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Vol. XVII. No. 19.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, JULY 9. 1901.
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Big Line Fresb Groceries
Domestic and Imported.
Plain and Fancy Cbinaware
A large and varied line.
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plete. Visit our Store we do the
rest.
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L. G. ALT3IAN, M. D.
Ilomeopathist
Office cor 3rd and Monroe eta. Resi
dence cor 3rd and Harrison eta.
Hours 10 to 12 A, M. 2 to 4 and 7
to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A, M,
- Phone residence S35.
ou Seen
Arrivals
Fine Light Sample Rooms.
J. C. Hammel, Prop.
G. R. FA11RA,
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.
MARRIED NINE TIMES.
DIVORCED ONCE EACH FROM
FOUR, REMARRIED AND
DIVORCED - AGAIN
FROM TWO.
LaBt Husband Was Her Firat Be-
tbrotbed From Old Ireland
Had Been Separated for :
Many Years Through
MieuoderBtandlDg
. Other News.
'marriage, more children and anoth
Neb." June 29. A jer divorce within a lew years were
record presumably .the. fruits of her going. ' She went
Harrisburg,
matrimonial
without a parallel in the connubial
annals of this 01 any other civilized
country has been made by a not
nncomely middle-aged woman who
has just sold her ranch In Scott's
Bluff county, north of here, and
gone East to live with a man to
whom she was recently married in
fulfillment of a promise she mads
to him when they were lad and lass
in Ireland.
She has earned the distinction of
having taken the marriage vows
nine times, for haying been taken
to wiie by seven men, of having
been divorced from four, of having
remarried and been twice divorced
from two, and of having borne a
child or children by every one of
her seven husbands eave the hus
band with whom she is now living.
She is the mother of seventeen chil
dren, nine boob and eight daugh
ters, all of whom are now. living
and all but three of whom have
children of their own. ';
Ann Moore was born and reared
in a county in the north of Ireland
and was accounted the most buxom
and comely lass in all the country
side. All the lads were in love with
and paid court to hejf, but Thomas
Fitzgerald was her favorite suitor,
and to him she early plighted her
trolh. - But.Tbomas was jjoor and
unable to support a wife and it be
fell that soon after the engagement
ot the young couple was announc
ed, she was brought by her parents
to this country. Thomas and Ann
bade each other a tearful farewell,
with many protestations of love and
fidelity on the part of both of them
and with the promise on bis part
that within the year he should come
over the sea and take her to wife.
From New York, where they
landed, the parents and their only
child made their way direct to a
village in Northern Ohio. Letters
from Thomas came legnlarly to
Ann and letters from her went reg
ularly to him for several months.
Then a misunderstanding arose
and the lttters suddenly ceased.
Doubtless no serious consequences
would have flowed from the misun
derstanding had it not happened
that eoon after it arose, the Moures
eet out for the West and Thomas
set out for Ohio to join them.
The Moores in the hurry and ex
citement of getting away forgot to
tell the postmaster where to for
ward their mail. Thus it came a-
boat that when a letter came from
Thomas telling Ann that be was on
his way to join her it had to be sent
to the dead letter office, and that
when Thomas himself arrived he
discovered, not only that his sweet
heart bad cone away, but that no
body knew whither. Well-nigh
heart-broken be eet out in quest of
bis sweetheart, but it was a futile
search, and he was soon compelled
to abandon it and go to work to
earn for himself a living.
Ann did not know that her father
had neglected to tell the postmaster
where to forward their mail, and as
time went by and she did not hear
from Thomas, she became convinc
ed that he did not care for her aud
grew bitter in her feelings toward
him. .
In disappointment and bitterness
she lost eomewhat of that pride and
discretion which bad marked her
earlier life. Her father went from
town in the Middle West in quest
of the fortune he was never able to
grasp and Bbe and her mother went
with him. He was a man of some
edncation, but had neither trade nor
profession, anl thus was compelled
to turn his hand to whatever offer
ed. Ann lost none of her conreliness
as she grew older, and wherever
she went young men were attracted
to and paid court to her. Not long
after she left Ohio she was married
to a young Irish lawyer In a Mid
dle Western town.. .She admitted
that she did not love him, but he
declared he could win her love, and
she accepted him on these terms.
He soon became addicted to drink
and then became cruel to her, and
a few weeks after a child was born
to them he deserted her. She se
cured a divorce and within a year
was married to another man an
honest, industrious mechanic. They
lived happily and children came
to them, bat within a few years be
died, ' and -a few weeks after bis
death another child was born to
her. Her father was poor and in
order to support her children she
was compelled to go out to service.
With her children she went to a
neighboring city in the hope that
there ehe might the better support
them and herself. But another
to a smaller town and there within
a short time she waa unhappily
married again. , Thus her matri
monial ventures went on, every one
adding to her already- large family
Qf children. One of her ventures
was an honest, kind-hearted farmer
io Iowa, who told her be wished a
honsekeeper "and would give her
and her young children a comforta
ble home. He was her sixth hus
band. Before she married him she
had been taken to wife by five
men, divorced from four, and re
married to and re-divorced from
two. .
