Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-08-04
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.


Norway and Sweden will not favor
making the Baltic closed sea.
Germany is suspected of bad faith by
France in the Morocco matter.
The court OF inquiry into the Ben
nington disaster has begun its sessions.
Suit has been commenced against the
direct ors of the Equitable to make them
return their ill-gotten gains.
Fire in Swift & Co.'s packing plant
at South St. Joseph Mo-, destroyed
over $3.50, 900 worth of property.
According to reports made by the
county assessor Portland has popula,
tion of ITO, 800. This is 10000 more
than in 1900.
Britain and Japan have nearly COM
pleted new treaty. The new alliance
will be decidedly more comprehensive
than the present one.
Great Britain will press it's claim for
pay for number of steamers sunk by
Russian auxiliary cruisers after the
battle of the Sea of Japan.
While few new cases are appearing
in New ORLEANS, the health authorities
believe they have the yellow fever stu
alton in hand and that in few days it's
spread will have been stopped.
The Chinese boycott has caused large
orders from a San Francisco firm to be
cancelled.
All of the peace ENJOYS are now in
Washington excepting NJ. Witte and
his party.
The kaiser and czar are said to be
contemplating declaring the Baltic a
closed sea.
The japanese now have an army be-
tween Vladivostok and the main Rus
sian army.
Germany and Britain are at dagger's
point about sending the British fleet to
the Baltic.
Europe regards Roosevelt as arbitcr
In case Japan and Russia deadlock in
their peace conference.
Louisiana is quarantined on all sides
and new cases of fever have broken out
despite the efforts of the health author.
tiles.
In row in tn city council of Spring
field, Illinois, the mayor came off VIC
torios by calling in police, who used
their clubs freely on the city fathers.
Warren, Pa, was visited bv a cloud
burst which did thousands of dollars
worth OF damage to property. The
people escaped drowning by staying in
second stories of buildings.
Sweden is negotiating for war loan.
A national bank is to be organized at
Nome, Alaska.
France and Germany are again quar-
reling over Morocco.
Huarrlman wants to gather the Illi-
nois Central railroad into his system.
Japan will not cease hostilitiss pend
ing the outcome of the peace conference.
A new plot has been discovered
against the life of the sultan of Turkey.
Germany is furious at the proposed
cruise of British war vessels in the
Baltic.
Great Britain is planning to store an
immense amount of food for home use
in case of war.
Police has unearthed counterfeiters
outfit in Portland and arrested six peo-
pie in connection.
District Attorney Jerome of New
York is now taking turn at the tricky
lawyers of that city.
Revenue officers in New York are
seeking men who have used internal
revenue stamps second time on cigar
boxes.
At the end of the eighth week of the
fair the total admissions aggregated
nearly 100000.
George 7. Moore, connected with the
Agricultural department, has resigned
on account of connection with graft in
that department.
Native bankers of China have decid-
ed to boycott foreign banks doing busi-
ness in the Flowery Kingdom.
Great Britain will send several war
ships to the Baltic to discount the
effects of the kaiser's visit to the czar.
Southern Pacific property to the ex-
tent OF 100000 is endangered near Los
Angeles by the overflow of water at
Salton Sink.
Secretary Francis has registered the
names OF more than 800 delegates 10
the Trans-Mississippi congress from IL
states and territories. Several special
trains from different parts will carry
the delegates to Portland.
Germany's commercial relations with
the United States will be an important
subject before the next session of the
senate. The present treaty will soon
run out and Germany is anxious to me-
gotiate new understanding on lines of
reciprocity.