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itwt VoVXVIII.-No.51. CORYALLIS, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20. 1900. B.F. IRTIXn Editor nd Froprleto: Mllll III! IHI-llll llll Mil IMfll M H-8 Jo Ho Harris For the Early Sprtaj Bmiyers flamy Receipts I Of the very latest spring wash fabrics are to be seen at our store. This spring brings the prettiest and "most attractive cotton fabric? 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 Bpring and summer : has to offer Prices are the lowest o o o J. Oorvallis, uiii' mi on Are You Curious? Would pou like to see inside a human eye? Call at Pratt the Jeweler & Option store at any time and he will bs pleased to show you the nerves, veins and arteries as seen through the latest and most scientific combined OplhalmascOpe and Rim noope. If you have trouble with vour eyes call on Pratt The Jeweler 6c Optician. COOS COUNTY All Things are HowReafly .r- .--IIavmaecurejdjthe.a.er,yicfiS of J. K. Berry, who has eight years experience in bicycle -" an4;gejiefal-repair 'worlc,"I am now- prepared 'to 'all kinds-of repair work on short notice. Y All Work Guaranteed Gome and see the Olds work. M: M. LONG'S MAY HAVE THREE LINES OF RAILROADS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. Southern Pacific, Oregon Coast and Eastern and SpreckleB Line Expected Thirty Miles of Rails tlnloaded a.Drafn. Portland, Feb. 18. The Journal frays indications in, Coos county are that thereywuj be two or tnree new transportation lines undar construc tion' this year, giving .connexion witth Edrtland. . Business, men are confidenVtfial 'not .only, will the Southern Pacific build, from Braid to Marshfiel4'and. down' the . cpaaf, And the Oregon, -Cbasf & asjern will "construct; its proiecteq line from Portland to Earn boldt bay, but that th? Spreckles line will be extendedthroagh Coos oounty o Roseburg. - OTIC Bennett ot Marsnneio, wno was a rouiana wnvat ud a Btbamer KUburn. last" evening, ; re" ports that. the prospects for devel opment of Qoos- county never were better. We said: "The Southern, Pacific has itB preliminary survey - run from Dralnv to some point in Northern California.;' I do . not know , just where it ends. The, line has been permanently located from. Drain To a point near Reedsvill'e, on the Umpqua, ana tne rignc or way oaB Kbbti hmicrhfr and nam for from rt r t i , ; Drain to Elktoo, a distance of. 16 mires, with the exception of two nlaces. "where "condemnation pro ceedings are necessary. Thirty miles of rails have been unloaded a Drain for this line and it la ; uri derstood that as soon bs weather permits constructioL, will be com merced and Dashed aa rapidly as bosfible." : 1 Mr. Bennett said that lust before he lett home a party of half a doz en right of way men for the Oregon Coast & Eastern arrived at Alarsn field and began woik. lbey came down from Tillamook and will work through Coos and Curry county "Thia road will get a right ot way through Coos county. The people will give mo t of the right ot way and the remainder the compaDy will have to buy." he said. "Tbe people want' these railroads. Eve rvthiDe l usuries tne prediction tbat U008 county will scon ne connected with the outside world by rail lines and some people are eo sanguine as to aeseit tbat there will be tbree in dependent lines of rail transporta tion tnrougn VOos county. ' mere is some activity In real Estate, but aa the roads are bad' leading from Roseburg into Coos county it is net expected that any extensive opera tions will begin until the highways are in better condition. ' Tbe railroad alluded to by Mr. .Bennett is a proposed extension of the line 'already in operation be twen Myitle Poiut and Marsbfield It is said this line, in tbe Coquille country, will be extended to Rose burg and thence easterly. It is now operating 27 miles of track owned by John D. Spreckles & Bros San Francisco, who also own the valuable Beaver Hill coal mines tapped by the road. r ? ; ; The western terminus is of Marsh field, i The road has proved a prof itable investment, " under manage ment of W. C. Chandler. Rich Timber and coal lands along the route of the talked-of extension are strong inducements ..'fat build ing to Roseburg, arid it is said that if the Spreckles people do not make the extension, a connecting line will be built by other intereeta. r HOME-SEEKERS If -you ai-e looking for some real good , bargainsin Stopk. .Orain, Fruiand .Poultry : RancHes", .write for-our,' special-list, 6r come and see us. "' WeJtake: pleasure 'in giving you all the reliable information you wish, also showing you over the country. ' " - AMBLER 6c WAITERS , : - Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Gorvallis and Philomath, Oregon. .. . tective tariff, which compel the payment for structural steel and ship plates of a much higher price than is demanded by these same produ cers of 1 Foreign shipbuilders when they purchase similar commodities. Haven t we trusts enouerh? Hasn't the1 steel trust, with which the eub eidy-ship trust will ally itself, money enough; or making profits enough, but a little while ago it published its report, showing that the earnings for the past year were. approximately, $120,000,000;' yet it nad unnueq orders to tbe amount cf over 7,ooo,oob' tons. 1 "Its high handed looting' is