Vol. XVI. No. so.
CORVALLIS, OREGON. SEPTEMBER 30, "1903.
B.F. IBTINS
Editor tula Jruprietor
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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Stenography and typewriting done.
Office in Burnett brick Corvallis, Oreg
B. A. C ATHEY, M. D
Physician and Surgeon.'
Office, Room 14, First ;Natiohal Bank
Bnilding, Corvallis, Or, Office Hours,
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THE DYNAMITERS
AND THE DESTRUCTION THEY
VISIT UPON THE NORTH
ERN PACIFIC RAIL-
ROAD.
Demand Fifty Thousand in Cash,
ttnd Because the Money ; was
"not Paid are Dynamiting -Railroad
Bridges
Other. News. -
Helena, Mjnt., Sepf.. 27. There
was startling new developments in
the $5o.ooo Northern Pacific dyna
mite plot today, in that it1 became
known that Thomas Travis, Chief
ol Police of this city-, had received
an ultimatum from the conspira
tors ordering the immediate' relief
of two men who are confided in the
city jail on the charge of having at
tempted ! to dynamite the North
ern Pacific bridge at Livingston; a
few day h after tbe firatjj ultimatum
was delivered to the railroad' com
pany. A". "K-- v. ' ' -
The city officials ' have a strong
case connecting these men with the
crime, ah hough the evidence T is
firincipally " circumstantial. The
notice received by the Helena po
lice is to the effect that if the men
are not released 'by Monday 'noon
the jail will be blown'up with dy
nimatei This letter is said to have
the same origin as those sent' to the
Northern Pacific demanding $5o,o
oo or otherwise it would "be put out
of business in Montana. '
All of the letters sent to the rail
road company were mailed at cither
Helena or Butte, and the one recei
ved by Chief Travis is postmarked
at Helena. It was learned today
that the Northern, Pacific was given
until October 4th next to comply
with the demands of the - condpira
tors...... .:. '
Another gang of men left here
today to saarch for the ton of dyna
mite stolen from a local warehouse
a week ago. ' Owing to its danger
ous nature it is not. thought the
thieves carried it a very great die
tance, and thatJt is proving their
source of '-. supply : for- the various
outrages against the railroad's
property adrniti of no doubt.
Helena, Mont, Sept 27.- It has
developed that the recent attempts
to dy oanjite bridges and track on
the line of the Northern Pacific
between Livingston and Missoula
are in futherance of a plot ; to force
the railway company to pay $5a,o
01 for immunity from. the outrages.
In'Augost last ihe company re
ceibed a letter demanding 25,000
and it was tbTeatened that . if the
terms proposed to were not. agreedVt
to dynamite would be ussd on the
line, No attention was paid to the
demaod, abd shortly afterward; the
railroad bridge at-Livingstone was
partially "wrecked by dynamit?,
and a few nights afterward another
stick" of dynamite was exploded
near Bozeman under" the passing
jtrain,
Other letters folfowed ;'.a'n'd,'.! the
dynamiters proposed that the com
pany pay $5o,ooo and-if it "acceded
10 toe demand it was to cirry a
white flag on i en?ine3 ; carrying
trains and September 22 was to
run a light engine, from utte to
Missoula, and at a point of the road
it was to stop on signal, and. an
agent of the company was to ; pay
over the motey. -
The company,, hoping to , catch
the men, put out the white flags
and on the night agreed upon ran
the light engine pulling two cars.
One was filled with armed' sheriffs
and deputies and the other " con
tained horses and bloodhounds, The
run was made from Butte to Mis
soula, but there was no signal, and
it was thought the men had . been
scared off. .' . - -
Soon after the letters", began " to
arrive again, the dynamiters mak
ing the same demand and telling
the railroad if it agreed to the terms
t6 put the . flag on the engines.
This the - railroad company has
done and in the past two weeks
thera have been four attempts' to
damage ihe line by theuse of dyna
mite.. One of the attempts to blow up
the train took place in the railroad
yards in the city 'last Monday
night. This was followed . a few
nights later by explosions on the
track near Elliston and Blossburg.
