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Vol. XV. No 34.
CORVAMilS, OREGON, OCTOBER 8, 1902.
B. F. IRVINE
Editor and Phot
FOUND GUILTY
SNIDER CONVICTED OF BRIBERY
IH ST. LOUIS SCANDAL.
Court Imposes a Sentence of Five
Years in the State 'Prison
More About the Grave
Robbers in Indiana
Other ' News.-
St. Looi?, Oct. 4 Robert Mc
Clure Snyder was convicted of brib
ery in the criminal court tonight,
and was sentenced to five years im
prisonment in the state prison, after
the jury had considered for 69
minutes the case which had occu
pied an entire week in presentation.
No bondsmen were present when
Snyder's conviction was made, the
defense having apparently been
confident its testimony concerning
Snyder's residence in Kansas City
would convince th9 jury that he
was entitled to the benefit of the
statute of limitations.
The incarceration of the convict
ed man seemed to be imminent,
when two of his attorneys signed
his appeal bond for $25,000, secur
ing his release until the term of
court commencing Monday. Early
in this term Snyder will be sentenc
ed and motions for an appeal and a
new trial will be filed.
The reading of depositions was
resumed this morning. Like those
read last night, the depositions
were from residents of Kansas city,
and had a bearing only on the ques
tion of residence, on which the de
fense has made its only contention.
Before the reading of the deposi
tions, Henry Hahn, . chief deputy
recorder of deeds of St. Louis, was
called to the witness stand. He in
troduced the records showing the
incorporation of the Central Trac
tion Company. The bearing of the
'Kniimnni on f Via t9sn was in nhnw
thfct Snyd-ers residence was named
as Kan3as City in the incorporation
papers of the company, fiLd early
in I898. r .
4 Other depositions were read and
defendant's attorneys introduced in
evidence the defendant's marriage
license made out December 31,
1899, to R. M. Snyder, Kansas City,
and Sybil A. Mackenzie, Boston.
Indianapolis Oct. 4. Sensation
al developments came to light in
the investigation of the wholesale
grave robberies that have occurred
in this vicinity during the last few
months, when detectives unearthed
the 10 bodies in the cellar of the
medical college of Indianapolis.
Cantrell, the leader of a gang of 10
negros arrested a few days ago, con
fessed that his and other gangs had
robbed many graves and sold bod
ies to- medical colleges here and
elsewhere. Up to today every-medical
college in this city has been
thoroughly searohed for stolen bod
ies, but to no avail! Six bodies
were found in a pickling vat at the
medical college of Indianapolis,
proving they had been lawfully ob
tained, and asserting that there
were no other bodies . about the
buildings. Today detectives went
to the college with a search war
rant for the body of Wallace John
eon, which had been stolen from a
grave in Ebenezer cemetery, north
apt of the city. The detectives in
stituted a rigid search ot the build
ing, and as a last resort raised the
floor in the cellar. Digging here,
in a short time they uncovered the
remains of 10 bodies.
An attempt had been made to de
stroy the bodies with lime. The
college authorities are very indig
nant at the latest phase, and de
clare that the bodies unearthed today
are those of subjects dissected by
the students of last year; that some
of them are cad avers, which were in
the dissecting room when the build
ing was burned several years ago,
1 he detectives assert that the bod
ies have been but recently buried,
and that the evidence of quicklime
. is very apparent, i ne Domes are
of both men and women, but are in
such a state that identification is
impossible. Search for the Btolen
bodies will be continued.
Portland, Oct. 5. The Oregoni
an says: A motion for a new trial
in the case of the state of Oregon
against William Baldwin and Geo.
W. Baldwin wa3 filed in-thestate cir
cuit court yesterday by W T Vaughn,
attorney for the defendants. The
grounds alleged are insufficiency of
the evidence to justify the verdict;
that the verdict i3 against the law,
and errors of law occurring at the
trial, f '. . . r
It is stated that the court erred
in admitting the testimony of di
vers witnesses as to the statements
made by unknown parties, urging
George Baldwin v to slug Carlson,
and also urging Baldwin to contin
ue the fight.
