Vol. XVIII.-No. 17.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23.1900.
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A NEW TAX
STATE GRANGE HAS TWO
BILLS TO INTRODUCE.
Revenue Proposed for the Benefit
of the State Sleeping car, Re
frigerator car, Oil, Express,
Telephone, Telegraph,
Cos. Will Be Taxed.
Portland, Jan. 20. Two more
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measures win oe presented to
the voters of Oregon next June, and
in all probability they will become
laws of the state. They ar radi
cal and sweeping in their provisions
and if carried will yield an immense
revenue. These two measures, re
printed herewith, were authorized
by the Oregon State Grange at the
last annual session held in Forest
Grove last May. These laws were
introduced in the State Grange in
the form of resolutions urging their
adootion and were adopted unan
imously.
It is proposed to initiate laws to
provide additional revenue for state
purposes', to levy a license on the
grots earnings of sleeping-car com
panies, retrigerator-car companies,
oil companies, express companies
or corporations, telephone compan
ies and telegraph companies or cor
porations doing business in Oregon.
The bflle were very specific in de
fining the manner of ascertaining
the amount of such gross earnings
and provide severe penalties for vi
olating the provisions of the act.
They also define the meaning of the
names of the various corporations
or companies and otherwise hedge
them about in such a manner that
the provisions of the two laws can
not be easily evaded.
The history of these two bills is
well known arc one the members of
the Grange, but their existence has
been a seoret so all outsiders up to
the Dresact time. They are made
public at this time only for the rea
eons that the petitions for their in
illative have been completed by the
signatures of enough legal voters of
the state to insure them places on
the ballot.
The petitions are being gathered
in and in a few days will be band
ed in the various county clerks for
verification. Each name will be
scrutinized and compared with the
registration and poll books of the
last election, and it will be a safe
statement that only legal voters
will be found to have signed them.
One of the most prominent law
yers of the state, R. P. Boise, is the
sponsor of the bill which proposes
to tax telephone and telegraph
companies. The other was intro
duced by another prominent law
yer. That they are both iron-clad and
legal in every phase is certain.
The attention of the State Grange
was attracted to the formulating of
these bills by the statement that
the Standard Oil Company doing
business in Marion county, was on
ly paying a "tax of $4 5O upon a
business of $300,000 in one year.
This fact was brought to the atten
tion of the Grange by its agents
and committees and at almost t very
gathering the subject was discussed.
, ,.Ttie reason why there are two
separate bills is because the pro
posed "rate of taxation is different,
one being 2 per cent and the other 3.
; Grant's Pass,. Or., Jan. 19.
(Correspondence ;of the Oregonian.)
Dora Jennings, who is on triah for
the murder of her father is a sick
girl.
She was taken ill after court ad
journed yesterday afternoon and
spent the greater part of today
resting. There waB a regular bliz
zard here Thursday. Snow fell to
the depth of several inches and ia
walking back and forth to the court
room Dora took a severe cold. It
is not believed to be eo bad, how
ever that her illness will prevent
resuming her trial tomorrow morn
ing. The jury, District Attorney
Reames, and two deputies
accompanied the jurors to the scene
of the crime. They left early this
morning, but, owing to the bad
reads caused by an almost continu
ous rain and a heavy fall of snow,
the party did not return to Grant's
Pass until late this evening. The
trip was a severe one and the ju
rors were exceedingly glad to get
back to the warm jury room in the
courthouse.
The jury was shown the Jennings
cabin where Newton M. Jennings
was shot to death January 7. They
also visited the cabin in which Jas
per Jennings and his hunkie, Har
vey, stayed. While at Granite Hill
with the jury, the deputies served
subpoenas upon the witnesses who
are to testify at the trial.
Since the conviction of Jasper
Jennings there has been a persist
ent rumor that sensational develop
ments will ccme out during Dora's
trial. ' There is every reason to be
lieve that the murder of old man
Jennings had been planned and
that not all of those who were im
plicated in the plot have been
brought to justice.
There is also an intimation that
would !?3i to the belief that some
people in Northern California had a
hand in the plot and that others
living in the vicinity of Granite
Hill and Grant's Pass knew more
about the murder than they have
told. So thoroughly sure of this is
District Attorney Reames that he
has never ceased investigating the
murder. He admitted several days
ago that he was not satisfied ' that
be had all of the guilty parties un
der arrest and tbat he was still try
ing to solve the killing of Jennings.
He is thoroughly convinced that he
has ia Jasper Jeunirjgs the person
who actually did the murder and
in Dora a party of the crime, but
he also confessed that he was firm
ly convinced there were others who
were holding back important knowl
edge and knew that murder was to
be committed, if these facts do
not come out during Dora's trial,
it is believed if Jasper is' denied an
appeal that he will clear up the
whole mystery.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 20. W. H
White, the 19-year-old murderer
who will die at Walla Walla on
next Friday, will be followed to the
callows bv a tinv kitten that is his
companion in the death cell. White
has asked Warden Kees to allow
bim to keep the kitten with him to
the end and the warden granted his
permission. Whit9 wants the kit
ten with him on the gallows when
be pays the penalty of bis crime.
White says it is the only friend he
has.
White saw the kitten half starved
and homeless wandering outside
the county jail in Seattle, while
here awaiting the disposition of his
cage in the courts. He asked Jail
er Wise to bring thy kitten to his
cell and he would care for it. Wise
went outside and got the kitten, af
ter tbat it was kept in White's cell
and he Bhared his prison fare with
it. It weuld not take food from
any one elee or go near any one ex
cept the boy murderer. When he
was taken to the penitentiary he
was allowed to carry it on the trip
huddled Inside his jacket. In the
death cell he has taken gcod care
of it.
