Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-10
news OF THE WEEK
h a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
a Resume Of the Less important but
Net Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Secretary Wyndham has resigned
from the British cabinet.

from the British cabinet.
Mrs. Chadwick's trial has begun,
but her illness has interrupted it.
A railway commission bill has been
disapproved by the governor of Mon
tana.
German military critics severely con-
denim Kuropatkin's generalship and
foresee his defeat.
There is no prospect of break in the
Missouri senatorial contest. Neidring-
haus leads in the voting.
E. H. Hartman has lost his suit
against the Northern Securities COM
pany and the Hill lines will remain in
tact.
Since the beginning Of the war the
Japanese are estimated to have lost
l69, 800 men killed and wounded and
the Russians 135, 500.
The Union elevator at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, has been totally destroyed by
fire, together with 400, 900 bushels of
grain, mostly corn. Loss, 5000, 900.
Great Britain will stop work of forti-
flying Wei Hal Wal until her position
in the Far East can be more clearly
seen at the outcome of the present war
in that territory.
The governor Of Pennsylvania has ve-
toed bill appropriating 100000 for
the Lewis and Clark fair because he
was not empowered to appoint the en-
tire commission.
The Chicago beef trust inquiry is to
continue.
New York state senators are accused
of grating.
The Texas. legislature has indorsed
the war on the Standard Oil company
and the alleged, beef trust.
A Warsaw anarchist was blown up
by his own bomb while attempting to
hurl it into company of soldiers.
According to the latest St. Peters
burg advices from Kuropatkin the jap
anese are being repulsed on all sides.
The chemists who examined the con-
tents of Mrs. Stanford's stomach state
positively that they found no strych.
nine.
Fire at the coal landings on the
northern bank of the Jyne, at South
Shields, England, casued q loss of $1,-
coo. 900.
One of the finest private dormitorisf
at Yale college has been badly damaged
by fire. The fire is supposed to have
started from cigarette stub.
The bulk of the Stanford millions
goes to relatives. Various charitable
institutions get $105, 900 and the Stan
ford university is well taken care of.
The Bryan, Texas, cotton oil plan
burned, causing loss of 500, 900.
An excursion train bound for the in
augural was wrecked near Pittsburl
and seven people killed.
The Indian appropriation bill make
no provision for the purchase of tn
Colville, Washington, Indian reserva
ton.
The civil appropriation bill as finall
agreed upon by both houses of con
gress gives the Pacific coast and .Alask
81, ,45O, 900.
Representative Hermann has bee
indicted at Washington, D. c., fo
burning 25 letter files just prior to hi
retirement from the general land Office
The United States Steel company ha
announced that the wages of 1000
of it's employees will be advanced o
April l. The payroll will be increase
1912, 200, 900 by this raise.
The Columbia River & Northern raj
way, running from Lyle, on the Ce
lumbia rivre, to Goldendale, Washing
ton, has been sold for approximate
100000 Eastern capital is th
purchaser, but it is believed that i
reality the road goes to the Norther
Pacific.
Commissioners Garfield has submit
ted report to the president on th
beef trust. The report shows con
paratively small profit onn beef killee
DuI on tno private Car lilies OptIdte
by the trust IA to II per cent is th
net earnings. On one line the prof
was as high as % per cent during 100.
Russian soldiers in Manchuria al
offering little resistance and many su
render.
More antitrust laws have bee
passed by the Legislatures of Kans'
and Nebraska.
The senatorial deadlock in the Mi
souri, legislature continues with !
prospect of an early break.
Burglars blew open the bank safe
Clarksvile, Oklahoma, and secured se
eral thousand dollars and escaped.
The contest between Peabody al
Adams for the governorship of Col
RADIO will result in the latter being d
clared elected.
A terrorist arsenal has been found