Within the past ten days a powder
magazine belonging to the 'Holler
Hardware Company, of this jcity,
and Jocated on toe outskirts of the
town? waa broken - into and 2150
pounds of dynamite 'stolen. This
powder his not been found and -it
is believed that it wss taken for the
purpose of being used against the
Northern Pacific. f
- Th only effect these' recent out
rages have had has been: to make
the cr mpany redouble its efforts to
catch Uhe perpetrators and to pro
tect the line:' The scenes of the out
rages have been eo tar between Liv
ingston and Miesoula and between
Butte and Garrison. The wrecking
ot a ttreet-car in , Butte about a
week ago is believed 10 have been
the work of the same ' gang, the
idea beiEg that they intended the
explosive for the Northern Pacific
track and got it on the street-car by
mistake." , "
All along the line of the railway;
there are now ' hundreds of guards
night iand day. Every mile of the
track is patrolled by armed men,
bridges are carefuily watched, tun
nels guarded and the point-is left
without a patrol.-2' In addition to
tbe new men who have been 1 put
out, all section men, trainmen and
others connected with the road, ma
ny of whom are heavily armed, have
been Instructed to keep careful'
watch of all strangers found along
the lini of the road and report their
present? immediately. V
While it is not known- that ' all
letlers received from the dynamit
ers have bjen mailed from Helena
and Butte, it is sure ihat some of
them Wert.. The railroad . people
will not; talk about the letters,
though' not denying that they have
been received, but they refuse to di
vulge anything asj to where :. they
are ce marked.- It is known that
the first missive came from Helena
and Butte.5 The plotteis appear to
have their headquarters in either
Butte or Helena and must be well
acquainted with tbe country be
tween Missoula and Livingstone as
despit t be failure" of their first at
tempi'4xtortiioQey;itb:jltiay
continued operations in the, same
territory. . s . ,
So far there have been three ar
rests of suspects in connection with
outrages. Two were made by tbe
Helena department and the men are
still in jail. , It is alleged that dy
namite, fuse and caps were found in
their possession, and that they were
teen at Livingtone and Bozemaa
just preceding the explosions at
those places.
Even if it should prove that these
men have a connotion with tbe af
fair, it is certain that there are oth
ers because since their arrest the
outrages have - continued. .. The
other man .was arrested Fridaj
morning, near Elliston but it is not
now thought he is concerned in the
outrages. ,. J . .rv
Cleveland, Sept., 27. C. K, G.
Billings, owner of Lou Dillon, has
announced that she will not be al
lowed to go into a contest with . a
nother horse in a trial for suprem
acy. 5 Mr. Billings ays , that Lou
Dillon is only five years old and
comparatively . inexperienced and
untrained.
The mrre will be shipped .with
the -other member ; of . the . Billings
etring to Lexington, on Wednesday
where she has two engagements.
After the Lexington meeting1 Lou
D llori will be shipped to Memphis,
where she is scheduled to go agaim-t
the world's trotting record, a trial
against time, which will probably
be her last for this season. . AsT at
Lexington, two starts ' against the
watch will be made at Memphis. -
Owes 'His '-, Life to .a Neighbor's
Kindnees. ;':r
Mr. D. P. Daughtery well known
throughout Mercer and Summer
counties WJ Va. most likely owes
his life to the kindness of a neigh
bor. - lie was almost nopelesly at.
flicted withdiarrhoea; was attended
by two physicians who gave him
little, if any relief, when a neigh
bor learning of his serious condi
tion brought nlm a bottle of Cham
berlain's colic,' cholera, : and diar
rheoa remedy, whioh' cured him in
less than 24 hours. For sale by
Graham & Wortham. -
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S. Iv. Kline.
TILLMAN'S TRIAL
HE IS CONFIDENT THAT THE
JURY WILL ACQUIT
HIM.
Prosecuting Attorney Thurmond
Was Once ? Djfended by Till
man lor the Same Crime
- Other News.
i Lexingioo, S. C-., Sept. 20. Jas.
H. Tillman,- who, while lieutenant
governor of South Carolina, killed
N. G.j Gonzales, editor of the - Co
lumbia State, will be called on to
plead to an indictment for murder
when Judge Gary' opens court here
tomorrow. -'...';vr.:
Although it is highly improbable
that tbe actual trial of the case will
begin before Wednesday or Thursday
all of Tillman's counsel are here.
They came over Saturday and to
day, bringing with them quantities
of law books. - -
Tillman professes to be very con
fident of acquittal, and his confi
dence Is apparently shared ' by his
counsel and by many: people of the
county. While; every one here is
not a Tillman sympathizer,' those
who feel iriendly toward him pre-
dominate. .
"Tbe peopl? of Lexington ' are a
merciful people and 1 seldom " con
vict," said one of the leading coun
sel for Tillman tonight;
.; A peculiar coincidence - in this
case is that the prosecuting attor
ney,' J. William Thurmond,! who
will prosecute Iillman,' ODce killed
a man by the name of -Harris and
was defended by Tillman, who was
at that time a member of the law
firm of Tillman & Croft. He appear
ed as the leading counsel for Mr.
Thurmond.
.. I Interest in the coming trial is so
great that practically .every South'
ernk newspaper of prominence nas
More than five hundred witnes
ees have been summoned, and these
with . the Ti lman sympathizers,
court officials, attorneys and news
paper correspondents more than e-
qual the whole population of the
little town.".
