Vol. XV.No 32.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 27, 1902.
B. F. IRVINE
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W. T. ROWLEY M. D.
Homeopathic Physician,
Surgeon and oculist
Office Rooms 12 Bank Bldg.
Residence on 3rd et between
Jackson & Monroe, Corvallis, Or.
Resident Phone 311
Offlse nours 10 to 12 a m. 2 t 4 and 7 to 7:30 p m
DR W. H. HOLT
Osteopathic Physicians
Office' on South Main St. Consul
tation and examinations free.
Office hours: 8:3o to 11:45 a. m
1 to 5:45 p. m. Phone 235.
Li. G. ALTMAN, M. D
Homeopathist
Office cor 3rd and Monroe eta. Resi
dence cor 3rd and Harrison . sts.
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.
gth & Jefferson Sts. Hours io to ia a. m
to 4 p.m. Orders may be left at Gra.
am & W ortham's Drug Store.
B. A. CATHEY, M. D.
Physician Surgeon.
Office: Room 14, Bank Building.
Office Hours f 10 to ia a. m.
2 to 4 p. m. -
G. R. FARE. A,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & OBSTETICIAH
Residence In front ot court house facing 3rd
fit. Office hours a to 9 a. m. 1 to 2 and 7 to 8;
CORVALLIS
OREGON
J. P. Huffman
Architect
Office In Zierolf Building. Hours
from 8 to 5. Corvallis Orego n
Abstract of Titles Conveyancing
Joseph HJiison
Attorney-At-Law
Practice in all the courts. Notary Public
Office in Burnett Brick.
E. Holgate
ATTORNEY AT LAW
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Stenography and typewriting done. '
Office in Burnett brick Corvallis, Oreg
Notary Public
E. E. WILSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office in Zlerlolf 's building.-
E. It, Bryson,
Attorney-At-Law,
-POSTOFFICE EUILDING
Contest Notice
Department of the Interior,
. United States Land "Office, Oregon City,
Oregon, September loth, 1902,
A sufficient contest affidavit having been fil
d in this office by Celia M Loomis contestant,
against homestead entry No 138 !7, made August
19th, 1901, for lots 2, 3, and 4, Section IS, Town
ship 13 S, Ranee 6 W, by Napoleon Valin. con
testee, in which it Is alleged that contestant
"'knows the present condition of the same: also
that said Napoleon Valin, has whollv abandoned
said described tract of land from and after inak
Ing said entry; that said entryman never at any
period nettled upon, or established actual resid
ence thereon, or made any Improvements what-
,. ever, and that saldtract is lnlts original wild state
at the present time, and that said alleged ab
sence from said land is not due to his em
ployment in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps,,
of the nited States, or as a private soldier, offi
cer, seaman or marine, during - the war with
Spain or during any other war which the United
States may be engaged," said parties are here
ty notified to appear: respond and offer evid
ence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock a m,
on October 80th 1902, before the Register andRe
celver at the United States Land Office In Ore
gon City, Oregon,
The said contestant having, in a proper affi
davit, filed September 15, 1902, set forth facta
which show that after due diligence, personal
service of this notice can not ba made, it Is here
by ordered and directed that such notice be giv
en by due and proper publication,
CHAS B. MOORES,
Register,'
DYNAMITED A HOTEL
FRANK MCKIE BLEW UP THE
BUILDING IN WHICH HIS
, SWEET-HEART SLEPT.
Roof Went Skyward; 30 guests Were
Bidly Shaken up The Dyna
miter, Commits Suicide
Underwood's Trial Be
gun in Seattle
Other News.
Washington, Sept. 25. The Gold
en Eagle Hotel, on the corner of
ew Jersey avenue and D street,
was dynamited early this morning
by Frank McKie, one of the guests,
who subsequently committed sui
cide. Between 20 end 30 guests
were thrown from their beds by the
explosion, but only the proprietor,
Lewis Brandt, and his wife were
injured, the latter seriously. The
roof of the building was blown off
and the falling wreckage crashed
through to the basement, leaving
the structure as if wrecked by a
tornado. Every pane of glass in
the building and the adjoining
structures was broken. The explo
sion called out the fire department.
