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Vol. XVII.-No. il.
CORVALLIS, OREGON. MAY 14. 1904.
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Physician & Surgeon,
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U ells' drug store. Residence on the
corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele
phone at residence, 104.
All calls attended promptly.
A SWEEPING VICTORY
DEMOCRATS LARGELY CAP
TURES THE STATE OP .
INDIANA.
Rook-Ribbed Republican . Strong-
holda Carried, in Many Instan
ces to the Surprise of the '
Victors Themselves
Other News.
Indianapolis, May 4. Elections
were held in every city in Indiana
yesterday that does not operate un
der a special charter. The results
in many instances are happy sur
prises (or the democrats. - They
pract cally swept the whole state,
and even in repablican strongholds
they far exceeded their . most san
guine expectations. In several cit
ies the democrats elected mayors
and other officers where a democrat
has never before held office.
Mayor Fogarty, of South Bend.
a republican stronghold, was re
elected with a majority in excess of
that of two years ago, end it-18
probable that he will now announce
himself as a candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination lor governor.
For the first time in the history
of Crawfordsville, Lew Wallace's
borne, the democrats elected a may
or in one of the most bitterly con
tested elections in the history of the
city.
Lafayette and Columbus, the
homes of the republican candidates
for governor and lieutenant cover
nor respectively, went strongly dem
ocratic. Both cities are usually re
publican.
JNoblesville, an important county
seat, went democratic for the first
time in its history, and Connors'
ville went democratic for the - first
time in 15 years.
Everything in Jefferson villa is
democratic except the "negro die
triot.'"": Warsaw elected a deifitf
cratic . mayor for the first time
Madison, anotber stronghold was
captured. In fifty other cities the
democrats elected portions of their
tickets where they failed to capture
all.
Forest Grove, Or., May 10. The
post office was robbed during last
night. About $1,000 in stamps and
$200 in money were taken, and a
number oi registered letters were
opened and rifled of their contents.
About two o'clock this morning a
dull explosion awakened many citi
zens living in the vicinity of the
Doetoffice. Lazily wondering what
had happened, the half-roused sleep
era turned over, and slept. There
is no night watchman employed by
the city, and it was 6:30 o'clock be
fore the burglary was discovered.
Investigation showed that en
trance had been made by a window,
Two holes had been drilled in the
safe and the combination broken
by a charge of nitroglycerin. From
the neatness arid thoroughness of
the job it is evident that it is the
work of expert. The robbers used.
a sledge hammer and crowbar stol
en from Cornelius. Tie were left
beside the wrecked eafe.
! A ia lway bicycle is noiseiog at
Cnrnflius, and is supposed to have
been taken by the safecrackers to
effect their escape. Sheriff Sewell
came out from Hillsboro, and, with
a postal inspector who came on the
evening train, is looking for clews.
The s&fe is the personal property of
rostmaeter 1. V. Atweli.
Botbwell, Wash., May 10. Mar
tha Erickson, 12-year old daughter
of Postmaster Erickson, candidate
for the , legislature, was instantly
killed , last evening, while
at play. She was coasting
down an incline in front pf the
family residence on her bicycle
when the accident happened.
In company . with Tootsie Mc
Creary, a playmate, she was mount
ed on a wheel running down a steep
grade, logether they had done
this Beveral times, ' shouting and
laughing, while the whole" neigh
borhood looked on . and laughed
with them. On the last slide the
wheel suddenly swerved, ran off the
edge of the sidewalk, and both girl
were thrown heavily, but while the
McCreary girl escaped with few
bruises, the postmaster's daughter
was pitched ' headforemost on a
stump and her neck broken. She
was dead when picked up., .
Olympia, Wash., May 10. Ar
thur Dye, employed by the Olym-
pia Light and Power Company, had
a close call tor bis life this after
noon at Tnmwater, in an encounter
with a large blask bear, heretofore
a docile captive in the park at that
place. ' R. F. Nichols, night watch
man for the Northern Pacific, re
ecued Mr. Dye from probable death
and received a severe bite from the
enraged animal in so doing. "
1 be bears escaped from their pit
yesterday afternoon. The two vic
tims were members of the party
seeking to return tbem to captivity.
One was tractibly led back to the
pit, but the other viciously turned
without warning and pounced upon
Mr. Dye, chewing his leg severely.
As he held him in a vice-like grip,
he bit his back, but did not make a
severe wound. From the thigh to
the ankle he -sank bis fangs into
Mr. Dye's leg, inflicting a number
of deep gashes.
