Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-02-03
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.

ear to grant freedom or lose his crown.
Russians accuse British of melting
the riots and Great Britain has asked
for an explanation.
A canvass of the Denver vote in the
Colorado contest shows one-third OF the
ballots to be fraudulent.
The thermometer in Manchuria
where the fighting is now in progress
registers 20 degrees below zero.
The residence OF Governor Trepoff,
of St. Petersburg, was almost demol-
ished by bomb. The governor was
absent.
It is believed that Kuropatkin re-
ceived orders from St. Petersburg to as
sumo the offensive or else he would not
have moved against the Japanese at
present.
Twenty members of the Chicago
Commercial cslub have gone to Cuba,
where they will devote two weeks to
studying the commercial possibilities
of the island.
-~ Edwin Stone, of Albany, manager of
the Corvallis & Eastern railroad, was
assaulted and the room in which he was
asleep set on fire. The flames were
not discovered until, with the injuries
received from the assailant, they proved
fatal. There is no clew to the muir.
derer.
The naval appropriation bill provides
over $100,000,000.
The Russian strike has spread in
Poland and Baltic cities.
The Prussian government has ap-
pointed commission to investigate the
coal strike.
Chile has refused to sell war vessels
to an American firm, presumably for
one of the nations now at war in the
Far East.
Secretary Taft wants reduction of
tariff on Philippine products and de-
clares the islands will ultimately be
given their independence.
sympathizers with the Russian strik-
ers marched through the streets Of
Boston with red flag, but they were
not not allowed to make speeches,
The president has issued an order,
effective March 1, taking into the COM
petitive classified service all customs
service positions in Alaska, except
those restricted to navigation season
only.
People fleeing from St. Petersburg
for safety say the present half-calm is
only a period of preparation for greater
resistance to the government and that
active smuggling of arms and dynamite
is going on across the Austrian frontier.
A plot against the life'o the czar has
been frustrated.
Peabody declares he will continue
the contest for governor to the end.
The new cruiser Maryland exceeded
speed requirements on her trial trip.
Officials in charge of the canal zone
are employing drastic measures te
stamp out yellow fever.
The cabinet has discussed the advisa.
bility of teaching jiu-jitsu in the mill
tary and naval academies.
Labor Commissioner Wright says ht
believes both sides were to blame il
the Colorado labor trouble.
Workmen in Russia are returning tt
work, the government forcing conces
sions from their employers in St
Petersburg and Moscow.
President Roosevelt has signed tn
bill providing for the construction ant
maintenance of roads and schools ant
the care if insane persons in Alaska.
Father Gopon, tn priest leader of tn
strikers, is in the hospital reccverin
from wounds. AS soon as we'll he vii
be court martialed and if found guilt
will be hanged.
A great battle has begun on the HUI
river, Manchuria.
Troops from European Russia are ur
willing to fight and Kuropatkin advise
peace.
Several more cases of yellow feve
nave Deen TepOrCeu lrom tue dndm
canal zone.
A number of Moscow employers al
saving their factories by paying wage
to the strikers.
The Russian strike is extending raj
idly, but without disorder, though ne
trouble is feared.
It is believed that Judge Swayne wi
not be convicted of the charges no
pending against him in the senate.
Governor Trepoff, of ST.. Petersburg
says he will curb the agitators, mai
tain order and make no concessions.
Fire in New York among lot
rookeries caused the fire department
desperate battle and destroyed 500, ,0
worth of property.
The Russian strike has spread
nearly every town of Importance in t
empire.
Ladrones nj the province Of Cavi
are in state of revolt.