Vol. XVIII.-No. 17.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 23. 1905.
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Airship Carried Meesage From
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bery in the Affairs of the
Equitable Other
News.'
San Francieco, Sept. 19 The
Republican municipal convention
was turned into a free-for-all fight
tonight. Delegates fought on the
floor of the big auditorium, on the
etage, and in the .antc-rooms.
Great groups of politicians wrestled
on the floor, driving their fists into
eachothers faces, and sprinkling
the woodwork with blood. To add
to the turbulence the deputy sher
iffs and the police summoned to
restore order fought with each oth
er. . - .-'
The warring factions were the
reform delegates and the followers
of Reuf. When the smoke of bat
tie cleared away, the reformers held
the fort, After quiet had been en'
tirely restored the reformers pro
ceeded to put through their pro
gramme, calling for fusion with the
democrats denouncing Schmi'z and
Ruef in scathing terms.
There was a rumor early in the
day that Raef had planned to car
ry the convention by force. He
controls one wing of the party and
seeks to uee it to further the cause
of Mayor Schmltz who ' has been
nominated by the Union Labor
party for another term. He march
ed into the convention with 175
delegates. Opposed to him were
the reformers who had 223 dele
galea. j.kuci uau jauacu kuc gal
lery and as soon as the convention
assembled it was evident trouble
would break.
Everything went smoothly until
E. E. McGuBhen, a Ruef delegate
obtaining the floor tried to upset
the programme. He wa3 declared
out of order by Temporary Chair
man Sontae, but refused to leave
the Etage. Ssrgeant-at-arms Mc
Gee was told to escort McGushen
to his seat. As McGee attempted
to carry out his orders, friends of
Mr. McGushen rushed to his as
sistance.
Gus Gilfeather, a Ruefite, struck
the eergeant-at-arms acrosB the face
with his fist and then the general
melee started. There was a wild
rush of delegates from ..all parts of
the auditorium to the stag",
An they reached the point of
combat they threw themselves
into the fray. Soon the entire hall
was a mass of struggling politicians
Women, who had been provided
SDecial seats in the hall, added to
the pandemonium by their screams
While the fighting raged a squad
of bluecoats arrived to restore or
der. At the same time a detach
men t of sheriff deputies in plain
clothes entered the hall. There
was a ciash of authority, and the
policemen and the sheriff's men in
stead ot trvine to restore order
fought wi'h each other,
. The policemen are under tb
control of Ruef while the
etands iu with the reformers.
Finally order was restored. Dan
Salem, Oregon, January 31, 1904.
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iel A. Ryan of the reformers, was
made permanent chairman of the
convention, aod it was after, mid
night when the convention got
down to work. - A resolution fav
oring fusion with the democrats on
the city ticket was put through.
The nomination for mayor will
probably take place tomorrow. J.
S. Partridge, a young republican,
will be named and will receive the
endorsement of the democrats.
OFFICE OF"
J. W. BAILEY
8TATE DAIRY AND FOOD CO M MI8SIONER
ROOM -19, BREEDEN BLDQ.
, ; ... . - Portland, .Oregon, Oct. 25, 1905
The two Mason Jar caps has been examined. Upon examination the metal of the
new Mason cap was found to be pure zinc. The small pinholes in the old Mason cap
were undoubtedly caused by the action of vegetable acids. As a result the fruit in the
jar must have been greatly contaminated with poisonous zinc compounds.
1 regard the use of jars with zinc caps as very unsanitary and even dangerous.
i Yours very truly,
1 J. W. BAILEY;
, , ; - State Dairy and Food Commissioner.
New York, Sept. 21. President
Paul Morton of the Equitable Life
Assuranca Society will endeavor
to recover funds of the society il
legally diebursed to the amount of
$983,264.
The Western National Bank in
1885 had loaned $661,491 to Geo.
V. Turner, secretary to Louis Fitz
gerald, then president of the Mer
cantile Trust Company, on collat
eral which proved to be of little
value. A bank examiner condem
ning the security, the loan was
transferred to the Mercantile TruBt
Company and was guaranteed by
several financiers, including Henry
B. Hyde. The loan was . finally
transferred to the Equitable, hav
ing grown to a total of $718,264,
and that company paid this sum, to
the Mercantile Trust Company in
two payments, one of $218,264 on
.f tr.mry 3a. 19oo. and aDOther of
sheriirt$5JOOiooo en February 4, 1904.
J. W. Alexander, the former
president of the Equitable, certi
fied in 1900 that the Equitable was
pledged to the protection of the
Mercantile Trust Company, and
the executive committee of the Equ
itable, passed a resolution guaran
teeing protection to them.'
The Equitable has also paid
$285,ooq to the Mercantile Trust
Company on account of the mys
terious loan of $685,000 which the
latter company made to it, but all
the money has been refunded to the
individuals.
Mr. Morton has notified the Mer
cantile Trust Company that the
Equitable is not responsible for the
Turner loans to the trust company
andjhaa instructed counsel to sue
for recovery of the $718,264 and in
Post Commander of - Vancouver
Barracks, nine miles away, and the
successful navigation of the air was
done to some purpose. For the
past two months the Exposition
has" be' n the scene 0 " numerous
successful airship flights, but not
until yesterday was an airship us
ed as a medium for carrying a mes
sage from one place to another.
The aerial messenger which per
frrmedjthis unique feat was the air
ship, "City of Portland." using the
gas bag of the airship "Gelatine,"
operated by the daring young aer
onaut, Lincoln Beacbey, who has
achieved glory and fame by his
wonderful airship performances,
The message carried and faith
fully delivered by Bachey follows:
Portland, Or., Sapt. 19, 1905.
General Constant Williams, com
manding Department nf Columbia,
Vancouver Barracks, Wasbiugton:
Dear Sir; I have ibe honor to con
vey to you, by bearer, the compli
ments of the president of the Ex
position, H. W. Goode, and to ex
press the hope that this uniquely
transmitted message will be deliv
ered to you safely nd promptly by
Aeronot Lincoln Baachey, the pi
lot of Captain B tld win's airship,
"City of Portland."
In this connection permit me to
say that if this message reaches yea
as we now have every confidence
it will, you will erjoy the distinc
tion of being the first one to have
ever received a document' under
similar auspices, and President
Goode and myself will share your
honors in being the first to trans
mit the same. Yours very truly ,
Theodore Hardee,
Assistant to the president.
Captain Baldwin, owner of the
"City of Portland" and a larg
crowd of spectators watched tb
airship as it etirted on its strange
mission, as a messenger through
space, from the Exposition ground
at Portland, on a journey through
the clouds to Vancouver Birracke
It, was 11:15 in the morning when
the airship started on its voyage.
Aeronaut Bsachey steered upward
until he reached a height of about
2,ooo feet and then headed for Van
couver. , A strong adverse wind
was encountered but the navigator
of the air continued on bis journey
regardless of impeding winds,
reaching Vancouver barracks and
delivered the message in 4o minutes
time.
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sage by airship, the first in history,
....... 1 .1 m
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of the Lewis and Clark Exposition,
to General ' Constant Williams,
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