The affair is involved in some
mystery. The proprietor gave a
banquet last night in honor of his
wife, who had returned from Ger
many, and McKie was a guest. Me
Kie had boarded at the hotel for
years and had been tieated as a
memberof the Brandt family, which
includes a daughter, Sophie, with
whom McKie is said to have been
in love. Brandt denies that there
was any misunderstanding between
the two. McKie remarked last
night that he was going to wait un
til Sophie returned from Germany
with her mother, and then Was go
ing to his old home in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Brandt and her daughter re
turned about 8 o'clock last night.
The wholesale attempted murder
followed this morning. McKie with
a pistol in his hand, was seen by
an employe of a lunchroom oppo
site the hotel just before the shots
were fired.
When the explosion occurred a
slight blaze sprang from the debris,
but it was quickly extinguished by
the firemen. Brandt and his wife
were rescued before the 30 guests of
the establishment had reached the
part of the building in which Mc
Kie's room was located. McKie,
with revolver clutched in his hand,
was found lying on the floor with
his head in a pool of blood. A bul
let hole near the right ear had
caused instant death.
Brandt ; was bruised about the
body and received a severe cut on
the left leg. Mrs. Brandt sustain
ed bruises about the body and
hand?.
When the wrecked building was
searched today enough dynamite
was found in McKie's trunk to blow
up a block of buildings. There
were six whole sticks, and parts of
two or three broken sticks, together
with a box of caps and a quantity
of wire for long-distance explosion.
He had at least nine sticks of dyn
amite in bis possession.
Seattle, Sept. 25. With the tears
filling his youthful eyes, Paul Un
derwood, seated between his sorrow
ing father and mother, wept bitter
ly yesterday afternoon in Judge
Griffin's courtroom. For the ; first
time, apparently' Underwood fully
realized his serious position. In all
probability, he had never before re
alized what a serious charge hung
over his head. But yesterday, when
scores of men were called into the
jury box, and one after the other
firmly stated that they had formed
an opinion that would take evidence
to remove, then the youth had his
first good opportunity to see how
men of all trades and professions
viewed the death of a tiny infant.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 24. A
reign of terror existed in this city
last night and early today. Sheriff
Jacobs and his deputies were pow
erless to preserve order.' No sooner
was one outbreak' suppressed than
another broke put. '
At Nanticoke the street cars were
boarded by the mob in search of
nonunion men coming from or go
ing to work. A sheriff's posse and
a crowd of strikers exchanged shots
at Wan am ie after the latter had
derailed a train of coal cars. At
Plymouth nonunion men on their
way home from No. 2 were beaten
so badly that they were left on the
roadway for dead.
Shortly after 1 o'clock a demand
for more deputies was received
from no less than ten piaces in Lu
zerne county. Those applying for
aid said that if help was not sent
at once there would be loss of prop
erty and bloodshed. Shortly b&
fore two o'clock this morning Sher
iff Jacobs telegraphed.Gov. Stone
that the situation in the Wyoming
region was beyond his control and
in order to protect lite and proper
ty, troops would have to be sent
here at once.
At Exeter this morning a mob of
500 gathered in the vicinity of a
washery and prevented theemplov-
jes from going to work. A deputy
'sheriff named Burke was knocked
down by stones and was severely
hurt. .
Governor Stone, Adjutant-General
Stewart and Sheriff Jacobs did
considerable talking over the long
distance telephone today. As a re
sult, the governor issued an order
calling out the Ninth Regiment
with headquarters in this city. The
work of mobilizing the regiment at
once commenced. The regiment
is made up of 12 companies, about
750 strong, and is commanded by
G. B. Dougherty. Battalions will
be sent to Pittston, Nanticoke and
Plymouth, where disturbances oc
curred last night.
Lebanon, Pa., Sept. 24.-In the dark
ness of early morning a battle be
tween a mob and the men inside
the American Iron & Steel Compa
ny's mill took place, and several
were shot, none fatally. The sol
diers stopped the affray and made
many arrests.
Under cover of darkness a num
ber of men gathered in a cornfield
and opened fire on the works in reg
ular volleys. The men inside the
works assembled in force and re
turned the fife. The soldiers were
summoned and raided the cornfield,
arresting 30 of the mob, a large
number of whom, it is said, were
armed. Other arrests Wire made
later, and soldiers patrolled the
streets, arresting those who refused
to move on. Few persons went to
bed, and firing was heard from the
vicinity of the mjlls all night.
