Vol. XVII No. 14.
CORVALLIS, OREGON. JUNE 11. 1904.
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Washington, June 2. France
has made what Secretary ' Hay re
gards a master stroke of diplomacy
in seeking the release of Ion Perdi-
caris and his stepson.
Ihrrty Mahometan "holy men
have been tent from Tangier to
urge Raisuli to set the captives free
without paying any ranBom and
without anv conditions except to
escape the wrath of the "Roumis"
the Arab's name for Christians.
The "holy men" will tell Raisuli
that if the prisoners are not imme
diately released the Christians wilt
bombard Tangier aed land troops
to exterminate the Mahometans 01
drive them out of Morocco, one of
their strongholds.
Rasuli is a devoted follower of
Mahomet, and the arguments of the
"holy men" will carry great weight
with him.
Mr. Hay hopes that they will get
the captives freed and ; take them
back to Tangier.
If this 'scheme works it will be
the easiest way out of the affair, as
it will antagonize no one and will
go far toward preventing a repetiv
tion of the incident. r r
French officials convinced the
"holy men" that if the prisoners
are not immediately released the
Un'tel t ites and Great will proceed
against Rai-:uli and his band in par
ticular and all Mahometans in gen
eral, and that France will ' not in
terfere.-. . . x ' . . " i
The strenuous Roosevelt hand
will fall next upon Turkey. When
the cultan, Abdul Hamid, impa
tiently asked that the American
warships be sent away from Beirut
last summer, following the Alexan-
dretta incident, the president re
luctantly consented to their recall
serving notice on the sultan that
the flett would return in greater
force if ceitiin long-standing Amer
icao Claims were not settled. The
claims have not been paid, and
plaos are on foot to carry out the
president's threat.
Mr. Kooeevelt believes the kid
napping case soon will be a "closed
incident," and as soon as the com-,
bined squadrons can leave Tangier
they will join the battle-ship fleet
and steam to Turkey. As there
may be a threat of bombardment,
the warships probably will go to
Beirut instead of to Smyrna; as was
at first tentatively decided on as
the abjective point. An American
naval commander threatened some
years ago to bombard Smyrna, and
the sultan smilingly told him to go
ahead. Then it was discovered that
Smyrna's population is largely
made up of naturalized Americans
and Europeans. There was no bom
bardment. Beirut is strictly a Turkish city,
and a threat of bombardment there
might carry more weight. On the
arrival of the American fleet, which
will be the most powerful that has
ever been seen in European waters
the sultan will be asked to pay up,
and will be told that the warships
will wait for the money.
America s claims against Turkey
amount to more than $20O,O0O.They
include more than $200,000 in mis
sionary claims and $40,000 indem
nity for the murder some years ago
of an American - bicyclist named
Lenz, who was elain by Bashi Ba-
souks, whose excuse was that they
thought he was the devil.
An American college at Marsou-
va, burned b) Turks two. or three
years ago, has never been paid for.
The sultan will also be asked to
make restitution for the ransom
paid the Macedonian brigands who
kidnapped Miss Ellen M. btone,
The Americana who contributed the
ransom fund are constantly appeal
ing to Mr. Hav to insist that the
sultan reimburse them.
June 3 tolnveetigate the movements
of some bandits. Oar intention was
to cruise along the LiaoTnng coast;
About 6 o'clock in ' the .morning,
our boat wa? surrounded by four
sailing boata manned by Chinese
soldiers, who, without explanation,
opened fire, their,, shots falling all
over our boat. . We were below
waiting, and. Etzel, looking out, re
ceived a fearful wound in the back
of the bead, and expired in a few
moment;.
The Chinese, who were dressed
like pirates, said they mistook'' us
for a pirate boat they were seeking'.
They afterward donned uniforms.
I walked to Tien Cbwang Tai to
summon assistance. One. of the
Chinese crew was badly . wounded,
and it is not likelv that he will re-
THE RETURNS.
WILLIAMSON ANDHERMANN
RE-ELECTED BY INCREAS
ED MAJORITIES.
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Danver, Colo., June 7. Anna B.
