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Vol. XIX.-No. 3 CORVALLIS, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14. 1906. B.F. iKvnni wtor ml Proprietor Notice of Final Settlement. In the Matter of tbe Estate i of I Louisa Irwin, deceased. ) Notice 18 hereby given that the undersigned ae executor of tbe latt will and testament of Louisa Irwin, deceased, has Sled his final ac count as such ezecntor with the clerk of the county court of the state of Oiegon, for Benton county, and the said court baa fixed Saturday, tbe 8th day of September, 1906, at the hoar of two o'clock in the afternoon as the time, and tbe county couit room la the court house in Cor vallis Oregon, as the place for healing any and all object! on a to tbe said account, and for the settlement thereof. Dated this August 10, 1906. R. S. IRWIN, Executor of the last will and testament of Lou lea Irwlu, deceased. Summons. In the circuit court in the state of Oregon, for Benton county. Catherine BoehilBger, Plaintiff, 1 Oregon and California Railroad JCo.,'! and Union TruBt Company. .Deft's. J To Union Trust Company, the above named de fendant: la the name of the state of Oregon you are hereby summoned and reqnlred to appear and answer the complaint of the r'.alntlB In the above entitled suit. In the above entitled court, now on file in the office of the cleik of said com t on or balore trie- last day of the time Drescilbed in the order for nnbllca- ilon of this summons made by the county judee of Benton ceunly, state of Otegon (which order Is hereinafter referred to) to wit: August 81, 1906, and you are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer the said complaint as herein required, for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to tue aDove entitled court tor me re lief demanded in her said complaint, to-wit: that the defendent O. & C. R. R. Co. make deed to plaintiff conveying the N. W. quarter of . N. W. quarter of Section 29, Township 13 8., ' K. 6 W., in Benton county, Oregon : thatdefeiHt ant Union Trust Company . join in said deed, and that if defendants refuse to make such deed then that tbe decree of the above entitled cnnrt aland in lieu thereof. This summons is published in the Corvallis Times newspaper once a week for six succes sive and consecutive weeks, beginning with the issue July 20, 1908 and ending with tbe issue of Auguat 31, 1906. in pursuance of the directions contained in an order made by the Hon. E. Woodward, county judge of Benton county, Oregon, dated July it, iwttj. uateoi nrst publication nereoi is Juiy su, laoe. E. E. WILSON, Plaintiff's Attorney, BIDS WANTED. - Sotlce is hereby given that the county cour of Benton county, will receive bids for painting tbe roof and tower of the court house with one good coat of "Piinces Metallic Fire Proof Ealnt mixed with pure Linseed Oil." 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HOME - 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 61 WAITERS . Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Goryallis and Philomath, Oregon Oregon go with;bu?i 2. N Corvallis, Oregon. SEEKERS - gon - J Grade ESTHER Mil CELL NEAR DEATH'S DOOR FROM " TYPHOID FEVER. Murderess Tossing on Prison Cot . for Four Days Reduced to a Shadow of Her Former . Self Other Newe. ; Seattle, Wash., Aug. 11. Esther Mitchell is lying close to death on a cot in the county jail and may, by th Intervention of dfaih. ba saved I from the trial for murder in tbe firet degree for slaying her brother tieorge. n ot lour days me girl nas tOEsed delirious upon a fevt r-et rick en bed, but not until yesterday af ternoon did tbe jail physician de clare that she has typhoid fever. Even now be refuses to state defin ately that this is her ailment, but he admits that all the symptoms of the disease are present. Esther Mitchell, since' her confinement in tbe jail has enjoyed fairly good health until about a week ago. At that time she complained of the Jnriann farn nnrl nf hnr inahilitv tn " - - - j eat it. 