This morning the situation is
more quiet, although an ugly feel
ing prevails. The soldiers sent here
last night aie on duty and have
pitched their tents, apparently for
a long stay. No move has been
made tb send the colored iornwork
ers away, as the management of the
American Iron & Steel Company is
said to have promised Mayor Hess
yesterday, and it now looks as if
they are to stay.
Chicago, Sept. 24. The combin
ation of the great packing houses of
the country, which has been under
consideration and in process of ac
tual formation for the past six
months, has been abandoned, at
least for the present, says the Trib
une. The decision not to complete
the combination is due in a large
degree to the attitude of the nation
al administration toward trusts as
outlined by President Roosevelt in
his recent speeches and to the pos
sibilty that in the event of a con
solidation congress might remove
the tariff on cattle.
It was learned last night that a
final meeting of the heads of the
firms known as the Big Four pack
ing house in Chicago had been held,
at which it was agreed to end all
negotiations at once. This was fol
lowed by an order issued from the
offices of Swift & Co., that the firms
employes should immediately dis
continue the inventory of property
and etock, which had been ordered
started for the purpose of tabulat
ing a report of the financial stand
ing of the company, which was to
have been used as a basis for the
division of shares in the combine.
Marshfield, Or., Sept. 19. Mrs.
Benjamin Dennis, wife of a Libby
coalminer, was waylaid on the road
today by Alonzo Tucker, a ne
gro, while returning from this city,
and dragged into the brush and
criminally assaulted.
Tucker seized Mrs. Dennis by the
throat when he. caught her, and
threatened to kill her if she made
any noise. When released she went
straight to her house and told what
had happened.
The miners when informed of the
crime, were frenzied with rage, and
at dusk this evening a crowd of a
bout loo armed themselves with
rifles and marched to the jail in
Marhhfield, for the purpoEeof lynch
ing the negro.
On arriving there tha jail wa3
found to be empty. City Marshal
Carter Hand Cor. stable Sunderland
say that they were taking the Degro
to a boat to -get him away trom the
mob, when he sprang away from
them, jumped to the mud flat un
der the wharf and made his escape.
' Marshfield, Or., Sept. 18. The
lifeless body of Alonzo Tucker, the
negro who criminally assaulted Mrs
Dennis, is dangling from the end of
a rope on a south Marshfield bridge
and is being gazed upon by hun
dreds of people. -Two small boys,
Ray Prentice and Jay Gulverson,
located the fugitive under Dean &
Co.'s store, and like young Ameri
cans pepered bim with airguns.
Tucker threatened to wring their
necks, but they drove him from his
hiding place, and as he emerged a
ball from a 3o-3d caught him in the
right leg. It was shortly followed
by two more volleys. Tucker ran
into Dean's store and was followed.
Th9 miners started to string him
up in the store, but a second thought
prompted them to take him to the
scene of the crime. He was still a
live, but died on their hands and
they did not care to bother further,
and hung him to a beam on a bridge
on the route.
Benjamin Dennis, husband of
the outraged woman, was among
the lynchers, but no one knows who
fired the fetal bullet and there are
no questions asked on that point.
"Well done" is the consensus of
public opinion. There was not a
masked man in the crowd and eve
rything was done in broad daylight.
At one time there was loud talk of
avenging the wrath of the infuriat
ed people upon the officers who al
lowed the negro to escape, while at
tempting to take him from the jail
just as the Libby miners appeared.
Portland, Sept. 22. Portland
Oregonian: Generala Nelson A.
Miles, commanding the, army, re
turned yesterday morning from the
forts at the mouth of the Columbia
river, and spent the day in the vi
cinity of Portland. He left on the
evening train on the Southern Pa
cific for San Francisco, whence he
will sail for the Philippines. He
will then make a tour of the princ-
pal countries of Asia, and retnrn
home across the Atlantic.
The General's private car had
been sent down to Astoria while he
was making the round of the forts,
and it brought him and his party
up to Portland in the morning.
