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Vol. XV No. 48. CORVAI,LIS,BOREGONl ONUAKY 14, 1903. Editor and Proprietor. '119 During above year ; our sales ex ceetled the sales of any previous year. To make Our banner year we propose to start the first month by an increase in trade by making A Sweeping Redaction 1m Our. Entire Stock. BIG LINE OF GOODS TO SE LECT FROM. MAKE THIS YOUR MONTH TO BUY STA PLES, ETC. . 1 HOM-SfiKSS ! ' " U " , - ' ----- -y 'A. - ' 2J F. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL good bargains in'stockgrain, fruit and poultry Ranches, write for my special list, or come and see me. I shall take pleasure ia giving you all the reliable information you wish, also showing . fjJj you over the country. . . . . - HENRY AMBLER, ' - Real Estate, Loan, and Insurance. ' Philomath, Oregon, r "E386. . . - Times Office for Job Printing .o o e 83 3 .- I ENGRAVING HAVING the only facilities in the citv ' for First-Class Engraving, when so desired, all Christmas goods sold by us will be engraved , absolutely : Free of Charge. ...4 The Jeweler and Optician. New Year's J Table Deli c ac i es Wheu Buppled by P. M. Zierolf, in sure tne" " utmost ' satisfaction to guests and host.: If you intend to entertain, leave your order with us and you will certainly be pleas ed both with the quality of our food products and our moderate prices. : - - P. M. EIEROLF : TONGUE DEAD OREGON CONGRESSMAN SUDDEN LY EXPIRES IN HIS ROOM IN WASHINGTON. Sack Into Unconeciousnes While Beading the Newspaper; and Died Within ;an" Hour -7 Body now Earoute to . . ' Oregon for Burial. . . Oregonian News Bureau, Wash itgton, Jan. II. Representative Thomas H. Tongue," of the first Or egon Congressional District, in the presence of his daughter Bertha, and his secretary, Miss Ruane, died suddenly in his room at the Irving- ton in this city; at 12:50 this after- noon:." -A few minutes before he passed away he lapsed into? uncon sciousness," and died without a word, without any suffering. His sn, Thomas H , Jr., did not reside withiiis father, but was notified of his approaching end, and hastened to his father's bedside, But did not reach there until after he had pas-, ed away. -: v -.' '. -." -. - The 1 physicians who . were Bum monedit? and the- family physician, Dr; "Bovee, as well as the .' coroner,: agree that death was due to acute indigestion, which - superinduced paralysis of the heart Mr, Tongue bad been in unusual- health, - and except for occasional attacks of dyspepsia, to which he haa - been subject' of late years, has not com plained of feeling badly this winter. He considered that he was in better health than he had been :- for two years past, in fact. Mr. Tongue at tended a dinner last night, and did not retire until a late hour. When he slept late this morning, contrary to custom, nothing wi3 thought of it.. y , At 10 o'clock- he .received a call from two Oregon friends, . H. .11. Gilfry - and Orville Dodge, with whom he discussed at length mat ters of personal and political char acter. During the stay of these genUemen M iemainedJva,bsdte.feut rose ana aressea as mey leic, ana had a light breakfast ia his room. He said at the time that his appe tite was not good, and complained slightly of dyspepsia. At his re quest his daughter, Bertha, brought him - a soda solution, which be drank, anJ remarked that he thought that :would fix him all right. She, however,was somewhat concerned, as he looked unusually pale, and asked if be did- not want the , doctor..:: He replied that he did. not; that he would . ebou be at hi8 .normal condition. He went thlrough-ibia morning jmailj and then . lay down on the couch to read the papers. : His daughter joked with him slightly about being " sick "and too stubborn to have a doctor, but he insisted that he was not ill. A few minutes : later- Miss Bertha noticed that her father was breath ing .beavily and deeply. She be came alarmed and telephoned ' at once for a Dumber of : physicians, fearing the worst. She also, sent word to her brother. . ; Before the doctors or his son "arrived, however.- 'Representative , Tongue " had passed away , having become unconscious at the time heavy breathing set in. .. .In his late moments of consciousness he suf fered nothings beyond the natural dis turbance caused by an: attack of dyepep sia. ' He had no consciousness of his true condition as he lapsed into insensibility. His end was quiet and peaceful. As her father breathed his last, Miss Bertha and Miss- Ruane, practically an adopted daughter, completely collapsed, and were -. attended by the physicians who arrived .almost immediately. -, This evening they had rallied,- and with ' the consolation of Thomas -H.