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Vol . XVI. No. 18. .
CORVALLIS, OREGON , JUNE 17, 1903.
B. F. IRVTNK
' Editor and Proprietor.
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CORVALLIS & EASTERN
RAILROAD.
Time Card Number 21.
a For Yaquina:
Traill leaves Albany. .
" Corvallis.
" arrives Yaquina.
....12:45 p. m
, .... 2:00 p. m
6:25 p. m
I Returning:
Leaves Yaquina 6:45 a. m
Leaves Corvallis.... ...... .11:30a. m
Arrives Albany 12:15 p. m
3 For Detroit:
Leaves Albany , 7:uu a. m
Arrives Detroit 12:05 p. m
4 from Detroit: -
leaves Detroit 12:45 p. m
Arrives Albany 5 :35 p. Jn
Train No. 1 arrives in Albany in time
to connect with S P south bound train,
- as well as giving two or three hours in
Albany before departure 01 o r norui
bound trUin
Train No 2 connects with the S P trains
at Corvallis and Albany givipg direct ser
vice to Newport and adjacent beaches.
Train 3 for Detroit, Breitenbush. and
other mountain resorts leaves Albany at
7:00 a. m., reaching Detroit at noon, giv
' ing ample time to reach the Springs the
same day. ' '
For further information apply to
, . Edwin Sxons,
Manager.
H. H. Cronlse, Agent Corvallis. ;
Thos. Cockrell, Agent Albany.
J. P. Huffman,
Architect
Office in Zlerolf Building. Hours
from 8 to 5. Corvallis, Oregon. '
L. G. ALTMAN. M. D
Homeopathist
Office cor 3rd and Monroe sta. Best
dence cor 3rd and Harrison sts.
Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to 4 and 7
to 8 P.M. Sundays 9 to 10 A, M,
Phone residence 315.
DR. W. H- HOLT.
- DR. MAUD HOLT. .
Osteopathic Physicians
Office on South Main St. Consul
tation and examinations ' free.
r , Office hours: 8:3o to 11:45 a. m
1 to 5:45 p. m. Phone 235.
DR.C.H. NEWTH,
Physician & Surgeon
: Philomath, Oregon.
H. S, PERNOT,
Physician & Surgeon
Office over postoffice. Residence Cor.
Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hours 10 to
12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. Orders may be
left at Graham & Wortham's drug store.
B. Holgate
ATTORNEY AT LAW -
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE '
StenocrraDhv anil tvrwwririTior Ann
Office in Burnett brick Corvallis. Oreg
W. T. Rowley, M. D.
(HOAMEPATHIC) . .
Physician, Surgeon, 0 ecu list
' ; : ; Corvallis, Oregon. i
Obficb Rooms and 2, Bank Building.
Residencb On Third street, between
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i5JWHroo nu j acsaon. is.es. teiepnone
jjabben"; soffieeiaSis
-. dmiriistratorV Notice. -
Notlee is hereby el ven that the nnitarslcrnnri
has been duly appointed by the County Court of
the State ol Oreeon for the Oountv of . Benton.
administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Jane
Shipley, deceased. "AH persons having claims
ent the same properly verifUd as by law re
1 quired at the office of Yates fc Yates. Corvallis,
yjregon within six months from the date hereof.
I Dated at Corvallis, Oregon, this 19th day ot
IMay, 1903. ...... .
L. 1 ' .A. J. SHIPLEY,
JUdminlstrator of the estate of Elizabeth Jana
Shipley, deceased.
House Cleaning
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Big Line Portiers and Couch Covers
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Biff Line Table Cov, Varied Patterns
Big Line Lace and Net Draperies.
Big Line Cretonne Draperies.
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us. but see that vou
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est standard of Grocer- ' ' v
V ies that is the
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fresh everything to be. had in the market. We
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please. Callind see
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I0ME
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL
good bargains in stock, grain, fruit and poultry
Ranches, write for my special list, or come and
see me. -1 shall take pleasure in giving you all -the
reliable information you wish, also showing
you over the country.
