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"B.F. IRTimi Editor
an4 Propriety;
Vol. XVIII.-No.17.
CORVALLIS, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24. 1905.
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DO YOU WANT
Ulool Dress Goods
If so, you can have an immense and
up to date stock from which
' to make your selections.
No reserve. To heavy stock in this
department the cause. Don't
fail this opportunity to
save dollars.
Gall and See.
ASM!
A GIRL'S BITE
MORE DEADLY THAN A VEN
OMOUS SNAKE'S -
Don't
Be Jllarmed!!
Unless it is by one of our Alarm Clocks, and you will ,
be spared the annoyance of an alarm at the wrong time.
Clocks guaranteed. A fall line of Jewelry, 0. A. C. $,
Pins. OptLal Gorr?". Gft one of our self-filling Foun-
' -.tafia' Pens. We dt ail " kinds of optical work. Eye- '
strain j headache, relieved by a pair of our glasses.
Pratt The' Jeweler 6c Optician.
Licensed to Practice Optometry in the State of Oregon.
Berlin Professor Advises Young
Girls to Know That Fact, and
. They will have No F.ear in
Going Oat Nigbt3
Other News.
Middletown, Ohio, Oct. 19. "A
bite inflicted with the teeth of a
pretty girl is in many cases likely
to be more injurious than the bite
of a deadly serpent," said Professor
W. D. Miller of the University ot
Berlin, Germany, at a meeting of
the students and faculty of Wesley
an University, which he addressed
today. Dr. Miller is a noted Ger
man scientist who has made a spe
cial study of the mouth and alimen
tary canal, lie said that, he esti
mated the number of . bacteria in
the human mouth at 2,700,000,000
and that among them were forty-
two distinct disease-producing mi
cro organisms. In tbe mouths of
women, and particularly in the
sweet rosebud lips of the. 'stately
Gibson, type cf girls, lurk bacteria
which are deadly if the blood be
comes inoculated with them.
Io Germany only recently the
professor experimented with the ea
liva from a beautiful girl,: and an
animal's bead dipped in the . solu
tion prod ucsd a quicker' and - more
horrible death than those' dipped
iri the venom of serpents. The
danger c f he bite of the gi 1 is fa r
greater than that ot a dog, .he de
clared, for the bicterii which are
on the teeth ar- more deadly and
more pernicious than 'those which
are on the teeth ot a caDine.. A lit
tle of the saliva from -the mouth of
almoet any pretty girl inected in
to the blood ot an animal will: pro
duce terrible throes which will end
in death.
Dr. Miller was of the opinion
that if tbis fact about the . bacteria
in girls' mouths was only general
ly known, it would be possible for
tbem to travel alone nights without
being molested, for in her teeth tbe
girl has a weapon more to be dread
ed than the faogs of a cobra.
rich, showing an average of about
70 psi cent, which is a much high
er re-centagc than is found in the
rrines of the Lake Superior region.
The d;scovery made by Dr. Day
has created widespread interest on
the Pacific Slops, and its commer
cial importance can only be eeti-
maed by the results which are
bound to come, Already there is
a movement to erect a number of
concentrating plants, and that sec
tion of the country will, I think, in
time bu' one of the greatest centers
of ironjtaduetry."
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Buite, Moot. Oct 2O. Butte has
produced another freak. This time
it is a female bigamist. But what
a record she has made! Only 19
years old, ehs has been married
time times. She is charged with
PIANOS AT SMALL PRICES.
The Eilers way of Selling and why they can do it A few Figures
that Illustrate how it can be done Your Opportunity to get
a Piano No Home Need be Without one.
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 22. A. B. j
Warner, superintendent of the pub
lic schools of Tacoma, and L. L.
Bsnbow, county superintendent of
schools, are making vain Bearch for
teachers capable of handling all
grades of work. The schools of tbe
city are fairly well equipped with
teachers, but in the county two of
the pubHc institutions have been
closed since the opening of the fall
term because of the inability of the
directors to secure teachers.
