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Vol. XIX.-No. 2
CORVALLIS, OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9. 1900.
B. F, IKVIH Editor
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p For the 'Early Spring
Beyers
naoy Receipts
Of the very latest spring wash fabrics iare to
be seen at our store. This spring brings the
prettiest and mdstf 'attractive cotton fabrics
and the loveliest wool and silk dress goods of
i any1 previous years. Oar -store is filling up on
these things. Come and get acquainted with
what the spring and summer has to offer.
Pnees are the lowest o " " o o
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Oorvallis,
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Are You
Would you like to see inaide a human eye? Call at Pratt the Jeweler
& Opical store at any time and he will be pleased to show you the nerves,
veins and arteries as seen through the latest and most scientific combined
Opthilmascope and Raf ru isoope. If you have trouble with your eyes call on
Pratt The Jeweler 6c Optician.
Having secured the services of J. K. Berry,
who has eight years experience in. bicycle !
and general repair, work, I am now prepared
to all kinds of repair work on short notice.
All Work Guaranteed
Come and see the Olds work.
M. M. LONG'S
HOME-SEEKERS
If you are looking for some real good bargains in
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 6c WAITERS
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance
! ;" " Corvallis and Philomath, Oregon. .
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Curious?
ALL INDICTED
BY THE GRBND JURY EX
CEPTING ST. JOHN, FED
ERATION ORGANIZER.
Arrests Made Before Names Are
Published Defendants Wants
Immediate Trial Jury
Completes Its ' Work.
Boise," Idaho, March 6. At li
o'clock this morning the grand jury
Died id to the courtroom at Caldwell
and Foreman Moses delivered "into
the bands of Judge Smith a large
package of legal documents having
the appearance of indictments.' The
court cautioned the members of the
jury against talking, of , their V.Wqrfc
especially ot the persons, against
whom indictments had oeen return-;
d. ' The -iury .then returned . for.
further transaction ol business. .'.
When Judge Smith looked over
the papei s banded' him, it was seen
that 11 different instruments con
stituted the report of the grand ju
ry. To an earnest request for such
information aB might safely be giv
en out Judge Smith said that! the
aw prohibited information - Of in
dictments being made public ' until
me tar ties informed against bad
been arrested and arraigned..
It is, however stated on good au
thority that' Mercer, Hey wood, Pet?
tibone, St. John Orchard, . Adams
and at least three others have been
indicted for the murder of ex Gov--
ernor Steunenberg. Sheriff Nichols
is on bis way to Boise ; and it is be
lieved he is carrying warrants tpr
all the men in the penitentiary that
are awaiting grand iury action.
The , defendants ... attorneys will
demand , their immediate arraign-
rreat in order to begin to raise'- ob-
lectibns to the indictments and
probably all the indicted men will
be taken to Caldwill tomorrow.
F. E. Richardson of Denver,, at
torney for the Western Federation
will be in B use the night of March
with an tmwer in the habias corr
pus case. Clarence Darr'ow, the
Cb'cago lawyer, will not come nntil
after he date of the trial is set.
Thirty-eight strangers got off of
the train at 'Caldwell last night,
and there are more unknown people
in that county than ever before in
its history. No explanation of the
influx can.be given, unless they are
there for the benefit of the Western
Federation' men under arrest. The
town is. very quiet, , but many fear
trouble is brewing,- for .conditions
are considered desperate for the im
prisoned meD. r - - ;. "
While, not a member of the pros
ecution will give a reason for ; the
failure for the indictment of St.
John, it is 'understood all along that
tbe sute t ai little direct informa
tion against St. John. Just why
be was arrested the prosecution has
never seen fit to make public. It
was rumored that his arrest was
made at the request of the mine
owners' . Association . because the;
considered bim a . dangerous' man
The fact that Simpkins was in
dieted along with the rett' sets at
rest the Story that he' was already
in lbe hands of officers working for
the prosecution. The story has had
it that Simpkins bad been arrested
and bad. made a confession, and that
it was this confession that was di
rectly the cause of breaking Adam;
down.
