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Yol. XV No 19. CORVALLIS , OREGON, JUNE 1902. B. F. IRVINK Editor ah Pnar W. T. ROWLEY M. I). Homeopathic Physician, Surgeon and oculist Office' Rooms 1 2 Bank Bldg. 1 Residence on 3rd ft between Jackson & Monroe, Corvallis, Or. Resident Phone 811 Office ncurs 10 to 12 a m. 2 to 4 ani 7 to 7:30 p m DR W. H. HOLT DR MAUD B, HOLT. Osteopathic Physicians Office on South Main St. Consul tition and examinations free. Office hours: 8:3o to 11:45 a. m 1 to 5:45 p. m. Phone 235. l. g.;altman, m. d Homeopathist Office cor 3rd end Monroe eta. Resi dence cor 3rd and Harrison Bts. Hours 10 to 12 A, M. 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10. A, M, Phone residence 315. H. S. Pernot Physician and Surgeon Office over Post Office. Residence, Cor. 5th & Jefferson Sts. Hours io to 12 a. tn to 4 p, m. Orders may be left at Gra am & W ortham's Drug Store. B. A. CATHEY, M. D. , Physician g Surgeon. Office: Room 14, Bank Building. ; Office Hours 10 to 12 a. m. 2 to 4 p. m. G. R. FARRA, PITVSTOTAV. STIRftKOX Jfc OBSfETICIAS Residence In front of court house faeuig 3rd Et. Office hours 8 to 9 a. m. 1 to and 7 to ? C0BVAIXI3 OREGON C. H. NEWTH, Physician and Surgeon- PHILOMATH OREGON Abstract of Title Conveyancing 3osepb 1 lUtlson Attorney-At-Lkw Practice in all the courts. Notary Public Office in Burnett Brick. E. R. Bryson, Mtoiviey-At-Law, -P0STOFFCCE PUILDING- E. Holgate ATTORNEY AT LAW JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ' Stenography ajifl typewriting done, ; Office i i Burn stt brick Corvallis, Greg Ifotary Public, E. E. WILSON, AZTORNET-AT-LAW, Office in Zieriolf 's building. Willamette River Route, oo Corvallis and Portland oo Str. Pomona leaves Corvallis Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at 6 a. m '. v leaves Portland Tuesdoy, Thursday and Saturdays at 6:45 a. m. Oregon City Transportation Co, . Office & dock foot Taylor St, ' Portland, Oregon. C ASTOR I A . Tor Infants and Children. Tie Kind Yea Have Always Bought ears the ftelgnature of BIG FIRE IN PORTLAND FLAMES VISIT HE1YY DISASTER . ON THE CITY. Six Blocks Consumed at East End of Madison Bridge Damage About $400,000 Great Heat Drives Away Firemen. . (Portland, Sunday, Oregonian.) f Fire, originating in the old Wolff & Z wicker Iron Works last night, swept a way six blocks of East Side water-front property, burned down the two east spans of the Madison-street bridge, re duced East Water street to riuns from Salmon to Jefferson streets, and burned so hotly about the great oil-filled tanks of the Standard Oil Company that it looked for a time as if a terrible explo sion would spread the flames out over the river and along the entire water front. The loss is approximately $400,000. much of which is not covered by insurance. There was no loss of life. - It was 10:50 when the alarm was turned in, tnd be fore the first engine company could reach the foundry of the Phoenix Iron Works, formerly the Wolff & Zwicker plant, the roof was ablaze, and the dry timbers were carrying the fire in every direction. The wretched water "facilities along the streets, and the absence of any means to take the engines to the riverwhich was directly beneath the roadway, made it impossible to do much more than spit at the fire with a few 30-foot streams, and in less than half an hour the iron works were in the center of a rapidly widening zone of Same, which soon extended south beyond Jefferson street, and almost to the Troy Laundry Company, near East Yam hill. Every building in the district was either leveled to the ground or left a crumbling ruin, except the brick ware houses of the Starjdard Oil Company, whose contents were stiil burning at day light this morning. Immediately upon the arrival of Chief Campbell it became apparent that all the available force of the department would be needed, and engine and company calls brought apparatus flying from every di rection. It was hardlyten minutes after the outbreak of the flames that, they ex tended over the roof of the pine-shop to the river, leaped into the tower and lick ed up the boat sheds on the north side as if they had been paper. Wall after wall crashed in, sending sheets of burn ing lumber into the air, to fall on sur rounding property and set hundreds of Utile fires in every direction. The