'C Four days ago she took to her cot, and has not been able to rise from it since. Tbe girl murderess ia but a shadow of her former eelf. Always hail, the confinement has worn ber down to a mere shadow. When she was first taken ill the jail physician firBt thought that it was simply a case of indigestion, but when her. ten peratura continued to climb the visits of the physician increased in frequency. Now he visits the girl some six or eeVen times i a (Jay. The cell of the jailor's office in which ehe is con fined is fitted op as a sickroom and the girl is given the .best of ca e The jailers, who ste the mostof her, ere candid" in Baying that trey doubt if she will recover. The girl, however, laughs at tbeir feare aqd declares that ber Bickt'esB -will all rarcverin a few days and tbatrBhe will be ready for trial early in Octo ber, when the prosecuting attorney deires to try the case. The liners, however, are not so hopeful as tbe girl. If she dees not improve during the day judge i f the criminal court will be asked toorder her senttothe county hospital, wbeie she can be given better attention than at tbe county jail. During her deliiicua moments, the girl does not make any reference to tbe killing of her brother or Creffield. Mot once dur ing her illce-s baa ehe shown any disposition to discuss these matters. Several religious workers who vis ited the jail tried to ingratiate themselves with the girl, but they failed. She treated them as well aa ehe does the most casual curiosi ty eeeker and no better. When told that she was ill and should now think of the wrongs that she had done, ehe declared that ehe was prepared to die, as she had never wronged nny one. Prosecut ing Attorpey Mackintosh does not think the girl will be in condition to stand a long trial for several weeks. During her illcesa she has been vis ited by. ailenisls in the employ of the prosecution, but they refuse to divulge the result of their invtsti ga'ions. St Pelersburg, Aug. li. Nearly s 100 soldiers ot the imperial guard an under, anest in Tearskoe-Selo ior complicity in the attempt today to assassinate the Grand Duke Nicholas ia ' the summer camp. That the grand duke escaped with his life is due to the fact that the men who used ball cartridges in stead of blanks, while at drill, be gan firing at too great a distance and in their haste aimed badly. It is not doubted that the whole affair was the outcome of a deeply laid plot and it is strongly believed that some of the officers are involv ed. ',- . . So great is the panic caused ' by the incident that the czar, who in tended to visit the camp the com ing week, has suddenly changed his plans, owing to a well-defined be lief that his life will not be 'safe, with the troops. The men were advancing by rushes in . extending order when tbe shots were fired and for a time it was difficult for those with the grand duke to tell which way the bullets came from when they began to whiz by the head of Nicholas and his staff. . r. -' An order to cease firing was giv en at once and then it waa found upon investigation that the' bullets were from the rifles of the first- hat- talion of the life guards, the crack regiment or tbe ttuasian army. It was learned that more than loo shots were fired, but the militn. ry authorities are finding great dif- ncuity in tneir efforts to fix the re eponsibilitv on the oulHv Those in the confidence of the gov ernment are greatly worried by the occurrence. Fearing some such enisode. ord ers were given to the officers before me snam ugnt which mcbolaswas watching to take all the ball cart ridges away from tbe men and to carefully search their cartridge- boxes. Tbat this evidently wan rot done gives color to the suspicion that the officers were In the plot. Boise, Ida., Auk. 11.- Chief Tub- tice Stockalager, of the Idaho su preme court, who was recently nom inated for governor by the demo- crate of Idaho, received an immense ovation on his return to Boise to night. Early in the evening Judee Stockslager addressed a large gath ering at Nampa, a special train go ing from this city to attend. Two special trains brought tbe entire paity to Boise, arriving at 8:30 o'clock. A parade formed at the depot, with bands from Moun tain Home, Weiser and Boise, and marched to the Capitol hotel, from tbe balcony of which addresses were made by Justice Stockslager, Judge .Perky, probable chairman of tbe state central committee, and others. The speeches were received with much enthusiasm, and Justice Stockslager wad hailed aa "the Chamberlain of Idaho." St. Peteisbure, Aug. 11. Count Heyden, in a letter printed la the Novo-Vremya today, givea the lie direct to the czar in connection with the recent attempt of Premier Stolypia to form a cabinet. Count Hej den says he and his associates refused to enter the cabicet becauee their plans for reform were rejected and Premier Stolypin demanded that they become bureaucrats. The letter is bold and frank aod has created a sensation 1 1 declaring tbat the czar is deliberately trying to regain his full authority by only admitting as ad vie era those favor ing despotic rule. The