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"er"'.,rrf'"'."'''.'L.LL.., . ' rj iri.-i mi'i nT h"'wii in Tiki In iMinini" 41. i k'. Vol. XV. No 37 ON ALL Ladies and Misses Jackets Furs i and Mackintoshes. HI 6u Carr 111 311 iii a .Bargain I- ' Twenty five hacks to "be sold in the next month The most durable hack on the coast for the money. 1 Made out of the best material from the east. We do not turn out any cheap work; all first class with guarantee. - . - " - -We are preparing to furnish covers for all hacks. Patronize your home factory. . .; . ' Hemember our organs, we are ready to ; furnish them at reasonable prices, for futher particulars call on or address, Cramers Organ & Carriage Factory Corvallis, Notary Public. E. E. WILSON, ' ATTORNEY-AT- 7 Office In Zleriolfs building. Seciirr Prompt Delivery is ordered swift eervice you'll get if you favor aa with your orders but you will get more than quick service if you deal. You will get good goods, whether you order teas coffees, spices, canned goods, or the latest advertised breakfast foods. We have them all as a call will prove. P. M. ZIEROLF. Oregon. B. A. CATHEY, M. D. . Physician Surgeon. Office: Room 14, Bank Building. . Office Hoars' 10 to 12 a. m. -I 2 to 4 p. m. CORVAIiUS OREGON, NOVEMBER 5, 1902. : IN GOLD AND BILLS WEALTHY ' FLA.THEAD INDIAN ROBBED OP TWENTY TWO THOUSAND It was in Gold and Hundred Dol lar Bills-Quakes of Ocean Shock and Scared Crew Kicked . 7 . - son to Death. " : -' ' Butte,' Mount., Nov 2.. :A special to. the JMiner from Butta says that one of the, most .sensational rob beries that has ever occurred in the niatory , or vv ester n t. Montana was enacted .at;Plains.., yesterday, ; news of which has just reached this place, A. wealthy natbeaded Indian named Machell .was robbed Saturday night of $22,000 in cash, the money con sisting of $ loo bills and 2o gold pieces. . . .... ... , Machell was a visitor in Plains Saturday night, and during his ab sence, at about lo o'clock .at night, a man dressed as a squaw visited his home on Camas Prairie and en gaged in conversation . with Macb- ell's squaw. Mrs Machell noticed that. the visitor was not an Indian squaw, balra whiteman, as he could not talk Flathead, but she did not suspect anything wrong .Jill she sawrtvyo men run from an outbuil ding, ; carrying something : with them. Then it was that her sus picion was aroused, as the wealth had been stored in that building. lhe robbers jumped on their horses which were near by, and the one that had been talking to her joined them and the three "rode hurridley away.'1- ' ::- V---- '--r-: Aa soon as she reached the plains with the news, several whitecitizens of that place accompanied Machell to -his home to find if the story -was true, which was proved on - their arrival there. A score of young Indians started out to try to locate the robbers, but no clew has . been found. : ' Machell . is the wealthiest full- blood Indian on the reservation. H9 has large . herds - of - horses and cattle, and was always -. known to have money, but few people knew that he kept it at home. It devel ops however, that the" old "Indian was "afraid to - trust his money in the bank, and kept it in an old trunk in an outbuilding at his home. . Cincinnati, Nov. 2. A Bpecial from Inez, Ky., to the Enquirer says: " ' Pleasant Sprading, held for kil ling of, his four year old son, is threatened with lynching.Spradings family consists of a wife, . three daughters and son. With his daughters and boy the father ; was herding sheep last Friday. The boy was unable to keep : up with the others. The father placed' him on a stone Beside a spring, telling him to wait till his return. The boy becoming tired of sitMng it'll, began to peel the bark: off a tree that over bung the spring. Presently.-the father returned, and noticing the bark on the ground, asked the boy who had lone it. The bov replied that he had. 'I would Tather have you dead thair raise you to destroy everything on the farm," is ihe re ply the father is said to have made and then it is charged, he . picked up a stone and struck the boy . on the : head, knocking him down. Then, it is alleged, he kicked the prostrate baby in the head until he had killed him, arid turning to his daughters, threatened them with - a like fate if they ever told what had occurred, Afterward he went home and said the boy, while chasing sheep had run against a tree and killed himself. " . Becoming' alarmed, tie took his eldest daughter and - went to the mountains His wife hired neighbors to bury the body of the chifd "and then went to the home of Judge E Hensley. She told him of the death of her. son and said she suspected her husband, who told her he was going into the mountain' woods to hunt squirrels, and she added that at different times he had threatened to kill the whole family The Judge took her - with her. two younger daughters to his "home and presen ted the case Jo the grand jury," One of the little girls told the jury that her father had kicked the boy to death. Shortly afterward 'a-Sheriffs posse captured Sprading in the mountains, but his eldest daughter was not with him. - - - . . Spradings missing - daughter turned up today, barefooted and ragged, after her escape from .her fattier in the mountaias. She . was imraediafely taken before the grand jurj, and testified : how, her father killed the boy, threatened her .life, anc that of her mother. She testi fied! that, he "would have brained them heretofore but for the interfer ence of neighbors.. - flage uen8iey nas the jail eo stroagly guarded that there .is no longer any ganger .of : lynching Sprading was given a speedy trial. Cleveland, Oct 31 A sensation occurred during a political meeting in: the public square today, in which Mayor Tom Johnson struck William MylcraineJa- republican . tax board officiaHn the face . with I his nst. lit seems, accordmsr to the. statement of bystanders, that the mayor overheard Mvleraine assert that he Johnson was a liar A few hot words follawed, and then the mayor struck Mylcraine in the face. -Mylcraine left" the square, declaring he would have the mayor , arrested. Mayor.J ohnson, in ex plaining hisside of the question is quoted saying. - "We were talking abont the as sessment in the 32nd ward. MyL craine had repeated. 