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jf&& Q fflf "WEEZIL Vol. XVIII.-No. 51, CORVAL.LIS, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13. 1900. B. F. IBVIK Editor" and Proprletci; Ho Harris For the Early S fiapy. Receipts Of the very latest spring wash fabrics are - to be seen at our store. This spring brings the prettiest and most attractive cotton fabric AN IMMORTAL' MAN THE POOR. HOUSE RECEIVES j ONE OF THE MOST QUEER AND INTERESTING CHARACTERS. . and the lovelit tbcs-o Uliru'S, what ihe f-priag t wool and bilk dress goods of i. Oar store is filling upon 10 and got acquainted with :-n -Runnier has to are the 1 4 11 I uorvauis, wreguii I ' I 4a mh nil im im u-tu mi iih ufii nn Btm mi ut Oregon I Are You C uri o us ?. Would poulik" to see inside a human eye? Call at Pratt the Jeweler & Option store at any time and he will ba pleased to 8 how you the nerves, veins and arteries as seen through the latest and most scientific combined Opthalmascope and Rm ncope. If you have trouble with vour eyes call on Pratt The Jeweler 6c Optician. All i Tbings are How Ready Having secured the services of JVK. Berry, who has eight years experience in bicycle and general repair work, I now prepared to all kinds of repair work on short notice. All. Work Guaranteed Come and see the Olds work. M. M. LONG'S Was an Infant Phenomenon but for Fifty Years Has, Lived as the Birds live Had ife Pas ses Over All Leading Railroad?. . Bucyrue, Ohio, Feb. 10. When the doors of the Crawford county poor house closed the other day be hind J. NV Free, the "Immortal J. N.," the curtain was rung down on one of the most unique aod .inter esting chsricters this country has ever kmwn. Th ra are few people in the country, at least in the mid dle west, who have- not seen or heard of the "Immorlal J. N." Eighty years ago Jacob Nerrnjao Free vas bofu io TiEi:i, Ohio, the ticket son of a Pieiby teriao minis ter. Half a century ago he became known as the ' I'ximorial J. N," and ever since be has bLu living as the birds live, but ia a much greater condition of luxury. When he was admitted to the county in firmary the other day he proudly displayed to the oraciaw ot tne in stitution an old pocketbook contain ing more than 100 Blips of paper reading "Good for J. N.," being life passes signed by officials of the railroads of the country. By means of these passes "J. N." traveled wherever he pleased. .He visited every state and territory and in ev ery city of more than 2,ooo . inhab itants be bad friends. He claims and bis claim is generally believed, that be knows more people, person ally than any iptber living; mi". Everywhere he went he stayed at the beet hotels and lor half a centu ry no landlord was . found bold enough to .even present him- with a bill. " In his youth ' J. N." was on ic fant phenomenon, At 4 years of aga be read almost all of the Bible, aod duung his teens be acquired a leading and speaking knowledge of no less than 13 languages. During the gold crazi of '49 te went west and started a stage line. Within two years he accumulated a fortune of $50,000. A partner robbed bim and "J-N." returned to Ohio and bsgan the study; of law. Within a few years be was prom nent at the bar in Cincinnati. One day, so the etory goes,; he was de fending a murderer, in whose mno cence.be strongly believed. As resuit;pf his eloquence: the men was acqui(ted.r. The earns day his client confessed that he vas guilty.:..! i'J N." rushed back to the courtroom and started -to- explain, but the etrain and excitement had been too much for bim.. He was stricken with apoplexy. Within a short time be recovered, bis physical health, but, t ever his mental poise He became.the-"Immortal J. N.' and started on the wandering life which be has followed for fifty years. He was the apostle of "pres sure," a mysterious force,' whtch but for bim would, crush out of ex istence all the inhabitants of tht United States. He was well ac quiinted with President Lincoln and numbered many ..distinguished men among his friends. . Durins the wer he even etarted out to fj-d Jefferson Davis and save the unim by putting the "pressure" on the leader of the confederacy. He got well within the confederate lines when he was arrested and given 30 minutes to leave the country. "J. N." says he still , has twenty-nine and a half minutes of the time com ing to him. to liberty. The commutation of his sentence followed a ruling of the supreme court that a person cannot be found guilty of adultery unless the adulterous relations are open and notorious. Upon being restored to liber erty, Grant and the Small woman resumed relations, which further enraged "the ""deserted " husband. Small is now., in the, county , jail, charged "" with having ' threatened the life, of the man who stole his wife. He is bound over in the sum of $100, but refuses to put op bond to keep the peace. He says be pre fers to go to jail,:and a term of six months is now staring him in the face.- " Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 10. Hor ticultural Commissioner El wood Cooper is about to issue a state ment that while at the Sinta Rosa convention he met an eastern en tomologist who is intimately ac quainted with the Gypsy moth rav ages in Massachusetts. This gen tleman h of the opinion that with in fiva years the Gypsy moth will ba iatroduced into every state in ths utior, that, in fact, it U already ia sever v.l t-taU e, although unrecog nized, as a result of the eastern au tlioritka refusiog to alljw epeci mens to be tent out. Cooper there fore asts ,that horticulturists keep the' closest watcb, and send him specimens of all caterpillars they find, with samples of their food, in order that the moet energetic meas ures may be taken at the earliest possible mom' nt. AFRICAN CHURCH FIGHT PASTOR KNOCKS DOWN ONE OF THE BRETHREN AND," . IN TURN IS KNOCKED DOWN HIMSELF, HOME-SEEKERS A If you are looking for some real good bargains jn 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, also showing you over the country. AMBLER cc WATTERS Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Gorvallis and Philomath, Oregon. ..-, Washington, D. C, Feb. 10. Chief Justice Fuller will be 73 years old tomorrow, and with the recur rence of the anniversary there has come a revival of the '."oft-repeated statement that the holder of the highest judicial position io the land intends to resign. For fuHy a dec ade this report has been periodical ly circulated, and S?cretary Taft and others-Dl prominence have oft en been mentioned as Mr. Fuller's successor on the supreme bench. So far as is known, however, the chief justice has no more definite intention of resigning now. than he did when the report was first jub lisbed. He bears , his age lightly, and apparently eDjoys the honors of his official position and the social life of the capital. - Mr. Fuller spends much time in work and study, yet finds time to move among bis fellow men in a social way. He is not a clubman, in the accepted sense of that word, but he is occa sionally seen both at the Metropol itan club and at the Cbevey Cba-e club. Fight Was Precipitated When Col lection Was Being Taken Tried to Oust the Pastor China ' Tryiug to Make Trouble. '' "St. Paul, Fob. 11. Efforts which the congregation of the St. JameB African Methodist Episcopal church in this city have been 'making5. for several weeks to oust their' pastor, Rey. Mr. Sjymour, culminated in a riot during the service this morn iDg, during which Rev. Saymour plaDted bis fist in the eye of Trus tee R. C. Miner, kuocking him down aod was himself sent to the floor in front of the altar by Trustee Robert Lowe. A free-for-all fight was prevented by the arrival of a patrol wagou full ol policemen, who had teen called when the row start ed. The trustees of tlie church recent ly voted to reduce Mr. Soymour'e 8-iliry from $80 to "$lo a month,, but, notwithstanding th'13, Mr. Sey mour bad refused to give up his church. This morniog after preach ing a sermon oa "Brotherly Love," the castor announced the collec tion. ' Two of the insurgent trus tees came forward to ' take ' up the collection, but Mr. Seymour called vociferously upon two of the stew ards, faithful to him,1 to gather up the offering. . The congregation by this time was filing before the contribution boxes. Mr. Siymour stood guard oyer one, but. two unfriendly trus tees held the other boxes. ' Mr. Seymour attempted' to take charge "of one ot these' boxes when .B. C. Miner, a . trustee, who was boldiae it. objected.1 The pastor promptly swung his fist to Miner's eye and the latter wentaowo.' rtoo ert Lowe, who was holding the oth er contribution box, im mediately went after the pastor a felled isb protection to ths attaches of. the, consular offices whenever their du ties compel them td go beyond the city limits. That the Amerioan of ficial has had the better of all con troversies that have arisen has ex cited the people and leaflets have been circulated urging' the Chinese to co-operate and expel the viceroy from Canton". ' ' Bands of armed men are reported to be operating in South , China, burning mission ttations and 'de stroying the homes of native Chris tians, but the details of these outJ rages ate suppressed by the officials: Japan is watching , the situation closelv and it is reported s holding transports ready at Nagasaki,' to ba used, should it' be necessary; to land troops in China to protect Jap anese interests. ' Similar conditions are reported at Manila, where regi ments of American soldiers have been supplied with field equipment and could take the fl?ld within twelve hours. If you knew the value cf Chamberl.tin'a Salve you would never wish to be without it. Here are noma of the diaeaf-es for which it iscijjeciaJ'iy valuable: sore nipples, chapped hand.-ijliunis, frost bites, chilblains, chronic w;ro eys, itching j'ilcs, tetter, Pult rheum an.