' ;TheJ reading of the', statute con
cerning prize fights by Judge George
is objected to, and also his expla
nations regarding it. . 1
It is also contended that the
court erred in refusing to give 19
different instructions to the jury
asked for by the defense.
A Typical South African Store.
O. R. Larson, of Bay Villa, Sundays
Riverr, Cape Colony, conducts a
store typical of South Africa, at
which can be purchased anything
from the proverbial "needle to an
anchor." This store k situated in
a valley nine miles from the near
est railway station and about twenty-five
miles lrom the nearest town.
Mr. Larson says: "I am favored
with the custom of farmers within
a radius of thirty miles, to many of
whom I have supplied Chamber
lain's remedies. All testify to their
value in a household where a doc
tor's advice is almost out of the
question. Within one mile of my
store the population is perhaps six
ty. Of these, within the past i2
months, no less than fourteen have
been absolutely cured by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. This must
surely be a record." For sale by
Graham & Wells.
Columbus, Tex., Oat. 4. A mob
from Eagle Lake took Utt Duncan,
a negro, from the county jail here
tonight and hanged him. Late last
night, Duncan, improperly clad,
entered the telephone office at Ea
gle Lake, where Miss Lenna Har
ris, the night operator, was alone.
The negro was arrested, and
brought here on a freight" train to
prevent lynching, but early this
morning about 1UU men arrived
from Eagle Lake and demanded the
prisoner. They were reinforcd dur
ing the day, but did not succeed in
securing the man until tonight.
Oregonian News Bureau, Wash
ington, Oct. 3. Although the coal
operators were in defiant mood to
day, and the first effort of President
Roosevelt to bring about a settle
ment has not met with success,
those in possession of inside inform
ation do not believe he will stop
now, but that further steps will be
taken to reach a settlement. There
is a suggestion tonight that the sit
uation may be reached through the
interstate commerce clause of the
constitution, but this is held as a
last proposition.
That the coal operators deeply
resent the president's action is shown
in every word they uttered. Pri
vately they call it a political move,
and deride the president for inter
fering in a business matten I hey
feel that Mitchell has beer enabled
bv this conference to make a play
for sympathy at their expense by
offering r. to arbitrate and let the
president name the arbitrators.
They know that this is likely to
prove popular among the people.
At the same time, they feel strong
enough to withstand public opinion.
The people of the eastern states
are facing a crisis, and : thoy are
more alarmed than even the presi
dent's words indicate. To them
the questionhas progressed far be
yond any points involved in the
dispute, and they will be with the
President in a demand that some
thing shall be done.
If the president makes another
move, and it is certain that he will,
if he can find a way, he will have
the people behind him. Great hope
is etill entertained that public opin
ion will force mutual concessions
and a settlement.
Get a free sample of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
at Graham & Wells' drug store
1 hev are easy to take and more
pleasant ia effect than pills. Then
their use is not followed byconsti
pation as is often the case with
pills. Regular Bize, 25c per box.
For Sale. "
English rye grass seed,; large cheat
seed, and vetch seed, A few cords of
oak wood, . I am booking orders for
vetch seed, speak in time. .
Also pure bred Aberdeed Angus cattle
Poland China bogs, : and Shropshire
bucks from recorded stock.
, L. I,. Brooks.
STRIKE WILL CONTINUE
PEACE CON FEBENCE . A COMPLETE
FAILURE.
It Looks Like a Famine Operators
Snub?: Mitchell and Refuge
Mitchell's Suggestion for :
National - Arbitration
and ScoreB .Him. ' "
Washington, Oct. 3. The great
coal conference between the presi
dent and the representatives of the
operators and miners came to an
end at the temporary White House,
facing Lafayette Square, at 4:55 o'
clock this afternoon, with failure to
reach an agreement, and, apparent
ly, the rock upon which, the con
ference split was the recognition of
the miners' union. The president
had urged the contending parties to
cease strife in the interest of the
public welfare; the miners, through
the president of their union, had
expressed a willingness to submit
the differences to arbitration trial to
be named by the president, and to
enter into an agreement to abide by
n 1 1 . 1 1 e I
terms fixed by the arbitration for a
period of one to five years; and the
employers, through the presidents
of-the railroad companies, and a
prominent operator, had Equarely
refuaed arbitration, had denounced
the miners' labor organization as a
lawless and anarchistic body, with
which they could and would have
no dealings: had demanded Feder
al troops to insure complete protec
tion to workers and their families
in the mining region, and court pro
ceedings against the miners' union,
and had offered, if the men return
ed to work, to submit grievances at
individual collieries to the decision
of the judges of the court of -common
plea3 for the district of Penn
sylvania in which the colliery was
located. There the matter closed.
