Vol. XVIII.-No. 17.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2G. 1905.
B. T. IBVINS Editor .
and Proprietor
$ To Make tf
December our Banner
Month
" ' We are going to offer many;
inducements to effect this
result. We will continue
to sell all wool dress goods ,
at cost. Will cut the price
of Jackets on o half. Big '
discount on all clothing and SI
6 will have for your inspec-
tion the largest display of
Holiday goods w e have
ever shown.
See Window Display
HARRIS.
Beautiful Holiday Wilts
For Ladies and Gents, old or young. A magnificent
stock of preseote of all kinds prices suitable to the
resources of all. . ' ...
: '. ,17. . $50"DIAMOND RING i-r:l 7
,-Ladieior gents to be given away" free. 1 One ticket
with each $1 worth purchased. Call and see our
and let us explain about the iing. '
Pratt Thes jeweler 6c Optician.
LOOK OUT FOR-
Moses Brothers
The Wide-a Wake and Up-to-DaW Cash Store :
Open now for inspection our complete line of Hol
iday goods. Toys and Dry Goods. Notions. Boots and
Shoe for Men, Women and children.
Men and Boys Suits and Underwear.
jiadie3 Skirts and Underwear.
In fact anything you want.
Grooeeies flour and feed. I
Neatest line of fancy Dishes in city. " u-.
Fruit, Vegetables, Etc. r
Genuine Rodger Silverwae given away for a short
while. F
We make a spscialty ff quick delivery, look "out
for wagon, listen for the bells. ' -
Independent Phone 106.
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Bell Phono 551. ...
See our new store.
Wo try to please. .
The City Meat Market
. ..Will furnish you with all
MEATS, LARD, or SAUSAGE, at lowest living price
"We make a special effort to please our customers,
, Call on us opposite Turners Grocery store.
Phone your orders' Both Phones.
GADY SCHWINGLER 7
line
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kinds of FRESH or CURED
CZAR IS WARNED
NOTICE IS SENT THAT FAM-
- ILY IS IN DANGER. . .
'olice is Beady for Siege He
Trembles Amid Ring of Troops
and Maxims More Prov
inces Joining the Re- . .
volt Other Newe. -CM
St. Petersburg, Dec. 23. The
emperor nod his cabinet late last
nigbt reached a final decit ion re
garding ibe electoral law, deciding
against universal and equal sunrage
ana in lavor ot ice extension 01 me
law promulgated August I9 last to
include, in , addition to the email
landowners in the country, the
workmen and the educated classes,
the small rent payers in the cities.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 25. There
is a persistent rumor in circulation
here, a well-known revolutionary
leader being the authority, that the
czar has been warned to leave Rus
sia. This communication was sent
to the ruler in three different ways
in order to guarantee its reaching
him. The czar was notified that
the limit of patience had been reach
ed and that he had cased to be
ruler of Russia, save in name only.
The czar was advised, for uis own
sake as well as for his farrily e to
leave the country at once.
- Tbe "c&mmunicatlon is also said
to have stated:
r-"We do not want to barm any
member of" the imperial family, but
we will not be responsible for their
safety9 in the present critical time."
It is s attd on high authority that
one ropy ?f the warning was taken
to Ibe cz--i -private apartments at
Teartkoe S o this week.
ihnczar is .heavily guarded in
the palace, which is surrounded by
a formidable array of troops, while
doz-ns of maxims and large sup
plies of ammunition are stoiei away
Few of the officials hve access to the
czar. . : " '
ine emperor wno has been un
nerved over tha events of the last
fw weeks, hts lenked to Court
Witte as . tbe one man able to keep
the people loyal. Now that Witte
has failed to prevent the strike, the
czar is inclined to blame him for
the pret-eLt crisis." A stormv scene
it is stated occurred, when the pre
mier replied to the czar:
"Yrur majesty, I cannot save the
dynasty, t am afraid I cannot
save th people."
The czar is greatly influenced by
the grai.d dukes, especially Vladi
mir.'who it is stated, demands
stronger reactionary policy.
St. Pt tersburg Dec 21. Two
messengers who a 1 riyed here from
Riga today, having walked about
13U miles to catch a train of Plock
not only confirm the report that a
provisional government 'has been
set up in Livonia, but they eay
that ice troops have gone over -to
the insurrectionist?. Dvina Fort
commanding Kiga narbor, is in
their possession, and tbe governor
and other Russian (facials arepns
oners. ; ,
Tbe messenger adds that tbe pro
visional government exercises , au
thority throughout Livonia . and
part of Courlaod. The new govern
ment has declared the eeparalion of
the Littnanian people from the
Russian empire. The people have
chosen new local officials and have
decreed the closing of the spirit
shops and breweriee and the annul
ment of ' contracts between the
peasants and the landowners. There
is a general uprising among the na
tive peasants', who are traveling in
armed bands, attacking the estates
and driving off and killing their
owners.