Etzel, a stenographer, living in this
city with her mother and sister, re
ceived a cablegram today announc
ing the death of her brother, Lewis
Etzel, a . newspaper correspondent,
who was fired upon in a junk , and
killed by Chinese soldiers. Lewis
Etzel was the son of Gabriel Etzel,
who died in this city several years
ago.. The dead correspondent was
36 .years of age.He left home about
ten years ago, and had never re
turned. He had traveled exten
sively, and had accompanied some
of the most famous Eastern explor
ation expeditions. He had often
penetrated, some of the wildest
parts of the East Indies, and with
Russel Harrison, a son of ex-Pres
ident Harrison, made a wonderful
trip through the jungles of "Borneo,
in 1901. r
Local Option Carr es by a Majority
of Three Thousand Primary ;
Election Law and State Print-
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, er Amendment Adopted.
Portland, June 8. The returns
I from over the state show but little
'change iu the situation from that
(announced in yesterday's Journal
While the first estimates of the
strength of the vote for local option
amendment proved somewhat larg
er than today's counting shows, it
is safe to predict that the majority
for the amendment is in the neigh
borhood of 3,000 votes, which, it
must bi conceded, is a remarkable
hand-raising for the measure.
In the First congressional district
it is now conceded by tho republi
cans that Hermann's plurality has
been materially cut. According to
official figures Tongue's plurality in
the election of 1902 was 7,372,
Chairman Tooze of the republican
congressional committee today lays
claim to but 5,963 plurality for
Hermann. It therefore seems as
sured that Hermann's plurality has
.yi rnfi nrnriTii w m tin
man on the democratic ticket, and
the only hope for him is in the offi
cial count. ,;"ProL W. L. Jackson,
the democratic nominee for school
superintendent, is elected by a ma
jority of 1,450. i
Eugene, Or., June 7. Alvin
Lane, a 13 year old boy; residing
near Walterville, 20 miles east of
Eugene, on the McKenzie river,
was dragged to death by a horse
Saturday evening. The boy and
his older brother went out to catch
a horse which had jumped out of
ti pasture into the county road.
The horse had on a long rope, and
the boys succeeded in getting-hold
of it. The animal started to run,
and the older brother let lose the
rope, but in some manner the rope
had taken a half-hitch around his
leg and he was unable to free him
self. At break-neck speed the horse
tore down the road, dragging the
boy with him. His brother mount
ed another horse and took after the
runaway an'mal, and succeeded in
stopping it about a mile from where
it started. The boy was dead be
fore his brother reached him. The
back of his head was almost com
pletely torn off by striking on the
rocks and hard earth, and his back
and limbs werebadly lacerated. The
boy was an orphan and was a son
of the late Al Lane, a well-known
resident. .- , . .
( v Notice for "Bids. " '
For building a school house in
district No 18, to be finished by
Oct. 1, 1904. Plans and specinca-
tioiis may be seen at the home of
the district clerk. The directors
reserve the right to reject any or
all bids. Bids will be received up
to 2 p. m. July 2, 190a.
J. M. Gilman,
Clerk, Bellfountain.
IG. ALTMAX, M. D.
Homeopathist
Office cor 3rd and Monroe ete. Resi
dence cor 3rd and Harrison ate.
Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to 4 and 7
to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A. M,
bona rail
G. II. FARRA,
Physician & Surgeon,
Office up stairs back of Graham &
Wells' drug store. . Residence on the
corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele
phone at residence, 104.
All calls attended promptly.
Oregon City, Or., June 8. Her- :
mann will probably carry the coun
ty by ou votes., Zinser, - county
school superintendent, will probs-
bly have 75 votes majority, which
ia wofully small for a county with
l,ooo normal republican majority.
Charleston, S. C, June 2. A
railroad conductor, who runs on
the "Short Cut" past Lucama, N.
C, says that when the southbound "
West Indian mail ran . into some
box cars at ; Lucama a carload of
fertilizer was wrecked. The mail
was thrown on top of tho fertilizer
car and was burned. ' V: e next day
the company Bold u. fmluer to a
farmer nearby aod h--.hautfd it oat
to his farm and scbttertd it in his
field. When it was being distrib
uted the hands picked up several
diamonds which they took to be
pieces of glass.
