Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-02-17
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.

Upper Columbia.
Several deaths have been reported in
Montana from the severe cold weather.
A proclamation is to be issued grant,
ing great liberty to the Russian work
men.
The president proposes the recovery
Of the body of Paul Jones, who was
buried in Paris.
Turkey is preparing for war by hur-
rying guns and troops to the disturbed
districts of Macedonia.
It is stated on what is believed to be
good authority that Kuropatkin is to be
relieved and General Grippenberg given
his place.
The Missouri Pacific railroad is hav-
ing much trouble with snow blocking
its tracks. AS high as six trains have
been lost at time.
At the time of the North sea incident
war was much nearer than was admit
ted to the public by either of the ma
tions concerned.
1t is annuonced that as a result of
the disturbances at Lodz, Russia, IA
people have been buried and that over
200 persons are still in the hospitals.
Senator Mitchell declares he will not
give up his seat and that he will be
liable to explain everything in connec-
ton with the many indictments in
satisfactory manner.
The Japs have captured hill on the
Hun river.
The czar says he intends callinga a ma
tional congress.
J. Pierpont Morgan has gone for
cruise in European waters.
Russian war vessels have been Or
dered to leave German port in Africa.
Representative Williamson has been
indicted on the charge of subornation
of perjury.
St. Petersburg strikers keep quiet,
but trouble continues in Poland and
the Caucasus.
Crossed electric wires in a six-story
Chicago building caused fire loss of
over $500, 900.
A. H. Tanner has confessed that he
committed perjury in order to shield
Senator Mitchell.
Fire damaged the historic Catsino
theater in New York and caused
panic among the chorus girls.
The cold wave which crossed the
mountains from the East has caused
some loss to stockmen. The temper
aturer ranged from II above at Port
land to 40 below in Idaho points.
All the resent members of the presi-
dents wabinet will continue in Office
except Postmaster General Wynne, who
is to be appointed consul general at
London. Mr.. Cortelyou will be nom
mated postmaster general.
Japan will next besiege vladivostok.
Workmen at St. Petersburg have
struck again and increased their de-
mands.
Many German coal minres have been
blacklisted and the strike may be re-
newed.
Many conflicts between police and
strikers in Poland cause hundresd of
deaths.
General Stoessel has answered his &C.
cusers by showing that food and am
munition would not have held out more
than four days longer.
Al new blizzar is raging east of the
Rocky mountains, with the tempera-
ture ranging from below at Chicago
to 20 below at Duluth. All trains are
late on account of wind and snow.
Eleven Eastern Oregon projects for
the reclamation of arid land are now
under consideration by the government
engineers. Malheur ranks first, but
obstacles are still in the way which
may cause it to be abandoned.
The president has appointed Joseph
FL. Kibbey, of Arizona, to be governor
of that territory.
Grand Duke Nicholas is reported to
be going to Manchuria to help Kuro-
patkin.
John Barrett, minister to Panama,
says that there are but few cases of yel-
low fever on the isthmus.
The American Tobacco company has
declared an initial dividend Of 21S pei
cent on its common stock for perioo
not yet stated.
In New York in single quarter las
year, with total population of 8 1885,
/ s24, there were "a, ,034 births and 21,
058 deaths, natural increase Of 2,05t
in the popultion of the city.
Albert T. Patrick, who is under sen
tence of death for the murder of Will
liam NJ. Rice in New York, hopes t.
escape by proving at a second tria
that embalming causes congestion o
the lungs. The prosecution proved
that Rice died by chloroform admins
tered by Patrick.