Hon. JohnW. Whiteaker, who
was the first Governor of Oregon as
a state, is very low at his home in
Eugene, and is not expected to live
longer than a day or two. Ex-Governor
Whiteaker was born in Indi
ana in I820 and came to Oregon in
1852 and was elected by the demo
crats as the first governor of this
this state. He has served three
terms in the lower house and one
time in the upper house of the Or
egon legislature. In 1879 he was-r
elected by the democrats to congress
over Rev. H. K. Hines, the repubs
lican nominee. For several years
he has lived in retirement on his
farm in Lane county and in Eu
gene. He is now passed 82 years of
age.
Butte, Mont, Sept. 24. A mon
ster benefitfor the striking miners in
the Pennsylvania coal fields is being
arranged by Butte miners, with the
sanction and assistance of President
Dan McDonald, of the American
Labor Union. The American La
bor Union last week sent President
Mitchell a check for $3,000, raised
among local miners. It is expect
ed that five thousand dollars will
be raised at the coming benefit, as
box seats are to be sold at auction.
United States Senator W. A. Clark,
of Butte, will preside. The princi
pal address will be made by Cap
tain "Jack" Crawford, the poet
scout, of Arizona. Captain Craw
ford, who is an old friend of J. Pier
pont Morgan, and who has been a
miner himself, has gotten up the
benefit. Today he sent a letter to
Morgan, urging him in the name of
humanity to use 'his influence in
settling the troubles in Pennsvlva-
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Signature of
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IN CORVALLIS
OWNERS RESIST PAYMENT OF
TAXES DUE BENTON ON
, COE LANDS.
Bring Suin to Enjoin Sala Dedi
cation Agricultural Hall Foot
ball Men at Work Must
Stop Gravel Hauling
Other News.
Suit has been brought, to enjoin
the sale for taxes of the Coe lands.
The sale was to have occurred next
Monday. - The suit to enjoin was
filed Wednesday in the circuit court
for Benton county by Weatherford
& Wyatt and E E Wilson attor
neys for plaintiffs.
The lands, it will be remembered
were owned by the Coast, Land &
Livestock Company. Nearly $4000
in taxes was due tin them to Ben
ton county. The company appear
ed in the county court and offered
to pay about $450 as full satisfac
tion of the county's tax claim. The
court refused, and ordered the land
sold for taxes. The injunction
suit hrourfit now to restrain the sale
is tne result.
Since the court ordered the sale,
the lands have passed into the
hands of the Oregon Pacific Col
onization Company. An account
of the transfer appeared recently
in the Times. It is the latter
company that appears as plaintiff
in the injunction proceedings.
Several grounds are set up as
reasons for granting the injunction
A principal one is that the lands
sqme of them not contiguous, are
assessed in a lump, and not segre
gated, as is usual in assessments.
Another is that the levy in some
instance's, is defective. For in
stance, the record says in one vcase
that the "levy shall be 13 mills"
instead of a "levy of 13 mills is
hereby made on all taxable pro
perty in the county for state,
school and county purposes" or
words to that effect.
A third reason set up is that the
return made is defective and a
fourth that no county Board of
Equalization considered and passed
upon the assessment. All the rea
sons are of a technical nature.
The papers in the suit have been
forwarded to Judge Hamilton at
Roseburg. District Attorney Brown
has been notified to appear on be
half of the county. It is supposed
that a temporary injunction will be
issued by Judge Hamilton, and that
the case will be tried on its merits
at the November term. Sheriff
Burnett, up to yesterday afternoon
had received no notice of a stay.
Agricultural Hall Dedication-
The Portland Journal of Wednes
day has the following with refer
ence to the coming dedication of
Agricultural Hall at the college:
The committee who seekiug
transportation rates on the South
Pacific and Corvallis & Eastern
lines between Portland and Corval
lis, for the accommodation of visit
ors who will attend the dedication
of the new agricultural hall which
will be held on the O. A. C. cam
pus, will complete their work to
day. The committee consists of J.
K.' Weatherford, B. G. Leedy and
Senator J. D. Daly. Concerniug
the affair Mr. Daly says: "We are
proud of our new building, which
by the way, is one of the finest kind
in the state, and while we are ded
icating, it we want to show peo
ple the advantage of our school.
We are here arranging for trans
portation and an extensive pro
gram. The affair is under the aus
pices of the Grange, and we expect
a big time. The program will be
held la the college armory, where
a free lunch will be provided at the
time.
Football Men.
