Vol. XV. No. 50.
COKVAL.LIS, OREGON , JANUARY 31; 1903.
B. P. IRVINE
Editor and Froprltor.
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During above year our sales, ex
ceeded: the sales of any previous
year. To make
Our banner year we propose
to start the first month by an
increase in trade by malting
A;SweepSeg.:;RedMctIoiis
Im- 'Oiiir Eiiti re "Stock; -0 :
BIG LINE OF GOODS TO SE
LECT FROM. MAKE THIS
- YOUR. MONTH TO BUY STA
PLES, ETC. 4 " ;
FAIR MILLIONS.
GENEROSITY OF BILL SMITH
CONFESSED THE KILLING
OF GOBFLE,
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Roosevelt Suspicious of Germanys
; Protestations of Friendship y
"' Dog that Occupied a
.1" Place at Family Din-" -
Table Other
; News.
ner
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as
E YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL
good bargain in stock, grain, fruit and poultry
Ranches, write for my special list,- or come and"
see me. I shall take pleasure in giving you all
the reliable information you wish, also showing
you over the country : ; ,. .- '
' HENRY AMBLER,
T -1: R-eal Estate, libanand Insurance,
W ' ' . . Philomath, Oregon. ' .
" F.38S.
Watches, docks
and Jewelry j
I have watches from one dollar up;
COld. Crold filled Ritver. silvering-anrl
oh Ann nnM fnr trip, hnva Pinn-c . rvf 11
Jdnds Wedding nogs set ( rings, bsnd
If vou are hnvinw trnnhl-nMv mi
v-von iii yiiAKcfl anil I hvp r.rion n I T no an
called travelling ooticians witTinnt-'
ces3, come and see me, get a fit that's
guaranteed and by one who wilL-always
uwun nana 10 mane good nis guarantee
-li'otice-Afte Feb -let the store wiH
cioee at o;30 p, m. except Saturdays.
Pratt,
The Jeweler and Optician
Don't Cry
Ttr T . , . .....
, .. "caicauic neummaicn it it yonr
cmna gets broken, and it won't cost you
much either. We have so many pat
terns and designs to select from that if
your china or glassware porcelain; or
crockery gets demoliehed you can buy a
new supply from our fine sets, and from
our open stock, at prices you couldn't
begin to match a year ago. - -
Times OffiGe for Job Printing.
New Market, N. J. .Jan. ; 21.
When William Smith of Nw Mar
ket, fell heir to $150,000 of the Fair
millions bis first investment was in
fast horses.. . Of these he had three
when he became disgnated with this
manner of - spending his money.
The horses were not last enough so
he gave them away. ; O - :
Smith next purchased the only
grocery store in the town, and for
a time he did an enormous trade,
for be sold goods at remarkably low
prices. ..He said be did this to show
peoplehe was a philantbropiet.
In his em ploy was Charles Thorn
ton, a brother-in-law - A few days
ago Smith in one of bis generous
moods pressnted the store, fixtures
stock and busmees to Thornton.
A World reporter visited the store
yesterday; ' Mr Thornton, the new
proprietor, said bis benefactor bad
driven i to V Plain view to" arrrnge
money mattera preparatory to tak
ing a trip to Califgrniav-A - whiti
whiskered old iarmer drew " the re
porter into conversation. ; ?v -
"Did -you ever see RU; Smith?'
said he.- - -'-1
"No I never had that - pleasure,"
said woe reporter, - -.
Well, rill bet" my last bard
earned dollar that when ne meets
yon the first gosh-dinged thing he
will say will be 'will you have
arioJtr tie said mat to every re
porter that has come near him in
the last few months. ' He is a free
hearted, neighbor i Bill Smith, and
it makes all us fellows feel mighty
blue-when we think he is going to
leavers and go to San Francisco
andTaris. Some say he is going
after more cash, but I don t see how
that can be for he's got more than
any other man in th;s here town,
Leastwise that is -what Bill Bays
and what Bill ays goes.,r
Just then , smith entered the
store and the , xeporter asked . him
the reason of his generosity to
Thornton. bxiv.:. v" H
"Pardon me. - do you . drink?'?
asked Smith. JNo? Well, will
tell you how it was. Thornton has
been a; good:! riend .-to;; me always,
and now I have a chance I want to
repay sbim 4 for v many kindnesses
shown ma when I was without
dollar in tbe-.wbrld.-vl want to see
my money do some good and I will
not wait to . jbeetowfit -Aipon my
inenas, untij,. j. dieii-j: . .; -..