Tor pedo saloon on the south side of the iron works, hurst into flame suddenly in eve ry part, and the fire, sweeping over and under Hawthorne avenue; the approach to the Madison-street bridge, communi cated to Johnston's boatyard, set ablaze the building occupied by that establish ment as a machine shop, and was beating fiercely upon the iron-sheathed ware house of the Oregon Furniture company before an added pressure obtained from Grand avenue enabled the department to check its progress." ' The lightly built boat shed on the north side of the shop terved as an admirable conductor of the flames, and before any thing cc n!d be done to hold them back Ihey were consuming the piles of lumber on the pisiform of the East Side Lumber company and making their way rapidly to the mill itstlf. which soon tumbled do-vn aont the dock, a shapeless mass of charred or blazing Umbers. Meanwhile the underside of th-i dock rnd elevated road wiiy wss 6eudiag the fire to the Standard Oil Company's w&rehouse. The cry 01 "cil tanks!" went tip from all sides and as the fliunes climbed a pile of greasy barrels and shot up lAg,h abqe the nss of big vats ihece was a terrified scat! along Water street. Almost at the time three sharp explosions came somewhere inside the burning :nasd five minutes later, with a muffled i that shook the ground a greac coi fire sailed high in the t.ir, -soared sc hundred , feet above the heads p crowd, and finally disappeared, rocket in smoke. Such an occurred such a time led to the belief that t! works were indeed doomed, and few minutes it was hard for Eplic and firemen to make headway again surging, struggling crowd, each p bent on escaping with hisIife,Aa ports followed, this Titan display of fire works, however, l-eople began to atop and look back, and it was not long be fore it became known that the pyrotech nics were due to the explosion of a boiler in the iron works. Just belsw the east approach of the Madison-street bridge which was blazing hotly all the time, lay moored the free baths, opened only ' a few days before. It looked as if they, too, must yield to the withering tongues of fire that were shooting toward them, but the launch Hor Hoo, of the Columbia boathouse, which was under steam, came to the rescue, and after several ineffectu al attempts to take them away as they stood, they were taken to pieces and tow ed to safety, section by section, together with a number of other small craft which lay in their vicinity. r ' By this time the approach to the bridge was burned down, and the two east spans which had been snapping and crackling, began to totter. The newly-laid wood block pavement, veneered with a coal-tar preparation, had kept adding fuel to the fire that was eating at the foundations of the bridge. As soon as the last support was undermined the first span fell, and not long afterward the second pluoged into the water, sending spray high into the air, to meet the flames, and go hiss ing away in vapor, When the fire was at its hottest, and firemen were rushing to and fro in the constant fear that the flames had got a way from them, a woman, who had taken her belongings out of a room in a lodg ing house, long since gone up in smoke, stood behind a pile of -lumber amid her effects, hold ing a bird-cage high in the air. ".roor mtie tenow, sne saia 10 me piping canary, "him wouldn't be burned, so he wouldn't ; him'll be took care of all right, so him must go to sleep." Washington, June 18. By sleep ing in a privata car every night Senator Cbauncy M. Dapew is able to lead a dual, and almost a triple, life. When the senator retires at midnight it is not in the old Cor coran house on H street; but it is in a very comfortable and commo dious bed in a. very luxuriojs ai d well -appointed private car on a side track near the Pennsyluania railroad stafion. That is wbere his coachman arrives after the dinner or thetbeatre engagement. He wakes up in New York, after alO-minute drive from his office. Nine o'clock sees him answering the mail and attending to the business of C. M. Depew, railroad man and lawyer. If there is a vote ot the Philippine bill or a debate od . forest reserves or election of senators by the peo ple, the junior senator from New York is in his seat in the afternooD. He can be there by three or four o' clock, which, is quite