That there is an alarming lack
of good schoolteachers not only in
Tacoma and Pierce county but elsej
where is shown by numerous re-
. quests received by educators here
for teachers from other cities and
counties io the s'ate., . Ellensburg
could use four teachers to advan
tage; King county could use treble
that number, if they were able, and
Skagit, Snohomish, Lewis and oth
er counties are making vain efforts
to fill in vacancies caused by lack
of suitable teachers.
That the situation is serious is
admitted by both superintendent
Warner and Superintendent Ben-
bow.
Call at Zeirolf's for fresh grass
seed, timothy, clover, alfalfa, vetch.
Hoist Hearts
A beautiful Comedy Drama by
: a etropolitian company
carrying its own spe
cial scenery.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that there
is money on hand at the county
treasurer's office to pay all orders
endorsed and marked "not paid for
want ot funds up to and including
those of June the 1 2th 1905. In
terest will be stopped on same from
this date. Corvalhs, Oregon, Oct.
18, 1905.
. W. A. Buchanan.
Treasurer of Benton countv.
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Opera House
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Chicago, Oct. i9. A dispatch to
the Record-Herald, from .Washing
ton says: : Secretary Shaw and Col
lector Stratton, of the Port of San
Francisco, have bad a load of trou
ble for several weeks about which
tbe public has known nothing, and
it was lifted- yesteiday when the
secretary was told by President
Roostvrlt to collect the legal duty
on all dutiable articles . brought
back to tbis country by . Miss Alice
Roosevelt. . The total : duty is ex
pected to, reach Deal ly $6o,roD.
The daughter of the president has
received during her. trip to tbe Phil
ippines, China, Tapan and .Cqrea
many pretty and some quite valua
ble presents. Some of the custams
officers suggested Miss Roosevelt
ought to be allowed : to bring the
valuables in duty free, inasmuch as
she was trea'ed with . all. tbe honors
of a princess and did much to ce
ment friendship between the Unit
ed S a tea and foreign countries.
The belongings of crowned, heads,
of royalty and diplomats are always
admitted free ot duty into the Unit
ed states. - i !
. Secretary Shaw, received, sugges
tions until he was almost sick.. The
presents are probably worth $loo,ooo
and if the usual rate of duty was
imposed it wo old costMiss Roosevelt
or her father upwards of 60 percent,
or $60,000. Neither; Miss Roobo
velt or her father is riqh, although
the young woman is understood to
have a modest fortune in her own
right. .Finally Secretary Shaw took
his burden to the president and
told him about it, -
"There is only one thing to do,"
replied the president. "That is to
treat my daughter's baggage as you
would the baggage of any ether pri
vate person. She will pay duty on
everything that is dutiable."
complicity in the murder of husband
No. 1. fShe lived alternately with
husband No. 2 and husband No. 3
at homes a few blocks apart. And
yet she' declares her innocence of
tbe charges against her and says it
is all a conspiracy to rob her of a
fortune,
Mrs. Lorna Ville Hunter Wal-
bridge-Melville-Northey was born
in Nebraska in 1886 but maintains
that her birth place is Brighton-on
the-Sea, Lancashire, , England, and
that her parents were George Mel
ville and Florence B-mette Mel
ville, whose maiden name was Lady
Florence Baroette Severn. She
claims that her family is a wealthy
one and that a brother is now en
route from Liverpool with ample
funds to clear her of the charge of
bigamy!
In i890 Lorua Ville Hunter met
and married Hiram Otis Walbridge
near Missoula, Montana, Although
but 14 and her lover but 18 years
of age, they were deeply in love
with each other .and eloped twice
before they succeeded in having the
nontial knot tied. In a short time
the child, wife tired of the anion
and told her father that Walbridge
beat and abused her, causing bad
blood between them.