On Lexington's one street are the
courthcuse,5 jail, hotel, stores ad
residences. The jail, a substantial
brick structure, is directly opposite
the courthouse. Diagonally across
from the jail id the single hotel, at
which are. staying the judge, the
counsel for the defense and tbe pros
ecution. All mingle together, aDd
apparently the best of good feeling
prevails. But those who know the
men who will respectively prosecute
and defend Tillman predict that
this harmony will not prevail after
the tiial begins. -
The hotel, which has hardly the
rtquisite rojms either in size or
number to secure a license under
the Raines law in New York, is so
crowded that six persons are sleep
ing in one room. Conditions will
be much worse tomorrow when the
witnesses and others arrive.
Senator Ben R, Tillman, uncle
of trie accused man, passed through
on his way to Columbia tuday, but
he will return tomorrow when his
nephew is to be called on, to plead
and will stay here ; throughout the
trial. -' ;"'
James H. Tillman refused to see
any one today except his counsel.
In response to a note Mr. Tillman
sent the following: '
"I have no Ftatement to make at
this time. JAS H. TILLMAN."
Many of Tillman's relatives are
here, and will remain until after
the trial. . ,
Chicago. Sept. 26. The celebra
tion of Chicago's centennial anni
versary- began today, and will J con
tinue six days, the exercises to end
with a civic mass meeting at the
Auditorium, at which ; the mayors
of several of the largest cities in the
country will be heard. The pro
gramme prepared by the executive
committee contains special features
for each day, and a great number
of visitors is anticipated. The In
dian Bhow at Lincoln park, where
six tribes of Indians - will live as
their ancestors lived, was the center
of great interest, the most prominent
feature being the presence among
tbe representatives of the six tribes
of Charles Pokagon, descendant of
the Chief Pokagon, who once ruled
the district of Chicago; tvK -';r "
The spectacular event of the pro
gramme will come tonight, when
tons of fireworks will be burned on
28 corners within the elevated loop, .
typifying the burning of the city In
1871. ' Nine' historic tablets wem
put in place during the afternoon
the ceremonies being held in the
public library building 'and Mayor
HarriBOn delivering the address of e.
welcome in behalf of the city. " "
: The streets' present a gala-day"'
appearance, public buildings ' andJ
business house being elaborately
decorated with flags and bunting,1,
and many bearing pictorial repro-"
ductions of old Forr Daarborn and -other
historic buildings.
Lincoln, Neb., Sapt. 26. It de
veloped today that an attempt was.
made last nght to kidnap the 8-year-old
daughter of Governor
Mickey. While four of the gover
nor's children were playing in front
of the mansion an unknown man
came along and tried to carry ' the
oldest girl away. The other ) chil
dren clung to his clothes and
screamed: The man was so badly
frightened when he saw neighbors -
and ran. , ' ; , '.; , :.... .. ..
Governor Mickey says the ward
en of the penitentiary, Mr. Bt-mer,
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naping attempt bad .been irpheMed.
by the convicts. One :i,vict sid -some
time ago such a pUn had been
luiutcu as a v ay ji gotnug- nveugo
upon too governor for his refusal
to interfere when William Rhea
was hanged list summer for mur
der. A convict today eaid that one
of his fellows soon to be released
had been assigned to kidnap one of
the children to ''teach the governor
a lesson."
Los Angeles, Sept. 26 Eight
months ago Rev. D. Wbaleh r was &
highly respectable citizen and pas
tor of the ' Baptist church. New '
York."1 He was prosperous and
blessed with an interesting family.
Now he occupies a cell in tbe jail
in this city, awaiticg word from bis'
old home, which be so shamelessly
deserted and r-ame here acccompan
ied by Mrs. James H. Clark, a
young parie boner, whom he" intro
duced as his wife. . ?
The couple at once - to6k up
church - and temperance work.
Wbalen became prominent among
the Volunteers of America and
made- money on the eide. The
youog woman koown as Mrs. Wha-'
len died August 27. The man gave
out word that she Ml and injured
herFelf fatally. The rumor is now
that death had some suspicious fea
tures and a thorough , investigation
is to be made. Meanwhile the al- '
leged minister sits in his cell and
bemoa&s hid fate. -He sayjs be is
treated cruelly and that his enemies
will ba punished. On visiting him
this moriiing a ough trusty listen- -ed
to his uomplaicts and then ask
ed: "How do you think you treat
ed your wife and little ones yon de
serted back East?" Whalen re-'
plied that the trusty was heartless
and unworthy of notice.
His Life Saved by Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
v Remedy.
"B. L. Byer, a well known coop
er of this town says he believes
Chamberlains colis, cholera and
diarrhoea remedy s-ived his life last
summer. He had been sick for a
month with what the doctors called
bilious dysentery,- and cbuld get
nothing to do him any" good -"until
he tried this remedy. It gave him
immediate relief," says R. T. Little
merchant, Handcock, Md. For
sale by, Graham & Wortham.
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