Editor and Proprietor. We are Receiving Some of Our - Early Shipments FOR. SPRING. Every day Brings New Goods to Our Store. DRESS GOODS, RIBBONS, SHOES, v CLOTHING, ETC. r COMEANDSEE. STORM-SWEPT CHICAGO. 1 DO NOT OFTEN CfiEANQE Our ad., but our aods change hands- ' every day. Your money exchanged for Value and Quality is the idea. , i . ' i ' Big Line Fresh Groceries Domestic and Imported. Plain and Fancy Cbinaware A large and varied litl8wv Orders Filled Promptly and Com plete. Visit our Store we do the rest. B Horning. AFTER THE FLURRY IT FA CES SERIOUS CONDITIONS. Car Service Greatly' Impaired by the Rain and Wind Many Miraculous Escapes la . Illinois and Michigan '. Great Damage Is ' Done ; by : Floods. - . . . ers Park street-car service in North Clark stieet. Between Devon and Greenleaf avenues, . fallen trolley and arch-light poles and' tangled wires stjpped all- traffic during the night and caused the calling of po licemen and firemen to prevent fa talities. Throughout Lake. View considerable damage was done by wind and ram. '.',-'' In Evanstou the wind blew down a number ot trees and trolley poles, and all traffic was suspended until the wrecking cars couid bring tem- poraiy wires. . New Furniture AncLMusic Store. SOUTH MAIN ST. CORVALLIS, OR. I Cordially invite you to inspect my New Stock of Goods consisting of Various Musical Instruments, Bed Lounges and Coaches, Bedroom Suites, Iron Bedsteads, Maple and Ash Bedsteads, etc. Woven Wire Springs, Good Line ot Mattresses, Extension Tables, Center Tables, Go Carts 1 Sideboards, Kitchen Safes, -Kitchen Treasures, Dining Chairs, High Chairs, Children's Rockers, and Many Style, of Other Rockers. Fine Lot Bamboo Furniture just in Window Shades, Curtain Poles. New Line of Wall Paper. Also Sewing Machines, new and second-hand. Second-hand Pianos lor sals and for rent. A few stoves and a few pieces of Graniteware left. E. E. WILSOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office In Z erolf Building, Corva'lis. Ot B. A. CATHEY, M. D Physician and Surgeon, Office, Room 14, First National Bank Bnilding, Corvallis, Or. Office Hours, 10 to 12 a, m z to 4 p. m. Chicago, March 25. Full re ports from the storm-swept area in' and about Chicago indicate that the havoc wrought is even greater than at first believed. The proper ty loss from the wind was augment ed latar by heightened flood, which had partially receded from previ ous heavy rainialls. . In Dauphio Park . and vicinity, the water has risen until - the first floors of many homeB are submerg ed and families are fleeing in panic by boats. ' Business in the town is suspended and schools are closed, the saving of lite and reuet of suf fering being of chief concern. ; 1 ha business part of East Chica go was flooded and much damage from wind and water is reported in the residence portion of the town. Communication by wire with the affected points is badly crippled, and trolley lines are practically tied up. No cars are running over the Calumet system south ' of Ninety fifth street. Incoming trains on the railroad bring more acute etories b: ruin in the city eovirone: The freight car shops of the Nick el Plate railroad was the center of a miniature tornado. A large building used s.s repair shops was partly wrecked, the roof being burl ed into an adjoining building. A bout the shops were a large number of freight cars. Many of these were thrown from the tracke, while oth ers were unroofed.' At Washington heights several persons-were ir.jurtd and houses were blown downor unroofed," In Morgan Park and Fernwood the storm reached the proportions of a tornado. Five houses were unroof ed, another blown from its founda tions, and miles ot telegraph and telephone poles were blown down. Twisted telegraph wires blocked the Rock Island and Panhandle railway tracks. bidewalks were- wrencbed from their places and thousands of yards of fences scat tered throughout the streets. Among the injured at Washing ton Height was Mrs; S. W. Schar pier, who was badly cut by flying glass. The families of Peter Mel ten and Mrs . R. Ray had narrow escapes. Mrs. Mullen and; her daughters were in bed when the storm struck In an instant the roof was carried away and the terri fied women were drenched with the rain. The Ray cottage was 200 feet away. Mrs. Ray and several friends were in the parlor when the roof of I he Mellen house crashed up on their dwelling, wrecking the up- er story. A number of other hous es and stores were badly damaged. Almost every house in Bjrnside was damaged in the storm. Chim neys were blown down, roots were torn away, and there was scarcely an unbroken window left in toe suburb. No one was injured. The water covering this portion ot the city rose about six inches in the storm. In South Chicago the storm continued through the night, sweeping down telephone polss and covering part of the town. Fred Brunk, of South Chicago; end his wife, were severely injured when the root .01 their dwelling was blown off. Both were struck by bricks. At Seventv-fifth street and rail road avenue the wind blew the roof from a building occupied by coal dealers, and hurled it against a car on the Calumet line filled with pas sengers. The car -was knocked from the track. None of the passengers was seriously hurt. At Dauphin Park, . the Illinois Central station platform and roof were torn off by the wind and thrown across the track, stopping traffic for some time. The situation in Dauphin Park is serious. -Many acres ot land are under water si ready several feet deep, and side walks in the south end of the town are submerged. Last, night's storm added materially to the gravity of the situation. The total damage there is put it S15.0UU. The wiud put an end to the Rog- HORRIBLE CRIMES: LONDON IS HORRIFIED BY THE DEEDS OF A MOD . ERN BLUEBEARD. ' Leaked Out Through the Suspicions . of a Lodger Who Notifies Po liceBody of a Woman Found in a Trunk ... Marries .by the y :;..