-. Tongue, Jr., are bearing- their bereavement as best they can. No other member of the fam ily is in Washington, Mrs: Toneue bewe at her Hillsboro home, and the daugh ters elsewhere in Oregon. . Miss '. Ber tha this afternoon said that her greatest consolation was that her father had pass ed away as he wished. : Some months a- go,.in speaking ot -his possible, demise, Mr.. Tongue had told her that when he died he wished to go- suddenly,' uncon seiously and peacefully. - Throughout tne alter ooon, as the sad. news spread ov er Washington, friends have been throng ing to the Irvinston.. Senator Mitchell. who lives iust across the . street.-was the first to arrive, and Representative Moody joiiowea closeiv after. - senator bimon, Commissioner Hermann 'and countless friends called later to offer their consol ation to the bereaved sou and daughter. Senator " Mitchell and Representative luooay at once summoned the sergeant at-arms of the House, who hastened to the Irvmgton and announced that he would take charge of the funeral arrange ments. -With' the two Oregon men he called on speaker Hendersou, who dele gated Representative Moody -to call on Representative Tongue's colleagues on the riyep and harbor arid -irrigation com mittees, and to arrange among them for the?, congressional escort, which will leave here tomorrow evening for Repre sentative Tongue's home,--provided the family arrangements can be completed iu reason. Senator Mitchell has request ed a senatorial escort. Both he and Mr. Mjody- have been active all afternoon, aai evening conferring with , senators ami representatives. Because of the tact that this is a short session and the trip to 0regon will consume about ' two weeks, many members who have a desire. to. go find themselves .unable to. leave : Wash ington on account of important legisla tive matters that will come up in the next two weeks. Representative Moody, of course, will , head the escort, by re quest of the speaker, and Senator Mitch ell will go if he can possibly arrange it, although he has important matters pend ing in the senate likely to be taken up at any time.-; It is probable that the .con gressional escort will be composed of ten in all,, with a representative of the eer geant-at-arms' office of the House. Sen ator Simon will, probably remain here. : I It has been concluded that there will be no funeral services.held in Washing ton ' The Tongue family and the congres sional party willjleave with the remains in a special sleeping car over the: Penn sylvania Railroad tomorrow evening at 714.5, going from Chicago to Omaha by the Chicago & Northwestern, and thence by the ; Union Pacific, O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific to Hjllsboro. , If connec tions are nude,- the , funeral train,, will reach its destination next Saturday night giving opportunity for funeral services on Sunday. - -- '. - r - .. - ... '. Thomas H. Tongue, who had at- taioed state prominence long. before be-became a - national ' figure, -was bora ia England oh June 26, 1844. He was educated in England until his 15th ; year,- when his- parents emigrated directly to. Washington county,1 Oregon where they located on a farm several ' miles north of HillBboro, where the parents yet re side. - Attending' : district school 60 the North " Tualatin Plains, for f: a few years, be finally concluded to take a collegiate course. He began school at Pacific University 1 under great difficulties, graduating' with high honors in 1868. -Upon leaving the University he " commenced the study of Jaw under Hon." W. D. Hare and was admitted to the bar in 1870. Mr. Tongue soon became. the leadings attorneys in Washing ton county. He early espoused the principles of the republican party, by- which party . he was ; several times honored by nominations j: to prominent official positions. In 1888 he was elected to the state Late? In lyu Mr. ; Tongue acted as chairman" of the ; republicani state convention, which nominated Su preme Judge W. P. Lord for gover nor. Tn lyo ne was a candidate for United State3 senater againBt Henator Dolph, but the contest end ed by the election of McBride. In 1896 Mr. Tongue was elected to tne fifty-fifth congress, defeating Binger Hermann for tbe nomination. Mr; Tongue was a ' past master Mason, and ia 1888 he delivered the oration before the Urand Lodge The following extract from, the Constitution of the United States governs the election of members of the house of representatives and ot filling vacancies: , v; ; :"' : Art. 1, Becf 2, par. 4: - Wnenva cancies. happen in the representa tion from any state, tbe executive Authority thereof shall ' issue ' writs of election to nil vacancies; The election Taws of the state of Oregon have' the following; provi Bions: " '- ' ' :'.".';-.;.."' Title 7,' sec. 