Tonight both the miners and the
operators are Btill in the city, but
tomorrow they will return to their
several localities, each eaying at a
late hour tonight that the struggle
will continue. .
It was a remarkable chapter in
the economic hifctjry of the country
that was written today. For the
first time the president of the Re
public bad intervened directly be-
tweea the forces of capital and la
bor in an effort to avert what he
himself regarded as a great national
calamity. The result was to bring
the principals in the great contro
versy face to face, with - the whole
country eagerly intent and watch
ful of their doings. Technically,
the issues between the two great
forces stand as they did before the
president summoned the represen
tatives of the contending forces to
the national capital, and, forgetting
bis own accute suffering, besought
them, for love of the great country
wherein they dwelt, and out of pity
for the countless throng of suffering
poor, to adjust their differences and
work together in peace for the com -moD
weal. -.
What, if anything, will result
from the conference is for the inde
finite future. Today the views of
the contenders in the great indus
trial struggle were so -extreme and
wide apart that there was no middle
ground possible, and eo the confer
ence came to an end - without any
agreement for its continuation. The
conference had lasted six hours, in
cluding a recess of three hours be
tween the , morning and afternoon
sessions, taken to enable the min
ers and operators to prepare written
responses to the president s appeal.
The immediate parties to the strug
gle say they will continue as here
tofore. What course the adminis
tration will take next no one is pre
pared to say. One of the operators,
as he left the White House, was
asked regarding this, and replied:
"If any one knows what the presi
dent will do next, that is more than
I know." - .
It waB five minutes when the con
ference ended. The operators came
down stairs and held a brief consul
tation, and then left in their carria
ges for their train, where they r met
a number of newspaper men, to
whom they furnished copies of the
statements they had made to the
president Stipulating that they
should not be quoted, they talked
freely of the conference. Several of
them declared the - interference of
the piesident had resulted in retard
ing rather than forwarding a settle
ment. They asserted that no pro-
gress has been made, and said they
would return to continue the 1 con
test. They declared that the situ
ation is most serious as.to coal sup
ply, but said that the coal would be
furnished to the public, and if giv
en, protection they could get men to
mine coal to at least 70 per cent, of
the mines' capacity. They declar
ed there would be no compromise,'
and that the strike would continue
until the strikers succumbed. They
asserted their - determination to
make no concessions further than
the offers already made. The pres
idents will leave in the early hours
of Saturday morning, and President
Baer said he expected to be in New
York by 9 o'clock Saturday.
Deep interest was manifested in
the conference on the pait of the
public. The eidewalks and street
in front of the temporary White
House were thronged with people,
who anxiously awaited the result.
Newspaper men lined either side of
the entrance to the " White House
from its doors to the street; There
was a distfnet expression of disap
pointment in the crowd when it be
came known that the conference
had been unsuccessful and no a
greement had been reached.
Proposition of Miners Confident
of our abilitv to demonstrate to anv
impartial tribunal the equity of our
. - .
demands for higher wages and im
proved environment, we propose
that the issues culminating in this
strike shall be referred to the pres
ident and a tribunal of his. own se
lection, and we agree to accept his
awards upon all or any of the ques
tions involved. Statement of Unit
ed Mineworjiers.
