Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-19
news OF THE WEEK
N a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
a Resume of the Less important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.

Russian cities.
The Judge who tried Nan Patterson
.ays she is guilty.
The Russian feet is said to be an
chored south of Hong Kong.
Loomis and Bowen each have stated
his side of the controversy to the presl-
dent.
Japan is growing more angry with
France and may involve her and Brit
ain in war.
A fire in the heart of Vienna caused
an explosion of celluloid which injured
between 35 and 40 policemen, fremen
and passers-by.
The Federal grand BURY, sitting in
Chicago, has secured all the innermost
workings of the beef trust from the
trunks seized short time ago.
Government officials say there are al
ready too many mints and the hopes of
the Northwestern cities for mints or
assay Offices are not likely to be real
lied.
Statistics show that there has never
been a president who did not take sew
eral vacations during his term OF office.
Washington was absent from the cap
ital lS1 days.
Recent arrests in Chicago have re-
yealed the fact that hired sluggers are
being employed by the Chicago unions
engaged in the strike. A regular scale
of prices exists.
The Chicago strike will be continued
and extended.
Strikers are again breaking out in
many Russian cities.
France is becoming alarmed lest ia
pan attack Indo-China.
The Japanese have pushed back the
Russian left in Manchu1ia.
Secretary Morton ssys he has no in
tention of resigning from the cabinet at
present.
The beef trust officials will appeal to
Roosevelt against the prosecutions
methods.
Tornadoes have struck several towns
in Kansas and Texas. All we're small
and not much damage was done.
All charges against Colorado miners
for participation in the Victor riot in
June, 1904, have been dropped and the
men released.
The president will not appoint sue
cessor to the late Judge Bellinger for
some time. This being life position,
he wants to be sure he has the right
man when he is named.
The president has removed W. F.
Matthews, United States marshal for
Orgon, and appointed G. J. Reed
This action was taken at the request Of
District Attorney Heney, who was able
to show that Matthews is too friendly
with accused land fraud men.
Seven miners were killed in an ex-
plosion at Butte, caused by. careless
handling of dynamite.
The Chicago grand jury investigating
the beef trust has secured Armor's Sc
cret code used in making rebates.
The financial loss at Snyder, Okla.
homa, will reach $500, 900. Several
more injured persons have been found
Togo's fleet has been seen off the
Pescadores islands, and it is. believed 9
battle will occur near Hong Kong soon
as the Russians must fight before june
or be caught by the typhoons.
The president has established fol
est reserve in Wallowa county embrac
ing about 300, 900 acres of land,- ano
will create several more in Oregon
Altogether nearly 100000 900 acres will
be placed in reserve.
Nan Patterson has been released from
Jail. It is not probable that she will
be called u pom to face another jury, al
District Attorney Jerome believes hi
assistants have done their best anG
further efforts would be useless.
The Chicago Teamowners' associa
tion say they have the strikers beaten
American employees in the Panam,
canal zone are leaving as fast as pos
sible on account of yellow fever, ant
charge the officials with taking no step
toward protection of health.
France accuses Japan of blufing Oh
the neutrality question.
The Union Pacific is building six gas
oline motor cars at the Omaha shops.
The Japanese have made the frs
move towards new flank attack.
An earthquake throughout centra
and southern Mexico damaged man
houses.
During the next II years Italy ez
poets to spend s27 ZOO, 900 for new wa
vessels.
Judge Bellinger is growing weake
and his physicians hold out little hop
OF mis- recovery.