Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-04-11
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
Comprehensive Review OF the important
Happenings Of the Past Week. Presented
In a Condensed Form, Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.


Cholera is increasing in the Philip
pines.
The Manchurian treaty has been
signed at Pekin.
Fire in New York destroyed a six
story building. Loss, $l50,000.
Fighting between Christians and
Turks is reported in Northern Turkey.
President Roosevelt received hearty
welcome at the Charleston exposition.
The houses first vote on Cuban reci-
proc;ty showed both parties to be
divided.
Major General w. R. shafter, United
States army (retired), is candidate TOR
governor of California.
Rioting students at Moscow, Russia,
set fire to prison where number of
their comrades were confined. The
leaders were severely beaten by the
police.
Colonel John Mckee, of Philadel-
phia, who is thought to be the wealth.
lest colored man in the co~ntry, is
dead. Hi estate is estimated at about
$I,500,00O.
The shah of Persia will visit Emperor
William.
The house has passed the Chinese
exclusion bill.
Venezuela rebels are gaining ground
and the government is in bad way.
Striking miners in Pennsylvania
have rejected the offer of the mineown-
ers.
A third attempt has been made to
assassinate the Moscow project of
police.
The war revenue repeal bill has been
passed by the house and gone to the
PRESIDENT.
A new verse to ''God Save the King
has been written for the coronation
ceremonies of King Edward.
Although the administration regards
the Chinese exclusion bill as too dras-
tic, it will place Nc oppositioa in its
way.
rr.The St., Louis fair may be postponed
until 1904.
Cecil Rhodes fortune amounts to
5,000,0 900 pounds.
President Diaz, of Mexico, is plan
ming a visit to the United States this
summer.
Three men were killed and seven
wounded in an attempt to arrest an
Alabama negro.
The battleship Wisconsin is at San
Francisco after a visit to Samoa, Hon.
olulu and number of South American
ports.
Miss Ellen M. Stone has signed a
CONTRACT for a series of 100 lectures, to
be given in the principal cities of the
United States.
The bill providing form of govern
ment for the Philippines will follow the
Chinese exclusion bill in tho senate.
After that the canal measure will be
taken up.
The house has begun the considera-
tion of the exclusion bill.
Mitchell made the opening speech in
the senate on the Chinese exclusion
bill.
The last quarter 's imports to the
United, States from all Germany
amounted to $23, 7S6, ,094, an increase
of 81 ,297;5 $50, = b >~5S : :
In an all day fight between part of
IL nd he,
forces of Generals Delarey and Kemp,
the Beers were repulsed. The loss was
heavy ON both sides.
The bulk of Cecil Rhodes property
is left for education. 1t provides two
American scholarships at Oxford to
each of the present states and territories
of the United States.
The senate has passed the oleomar-
garine bill.
The house has passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
will soon retire from the cabinet.
Abner Mckinley denies that he was
connected with the Danish West Indies
scandal.
Twelve hotels and many sms ler
buildings were burned at Atlantic City,
N ]. Loss, $3.50 900.
1t is hardly probable that the bill
admitting Oklahoma, Arizona and New
Mexico will be passed by the present
session of congress.
The president has appointed Brig
adler General Hughes a major general
and Colonels Burt, De Russy and Sher.
idan to be brigadier generals.
Six persons we're burned to death in
q fire at Johnstown, Pa.
OF the 90 tobacco factories in France
5 are in Paris.
South Africa has ostrich farms con-
tanning over 800, 600. birds.
In New York city alone there are
now about 400 900 Germans.
The governor of Finland has ordered
the prosecution of the Lutheran pastors
who refuse to read the new Russian
army regulations in their churches.