Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-14
news OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed FERN for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.

Norway has offered to make Prince
Charles, of Denmark, her king.
Lord Roberts declares that the Brit
ish army is in bad condition and could
not Withstand invasion by another
power.
DIR. Sven Hedin, the Swedish explor-
er, sounds a warning against Norway,
who, he says, is preparing to attack
Sweden.
Reform leaders at Moscow are de-
termined, if Nicholas continues in his
present unyielding attitude, to elect a
new czar.
Forest fires are threatening the Lick
observatory, in which is located the
famous Lick telescope. The fires are
within eight miles of Mount Hamilton,
on which the observatory is located.
The appointment of Charles G.. Ma
COON as American minister to Panama,
while at the same time permitting him
to hold the Office of governor Of the
canal zone, has created an excellent i'm
preston in all circles at Panama.
Assistant Secretary of State Pierce
has announced that the peace ENJOYS of
Russia and Japan have agreed upon
Portsmouth, N. H., as the meeting
place of the sessions of the peace con-
ference to be held outside Of Washing
ton.
The crew of the Russian battleship
Potemkin has surrendered.
France and Germany have reached
an agreement about Morocco.
Fire in the business section of Spo-
kane destroyed $120, 900 worth of prop
ferty.
The foreign press generally praises
Elihu Root and say he is ct successor
to the late Secretary Hay.
John F. Stevens, new chief engineer
of the Panama canal, is on his way to
the isthmus to take charge of the work.
Two blocks of the business and resi-
dence section of Goldfeld. Nevada,
have been destroyed by fire. Loss,
5000, 900.
Three more of the convicts who re-
Gently escaped from the government
prison on McNeil's island have been
taken. The other four are likely to be
captured soon.
Pittsburg has been stirred by the
revelation of the fact that the million
aires of the city are paying scarcely any
taxes. 81. 9. Frick, worth possibly
$40, 900, 900, pays taxes on $4,000.
Advice from various parts of Russia
show that the effects of the war are
telling terribly upon that unhappy
country. Foreign merchants are clos
ing their stores for lack of business and
native merchants are barely kept alive.
Baron Komura, Japanese peace en-
voy, has sailed for the United States
A crisis is approaching in the Nor
way-Sweden matter. Swedish troops
are being mobilized along the frontier
Elihu Root will assume the Office Of
secretary of state soon, but will not be
able to give it his entire tie until Sep
tember.
President Roosevelt is determiend te
eliminate entirely the use of any
''pull" in securing promotions in the
army and navy.
The Sioux river is on rampage al
Sioux City, Iowa, and has overfowec
thousands of acres of crops and has
washed away many houses.
Dunnite, new explosive, isSclaimee
to be the most effective in the world
A small charge will crumple in the sids
of the heaviest armored vessel.
It is said that the Russian Reaction
ary party desires to dethrone the czal
and put in stronger ruler who will b'
able to restrain the reform party.
A report from Odessa says that par
of the Black sea squadron met and en-
gagged the rebel ship Potemkin. Th,
vessel escaped. The entire feet ha
been ordered to capture or destroy th
Potemkine.
One lesson gained by the American
navy as the result of the Far Easter
war is the uselessness of the connin
tower on war vessels. The Japanes
gunners invariably disabled the ma
chinery in these towers early in battle
Germany has forbidden French Sc
cialists to speak in Berlin.
A French submarine boat foundere
with crew of IL on board.
Twenty-six people were killed in th
tornado which just swept over Texas.
Paul Jones' body has been handle
over to the American navy by th
French navy with great ceremony.
The city of Theodosia, Russia. ha
been set on fire by the rebel ship Pc
temkin and the garrison, instead of dt
tending the town, has looted the store
and houses.