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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1903)
J County Clerk's &ffica iffillli WEEKLY Vol. XVI. No. 22. Seasonable Goods. We have Many Articles in our Estab lishment that the season is just beginning to permit you to use.v Many of them we are selling belotf regular prices. :' All Shirt Waists' 20 to 30 percent Reduction. All Dimities and Lawns 15 " " All Wove Dress Goods "10 V " AH Ladies' Shoes 10 " v , " ,:. ' Big Line to Select from. (o m flt flM Fin e) to as high a standard as our desire would promote us. but see that you make no mistake iu ' th e house that keeps the hig- . . . . I est standard of Grocer- ; : c ies that is the place tO . v.- y BUY Fresh Fruits, Fresh Uegetablcs, fresh everything to be had in "f- the market. We run our delivery wagon and our' aim is to keep whao you want and to V '- please. Call and see B Doming J ) ) 9F YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL good bargains in stock, grain, fruit and poultry .Ranches, write for toy special list, or come and see me. I shall take pleasure in giving you all : the reliable information you wish,5 also showing you over the country. HENRY AMBLER, : v Real Estate, Loan, and Insurance, Philomath, Oregon. H. S. PERNOT, Physician & Surgeon Office over -postoffice. Residence Cor, Fifth and Jefferson streets. Honrs 10 to 12 a, m., 1 to 4 p. m. Orders may be left at Graham & Wortham's drug store. DR. C. H. NEWTH, Physician & Surgeon y v ' Philomath, Oregon, IP mm i Co o) E. Holgate ATTORNEY AT XAW ' JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Stenography and typewriting done. Office in Burnett brick Corvallis, Oreg B. A. CATHEY, M. D Physician and Surgeon, Office, Room 14 First National Bank Building, , Corvallis, Or. Office Hours. 10 to 12 a, m., 2 to 4 p. m. . CORVALLIS, OREGON, JULY 29, 1903. HUNG AND BURNED. RACE WAR IN ILLINOIS WITH FURY RIOT AND BLOOD - SHED. Same Old Story Brought on bj Negro Rapist Sheriff Fired on Mob With Fatal ' Effect? , - Danville, 111., July 25, A race war broke out here tonight. While a mob of 600 men was on its .way to tbe county jail to lynch James Wilson, a Bloomington negro, who bad coofessed to assaulting Mrs. Thomas Burgess, wife of a farmer, an unknown negro shot and killed Henry Gatterman, white, a member of the mob.- The murderous negro, a refugee from Evansville, Id., by the name of J. W. May field, was later taken from the city jail and lynched by the mob, and three oth er negroes who attacked tbe - whites were beaten badly. The mob final ly resumed i's march to the county jail, determined to lynch Wilson. When tbe mob reached tae jail it was fired upon by tbe sheriff. Nine persons were wounded and . the the crowd scattered. " The. wound ed, Adam Murray, shot through the head, will die; H. Hines, shot in neck and shoulder, will die; Otto Heiuke, shot in arm, will recover; Patrolman Charles Lopp, clubbed on the head while defending May field; Patrolman William Lever enze, badly injured internally by mob's battering ram while defend ing .May field; Fred Lorenz, shot three times in the leg in attack on jail; Mince Mobaker, shot in attack oniail; Mr. Laid, shot in attack on jail: John Bell, shot in chest in at tack on jail.' ' " ' May field met his fate while tbe mob-was e-th-wy'4o-lynoh- Wil son. The angry throng was - pass ing down East Main street when tbe negro became involved in an al tercation with some of its members. They started after him, and he drew a revolver, firing into the crowd. Henry Gatterman, a young batch er," fell mortally wounded and ex pired within a few minutes. The negro fled, but was caught by offi cers within a block of tbe scene; and hurried to the police station with the mob in hot pursuit, tem porarily diverted from their march to the county jail. The officers, with their prieoner, took refuge in the city building, barricaded them selves behind the, doors of pne of the offices. They could not check the mob, however, for it secured a long pole and battered down a sec tion of the wall and the door, both of which were frail. U Oq account of the overwhelming numbers of the mob, it was useless for the officars to resist. The negro was seized and rushed to the spot where he had shot down Gatter man. It was the work, of an in stant to throw a rope around his neck and swing him up to a tele phone pole. After his life had been slowly strangled out, be was - left hanging while the mob proceeded to the county jail. - r After . going a short distance, however, the mob changed its mind, faced about, and returning to the scene of the lynching, cot May field's body down. .They rushed it to the principal square; built a bon fire, and, hacking the body to pie ces with knives, pitched it in .the midst of the - flames.