Every evening now the football
men are on O A C field. The prac
tice ground has been ploughed and
put in fine condition for work. For
the first few evenings Coach Her
bold p:tt them through the evolu
tions of falling on the ball and oth
er'movements, and Thursday af
ternoon worked them at signals.
The men turn out in numbers suffi
ciently abundant to make two full
teams and as many more as are
wanted. , One new man who is the
heaviest youth at the college . show
ed upjfor play for the first time
Thursday evening but was unable
to take part because there wasn't
a pair of football trousers in the
outfit big enough. The pants lack
ed four inches of meeting at the ,
waist. The young man is Mr. Leon
ard of Silvertoh, and he tips the
beam at considerably over 200.
Trained down to fighting weight
he would probably be about a 205
pound guard or other lineman, and
would ba a formidable combination
of bone and muscle for the enemy
to attempt to walk over. , The boys
are very anxious for him to play,
and have confidence that he will
become a star performer.
Another Complaint,
Another complaint has been made
aboiit gravel hauling. It is, how
ever, gravel on the Benton county
side of the Willamette that is being
removed. Captain Langfitt, of the
United States engineer's office at
Portland makes the complaint to
County Judge Watters. He writes
the latter that gravel is being haul
ed from the Benton county bank
near the north end of the steel
bridge at Albany, and is being used
on Benton county roads. He says
the practice should be discontinued,
because in time of high water there
is much wash by the river at the
spot, an ultimate danger of creat
ing a new channel, with detrimen-
tal effects on navigation.
His letter also quotes two sec
tions of the United States laws, the
first of which, forbids the gravel
hauling, and the other places a fine
of $500 to $2,500 on the offender,
with imprisonment to match. The
county judge is asked to use the
authority of the court for estopple
of the practice.
New York, Sept. 21, President
John Mitchell, of the United Mine-
workers' Union, met a number- of ,
local leaders here today, and in the
evening attended a theatrical bene
fit for the miners. It was under -
the auspices of the relief committee
of the American Federation of La
bor. The Actors' National Protec
tive Union gave the talent for the
performance of vaudeville acts, and
the management devoted the thea
tre to the evening. Mr. Mitchell
was greeted with enthusiastic cheers
as he entered the theater. There
was an immense throng in the thea
ter. The Actors' Union gave $loo
for the gallery seat, and sent word
that Mr. Mitchell could have the
services of the members of the un
ion whensver he. wanted to give a
benefit for tha miners in any city
in the Union.
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance
I beg to announce to the public that I
have opened an office for the transaction,
of a general real estate, loan, insurance
and rental business. I am prepared to
look particularly after the interests of
non-residents, and to exercise a genera
care of their property. : Personal exam.
inauon will be made 01 assessment rolls
to see that property of my clients is not
incorrectly assessed, and if necessary ap
pearance will be made before the county
board of equalization for the purpose of
having errors corrected in assessments
when tho latter are to high or assessed to
wrong owners, etc. I feel fully assured
that I wilr be able to render valuable and.
satisfactory service. For insurance, for
loans, or for purchase or sale of property
call and secure terms- All matters en
trusted to my care will receive . prompt
and careful attention. Office, second
floor, Zierolf building, Corvallis, Ore
gon.
W.A.WELLS.
Estray Notice."
Notice is hereby given that about the
1st day of August last, a three year old
gelding,. 16 hands high weighing about
1250, being a mouse colored brown with
a star in the forehead left the Vineyard
pasture about four miles N W from Cor
vallis. . Reasanable reward will Jbe paid
for the return of said colt or information
as to its whereabouts.
Spencer Bickklia, Owner,
Corvallis, Ore.
" Debtors' Attention
Having disposed of our meat market
m Corvallis, we hereby request all per
sons indebited to us to call and settle
before October 1st, Prompt attention to
this matter is earnestly desired.
. , Tay lor & Heisch.
Help Wanted
At the Commercial restaurant,
atonce.
Apply
For Sale.
English rye grass seed,: large cheat
seed, and vetch seed, A few cords of
oak wood, I am bookitig orders for
vetch seed, speak in time. ;-
Also pure bred Aberdeed Angus cattle
Poland China hogs, .'. and Shropshire
bucks from recorded stock.
- -' - L. L. Brooks. .4