-l-erewma. l'rhe i:5 cents per lex. Fop sale by Graham & AVoriham. Oakland, Cal. Feb. 10. I. B. Small, formerly an Oregon farmer, is likely to spend a term in the jaiL oec&use ot hoBtillty toward the man who stole the affections of. his wife. The family affairs of, the Smalls,, and the part which John Grant played in their domestic drama, has caused them much notoriety during several years. - A Small was a rancher near Oswe go, Oregon, until Grant appeared and carried off Mrs. Small : Small pursued the runaway pair through several states and finally located them near this city. Grant was ar rested, charged with adultery and convicted, but Governor Pardee commuted t; the eentence several years ago and Grant was restored Portsmouth, England, Feb. 10. Tbe ! monster battle . ship Dread- naught, .which, when fioiebed, will have cost $7,5ob,ooo, was launched here today by King Edward. The ceremony was the most sim ple possible, tbe king having vetoed . all decorations and pa geantry on account of the death of bis father-in-law, . Kmg Christian There was a moment of suspense after the king touched the electric button removing the last block as tbe huge ship hesitated and ap peared reluctant to take the water, But slowly she began to . move, and glided down the ways in safety. Amoog the occupants in the roy al stand were tbe American naval attache, Lieutenant-commander John H. Gibbons, and the other at'acbes, the admiralty officials aid a few privileged persons. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 9. Andrew Roebuck, sged 10 years, a pupil in the Lawrence public school, will be examined by physicians to determ ine why he cannot stop running The examination is being made at the request of Professor Graham, principal of. the school. His pupil has run the truant officers almost to death chasing him. 4 The boy is not a wilful truant, but if he starts to run when he leaves his home in the morning he cannot stop until he becomes ex hausted. This, of course, carries him paBUb.9 school house. '; Pro lessor Graham says the complaint is genuine and is not similar to that which afflicts many boys who do not want to attend school.' ' , rtecenuy tne boy Btarted to run when be left home and was found that evening, completely exhausted, at Fayetteville, 22 miles away. He had run all the way. Some splendid bargains at the Bazaar. . v .i-18 ;i: him before bis own,alta time the entire coqgrep anTuproar and taking " . The women rusne the combatants and them, but it looked as 1, all fight would result, when tbe ar rival of the police, and their threats of wholesale arres.s, brought ai end to tbe affair., ween sooth free-for- Hong Kong, Feb. I2 The anti foreigners, rioting in South China is increasing tind tte situation is dai ly becoming more and more serioue. While all "foreigners are. , more . or lees liable ttf insult; Americans are singled out to ,be booted at and jeered, and in a number of instan ces treated' with showers of missiles as they go about. Advices from Canton states that the viceroy, there seems determined to create trouble and has had sev erol wordy passages with the Amer ican ConfulGeneral, Julius G. Lay. The latter invariably has had the better of all arguments and baa compelled the viceroy to furn- I'orilaad, Feb. 10. Oregani&n: Oyster houses in Portland, ajthough not having tbe reputation of Rich ards' Hotel and not containing rooms, are said to be conducted on the free-for-all plan. Liquor is sold io boxes after the saloons close at 1 o'clock, and boxes are maintained where young women can be accom modated with a potion to quench the thirst. In ore of these houses, at I43 Seventh Street, conducted by Albert Johnson, Mrs.. Alice E. VaUely says that she lost a . purse containing $107. In order to get part of her money back she made a settlement yesterday in the office of the district att y whereby Johnson re turned $60 of the amount loBt. ' i As told by Mrs. . Vallely she went to the oyster house for the purpose of telepbouing to' her eon. She laid the purse and f atchel on a stand while telephoning, bnt left the place without her money., fcbe claimed to have returned immeli ately' for ber purse,: but that in the : meantime it had been taken. The police wer notified, and Detective Welch. took up the'ease, later tun ing it over to Detective Hartman. Welch said last night that there was no doubt that the woman lost her purse in the place and that it was stolen. - Johnson was advised to make a settlement to escape no toriety, and yesterday, it is said, gave Mrs. Vallely $60, Johnson, when seen,"denied that he had made a settlement, and de nied that Mrs. Vallely had lust $107 in hi? place." He said that she had told him that the purse contained $47. 'The district attor ney advised Mre. Valelly to settle for" $30. - . The police, however, investigated only the robbery matter. They did not and have not investigated the character of tbe places in the cen tral portion of the city. Boxes where drinks are sold after the clos ing hour for saloons are. maintain ed in almost all the oyster houses in the city. Drinks are served to women at all hours of the night and day. Have your cake, muffins, and tea bis cuit home-made. r They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and eco nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare. Royal' is the greatest of bake-day helps. " ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.