hdwtobelncreas ed'by1 a new demand'fbroed.by'B'ul)- sidy for ships,' at the expense 6f the cbrintry. That is, if' trre Mil sfiould become a law. But it may not. It has yet to get theva'pprbvttl bl' tbe; Mouse ana the president. Ship freights are now very low: so vl6w that' foreign shipo where are getting only meager returns. The bill will' not lower the rater, hot will ocrease themr for the intention of it'is to get higher rates for Ameri- oarJ ships; through bounties paid from' the treasury, "than now are paid to foreign' ships,- which carry the greater part of onr ocean com merce. " If it'is true that foreigners catt do this wbrk at rates ruicoasly cheap',' wby not alloW them? " - The senate is the intrenched camp of such schemes as this: It: is not possible that this measure of colos- sai'graft can' or1 will obtain the 'ap proval of the people of tbe. United States: "Let it become an issue in a general election and we shall see. Helena, Feb. 17. Upon a con tract callrng for the; payment of $liooo ai day from the time he left Chicagol u'ritil his return;; Dr. Seppy, proreBfeor or the practice ot meal cine at Rush College, has come ' to Helena Co "make a diagnosis of the illness of Peter Larson of this city, reputed "to " be the wealthiest man int.be hoi th west with the exception perhaps, of United States Senator Thirty-five years ago Hanson landed in New York penniless.' ' He ia largely interested in ' mines, banks, railroads, lumbering mill", floarmills, and other western indus trie?. Recently be and blapartner sold two mines to the Federal com pany for $3,006,000. He is suffer ing from cirrhosis of the liver and recently went eaet for an operation but it was not performed. Dr. Sap py's diagnosis is understood to have been the eame as that of tne bos pit a! doctors in Rochester, Minnesota, that the ca6e was hopeless, but not necessarily immediately" fatal. TABLES HAVE TURNLD A YEAR AGO , THE PRESI ' DENTS OS BIG INSURANCE CONCERNS WERE IN PRIME OF LIFE. Portland, Feb. I5. The Oregonian says editorially: As Wa9 expect ed,' the senate has passed the ship-subsidy bill. The effect will be to draw the money from the. treasury,' paid ' in by all the people, and turn it over to a group of subsidy-seekers, already rich, for their further enrichment; and to build up in the country another gieat and oppressive trust, auxillery to the steel truet, or part of it. ' Should the "subsidy lead to the ship construction in American shipyards, it would ba under pres ent circumstances, virtually a fur ther bonus paid to the steel trust. For hitherto the coat of construct ing merchant ships in American yards haa been made unduly high by combinations supported by pro- Albany, Or., Feb. 17. A large piece of; silver bullion washed" tip on the coast at Newport,' Ori, has set agog the imagination of the den izens of that storm-swept neighbor hood, and the days of Spanish gal leons laden With' wealth and the ocean piracies of primrtrve America are recalled.' " J. G. Crawford,"" the Albany photographer and scientist, is the discoverer of the wealth dis gorged by the ocean. While searching' for rare speci mens of animal and mineral life tbat are to be found on tbe Oregon Coast during the Winter months, Mr. Crawford ran across a large piece of mixed silver and gold, symmetrically shaped as if the two metals had been mettled and run together of some kind. Spec ulation as to the source of tbe rare find was Immediately rife, but that u 1 acne from the depth of tbe ocean is the only certain information obtainable. lbe tact tbat tbe two metala are melted together as if they had been thrown into a braes kettle, or some such receptacle, would indicate that it is not from some of the wrecks of wealth-laden ships of re cent days. Few miners of today would run tbeir gold and silver to gether in a elngle vessel. An old miner estimated tbat tbe bod is worth several hundred dollars. The bullion is quite heavy. ' Today the Once Great Magnates are Broken in Mind and Body and Are Physical ' Wrecks" ' Other News. ' New York, Feb. 16. A" year ago the prbsiden ts of ' three -big ' insur ance companies were" vigorous-men ih mind-UHd body" and' respected and revered as piltars;of the finari ciarStructriM' ortheTnatlcmi y Here is nhetrc6n,Ktion''1ddyf ,' 3 Johtf Av McCall, former president of 'the-New 'Ydrk? XifB,' dyingv,at Lakewoob, Nev' Jersey; broken In fortune a well aa" bodily ' strength: Harcirrhosis of tte" liver and heart diBeiase: " r-1- Tames W. Alexander, former pres- idChTdf the Equitable;- dying 4n'a sanatoriam at Deerfield, MaBsaohu Setts, having-just suffered' a" stroke of paralysis: ' Kiohard A. McCurdy, former president of the Mutual "Life, In a mental condition' which alarms his family,' physicians and friends, and his reputation' irretrievably shatter ed. ' His fortune is intacti but he is confronted with suits 'for restitu tion which' tody cost him a great sum. v" The first attack upon any of the big insurance companies or their official heads was made by Thomas W; Lawsoh' when he began the se rial publicatiob of bis Frenzied Fi nance ' in & very body er He open ly charged mismanagement of trus't funds and alleged that' the insur ance concerns Were all manipulat ed by Wall street gamblers. Hie charges were taken up by Presidt nt McCallof the New-York Life