"New Market is too tame for ma
i wankto see some, of- the-: weald,
and what there is inland in the
course of a few days my wife and
will start on- a trip to -California to
be gone i ndefinitely, "' When we do
retar n it will only be .for a short
time before we start for-. Paris. ,
"Yes, I know people are talking
aoout my eccentricities. u Uut. .Bui
Smith has got the dough to pay for
all of them, and if it all goes to the
wind tie.knows where ; be can get
some more, ' , . :.
proachable decornm.' " '
Jack, was a pociable dog. For
the amusement of guests he would
turn sbmmersaults, jump through a
flami3 hoop : and play - soldier:
Apparent appreciation of art was
a 6errous side of his character.
When ;sho wrt a-- picture he would
contemplate it with rapt attention
for ai long- time. He said his
prayers before the" family' placed
around him his coverlet at.nightv,i
When Jack was stricken three
months ago Dr. Werne Runge and
Dr. J. C- Corlies. ' Newark veter
icariarvs, were summoned, The dog
did not respond to treatment, and
Dr Herman Reap, a New York
specialist, was called in consulta
tion. But Jack died Monday. The
funeral to-day will be private.
Newark, Jan.' 27. DiedV Jan. 19
lye. Jack, a dog, and a friend
01 sterling .quallities, in his
second year, after a lingering
iimess. ! ne is mourned; , by his
owner, WilliamT. Harris is and; a
host of mends,
- This notice appeared yesterday
111 tae aeatn .list 01 a JNewarE news
paper. 4 A bit of craDe ! flutterod
from the doorknob of No 26 Center
street. In a "little V coffin in th
parlor, fitted with a lace Dillow. lav
TmVnf TIT TT. ' ,..
uoi..n. ui nuuu xu.r-jjLurriij saiu . -;
.tie was as intelligent ssCBorrtfi
people I knOw; and - a eieht ' ninm
decent." ; .. '-r ' . -
Friends who had called reffriiarl v
at tbeHairi8 borne to inquire con
cerning Jack, saw the symbol of
mourning and turned sadly away.
A well-beloved member of the Har
ris family was Jack, son of Rex, a
lauiousio lernex - and prize, win
ner at the Belmont " KennelR." Wo
had hi3 place at the familv dinnpr
table, and witirnaDkin tuokd nr.
ound his neck behaved - with Irrp.
Portland Daily Journal:- Capt.
Russel. C. . Langdon, - Third United
States Infantry, the eon of Colonel
Loomis L. Langdon offBrooklvn, is
in tbis city on leave of absence.
Captain Langdon was recently sta
tioned 8t Uolumo.ua barracks, Ohio,
a - short distance . - from .... Canton
While m duty there he frequently
saw Mrs McKinley, and he reports
that bet health is improving stead
ily.; In fact,:her physicians have
been much-ettf prised ,t the vigor
and elrengtb displayed by s the late
president's widow. . - . :
'' Capfai n'L angdon says that ; Mrs.
McKinley visits the tomb of .ner
husband evej-y day, ,' regularly' ob
serving this act of devotion to . the
memory of the dead '.. president in
the face of the worst kind of weath
er. The. remains of the late prtsi
dent, have hot been laid .in their
permanent resting place, but repose
in the. general. receiving vault oi
the Canton cemetery. It frequent
ly happens that, there are several
bodies in the vault at the same
time. Consequently the govern
ment maintains a constant watch
over the place,: and the keys to the
vault are in. the possession of an ar
my officer. JA detachment of 40
men is quartered near the vault,
and some of them are always on
guard at the front and back of the
tt a n 1 f A licnfananr ia in. a vrt 1
and whenever the vault is to be op
ened for any purpose whatever he
is required to be present. ' -
Every morning at 10:30 o'clock
sharp Mrs. McKinley drives to th
vault, accompanied by a maid. She
brings flowers and places them on
the casket of her husband. Not
single day has thus far passed with
out this.viBit. . ; - - " .
LONDON HOLOCAUST
FIFTY INSAKE WOMEKT BURNED
; TO DEATHS-KEYS COBLD NOT.
-ly BE FOUND.":; '.-
Marconi Flahses Compared to Gun
Fire Mrs McKinley 'a Devo
- tipn -Gold Mine two Miles
From Grants Pass
Other News. - -
percha'button, and has platinura"
contact points. ; -The play betweert
the Contacts was about an incbi;
This of course can be regulated, hnfc"
a considerable play is , necessary to
prevent sticking.; ...