Washington, -March 7. General
J. M. Schofield was buried this af
ternoon with full .military honors.
The president and the highest gov
ernmental 'officials participated in
the services. .
, Seattle, Wash., March 7.5-Judge
William Hickman Moore, municip
al ownership candidate for mayor
of this city, has bem elected by a
majority of I5 votes after one of the
closest fights in the history of the
city. John Riplinger, republican
candidate, was badly cut in . many
of the' wards and ran far behind his
ticket. The leaders ol the muni
cipal ownership party charge gross
frauds in several of the wards, and
had their candidate been defeated
would have contested the election.
The election of Judge Moore is
tbe most remarkable political vic
tory that has baen achieved here,
and came like a thunderbolt to tbe
republican leaders, who at all times
were confident of a sweeping victo
ry. '.'' -
Judge Moore is a strongman and
has always been a demociat, but his
official record has been such that he
ba9 bad many warm supporters
among King county republicans.
New York, March 6. A real gold
mine whose quartz assays very high
has been discovered on lower Broad
way, within a stone's throw on
Wall street. The "strike" was
made. 174 feet under the street level
under ahandsome new building
being erected for the Title Guaran
tee & Trust Company at 176 Broad
way. .
To equip the building withplung
er'elevators, four holes, each about
nine inches in diameter, wert drill
ed. At a depth of 174.-feet Sanuel
C. Pyle of Wilmington, Delaware,
who, besides, being, foreman of, , the
bricklayers, is a mechanic, mineral
ogist; geologist-and metallurgist,
noticed stray bits of t stone brought
up from the plunger boles and pock
eted several pieces, .ri He.took them
home and worked r tbe specimens
until h had a nice .little j lump; of
pure gold. --'. . .-:
"Since then Pyle has aesayed sim
ilar' samples of the ore .found, in the
fame borings under Broadway fcnd
says that in some of them the gold
runs as high as. $2,000 a ton. . The
immediate surface, value of the re
alty thereabouts precludes tbe pos
sibility of a gold craze following the
strike.
' Cottage Grove Western Oregon:
Paragraphs have, been appearing In
the state papers relative to. the' -Oldest
officers . who .' . administered -. tbe
civil laws in Oregon . iu territorial
days.- Cottage .Grove is able to do
something along that line. . L. L.
Wbitcomb, whose postoffice address
is Cottage Grove, Is mentioned aB
the oldest assessor now living in
the state.. . He was elee'ed assessor
of Washington county, at the June
election in 1854 .and - assessed the
county that year. . That, was before
Multnomah county , , was formed.
Hillsboro was tbe county seat where
all county business originating in
Poitland was transacted. In IO50,
Mr. Wbitcomb was elected commis-
siooea for Washington county. , Af
ter serving hrs term , he moved to
Yambi I county, where in 1864 and
again in 1766 he was elected sheriff,
serving two full .terms. , It is be
lieved, until further returns are re
ceived, that he is the oldest living
ex-sheriff. .
Boi&e, Idaho, March, 4. Assas
sinating those whose .hands were
against the Western Federation of
Miners, and those who. refuted to
join the association, are not the on
ly crimes for which the members of
tbe Inner Circle will be called upon
to answer, v Not only were, nonun
ion miners murdered 1 a outright,
bombs placed for state officials, but
the poor tools wha committed the
revolting crimes for the inner circle
were" themselves victims : of this
committee of death. . .
Harry Orchard was among t e
tools of the Inner Circle marked for
destruction Had he managed to
have escaped arrest after having as
sassinated Steunenberg, he wculd
not have lived .loDg to enjoy the
$3,800 he was to have received for
doing the job.
The confession of Steve Adams,
it is said, shows that the members
of the Inner Circle were suspicious
of Orchard, and that he bad been
shadowed for a long time before he
went to Caldwell for the purpose of
rhc!ng the bomb which killed ex
U ivemor Steunenberg. . Sentence
bad been passed upon him, and it is
said that whether he succeeded as
he did, or failed, he would have
been added to the list of the tcols
that have baen put out of the way.
