Scanty &S" v- Vol. XV. No. 49. CORVALLIS, OREGON, ; JANUARY 2i, 1903. B. F. IRVINE -Editor and Proprietor. IF ill IPS? Si During January Our Entire Stock of . . .. . , . . . .... . , Dry ood$t 0jo!bin& - Bafs and Shoes, WILL BE SOLD AT "-4 New Goods Arriving: Daily. M Save Money by Making Your Purchases this Month. is Eli 1 HOMfiSEKRS I " I F YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL Ood "bargains in stock, 5; Ranches, write for my special list, or come and 4 see me. - I shall take pleasure in giving you all the reliable information you wish, -also showing you over the country. ' -HENRY AMBLER, rtj Real Estate Loan, and Insurance. Jj Philomath, Oregon. 1 . ; n o. n r 1 1 mas unir.fi Tor iinn Mrmtino. SlIUlE i 01 MS S3 grain, fruit and poultry HAVING the only facilities io the city for First-Class Engraving', when BO desired, all Christmas goods sold by us will be engraved absolutely Free of Charge. '- '-' "" '" """ The Jeweler and Optician. New Year's I Table Delicacies When suppled by 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 our food products and our moderate prices. P. M. ZIEROLF b-v W J , A MONSTER GANNON. SHOOTS TWENTY MILES PROJEC TILE WEIGHING TWENTY 'IYE IITNDRE1), "'.-,. Requires six Hundred .- and Forty Pounds Pdwdei for Single Dis charge After four Months ; Nap the Girl Still Sleeps Strange Case , ; Other News. New York, Jan. 17. The most powerful; gun ever built in Ama rica, a huge 16 inch coast defence rifle, was successfully tested at t;he Government proving grounds. Sandy Hook, today. The gun was tired three times in the cours9of the afterroan, in the presence of sever al hundred Army officers, a few civ ilians and one. representative of the Legislative branch of the Govern ment. - 1 The three tests were marked by the wonderful accuracy with which they fulfilled the mathematical cal culations of the Army, experts who have had cba rge of .- then . gun's con struction.: The. three - shota- also proyed that the special smokeless powder, made for 16-mch guns had been accurately prepared. 1 trenrst shot was a sort of " wamr- er". ins cnarge was obo pounds of smokeless powder, and the ve locity of the 24oo-pound projectile When it left the muzzle, was 2003 feet a second. The pressure of the great charge of powder in exploding was isoiodo pounds to the square inch . .. .... : -tL For the second shot the full char ge of 640 pounds of powder was used,nd tbe velocity was 23o6, or six feet more than calculated. The pressure waa 38,ooo pounds to the .square inch. The elevation of the gun's, muzzle for the first and sec ond shotB "waa 1 degrees, and the ranges were 3ooo and 3500 yards, For the final shot ; the muzzle was elevated to 4j degrees increas ing the range to 7oo yards. The velocity of this shot was not taken.. The charge was 640 pounds .of smokelefs powder, and the prer sure was 38,5oo pounds . to the square inch. All the shots ricochetted two or three times on the water, sending up great fountains of spray. Gtneral Crozier said . that the tests showed that the gun was . an absolute success and proved that 16-inch guns could :; be furnished whenever the country wanted them. Whether any more will be built is a queetion. Congressman Gillette and several ofiScers present doubted that any more would ever be built a number of smaller guns being considered more effective than - the one enormous gun. " ' " . -The gun fired today cost $100,0- 00. . it was said at the tests that the ; gun .would undoubtedly . be mounted at Sandy" Hook. " General Crozier said that, while its range at its highest elevation was "about 20 miles, It could be dsed to hit objects only at a distance of - four or five miles. I Objects further away could not be seen. ' ' -;; - ; Centralis, 111.,' Jan. ' 10. Lying on an old trundled bed in a side room of a little old brick . house : in the edgebf the city is young Dora Meeks, the girl who is calmly sleep ing her life away. She' has been sleeping most of the "time since Sep tember 28 last, and has been roused only at short intervals. She is now pale and wan and though seeming ly no worse, she has gained nothing and only once has sbebeen able to get up and dresB, going back -. to sleep almost immediately. A The physicians are puzzled over the case. , They pronounce it hyste ria, but it seems peculiar it should be so prolonged. Many1 theories have been advanced as to the troub le, but the conclusion generally re verts back to that of hysteria. For a time she took no nourish-: ment, but now she eats every day. The physicians seem to think she will get well," though just why she will get either worse or better they seem unable to tell. There are those who-think the girl is playing a part in- extending the sleep, as the neighbors are kind and bring in much food, and the City Poovi dent Association" " is looking after the needs of the family of seven. The father is about 70 years old and toe old to - work. Besides a $17 pen sion he draws from-Unc-e Sam for services in the civil war the family has rfo other means of support, thouh- they own a small farm in the northern part of Marion county. The mother said she felt hopeful of het daughter's recovery,- and she was at a loss to understand what was. the matter, as the girl, who is now 17 years old, had slways been in good health, except for a ten days'sleep she had a year ago last fall. J The trouble then, as now, was over a falling out with her lov er." V s-r; -' - At that time she was missed, and later found in the nearby woods ly ing behind a log fast asleep and nearly frozen to death. She was revived with great difficulty, but- after about ten days of unconscious