HENRY AMBLER,
Real Estate, Loan, and Insurance,
Philomath, Oregon.
E. R. Bryson,
; Jlttomey-At-Law,
POSTOFFICE BUILDING
B. A. CATHEY, M. D
Physician and Surgeoni
Office. Room I. Tfirsr TJa
Building, v Corvallis, Or. Office Hours,
xu uj ii a, in., 2 to 4 p. m. ' .
Hoi Cipe
our desire would oromote
make no mistake in w
Fresb Uegetablcs,
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E. E. WILSON,
! ATTORNEY AT LAW.
' " NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office in Zierolf Building, Corvallis. Or.
G. R. FARRA,
PHYSICIAN, SUBGEON OBSTETIOIAN
Residence In front ot court -nonse facing ' 8rd
St. Office hours 8 to a. m. 1 to a and 1 to 8; .
COEVALU8
OREGON
THE KING HID.
BUT HIS MURDERERS SOUGHT
HIM OUT FOR DEATH. .
He Crouched Behind a Secret Door
. He Pleaded for Mercy and
Promised Fverything if -Life
Could be Spared
; They Shot him as
he Pleaded.
Belgrade, Servia, June 11. King
Alexander s nd Queen Draga were
assassinated duriug the military
revolutions which broke out at 2
o'clock this morning in the' streets
of Belgrade. ,
- A proclamation waa, posted in the
streets an hour afterward stating
that Their Majesties had been shot
to death in their apartments in the
palace.
Public opinion has been strong
against; the king, and queen for
months, and especially in army cir
cles has the sentiment against the
rulers been pronounced. : ...
The outbreak this morning was
precipitated by the highhandiness
of the king under the influence of
Queen Draga. For' months hare
mutteringa been heard, and the in
tense feeling has been smouldering,
and the king's act of stifling popu
lar voice at the recent election . by
forced ministerial action was the
last straw.
The first intimation of serious
trouble, however, was not manifes't
until last night, when murmurings
began to be beard, until with a roar
the army at 2 o'clock this' morning
broke all bounds and started the
revolution.
The palace was the first point of
attack and thither the military
mob rushed. :
. The Evening , Star's Belgrade
correspondent wires that the bodies
of the dead King Alexander and
Queen Draga were buried in a pit.
early this morning at Rakbnitza as
a mark of ignominy. . Alse that the
bodies of the royal couple's relar
tives and murdered statesmen were
thrown in on top of them and then
the earth filled in. . . v
There is great credence given to
this report, although it is also stat
ed that the funeral of the victims
of the assassination will be held Sun
day. : This is not looked upon with
much reliability, as no one in Bel
grade seems : to know ... where the
bodies are, which further substan
tiate the story of the ignominious
burial.
Semlin, Hungary. June 13
From an intimate personal friend
of the new premier of- the Servian
provisional government, Avakumo-
vica, the Associated ' Press corres
pondent has received the following
account of the tragedy in Belgrade.
wnicn ne is assurea is aosoiuieiy
authoritative:
. Six weeks ago one of the officers
in the secret warned the king of
what was going on, when all the of
ficers concerned were transferred to
points in the interior, the king fear
ing to take stronger measures against
them." About the same time a cer
tain woman was sent to Geneva to
see Prince Peter - Karageorgevich
and submit to him a proposition
that he come to Servia as king up
on bis agreeing to accept a new con
stitution based on liberal princi
ples. Prince Peter accepted the
conditions. As soon as the con
spirators obtained the assurance
that the kingdom would have a
new sovereign, they decided to kill
Alexander and Queen Draga. . i v
Colonel Mascnin, Queen Draea's
brother-in-law,' was the ' leader of
the conspiracy. A number of offi
cers came to Belgrade from interior
posts on me night ot the tragedy
and supped together at the Ser-
bische Kron restaurant, where the
final details were arranged. At
midnight they proceeded from the
restaurant to the palace, and forced
the door leading to the royal apart
ments,5 using dynamite . ' When
they entered they ' could find . no
body,' the king and queen,' alarmed
by the noise oft heir approach, hav
ing concealed themselves. For two
whole ' hours the officers hunted
through every- nook and corner of
the royal apartments without suc
cess.' men tney found the king's
adjutant, Lazar Petrovics, and com
pelled him to lead them to the
king's hiding place. He took them
to the bathroom and pointed to a
secret door in the wall, opening up
on a staircase leading to the' roof.