53": " That, whenever a vacancy may occur in the office of representative in cbngrass" from this state, irom any cause whatever the governor shall issue his writ of election to nil such vacancy, in the same manner and under tne game- regulations "as ' are "prescribed by law to nil vacancies in tbe legisla tive assemoly. , Title 5, sec. 46: , When any vacancy 6b all happen in the office of member of the Senate or House of representatives by death or resig nation or otherwise, and a session of the legislature is to take place before the biennial election, tbe gov ernor shall issue a writ of election directed to the sheriff of the coun ty, or sheriffs of the counties -com posing the district in which such vacancy shall ; occur, commanding him or them to notify the - several ludges ot election in ms county or their district, to hold a special elec tion to fill such vacancy or vacan cies at a time appointed by the gov ernor; - , T W McGowan, Jr, established 1867 commission merchant, hops, "and general merchandise, 36 & 38 : Whitehall - street. New York . ; Liberal : advance made on all , consignments, Highest market prices obtained and quick returns. Ref- ferences: R G Dunn's Mercantile Agency, New York;- Bradatreets Mer cantile Agency, New York : Bank of America, New York,' TOPSYS EXECUTION. MAN SLAYING ELEPHANT ELEO- TB00CIEO IN CONEY ISLAND park - : She had Killed Three men Elec tric Current Applied toher Feet ' Submitted Patiently to " Preparations Death ' ' . Instantaneous. Naw York,. Jan. 5. The electro- cution of a, man-killing elephant. named Tpsy ; in Luna Park, Co ney Island, was successfully accom plished yesterday. . With 6,600 voltB of current, applied to Top3y's feet by means of wooden sandals putpu for the purpose, kilkd . her almost instantaneously.. The current was turned on in a house 100 feet away, and quick as a flash the collossal farm of the elephant stiffened for ward.then quivering ia the throes of the mighty volt, sinking finally to the ground without a groan. .Fif teen hundred people looked pity ingly on Topsy as she was Jed -, to the, death post . There . was . noth ing vicious in her manner then, sho .seemed , to 4 realize the , sol emnity of the occasion,and with her restless trunk reached out appeal- ingly to those nearest, taking what ever of food they offered. , ; Whether the attempt to kill , her with elec tricity would be successful was re garded as doubtful, and it had been planned to accomplish her death in three ways afc-the - same time, , vis, electricity, strangulation and poiso ning, relying upon any one or two of the methods if the other - failed. Topsy was led from her barn in Luna Park, and was to be taken ac- cross a bridge, but when she reach ed the latter, she refused to cross. It was then determined to kill , the elephant in the road near the bridge where she had stopped and turned to. the crowd, . begging for food. She was in a gentle , mood when Golieth a nd, Dundy, her keep ers approached her and said: -' Come Top, kneeJdown, , Bhe promply responded by kneeling and holding out her big feet to be chained to the Btakes." With pati ence that aroused pity in every spectator, Topsy Waited on her fet locks for the men to fasten to her feet the implements of death round pieces of plauk with zinc and elec tric wires arranged for Bending ' the deadly- current through her big frame. When she arose, however, she kicked them off, and the men had to readjust them several times. The elephants right fore foot res ted upon a plate of zinc fastened upon the wooden sandal, and elec tric wires were strung from this - to a near by house. A similar mechan ism was fastened to Topsy 's ..left hind foot. The' wires met "at the place where the current was to be turned 00. . Dr r. D Sharkey j; the executiongr stood by the lever toturn on the power, and Dr H J Brother ridge; the official veterinary surgeon in readiness to count Topsy put, stood near at hand, - accompanied by Dr; H. .V. Smith, , representing the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty , to Animals: Dr Barker of Union, S. C Dr Tread well . and Dr Pierce, of Coney Island. A hugh rope was tied; m a slip knot about the tbrout of the ele phant, stretched over a pully ' and fastened to. a steam engine, twenty feet away. ' With this the execu tioners planned to choke Topsy to death in case the experiment with electricity Bhould fail. One of the men directing the execution.' stood in' front of the-animal with a Carrot charged with 466 grains of cyanide of potassium. : This was to be given to her just as the electrician was about, to turn on the "current and the engineer was about to start the pulling of the big rope about' Top sy's neck. ' AU three efforts to pro duce death was to be as