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: 'V " ' .' . wee: Vol. XV. No. 40. CORVAL.LIS, OREGON, -DECEMBER 31, 1902. B. F. Editor i IRVINE J Proprietor. During January Our Entire Stock of . . . . Dry Goods, glotbing, Bats and $b$, WILL BE SOLD AT MEiQ Reduction; New Goods Arriving Daily. Save Money by Making Your Purchases this Month. r - HOI F YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL fijfj g good bargains in .stock, grain, fruit and poultry gs Ranches, write for my special list, or come and see me. I shall take pleasure in giving you all p5 S the reliable information you over the country. , HENRY AMBLER Real Estate, Loan, and Insurance, .- ' Philomath, Oregon. fcOPYRlGHT. Times Off ice for Job Printing. 83 .VI ALA you wish, also showing I ENGRAVING I HAVING the only facilities in the city for First-Class Engraving, when bo desired, all Christmas goods sold by us will be engraved absolutely' Free of Charge. - "1; ;-'"v Pratt, ' , . The Jeweler and Optician. New Year's Table Delicacies When suppled fey P. M. Zierolf, in sure the utmost , satisfaction to guests and host. If you intend to entertain, leave your order with us and you will - certainly be pleased, both with the" quality of ocr food products and our moderate prices. P. M. ZIEROLF STILL QUAKING. FIFTEEN THOUSAND HOUSES DE STROYED BY EU3SIAN EARTH QUAKE. Solved Flying Machine Problem Honolulu Cable Laid Tariff Fight in Congress Guard ing McKinley s Tomb Utnei .News Ashkabad , Russia Turkenstan, Dec. 26. The oscillations of the earth at Andiian Icontinne. TJjeW"eons compensation is $1500. people there are using railroad cars to. live in, so they are not leaving the town on account of their busi ness interests Committees have been appointed to prepare list of the lossEes of lives and property, Tn tHn Andiian f?int.r!rt 1 c.nnn stAwa houses were destroyed. Until the1Lalst yeaF.there shocks cease guards will be kept on the railroad between Andijan and Fedoheoks to watch for fissures along the line. The railroad sta tion at Andiajan threatens to col lapse. , Barracks to be. used as dwellings are being raised, aad will soon be ready for occupancy, - , Washington, Dec. 26. Dr. Al exander Graham Bell, who has just returned to Washington from his summer home in Cape Breton Is land, tonight made the following statement in regard to the reports that have appeared in the public prints that he has invented a flying machine ; "ine newspapers have been pre mature in announcing that I have been at work on a flying machine. have not any flying machine at all, and have not been ; trying to make one. I am, of course interes ted in the problem, and have come to ihe conclusion that a properly constructed flying machine should be capable of being flown as a kite if anchored to the ground, and that, cbnversly a properly constructed kite should pe capable for use as a flying machine if provided with proper means of propulsion. My experiments have had as their effect the building of a kite of solid construction capable of carry ing up in a moderate breeze a weight equivalent to that of a man and engine, and so formed that it is believed to be suitable for use as the body of a flying machine, and with supporting surfaces so arran ged that, when the kite is cut loose, it will come down gently and stead ily and land uninjured. "I have 8uccessfuly accomplished this, but don't care at the present to make public the details of con struction. . San Francisco,' , Dec. 26. The following cablegram has been re ceived from the cable-ship Silver ton, timed at 4 a m today: "About to buoy the cable off the aland at Oahu, in about 45o fa thoms of water. Up to this time 2238 nactual miles of cable have been paid out." Ihe shore end of the cable' which is of much heavier type than the sea cable, will be spliced to the sea cable some miles off Diamond Head which is to be the landing place of the San Erancisco-Honolulu cable, Until the splice is completed no furthur word will be received from the cable ship. It may take a day or two to complete the work. The dispatch with which ' the work is finished and Honolulu placed in cable communication with San Francisco and tba rest of the world depends largely on the weather con ditions. - ' - ! - " Washington, Dec. 27. The bill to reduce the duty on Philipinepro ducts promises to precipitate's bat tie with the beet-sugar interests , in the Senate. - - The beet-sugar Senators claim that as an inducement to vote for ratification of the peace treaty with Spain, the Government promised that no such' reduction of duties on the annexed island should be made as would endanger home in dustry. . . " They are stirring up the tobacco interests, to pin them in the"" fight on both the Philippine tariff and the Cuban reciprocity treaty." They also seek an alliance " with the interests which are -opened to French and Newfoundland and other reciprocity treaties. 1.. - - , Cincinnati, Dac. 26. Lieuten ants Reice and Ingerhart, with two Sergants, four: Corporals and 30 privates of Company M Third Uni- tedStates Infantry, left Fortl Thomas, Ky., today for Canton, O. where they will serve as the special guard around McKinley's tomb,, They releive a detatchment of the Fourteenth Infantry. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec 29. It is probable at the coming convent ion of the United Mineworkers of America a movement will be set afoot to increase the salaries of I Prssirlflnt. Mit.nhp-11 anri fipprotoro .7 . 7, """.'TV. wuson. a present Mr Mitcneil recuivea iouu a year, wnua jvir A i-lO IU1UC10 B.IO lUUMUl? lUi W ill 11 LU securing an increase in pay for themselves, and they want their executive officials to share the profits.