Mr. Nichols went to Mr. Dye's
assistance and the brute -turned his
attention to the rescuer, biting him
severely in the ankle. He- then
made off for the woods, but was la
ter overtaken and shot. "Stub"
Dye is a popular member ot the
base ball team. - '
Tokio, May 11. Admiral Togo
reports that since the 6th of May
many explosions have been heard
coming from the vicinity of Port
Arthur, bpt their cause has not
been ascertained. The impression
here is that the Russians, despair
ing cf their ability to defend Port
Arthur, are destroying their ships
before evacuating the place.
Paris, May 11. The Matin's St
Petersburg correspondent says it is
persistently rumored that there has
been a big fight oejir Mao Tien Ling
Pass between the : Russians and
General Kuroki's army. The Rus
sians he says, lost heavily, Lieutenant-General
Zasf alitch being among
the killed.
(It whs announced in these dis
patches several dajs ago that the
next great battle was expected at
Mao Tian Ling Pass, to which ibaifiates, Vercon Gates
Russians retreated after the battle
on the Yalu river.)
London, May 11. TbeSanghai
correspondent of the Morning Post.
under date of May lU.'.eays the Jap
aneee army is advancing in three
divisions, the first from Feng Wang
Cheng toward Liao Yang, the sec
ond from. PolaDdieu and Cbouchon
to Yung Yao Cheng, and the third
from Sullen Dyeng to Kuliensin,
with the object of severing com
munication with the rear of Lio
Yaog, where the preparations for
defense are small.
Spencer Wilkinson, in an article
in tbe Morning Poet, thinks there
is no inherent probability in the
foregoing suggestion. Two armies
are advancing against Kuropatkin,
from Feng Wang Cheng, and from
Port Arthur, via Kaiping, and the
tbird to Kuroki's right, with a view
of turning tbe Russian left, but Mr.
WilKinson adds, it is impossible to
say whether tbe Shanghai dispatch
is based on guess work or on au
thentic information.
London, May 11. The Daily
Chronicle's correspondent at Shan
Hai K wan, under date of May 10,
says tbe Japanese first army from
the Yalu river already is tbreaten
ii g the Rutsian position at Hat
ching. The second army1 marching
in three divisions in order to coop'
erate with General Kuroki, has de
feated the Russians near waning-
tieng with great loss, tbe corres
pondent says. He adds that the
Japanese artillery was splendidly
handled.
: The Daily Chronicle notes that
there are two Wafucgtiens, one on
the railroad north of Port Arthur,
20 miles from Pitewo, and the oth
er 40 miles west of Kaipiog, on the
road to Feng Wang Cheng.
Shan Hai Kwan, Mty 10. It is
repotted that the first Japanese
corps, having followed the Russians
retreating from the Yalu river, ov
ertook them 20 miles south of Liao
Yang yesterday- and a severe en
gagement ensued. The Japanese
dragged their guns up hills believ
ed to be unsurmountable. Tbe
Russians thereupon continued to
retreat north. A division of the
first corps is approaching Niu
Chwang, which is now , garrisoned
by a handful of Russians. ,
Excursion.
ine M. W. A. team will give an ex
cursion on Sunday May 22nd from Cor
vallis to Salem, Round trip. $1. Boat
leaves Corvallis 7 am, returning 10 p.
m. . . . . '
THE RAILROAD! BANDITS
ADVISED WOMAN TO KILL
HJER HUSBAND BY GIVING
HIM ROUGH ON RATS.
Letters to Mrs. Whiteman from
Bandit George Gates Divulge
Criminal Plans of Train ;
Robber and Murderer
Two More Japan -:
Victories.
Dunsmuir, Cal., Mayll. George
Gates, the hunted outlaw, alleged
train robber and listed murderer,
planned to drag a woman into bis
life of crime.: -He would have Mrs.
Thomas Whiteman turn poisoner.
To this woman who sheltered and
assisted him he first suggested and
finally advised the killing of ber
husband.
"Give Tom rough on rats and get
rid of him. Do it in a way that
every one will think it a mistake."
Such was the advice written to
Mrs. Whiteman and coatained in
one of the letters of Gates now in
the hands of the authorities. Fur
ther, he wrote: "Then you can
come and live with me. I will soon
have a home and will send for you.
O, my darling, you have saved my
life." These words penned by
Gates, induced the unfortunate wo
man to forget her duty to law and
justice. And now she is branded
as an accomplice of lawbreakers.