Some of the landowners have or
ganized volunteer battalions to pro
tect their property as the authorities
are powerlees to aford aid, but the
majority are fleeing in terror. The
peasants forbid the owners to sell
grain or lumbar, and formerly de
clare that the forests and estates of
thoee who have departed will be
confiscated. , -
The position of these peasants in
these provinces has been the most
deplorable of any in the entire em'
pire. Conditions almost approach'
ing those of the feudal Bystem have
been continued to the present time
They , practically have kept the
peasants in a state of vasBalage,
German Barons from whom tbey
rent land and purchase the right. to
cot wood and fish in the waters of
the gulf. :V
St. Petersburg, Dec. 22. An of
ficial communication authorizes the
governors of districts in which mar
tial law hatf not been declared to
permit the landowners to form a
police organization for the protec
tion of their properties.
A meesage by telephone from
Moscow says persistent rumors are
n circulation there that all the ar
tillerymen, with the exception of
those of one battery, have refused
to go on duty. ' ' '
The same message that a plot has
been discovered to seize General
Doubassoff. ' j'r r
.'In Vacation Time," and "Wait
ing for Julia',' are two of the songs
to be sung at the Opera House
Wednesday evening in the play
The Missouri Girl."
; 'At King's Valley. ,
There was a shooting match at
Lew Ritnor's Friday. There were
thirty turkeys taken home by the
lucky ones. ... , - . .
Bad colds are very common.
Most everybody has some kind of
a cold and we have not heard of
acv ecod ones.
Tom Allen and Charles Reid
each cut a foot last week and are
going, to take a quiet rest during
the holidays.
John McCallum is at home for
he holidays. , ... " ..
Miss Annie Maxfield and Miss
Lizzie Bush are at home for the
to'idafe.
There was a Christmas tree Sat
urday evening at the Alexander
school house and there is to be one
at Hoekins 'Monday evening. " .
James -Chambers arrived home
Friday and he is about well.
The sawmill at Hoekins was run
ning some last week.
The Spaulding Legging Co. has
been slushing their", logs down the
Luckiamote in large numbers for
the last week.
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Mrs. John Miller has been quite
sick the past week:
Chester Chambers and Israel and
D 11 Eddy are thinking of starting
to Africa or some other country
where large game is plenty.- Uno.
Oregon City, Or., Dec. 22. Three
freight cars andj ca boose, attached
to a heavy 8outtfund extra freight
left tbe tract in rounding a sharp
curve at Canemah, one mile south
of this city, at 1:40 o'clock this af
ternoon, and were badly demolish
ed. The track was torn up for a
distance of 300 feet, but damages
fere repaired by a wrecking crew,
traffic being delayed only for a few
hours.' None of the members of the
crew were injured, the men leaping
from the upper window of the ca
boose as it left the track. K. Bag
by and B. Hill, two young lads,
who were standing on the sidewalk
immediately alongside of the track
where the wreck occurred, escaped
serious injury by jumping into the
Willamette river basin.
The train consisted of 14 cars and
a cabco9e, 11 of the cars passing
safely over the place af the acci
dent. Two of the damaged cars
contained structural ironwork for
railroad bridges.' They were com
pletely demolished and their con
tents were scattered along tbe track.
The third car was loaded with
wheat, and landed upside do wn in
the upperiend ot the river basin, be
ing submerged and its cargo ruined.
Considerable damage also resulted
to the caboose, which' came within
a few feet cf being precipitated into
the river. - -
One of the wrecked cars landed
within three feet of the residence of
Mr. Quinn; which borders very
closely on the track at the scene of
the accident. The engineer of the
wrecked train claims that his train
was traveling at a rate of about 12
miles an hour. He accounts for
the wreck by claiming that sway
ing ot the heavy Btructnral iron
overbalanced one of the cars, which
left the track and carried with it
the other three.' While the course
of the railroad at the point of to
day's accident follows the bank of
the Willamette - river for several
miles and is a' succession . of v sharp
curves, this is the first mishap of
this character that has ever occurr
NEVER BEFORE.
Such a Christmas Rush at
Corvallis Postoffice Some
thing About it
" It will probably startle some peo
ple to know that for the last few
days before Christmas, 40 to 50
sacks of mail were received and
distributed at the Corvallis post
office. The Christmas rush has
not only been something , unprece
dented, but entirely unapproached.
