Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-16

The Danish parliamentary commit.
tee is deadlocked on the Danish West
Indies treaty.
There are 1000 dead at st. Vincen:
island from the volcanic disturbance
in the West Indies.
French troops are interring the dead
at st. Pierre very slowly. Looting OF
the bodies has begun there.
Since the capture of General Meth
uen the British have reduced the force
OF General Delarey by $50 men taken
prisoners.
The president has ordered a review
of the Rathbone case. This may
necessitate amendment of the Cuban
criminal law.
Three thousand and fifty gas workers
are on strike in Chicago because their
companions hal been discharged for
joining a union.
Oregon has received ii gold medals,
four silver medals, Is bronze medals
and 80 honorable mentions at the
Charleston exposition.
At Tucuncariz, N. NJ, three men
were killed in fight.
The strike in the Oregon City wooden
mills is practically over
Americans will own the ships of the
new shipping combine, but they will
fly the English flag.
The coal shortage is already apparent
at Reading, Pa, in consequence of the
Scranton mines being idle.
The Italian government will send a
cruiser to represent Italy at the in
auguration of the new Cuban republic.
In explosion of naptha near Pittsburg
a score of lives were lost and about 200
persons were injured, many of whom
will die,
1t is now generally admitted that
80, 900 people lost their lives at st.
Pierre. The streets of the city are COW,
cred with corpses.
The new steel casting combine, to be
known as the American Steel Casting
Company, will control one-fourth of the
piOduSblou oi viz
Another revolution is on the tapis in
Hayti.
Peace may be officially proclaimed
in South Africa on May 20.
The government bill for enjoining
the beef trust has been fled at Chi
cago.
Government troops who were ordered
to disband in China have raised the
standard of revolt.
1t is reported that three other islands
of the West Indies we're extensively
damaged besides Martinique.
Natives whose kraals were burned by
burghers, attacked a Boer laager in the
vicinity of Scheepers Mex May 5, and
killed 80 Beers.
The United States government has
dispatched vessels to Martinique to
render any assistance possible to the
stricken inhabitants.
Further details add only to the ex-
tent of the St. Pierre horror. From all
over the world assistance is being sent
to the unfortunates.
The anthracite companies have told
their miners not to report for work at
Scranton, Pa, and it looks like lock-
out. Both sides are preparing for a
long struggle.
President Simon Sam, of Hayti, has
resigned.
Admiral Sampson remains have
been buried in Arlington cemetery.
The British press demands that the
government take action on the steam
ship combine.
The attorney general of Missouri has
filed proceedings against the beef trust
in his state.
The nomination of H. Clay Evans
as consul general to London has been
confirmed by the senate.
The house has passed the omnibus
statehood bill admitting Oklahoma,
Arizona and New Mexico.
1t is now estimated that fully 40, 900
people perished in the earthquake at
St. Pierre, Martinique. The American
consul and his family are among the
dead.
The attorney general of Washington
has rendered an opinion that Mr.. Nc
Bride is still lieutenant governor, but
is invested with the power of chief ex-
ecutive.
Queen Wilhelmina is convalescent.
Nine men we're injured in an explo-
sion in an Anaconda smelter.
Over 1000 pounds changed hands in
betting upon game of ping pong in
London recently.
Athens expects to be visited by more
than 10, 900 tourists, chiefly English
and American, during the present
month.
Sixty-two miles an hour is to be the
average speed maintained by a new
train to run on the English service, be-
tween Paris and Calais. The journey
will oplv occunv three hours