Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-18
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.

Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
A Santo Dominican plot to kill Min
lister Powell has been unearthed.
Southern friends of Hanna still have
hopes that he will run for president
Mayor Collins, Democrat, has been
reelected mayor of Boston by a large
plurality.
J. Henry Booth, reeeiver of the Rose
burg, Oregon, land Office will not be
reappointed.
Chicago citizens have organized to
put an end to the lawlessness whic h
reigns there.
A Connecticut bank cashier, whose
accounts are short, on being surprised
by the bank examiner, committed sui
eide.
President Loubet, of France, will
visit Rome in April.
The remains of Herbert Spencer, the
philosopher, were cremated.
Marines from the cruiser Prairie
have been landed at Colon and sent to
Panama.
The Utah fuel company says any
miner who desires to return to work
must give up the union.
Senator Bailey holds that the Cuban
reciprocity bill is invalid because it did
not originate in the house.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, of Bos-
! ton, has been appointed chaplain of the
senate for the session beginning Janu-
ary l.
Senator Foster has introduced bill
dividing Washington into two judicial
districts, north and south. His bill
places Seattle in one district and Ia
coma and Spokane in the other.
The cotton mills at Adams and North
Adams, Mass, and Norwich, Conn.,,
have made a 10 per cent reduction in
wages. The order affects 5000 opera
tives.
G. M. Stuart is likley to bs reap
pointed postmaster at Seattle.
Comment at st. Petersburg on Roose-
velt's message is very friendly.
An election of delegates to prepare a
constitution has been called in Panama.
W. Bryan and son, who are tour
ing Europe, held an audience with the
pope.
United States Senator Clark, of Mon
tana, is much improved and should be
out in three weeks.
Secretary Hitchcock may remove J.
Henry Booth, register of the Roseburg,
Oregon, land Office.
John W. Proctor, president of the
civil service commission, died very sud-
denly in Washington.
The senate committee on privileges
and elections will ask Smoot to reply
to the charges made against him.
The national Republican committee
has chosen Chicago as the conventic
city and fixed June 21 as the date. n
President Hartman announcer that |
Union Pacific cars will soon run into |
Seattle.
General Macarthur is accredited
with predicting war with Germany in
the near future.
A nineteen-year-old Vermont love-
sick boy aided a woman to slay her
husband SO he could get home.
Many charges are pouring in against
Asa B. Thompson, suspended receiver
of the La Grande, Oregon, land Office.
A light engine and passenger train
collided near Steubenville, Ohio. One
person was killed and Is others in
jured.
Queen Alexandra had very narrow
escape from death by fire. She was
asleep when blaze broke out in her
bed room.
The house has received resolutions to
impeach Fedearl Judge Swayne, of
Florida, and has ordered committee
to investigate. ,
The federal grand jury at Omaha
has indicted State Senator Lowe for
selling a postoffice position and prnmi-
nent cattlemen for fencing public do
main.
The attending physicians certify that
Herbert Spencer died of simile decay.
The appointment of General Wood to
become major general has again been
sent to the senate.
Another unsuccessful attempt has
been made with the Langley flying ma
chine. The airship is lying at the bot
tom of the Potomac river, total
wreck.
Indiana scholars cut hole in the ice
of pond near the school house and af-
ter tying the feet of the teacher placed
her in the water. She was rescued
half an hour later nearly dead.