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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.
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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.
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both with the" quality of ocr food
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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.
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, 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.