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Corvallis Times Official -Paper of Benton County. - CORVALLIS, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING JAN.. 2,' 906. THE IDAHO ATROCITY. If there is no hell, there ought to .he., t Only in an eternity ofburn ing, is there retribution ; for the 4. . . ' r : . "A i 1- 'cowaraiv assassins oi ca-uuvciuui LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION. Something About it by one who was 'in Washington When the Tragedy Occurred. ; ' ' One of the new additions to cur rent literature is a book of Memoirs by Miss Rose Eytinge, now so journing in Corvallis. ' " It is a har-j rative of great personages, and there are many " with whom the weU known actress, has , come - in contact, during her. lorty; odd, years on the American stage. .. Standing always m the front rank of her pro Steuhenberg, of Idaho'. The'inau's.j fession, and living at a -i .time .when :5 a thai vpral' vearV ;ae-o :as names like Booth., r , McCullough, governor, he enforced the law and preserved order in Idaho, striking miners to the : contrary ' notwithj standing. For that,' human rattle snakes, aftexjrears of waiting, struck Hm to death with ; an explosive as he passed, unawares, through the eate to his residence. Thel atrocity, visited upon the victim as , lie was leaving the busy , world , of business for the shelter and comfort of his home, is all the testimony that is needed to prove that there ought to be somewhere, a very ac cessible, and a very hot, hell. HAWLEY. The character of the statement in which W. C. Hawley'a candi dacy for congressman from ; this district is announced, ought to leave no room for the ; republicans to doubt as to which ' man they ought to name as their candidate. Haw ley's platform, except for its un necessary length, is the production of a statesman. His mental Tiot- izon is that of a m-a-n. His grasp of conditions is from the plane of bigness and breadth of view. His words are not those of a j. carping politician, but of a constructive leader. Above all. he is a clean - man, whose hand would never be out for the graft that is already ov er much in vogue in Washington. They say however, , he 1 can not be elected, because he is not politician enough., Heav en help the republicans if they cannot recognize the difference be tween a statesman and a politician and if they come to the pass where they will turn down the one and glorify the other. : L. L. Porter wants to be next senator trom Clackamas, and so does Brownell. All Porter has so far said about Brownell, is. that he is the paid agent and attorney the senate of the railroads, that he openly admits that as senator he has taken fees from the corporations and that he is the only man in the , United States who would try to run for senator with a landfraud in dictment hanging over him. This isn't much of course, but if Porter keeps up the pace, Brownell is. like ly to be called East soon,, to run a big insurance company. In announcing his; candidacy for congress, Mr. Huston, former dem ocrat and former republican, of Hillsboro, says in effect, f that a man ought to stay with the party that elects him to office, as long, at least," as he occupies the office. WaHack, , Florence,; . Davenport, Jenerson ana many , otners were familiar words in every , household, the narrator , has , had vast . (.oppor tunity; for, seizing the materials with which to adorn the pages of such book as she has written. Ad ded to this, is a graceful flowing style, made pungent with frequent wit, and above all a ; power for the most graphic touch of the subjects under portrayal. : Many of the il lustrious men of the past half cen sury. have come at one time or an other, and in some way or another under the personal observation of Miss Eytinge. Moreover, she has visited most of the places of note on two continents, and with this preparation and that other concom itant, a keen, intelligent and active mind she has given to ' her book a place ot its own and a character of striking interest. A fact that tells how well the narrator has done her