Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-27
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.

formed by Rouvier.
All printing works in St. Petersburg
are closed and no newspapers are being
issued.
Experts examining the Denver bal
lots declare one-third of them are
fraudulent.
T. J. O'Brien, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, has accpeted an offer to become
minister to Denmark.
The senate will confirm the nomina-
ton of T. G. Powell, of Portland, to be
marshal at Nome, Alaska.
The Oregon delegation is confident
of small appropriation with which to
begin work on the Cello canal.
A Russian admiral who was in Port
Arthur when it surrendered denounces
General Stoessel as incapable and the
surrender as disgrace.
Four publishers of large st. Peters
burg papers declare their intention to
issue their papers so soon as men can
be secured, in defiance of the censor
orders.
The California legislator has appro-
priated SIC, 900 for the Lewis and Clark
fair. Already 500, 200 has been given
and with this last sum that state is
sure of fine showing at Portland this
year.
1t is now regarded as certain that
there will be no strike of the employees
of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The City Savings Fund & Trust COM
pany's bank, of Lancaster, Pa, has
closed down with deposits of about ST.
100000.
Four Americans and one Mexican
were ambushed and killed by Yaqui
Indians 35 miles east of La Colorado,
state of Sonora, Mexico. Mexican cav
airy has been ordered to the scene to
capture the Indians.
It is claimed that the government
officials Investigating the Oregon land
frauds have unearthed deal in which
Mitchell, Hermann and Mays were i'm
plicated by which the government
would have been robbed of 800, 200
acres in Southwestern Oregon through
Middle Oregon. The profits of the
deal would have been 100000.
The principal cause of the outbreak
of Russian workingmen is the ruinous
monetary burdens borne by the people.
The main items are: National debt,
$1,000, 900, 900; annual interest on
debt, $50, ,OOU, 900; expended on Siberi-
an and Manchurian roads, 81, SOC, ,000,-
600; taxes paid by peasants in 1900,
10000, 600; loss by industrial depres-
sion in three years, $500, ,OOO, 900; wal
loss to date, $4OO, 100000 There are
100,000,000 Russian peasants and the
average daily earnings of each is to
cents.
Williams, of Mississippi, may resign
as Democratic leader in the house.
The Baltic feet is not expected te
reach the seat of war for three months
Senator Mitchell, it is said, will
come home and demand speedy trial
The United States may use force
against Venezuela in the asphalt dis
pute.
The japanese talk Of pumping ou
Port Arthur harbor to reach the sunker
ships.
Father Gopon, the priest who is lead
ing the St. Petersburg strikers, hal
been arrested.
A Pueblo grand jury says great ma
jority of ballots in the November elec
tion were illegal.
Despite the efforts of the police ane
military many incendiary fires are re
ported throughout Russia.
A strike of all workmen in St. Peters
burg is threatened.
1t is rumored that M Smirnoff, man
ager of the iron works where the grea
St. Petersburg strike began, has beel
murdered.
Kaiser William is angry with tn
coal mine owners of Germany ant
popular sympathy is with the miners.
President Loubet is trying to patch u
the trouble between members of tn
French cabinet.
The big guns usd by the japanese a
Port Arthur have been sent north an
are now turned against Kuropatkin'
army.
A charge of grape shot fred by cor
spirators at the czar narrowly misse
him. It was aimed to kill off the er
tire imperial family.
Britain and Russia are giving the
side of the Dogger bank affair to th
North sea commission.
Secretary Hay has secured pledge
from the powers which assure the saf
ty of China from being partitione
when peace is finally restored in tt
Far East.
Numerous further disclosures al
being made in connection with the Co
orado election frauds. One man eve
voted in hia doo,a pamo oftor ,,oinr h