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Vol. XVIII.-No. 17.
CORVALLIS, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6.1900.
B.F. IKV1X Editor,
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Jo Ho1 Harris
For the Early ..Sprioi
Btayers
flainiy Receipts
Of the very latest spring wash, fabrics are to
be seen at our store. . This spring brings, . the
prettiest and most attractive v cotton fabrics
and the loveliest wool and silk dress goods of
any previous years. Our store is filling up on
these things. Come and get acquainted , .with
what the spring and summer has to offer.
Prices are the lowest o o o
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CoiVallis, Oregon
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HIUa
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BATTLE IN CHURCH
OVER FIFTY PERSONS INJUR
ED AND A NUMBER
SLIGHTLY HURT.
A. Fire TSngir e Brought into Play,
, Water Turned "on and Soon ;
' Flooded the Church
Other1 News,; -
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Are You Curious?
Would poulike to see inside a human eye? Call at Pratt the Jeweler
& Option store at any time and he will ba pleased to show you the nerves
veins and arteries aa seen through the latest and most scientific combined
Opthsltnascope and Refm ncope. If you have trouble with voar eyes call on
Pratt The Jeweler 6c Optician.
M. M. LONG'S
Bicycle & Sporting Goods Store
We aim to keep ahead of the game have any
thing from atrop to a goose load. ' Something new on
every freight. No old stock everything fresh.
Guns and' Bicycles for Rent
' A full line of sewing machinfi supplies; foot balls,
basket balls, boxing gloves, punching bags, gymnas
ium suits, hunting coats and vests, belts, gun cases,
duck decoys, duck and goose calls, pocket electric flash
lights, knives i razors, etc. We can fix anything that
is fixable in ovk repair, shop. 2 doors south post office.
ence Phone 2
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If you Jure looking-for some real . good . bargainsin
Stock, Grain, Fruit and Poultry Ranches, write for our
special list, or come and see us. We take pleasure in
giving you all the reliable. information' you wish-alsa
showing .you over the country. '
AMBLER 6c WAITERS
Real Estate.'Loan and Insurance .
Gorvallis and Philomath, Oregon.
Paris, Feb. 2.' -As a net result of
today s noting,' a thorough lnyento
ry Was taken in ' but ; one ' church,
that of St. Pierre du Gros ' Gaillbu,
over h,0 inersons - beine1 injured ' afrd
a further considerable number 1 toe-
in izt-lightlv hurt: The : latter -ic
eluded a n u mber of pol Ice 'i nd, fire
men, who were almo6t blinded with
cayenne pepper. Ffty arrests were
made. " " . " v
The storming of the building "was
greatly protracted, Owing to the use
by tte "defenders ' or rea pepper
After " 'repeated efforts,7 1 the police
and firemen only succeeded in en
tering the church by employing
ehields. The first two who got
through the doors were knocked
unconscious.; Those who followed,
although they were thoroughly ex
asperated, refrained from violent
retaliation.
Louis Lepio, prefect of police.
and other high officials and the
newspapers of all shades of Opinion
deprecate the violent incidents. The
militant Catholics are hroily re
solved to resist what thf y term- the
spoliation of the many Paris church
es, containing many millions of
francs' worth of jewelry, medals
and decorations given by devotees
as thank offerings. The authorities
are determined, however, that, the
law shall take its course and the
disorders be suppressed with the ut
most vigor.
Twenty-two hundred inventories
already have been madetbroughout
France, many without incident, but
Paris contains 69 Roman Catholic
churches,, of which but half have
been visited by the officials. Pro
ceedings will continue tomorrow
and in order to prevent a renewal
of the disturbances the authorities
have kept secret the hour at which
the commissioners will visit the
churches...;. '"
The authorities adopted rigorous
meaeures to repress dieturDances
acd the threatened counter demon"
Biratioos by fbcialista at the church
of St. Pierre du Gros Caillou, and
in consequence the Rue St.' Domin
ique, on wnioh the church iseituatr
ed. had the appearance of. a street
in a besieged city. AIL the shops
in the neighborhood .of the edmce
were closed, cordons of armed mu
niclpal guards on foot were station
ed at intervals aiong the street, and
a squadron of mounted municipal
guards with drawn swords patroll
ed the thoroughfare and kept the
crowds moving.
