Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-09
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
amt Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.


Japan still hopes to avert war with
Russia, but is preparing for it.
: General Daniel Sickles has been nom
mated for mayor of New York by fus-
ionists.
At Berlin a speed of % miles an hour
has been made on an experimental
electric line. sE.s
The man who made the attempt on
President Roosevelt's life is not regu-
lar anarchist. 9TH
Many attempts at assassination are
being made on members of the German
imperial family. ~s
Ex-Ambassador Herbert has been
Iiad to rest in the family tomb at Will
ton. Wiltshire, England.
Five in the mines at Eureka, Utah,
has put stop to all underground work
until the blaze can be extinguished.
The United States eteel corporation
has made SO per cent reduction in
dividends on account of decline in bus
mess.
The assistant secretary of the interior
will not grant settlers review in the
famous Warner valley, Oregon, swamp
land case.
:: The Colorado national guard is in
volved in scandal over financial trans
actions at the scene Of the Cripple
Creek strike.
War between Russia and Japan is
not anticipated.
General Bradley 7. johnson. prom
inent Confederate officer, is dead.
Fifteen more indictmnets have been
returned in the postal investigation
cases.
Ex-Postmaster General Bissell is
greatly improved, but is not yet out of
danger.
The new British cabinet has been
named. Grave fears are expressed for
it's durability.
Thomas J. McLain, United States
consul at Bahama, is dead. He had
been at that station for 25 years.
Trade statistics show that the exports
from the Philippines have increased
fully 20 per cent during the past year.
A tornado destroyed half of Neguna,
Mich, doing property damage of $780,
600, causing one death and injuring
several people.
Miss Ruth Bryan has welded Artist
W. 81. Leavitt.
Mrs, Jefferson Davis is rapidly re-
covering and will soon be able to be
out.
General Miles declares he has no de-
sire to become presidential candi-
date.
The New York Central's gross earn
ings increased nearly 100000 the
past year.
The states side in the trial of ex-
Lieutenant Governor Tillman. of South
Carolina, is nearly finished.
Colorado miners will sue Governor
Peabody for 500, 900 damages on the
ground of false imprisonment.
The strike of the telephone linemen
on the Pacific coast has been settled
and the men have returned to work.
The president of the Chicago worlds
fair has given a number of valuable
pointers to the management of the 1905
fair.
Spanish newspapers say the report
that King Alfonso is to wed the Arch
duchess Of Austria is without founda-
6ion.
A tornado wrecked St. Charles, Wis,
killing seven people and injuring 28
others. many of whom are in serious
condition.
South Africa faces hard times be-
cause of severe drouth and overstocklng.
The University of Chicago has begun
its fall term with about 2,5OO students,
a record attendance.
The Philippine Bureau reports sue
cess in it's experiments for the raising
of cotton and jute, especially the lat
ter.
A cloudburst at Pratt, Kan, worked
great damage to crops. An ordinary
stream was a mile wide for time.
The number of aliens arriving at Ell
lis Island last month was AZ ,582. an
excess of 5,543 over the corresponding
month last year.
Two jurymen at Bloomington, Ill,
Have been arrested for soliciting bribe
in sc, 900 damage suit against Chi
cago grain brokers.
The Danish ministry will urge the
rebuilding of the great palace of Chris
tiansborg, which was burned 20 years
ago, as a gift to the aged king.
An amicable settlement of the strike
at the Chicago stockyards is now ex-
pected.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
is adertising for bids on the tunnels
under the North and East rivers and
Manhattan island, by which it proposes
to enter New York.