1 twice ; that 'Mayor Johnson lies' and I walked over to him to explain that, there must be some errors " in- the papers, I intendedUo give him a chance to Tettact, but Jie would not let me. I then bit him. JIt was only a tap l am not certain that my hand touched his face, I only intended slapping his face," : : . . Up to a late hour tonight Mvl eraine has not applied for a war rant for the mayor. , : Ban Francisco, Nov 1 It IS ri a strange tale of. a ! strange marine disturbance that was told by Cap tain Montgomery, of the whaling bark Alice Knowles, which has just arrived.- - .-- . "We were lying some 200 miles off the Kurlie Islands, on the Si berian Coast, when the shock . was felt on August 13th," he said. "Almost a dead calm prevailed, and the sea was as smooth - as a mill pond., I' was . in my cabin wnen x ieit, tne sea snasing nise a leaf. It seemed that the deck was falling in on me. The whole ship rattled as from impact with some object. I knew that the disturb ance was not caused by a heavy sea, and I rushed on deck. There I found ; the crew terror-stricken and gazing helplessly at another. While on deck the shaking con tinued and a rumbling noise re sembling thunder seemed to come from the depths of the sea. "The surface of the sea was disturbed and was breakingup in confused masses. " The rumbling noise ; and the vibration stopped simultaneous ly, and the sea again became calm. Both my -chronometers stopped at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and I was set do miles out 01 my course by the incident. I didn't notice if the surface of the water was dis colored, but for two days I sighted fishes floating on the surface of the sea." . ' Bridgeport, Conn., . Nov. 1. The lake submarine torpedo- boat Pro tector .is designed for harbor defense. She is 60 feet long and 11; feet beam, and has a displacement of 65 tons submerged, and gasoline when cruising awash." A trap door in her bow will enable a diver to leave the boat for the purpose of cutting cables or mine connections. Her builders believe she can destroy the submarine defenses of any harbor in the world. " --' Besides Captain Taylorrepresen ting the United States Naval Board of Construction, the Naval attaches at Washington of the Russian, British, French, German, Japanese, Argentine, Italian and Chilean gov ernment were present at the laun ching. " . A Boy's Wild Ride for Life. With family around ex pecting him to die, and a eon riding for life 18 miles, to get ' Dr. King's -New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and-Colds W-H Brown, of Lees ville, led., endured death's agonies from. "asthma, Jbut this wonderful medicine gave instant relief and soon cured him. "He writes: "I now sleep soundly every night.' Like marvelous cures of Consump tion,"" "Pneumonia, "Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip proves , its matchless merit for all Throat and Lung tronbles. : Guaranteed bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Graham & Wortham's drug store. HAUNTED HOUSE CROWDS SURROUND IT AND LIST EN TO KNOCKINGS AND NOISES Little boy Burned taDeath at Leb- - anon Negro Burned at . the ;. Stake in Mississippi-Big Wheat ; ' ShipmentOther News. '- London November 1. The Ch ronicle says: Much excitement has been aroused in Rome during the last few days over an alleged haunted house in the Viale della Kegena, inhabited - for years past by an old couple and their sons. Nothing abnormal occurred until the" present week, when heavy thud3 began to; proceed from the walls of the room, as though struck -by in visible hands. Than - ornaments were dashed with great force from their brackets onto the floor, and smashed into fragments. It is said id the newspapers that the youngest : son aged. 15; " had scarcely retired to rest last night, when he was dragged by tba feet around the room by these u aseen influences, which afterward exten ded their plan of operations to the portes3' j lodge, hurliDg a fiatiron that lay en the bed at the unfortu nate woman's head, in the presence of several friends. Two carabineers attracted to the house by - the cries of the inmates proceeded to the boy's bedroom and set about investigating the bed, upon touching which they received so severe an electric shock that both are suffer ing from the effects. " The phenomena then ceased for the night; but today the house has been visited by hundreds, and such as gained admission testify to have witnessed an incessant dance' of candles, while fiatiron s, fresh figs, oil cans, and pepper boxes played at leap frog round the apartment. Finally a cooked joinLJs said to: issued forth from a locked meat- safe, and after having been chased "several times about the room to have sought refuge under a clothes