When the prefect. M. Lepine, ar
rived, the bells were tolled and the
people inside the church, number
ing about 3ooo, began singing
psalms, while outside the rowdy el
emeot shouted revolutionary songs
M. Lepine thrice summoned the
congregation to open the inside
jates, which the people refused to
Jo, and the firemen were ordered to
force an entrance, using their hatch
ets. As they mounted ladders in
order to break in the windows ot
the chapel of the Virgin, and annex
of the church, revolver shots rang
out and the firemen retired.
Later a fire engine arrived on the
scene, and, amidst a shower of mis
siles, the firemen scrambled upon
the rcof with a hoae, the water was
turned on and the interior of the
building was soon flooded. In the
meantime the doors had been bat
tered down, but the municipal
guards found barricadesinside, and
met with tierce resistance. Nam
bers of the guards and the congre
gation were severely hart, but the
authorities eventually obtained the
mastery and the demonstrators
were captured, one by one, and led
to the nearest station-house.
-In the . meantime the unruly
crowda outside had broken through
the cordons of the municipal guards
and attempted to reach the church
and engaged in the fight with 'its
defender, but the mounted guards
dashed through them in time.
Crowds increased in "numbers
I around the edifice, wh.ere it is esti
mated about WtS.OQO persons e had
gathered. The municipal -guards
repeatedly charged and the rioters
shputed ; "assassins," '., as , arrested
demonstrators emerged, from, .the
church and were taken away under
eEcort. . . :
All the officers who entered the
church emerged covered with blood
and their clothes torn and soaked
to the skin. ;
Salem, Or., ;Feb 3. Governor
Chamberlain received a' telegraph
ic query this morniog from a Cleve
land, O., newspaper, stating . that
the Ohio legislature was about to
pass a resolution requesting , two
thirds of the etates to join in a' call
for a Constitutional ' cony option, to
amend the United .States ' Copeti
tion 89 as to require the eteciiorj 1 '. of
United VStates Senators by,, direct
vote of the people, and requesting
the governor's opinion. The gov
ernor replied as follows: .' . , . ;
, "I heartily favor tne proposition
of the Ohio Legislature looking to
the amending . of ; the Constitution
so as to elect .United States.' sena
tors by direct vote of ; the , petfple.
There is ho other way to get rid Of
thoee senators who represent spe;
ciat interests instead of the people
they pretend to represent."' ' '
TEN MEASURES
ARE TO BE VOTED ON AT
THE GENERAL ELECTION
JUNE 4.
New York, Feb. 3 A cable dis
patch to the Herald from Panama
says: All cable communication
with Buena Ventura is . etui inter
rupted. A tidal disturbance noticed
here last Wednesday, followed by
earthquakes, is assumed to have de
stroyed that city. The cable is
broken in two places north and
south of Buena Ventura.
New York, Feb. 3. Cable com
munication with Puerto , Rico and
all islands east of the American de
pendency, suddenly cut off ;yester
day morning, had not been restored
early today. The cable officials ex
pressed belief that the break - was
caused by seismic or . volcanic
troubles, but admitted, that the
eruptiocs of Mount Pelee, . Martin
ique acd Souffrlere, St Vincent,
were presaged by such cable breaks.