Crimes within crimes wasTthe sys
tem which the Inner Circle carried
out. When dupes of the Inner Cir
cle bad performed so . many deeds
for the Inner Circle that they knew
too much they were quietly put out
of the way, and it is believed that
the confessions cf Orchard and Ad
ams will prove this.'
Orchard had reached the point
where he knew too much for the
peace of mind of the members of
the Inner Circle, and he, like others
was elated for destruction.
Portland, March 6,Oregocian:
One of tbe largest of natural wond
er8 of South America is the swing
ing rock of Tandil, la pledra hove
dlza. i he stone lies about Halt an
hour's walk from the city of Tan
dll, province of Buenos Ayree, Ar
gentine Republic, upon the highest
summit of a little , rocky ridge.
Continued on page 4.
HIS REPORT
PRESIDENT
CITIZENS
JOHNSON
TELLS
OF
LEAGUE
PROSPERITY AND
, GROWTH.
In Corvallis More Buildings Than
. Ever' Before More Railroad
Tonnage Greater Receipts
at Local " Postoffice
' Other News.
. Corvallis. sold more .gqodp,., .built
more houses, shipped ' and received
more freight and used 1 the local
postoffice far more -last year than
during any year in her past history .
The facts were brought putt In the
annual report : , to the . .Citizens
League by President Johnson Tues
day night. E His report says in
part:
' In 'the first place I want to con
gratulate the. business men. on the
substantial , increase in , business
in, all lines, during, the past year.
L am advised .by different mer
chants of . the city that business
of the past year has shown an in
crease of from 10 to to 100 per
cent, anc I feel certain that con
siderable of this .increase . is due
to : the . .affective , work of. the
league, , The. postal revenues are
generally, conceded, .to, be an ex
cellent (barometer of business con
ditions. , During the past week
the Portland papers have given
much space to telling the world
of the wonderful increase of
postal revenues of . the Portland
cost office during the month of
February,1 claiming that such in
crease was, a trifle over 25 per
epnt.
-Corvallis, however, can make
1 much better showing . than
Portland. The revenue from the
sale of stamps for the Corvallis
post office for February, 1905,
was $555, lor February, 1906,
755 again ot $200, or a trifle
over 36 per cent. . For the year
ending February 28, 1905, the
revenues of the Corvallis post
office were $7,157.80, and for the
year epding February 28, 1906,
the reveuues .were . $8,095.55
showing again for the year of 13
per cent.' I believe this showing
is a fair index ot the prosperity
that the community has enjoyed
during the past year.
During tne year just ended the
league, has- received : directly and
indirectly $655. Of this amount
$450 " was contributed by the
county and city; $140 was re
ceived from subscriptions for Cor
vallis Day at the Lewis and Clark
Fair, and the balance of $65 was
received fiom dues.
One great thing the league has
done during the past year that
shows tangible results is in the
matter of advertising. Last May
the county appropriated $150 for
the use of the league in adver
tising. This, together with some
cards that were printed for distri
bution at the Lewis and Clark
Fair, has brought to the secretary
1,450 requests for printed matter
concerning Benton county. It is
asserted .by those in a position to
knowthat during thepast year fully
$175,000 have actually been in
vested in this county and it is pro
bable that all told $250,000 ot out
side capital have been brought to
the county during the 12 months
just ; passed.; So , satisfactory
was. the work of the .'league that
the county at the February term
of court granted an additional
$150 for the uses of the leaguers
in furthering the interests of
Benton county.
Commenting upon the fact that John
F. AlleD, secretary of the league, wrote
one or more personal letters to every
one of the 1,450 persons who inquired of
conditions here during the last year, it
may be properly said that the citizens of
Corvallis should feel under lasting obli
gations to Mr. Allen for hii faithful per
formance of duty. .