and ridiculed as ridiculed as ridiculous and Lawson was openly accused of falsehood . ,-. Then fame the quarrel between young James Hazen Hyds and President Alexander of the Equita ble, and the sensational charges ie suiting in the Frick committee in vestigation, followed bv t)H legis lative investigation. In ibis all the insurance companies wtre shown to ' have been illegally conducted and their trust funds and a surplus used by schemers to float tbeir va rious projects. : Among those whose reputations suffered from the inquiry were Geo. r erkicB, vice-president of tbe New York Life, ' whose funds were made cse ot by the firm of J. Pier- pont Morgan & Co.; Chauncey M, Depew, who as a director ot the Equitable loaned himself the asso ciation's funds on worthless securi ty; Benjamin O'dell, former gover nor, who has lost control of the re publican machine in New York state through its connection with the insurance scandal; Senator Piatt, who was also brought into the limelight as having collected campaign money from policy-holders' trust funds; E. H. Harriman, the railroad king, and Thomas F. Ryan, who quarrelled as to who should pluck the Equitable surplus. happy operator on Wall street with a mansion on Fifth avenue and with a prospect of becoming as .veil known as a successful Snanoier " as his father had become noted es a pulpit' orator, H. B. Beecher," son of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecbef, is now holdiag a minor-clerkship in the office of City Treasurer Rbth burn. His salary is small. He i's to receive less every month than, a score of years ago, he could squan der on a dinner without causing himself to ' feel that be was extrav agant. Mr. Beecher has just been" ap pointed to the clerkship through TYeas'ure'rllIpirnger;''; He1 askedfor it, not on his record or because ' he is the son of a famous man, but on his merits. . Though acknowledg ing "iiis "identify",' B'eecheiJ will'-not discuss His 'past: '"A brother, 'If. F.' Beecher, Wis once collector of customs for Puget Sound: : ' Common Colds are tbe Cause of Many Serious Diseases." Physicians who have gained a national reputation as analysts of the cause of various diseases, claim that if catching cold could b; avoided a. long list of dangerous ailment would never be heard of. Everyone know; that pneumonia and consumption originate from a cold, and chronic catarrh, bronchitis, and all throat and lung trouble are aggra vated arid rendered more serious by each fresh attack. Do not risk your life or take chances when you have a cold. Chamber lain's Cough Remedy will cure it before these diseases develop. This remedy con tains no opium, morphine or other harmful arug, anil lias thirty years of reputation back i 11, gained oy lis cures under every condi tion. - For sale by Graham & Wortham. - Omaha, Feb! 15 The, jury in the trial of Pat Crowe, charged with the robbery of EdWardr A. Ctrdahy, the Omaha Packer,' W -$26,00 -in corinectiou'with the kidnaping of the tatter's son five years ago, this afternoon, after l5 noursi delibera tion brough t in 1 a verdict" of "not guilty."'" ''!', I The kidnaping of Eddy Cudahy December 19, 19oo," and his release upon the payment by his father of $25,000 raoBom created a" great sen sation, and tbe searcn Tor tne kid kn'a'p1 ers1 Was stimViTatedr'at the time by the' offer of a reward ot $50,000 by Mr. Cudahy.' It was the belief of authorities that Crowe ' and James ' Callahan were the guilty parties, but ho trace of them could be found until' about a year ago, when Callahan was ar rested. He was identified by young Cudahy as one of his c . ptors, but was released on trial, as ' it could ndt be Bhown that he received ' atiy of the mohey, and there was at that time no' law makiDg the kidnapiog of a person over lq years of age a crime. Last October Crowe was arrested in Butte, Mont., and was put on triat February 7. There wasnoev dence to positively identify Crowe as one of the kidnapers. Crowe was recently indicted in Council Bluffs, with others, on a charge of holding up a street' carl Council Bluffs, la., Feb- 16. Pat Crowe is now "a prisoner in the Pottawdtamie county jail here and will be arraigned tomorrow morning on the charge of street-car robbery. Crowe declares himself confident of acquittal. : ' The indictment charges that he and Arthur Ivt held up two': motor-car crews on the Council Bluffs side of the Missouri River bridge on July 2, I905, and secured $60 from them. Crowe's bond has been fixed at $15oo. ' ' ' 'Levi -was on trial today for a sa loon hold-up committed a month subsequent to the street-car rob Seattle, Wash., Feb. 16. Once a - Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 17. John A. McCall, ex president of tbe New York Life Insurance company, suf fered a severe collapse late tonight from his rally this evening. He is kept alive by the use of oxygen and the physicians believe he cannot live through the night. ROYAI! Baking Powder MaJces Cleaur Bread With Royal Baking Powder there is no mixing with the hands, no sweat of the brow. Perfect cleanliness, greatest facility, sweet, clean, healthful food. Full instructions in the "Royal Baker and Pastry Cook" book' for making all kinds of bread, biscuit and cake with Royal Baking Powder.' 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