- For awhile tbev watched it burn,- and then, coming to a realization of their first mission to lynch Wilson, they once more resumed their march to the county jail. . The s her in and bis deputies had expected an attack and were pre pared. The sheriff refused them admission and threatened to shoot if the mob committed an overt act. The mob, now worked up to an in tense state of excitement, became frenzied in its determination to reach Wilson, and in its fury threat' ened to lynch the sheriff, bis depu uties and a negro turnkey Finally they charged the jail, and, the sher iff and his deputies fired, wounding three members of the mob, one fa tally. . Tbe mob, being repulsed sent to an adjoining mining; camp for dynamite, and threatened to again attack the jail when it . ar rives. During the height of the excite ment, a woman in the mob mount ed a dry-goods box in the street and shouted: v: ' "Kill the sheriff. He has shot more than one. white man on , ac count of a negro." ; . u Company K, a colored troop, has its headquarters here, and the offi cials' have prepared to call it out. Leaders of the. mob declare they willtry to kill the entire company if it comes out. On the edges of me square at midnight ;two un known negroes lay in the gutter. They were beaten into insensibility with clubs in the hands of white citizens.' ; Xf. .. Nearly 200 men and women from Alvln, where the assault on Mrs. Burgess was committed, are active leaders of the mob.. The mob at midnight bad been increased to several thousand, the entire square in front of the jail being packed with shouting men. and women. - While waiting for the miners who were expected to bring the dy namite from Westville, the mob marched up and down in front of tbe jail, stoning it and firing shots at random. :'. . ;v ' About a half hour after the mes sage for the dynamite was sent, A telephone message came from Hime rod a town half way between West ville and Danville, saying that one of the miners, a Hungarian, had been stopped there by citizens, who took from him a large quantity of .dynamite. Tbe other miner with dynamite is believed to be on .the way .here. About half of Company - K, the colored organization has assembled at the, armory and is barricaded there in ftar of an attack from the mob. - ,'j ,v!.. Tbe entire police force, number ing about 20, has, been called out, and this with 12 deputy sheriffs and Sheriff Wbitlock, forms a gar rison at the jail. Wilson admitted that he attacked Mrs. Burgess, but denies that he criminally assaulted her.; - After the negro bad made these statements. Sheriff - Whitlock went to the outside of the jail and pleaded with the mob to disperse. His brief address was interrupted "by Snouts lifiromthy mobjtoembers of which loudly declared their de termination, to have the negro's life sooner or later. ..V":; Shreeveport, La., July 26. -The negress Jennie Speer, who adminis tered poison to - Jennie Dolan. 16 years old, daughter of John Dolan, from the effects of which she died, was lynched by a mob last night. The woman was pursued by a pos se, who found her crouching in a hayloft. ' She refused to come out, and had to be dragged from the place. She asserted her innocence, but was identified. " The mob took her to a near-by tree, placed a rope around her neck. and. again asked her to confess. She was stubborn to the last, bowever, and was strung up without making any admission. While the body was dangling in midair several bul lets were fired into it. . Mibs Dolan was a beautiful young white girl. She died in horrible agony, and her death caused in tense excitement. . : Spokane, Wash.," Jaly 25. The statement is made that Mrs.' Hul- dah Mitchell, who was found in Spokane River, about 25 miles be low this city, on July 13. did not jump or fall into the water accident ally,; as was Supposed, but that Bhe was murdered and that the body was pliced there, but by whom is not known,5: Today George Chick, an old farmer, living near the home of tbe Mitchells, came to the city and reported the case to Coroner Smith.