According to George Clapperton,
manager ot tne commercial caoie
company in tbia city, the two cables
r uTiOiog bet W6en Jamaica and .Puer
to Rice, go to gr at depths, in some
places 3000 fathoms, and frequently
in the past, when breaks have been
repaired, the cable has been found
buried by ' seismic, upheavals of
which there bad been no knowledge
before. ' ' '
Good for '
Stomacb Trouble
Constipation.
and
"Chamberlain's Stomach "and Liver TaW
lets have done me a great deal of good,"
3aysr C. .Towns, of Rat Portage, Ontario,
Canada. "Beinz a mild nhvsic the after
fleets are not unpleasant, and I can recom
mend them to all who sutler from storaack
disorder." For sale by Graham & WorthamV
: Boston,-Mass., Feb. 3. Silent
and noncommittal, there is still
something id the altitude of Dis
trict,. Attorney Moran that ?1 ada
those best acquainted with the man
and bis methods to believe that he
intends to tackle Henry H. Rogers.
The Suffolk county grand jdry con
venes next Monday, and with the
near rpproach of the date there has
corne a revival of the report that
the Srand jury" will, indict the
Standard Oil magnate for peijury
in connection with bis testimony
in tbe Bay State Gas case.
When the cafe against Kidder,
Peabody & Co. in the Bay State
Gas litigation was before the court
in this citv two years 8go, RogerB
and Thomas W. Lawscn were wit
nesses. Each told a story that flat
ly contradicted each other on every
essential point. Each was under
oath .
The man of ' frienzied finance"
fame has been loudly voicing a de
Eire ever since to have the couits
determine which of the two witnes
ses was a liar and a perjurer. Dis
trict Attorney Moran, who makes
no concealment of his ambition to
be known as the Folk or the Je
rome of Boston, has been appealed
to to take up the matter. . As stat
ed before, those best acquainted
with the district attorney are of the
opinion that he will lay the evi
dence before the grand jury, which
meets next week, and ask that body
to sift it to the bottom.
Mr. Rogers has more than once,
recently, been in difficulties with
the law, but all his troubles will
be small compared with those which
will threaten if the grand jury shall
bring in an indictment charging
him with perjury. His trial on a
criminal charge in a Massachusetts
court would be the culmination of
all the history of the past few years
of the fight against the Standard
r! , .
New Local Option Law Other
Measures Affect the Purchase
of Barlow Road, Woman's
Suffrage, Public Printer
and Use of Passes.. ,
Salenv Or. -Feb,. 3. -This, wbs
tbe last day for- filing . initiative;
measures in the office of the-secre-,
tary of state, and six measures were
added to the four already on file. 1
The bills and proposed amend
ments to be voted upon are as fol
lows: . . . r.
The $1,000,000 appropriation. bill
passed by the- last legislature and
held np by referendum fetit lone..
Tbe local-option bill proposed by
the Liquordealers' Association as
an amendment to the present local
option law.- - .. '':
The bill filed by the owners of
the Barlow road, requiring the state 1
to buy the road for the eum of j
$24,000. ' . -
The proposed constitutional a
mendment filed by tbe Equal suf
frage League, extending the elec
tive franchise to women.
A bill by the-People's Power
League making it unlawful for public-service
corporations to give pas
ses' or free or reduced rate service to
public officials. '..
A bill by the;State Grange, levy
ing a license tax upon the groBS
earnings of refrigerator and sleep
ing cars and oil companies. : ...
A constitutional amendment pro
posed by the People's Power League
to amend section 1 of article I2 so
that the public prictvng will be en
tirely within tbe control ot tne leg-
islature, and may be let by con
tract, or a punter elected or ap
pointed, upon a Balary or other com
pensation. .
An amendment proposed Dy tne
People's Power League to amend
article 4 of the constitution eo that
the referendum ,may be demanded
upon' any item or section of a bill,
and extending the rights of initia
tive and referendum to municipali
ties.. . ,
An amendment proposed by the
People's Power League to amend
sections 1 and 2 of article 17,, so
that one legislative assembly may
Submit 'constitutional amendments,
and that when. the vote upon - an
amendment has been canvassed
by , the governor and a majority
found in its favor." he shall
proclaim it adopted, and it shall
then be a part of the constitution,
beyond the power of the courts to
pass u pon ; also that no law for a
constitutional convention shall be
in force until approved by the peo
ple.