press." A.commission. of investiga tion has been appointed, and the enchanted dwelling continues sur rounded by an enormous crowd. . Lebanon, Or., Oct" 31. Harry Vollstedt, the 8-year-old son of Henry Vollstedt, met a " - horrible death late yesterday afternoon, in the burning of his father's residen ce.; Mrs Vollstedt in attempting to rescue her son, was also badly burned, but it is thought that she will recover. The fire occurred ab out 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr Vollstedt was out in the- field - at work, and Mrs Vollstedt had rone out to milk the cows. MrsVo'.lttadt is hard of hearing and did not no tice the house was on fire till it was partly consumed. - As soon as Bhe saw tha flames she ran to the house to try and save her son, who - was an invalid and unable - to get out himself," but she was - unable to reach him. -She was badly burned about the face and arms, but still endeavoredjo get her child, and would have probably been burned up herself had not some neighbors arrived, and taken her from the house. : ; Mr Voslltedt soon arrived, but the child and all the contents of the house were entirely consumed. Mrs Vollstedt was taken to a neighbor's and a physician was : summoned. and at last accounts Bhe was res ting easy, It is not, known the fire originated. ;, - how Sadris, Miss.,- Nov. : 1. An un known negro was burned at the stake at Darling,- Miss., last night for the murder of E O. Jackson a millowner named Roselle at Dar-ling,-Miss.,:Wednesday night. Two white .men implicated by the negro in his dying confession -. are being held by a posse pending an inves tigation. " The negro "was burned by a mob. of . 4000 persons, both white and black. - - Just before" the lighting of the funeral pyre, the negro confessed that he had commit ted the double murder with the assistance of two white men. The motive was robbery and a consider able sum was secured, which the negro stated was - divided- among the three: - " - "' - After the burning a posse went in search of the two white men and soon ;had them" captured. Mhey aie both held pending an investig- tion, and it it is believed that aj B. F. IRVlNK Editor ado Prw double iynohihg will follow if guilfe is proved conclusively The namea of the prisoners are not known. Darling, Miss., is a small station: onthelake Cormorant branch of tha Yazoo & Mississippi Valley road about 25 miles fiom this point, audi there is no direct telegraphic ' com munication. The news that reached! Sadris has come - through -persons from the neighborhood of the crime, who have been called here on busi ness. - Later it was learned that the two white men were released by the mob, an alibi having been proved, no further trouble is expected to night. ." . Portland, Oregon Nov. 1st North Pacific ports in the month closing yesterday broke all previous rec ords for wheat and flour shipments. Portland alone shipped flour in cluded 2,256,223 bushels and Se attle and Tacoma combined ran the total for Oregon and Washing ton ports up to over 5.000,060 bu shels, figures that have never be fore been equaled in this territory Portland's wheat shipments ' alone were in excess of 1,850 000 bushels. but the flour shipments from this port were slightly under those of last year. All of the wheat from Portland with the exception of a cargo for South Africa and a cargo for San Francisco went to Europe. Chicago, Oct 31 Two great Dane . dogs saved the lives " of four- per sons last night and were then res cued from a burning building-in Ashland Avenue by' their grateful masters. The dogs apparently be came frightened at the smoke and crackling of the flames'under them and began to bark. The noise they made awakened Henry and Arthur Hirsch, members of the Calumet Metal Company and J C Spokane and Benjamin Barrigan, who were asleep in the building. ' As they were leaving the build ing, Arthur Jtlirsch suggested to his brother they ought to save the dogs so the two turned backy and groping their way through : the smoke, found. the two dogs almost overcome. Grasping the dogs - by the collars the two men drew them to a 5 rear door, and escaped. The fire caused a loss of $35,ooo. ,. Cleveland, O., Nov. 1 J . Pier-' pont. Morgan and party - arrived, here today from Chicago, and were driven' to the residence of Ralph . W Hickox. Later Senator Hanna visited the Hickox residence and " held a long conference, with Mr . Morgan and his associates. Mr -Hanna declined to discuss his in- .' terview with Mr Morgan. He added,, however, that the latter was simply' in the W est on a railroad inspect ing tour. The Evening Plain, Dealer today said: ' "A report .. which could not , be verified was in circulation to day that Mr Morgan's visit to both Chicago and Cleveland was in con- . nection with the, proposed combi- -nation of all the soft coal interests -of the country. For the past two years there has been a gradual me- 1 rging - of the various soft-coal -producing concerns until the busi- nesp, it is said,ie now practically in , the hands of a comparatively few , individuals, "Negotiations were, commenced several days ago to the effect that a consoliation of the Pitlsdurg Coal "" Company and the Monongahela Consolodated Coal & Coke Comp any, two of the largest producing concerns in Western Pennsylvania, which control a very large, output - of the Pittsbnrg district; " "The merging of these two comp anies would mean- a capitalization of $110,000,000, with assets of $120- , o88'535. 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