-" . ;r Chick's story was that the people in the neighborhood were incensed over the affair and that they were suspicious that Mrs. Mitchell, who was the wife of J. H. Mitchell, Jr., was first murdered .and thrown into the water. As the place where she was found is on the Stevens County side - of the river,' the officer heie could do nothing about the affair, but he wrote to the Prosecuting At torney of Stevens County, laying the facts before him briefly and suggesting that an investigation be made. .;" v ; ', It is stated that a short time ago a man living in the neighborhood as saulted Mrs. Mitchell's 12 year-old daughtei and that Mrs. Mitchell bad worried over .the matter and was contemplating making a trip to Spokane to look into the matter and see what could be done. What is worth doing is woith ,ding well, and so in selling coffees, 'we sell only the ; best Chase & . Sanborns importations P. M. Zierolf. : . ; ' r IT BECOMES REAL. SHAM BATTLE DID, AND MA NY MILITIAMEN ARE ' 1 BADLY HURT. Bitten by a BearLockjaw and . Firecrackers on the Fourth All Night With Dead Body On Great Salt Lake " 5 Mother Jones' ; ' : " Army. ' St. Joseph, Mo., July 24. For a mimic conflict and in time of peace the casualties wera something frightful as a result of last night's sham battle, held at the annual en campment of the Missouri National Guard. Today the camp is filled with wounded and many men less seriously hurt are going about with blackened eyes and bandaged faces. The trbops engaged in a night battle, four regiments of infantry and two batteries of artillery partic ipating :':--, : . A company of infantry . stole through the darkness and surround ed a battery of artillery' unawares. Angered by thus being outwitted, the captain of the battery relumed to surrender when asked to do bo and the order to charge was given, by the inlantry commander. From that moment the fightings became reaK' "W ; '- . ... ? . The infantrymen clubbed their muskets and waded into the artil lerymen, who drew their sabres and struck right and left at the forms of their ajleged friendly assailants seen dimly through the darkness. Privates Gates and Klofer are dangerously wounded from sabre thrusts and may die, and scores of others have more or less serious in juries. '" . " "; None of the iniured is allowed to enter the camp" : hospifaland'tne1 men are suffering intensely. ' There will probably be an investi gation to place responsibility for the uight raid and butchery. New York, July 24 Mother Jones and her army of textile work ers are camped in Hoboken today and the leader is contemplating a march on Oyster Bay tomorrow. Yesterday the reception . in New York was chilly, so far as the po lice was concerned, but, nothing daunted, the whole tribe spent the day here and returned to camp last night. . ' ' '. ' The army is not a large one now, having dwindled day by day since starting from Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago. It now consists of 61 men, women and children. .When told this morning that President Roosevelt would not re ceive her army and herself, Mother Jones said that she would march to the home of the President come what might. Mother Jones has sent the following letter to the president: To Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States: Dear Sir:- Being citizens of the United States of America, we, mem bers of the textile industry, take the liberty of addressing this appeal to you. -" - - -As Chief Executive of the United States you are, in a sense, our fath er and leader, and as such we look to you ' for advice and guidance. Perhaps the crime of child slavery haB never been brought to your no tice. In Philadelphia there are 9o,-ooo workers on strike, asking for a reduction from 60 to 55 hours a week. We also ask that the children be taken from the industrial prisons of this nation, and given their rights of attending schools, so that in years to come better citizens will be given to this republic. : We ask you, Mr. f resident, 11 our commercial greatness has not cost us too much by being built on tbe quivering hearts of helpless chil dren? c We, who Know 01 tneir sut- ferings, have taken up their cause and are now marching toward you in the hope that your tender heart will counsel with us to abolish this crime, t : Our destination is New- York City, and after that Oyster Bay: As your children, we may hope ' to have the pleasure of an audience.' San Fr-ancisoo, July 25. r Jeffries' physician has advised him to cut out training until Monday. . The wound caused by ; a bear's bite in his left leg is bothering him and there; is danger of blood poisoning. B.F. IBVINK Editor and Proprietor. In case of bis failure to keep hist contract with Cojbett it will cost him $2,500. The-cbampion regrets that he is compelled to lay off work. Jeffries has a pet bear that he takes great pride in teaching tricks, . and doiog road jaunts with when time hangs heavy.' About ten days ago the champion was engaged in a friendly tassel ' with bruin when the latter grew, rather rough, and Mr. Jeffries fol lowed suit. The bear and tbe heavy weight fighter tumbled about foe several minutes. ' They rolled on. , the ground and both seemed to en joy . the wrestling match. - The quadruped made a friendly, grab at ' Jeffries' leg as Jthe latter was disen gaging himself from his playfellow's too earnest engagement. The beara teeth sunk into the flash, making a " slight wound. Thoughts of the matter passed away until four daya ago, when the abrasion began troub ling the champion. Yesterday the in jured member began swelling with tbe result that Jeffries' physician ' ordered the layoff. ; Lexington, Ky., July 24 Claude O'Brien, and Earl E, Wnituey, boys in years, and who faces in dicated nothing of the criminal, were hanged here at 8 o'clock this morning for the murder of A. JjL .. Chinn. ' ' ::. The boys ate hearty breakfasts and at 7:30 were dressed for the scaffold. Both were so calm that they elicited comment from all tbe officials. Two priests at 6 o'clock administered communion. Both the condemned said they felt better and were ready to die. Whitney smiled from the scaffold at the crowd. They shook hands with the priests. O'Brien's lips moved in prayer as the rope was adjusted. Both replied they did not have any thing to say. Early on the morning of October 12, 1902, O'Brien and Whitney en tered the home of A. B. Cbinn, a wealthy, rnercjiant and. an ex-Confederate soldier, and with revolvers in hand demanded his money. Mrs Chinn screamed. Asa Chinn, their son, hurried to the door of hie par ents' room and the burglars began, shooting. Asa Chinn aleo opened fire. The elder Chinn, sitting on the side of his bed, was shot through the body. The boys then ran front, the room over the form of Asa Chinn, who. also bad been shot and was lying on tbe floor, using his re volver as best he could. Whitney was wounded in the left knee. Tha elder Chinn got up from the bed and went to the door, where bm dropped dead.' Tbe boys were captured a few days later near here, but owing to rumors of lynching were removed to Louisville for safe keeping. O'- -Brien was 18 years of age, and bia home was in Memphis, Tenn. Earl Whitney, one year his senior, haa relatives in Nashville, Tenn. Salt Lake,' July 24. Ross Wella, after battling with the waves in the great Salt Lake for twelve hours in his effort to save his bathing com panion, Roy Larkin, was found on . the beach of Antelope Island, eight miles from the bathing resort by a searching party this morning. - He is blinded by salt water and. is in a pitiable condition, but will recover. Larkin was strangled to death by salt water,. Wells heroically stayed with the body all night, drifting with the gale. Chicago, July 19. A man who has been busy gathering statistics of Fourth of July fatalities in tbe Middle West finds that while onlv 52 persons were killed 167 have since died from lockjaw causied by slight wounds received on Inde pendence dav. ' The injured list foots up 4,000. Almost all are boys between the ages of 6 and 16 years. TTn tn last nicht 41 deaths from leckjaw alone had taken place in Ponnsylvania. . tlt-nry watterson a charce that wa will kill ' five hun dred persons ajyearjto make a holi- . day would, not appear a startling exaggeration. - . , J- .' ' , .' . .1.. n .I ii. 1- ' - ?' , Seatlle, Wash.f July: 25. The second inquest over Mrs.' Addio Mull and her; 3-year-old child re sulted in another verdict; of death . by poisoning. The mother died 36 hours before the child, and the jury : decided both died from poison. E, C. Cronwell was . arrested in con- neotion with the affair, but was dis charged. The authorities are at a. standstill in the search for the , par ties who administered the poison.