Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
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.

49,
A British steamer has just arrived at
New York with cargo of l 100 tons of
European wheat.
The Oklahoma statehood bill will
come before the senate Immediately |
after the holiday recess.
Several torpedo boats escaped from
Port Arthur and took refuge at Shang- |
hal Just prior to the surrender of the
fortress.
Before surrendering Stoessel sunk
the damaged warships in Port Arthur
harbor. The Japanese severely criti-
else this.
Now that Port Arthur has fallen the
bulk of the besieging army will be sent
north, but some of them will 60 home.
The army before Port Arthur is vari-
ously stated as being between 10000
and 12O, 900 men.
If Senator Mitchell follows the mex
orable rule of senatorial etiquette, he
will not appear on the floor of the SEN
ate again until the courts have taken
final action in the matter of the indict-
ment against him,
The cotton mill strike at Fall River,
Mass, continues with both sides deter
mined not to give in.
The grind of the Federal grand jury
goes on, and another report for the
expectant public will soon be made.
Silver is growing scarce. The price
has rdvanced, and the market is such
that the consumer waits on the pro-
ducer.
Chicago held memorial services De-
cember 80 in remembrance of the lrl-
quois theater disaster, the occasion be-
ing the first anniversary.
Preparations are being made at Vlad
ivostok for the reception in the dry
docks of any Of the Baltic squadron
that may need docking when the fleet
reaches that port.
The London city police have arrested
two members of an international gang
which for two or three years is alleged
to have been conducting extensive forg-
cries in s5 Bank of England notes.
Boston's submarine tunnel is open
for business. The tube is a mile and a
half long, and connects Boston and
East Boston, running under the harbor.
The cost was three million dollars.
About three and one-half years was
consumed in constructing the tunnel.
Owing to the crisis in Morocco, the
French navy yards show great activity
England is again enveloped in a
heavy fog andsa ships are detained at
the mouth of the Thames, unable to
proceed.
Admiral Kazankoff has been recalled
as Russian commissioner in the North
sea inquiry and will be replaced by
Vice Admiral Doubasoff. Sickness il
given as the reason.
The Montana agricultural exhibits al
st. Louis are being packed for. ship
ment to Portland. The mineral ex
hibit will leave Butte for the Lewis
and Clark fair shortly.
Kuropatkin is absolutely certain tha
he will ultimately win over the Japan
ese, while the vice governor of Japan
national bank says Japan must win
that no sacrifice is too great.
The Japanese attempts to raise th'
Russian cruiser Variag have been dis
continued. 1t will be impossible to re
commence work before spring, by whicl
time the steel plates forming the hui
will be useless.
The Colorado canvassing board ha
given certificates of election to two Re
publican senator's, whose places wer
contested by Democrats. Democrat
regard it as highly probable that Gov
ernor Peabody will be reseated by thi
action.
Prince Yildaroff has been reporte'
as among the killed in a recent list sen
to St. Petersburg.
The recent retirement of Rear Ad
miral Silas Terry has resulted in th
promotion of Captain Joseph E. Graf
to be admiral.
An officer from an English steame
just out from Vladivostok says no Rus
sian torpedo boats have arrived ther
from Port Arthur.
Reports from points along the sho1
of Lake Michigan indicate that th
damage resulting from the storm wi
aggregate 100000.
The president is presenting his ides
on railroad freight rates to congressme
personally.
An unknown steamer has bee
stranded in Hell's Hole, off Cape Ha
teras, as result of the storm ragiI
along the Atlantic coast.
Two Japanese cruisers have bee
sighted off Hong Kong. It is believe
they are scouting vessels from the fe
sent after the Russian Baltic squadron
M. A. Meyerdorff, special lar
agent, on the way to Portland to he
in the land frauda leases, attempted