work, is that, when in the perusal, each chapter is finished, the reader involuntarily wishes that the author had made it longer. , . The assassination of President Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, is briefly treated in the book, , The effect of the tragedy in Washington, is thus recounted by Miss Eytinge : I now approach one of the most awful and aweinspiring periods of my life, the night on which Pres ident Lincoln was assassinated. At the time I was taking a brief vacation, and was visiting the fam ily ot an aimy omcer wno was in charge of a military hospital a few miles out of town. On that dread occasion my hostess and I had been in town for the day and evening and it had been arranged that an orderly, with a carriage should call for us next morning and drive us out home, Suddenly some of the men of the household where we were visiting, dashed into the house, bringing intelligence of the crime. j. The first reports' were that the president and every member of the cabinet were murdered. The com munity was wild with horror. Ev erybody, as if moyed by one im pulse, rushed into the streets, the church bells were tolled, and all social and conventional barriers were levelled in the general horror. Utter strangers talked together in hurried accents, exchanging: the various rumors with which the air was filled: ,. One report had it that Washington was in the hands ot the rebels. Strangers accosted each other and asked for the last news; and when one or the other confirmed the dreadful truth of the president's murder - they cried ! like children.. , , , . Soon it became bruited about, that the crime had been committed by an actor, and woe to the actor who had been' found on the streets that night! My friends and L, in common with. everybody else, rush ed into the street, but we were soon filled with fear lest I . should be recognized ed to do so. I could string together innumerable anecdotes about Ed win Booth, but ne was so sensi tive and he so shrank from gener al public notice, and it seems that to discuss him or his peculiarities would be to take a liberty with his memory. It was not long after "the close of that Winter Garden, engagement, I think, that the awful 'crime of John Wilkes Booth shocked the world, and fell on the country like a pall, s We all remember how Ed- win Booth, shrinking' and cower ing under the weight of that great sin and shame, for which he "was in no way responsible, but the ' conse quences of which he suffered deep ly and bitterly, ' withdrew ; himself frouo the world and avowed his tie'--termination never to appear in pub lic again, and how it was after a long time, and after not ' only his friends and admirers but the whole country clamoured for him, that he reconsidered that determination and consented to again' appear upon the stage. - '.; -.: : ' 1 "" There is one detail of that great horror about which I speak with certainty, the disposition which was eventually made of the body of John IWilkes Booth. Some months after the close of the terrible trag edy, when public excitement was somewhat allayed and public feel ing had become calmer, the body of John Wilkes Booth was secretly ex homed, conveyed to Baltimore, and given to his mother, who poor broken-hearted : woman ! had nev er ceased tojbeg for it. ; This favor was granted to Mrs- Booth by the government, not so much out of sympathy for her, but as an ex pression of respect for her son Ed win, and of the faith which the na tion had in him." , : At Oak Grove, Yamhill county, the amateur dramatic club produc A "The Black Heifer," but only realized $13 from the performance "The Black Heifer never:' does draw well,1 and ! next time thf club might do better by putting on that sparkling comedy-, ' 'The Old & ay Mule with the Stub Tail' 1 wurttfa For Rent. f i t - ft i i, is i Nice" office - rooms concrete building back room, i; B. R. Thompson. to rent in my Aiso cheap MEETS TONIGHT. The Si P, is sellpg round- trip; ftfckete tetwefeh Corv&Uis and Portland" idr'' t$, good going Saturdays or Sundays and re turning Sunday or Monday