with his business has stopped growing.
The man who says he has business
enough, therefore has no need to adver-
tise, has reached the full food of the
tide. But after the flood is the ebb
always. 1t is law of nature that
nothing shall remain in state of rest.
Everything grows, or it decays. No
business can remain at standstill for
any considerable time. Printers Ink.
WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister to
the United States, has been recalled.
A riot over nonunion labor at Chi
cago resulted in injuries to seven men.
A wealthy Quincy, Illinois, farmer
has been arrested for the murder of his
daughters suitor.
The chief OF the naval ordance bureau
reports in favor of sacrificing speed for
armament in the construction of bat
tleships.
President Hill, of the Great Northen,
in speech tc Montana farmers, said
his road would make another cut in
freight rates soon.
A Northen Pacific special agent has
expires .ed his doubt of the man ar
rested for holding up train in Mon
tana few days ago being the right one.
President Roosevelt celebrated his
44th birthday October 27. He spent
the day attending to his customary du-
ties. Many messages OF congratulation
were received.
A Louisiana train was wrecked by
running into drove of cattle. The
engineer and a tramp were killed and
the fireman fatally injured. None of
the passengers were hurt.
A Wyoming woman has been arrest
for having four husbands.
The fire relief fund raised in Wash
ington amounts to little over IS, 900.
Minister Henry L. Wilson declines
to be transferred from Chile to Greece.
DIR. Woodrow Wilson has been form
ally installed as president of Princeton
university.
A Dunsmuir, CAL, constable was
slain by thugs because he had run them
out of town.
Frank Norris, a we'll known novelist,
died at San Francisco from the effects of
an operation.
~,
politics is to establish better relations
between labor and capital.
Major Generals Corbin and Young
are home from Europe where they
have been inspecting foreign armies.
England is becoming alarmed at the
condition prevailing among the Irish.
Shipments of arms to the island have
been prohibited.
Three persons we're seriously and
great many others slightly injured as
the result of an explosion in the rapid
transit subway of New York.
Roosevelt has issued the order to re-
duce the army to its minimum
strength.
The cruiser Olympia is being de-
tanned at the New York navy yard for
lack of supply of coal.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania,
has issued a general order withdrawing
the troops from the coal fields.
The coal strike arbitration commits
sion has perfected an organization.
Judge Gray was chosen chairman.
1t has been announced that H. R.
Nickerson, vice president and general
manager OF the Mexican Central rail-
road, has been offered the presidency of
the Southern Pacific.
All members of the New York build
ing trades threaten to 60 on strike.
Seventy-fve thousand men are involved.
Orders are to be placed at once for
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