The greater part of the operating
room jloor space is occupied by con
densers. They are about waist
high,;, and form a square in the
room. Crossing them from ; corner
to coiner are two nieces r of sheet
zinc about a foot wide and ten or
twelve feet long. At the left end of
the room from the entrance are the
electrodes,- with three square oil
tanks for cooling purposes, and two
silver globes about the size, of a,
croquet ball. : : -
London, Jan.J 27. Half a hun j There is a space of ' about our
dred. insane patients were burnedtinches betweea these globes, and it
to death by- a fire . at 1 the Colnev is the crossing of the; electricity ov-
Hatch Asylum this morning. The ,ef this air bridge from one electrode
Loa Angeles, Cal., Jan. 24. Rail
road officiala say there will be 22,-
000 carloads, of ; oranges,: valued at
$15,UUU,OOU, shipped from Southt
em California this year.; The frui
is the:, best ever grown here. . v J
Grant s. Pass, Ot.-t Jan.: 26. One
of the richest goldmines ever made
in Josephine county has just been
made by. iu, , v.-. Dogger, a miner jn
this city, on a mountain two. miles
from" here. Dugger, while prospect
ipg uncovered a ledge nve, feet - la
width. The outcrop of the vein car
ries gold . in quantity sunioient to
make thV yellow, metal i visible in
all parts of the quartz; This oar t
of the ledge, i will give -returns of
hundreds of dollars per ton m free
gold.';: i,,:-' , .;:.v v"
Mining men Consider this Tone of
the most important discoveries that
have been made in this sectkn for
some time. - A remarkable featnre
of it is that the ledge could have
gone undiscovered for so long p.
time., nearly-en -of r Josenhine
county haa been, prospected better
than ithe; hula .immediately sur
rounding the city, and for this rea
son a number of good finds may be
expecieaio oe made almost in the
limits et the ' city. . Several .years
ago a large quartz ; boulder! was
round at the foot of the hill beneath
tne spot where the recent find has
been made.;. The boujder contained
a vast atnount of free gold.; At that
time, it was supposed that the bohld-
er rmust Have broken-; off- from ft
edge above and rolled down in
whera it was found, and an attempt
was ,made to locate the ledeo: but
without success,: Several - claims
have already been staked adjoining
Canton, 0.7 Jan. 26. Judffe T)i7
announced this morning that he
had been qgreda supreme court
bench appointment by President
ttoosevelt, and that he-had mailed
a letter of acceptance to the Presi
dent. It is understood that Judge
Day" "will succeed ; Justice Shi rag,
who will retire in February. '
outbreak occurred in the Jewish
wing of the in3liuJjori. The flames
spread with great rapidity and be
fore they;could be got : under con
trol five wooden buildings were gut
ted. ; ;; J :. ; .
All the efforts of the officials were
directed to, removing the: insane in
mates, but the latter became wild
with excitement and so panic-stricken
that not only were they , unable
to help themselves, but greatly im
peded the operations of those trying
to save them. ; ; ;.
There were nearly 600 Women in
the burning' an nex at the time the
fire, was discovered and 'most of
them were safely transferred to. the
main building, which was uninjur
ed, : Some, however, . escaped and
are still at large, rendering it diffi
cult to obtain the "exact number of
tbos) burned to death. . .
. l tte wots. 01 searcning tne rums
continues. The officials admit that
about 5o bodies have been recovered,
but it is feared that the full extent
of the disaster is 'not. yet known
All the victims were lunatics. Their
charred .remains presented a horri-
spectacle. . l ne asylum ..was be
seiged by anxious relatives and
friends of the patients who . arrived
from all quarters. Pitiable ecenes
were witnessed as weeping men and
women 4ett tne premises alter as
certaining that relatives and friends
had perished; iu the .names.
The nurses had a terrible experi
ence : in trying to assist tne insane
people who were so panic-Btricken
that they, had literally to be driven
to a place of safety. .' .
. The inflammable premises al
most immediately ; became a furn
ace. . Nothing" was left, standing.
The corrugated iron roofs , of the
dormitories and "the bedsteads - of
the. patients were melted by the in
tense heat. Some of" the lunatics
were burned in their beds . and the
charred "remains " of Others .'; were
found huddled together in corners
while groups of partially consumed
bodies on the site of the 1 corridors
showed that many persons lost their
liyes and 'sacrificed those of 'others
in their frantic efforts Z to - force a
passage 'through the 'flames to the
main building. ' : : " 1
- The ; latest ; estiniate1 places the
number at: deaths at $2, " ' Air the
victims were wom6n.' -: :" - ;
" The circumstahces 'accompany
ing the destruction- of the - insane
asylum at Colhey Hatcli have ex
cited much indignation against the
authorities.' ': It is alleged -that, in
addition; rtd the lack Of sufficient
water supply and of adequate fire
department, the complex" system of
locks, requiring- master keys, which
could not be found ' when wSntedJ
was " responsible for the terrible
scenes enacted. -; r :
- U Wellfleet j Mass.,; Jan; 22. Sign6f
"ium liiiiBueu -Dib experimental
worfc at the wireless telegraph sta
tion here early this forenoon and
left for NewYork oh the afternoon
train. ' Almost the entire " popula
tion of South Wellfleet was at ' the
station to see the inventor;: :
r- rFor the first time today Marconi
consented to take the newspaper
correspondents: into' the operating
room and explain the process by
which the Hertzian waves are start
ed on their way through ether.