A few days later Hunter and
Walbridge went into the woods to
gether, but Hunter returned alone
There was considerable excitement
at the time bat it was not until 18
months later that a number of
bones were found in a lonely gulch
Thb mother of Walbridge recogniz
ed certain patches she bad put on
the garments and identified the
bones as those of her son. Hunter
was traced with much difficulty
and landed in jail for the crime.
Io the meanwhile Mrs. Walbridge
had met and married George Mel
ville. who admits that he knew of
her past life, but was : extremely
sorry for the young widow and
gieatly taken with her pretty face
and girlish figure. Mrs. Melville's
evidence sent her' father to the pen
itentiary. ' He claims that she per
jured herself and that Walbridge
is still alive and will bs heard from
eome day.
The young couple came to Butte
three months ago and she met Har
ry Nortbey at a dance, where she
represented herself bb an unmarried
woman. She introduced Melville
aid Northey at the dance and later
told Northey that Melvillelwas her
"Uncle George."
Early in S.-ptember she showed
Melvuie a neantitul white gown,
picture hat, dainty lingerie, and
other accessories and told him that
one of her friends was to be married
and that she was to be the maid of
honor. She stated ' thst the wed
ding festivities would extend into
me night and that she would re
main at her friends home. She ob
tained permission to be absent, but
instead of maid of honor, Mrs Mel
viile was the bride.
Cut rates on pianos! You have
heard of cut prices on groceries,
but cut prices on pianos, how is it
possible you ask. lhat is just it.
Before such a thing could be effect
ed there must have been a combin
ation of very unusual conditions.
In tbe first place it means buy
ing in largequantities, getting out
of the small way of doing business.
It means the cutting out of every
useless and unnecessary expense.
It means the shipment of pianos
without boxes in special cars which
saves big Bums on freight charges.
Then it means th'. selling of pi
anos so excellent and satisfactory,
that the pnblic demands them.
We have accomplished just these
things. We buv for the largest
and busiest stores on the Pacific
Coast, in Portland, Astoria, Salem,
Pendleton and Eugene, Ore; San
Francisco, Stockton and Oakland,
Cal.; Sfobane, Seattle and Walla
Walla, Wash.; Boise and Lewiston,
Idaha.
We buy the best pianos that
money can secure. It we went all
over the world with hundreds of
thousands of dollars to spend on
pianos, it would be impossible, "ab
solutely impossible to get better pi
anos than we have to sell, simply
because we have the best that iuon
ey can buy, Chickering, Websr,
Kimball and others, over thirty
makes in all.
We have placed the selling of "ur
pianos in the hands of .Prof. Tail
landier, bead of the ' piano deprt
ment of the Oregon Agricultural
College. Prof. Taillandier's entire
reliability and excellent judgment
are well known to the people of this
vicinity. Piano buyers will doubt
less be glad of lbs opportunity to
consult him in regard to their . se
lection of a piano.
He will be more than pleased so
give you all the information dt sir
ed and can be seen at his residence
on College Hill on Saturdays and
every evening of the week.. A
telephone call will bring him to
your house. Independent 185.
EILERS PIANO HOUSE,'
Largest leading and most tc-e-ponsible
dealers in the North wet-1.
Prof. Taillahdier, Special
Representative.
TWO SUFFOCATED.
CAROLINE DECHER TURNS
ON THE GAS AND SHE AND
HER LITTLE SON DIES.
Friday
One of the strongest and best
and best attractions of the sea
son.
First class vetch seed 2 1-2 miles south
of Philomath. Address E. Conger
Corvallis, Or Bell phone no 16
Washington. Oat. 20. Prof.. E.
