Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-02
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.

way, trusted express company
employe, who embezzled $4,000, has
been captured in Chicago.
As a remedy for the overproduction
of pigiron, the committee having the
matter in hand will report for 20 pei
cert reduction on the output.
Professor J. Fl. Long has given expert
testimony that the water supply of st.
Louis cannot be contaminated by Chi
cago sewerage through the sanitary
canal.
Advices received from Kabul, Afghan
istan, under date of August 13, says
the cholera epidemic is abating. Sew
eral prominent persons were victims of
the disease.
On states evidence given by a con-
federate, ex-Deputy United States
Marshal Richards, of Des Moines, Ia,
has been found guilty of engineering a
$4,000 robbery.
The gunboat Nashville has sailed for
St. Andrews island, off the coast of
Nicaragua, to investigate the i'll treat
ment of Americans at the hands of the
native employers.
The ringleaders in the Servian army
plot which caused the death of the
king and queen have been sentenced to
two years IN prison, but will probably
be pardoned by their ruler.
The Presbytery of New York has con-
structed portable church for mission
work.
A severe storm has swept ever the
northern coast of Portugal. Sixteen
fishermen were drowned.
Threatened damage from forest fires
in the northwestern section of Maine
has been averted by heavy rain.
Firebugs are striking terror to the
hearts of all Harlem, N. Y. They start
blazes in the Easements of fats.
The American steamer Sierra has
sailed from Sydney, N. S. W.. for San
Francisco with $250,000 in gold.
Ten persons we're injured, two seri.;
ously, in trolley car runaway at Chi
cago. A green gripman was RESPONSE
BILE for the accident.
The international paper company, at
Rumford Fails, Me-, refuses to accede
to the demands of the union, and 700
men are idle.
Ground has been broken at Pueblo,
Colo, for an electric line from that city
to Beulah Springs and across the noun
tains for distance of so miles.
The city OF Dresden will establish a
home ior drunkards.
Anarchists are said to have formu-
lated pain to assassinate the sultan
of Turkey.
The Chicago university desires q
grant to explore in Babylonia and not
Babylon as previously announced.
Skilled mechanics in the New York
building trades to the number of ,000.-
900 will form gigantic combine.
At New Haven, Conn.,, a test will be
made to ascertain the minimum amount
of food required for the maintenance of
health
A Berlin trolley car company has
succeeded in running it's cars III miles
per hour and hopes to attain speed of
125 miles.
A New York Judge ordered father
to whip his 9-year-old daughter in
court. She had confessed to stealing
small articles.
The Oregon branch of the Masonic
Knights Templar met in Albany this
year and lively time had by all. The
following officers we're elected: George
II. Hill, of Portland, grand command
er; L. N. Roney, of Eugene, deputy
grand commander; D. G. ,Alger, of AL
bany, grand generalissimo; George Fl.
Burnett, Of Salem, grand captain gen.
eral; F. j. Miller, of Albany, grand
senior warden; T. A. Paine, of Eugene,
grand junior warden; B. 6. White
house, of Portland, grand treasurer; /;
James F. Robinson, of Eugene, grand
recorder.
The centennial of the founding of
Chicago was celebrated by the burning
of much red fire and other fire works.
The Warner livestock company has
been awarded land in dispute with
squatters, by Secretary Hitchcock.
The land is in Eastern Oregon along
the edge of Warner lake and has been
in controversy for about 20 years.
Turkey has appointed a commission
to inaugurate reforms in Macedonia.
Receiver scobey of the Olympia land
Office is charged with being absent
without leave.
At Sanger. CAL, clever thief SUBJ
stituted brick for 5 800 in coin.
T. Manuel Hermann, brother of the
Oregon congressman has resigned from
Office in the pension service.
Great pressure is being brought to
bear to have Lord Miner reconsider
his refusal &c enter the British cabinet.
Premier Balfour holds that the best
solution of the Balkan problem is for
the powers to support Russo-Austrian
agreement.