following, either on We3t or East side, bnt good on ly on afternoon train from Albany to Portland on SaturdaysJf.EaSt side is tak en.: Passengers to pay v local!; had', be tween Corvallis and Albany." i '" Remember Nolan's Great Annu al Mid-winter Sales will begin Sat urday morning December 30th at 9 o'clock. This will be a Bona Fide Sale in every respect. Toward midnight, to i' our-1 added alarm and horror, an army ambul ance lumbered up the street and stopped at the door of the house where we were. It developed that as had been arranged, the carriage had been so often stopped and searched, and the orderly who was driving had been put . through . so many and such j. rigid examinations that he had decided to turn back and get the ambulance instead, hoping that the sight of this famil iar and authorized vehicle would at tract less .attention. f. 'f -r" ', f ' By this time the city was declar ed under martial law, every point of egress, was closely guarded, jajnd the theatrical guild we're "looked upon with universal disfavor. The air seemed rife with murtier and the suspicion of murder. , - It was ;a time fcoj bufa jjts'elf jtoi one's memory I pray that I may never be called, upon to go .through, its nkeWairi' t k -(.. - v t- The question of what became of the remains of President Lincoln's assassin is alluded to in Miss Eyt inge' s;memoirs of Edwin Booth. In thesejnemoirs also; is recounted the terrible effect ' produced on the im mortal actor by the awful tragedy in which his own brother played the leading role. In her own words Miss Eytinge, during her sketch of Edwin Booth, tells the story thus. "I have no doubt, that, if I car ta Interest of Electric Light Franchise ' City Council Does. The city council is to meet to mgnt in special meeting to pass nnally on the electric light ' and power f rauchise, which ' has been pending several weeks; ! As is gen erally known, the plan is to grant to Mr.' Welch of Salem, a franchise for 30 years for both a power and light plant, the lighting franchise not to take effect until after the ex piration of the Porter franchise eight years hence, Differences are said to exist in the council over the matter. Some councilmen hesitate to grant a franchise for lighting for so long a period as 30 years. They say if no franchise existed at the expiration of the Porter franchise, the ciiy could then, out of the com petition that would result, get bet ter rates. : : ! ' - i . ; ; i The councilmen who ' are for granting the 30 years concession reply that the present company will not come to Corvallis with their current, unless granted a 30 years franchise. The rejoinder from the other side is that if the 1 company will not come to Corvallis unless the present franchise be extended to a period of 30 years that there must be something of much value in the extension, and that, therefore', !the: council has no right - to give v'it away.: ',: - 'in , n.i: j : r.-i''--' Again in reply, men hi favor of the franchise say that '; the. reason' that the benefits to be derived from presence here of the electric power: will counterbalance the values giv en away in a granting of a 30 years franchise. To this, the others re join that even the railroads are tc be run soon by electric power just as the Pennsylvania system is now beginning, to do, , and - that power will be provided by other compan ies in unlimited . abundance within the near future. , j Many'changeW have been, j made in the proposed franchise as origin ally published in the Times. Mr. Welch, representing the company, was recently in Corvallis, and agreed with', the council committee as to alterations. , -It !was agreed that the rates after expiration of the Porter franchise, eight years hence, shall not be-greater than those now in vogue " It is ' agreed that the power,rates snail not exceed those no W'. if; vogue in Portland". V i- Notj.ce gfjStcjckt (Holders; Meeting. The. annualv meeting of the stock holders of,The..Great 'Eastern Min ing Co. will be held in Corvallis, Oregon, at Jthe stbre .ofTWellsber & Gray, ' Jan' y. 8th -1906 for the pur pose of electing a aboard, ofdirectors anid transacting iucVothe business as may properly come before such meeting. AlOli I Whaf are! ypu laughing at?" we said to fellow'' this morning, with a broad grin on his face, so broad that it made the top of his hevd look like an island surrounded by mouth. ''What in the world are you laughing at?" "I was just thinking of that show I saw last night, 'Jerry from Kerry',." Bos ton Traveler. '"'ANNUAL ( 'CLEARANCE SALE 6 UJlk! A I ( 1 ! 