White is sentenced to death for
killing Matthew Murphy, 18
months ago, while he and a com
panion were holding up a saloon.
He shot Murphy because be did
not get his hands up quick enough.
Strong effort has been made to save
White because of his youth, but the
governor declares he will not inter
fere with the execution of the law.
' Philadelphia, Jan. 19. A power
ful magnet will be used tomorrow
L:.' k hospital hare in an effort to
jdraw a piece of steel from the brain
! of John" Nail, cf .Winston, N. C.
While Nail was at work in a ma
chine shop six months ago, a piece
of metal penetrated his skull over
the right ear. It was dr.awn out,
but a splinter of steel
the brain. 'Recently
here, and physicians
found the bit of stee,
was opened and. there
remains in
he arrived
with X-ray
The skull
was hemor-
rhage. That made it impossible to
proceed. The magnet will be ap
plied to Nail's head tomorrow to
draw out the piece of Bteel.
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PANIC IN CHURCH
INMATES RUSH FOR THE
DOOR AND ARE JAMMED
IN NARROW STAIRWAY.
Eighteen Are Suffocated and Many
Trampled Under Feet Wo
man's Shriek of "Fire"
Causes the Panic.
Philadelphia, Jan. 1. A wild
panic following a loud shout of
"Firel" brought death to 18 color
ed perscms and injuries to nearly
two-score of others tonight in St.
Paul's Baptist church on the west
side of Eighth street, between Pop
lar street and Girard avenue. The
terrible rush to gain the street was
of hrief duration, and that more
were not killed in the stampede
probably was due to the fact that
the church was not crowded.
At the time the disaster occurred
not more than 3oo persons were on
the second floor of the building,
which, with the gallery, was capa
ble of accommodating 600 to 7oo.
The fire was a trifling one and was
extiugnished before the firemen ar
rived. The smell of smoke added
to the panic, and despite the heroic
work of Rev. Mr. Johnson, pastor
of the church, who tried in vain to
allay the fears of the frightened
worshipers, rush to leave the church
only to be choked upon the narrow
stairway.
Those in the rear leaped over the
prostrate forms of those who fell,
and when the rush was over, 18 lay
dead on the first floor and stairs of
the building. Death in nearly ev
ery case was due to suffocation or
trampling.
The disaster occurred while a col
lection was being taken up. The
pastor bad just concluded his ser
mon, "Why Bit we here until we
die?"
When the rush started those in
the rear of the church did not fully
realize what was wrong and were
Blow to move. The frantic shriek
ing of the women and children be
came louder and more general, and
many were knocked down in the
two isles of the church. Then came
the terrible rush down the stairs.
For some unknown reason every
body tried to get down the left side
of the building, comparatively few
attempting to leave by the right
stairway.
One eye witness says that per
haps a dozen persons got safely
down the stairs, when several peo
ple trip and fell and caused the nar
row way to become jammed. Sev
eral men on the first floor attempt
ed to hold the people back, but
were knocked down and then the
human stream came tumbling down.
The weaker ones fell only to be
trampled upon by those coming
from behind.
The horrible shriekB sent up by
the prostrate persons added to the
confusion, and by this time even
the cooler ones in the rear of the
fighting mass men, women and
children became terror-stricken.
Strong men, in fear tbat the build
ing was falling, leaped over the
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heads of women and children and
fought only for their own safety.
The terrific crush in the bends of
the s' airs became so great that the
balustrade, which was only a frail
wooden affair gave way. There
was a terrific crash ' as half a hun
dred persons were precipitated to
the floor, a distance of about ten or
twelve ieet. This heightened the
intensity of the panic and the rash
was turned into an awful jam.
The pastor of the church, a man
of powerful physique and strong
voice, continued to appeal to the
crowd in the rear to stop their rash,
but none would heed. Over the
prostrate forms the crowd swarmed,
crushing the life out of those who
were unable to extricate themselves.
In the confusion some of the wor
shipers thought of the narrow door
on the right side of the pulpit, and
made a quick exit that way, which
action on their part probably saved
the lives of a number of those who
had been caught in the crash.
When those who came down the
front stairs had left the building a
terrible sight presented itself to the
rescuers. The first floor and stair
way to the bend were covered three
deep with the dead and dying. On
the streets hundreds were shrieking
lor help.
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Los Angeles, Jan. 20. Manuel
Samura, a Mexican laborer, is dead
with a bullet hole through hie
neck, "Paddy" Fitzpatrick lies in
the receiving hospital with three
serious knife wounds inflicted by
Samura, Surveyor Cawthorne is
nursing a badly-cut wrist and sev
eral men have lesser cuts and
scratches, all the result of Samura
running amuck in the grading
camp at the corner of North
State and Judson streets, Brooklyn
Heights, today.
Samura had been hanging around
the camp for eeveral days and had
been engaged to start into work
with the grading crew this after
noon. It is f aid that after the most
of the men had been eeated at the
mess table at the noon meal today
Samura went in and made objec
tions to the seat assigned to him.
He was forced into the seat by
some one and then the trouble be
gan. Samura whipped out an ugly
looking hunting knife and began
slashing right and left. Fitzpat
rick was sitting next to him and
Samura slashed bim in the shoulder,
hip and side, The wounds are all
serious. The Mexican then turned
and ran down the length of the long
table slashing at every man he
could reach. Cawthorne was slash
ed across the wrist and Timekeep
er Brown was cut in the arm. Oth
ers were slightly cut.
Foreman Ryan met the man out
side and ordered him to throw
down his knife. Then Samura
started for Ryan with knife uplift
ed and Ryan shot him in the neck,
irjflicting a wound from which he
died shortly afterward.
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