Behind this door crouched the king
ana queen. ...
When the conspirators were as
sured of their pray they shot and
killed the adjutant. Meanwhile
the king fell upon his ' knees ' and
begged for life, offering to yield to
every demand, to sign any docu
ment, to agree to leave the country
or to-send iuen .Draga away; any
thing, everything, if only they
would not kill him. , Tbe officers
answered roughly, "It is too late,"
and fired at him. The queen also
tell on her knees and asked pardon
for her conduct, but one of the offi
cers, calling her a degrading epi
thet, told her she had been queen
lung enough. One of the conspira
tors, after submitting the queen to
gross indignities, slashed, her with
his sword and (he other officers fired
at her. The king was also slashed
with sabres. The conspirators then
dragged the king and queen into
tbe front apartments and threw
them over the balcony upon the
lawn in front of the palace, which
is separated from, the street by an
iron fence. The king and ' queen
lived for one or two hours after
ward. . '.'
Meanwhile two of the . .officers
summoned the queen's two brothers
from their hpme to the house of tbe
commander of tbe Belgrade divi
sion, where they were offered a
glass of water and told to bid each
other farewell. In the very mo
ment they embraced each other, tbe
officers Bhot and killed them. One
hundred soldiers, commanded by
two officers, at the same time sur
rounded the house of Minister of
War Pavlovics and summoned him
to open the door. The minister
looked from a window, and the sol
diers fired at him, ' wounding him.
The Russian military attache, who
lived in the same house, hearing the
noise, rose and dressed himself in
his Russian uniform, and attempted
to reemove the minister to his
apartment.' The officers ordered
him to go away, and -he, seeing the
hopelessness of the situation, de
parted. The soldiers then entered
the house and shot and" killed 'the
minister, whose body was left on
the floor, and was not discovered
until ten o'clock in the morning,
when" it was found by his : son-in-law
and daughter, who had escaped.
Since the tragedy occurred, the
real facts of an attempt upon the
persons of the king- and queen a
month ago have ' become known.
The conspirators at that time en
gaged the services of a young Bo
hemian, the son of a tailor living
in Belgrade. He obtained a posi
tion in the kitchen of the Grand
Hotel of Belgrade to learn cookery.
He proved so intelligent that a lit
tle later he was given employment
in the royal kitchen. Here he
again proved very efficient and was
entrusted the duty of preparing the
food for the royal table, taking it
from the cooking utensils, and plac
ing it in dishes which he handed to
lackeys. . .
.. He now began to ' appear very
prosperous and took French lessons.
He came one day to his teacher, a
wido'tf living in Belgrade, in a jubi
lant state, wearing a new suit, of
clothes, and . saying that he was
earning 160 cinars (about $32) per
month.. The same evening," while
preparing a dish for the king, be
mixed poison with tbe food. The
head cook detected him in the act
and promptly informed the king,
and the youth was shot immediate
ly. - His parents were brought to
tbe palace and told the facts of the
case, and were compelled, under
threats of deathr to tell everybody
that their son had , killed himself.
Since the tragedy the youth's par
ents have revealed the plot.
Vienna, June 12. Neue Press in
an article this morniDg states that
neither the sisters nor nephews of
Queen Draga were killed in Bel
grade yesterday. Besides the queen
the ' only members of her family
murdered were her two brothers.
London,. June" 12. The Bueter
Agency's . Belgrade correspondent
asserts that Alexander and Draga
will' be buried secretly in the old
cemetery of St. Mark's church, Bel
grade, between 1:80 and 3 o clock
Sunday morning. ' .
