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Vol. XVIII.-No. 51,
CORVAL.LIS, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13. 1900.
B. F. IBVIK Editor"
and Proprletci;
Ho Harris
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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
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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.
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;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.
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