An amendment proposed by the
People's Powei League to amend
section two of article 11, giving the
legal voters of a municipality pow
er to frame and adopt their own
charters, and forbidding the legis
lature to create municipal corpora
tione.
Portland, Feb. 2. Daily Journ
al: Widespread comment has been
occasioned by the extraordinary
case with which S. A. D. Puter and
Horace G. McKinley, whose Na
poleonic operations form the most
spectacular chapter in the story of
the Oregan land frauds, have made
tbeii' escape from the jurisdiction
of the United States. ... Few believe
that they, could escape . from San
Francisco if the federal officials
stationed there ' bad ; been vigilant
in the effort to apprehend them. .
. "The government did ; not. want
them,',' is the common . commenta
ry, and it finds general acceptance.
W h.ile special agents " we're ; busily
engaged id Oregon in running db'wn
clues and seeking information as to
to the fugitives, the men supposed
to be fleeing from justice, were 1 Jiv
ing undisturbed and apparently
care-free in: San Francisco - ' '
' McKinley finally 'decided 'to 'set
sail for the Orient and he took pas
sage on the- steamer , Mongolia for
Shanghai, November 16. He was
accompanied by a' wealthy! youog
Easterner, who had become interest
ed in a project for building a street
railway in one of the large cities 'of
China. At the time when .McKin
ley left both he and Puter were very
much wanted by State Land Agent
West, who had brought to light
their operations - in counterfeit
school land certificates and was do
ing his utmost to run the swindlers
to earth. Apparently for the pur
pose of throwing West off1 his trail
McKinley resorted to a characteris
tic-ruse.- ; : . : :
He wrote to a friend of bis Via
Portland asking him to mail three
letters which he enclosed, the ob
ject being that they should bear the
Portland post mark and thus cre
ate the impression that McKinley
was In this city. The letter con
taining these enclosures was dated
D cemher 5 from San Francisco
and ths postmark correspond d,
showing that the letter rame thro'
the Sao Francisco poeteffice. .'
Subsequently reports came fr m
San Francisco to inspector NehhU
sen: that the two swindlers were'in
California. This information was
accepted both by Nehausen and by
West as probably correct, and'tl'ey
gave little credence to the rumors
which became current several days
ago that the two men bad fled tbe
days ago thiise rumors were
confirmed in a manner.that left nn
doubt as to their accuracy. Evi
dently Erancis J. Hecey isconvinc-v
ed that the fugitives have escaped,
although in an interview .in Sin
Francisco'. ne stated that he thought .
they could be located when wanted. f
An important question . which
now ariees is whether Pnter ar d
Mckinley can be extradited, cd
whether, ii this can be done, the
government will take the necessa-y
steps? It appears ,ta be impossible1
for the state land agent 16 institute
extradition proceedings without
the aid of the federal authoritii a.'
If Puter acd McKioley were pur
posely allowed to escape from the
government's clutches it is not to
be expected that there will be ai y
great effort to biiog them back.
The indictments now pending in
the federal court against. Puter ar d
Mckinley charge them with con- '
spiracy to defraud the government,
It is said to be doubtful whether
such a charge ia a sufficient basis
for extradition, as the offense
charged is not a felony but only a
misdemeanor. . ,
i Ijame Back.
This ailment is usnallv caused bv rheuma
tism of the muscles and may be cured by
applying Chamberlain'r Pain Balm two or
three, times a day and rubbing the parts
vigorously at each application. If this does
not afford relief bind on a piece of flannel
slightly dampened with Pain Balm, and quick
relief iiwUuiost Bare to follow. For sale by
Grahantft Wortham. -
Does your baking powder
contain alum ? Look upon
the label. Use only a powder
whose label shows it "Jo be
made with cream of tartar.
't 3
; only ' the Royal, Baking--Powder,
whidr Is : the test cream of tartar
baking powder that can be hacl