Washington, Oct. 3. During the
evening rresiaent Alitchell, 01 the
Mineworkers, dictated a formal
statement concerning the proceed
ings of the conference and its result,
in which he announced that the
strike would continue as a result of
the conference. Following is the
text of Mr. Mitchell's statement:
"At the morning session of the
conference between the mine opera
tors and the committee represent
ing the miners President Roosevelt
outlined tfee purposa for which he
had called the operators and min
ers together. After the president
concluded his statement the miners
at once proposed to refer the ques
tion and issues of the coal strike to
the president for adjustment, but
this proposition was afterward re
jected by the operators."
"At the afternoon session the
miners submitted a lormal state
ment of their proposition. To this
proposition each of the operators
read a reply, in which they refused
to accept the service of President
Roosevelt or a tribunal to be ap
pointed by him to determine the is
sue of the strike, and in each of
these statements they indulged in a
perfect tirade of abuse of the min
ers' organization and its efforts.
It was evident to the miners' rep
resentatives that the coal operators
were without regard for their form
er employes and the public, which
is suffering so much for the lack of
fuel.
"As a consequence of this refusal
of the operators, either to grant con
cessions or to refer to individual
arbitration, the coal strike will go
on. I am firmly convinced .that the
miners will win, although we deep
ly regret the refusal of the railroad
presidents to defer to the wisheB of
the chief executive of the United
States. The, president, expressed
the Jiope, that there would be no
lawlessness in the. coal fields, and
the representatives" of the miners
assured him that their every effort
would be exerted to maintain peace."
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for years," writes P. Muse, Durham,
N. C, "Dr. King's New Life Pills
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only 25o at Graham & Wortham's
drugstore. . -
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IN CORVALLIS
MAKING PBELIMINAKT SUBVET
FOB MOUNTAIN WATER
' SYSTEM.
End of Prune Drying A Tent and
Its Use New Process for Ap
ple Curing Improve
ments on College Ath
letic Field. -
Two1 college boys are figuring on
a water supply for the college.' They
do not expect to make an offer to
furnish the institution with water,
I but are studying the problem for
1 the theses required of them for
graduation next June. Of course
both are seniors. They are J. Ed
win Johnson, of Eastern Oregon,
and David Herstel, of Portland.
The problem requires much re
search, and all the odd hours of
their last year at college will be
devoted to it. A gravity system,
mountain water, and 'the estimated
number of people to be served, are
the only known quantities with
which to begin their calculations.
The things to be worked out are,
where to get the water, in ample
quantities, what course to follow
with pipe lines that will involve
least outlay, what size the jnains
must be and what, shall be the di
mensions of service lines, what fall
there will be, and how much force
and volume it will Rive, friction and
size of mains considered, all these
and many other equally important
aud intricate questions will be in
volved. The boys began their work three
or four days ago. With surveying
instruments, they are running lines
to adjacent streams with a view to
determine accessibility and volume.
From thef data thus obtained, they
will be in position to begin their
big task. All their work will be
under the supervision of Prof.
Skelton, and when completed the
maps, plans and specifications will
be a complete compendivm of the
work and materials necessary, and
of the approximate cost. The ex
perience gained may be of vast ser
vice to both hereafter, and . their
work of possible great value to the
institution.
Thought it a Circus.
Small bojs pricked up their ears
yesterday morning, and wondered
if a circus '. had come. They
all hurried into the western
part of town, where a huge tent
was unfolding so high in the air
that it could be seen over the house
tops. They only met with disap
pointment, however, for the tent
was a contractor's device for con
tinuing in the rain his work on a
roofless building. The latter was
the Farra house, now in course of
erection on Seyenth . street, and
while the raindrops beat a tattoo
on the tent overhead, the workmen
under quietly nailed on shingles,
and recked not of the shower. The
scheme is a new, but a good one for
Webfoot.
A very small audience greeted
Susie Fennell Pipes in her violin
concert at the opera house Friday
night. Save in the fact, however,
that her programme was unmerci
fully cut, the concert was enjoyed
by the few present. The playing,
both of Mrs. Pipes and Miss Hug
gins was excellent.