- ' The coming convention willbreak all records for labor -conventions. were about iooo delegates, representing a member ship of nearly 35o,ooo. It is expec ted thatXhere will be over 1200 del egates at the coming convention- Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 25. Mont gomery Godley, a negro, was taken from the jail here today and lynch ed bjr&r mob, because early this morning he shot ard killed Minton Hinkley, a policeman, while the of ficer was trying to protect himself from a crowd of unruly negroes. The rjegro jerked the officer's pistol from its scabbrad and shot the offi cer with it from behind. Two hours later a mob gathered and took the negro from the city jail, where he had been taken after he was caught, and hanged him to a telephone pole.- As he was choking to death.one of the members cut his throat and ended his suffering.- A large number of negro men and women from the various mining camp3 in this vicinity, among them Mont and Joa Godley, broth ers, were drinking and carousing at a bali. Officer Hinkle requested them to be .quiet. The Godley brothers answered him in an insult ing ana insolent manner, ana ne tried to arrest them. They resi3ted and officer Hinkle blew his whistle for help. Then he began to use his club in order to protect himself from the onslaught of the , crowd. He was holdiog his own against three when "Mont" Godley grabbed the officer's revolver from it3 scab bard and, placing the muzzle be hind the right ear of the officer, pulled the trigger. The ball passed through Hinkle'a head and passed out over the left eye. He tell to the side walk; Other officers pur sued the negroes, all of whom start ed to run when the officer fell. The Godley brothers were both captured and locked up in the city jail. Hinkle was carried to the City Hall, where he died at 2 o' clock this morning. The news of the murder spread, and soon a crowd was gathered a- bout the jail. Leaders were not slow in coming forward and cries of "Hang him," "burn him," "get a rope," were heard on every side. A mob gathered in. the corridors and about the jail doors. An at tempt was first made to rob City Marshal Higgins of his keys to the jail door, but be convinced the mob they were not in his possession at the time. A crowbar and hammer were tbeh procured and the jail doors battered and broken open. Godley bad courage and cursed the mob when its leaders entered the jail, but his courage left him when he began to realize that death was near. He began to supplicate and beg for the officers to ' protect him, but they were overpowered and- taken -care of by a portion of the mob. Godley was dragged from the jail into the yard and given a few momenta to talk. He told so many conflicting stories about the affair that the mob became impa tient and hurried him about three blocks away from the jail. Procur ing a rope on the way, the men hanged him to step pins of a tele graph pole. The rope broke on the first effort and G jdley fell to the ground. At this instant some one in the crowd cut his throat on the left side, severing the jugular vein. This brought a more merciful death than was intended by the mob. He was then hanged again. Godley came here from Pierce City, Mo., at the time the citizens of that town drove the negroes out of the cityr about two years ago. o The mob left his body hanging Concluded on Fourth Page. MANY DEAD. TWENTY EIGHT KILLED IN COL L1SIONON CANADIAN RAIL ROAD In Blinding Snow Storm, Locomo tives met Head-on With Ter - rible -, Crash Many '4 .Injured Other - r'w? News. . London, Ont., Dec. 27. A fright ful collision occurred a short dis tance from the little station of WanBtead, Ont., on the Saznia branch of the Grand Trunk Rail way, last mgat. ine express was running nearly two hours late, and was making fast time. The freight was endeavoring to make a siding to gst clear of the express, but fail ed by a minute or two. There was a dreadful crash, the locomotives reared up ana tell over in a ditch, the baggage car of the express telescoped the smoker, and in an instant toe snrieKS and cries of the wounded and dying filled the air. The loss of life is 28. The in jured. number many more, and ma ny of these may die. Several of the dead were horribly mutilated Heads . were cut on, legs were wrenched from their - bodies, and the level stretch of snow became crimson with the blood of the vic tims. The responsibility tor the acci dent has not been defiaitely fixed, but it is believed to have been due to a telegraph operator's error. The operator at one of the stations where the two trains stopped gave an order to the freight to pass No. 5, the Pacific express, at Wanstead, In the system of the Grand Trunk this order should have been dupli cated, a copy being given to the conductor and engineer of the ex press. Instead of -this the conduc tor of the express received a clear ance order, telling him that he might-run through. The freight train in the meantime had stopped at Wanstead to sidetracs, and was telescoped by the express, v The blinding storm which was raging rendered objects invisible at the distance of a few feet. The operator at Wanstead isnot usually on duty at night, but last evening he happened to be in the office for a short time. He was go ing out of the door when he heard the telegraph instrument click and immediately call lepeated the mes sage: -'Stop No. 5," "Stop No. 5." Seizing a lantern, the operator dashed for the door, and aB he clos ed it behind him he heard the crash of the collision up the track. There was not a house at hand to which the injured -could be car ried. Fortunately, however, the two Pullman oars on the train did not . sustain any damage. They were warm and comfortable, and were converted into a temporary hospital. The' injured were placed in the berths and everything possi ble done to ease their sufferings. . According to Master of Transpor tation Price, of this city, it was An drew Carson, the agent and opera tor at Watford, the next station east ef Wanstead, who failed to de liver to the train crew of No. 5 the orders to pass the freight train at Wanstead. Trainmaster Price says that in explanation of the mistake that brought such ' terrible results the operator says he understood the dispatcher to say to kill the orders for No. 5 to pass the freight at Wanstead, but it is denied in the dispatcher's office here that the or der was killed. The Pacific express, which was late and endeavoring to make up time, was made up of two Pullman cars, two first-claes day coaches and two baggage cars. The engin eer opened wide his throttle as he pulled out of Watford at 9:58 o' clock. A blizzard jsas raging, and the air was thick with swirling snow. 1 he train was crowded with people returning from holiday trips. The express train jwas running at a speed of fully 50 miles an hour through the blizzard, when at the Wanstead siding the headlight of ine. ireignt engine loomed up through the snow. The impact threw the two engines clear off the track on the right hand side, ihe two day : coaches of the express were between the heavily loaded baggage cars and the weigh ty Pullmans. A terrific grinding crash aod the rear baggage car was driven into the coach . for three fourths of its length, killing a score of the occupants and pinning down twov, score . more in the; wreck age, crushed and mangled. The horrors of fire was mercifully spared the suffering persons-buried in the wreck. ' A little flame broke out, but the uninjured soon extin guished it with snow before it could gain headway. The occupants of the two Pullmans and the second day coach swarmed out of their can to the reEcue. A perfect Bedlam of noises greeted . them. The hjaa of escaping steam from the wrecked engines did not drown the piteous cries of the unfortunates pinned in the ruins. The bitter cold added to their sufferings. Volunteer re scuing parties were - immediately formed and did heroio work. Meanwhile abrakeman bad rush ed through the storm to the tele graph office and notified both Lon don and Sarnia officials of the col lision. Relief trains with surgeons and wrecking cars were on their way to the scene from both ends of the division in the shortest possible time. While they were steaming at top speed the work of rescue was carried on by the uninjured pas sengers. - They delved into the de bris, and, guided by the moans and cries, found the sufferers and pried and chopped them out and carried them to the Pullman cars where they were given such attention as ' was possible before the Burgeons arrived. The surgeons on board the wreck- , ing train was the first to reach the . scene. They hastened from the -wreck to the temporary hospitals, and began making emergency dress-! in gs of the most seriously wound ed. The men of the wrecking crew. . with their appliances, were able to penetrate deeper into the tangle of the wood and steel and extricated several whom the passengers had ' been unable to remove. -'While they were at work the wreaking ." train arrived ' from London with more surgeons. . As soon as it was positively known that all of -the injured had been found, an engine was coupled to . the Pullman and the pitilul . jour ney to London, 40 miles away, was begun. Opiates were 'administered to lessen the agonies of the wound- . ed, aggravated as they were by the unavoidable jarring and jerking of the car. As soon as ths news of the wreck was received at London, the Grand Trunk officials began ar rangements for caring for the wounded at Victoria hospital, on South street. The hospital car was switched on to the tracks of the Detroit & Lake Erie road and run -to within a block and a half of the hospital. Twenty ambulances were in waiting. Strong arma carried the wounded and torn people tend erly oat of the car and they were . hurried to the hospital. it was 30 in the morning when they ar rived, and it was noon before the surgeons had finished dressing all the wounds. Washington, Dec. 27. President Roosevelt has declined to act as ar bitrator of the Venezuelan dispute, and the allies and Venezuela have agreed to refer it to the Hague : tri bunal. r ' The Cabinet reached thisdecision yesterday,' having assurance that theappeaLof the Hague would not bring the Monroe Doctrinevinto question. The news is received in London . with disappointment, except by the Liberal leaders; who find in it cause of triumph over the govern ment. ; : . ' The blockade if rigidly enforced. ship loaded with British coal for the railroad was not allowed to land it. A vessel was sent to take. the people of an island to the main land, as the blockade applies to the sland. Vienna, Dec 26. It is reported here on good authority that Arch duke Ferdinand and the Crown rincess of Saxony and their com- papions propose going to the United States, there being little probabil ity of their finding congenial homes in Europe. , Wood for Sale have 5OO acres of timber land to clear. Will sell wood in stump, or trive wood for clearing ground, have fir, oak cedar and asn. & miles west 01 uorvama. : - . P A.Kline. -" : ; ' Feed Chopped Screenings, wheat, oat, vetch or other kinds of grain ground at .fivecents per . sack at chopping mill on my farm, - . 1. L Brooks.