Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-03-20
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented in Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
THE PRESIDENTS TOUR.

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The senate will now take up the
Cuban treaty.
The Mississippi food has caused the
loss of number of lives.
The Colorado strike has extended to
the Cripple Creek mines.
Twelve deaths have occurred in the
last six months in New York City from
hydrophobia.
Passengers on a Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit company's Myrtle avenue car found
themselves locked in burning car.
The motorman did not stop until the
end of the run was reached, where a
fire engine was waiting to extinguish
the flames, and the occupants oi the
car were relieved from a perilous situ-
alton.
The passage of package of diamonds
through the custom house at New York
has brought out the fact that the re-.
turn of the jewels to Antwerp was pre-
vented only by the stopping of the Red
Star line steamer Finland in the lower
bay by means of wireless telegram
and the sending to her of tug.
A new Arizona law provides that it
shall be unlawful for territorial officials
to act as the resident agents of foreign
corporations, an appointment required
by law, and this branch of the business
will go to local corporation agencies.
The territory rivals New Jersey in
cheapness in THE matter OF incorpora-
ton.
Justice Day continues to improve.
Thomas Lipton's Shamrock III was
launched March II.
Ex-Congressman John W. Gambler,
of Massachusetts,, is dead.
The two telegraphers' unions have
consolidated under one head.
Colonel John A. Baldwin, of the Six
tteenth United States infantry, is dead.
The senate has voted down several
amendments to the Panama canal
treaty.
A revolution against the government
of Uruguay has broken out in two
provinces.
Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico
are deeply interested in the Lewis and
CLARK fair.
Ex-Governor Geer, of Oregon, is in
Missouri working for an appropriation
rloulx foSr
A call for bids has been issued at Sc
attic for 4 ,OOO, 600 feet of Washington
lumber for use in the Philippines.
A Negro doctor has been arrested at
Philadelphia, who is believed to have
poisoned at least "a patients and possi-
bly, many more.
Justice Day is much improved.
A census of China places her popu-
ilation at 426, ,447 900.
The Oath death has occurred at Cor
nell university from typhoid fever.
The Porto Rican legislature has just
adjourned. Many important measures
were acted upon.
The damage by the high water in the
Mississippi valley will amount to many
millions of dollars.
England's expenses are about the
same as those of the United States, but
her income is much less.
It is believed that the improvement
of the Columbia river will be author
lied this week by Secretary Root. -
The Philippine islands will have a
large exhibit at st. Louis. From there
it will be taken to Portland.
Ex-Representative Mercer, of Ne
braska, is talked of as director OF the
census. He is not popular with the
senatorial delegation from his state.
The California legislature has passed
"a bill appropriating s20, 600 for build
ing at the Lewis and Clark fair. The
st. LOUIS exhibit will be transferred
intact.
The Montana legislature adjourned
without making an appropriation for
the St. Louis and Portland fairs. A
movement is on foot to raise $50, 200
by popular subscription.
The senate will be able to dispose oi
the treaty in a week and adjourn.
China is organizing large army.
Arms and ammunition are being SNUG
glinged in from Germany.
Plans of national irrigation in
Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Nevada
and Arizona have been adopted.
The Chicago limited, westbound on
the Illinois Central, was wrecked at
Pomeroy and five passengers were in
jured.