With her sixth bnsband she
came from Iowa to Western Ne
braka and settled on a ranch in
Scott's Bluff 'county , where they
lived hapmly together foranum
ber of years, and where she bore
more children. - Husband and wife
labored bard and had made for
themselves and the children a com
fortable home, when euddenly he
fell ill and died.
Mrs. Conroy, for that was her
husband's name, was grief etricken
at the death of her husband, for he
bad been singularly kind and con
siderate with her and she had form
ed a warm attachment for him. She
was getting along quite comfortably
eewtdow when tne-reai -romance
of her eventful life was developed
One day a tall, broad-shouldered
man, win a lull, reddish-brown
beard streaked with gray, and with
kindly blue eyes,' alighted from the
tram at a little railway station in
Weetern Nebraska and inquired the
way to Mrs. Conroy 's ranch. What
happened when he arrived there
only he and Mrs. Conroy know
but since they were married it be
came known that his name is Thom
as Fitzgerald, and the story of their
early love affair leaked out.
Neither of them has been much
disposed to talk about their affairs,
but from remarks he let drop it
transpired that when she was living
with her sixth bnsband he by acci
dent learned who she was and
where ehe was. He forebore then,
however, to reveal to her his own
identy or whereabouts, but as soon
after the death of ber husband as
the proprieties would permit, he
went to her and asked her to marry
him in fulfillment of the promise
she made to him when they were
lad and lass in old Ireland. They
have gone down East somewhere to
live and appear to be very happy.
Thus her ninth matrimonial ven
ture, which ehould have been
her first, bids fair to be the most
fortunate and fit one she has ever
made. .
Sioux Citf , July 4. Robert Bu
chanan's fine farm in the town of
Lakeport is being literally eaten up
by the Missouri river. It has taken
but five years for the current to
swallow two hundred acres of this
four hundred acre farm, Whicn is
valued at $75 an acre. Great sec
Hons of rich earth, with the grow
ing crops thereon, tumble into the
river day and night, and the en
croacbment is aoproachinz the
buildings.
"When the river gets near enough
to take the buildings," Mr. Buchan
an says,-"lt practically will have
got the entire farm. I have had op
portnnities to trade my farm, but I
wonld not dispose 01 it to persons
unfamiliar with the destructive char
acter of the river, I would rather lose
it myself." .
At one time the Buchanan farm
was worth $30,000. Several other
farms in the vicinity have been
damaged by the river, and the
Lakeport shore, containing the post
office, is in the path of the greedy
stream.
' For Sale.
A few choice Poland China pigs, both
sexes, from registered stock, 55 per bead
inquire of Robert Wylie, Lewisbnrg.
BATTLE IN PROGRESS!
JAPANESE. ARE .TWENTY-'
-FIVE MILES FROM
LIAO YANG.
Numbers of Wounded Are Being
Brought in The Enemies Ad
vance Will Be Continued
to Cut off Mukden
Other News.
London, July 7.-The Liao Yang
correspondent of the . Daily Tele
graph, in a dispatch dated July 7,
Bays: .
"A battle is proceeding 25 miles
from here. . ,
"Numbers of wounded are being
brought in from the mountains. '
"It is believed the Japanese are
continuing their advance with the
object of cutting off Mukden."
General Kuroki's Headquarters
in Field, via Fusan, July 6. On
July 4, two battalions of Russians
attempted to break through, the
Japanese outposts at the northern
entrance of Mo Tien Pass. Before
daylight tney surrounded an out
post of 80 men at the foot of a hill
and charged the trench above. A
bloody encounter with bayonets,
lasting a quarter of an bonr, ensued.
The Russians attacked the trench
three times, but were driven up the
valley by a Japanese reinforcement,
leaving many dead and wounded,
Another survivor saw oU lying in
front of the trench.
St. Peterboorgsky Loutsk this
evening publishes a dispatch from
Liao xang announcing that an en
gagement has occurred at Ta Tche
Kiao, duting which Russian caval
ry, 'under General Samsonoff, sup
ported by a battery of horse artille
fy, dislodged the Japanese force
from the heights in the face of a
heavy machine gun and-musketry
fire. The Russians it adds pursued
the Japanese and inflicted heavy
loss upon them.
Guthrie, Okla., June 29. G. S,
Van Eman, of Jennings, a resident
of Pawnee connty since the opening
ot the territory in losy, has the dis
Unction ot being the only man, so
far as known, to sue a president of
the United States and secure judg
ment while the president was serv
ing bis term of office. Van Eman
actually brought enit against Gro
ver Cleveland, fallowing the passage
of the Wilson tariff bill, got service
by publication and secured a judg
ment against the president for $400.