simultan eous as possible. Standing on the deadly electrodes and wearing the hangman's noose about her big throat, awaiting her doom, poor Topsy seemed resigned. Through all the nudging and tug ging at her feet and throat ehe had kept her temper under perfect con trol. So far - from showing her vicious nature ehe repeatedly laid her trunk upon the men caressing ly. ,"Get away; "clear the field!" shou ted Dandy to the eager spectators, and the people fled in hot haste. They feared trouble in. case the el ectric current did not make quick work of Topsy. ' - v ,. -. - Sharkey, the electrican and exec-utioner-in-chief, hurried to his lever. The man with the cyanide of potas sium approached Topsy. She took: the carrot from his hand, encircled har mouth several' times with her trunk, and finally began ' to chew the mass of poison. - - V -'-h "Are you ready?';' shouted Shar key from the bouse where ; the . cur- , rent was to bs turned on. f . " "Ready 1" responded the keeper of Topsy, standing near her- side to Bee that she-did not kick off: the deadly shoe. - " - There was an instantaneous burst of flames from the planks at Topsy 's feet, which made a lurid glare all about' her. : The animal suddenly stiffened, kneeling slightly forward. She was dead that moment, but the 6,600 volts held herein a state -of -rigor for ten seconds, all of which -t'.me she stood stiff upon her feet, leaning forward as if she were a dummy elephant badly fashioned. Not a sound cime from her..: The flames rose from her feet to her body as the planks rapidly yeilded to the enormous heat. - '" 1 "Cut it off!" shouted Dr Bitber ridge, and as the current was tur ned off Topsy fell .to - the ground, -headforemost. .. '. .The bg rope about the elephants throat had not drawn taut. - As ehe fell the knot was just tightening, The doctor said Topsy was already dead from the electric shock, and the strangulation was unnecessary. Topsy was ; the original "Baby Elephant." - She was brought to this country vby .Adam Forepaugb. twenty eigittryears . ago. Shfr wei ghed at the time of her death four tons.and she was worth $4,ooo. ; -din ner babyhood Topsy was" tau ght to perform j many - tricks, and ' she was the most valuable of Fore paugh's performers, before' she f de veloped a bad temper, which' ' was in I9oo. - That year she killed her keeper in Waco,, Texas, by dashing his brains out against the floor. At Paris, Texas the same year, f she killed another: keeper who had suc ceeded the one ahebad 8lin. . On May 28 last, while in the cir cus .then5 Bhowing ia "Brooklyn, Topsy killed J Fielding " Blout, of. Fort Wayne, Ind., because he gave her a lighted :cigarette. She - was -quietly standings behind her ropes when he handed the burning cigarette to her. The moment it burnt her sensitive trunk Top3y made a dash at the man and seized him about the waist beat his body upon the ground until nearly every bone in his body was broken. , 1 After that, the elephant was sold -to the Luna Park proprietors. ' She has been used in one of the exhibits at Coney Island ever since. Recently Topsy began again to show signs of a bad temper. Police man Connolly arrested . "Whitney" Alt one night for riding through the streets on the elephant's back on a gallob. He found - that he could not take the . rider, to , the station without taking the elephant too, so he took them botluThen he was com polled to allow the two prisoners to go home, for if "Whitney" had been locked up tbe policeman : would of had "an elephant r on his . hand s" whose reputation was not good, and that was more than Connolly had bargained for. 1 - -: j "After that, Topsy - began to cut capers in Luna 1 Park which made the hair rise on the - beads ' of the workmen there. She ran them all out . of the park "' last Friday, and then her owners decided to kill her. Topeka, Kan.; Jan. 10.-r-The coal famine in Kansas is taking on a more eerious aspect.. Dealers in Topeka announced today that they were practically out of- coal with no -immediate chance of getting more. The state reform school has only two days, supply left. Two nianu- ' facturing concerns were compelled -to close down this ; morning on ac count of a lack of fuel. At Ottawa, Lawrence and Atchi son riots have been narrowly avert ed duiing-the past three days when ever a car of coal arrived; Much suffering exists among the poorer class, because they cannot obtain enough coal. - It is alleged that tht railroads are confiscating a large part of the coal : that is shipped. They are ready to reimburse the owners of the coal in a pecuniary way, but their action makes the coal famine much more stringent. Our store will close at 7 . p. m. during January, February and March, Saturday evenings excepted . , J. H. Harris.