Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-03
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL. PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMiSPHERRS.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.

Continued heavy rains have stoppe,
all war maneuvers at Fort Riley, Kan
Secretary Shaw's order releasing tn
reserve, put 100000 into circulation
at Portland.
Savages on the warpath in New
Guinea have massacred many people
and burned whole villages.
The presidents condition continues
to improve fast and he is able to atten(
to a great deal of business.
The Gu ban government has made 6
law which provides for Cuban labor ir
all kinds of public service.
Miss Alice Hay, daughter Of Secle
tary OF State Hay, was married te
James w. Wadsworth, of New York.
Two American inventors are expert
menting with flying machines on Long
island. One chip ascendei 1000 feet
and sailei about two miles and the
other assembled 1000 feet and made a
fight of nearly five miles.
The senate committee on Pacific is
lands and Porto Rico has finished its
work In the Hawaiian islands and has
sailed for San Franci co. The COM
mittee listened to testimony regarding
the land laws, public improvements
needed, bubonic plague epidemic and
many other matters of lesser import
ance.
One thousand people are now be-
lieved to have perished in the Sicily
disaster.
In spite OF rain, the full war maneu-
vers are being carried out by the troops
at Fort Riley, Kan.
Venezuela plans to cut all the ables
and an American gunboat may be ne
cessary in those waters.
Lumber shipments by water from the
Columbia river will this year, for the
first time on record, exceed 100, ,000,-
600 feet.
Brigadier General Sumner, in charge
of the movement against the Moros,
says the rebels are not SO unruly as
reported.
1t is said that Queen Maria Chris
tina, mother of King Alfonso of Spain,
has married Count de Escorura, her
master of the house.
Three desperate prisoners in the
Dillon. Mont, Jail sawed their way out.
1t is believed they secured aid from the
outside. Officers are in close pursuit.
Cholera still RACES in the Island of
Samar. The population of many of
the towns have been heavily reduced
through death and the flight of the
panic stricken people.
A tidal wave swept Japan, drowning
at least 500 people. Much property
was destroyed. A Japanese warship
was driven ashore, but will probably
be floated.
A second military expedition has
been sent against the Moros.
Fifteen hundred street car men in
New Orleans have struck for increased
pay.
A fire at Stockton CAL, destroyed
100000 worth of property. Five
blocks were burned.
A Mississippi Negro. who confessed
to an old crime, was burned alive. He
said he deserved the fate that had over
taken him.
The presidents physicians found it
necessary to open the wound on his leg,
as the bone was slightly affected. 1t
is not serious and recovery will soon
come.
The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions shows that there are
now nearly a million names on the
pension rolls. The total disbursement
of the department has been 2,900,-
S54, 1902.
The cable from San Francisco to
Manila will be in working order by
July 1, 1908, according to the officials
of the company. Three steamers will
lay the cable, two from Manila and
one from San Francisco.
The comet discovered at Lick obser-
vatory September has grown steadily
brighter, until at the present time it is
visible to the naked eye. 1t can be
seen little north of tho star Alpha
Cysni, near the milky way. 1t is NOV
ing in a southwesterly direction.
DR.. Silviane Brandao, vice president
elect of Brazil, is dead.
A census of the Philippines has been
authorized by the president.
The presence Of troops has had q
quieting effeet in the coai fields of
Pennsylvania.
President Roosevelt's injured leg
continues to improve, and the pre- sident
will be around again in a lew days.
No more American soldiers will be
sent to the isthmus of Panama.
Burglars in South Sharon, Pa, held