Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-07-21
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.
Portland is shipping cattle to Japan

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King Oscar says he does not favor a
forcible union with Norway.
A severe wind storm has wiped out
the town of Anawa, Wisconsin.
All telegraph operators on the North
ern Pacific railway are ready to go on
strike. y
The Union passenger depot at Louis
vile, Kentucky, has been burned.
Loss, $3.50, 900.
a Boston man has been arrested in
Kingston, Jamaica, for taking photo
graphs of the Notifications.
Witte says that while he favors
peace with Japan, he will not agree
to it at any terms that may be offered.
Unusually heavy transforms are re-
ported in various parts of Germany.
Immense damage has been done to
crops.
The Chinese government is sending a
number of it's aristocrats to various
countries to study foreign ways. 1t is
regarded generally as a step in the
right direction.
Within nine days 90 infants under
one year of age have died in Cleveland,
Ohio. The health authorities are max
ing close investigation into the sani-
tary conditions of the milk supply.
The Japanese are driving the Rus
SLAMS north.
New York City has purchased home
for consumptives.
Sweden will send an ultimatum to
Norway and is ready for war.
Japan is we'll pleased at the appoint
ment of Witte as peace envoy.
Terrorists have attempted to take the
life of the governor general of St. Pc
tersburg.
1t is FULLY settled that Witte is to be
one of the Russian peace enjoys and will
be given full powers.
During the past two years the United
States government has spent $73, ,O00,-
900 more than it has taken in.
A move is said to have been started
to force the czar to abdicate and that
he will turn the affairs of the govern
ment into other hands to administer
for his son and heir.
An aged man living under the name
of Livingston has his home at Freeport,
Illinois. He greatly resembles pictures
of John D. Rockefeller's father and il
is believed by many that he is.
The president has signed proclama.
tion opening to homesteaders and town
site entry the Unitah reservation in
Utah. The reservation contains 2, ,445, ).
900 acres, but lands reserved for mill
tary, forestry and other purposes will
leave only 1,069,000 available for entry
The kaiser is trying to prevent Nor
way from becoming republic.
The mutineers of the Russian battle
ship Potemkin have all been shot o.
are in chains.
A party has been formed by promin
ent Italians for the exploration of th'
upper Amazon river.
Minister Witte has had stormy in
terview with the czar and may refus
to act as peace envoy.
Major Langftt, government engineer
with headquarters at Portland, is to b
succeeded by Major Boessler.
Indiana officer have arrested IL mel
believed to be gang who have beel
systematically robbing freight cars Q
silk.
Chief Forester Pinchot has ordere
that forest supervisors must accept n
fees for services performed, under pai
of dismissal.
During a high wind, following se
we're rain and electric storm, the wall
of brick building in course of COZ
sturction at Winnipeg, Manitoba, fel
burying nmuber of people. It
feared at least ten are dead.
The battleship Oregon holds tt
troph for high scores in gunnery amor
all battleships of the American navy.
The salaries of the Russian plenip
tentiaries have been fixed at 5000 p,
day each, besides an allowance of 81
500 for travelling and othef expenses.
The British navy is to be concentra
ed near home.
Dynamite has been found in Il
czar's palace at Moscow.
A great German naval demonstrate
isto be made off Sweden.
Sweden will oppose to the last Il
election of Prince Charles, of Denmar
as king of Norway.
Terrorists have warned Trepoff, s
sistant minister of the interior of Ri
sia, that he will be killed.
The Citizens bank of Yellow Spring
Ohio, has closed, owing depositors |
tween $25, 900 and $50, 900.