sufficient for the occasion. Then there 13 time to dress and partake of a light repast, and the affable, engaging diner-out and reconteur, Chauncey M. Depew is ready to frivol and to crack jokes as if society were the only thing in the world. Then the train then, the office, then the senate, and then the dinner again. A busy man is the senator. Sheridan, Or., June 18. A. A. Bogart, baggage and express mes senger . on the Southern ' Pacific Sheridan locals was killed in the yard here about 8:30 p. m. It is not known here whether he was at tacked with vertigo or was reaching for something when struck by the steps of the combination car which was being kicked on the turn-table track. Deceased was about 20 years old, and married in November last to a daughter of D. W. Rallston of this place. Besides his wife, he leaves his aged mother, a sister and three or more brothers who reside in Portland. He was a member of the Wood men of the World and A O U W lodges of this place, and was gener ally respected. Being of a jovial nature, he made many friende. The coroner's jury decided that Bj gart's neck was broken. No blame is attached to other employes. New York. June 23. A big 16- T ar- pv Its ish er- an, the pon for sen Filthy Temples in India. ; Sacred cows often defile Indian temples, but worse yet' is a body that's polluted by constipation. Don't permit it. Cleanse your sys tem with Dr. King's New Life Pills and avoid untold misery. They give lively livers, active bowels, good digestion, fine appetite. Only 25c at Graham & Wortham'e drug store. BEFORE THE COURT PAUL .AND NELLIE UNDERWOND ARRAIGNED FOR THE MUR DER OP THEIR BABY. Jail Life is Easy for Underwood He Feasts on Good Things from ' His Friends Docters Say Baby Was Not Dead When Thrown in Water. Seattle, June 21. Paul and Nel lie Underwood, the accused murd- ererg of their jnfant cMld by drown. ing at Ballard three weeks ago, were arraigned in the justice court today, and bound ovsr for trial to the superior court without prelim inary hearing. Bail was denied leach defendant, though until this time the woman has been in jail in default of $lo,ooo bail, fixed before the capture of her husband. The little court room in which the defendants were arraigned was crowded to suffocation when the prisoners were brought in a closed carriage from the county jail in charge of two deputy sheriffs. A mong the crowd wera many women friends of Nellie Underwood from Aberdeen. Neitner of the defend ants' attorneys demanded prelimin ary hearing, nor took exception to the court's order denying bail to their clients. Botbrequest that the first trial, that of Underwood, be held not later than September, and earlier, if possible. Iu requesting the court to deny the prisoners bail, Deputy Prose outing Faben said: "I have thoroughly reviewed the faots in this caseandwithMr. Ful ton, my superior, believe the proof positive, and therefore the presump tion great. I cannot see how any bail can be allowed iu any case. Mr Fulton and I agree that th,e Case is murder in the first degree or noth ing." Paul Underwood, the alleged mur derer of his 3-weeks-old baby, is finding life in the King county jail a soft snap. He has a good many friends here among . the shingle weavers, and they have been bring ing him lots of "good stuff" to eat. As has been published heretofore in the columns of The Evening Tel egram, Underwood declares positive ly that he is not guilty of jnurder, claiming his baby was dead when he threw its body into the icy wat ers of Salmon bay. Expert physi cians of this city,v interviewed by the correspondent of The Telegram, state his story is untrue, as there was considerable water found in the infant's lungs when the physicians performed the autopsy. This, they swear, could not be - true had the baby been dead before striking the water. They say it is contrary to the fundamental laws of physics. Be that as it may, Underwood has told his story and avers be will repeat it on the witness stand, adding:- "And then take my medi cine." For the first time since his incar ceration he was allowed to see his wife one day this week. She is con fined in a private room of the office of Sheriff Cudihee. A deputy sher iff and two newspaper representa tives were present at the meeting. Mrs. Underwood, only a wee, fra gile bit of a woman of 