- Wholesale. . East St. Louis, 111., March 25. The wind and rain storm. that swept over this city last-' night caused a lflrsrft nmmmt nr" nrnnprtv riamairf. o- 1 1 j o ' 1 iojured many persons and seriously f London. March 26. Polveamv crippled street-car traffic. No fa-jand its icfiuence over GeorgeCross- man, who had eight or more wives talities have been reported, but thirteen persons were injured, most of them receiving . slight bruises. Only one, Mrs. Thomas Dojrris, was seriously irjjured. A landmatk koown as the cus tom Mills and occupied as a hoard ing house by a dozen miners,.- was bluwn down but the d cupantj es caped. The borne' of Philip Rip linger was overturned and Ripling er and his six children, wererescued from the debris. At the aluminum works of the Pittsburg' Reduction Compaoy one building wai demol ished and the electric light plant was badly damaged. Thirty homes were damaged,.' . Peoria. 111., March 25. The Illi nois River has reached the highest point ever. recorded and is still ris ing. - Much damage has occurred. Thei dike of the L Marsh drainage district opposite Pekin went out to day. East Peoria is flooded and many persons were compelled to flee to higher ground. ' Grand Rapids, Mich., March 26. The flood situation here today is veryserious. . .Owing to' the rapid rise of Grand River, 40 of :the larg est factories in the city have been obliged to close and thousands of men are out of work. Basements of all the large buildings in the whdleeale districts are flooded. The entire southwest section of the resi dence district is under water, and people are using rafts to go about. A man floating down the river on a timber was rescued and two boys were taken from a drifting cake of ice. Detroit,. March 25. From all over Lower Michigan today come reports of floods after last night's severe rain storms that have caused losses that well reach into the hun dreds of thousands of dollars. Streams everywhere are greatly swollen. Dams and bridges have gone out along all of the streams. Great damage has been done at Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo. Battle Creek and Lansing. The railroads are badly interrupted by the floods and washouts. Battle Creek, Miob., March 25. Flood conditions here are the most serious in the history of the city All street cars are stopped and the railroad depots are surrounded by several inches of water. One of the three bridges connecting- the busi ness and residence. sections has gone out. Owners ofuip-town stores are mOviDg their etockoutof basements and lower floors, while many ot the down-town stores are flooded. Citi zens are using boat. . Norfolk, Neb., March 25 Reports from Holt, Wheeler and Rood coun ties indicate that the prairie fires are still burning. The towns of A- melia, Newport and Chambers were threatened, but were saved by the shifting of the wind. Several ranchmen have lost everything they and tbe - developments following from the 6Uicide of Crossman, are absorbing public attention. On the night-of March 23, Crossman, who was living in the respectable ; sub urb, of Keosalrise, killed himself to avoid arrest by the police whose suspicions had been aroused regard ing the contents of - a trunk which Crossman was sending away from his house. On opening the trunk the body ot a woman was tound encased in cement. An investigation proved she was murdered about six months ago, and that she was one.of -Cross-man's wives. Five of bis wives were traced and found alive. One wife is dead and two are missing. The body found cemented is in a decomposed condition, even to the skuil which had been split with an ax. - The police believe it possible the investigation may prove that Cross man adopted a similar method in ridding himself of other superfluous wives, of which it is suspected he may have had several who have not yet been traced. Though only 30 years of age, Crossman's career rivals that of fa mous criminals. Under various aliases, he led a double and even a triple married life. He was an engineer, composer, wigmaker or bookmaker. His chief means of support, however, appears to have been derived from bis wives, sever al of whom he secured through ad vertisement9. ; ... . In 1899 Crossman was sentenced to five years imprisonment for big amy, and when he killed himself he still was on parole. Yet his neigh bors regarded him as a respectable man, who led a quiet and uninter esting life. " ' Crossman's first wife died appar ently, of natural causes in 1897 He remarried in 1898 at Maidstone, and tbe same year created a biga mous marriage at Aldon with the result that he was- sentenced to five years in penal servitude. Good con duct in prison enabled Mm to avoid the full term. Once free he seta to work to mar ry by the wholesale. Wife No. 4 was quickly secured. She and her baby were recently living at Cross man's house at Kensalrise. At Reading, Crossman secured a filth wife under the narre of Seaton. A month later he again married. The whereabouts and fate of lb sixth wife are still uncertain. Having gained on bim, and just as the fore, most of tbe pursuers were on his heels Crossman drew from his pock et a raieor and cut his throat from ear to ear. Death was almost in stantaneous. , The body found in the trunk was that of a young, well-formed wo man, only partly dressed. The pa- lice theory is that Crossman, while she was undressing, struck her from behind with at) ax, severing a a portion of the skull, part of which: is now missing. Louisville, Ky., March 26. A terrific storm at this time is raging throughout the South, and it is be lieved that the loss of property here will reach $250,000. Fifty resident cts were unroofed this afternoon, . and churches and high buildinga were damaged to a great extent. - So furious is tbe. tornado that persons are unable to ascertain whether lives are sacrifi""' Vu it is believed that many wi'i b'- tinted- victims to the tempe.i u subsides, and the details ur( ku-.