W. Parker, assistant to Dr. David
L. Day, in the department of mines
and mineral resources of : the geo
logical survey, who returned to
Portland to jay, said:
"The discovery that Maguetile
contains iron of a rich quality came
about through accident. Tbe first
experiment was begun Id Portland
last July. The iron ore taken out
by the procees employed was very
The Mother. Bribes the Little Fel
low With Cake to Undress and
Go to Bed Dora Jasper
Admits That She Slew
Her Father Oth
News. New York, O.t. 21. Mentally
deranged since the death of her hus
band, a year ago, one of the oldest
clockmakers in the city, Mrs. Car
oline Decber, 40 years of age, to
day undreesed her son JoEeph, 13
years old, put him to bed, turned
on the gas, pulled down the shades
at the windows, and knelt by the
side of the bed and awaited . death.
Her home was at the rear of the
fourth floor of an apartment house
1101 Third avenue. . . .
Two hours later her son, Barnard,
after pounding on the door , of : the
apartment, on returning .home for
luncheon from a store in the neigh
borhood, where he is employed,
bnrst in the door and found his
mother dead, stretched out on : the
floor by the side of the bed. His
little brother was also dead. By
tbe side of her dead son the u.other
had placed the certificate of her first
communion and confession, issued
in Germany in i8?8;'and in his
band she had placed a Catholic
picture bearing a colored picture of
St. Matthews, which bore the fol
lowing quotation: ,
"Ha that shall teach shall be
called great in the kingdom of
heaven. Blessed Albertus Magnus."
Standing on end juet above her
own bead as she lay on tbe floor,
was a little glass-covered mahoga
ny cabinet containing a green-wax
cross which had been placed on the
casket of her husband. On the ta
ble of the dining room of the little
apartment the mother had left a
note to her daughter, Emilys api
14, who also is employed in a cigar
factory. It was as follows:
"Dear Emily: I have taken
Joseph. You and Bernard can take
care of yourselves. I am at fault.
My children are innocent of any
wrong-doing. My son Barnard is
a good boy and earns an honest liv
ing. I dearly love my . boy Josie
and cannot leave him behind. I
am taking all npon my own re
sponsibility. "MOTHER."
The mother bad undressed part
ly before turning en the gas. Ac
cording to neighbors tbe mother
went to the street to find her little
eon at 11 o'clock. She took him t )
a back shop and bought a square of
a cake of a sort of which he was
fond and half a dozen crullers. To
gether they returned to their home.
On the table by tbe side of the
note was found the remnants of the
cake and a few of the crullers.
It is believed by the police that
the mother bribed the little fellow
with the cake to undress and go to
bed and that she waited . until he
was asleep before sbe opened the
gas jet.
After he had taken one horrified
glance at the bodies, Bernard Decb
er rushed out of the bonse and
-found Policeman Bauer of the East
Sixty-seventh street station. An
ambulance call to tbe Presbyterian
hospital was sent in but the surgeon
could do nothing. While the horror-stricken
son was absent his sis
ter reached the house. On his re
turn .they threw themselves over
the bodies of their mother and
brother. The policemen in charge
bad to lift tbem from the bodies.
. Her son, Bernard, half crazed
with grief, was refused permission
fto stay at borne for the day but had
to remain at work.
Grant's Pass, Or., Oct. 21.
Much interest is taken here in the
confession of Jasper Jennings that
his eister Dora killed their father at
Granite Hill on September 7 while
he wa3 asleep. At the time they
both declared they knew nothing of
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Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 20
Reports from the harbors along the
eastern shore of Lake Michigan in
dicate that last night's storm was
the most terrific known, on the lake
for many years; The damage to
harbors, piers, etc., will amount to
thousands of dollars. At Holland
the los3 is estimated at $200,000.
Today the heaviest sea ever known
is still running.
Matienette, Wis., Oct. 20. The
Btorni last night did $loo,6oo dam-v
age along the north , shore; of the
Menominee river. Docks have been
washed away, boathouses . torn to
pieces, and T thousands of tons of
coal washed into the ' bay. . ."Miny
boats, tugs and gasoline launches
were destroyed, and quantities of
logs in the storage booms were
washed away. The seas ran riht
up on the streets of Marienetfe and
Menominee. Fishermen - along the
shores of Green Bay lost heavily in
nets and boats.
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