16 summers, rushed to her boy husband's arms as he entered, and soon botk were embracing each other. - The child tojwife exclaimed: s "Oh, Paul, ' it seems two years since we parted." They had a brief conversation, touching his escape from the offi cers, and then separated with mu tual expressions of sympathy and a parting injunction to "bo true." - It is understood the defense will be based upon the theory that the baby was dead, as stated above, be fore the accused threw the body in to the bay. Since Underwood's arrest and in carceration in the county jail, in terest here centers in the man hunt now in progress for. the scalps of Tracy and Merrill, the Oregon con victs. It is remarkable the public in tereetinthathunt.The newsboys nev er cry anything now except "All a bout the 'scaped convict hunt,"and papers sell like the proverbial bot cakes. ; Burns, O., June 18. The coro ner's jury, after investigation of the killing of Robert Toney athe Bue- na Vista ranch, 5o miles southeast of here, returned a verdict that To ney's death was caused by a pistsl shot fired by Jerry Diiley, and that the killing was unjustifiable. The two men met at a gate in the rear of the ranch-house, both armed, and Dailey seized the bridal of a horse from which another employe bad just dismounted. Dariiag the pro gress of the affray, the two men, with the horse between them, made their way up a hill for about 75 feet, where Toney threw his-empty revolver at Daley, with the remark: "You have got"me; shake hands." He then walked to a shed where he died, his death resulting from abul let wound in the right lung. The men were employes of the same company, but on two different ranches, and had never met until the day of the shooting. Daley is unmarried; Toney left a wife and two children, now living at Lake City, Cal. Both men are well connected, To ny having been a nephew of Coun ty Judge W. A. Booth, of Prineville. and Daley being a brother of John D. Daley, president of the First Na tional Bank of Burns, and of the National Bank at Ontirio. Senator Joseph R. Hawley of Con necticut is becoming very feeble, and it is apparent to hi3 friends that he will hardly be able to serve out his present term, which expires March 3, 19o5. He is now in his 77th year which is not' old for a senator but he does not carry his years as well as some of his col leagues. Morgan, for example, is 78, and is as valient as ever, while Pettus of Alabama is in - his 82d year, and there is net a brighter mind or hardly a firmer step in the senate than his. But Senator Hawl,ey takes life more hardly, and has- grown old more rapidly. He looks out through green spectacles, and has become splfnstic ani crabbed. For more than a year his colleagues have had great difficulty in getting along with him, and he is treated with as much consideration as if he were a small child; his whims are numor ed and his outbursts of temper are ignored. But in a physical way Senator Hawley is rapidly declin ing. He totters about the senate, clinging to the sides of the desks, poking in and out from the cloak room, without any apparent pur pose, and hardly able to keep track of roll calls and answer to bis name. -It is the universal sentiment a morg his colleagues that he should retire and take the much-needed rest to which his long and honora ble services entitle him. He has been in the senat9 now more than 20 years, ancHn congiess about 3o. He has been governor of this state, a brilliant soldier during the civil war, and wielded great influence as editor of the Hartford Courant. But he belongB to another generation and is adding nothing to his laurels. Cincinnati Enquirer: John Por ter Reilley, an Akron negro boy, 13 years of age, astonished his phy sicians and nurses during his stay at the Huron-street hospital by a phenomenal development of sense perception through the touch ot his lips. The boy has been blind eey eral years. He can identify an ar ticle after he has once handled it by merely touching it to his lips. He ean tell the ' denomination of money in this manner. His nurses provided him with a , number of playthings, among them two tops, exactly alike. Hs called them "Tom and Jerry," and could tell which was Tom and which Jeiry as soon as his lips came into con tact with them, .although nobody else could tell them apart. Anoth