1 fie increase oyer last year is not
less than 30 per cent and it may be
50. Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day mornings : the Albany tage
brought 16 sacks, besides letter
mail. One morning the sacks were
piled on top of the vehicle, and af
ter a big lot had been taken out,
two drummers, still alive and con
tented, were found on the back
seat. Three to eight and 10 sacks
have been arriving regularly on the
evening train. The Westside
contribution has been regularly
from 12, upwards, besides letters.
The registry bnsiness has been
enormous. The last two days
of - last week, the four R. F. D.
carriers took ' out 1,717 mail pack
ages. From a dozen to 50 regis-
trys per day have been sent out of
the Corvallis office. Four clerks
have been on duty for the past 16
days, and even this unusually large
number of assistants has been sim
ply snowed under. The last of the
force did not leave the office Satur
day' night until midnight. To
complicate matters, trains have
regularly been from one to two
hours late, a fact that occassioned
an opening of the office for two,
instead of the usual one Sunday
period. V The rush is not yet over,
but Postmaster Johnson and his as
sistants can begin, to see daylight
ahead.' "" ' ' 4
' IN STRANGE LAND.
Ee Died and Left No M ans of S nc
ing Tidings to H s Ch'ldrfn.
There is much interest in Al
sea and elsewhere over the antece
dents of A. R. Caraoger, who d'ei
the other day at Minottes. He
claimed to be a doctor, and on his
pprson was found a certificate show
ing him to have been the examin
ing physician for a secret order in
Idaho. He said he had a well-to-do
sister in Canada, who was tak
icg care of his children. He was
very pcor, and at tbe time cf his
death, had been traveling on foot
through rain and mud. Exposure
is supposed to have been in part the
cause of his death. People in Alsea
understand bs has baggage at one
or the other of the Corvallis depots.
He stayed two days at the Wolf
home, and after leaving there, stay
ed a day or two at" Minotta where
he died. He was buried at Tidewa
ter. Nothing ob his person gave
an address of bia relative!, and bis
lips closed forever witheut giving
a hint of how they could t reach
ed. In the interest of humanity,
and for the sake of the children now
fatherless, publicity and iaforma
tion as to the facts are desired.
Uneeda
CHRISTMAS WEDDING.
Benton County Clerk the
Groom Moses-Wood.
One of the prettiest weddings of
the season was celebrated at the3
M. E. church South, at 10 o'clock
Christmas morning, when Miss
Lavina Clair Wood became the
bride of Vi:tor P. Moses.
The church was filled with guests
when at the appointed time the
bridal party entered, to the strains
of a wedding march played by
Miss Edna Finley. The ushers,
Dell Alexander, Leonard Moses,
Thomas Bilyeu and Mark Weather
ford, advanced up the left aisle, fol
lowed by Miss Mabel Wood, - the
bridesmaid, who was winsome in a
dainty costume of pink organdie
over white. Following the brides
maid came little Miss McCausland,
flower girl, and behind her, the
bride lovely, in her trailing gown
of cream silk, with tulle veil, and
carrying a shower bouquet of cream
chrysanthemums. As she advan
ced, the groom, accompanied by
his best man, Ralph Pruett, pro
ceeded up the right aisle, and the
party met at the altar, where Rev.
C. L. McCausland awaited them.
The ceremony was simple and most
impressive, and at its conclusion
the bride and groom, followed by
the bridesmaid, best man and ush
ers, left the altar and proceeded to
the carriages that took them to the
Woods home, where a reception
was held and a delicious wedding
breakfast served to fifty relatives
and friends.
The church was beautifully dec
orated with white and pink crepe
paper, Oregon grape and mistletoe,
and from a green arch above 'the
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was performed. At the-
consisting of cedar, holly and mis
tletoe in the various rooms.
At 1:20 p. m.. Mr. : and Mrs.
Moses left for Portland and Seattle,
on a wedding trip. . They will re
side in Corvallis, in a newly built
residence belonging to the groom.r
Mr. Moses is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. P. Ai Moses, and is well
known and highly respected, be
ing the clerk, of Benton county.
The bride is the only child of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Wood, one of Cor
vallis highly respected families,
and is an attractive young woman
of excellent character.
Many handsome and valuable
presents attested the popularity of
the newly wedded pair. A host of
warm friends unite in good wishes
and congratulations.
One Dollar Saved Represents Teiv
Dollars Earned.
Trie average man Joes not save to exceed
ten per cent, of his earnings. He must spend
nine dollars in living expenses for every
dollar saved. That being the case he can
not be too careful about unnecessary ex
penses. Very often a few cents properly in
vested, like buying seeds for his garden, will
save several dollars outlay later on. It is
tbe same in buying Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It costa
but a few cents, and a bottle of it in the house
often saves a doctor's bill of several dollars.
For sale by Grakam & Wortham.
Biscuit
Dlacine them at the mercy of the
ed in the vicinity of Canemah.