Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28
EVENTSOF THE DAY
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.

The Yukon gold district is greatl,
excited over it's first election of
member of parliament.
DR.. Enos, a we'll known Oakland
CAL, physician, is at the point of deatl
from eating poisoned candy.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, o
England, has started on a tour OF in
spection OF the South African co.onie
belonging to his country.
The report of the interstate commerce
commission shows that the net earn
ings of the railways was $51, 1896, ,42l
greater this year than last.
Two Negro women and one Negro
man have been sold in Kentucky fol
three months. two and three years
respectively They were convicted OF
vagraney in the circuit court.
The big dredge working at Pearl
harbor, the Honolulu port, sank during
a storm, adding one more to the list oi
troubles encountered by the contractors
since this work was commenced.
Signs for better government for Ire
land have appeared.
President Roosevelt has his message
all ready for the, senate.
Three hundred Negro colonists will
go to Liberia from Georgia in January.
Rimor has it that the czar may abdi-
cate the throne to his uncle, Grand
Duke Vladimir. : = .:.: -.-.-
Gould and Hartman have fallen out
over the control of the Colorado fuel
and iron company.
The government survey for the Pa
cific cable has been turned over to the
Commercial cable company.
A message received from Dr.. Hunter,
from Guatemala, states that the killing
of Fitzgerald was in self defense.
The navy department has decided on
distinctive garb for marines and en-
listed men serving time in prison.
Heretofore they have worn their old
uniforms.
Coal miners and operators held their
first conference towards peaceful set
Litul0Al vi bIOI bIouOlSS III w aohlbS
ton. Only the preliminary arrange
ments we're discussed.
John L. Mitchell, judge of the SUI
perior court of Pennsylvania, will be
retired on half pay until the expiration
OF his term in 1910, on account OF ina
through sickness.
Wheat has reached the highest point
at San Francisco since 1898.
Great Britain and Germany are CO.
operating in serious measures to bring
Venezuela TO time.
The American Federation of Labor
reelected all it's officers, and voted to
meet inf Boston next November.
Herr Krupp, the great German gun
maker, and the, wealthiest man in
Germany, is dead from apop exy.
Oil is to be used as fuel on the steam
ers of the Furness line, one of the
largest English steamship companies.
:: The robbers who held up the Rock
Island express, near Davenport, Iowa,
secured in the neighborhood of $40, 900.
The report of Consul General McNal
ly on the Hunter Fitzgerold affair In
Guatemala puts it in the aspect Of
cold blooded murder.
Matters are proceeding favorably for
an agreement. between the coal miners
and operators. An increase of 10 per
cent in wages ia assured. ~ :
The body of J. w. Fuller, who dis
appeared from his home in Portland
October 27, has been found. There
was bullet hole in his right temple
and revolver with one empty cham
ber lay alongside the body!.
Thirty people were drowned by the
sinking of a steamer in the Danube
river. ~, -.-. ; ST.
Reports from the district in Guate-
mala devasted by the y9leano place the
loss of life at 10000.
The famous eating house at Meacham,
on the o. r. 4 N, which burned few
days ago, will be rebuilt.
Prominent citizens of Denver have
started q movement for the establish
ment of a sanitarium for actors.
Augustin Chacon, one of the most
desperate outlaws in Arizona, has been
hanged. During his career he had
taken at least a score of lives.
A serious financial problem is con-
fronting Germany. The government
expense deficit is larger than ever be-
fore and the people can hardly afford to
pay more taxes.
Venezuela complains of European
governments aiding her revolutionists.
Advices from South China state that
the Boxer movement is spreading.
Large bands of rebels are marching
through the country devastating every
thing as they go.
Secretary Moody has announced that
employees of government navy yards are
to be allowed to present in person to
the board OF wages any question affect
ing the rate Of pay.