Others of the three epistles writ
ten by George Gates dealt more with
matters concerning himself and tbe
disposition of hts effects. His effort
to have Mrs. Whiteman aid him in
proving an alibi in case he should
be srrested is set forth in tbe line,
"Remember that we slept in your
house March 31." On that day
three men supposed to be George
and William
Arnett robbed tbe Oregon Exprees
at Copley and killed Messenger O'
Neil. : George Gates feared arrest. He
waB afraid the detectives would get
on his trail, and so he wrote: "Op
en my trunk, save the guns ' and
knives, burn the trunk, give the
clothes to hobos or throw them into
the river." Gates had definite in
formation about the movements of
the detectives. He knew they were
also after his brother Vernon. Who
gave him this information is a
question that Mrs. Whiteman will
be required to answer.
"I told Lee to go north as quick
as God would let him," in an ex
tract from Gates' last letter. Upon
this clue manhunters are working.
'God bless you. I " shall always
love you; you have saved my life,"
is the love message of George Gatse
to Mrs. Whiteman.
Four letters were received from
George Gates by Mrs. Whiteman.
All were addressed to Miss Agnes
Brown. The first came from Sis
son, the second was poBted Gazelle,
Siskiyou county, the tbird came
from Ashland, Or., and the fourth
bore tbe postmark of Portland.
These letters go to show that the
bandits remained in tbe vicinity ol
the holdup for nearly a week after
the murder of O'Neil.
Constable Louis Brown, of this
place, is responsible for identifying
the Gates boys after the hold-up.
He first grew suspicious of Mrs.
Whiteman and set the detectives to
work on tbe clew that led to the
uncovering of her correspondence
with the outlaws. Brown claims
that if he bad been given adequate
that calls for cream of tartar
and soda or other quick leav
ening agent use Royal Baking
Powder; It will make the
food of finer flavor, more di
gestible arid wholesome.
support by the railroad detectives
he would have captured the Gates
boys in Roseburg, Or. He says he
arrived in the town a few hours af
ter they left.
; The detectives now claim to be
certain of the identity of the fourth
bandit in the Copley train robbery-.
He is Clarence Driscoll, a cousin of .
James Arnott, the third man impli
cated. The officials say that Dris
coll is the man who, under the
name of Arthur Reed, bought sup
plies for the Nigger Hilt cabin, near
Keswick, where the robbers rendes
voused previous to the hold-up.
Driscoll is known to have been
traveling over the country with Ar
nett. His work at the hold-up it
is said, was to look out for the out
side of the train, while the three
others were carrying on their op
erations; He therefore escaped ob
servation, it being believed for a
while, in fact, that but three men
were concerned - in the lob-rv.
New reward cards have been s ut-d
here. Thev contain a revUfi de
scription of the Gates brothers and
Arnett, together with a description
of Driscoll. - .
To the Voters of Benton County:
Acceding to the wishes of a large
number of patrons and friends of our
public schools, I submit my name to the
voters of Benton county for the office of
county school superintendent.
. Very Respectfully, -
S. I. Pratt.
Philomath, Oregon, Mar. 7, i9o4. !
Rummage Sale at tbe Carnival.
A POSITIVE NECESSITY. .
Having to lay upon my bed for 14 days
from a severely bruised leg, I only fonnd
relief when I used a bottle of Ballard's
Snow Liniment. I can cheerfully re
commend it as the best medicine for
braises ever sent to the afflicted. It has
now become a positive necessity upon
myself. D, R. Byrnes, Merchant, Do
versville, Texas. 25c, 50c, Ji.oo. Sold
by Graham & Wortham.
Wall paper at Blacltledge's store.
Washington, May 10. Admiral
Walker, President of the Panama
canal commission, received a tele
gram to day from John ' Findley
Wallace, of Chicago, general man
ager of the Illinois Central railroad,
accepting the appointment of chief
engineer in charge of tbe construc
tion of the canal, Mr. Wallace will
receive a salary of $25,000 a year.
"Mr. Wallace has been consider
ed for some time by members of
the canal commission lor the posi
tion of chief engineer," said Admir
al Walker. "No one stands higher
in his profession, or is better equip
ped to take up the work mapped
out than he, and tbe commission
is to be congratulated on securing
tbe services of such a man."
Mr. Wallace will take up his
work with the commission on
June 3. He will arrive in Wash
ington on or before that date, and
for the presenTwill have his office
at the headquarters of the commis- .
sion in this city. It has not been
determined when he will visit the
isthmus, all matters of detail being
left for a future conference with the
commission.
In regard to the salary to be paid
Mr. Wallace, Admiral Walker said
that when a man undertakes to di
rect the construction of the Panama
canal project, it is necessary for
bim to burn bis ships behind him,
aDd that $25,000 is not too high
for a man competent for so import-1
ant a trust. -
"Whoever undertakes that task'
gives up his business in this coun
try, for it will require all his time
on tbe isthmus for an indefinite pe
riod," said the admiral.
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