ness she revived and appeared in as good health as ever. Miss Meeks was working in a restaurant" last fall and keeping . company with a young man. .Oa Sunday afternoon, September 28, they quarraled and the girl be came, nysterical and tell - over asleep. She was carried to her room and medical aid called, but it was impossible to rouse her and she lay practically iiieiees ior mree aays uht'l she was suddenly ; roused by onehf the dootors.:: She jumped quickly, looked up, but almost im mediately lapsed ;. into unconscious ness ?agahw;. Several physicians were called and hertfparents, who were iatitbat. time, living on . their farm,- came here, and with,; the as sistance of jcharity began - house keeping. l:-r..i: -' ; " Everything has been tried, Oste opaths, hypnotists,, and Spiritual- Lists', with the regular medi al fra ternity, have: had their trial,, but most of them have failed: even to gain hei attention. . : Her pulse. has been 84 lately and her temperature normal. Sunday, December 28, she had another sink ing spell, and her temperature ran up to 120, but it iB : now normal; and as the girl is taking nourish ment the hope is , entertained that she wH round into complete con sciousness again.- The only time 'she is said to have smiled was when her lover wa6 with her, and held her hand. She seemed then to re alize his presence, but it was only for a moment. There have been many parallel cases, but there has also been some thing organically wrong that caus' ed the unconscious state. Only a few weeks ago a woman in St. Lou is by the name of Mrs. Abernathy fell asleep and could not be roused, but it was found there wasa small clot .of blood on her brain, and when that was removed she was all right again. With Miss Meeks nothing unusual has been found to give a clue to the cause of the trouble, and the physicians here, nearly all of wnom have been called in, seem to be Completely baffled. The. girl is not in a4rance, but is just quietly sleeping her life away. . New York, Jan: 16. Not a pound of railroad coal could be had in the city yesterday .Thirty thousands of tons arrived but it waB all high priced independent coal, which sold for $10.50 cents f. o. to., which means 50 cenf s additional cost for each ton before it conld be , brought to this side of the river. There was great indignation be cause none of the dealers couldjob tain the $5 road coal. The. sales agents of the : railroad companies were asked where the $5 coal was, who got it, or if Bny of it could be obtained. They gave evasive an swers. 1 he dealers were therefore compelled to buy ,the independent coal at 10.50,-or go without it. ' , San Francisio, Jan, 17. Begin ning July 1st, book and job print ers will have ah eight-hour . work day. .. The Typographical Union yesterday adopted the recommend ations of the committee whose re port provides' that book- and job printers shall receive an increase in wageB f 50 cents a-'Week and a de crease in time of fifteen minutes a day. A like increase an,d decrease will take place at the beginning" of each subsequent six months until they will receive $20 a. week for an eight-hour working day. ; The action of the union closes this controversy with exception of signing a formal agreement with the employers. " J. P. Huffman Architect Qfflce In Zierolf from.8 to 5. ; , Building.' Heffl Corvallis Oregon STEALING GOAL. EASTERN TOWNSPEOPLE CONFIS - GATE COAL FROM PASSING TRAIN. HoWThey did it at. Areola Illinois Two Women Whose Bones Become Brittle and Break Their Joints Become Stiff and Movement -C'. - is Impossible. " Areola, 111., Jan. 11. With a North Dakota blizzard howling over the place at fifty miles an hour and a drop in temperature of 50 de grees within 12 hours, - the people of this hustling town of 2,000 in habitants look upon the confisca tion of nine carloads-of coal belong ing to the Illinois Central Railroad Company as providential. - ' ' "It was , a godsend," declared Thomas Lyons, president of the State Bank, "if any one seeks to make trouble over tbe . theft that person will be run out of Areola." "We needed : the coal ; people's lives were at . stake," . said. S. L. Wood worth,; manager of tha Areola Electric Light plant, "the fuel was simply confiscated by those who had the most urgent use. for it. It waa paid for, and, order was observ ed in the summary process follow ed.. We anticipate no legal trouble over the affair." y - "ine raiiroaa company nas no kick coming," asserted William J. Bradbury,, who weighed the coal on his scales and took- cask, payment for it. . "It got rid of a lot of infe rior stuff at top prices. The money for every pound taken from the cars is in my possession, and will be turned over to the railroad officials." Mr. Bradbury is a member of the board of education and a coal dealer.-' . . George Wall, a barber, was the first to solve the fuel problem. It was about 5 o'clock and still dark. Mounting a car, he threw down enough chunks to fill a wheelbarrow which he trundled home. He sur prised his neighbors, and in a few moments a dozen figures . were in dustriously at work laying in a sup ply of tbe precious fuel. 1 he train crew ordered the marauders, but they refused to leave. Like wild fire the news spread that there was plenty of coal to be bad, and that every one was laying in a supply. 1 he emergency committee at osce assumed charge6f the distribution. William Bradbury waa installed as weigher at his scales fifty yards away. uoi. JJeggs, formerly on Gov. Tanner's staff, became grand marshal aiid accountant; - "No one can have more than a ton. A fair distribution "must be made. Every bit of coal must be weighed on Bradbury's- scales ' and the cash paid to me upon delivery." shouted the colonel to 'the crowd. There were cheers of approval. ' The Rev. Ed ward Beach; pastor of the Presbyterian church and past moderator of the . Mattoon Presbytery ran up.