Their Prune Crops
The run of the drier at the Ben
ton County Prune Co.'s orchard
will have come to a close by this
evening. Sixteen hundred bushels
is the product of the company's
orchard this season. This showing,
as is generally known, amounts,
practically; to a failure of the orch
ard. Manager Johnson attributes
the result to a few rainy dsys dur
ing blooming time. Two or three
good days at a certain blooming
stage, he states, might have pro
duced twice as many - thousand
bushels as there were hundreds this
season. This drier has also handled
the crop from a number of neigh
boring orchards. The product of
the Nash orchard, west of the Sum
mit, amounting to 800 bushels, was
also evaporated by the company's
drier. .
In a New Way
. Tests in apple drying have been
in progress at the college recently.
The problem was ' to find a process
that would give to the dried prod
uct the whitish: appearance so high
ly prized in commerce. In the ex-
periments, the fruit, before being
placed in the drier was dipped in
solutions of salt. For the purpose '
various solutions were used, rang-"
ing from one fourth of one to two
per cent, that is. for instance, one
fourth of a pound of - salt to ioo
pounds of water, and so on.
The results were highly satis--
factory, the fruit coming out ofthe
drier with the appearance to suit
the most 1 fastidious consumer.
ticular is considered . effective in
producing a dried product perfect--
ui a.pjjco.i.aijc. t uiaiucs were a.130
treated in the same manner with,
the same results.
On College Field
In a stroll about the college
grounds an observer must "be for
cibly struck with the spirit of pro
gress which is everywhere appar
ent in the vicinity, both public
and private. "A very conspicuous
improvement is the . enclosed field
for the various out door sports and 4
the magnificent grand stand for the
comfort of spectators. Much has
already been said concerning the
additions to the colles-e ea moment.
so to speak, but now they have be- :
come accomplished facts in veryv
favorable contrast to the conditions ,
heretofore prevailing. Six acres of '
ground enclosed by an eight-foot
board fence, a well constructed f
covered grand stand, having a.
seating capacity of 400 and rooms
for the accommodation of athletes r
and participants in the sports, look ;
lit .KucinAGC OfA rtoA frv
inspire renewed interest , in field .
sports at the college, not only ' ;
among the students and professors, ;
but among Corvallis citizens as
well,- . ,
Baer's way to End strike. The
duty of the hour is not .to waste
time negotiating with the fomentora
of this anarchy and insolent defi
ance of law, but to do as done ia
the war of the rebellion, restore the
majesty of the only guardian of a
free people, and to re-establish
peace and order at any cost. State
ment of George Baer, president
Reading Railway.
Cleveland, Oct. 3 Two thousand
people attended a meeting at the
central armory tonight to listen
to speeches relative to the coal
strike. Mayor. Jones, of Toledo,
spoke for an hour. He reviewed
the labor situation, and applauded
President Roosevelt's action in call
ing the conference. .Resolutions
were adopted calling for govern
ment ownership of mines. '
Notice to Homebuilders and Invest-
ors.
Prosperity is all around us and money
is seeking borrowers. Values of realty
are reasonable and favorable opportune
ides are now at hand to make profitable
investments.
I haverealty for sale in all parts of:
the city and county on suitable terms
Houses and lots sold on the installment
plan and loans made on farms on reason -able
terms. '.
Houses and properties handled for
residents and nonresidents, rents col-,
kcted, taxes paid, repairs made and
Btrfct attention given to handling pro.
perty in all details
Papers pertaining'to realty transactions
of all descriptions carefullv made out.
and executed.
If you have anything for sale, or want
to buy a home on easy terms, call on me '
at once, and I shall endeavor to give
you full satisfaction.
Office Zierolf Building second story
' A. WELLS.
Wanted
An experienced girl or woman to do
housework io a family of three. A
permanent place tor the right party. .
Apply at the Times office, Corvallis.
Buy your red clover seed at Zierolfs.
He has an excellent quality.
To Let on Shares
Fifty head of good Cotswold ewes,
mostly two years old last spring, Apply
to '. '
William Crees.
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. Reasaaable reward will be paid
for the return of said colt or information
as to its whereabouts.
Spencer Bickni.1,1,, Owner,
Corvallis, Ore.