Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-13
news OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.

Edward Wallace Hook is now gov
ernor of Kansas.
A great socialist conspiracy has been
discovered in Russia.
Charles s. Deneen has been inaugu-
rated governor of Illinois.
Witte is to succeed Mirsky as min
lister of the interior in Russia.
The president urges improvement of
the army medical and. ordnance service.
The oath of office has been admins
tered to Governor Douglas, of Massa-
chusetts.
Governor Peabody announces that he
will contest the Colorado election and
unseat Adams if possible.
General Stoessel says he was led to
believe by Chinese spies that General
Kurokatpin was marching south to re-
lieve him. He knew nothing about the
retreat from Lao Yang until after his
surrender.
W. J. Bryan attended the Inaugural
ton of Governor Folk, of Missouri.
On invitation he addressed the legis-
lature and advocated municipal owner
ship of public institutions. He declar-
ed that if Roosevelt is in earnest in his
desire to curb the power. of railroads he
will lead a strenuous life during the
next four years.
Russia plans to spend 5000, 900, 900
on rebuilding her navy.
Missouri may appropriate 5000, 900
fo the Lewis and CLARK fair.
The Colorado legislature has declared
Adams elected governor, but Peabody
may contest.
Committees of Atlantic steamship
lines and railroads. met to take steps
against the rigid inspection of immi-
grants by the government, which, they
say drives business from American to
Canadian steamer lines.
Andrew Carnegie has intimated to
the officials of the Franklin institute,
of New York, that if they can secure
the Franklin fund, amounting to 1885,
600, he will duplicate the amount, as
he did in the case of Franklin union,
of Boston.
All the railroads centering in Chi
cago will apply to the United States
district court January II for a perma-
nent injunction restraining all local
brokers from dealing in any form Of
non-transferable transportation. The
scalpers propose to appeal to the United
States supreme court.
The beef trust case is before the su-
preme court.
Russian revolutionists predict an
early outbreak.
Several severe engagements have oc-
Cured near Mukden.
Russia's Third Pacific squadron will
be ready to sail February IA.
The movements of the Second Pacific
Russian squadron are still undecided,
The Nebraska supreme court has de-
clared the sugar bounty law unconsti-
tutional.
A million dollars in gold has been
engaged in San Francisco for shipment
to Japan.
The North sea inquiry commission
has adjourned until February. Wher
it reconvenes Russia promises to have
some sensational testimony to offer.
One man was killed and half dozer
persons seriously injured in rear-ent
collision in which three trains crashed
together on an elevated road in New
York.
Fire damaged the cotton mill of the
Edwards Manufacturing company a
Augusta, Me-, to the amount of $75,
600. Firemen had to fight not onl,
the flames but temperature of 80 de
grees below zero.
The Japanese found 48, 900 prisoner
in Port Arthur of whom one-third ar
sick.
The czar has decided to send 200, ,OO'
more troops to Manchuria.
The flagship of the Baltic squadron
is reported to have struck rock ant
sunk.
The czar's decision to continue tn
war causes great Indignation and bring
a revolution near.
The interstate commerce committe
of the senate is working on bill t
! regulate freight rates.
As a result. of a collision on tn
Lake Shore road near Angolsa, N. Y
eight passengers were injured.
The continued internal strife i
Santo Domingo may necessitate th
United States to step in and put sto
to it.
Secretary Hay recommends that th
naturalization avs be amended so {
to restrict many courts from grantin
papers.