Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-09
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
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.
Representative J. S. Salmon, of New
Jersey, is dead

Representative }. 5. Salmon, of New
Jersey, is dead.
Rear Admiral w. T. Sampson j.
dead at Washington.
Thousands of sheep are dying in New
MEXICO on account of the drouth, which
has been unbroken since the latter part
of March.
The president has pardoned five
members OF the Mineworkers' organiza-
tiOn who were sentenced to Jail in Vir-
ginia for contempt of court.
Four men were killed and two others
fatally burned by being caught in tor
rent of molten metal that flowed from
a smelter in foundry at Harrisburg,
Pa
Margaret Taylor, the Cincinnati
child kidnapped four years ago, has been
found in Italy. Steps have been taken
to extradite the aunt who carried her
away.
An American company has purchased
the wrecks of the Spanish warships AL
mirante Oquendo and Vizcaya and they
will be converted ITO scrap iron and
shipped to Philadelphia.
Three Wall street firms failed and
created furry in stocks.
General E. S. Bragg, of Wisconsin,
has been selected as United States con-
sui general at Havana.
H. G. Squires, secretary of the lega-
tion at Pekin, has been selected by
the president to be minister to China.
The president has sent to the senate
the nomination of Frank P. Sargent to
be commissioner general Of immigra-
ton.
A mob of SO italians, crazed with
liquor, ruled the town of Corliss, Wis,
for a day and terrorized the inhabit-
ants.
Queen Wilhelmina is said to be on
the way to recovery alter her narrow
escape from death ON account of an
operation.
Secretary Moody has authorized
Captain Dayton of the cruiser Chicago
to convene court of inquiry to probe
the affair at Venice. -
General Chaffee has cabled the
names of the killed and wounded in
the Bayan fight. The serious nature
of the wounds of the majority show
that desperate fighting occurred.
The heavy run on Cripple Creek
bank has subsided.
Forest fires are creating considerable
havoc in portions of Colorado.
About 5000 Roumanian Jews will
emigrate to the United States in the
very near future.
Ex-Secretary Long says that John
Hay and Elihu Root will continue as
members of the cabinet.
British columns are raising the siege
of o Okiep, which has been besieged
by the Beers for many weeks past.
DR.. Leyds has gone to Utrecht to
confer with President Kruger o the
peace terms of the British government.
President Palma is pleased with the
work of Americans in Cuba after a
thorough inspection of the various
improvements.
A rehearing has been granted by the
interior depart ment on the claim of the
Wisconsin Oneida Indians, for about
100000 from the government for
Kansas lands, ceded to them in 1888,
but which they never occupied.
Queen Wilhelmina is slowly recover
ing from her illness.
The revolutionists are marching on
the capital of Santo Domingo.
Tornadoes in Iowa injured large
property.
Bjorntjernc Bjornso, the famous
Norwegian author, is dangerously i'll at
Christiania.
Two trainmen were killed and IS
mail clerks injured in railroad wreck
near Clyde, n. Y.
1t is stated that more than 1000
lives were lost in the Guatemalan
earthquake of April Is.
The Mexican government refuses to
surrender Charles kratz, the st. Louis
councilman charged with bribery.
The outlook for peace in South At
rica is good. General DeWet is satis-
fled with the British terms and Delarey
will abide by the decision of the ma
jority.
The most serious feature of the polit-
ical situation in Russia is the disin-
clination of the troops to act against
the people. Eight hundred men of one
regiment have been punished for not
firing on the rioters at Moscow.
1t will probably be a surprise to
learn that Mary is the most popular
name among actresses. Next in num-
Der are contractions of Eleanor.
All Orientals are great linguists.
They seem to have faculty for picking
up languages that is not enjoyed by
Anglo-Saxons.
The hardest WOO in the world is not
ebony, but cocus, which is much used
for making flutes and other similar in
struments.