er interesting faculty possessed by this strange boy is the sense of per ception through the hands. He told who his nurses were by plac ing his hands on their heads. Phy sicians were puzzled ovsr the boy's strange power of identification through his lips. They have never known of a similar case. - Saved From an Awful Fate, "Everybody said I had consump tion," writes Mrs. A. M. Shields, of Chambersburg, Pa. "I was so low after six months of severe sickness, caused by Hay Fever and Asthma, that few thought I could get well, but I learned of the marvelous mer it of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, used it, and was com pletely cured." For desperate Throat and Lung diseases it is the safest Cure in the world, and is in fallible for Coughs, Colds and Bron chial Affections. Guaranteed bot tles 50c and $1.00. - ' TO FACE NEW CHARCES CHARLES SAVAGE, WHO WAS AQU QUITTED OF DIAMOND ROBBERY. Superintendent Nevins Bslieves. He Is Guilty of Robbing Salt Lake andaDenverPostoffices Gov. Geer Pardons Frank S. Ingram. - Portland Oregonian: Charles Savage, who was acquitted on a. charge of having stolen $10,000 worth of diamonds from Alfred LoeV" enthal in the Portland Hotel, and who was arrested Thursday for the robbery oflhe postoffice in Denver, is, in the opinion of Superintend ent Nevins j of the Pinkerton agen- cy, guilty of a numbeer of others crimes. One of them is the theft, of a registered mail pouch which was to have been taken east on the O R & N train which left Portland on the nieht of Ausrust 4. of last year. Another is the robbery of the postoffice in Salt Lake City. ' The Salt Lake postoffice was robbed, last July. "Entrance," said Captain Nev ins, in speaking of the case, "was effected by means of an open wind -. ow, and a number of registered packages were stolen. Savage was in the city at the time, and he left for Portland on ar early morning- , train, arriving here in the afternoon, of August 2. On the 4th of August a registered pouch was stolen from the train, which left over the O R &N at 8:50 o'clock. Evidence show3 that Savage was the thief. "After the verdict of acquital rendered by the jury I took up the Salt Lake Robbery and found suffi cient evidence to warrant tne De lief that Savage was the criminaL. I placed the information in the hands of rostorhceSinspector if. U. Sharp, of the Salt Lake district, but in the meantime Savage had flown to Denver, where he robbed the postoffice on the 16th. The in spectors at Denver were notified of his acts in Salt Lake, and Mr. Sharp and myself helped to cause his arrest." . Asked about Savages career, Cap tain Nevins said that he had served in the Colorado reformatory, and that he was known as a thief. In. Salt Lake City he had stolen a. watch, which was recovered in Portland by Detective Day. He had committed some burglaries m thisand other cities. - Detective Day, who, with Detec tive Weiner, had charge of the po lice investigation of the diamond robbery, said that Savage was sns pected of a number of burglaries in . this city. F.ankie Thomas, other wise known as Frankie Savage, an alleged accomplice In the robbery, tVio nffioer cold lpffc Pnrtlnriil fnr Denver at 9:50 o'clock Thursday night, The indictment against her was dismissed Thursday afternoon. Salem, June 20. Governor Geer, in issuing the pardon for Frank S. Ingram, recites the following reas ons for such executive action: "Dur ing his t:-n years' incarceration he has been a model prisoner, and for the further fact that during the re cent outbreak in the penitentiary he risked his life ; in defense of the unarmed guards, by which act of bravery he had the misfortune to lose one of his legs." - Ingram is improving right along, and his recovery i only a question of days. . Clearance Sale Mrs J Mason announces a clearance discount of.20 per cent on 12 dozen trim med dress hats. For Sale- Good young cow, fresh June 1st. For particulars inquire at Times officeT Of What does a bad taste in your mouth remind you? It indicates that your stomach is in bad condi tion and will remind you that there is nothing so good for such a dis order as Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets after having once used them. They cleanse and in vigorate the stomach and' regulate the bowels. 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