The farmer immediately began a
careful search of the field and soon
found $8,000 worth of diamonds,
which was subsequently increased
by $2,000 worth more. As soon as
the newB spread, people from neigh
boring regions joined in the search
and the field was so upturned that
the farmer's entire crop had to be
replanted. " " '
The conductor says that he has
several of tne diamonds and
t they are undoubtedly genuine.
hirjg has been heard from the
al owners of the diamonds.
Gorvallis & Eastern
Railroad
Time Card Number 22.
Niu Chwang, June 1. Chinese
soldiers from a junk today fired
upon our boat today between
Shwantaitze and Erdiko and killsd
my companion, Lewis Etzel, corres
pondent of the London Telegraph.
I luckily escaped. We left here on
For Yaquina:
Train leaves Albany ....... 12:45 P- m
' . " Corvallis 2:00 p. m
arrives Yaquina 6:2o p. m
Returning:
Leaves Yaquina. .......... 6:45 a. m
Leaves Corvallis 11:30 a. m
Arrives Albany. 12:15 p. m
For Detroit:
Leaves Albany.; 7:00 a. m
Arrives Detroit 12:20 p. m
4 from Detroit:
Iieaves Detroit. ....i:0o p. m
Arrives Albany............. 5:55 p.m
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 of S P north
bound train.
Train No 2 connects with the S P trains
at Corvallis and Albany giviDg 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 Stonb,
Manager.
H. H. Cronise, Agent Corvallis.
Thos. Cockrell, Agent Albany.
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part of their ticket by good major
ities. Local option haB carried the
county by fully 450, and the tem
perance people are in consequence
jubilant. C. H. Stewart, the dem
ocratic nominee, was elected coun
ty judge by a majority of 425, bis
vote being nearly no to that for lo
cal option. Aside from his election
the democrats have captured the
county clerk's office and have elect
ed the entire legislative ticket on
the face of the returns. The high
est man on the republican legisla
tive ticket, F. H. Cornett, who was
up for re-election, is only 10 votes
short of those cast for the lowest
fampa, Idaho, June 7. Last
Isday, while a party of Utah
Iters were going by stage from
l-rphy to Silver City, north of
re, one ol the party, Peter Eplett,
Id to be from Salt Lake, and who
acted strangely for several
irs, uttered a loud yell, and.
ringing from the stage, made off
rough the mountains toward this
7. The filtv marshal . hero wan
tided to watch for the demented
n and the following day captur-
him and took him to Caldwell,
E ere he was yesterday adjudged
ane and ordered to the asylum.
iVashington, June 7. General
angements have been made for
unveiling of the statue of Fred-
ck the Great,' the gift of emperor
illiam to the American nation, at
Army War College grounds
re November 20. The Emperor
1 send over a distinguished com-
iS8ion to represent Germany at
t unveiling, and it is understood
it descendants of the men who
ght with Washington shall be
ected for this mission. '
Ambassador Sternberg will per-
Lally represent the emperor on
Jat occasion, and will make the ad-
esa of presentation. Addresses
ill be made by the president, Sec
tary laft, and Mr. Tower,, the
Enerican Ambassador at Berlin.
If practicable one of the German
nboats of the West Indian squad-
n will' come to Washington to
ke part in the ceremonies, and an
meriran warship, probably the
alphin, will be in attendance.
St. Louis, June 8. The historic
liberty bell arrived here today in
ponse to the petition of 9o,ooo
blic-school children of this city,
d will remain in the Pennsylva-
bnilding until the close of the
rld's Fair. . ,(
Accompanied bysa squad of
itrated police and a ODg line of
litary organizationsfjthe famous
bell was taken to the Exposi-
(1, wnere lormai exerci were
ried cut. The gate bd been
own open to the tch ol children
he city and the day had been
claimed as a holiday by Mayor
is. it is estimated that over
00 school children formed a
tion of the great throngs that
geiea tne Den wnen it entered tne
grounds. The bell was taken to
the Pensylvania building, where it
was installed.
Paintiog and Paper Hanging.
All orders promptly filled. Phone
05. Samuel Kerr.
For Sale.
Vetch, speltz, timothy and rye grass
seed. Poland China hogs. Shropshire
sheep. One fresh cow a pair large geese,
two-horse tread power in 1 turning order.
Timothy and vetch straw brightj from
barn.
L. L. Brooks. v.