The ' room- is about 'thirty .feet
square, T Near the door - ia a raised
platform upon which the operator
stands while sending. The key is
on a shelf and on the wall there is
a switch wliich turns bn or ehut9
off the power from the dynamo.
JUret sendmgs by, the .wireless
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memoa were done by means or a
wooden lever which operated pump-
handle fashion. The new key de
vised by Marconi, while several
times larger than the regulation
telegraph kev. is like it in manv re-
pects. It is about VI irrchfs in
length, made of brass, has 4 gutta-
to the other that gives the "spark"
and the loud reports, when the op
erator is Dusy witn tne Key. . .
: One of the electrodes he said was
nei4-A C I. 1 T 7 " . ,
uuiiucicu iYiiu bus acnai wires una.
the other with the ground. Whea
the electricity, was switched into
the condensers it gathered .forcey
passed to the outer wires and down
to an electrode. r
The opening and closinff -of thn
!key caused the wires to charge and
fdischarge and the: j umping of the
current across the air space J from :.
one electrode to the other gave the
pulsations which the other took up
and carried to the other Bide of the
Atlantic : ' '
AssistantKemp turned the cur- '
rent on at word from Marconi, and
The quick opening and closing of
the key was responded to : by '
spark between the electrodes al"
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must, uunaicg in vividness. The
reports were like the crackle heard
when lightning strikes at no great'
distance;- The letter "P" or the
numeral "6" in Amer can Mcr a
on crcrpatfiri rr)QrritnArMH Am t
es were a kind of "zip," a ; running
together Of dOtS, .
Before taking' hold of the key
Marconi stuffed his ears with cotton
to deaden the sound, and told the
visitors that eventually the operators-
would have" a sound-proof
booth to work in. '
.The receiving instruments are in
the same room. The other waves
wherr tbey arrive from Glace- Bay
or . Fold hu are rather feeble, but
Marconi's magnetic detector reju- '
venates the tired : vibrations and
gives them through a telephone re-
ceiver on a recording tana in clean-r
cut dots and dashes. ; : -: -
Marconi satt he' would likn a -
word short and' easily pronounced '
to distinguish messages'- sent with-
out the aid of wires." He objects to'
calling them "Marconigrams."
Washington, Jan. 22.-The Unit
ed States government is awaiting ,
the proper time to tell Germany in
plain, sharp terms' that her onnres-
eion of Yenezuela must stbp, v. - "
y The adniinistration is aware that '
such notice nieans a obssibilitv of'
war, and if war comes the president
wants the united sentiment, of . the
country at his back. He also wants
the sympathy of Europe, and h&
wants to fight only one power. '
He believes the bombarding of a
few more forts will silence the last '
protestor of German friendship for
the United States and-that" public '
sentiment will"- be solidly behind"
him in commanding the Kaiser to '
8 top. . -.-;--:;- - '-.:!"..-.';;--::,
It is believed, too, that continue
a nee of Germany's present course
will alienate England' and Tflv
trom the alliance and lustifv this
country in the eyes of . Europe in .
calling on Germany to halt." :
. The administration cannot recon
cile Germany's "conduct , with her
continued professions of friendshin :
and honest motives, That Venezu
elan forts should be attacked after--Minister
Bovwn's arrival in Wash-
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ington witn mil power from Presi
dent Castro '"to negotiate terms nf
peace and arrange for the . payment .
of claims iiaid to be the cause of all
the trouble ia regarded ae most Big--niflcantrof
some hidden purpose. :
' -1 he administration has beensus-
picious of Germany " from the dav -
t he Venezuelan warships were sunk,
Every German" gun fired since then
has increased the suspicion.
Wood for Sale - j -liave
.sOO acres of timber lanT tn -
Will sell wood' in stumn or aim wnn
clearinsr around, have fir. oak oeW an
ash. . 5 in:les west of Corvallis,
y y-yj, - -''L - --y P A Kline. -
Feed Chopped ;
Screenings, wheat, oat,: vetch or other
kinds of grain ground at five cents nor
sack at chopping mill on my farm,
" - .. " - L. L Brooks. -