-wn. From the south, so long as wires were in service, came reports that fearful damage had beeri done and that deaths would surely result in addition to the great property loss; At 2 o'clock this afternoon the city was almost in darkness owing to the black clouds that accompan ied the winds. While estimates of damage to property at this time are of neces sity uncertain, reports up to the hour indicate that the damage will probable reach $l,oop,ooo. Chicago, March 26. Peter Neid- ermier, Harvey V andine and Uus tsv Marx, the carbarn bandits whose trials occupied the courts here for several weeks, were sen- tenced today to be banged April 22. Neither betrayed the slightest emotion when sentence was passed upon them. A great crowd was present in the court room and the corridors with out were thronged with the curious and morbid. During the sentenc ing the mothers of Neidermier and Vandine stood just inside tbe rail ing, but near them were three de tectives to watch their every move ment. ' ; ' Mrs. Vandine seemed bowed with grief, while the mother of the other murderer appeared unconcerned. When the sentence had been pass ed tbe big crowd rushed to the rail ings and, fearing that an attempt at rescue would be made, policemen were compelled to use force in driv ing people back; Finally the court room was cleared and, after waiting ten minutes, the condemned men were led to their cello In the jail be low. Four officers accompauied each prisoner, who was not allowed to be in company with each other. Union, Mo., March 26. George Collins alias Fred Lewis was hang- ed today at 1:30 p. m. for partici pation in the murder of Detective Schumacher, near Stanton, January 15, 1903. The detective attempted to arrest Collins snd Bill Rudolph for bank robbery. Rudolph was found guilty this afternoon and was sentenced to be hanged. The verdict was reached three wives living atdifirent places hor after the drop fell with Col St. Petersburg March 26. A dispatch received today from Gen eral Kouropatkin en route to Har bin states that . Thursday, a Cos sack patrol encountered a Japanese outpost near Pakchieng and that in the fierce fighting that followed ma ny of the Japanese were killed. The dispatch adds that the Jap anese have suspended their advance along the-Ping Yang line, fearing that the Russians are too. strong to be overcome at this time. Details of the fight are not obtainable but it is intimated that tbe Japanese were surprised and failed to recover in time to make much of a defense. General Kouropatkin will arrive at Harbin tonight. FOR SALE. Vetch seed at Corvallis Flour Hills CroBsman took a fou.-th wife, mak ing a total of seven up to that time. For a year he kept up tbe decep tion, and apparently none of his wives had the faintest suspicion of his polygamous living. Croesman found bis eighth wife in the young daughter of a London railroad employe, and she is suppos ed to be the victim he encased in cement. At the time of his euicide Cross- man had five known wives liviog and several children. The discov ery occurred through tbe suspicions of a lodger to whom Crossman let some reorus at Keosalrise. For sev eral weeks the lodger had noticed an obnoxious odor, and complained of it, but Crossman attributed it to thedraiDS. At the same time Crossman waB living with one of bis wives in the came room where tbe dead body of wife No. 8 was concealed in a trunk. The lodger traced the odor thereto, and Crossman agreed to send the trunk away. During the evening cf March 23, while moving the truck, tbe lodger's suspicions were further increased, and when he saw a black fluid ooze out of the trunk he went to a police station. . Just as the grewsome loal was lifted into a cart the police appear ed. With a cry Crossman startad A - T7 . it . - 10 run. ror mree-quarters ot a mile he fled for his life. The police Iidr. Just as the black cap was adjusted on tbe latter he said: "Out her loose, boys, and make a good job of it." Wilkesl arre, Pa., March 26. A fearful accident occurred at the Dorranee colliery, near here, today. The rope to a cage carrying ten mine-workers of the second shift to work, broke at 10 o'clock this morn ing, letting the cage drop to the bottom of the shaft, 600 feet below. Two of the unfortunato m , or what remained of u-n-. were brought to the surface K Kr oth ers lie mangled at the t tt..u, of the pit. The latter is filltd with de bris, owing to several hundred feet of timbering having followed the cage in its destructive fall. The bodies of the men recovered could not be identified, as they were crushed to pulp. It was reported that the shaft had caved in through the explosion ot nre damp, and soon there were hundreds of women and children gathered about tbe opening, mak ing the scene indescribably pitiful by their frantic efforts to learn the truth. At tbe time of the disaster theie were more than 350 men working in the mine. For Sale. Best Plymouth Rock or Brown Leghorn cockrels or eggs. . . J. B. Irvine. 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