The apathy and lack of "interest dis
played by the citizens of Corvallis toward
this organization is discouraging to the
officers and the results are nothing like
so great as they might be if the organize,
tion had the active co-operation of its
citizens. I am not complaining, but I
feel that tbe organization is essential to
tbe development of this town'and county
and that it has accomplished during the
lust year a great deal of good, and that
with the support which it. deserves .its
work could be much more beneficial and
effective. " To my mind the maintenance)
of the organization at its highest state of
efficiency is essential to the best iBterests
of Corvallis.
,. In regard to conditions locallr the in
crease in new ouildings was probably tbe
most noticeable.. From figureB and esti
mates obtained from builders and con
tractors I feel safe in saying that lQQ.re -sidences
were , erected . in . and around
.Corvallis during thepast rear, and that
these and other local improvements have
resulted in a gross expenditure of proba
bly $150,000. ' - - '
The (roBB tonage by rail in and put of
Corvallis. for 1905 exceeded that of the
previous year, by, 33 per cent, while ,the
receipts ..from passenger business during
the same period ,' even at tbe very 'low
rates in effect during the Lewis and Clark
Fair, show 50 per cent increase.
; . Eureka, Cal., March 7. As the
culmination of the attack on. the
Herald in the Californian of last
Saturday, M. ;M. Vaughn, . editor
of that paper, this afternoon, shot
three times at Jttiles CJ. Hyatt, man
ager, of the Herald, neitber bulUt,
however, doing any injury. "'
Vaughn, who is paralyzed in. the
lower limbs and ' unable to wa k,
drove Up in front of the Herald of
fice abont 2 o'clock and . called- for
some one taxome to the door.. Miss
May (roddard. an attache, went to
the sidewalk, and Vaughn asked
her if Frank Parker editor of the
Herald was in. : Mies Goddard was
not sure, and went , in to inquire.
Finding Mr. Parker ,wasl(put.T she
returned to the carriage and eo in
formed Mr. Vaughn.
Vaughn then inquired for the
manager, Hyatt, and tbe latter
went to the door. : He was not ac
quainted with Vaughn, and inno
cently approached the carriage. As
he did so, Vaughn sang out, "Arm
yourself.1'
Before Hyatt could bave armed
himself, even bad he so desired,
three shots rang out. When Hyatt
saw what was coming, he immedi
ately sought refuge behind a tele
phone pole and Vaughn was ie
stianad from further shootirg.
Vaughn vra? arrested and , released
cn bail.
Cbicsgo, March 7. John D.
Rockefeller was scored as a promt -ter
of ' corporate,, evil by Andrtw
Cook in an address to tbe students
at the Univerity cf Chicago." The
bold attack ' on the.fiuoder cf
of 1 the.., university, .s who,., has
given millions of dollars to it, cane,
ed general surprise. . and dlscussim
on the Midway. '
"Publicity will cire many evils
if the Rockefeller aetem," stid
Cook. "If John D. Rockefeller
would tell the people just how much
of tbe enterprise is Wotsr andjhow
much represents real value,' people
would bave notbit g to dr ith the se
companies."
After explaining the process ot
forming a corporation and the
method by which it does business
Cook pointed out some of the abuets
of the "syBtem" and scored tbe prac
tice of watering stock. .
Chicago, March 7. W. H. Cot
don, who lives at the Palmer houte,
is a firm believer 'in getting- his
rignts oy rteourse to law. , Me is
now suing tbe Chicago & Western
Indiana railroad for $5,000,000, but
bas also found time- to begin EUit
against Tony Pacelli, a newsboy,
for 7 cents. This followed a heated
discussion, ending in Condon chas
ing Pacelli through the corridors of
tbe hotel, and then filing his. suit.
Pacelli contracted to deliver the
papers every morning to Condon.
On March 1 Pacelli tendered a bill
for 70 cents to Condon, which was
paid. Sunday mornicg Condon
told Pacelli be had been overpaid.
"I "paid you 70 cents and I miss
ed one Sunday paper," Condon is
said to have declared. "Besides
there are only 28 days in February
and you owe me 7 cents." .
Pacelli refused to refund and the
suit is the result."
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