Van Jman was the owner of an
immense sheep ranch - in Kansas,
and during the years of republican
rule md made a snug lortune from
the annual wool clip. Following
the passage of the Wilson tariff
meaBnre, he claimed that the price
of wool was so lessened that the
sheep business was practically ru
ined. Ibis was the cause of his
suit against the then president. He
attributed the entire blame for the
price of wool going down to the
president, because of the letter's
approval of the tariff bill.
The judgment was never collect
ed, as President Cleveland never
got in reach of an execution, but
Van Eman has always held that in
securing the judgment he had about
evened up matters, although the
wool for several seasons was very
low in price.
The credit is aleo given Van E-
man for the political story, told
during the past few campaigns by
practical! every republican politi
cian on the stnmp, regarding the
manner in which farmers and sheep
growers sheered sheep after the pas
sage of the Wilson bill' Van E
man was the originator of the story
that be was ashamed to look a sheep
in the face under the tariff condi
tions forced upon bim, so during
the remainder of Mr. Cleveland's
term he made a practice of begin
ning at the other end of the sheep
to sheer it.
Van Eman carries the copy of
judgment he secured and shows it
with great satisfaction to all his
friends, saying that if ever the op
portunity presents itself he will
hand the court record to Mr. Cleve
land for settlement.
Paris, July 2. Santos-Dumont's
invention of a derigabls balloon
has been improved upon by Louis
Malecot, who studied the Brazilian's
methods very closely for several
years. M. Bouquet de la Crye has
presented to the Academy of Scien
ce?, of which be is president, all the
details of the new system, by which
it is believed that the problem of.
the derigibility of airships has been
solved. ? -. -
The new airships consist of two -balloons,
secured side by side to in-,
sore rigidity, and is provided with
a motor and two ecrewB, revolving
independently of each other. The
rectangular cabin in the middle de
termine the center of gravity, and -the
wings are regulated by a simple
arrangement of ropes, which gives
the airships the desired inclination
for descent or ascent. Scientists
here are thoronghly persuaded of
the merits of the new airship, and -have
furnished the amount necessa
ry for its construction and patents.
Sioux Falls, July 4 A' South
Dakota girl, Miss Lnolie Wilson,
who is at present "roughing it" on
her brother's cattln rmub, near
Hampshire, Wyo., according to let
ters received by relatives living
south of Sioux Falls, has disting
uished herself by running down
and capturing two young antelopes.'
Miss Wilson ib a good rider and
was returning home from a long
ride to the ranch, when she espied
a herd of about 5O antelope, feed
ing in one of the "dips" in the prai
rie. Mies Wilson succeeded in rid
ing quite close to them before tbey
became aware of her presence.
The animals took flight immedi- -
ately npon catching sight of Miss
Wilson and her horse.
She noticed two little fawns in
flight beside their mother, and she
instantly urged her horse forward
and gave chase.- The baby ante
lope notwithstanding their small-
ness, were remarkably fleet of foot,
but the horse Miss Wilson was rid
ing was one of the swiftest in that
part of Wyoming, and, after an ex- ,
citing pursuit of nearly four miles, .
one of the fawns was overtaken,
Miss Wilson jumped from her
horse, grabbed the little fellow and
tied its feet with one of the rawhide
thongs from the saddle, then mount-;
d and Continued! her pursuit of the '
other one, which she also succeeded
in capturing. ;
Whea she appeared at the ranch
carrying a young antelope . under
each arm the ranch bands were
greatly surprised, as they had fre
quently failed in their attempts to
capture young antelope.
In a remarkably short time the
two captives became very tame: and
now follow Miss Wilson to all parts
of the ranch like two dogs.
Tokio, July 6. Supplemental
dispatches indioats that the fight at
Mo Tien Lin Pass on July 4, was a
desperate hand to hand affair. A
majority of the Japanese injured
were wounded by bayonets. The
Russians surrounded the outposts
of the Japanese, who fought until
relief came. The Russians left 53
dead and 40 wounded upon the
field. The Japanese lost 19 killed
and 39 wounded. - It . is believed
that the Russians sustained greater
loss during -the pursuit than in the
action.
For Sale.
First class cedar posts for sale. In
quite' of
B. F. Ireland & Bro,
Gorvallis EFD No. 2
Notice.
All persons using -water for flowers.
lawns or garden will oblige the Company
by turning off the water promptly at nine
o'clock. While we. keep steam up all
night we do not keep the pumps running
all night, nor are we, expected to. We
quit pumping between ten and eleven at
night, leaving the tanks full. ' When a
number of hose are allowed to ran all
night there is little water left in the tank
by morning. Should there be a fire,
which is liable to occur any night, there
wonld be bnt little water for the occasion
and if there was there would be no force
to fight fire with, either from tank o
pnmp with so many hose open.
Corvallis Water Co.
New Sawmill
Two miles west of Buelah church
All kinds of rough lumber constant
ly on hand. Orders promptly
filled. Address, Otis Skipton,
R F D No 2, Corvallis.
For Sale. -
Two good, second hand, farm wagons,
three and a quarter axle. They go at a
bargain. Inquire ot Jesse Wiley, Cor
allis. ,