1 ) 7 i . .'! f V i.i 0.11 a A.T The People's Store J - Time to cieani tip ndw before spring goods begin to arrive; time to cut the prices deep enough to make sure the work of Clearance in the next thirty days. Every depart ment contributes special features. Money-saving sales are to be lurched in every sec tion. Your interest is obvious if you want to save money. , ( . ' v ' 1 , ; Corsets .: '; In order to make room for new styles of Thompson' s glove : fitting corsets, we hare gone through our stock and sorted out bro ken lines ofW. B's. which we shall discon tinue. , ; Regular price $1.00, Special 39c " " 1.50, " 74c Men's Suits and Overcoats All our mens high grade suits and over coats, in worsted, fancy tweeds and cheviots styles of this season showing in Hart, Schaf fner & Marx hand tailored garments. $25 00 Buit and overcoat 19 95 20 00 " 15 95 18 00 " 14 40 16 50 " i3 00 15 00 " 12 00 12 50 ' iO 00 10 00 " 7 95 i . GROCERY SPECIALS , . , Some people don't know that we have a grocery department; so we are makiog prices that will cause yon to get acquainted. Diamond C soap regular 5o, special 8 bars 25c. t 16 cz. cane Schilling's Baking Powder, special 4 5c. "Best" Cornstarch regular 10c, special 5c. . . , r 15 candlee full wsight 12 oz. 25c. , 30 pounds beet beans $1.00. ; -, . K. C. bakiDg powder 25 bz. 25c. 16 pounds best No. 1 Rioe, $1.00. ; ; 1 pound package bird seed with bone 8c. I X L Tamales regular 15c, special 10c. : ; ( IXL macoaroni and cheese regular loo, special 5e. Elite, Bixby, or Whiztemore's Shoe Polish regular 25s, special 14c. Long's Woodlawn maple syrup guaranteed best grade on the market, regular 756, epecial 6oc. Star tobacco per package 45c. Armour's washing pDwder regular 253, special 15s. Cut nails per pound 2c. 1 pound oysters per can loc. Decorated mush bowela each 5c. "DAIRY SALT" 5 pounds regular 5oc, special 3oc. "i MO Great Clearance Sale of all Waists ; Rubber Bcots . -J "' ' Wool, flannel, albatross, and fancy waists, r We have an over supply of rubber boots and plain and trimmed, black, white, red, blue and we don't want to carry over a pair. We are go green. All the newest and prettiest styles. lDg to Jet,'Clearance Sale Prices" do the work. . $1.2.5 waists, each .69 Men's Thigh Snag Proof Boots $5.21 ' ' '1.5o.;j '" : . ...'.'; ! r. .78' " Short " " " . 3.58 ; , ;'2.o"o ,;" j ? 1.19 Thigh Friction ' "4 17 ;. -;: 2.oo .'' 1.38 " Short " 4 2.81 - . ; 3.00 " " . 1.53 " " " Pebble " 2.81 .',t ',' ' ..3'.5o': ; " ; "" 1.74 Boys' " Friction " 2.22 Values; up to $lo.ooeachi all at low prices Women's Pebble " 1.64 r. j "... . i ' J : ' . i. ! r Knit Goods i, i , 7 .Ladies knit 'skirts all wool blue, redt brown arid black ' f ''f Regular j 85 cent, special 64 cents iv ' $r'50 . : $1 08 j Regular $ I 25, special. 93 cents Golf vests regular $2, special 98 cents eap saue moijy by ui5itip our stbr? cre iexc 30 ciayj . ;;' S. a lam vio'it ml) b-J-wi coiJM (i . s.;! : :! hi'i i 'nit ji - . 1. ; - : (",!;.! 1 tit tia'fw t: - ti'ii'i'tl'i: o Hi-.'! 'I:- '"' ! Jiil;:t-t fc.vw i '! in 1 j , ; Every .department , offers surprising values. Watch this space for further Bargains next issue, '5113!! i.-Jf lir- ''-" ' ' ( , ,, 0 V i ff ; 25 per cent discount on remain inq holiday r goods j-Oq lid'i' ,1')li.?0 tid J i i 6H) Jdgljii'l j , .'1 ,!'!'). ( ; .1 IKiiJlJ')'! r .5 j!') ; Ji-!i 0! i ! "tO 3l! 8i'J $ n 9flt iii "uv j'fi'l.' 43T.i:fi uh fccrl -mU Hi ! Ui'.V 'lo. I f. 1 hy-jIu od! -no mifj )il- -.()?, .!i!-CI ,'..'( dkV Mail orders filled fliill J J A, J;0 , M0A.hUi ir::., ii -U- 'Jin.) ! " iUV; ii !!.) ji.ii ; - Oregon. Sale prices during the month. 1