Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-05
EVENTS OF 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.

Anti-Servian riots have been re-
newed in Hungary.
Great Britain will not treat officially
with the Boel generals.
The coming Oregon state fair is GER
tain to be better than ever before.
The national convention of postofice
clerks is in session in Kansas City.
A wreck on the Mexican Central re-
suited in the death of many passengers
Sir Thomas Upton is preparing tt
issue a challenge for the America
cup.
President Roosevelt has announced
that he will visit Kansas City Septem.
ber 30.
Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleve.
land, Ohio, is being mentioned as
Democratic candidate for president.
dispatch from Copenhagen says it
is reported from st. Petersburg that the
czarina has had miscarriage, but her
condition is not alarming.
Waldemar Lindgren, in an address
before the international mining con-
gress at Butte, said that the world
gold supply would soon be exhausted.
Thirty persons were killed in a
train wreck in Alabama.
Tho international mining congress
is in session at Butte, Mont.
Another hitch has occurred in the
signing of the Anglo-Chinese treaty.
Rev. NJ. Farley has been recon-
mended as a successor to Archbishop
Corrigan of New York.
A Utah man, who is thought to have
been insane, killed his wife and two
daughters and then shot himself.
Denver aeronauts, who endeavored
to 60 from that city to New York in
a balloon, were wrecked after being out
"a hours.
Generals Dewet, Botha and Delarey
and Mr.. Fischer have arrived in Lon
don from The Hague. A heavy rain
was falling when they arrived and they
received no ovation.
1t is estimated that 10000 laborers
in Florence, Italy, are on strike. 1t is
feared the trouble will spread to other
cities. The government is taking
energetic measures to suppress disorder
and the jails are overtiowing.
Representative Graffenreid of Texas
is dead.
Senator Hoar celebrated his 10th an
niversary on Friday.
The machinists' strike ON the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe has been declared
off.
Colombia accuses Nicaragua of aiding
revolutionsts and threatens to retalitae
"when she gets up
The forest fires that have been raging
in Wyoming for the past two weeks are
reported to be under control.
A loss of $1OO, 900 was caused by the
burning of the ooncentrator of the Mon
tana Ore Purchasing company at Butte.
The Canadian Pacific railway will
shortly place the enormous amount of
$4,000, 900 acres of land on the market
for settlers.
A steamer and rowboat collided on
Lake Gogus, near Battle Creek, Mich,
and resulted IN the drowning of five
employees of the Battle Greek Sanitar-
ium.
Heavy rains have damaged crops in
Kansas, and in the vicinity of Burling-
ton hundreds of acres of corn have been
DESTROYED and many bridges washed
away.
Attorney General Knox has sailed
for Europe. He goes abroad for the
purpose of obtaining clear title to the
property of the Panama Canal COM
pany.
Judge Richardson Of Spokane has
rendered decision that a boycott is
not illegal when peaceably conducted,
and when not SO conducted must be
dealt with in the criminal court, not
by court of equity.
In an automobile accident at Long
Branch n. j., two persons were killed
and three seriously injured.
George P. Clark, grand ruler of the
Elks, denies the report that there ia
shortage in the account of the grand
treasurer.
"a Twenty-three Italians have been ar
rested at Geneva, Italy, OH suspicion of
being connected with plot to derail
the train bearing King Victor Emman-
uel to Berlin.
1t is probable the opening of the
schools of Kansas will have to be post
poned on account of the inability of
the American Book company to furnish
books. The company has been prevent
ed from delivering the books by reason
of an injunction issued by Topeka
court.
"a husband takes a wife for better
or worse, and because she does not
conform to his notions of economy is
not ground for casting her from him.
This is the opinion of Justice sprig,
of the New York supreme court.
The strike of Havana dock laborers
has ended.
Another street car strike is threaten
ed at Chicago.
Ex-Governor George Hoadley, OF
Ohio, is dead.