With this comes also the report
that the bodies have . already, been
disposed of by tbe new military. J
Members of the former, king s
government, who were : imprisoned
yesterday were freed 'today. The
new king will not arrive here until
after both houses - of - parliament
have met and arranged the plan of
the new government. : . ' , i
THEY' NEED RAUL
EASTERN OREGON GRAIN FIELDS ,
BADLY DAMAGED BY HOT '
WINDS AND WEATHER.
Fifteen, Thousand Acres of Wheat:,
. in Umatilla County Is Ruined
i and Will Not Be Worth
Cutting Yield Already
Reduced One-Fourth ,
Other News.
Portland, June 13. Portland
Journal says: .From a conditions
that looked favorable for tbe aver
age crop throughout the Inland Em
pire hot weather and burning-dry
north winds within three days re
duced the possible yield . by one
fourth and cheated the farmers of
at least 2,750,000 bushels of grain.
Reports reaching Portland nowr
indicate that unless weatber condi-r
tions are particularly favorable
during the remainder of the pres
ent month and the early weeks of
July, much greater loss will result.
Between 10,000,000 and 12,000,090
buBhels of wheat and barley is art
average crop for Walla . . Walla,, '
and Columbia counties, Wash., and
Umatilla county, Ore., . and- two
weeks ago everything pointed , tat .
this figure being . realized. -Then
came hot weather and dry windsk
and hopes were blasted.
Private advices received from the ,
headquarters of the Washington, ' &
Columbia River Railway at Walla
Walla, are to the effect ' that noth
ing like definite figures can as yet
be obtained regarding the probable
yield, but it is known that a loss of
at least 25 per cent, has already
been sustained. : ,
' From Pendleton, comes the report
that in Umatilla county alone there
are 15,000 acres of grain from which
the sap of life has been licked , by
tbe dry winds, leaving it a total
loesU It is not. probable j that any ..,
attempt will be made to harvest
this grain at all, the dwarfed and
roasted remnants., of what were,
once promising grain fields being;
burned with tbe stubble in the fall.
There are many farms on the Wash
ington side of the line which, have
been similarly served, but estimates
cannot be made with accuracy as -
to the percentage that can be sav
ed. "
After a loss of 25 percent., grain
experts claim the farmers of the In
laad Empire districts could realize
profit on their year's outlay, but,
prices would have , to be right and
harvesting expenses light. What
tbe future has in store in this re
gard remains to be seen. - . ,
The wonderful recuperative powd
ers of the Northwest soil and vege
tation nourished by it are well
known and it is hoped that exactly
beneficial weatber conditions dur
ing the next few weeks will change
tbe complexion of affairs and build
up the yield rather than further re
duce it. ' .
Rain is needed, and needed - bad
ly in every inland district. Should ,
this rain come in the proper meas-w
ure and be interspersed with bright ,
sunshine of the kind that in vigor- ;
ates but does not burn, and should
the winds remain away it is admit- ;
ted there is still a possibility that .
the wheat and crops may not end
so badly as it now looks. But to ;
prevent further loss everything
must work together in exactly the :
proper proportion to effect an al--most
miraculous change.
Oregon City, Or., June 13.
While intoxicated, Dan Beer,, of
Silverton, walked off the bluff at
the foot of Fifth street this after-
noon and fell to the railroad ttack
below, a. distance of 90 feet, and es
caped uninjured. That the man es
caped with his life is miraculous,
for the bluff at ' the scene of the
mishap is almost precipitous and
is of rocky formation.
- Ih'f ailing Beer collided with a .
clump of Willows, that arrested his r
fall or he would surely have been
dashed to death on the . railroad "
track'. -Beer has for a number of
years been employed on the, river ",
steamers on the Willamette and -came
to this city this morning from .
Portland.. ' ' " '- - v - ; ' ;
! "We dont make the cheapest wagon j. . .
we do make the best.", This is what the
manfacturersclaimfor the '01d Hickory v
wagons, and justly so, as it is without -doubt
the strongest "and most ' durable 1
wagon on 'the market today, A car-load i
just received by A. Wilhelm &. Sons. ...
Monroe. ' : ' ' '