- ' "I want some of that coal," he said. "The rectory's like a cold barn." "..' . - 3 "I join with my colleague," de clared the Rev W. F. Prout, of the Free Methodist church. Every one worked with desperate energy the firsj; few hours. No one could tell when , the engine from Champaign would arrive and haul away the precious caigo. Persons who could not secure teams carried off all they could get in boxes, bar rels and baskets, and wheelbarrows and. pushcarts did a thriving busi ness. All proceeded tot. the Brad bury scales, whereCol. Beggs held the crowd in linerand received pay ment. ; - - : - -' , The cars were rapidly being emptied.- Nearly every man in town made himself useful in disposing of the cargo. All morning and af ternoon the operations continued uninterrupted. At six o'clock when most of the bins in the town had been supplied, 360 tons had ' been .unloaded and delivered. A dealer figured that it would have taken one man and a team nine weeks to do the same work, - with ' ehifts of t en hours a day. About 8. o'clock P. :: M. the engine arrived from Champaign and hauled the train away. But Areola had - laid in a supply of coal that will last a week. Hardly had the last load : been carted off when the' ' mercury began to descend. Six inches of snow fell during the night, and this morning, the -fiercest blizzard of years waa raging.'"-- - - ' ' ' - '. "Had it not been for yestei day's -Providential interposition," said Banker Lyons today, "we . should have been compelled to gather most of our people into churches and V halls to prevent them from freezing to death, and to husband our scan ty Btore of fuel.. , If any, attempt is " trade to prosecute us over .bur hu- -mane provision, ' it will arouse a storm of indignation. We paid for what we got and paid well. I do not fear any sequence to. our hu mane larceny." The raiders did" not forget-the poor. Albert . Snyder, one of the j best-known real-estate agents of .Central Illinois, stood responsible ' for a number of loads of coal, which were delivered to destitute widows and other unfortunate persons,.:- There were many pathetic Ecene,s when women who have not .known the comfort of sufficient heat for weeks, received enough coal ta keep them in comfort for a month, -. with assurances from their benefac tors that their wants in future will ' be attended to. , v The emergency committee has $1,400 in cash to turn over to the Illinois Central at the market, price $4 a ton Last year the same: grade of coal brought $1.50 a ton. - . . New Bedford, Mass.,, Jan. 3. A. woman of this city who . was the " trained nurse of. Mrs. Palmer, . of Rome, N.' Y. who, with her sister, Miss btelta E wing, were known aa ossified women has given to aWorld correspondent the truth, about , the strange afflictions, resulting .recent ly in the death of Miss Swing. . "While both of these sufferers'," said she, "have' been spoken of, even in the city in which they lived as the petrified or , ossified women, -or as having turned to bone, ibis is incorrect. Their flesh was as soft to the touch'and as sensitive as a little childs, the smallest wrinkle in the clothing coming in contact with the flesh causing them the greatest discomfort. ; v "The pecular form of disease, from which they suffered caused the bones of the body to become brittle, very much after manner of bone subjected to weather or to fire. The joints ofthe.body gradually stif- fened so that the slightest move ment was impossible. Total blind ness was another form of the dis ease. ;,'' :' ;- , , . - .. "Born on a farm not far from the city of Rome, of highly respected parents, their childhood and wo man" hood gave no hint of the dis ease they were to suffer from later in life. Mrs Palmer was a beauti ful woman both in face and charac ter, and now after years of a living death retains mupa-of her former, beauty. - f , . .. "She is educated and well infor med on ail current topics of the day and enjoys a large correspon dence, thanks to kind friends, some of Whom are always at her ' disposal. She is a fine conversa tionalist and of a deeply religious nature; accepting the state she is in with sweet recognition. A few years ago she had the misfortune to be thrown from her reclining chair, breaking her right arm. . It has never been set, nor can it be, owing to the condition of the bone. The rigidity of the body is due. wholly to the stiffened joints. The S9tting of the jaws made removal of the teets necessary. , , "Miss Stelli Ewing was employed as a nurse at the State Hospital for the Insane previous to her illness. She was poss3esed of many fine qualities of head and heart, and made many friends. She was' engaged to be married to the chem ist employed at the hospital, but released- him from his promise becoming convinced that her afflic tion was of the same nature as her sister's. ; Both : used reclining chairs built especially for their use as to lie on a bed was impossible. "A few years ago an eye spec ialist performed an operation . on Mrs Palmer's eyeB, hoping that her : eight might be in a measure re stored, but the operation waa not successful. "Both Mrs Palmer and Miss Eff ing were always f daintily and at tractively gowned. People through out the United'States have interes ted themselves in the sisters, and many valuable gifts have found , their way to them from all over the. land, giving them much substan-. tial aid." ' v