general impiesti n is that in driving the Heyden party from him the czar has done tbe most in his power to hasten a crisis. " Two regiments have notified their officers it will be useless to order them to shoot the peasants they have been sent to subdue. General Oassoff hastened to tbe camp at Voiogda to subdue the mutineers but was unsuccessful, the men re peating to him their intentions New York, Aug. 8. New Yoik World: "To those who are not bs hind the ectnes tbe situation in Russia looks like a blind mob work ing in chaos," e aid Dr. Paul S. Kawlan, of No. S'2 East Broadway, membeiof tbe federated committee of tbe socialistic Revolutionary par ty, yesterday, "but to those who are on tbe inside of every movement is watched with the utmost interest. Every outbreak is a part of a pre arranged plan. The whole revolu tion is moving along with the mo mentum of an avaknobe, and eve ry outbreak is araanged and carri ed oo t like clockwork. "Those behind the ecenes see the purpose and the results to be attain ed. The Rut siao government is now running like a blind .bull, fu rious and maddened, but not know ing which way to turn or what to do next. "At the dead of tbe revolution is not one man that can he pot out of the way. Every committea is six ply deep, and the moment tbat one committee is located and arrested the reins ate caught up by the next ret, ai-d tbe work goes on. "It has been preparing for months and years. Tbe revolution on tbe outside appearing like a mismanag ed anarchy runs as smoothly as a machine. The point baa been reach ed where the committees that have' been working from the outside, from America, England and Switz erland, have dared to go into Rus sia, and are directing things-from the battle field. There are still committees in these countries, to be sure, hut now things are directed from Russia itself." .: - It was learned last night tbat Narodny and nearly all of the prom inent revolutionists who have been in this country have mysteriously gone back to Russia. STANDARD OIL CO. r AND ALLIES INDICTED TWENTY-TWO COUNTS AGAINST THEM. it f Rebating Ia the Charge Rates Charged Lower Than Any in Tariffs Possible Finea Will Amount to $l,4jo,ooo O her News. Jameutown, N. Y , Aug 10. The Federal grand jury for the Western dietriot of New York today reported indictments against the Standard oil company of .New York, the rennsy Ivania railroad and tbe Va cuum Oil Company, which has re fineries at Ulean and Kochester, N. Y. One indictment is found against each of the defendants and in all there aie 22 counts. The indict ment against the Pennsylvania rail road charges tbat it granted rebates on oil shipments to the Standard Oil Company, and the indictment against the Standard charges that it aecepted lebates from the Pen aylvaoia. The evidence showed that the Vacuum Oil company made ship ments over tbe Pennsylvania and tbat the Standard paid the freight bill. The indictment against the vacuum Oil company charges spe cifically that it shipped oil from Olean to Rutland, Vt., at a tariff rate lower than any published by tbe Pennsylvania railroad or on file, with the interstate commerce commission showing its rates and chargea for tbe transportation of oil. The indictments were drawn un der tbe direction of Special United States District Attorney O. E. P-. gin.,' Bach of the 23 counts cot -stitutes a separate offense and the penalties, if the defendants weir convicted on all points, woulu amount to $l,4oo,ooo. The indictments specify tbat the shipments were made under a com mon arrangement among tbe Penn sylvania, the New York Central and the Rutland railroad companies. Chicago, Aug. 10. It developed at today's inquiry by the Federal grand jury into charges of rebating against tbe Standard Oil company that there is in existence on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad a tariff on shipments of oil from Dolton, 111, to points south' which is very low. Tte Standard Oil company has its refinery at Whit ing, Ind., a ehort distance from Dolton; and could easily avail it self ot this low rate, while other shippers wishing to reach Dolton to participate in the low rate south must pay the switching charges in Chicago district of $5 a car. which makes the total rate prohibitive aa far as competition is concerned. According to tbe testimony, the Standard Oil company shipped ita oil from Whiting, Ind., to Dolton, 111., over the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railway company . for about $2 a car in switching charg es. Although the shipment was between two states, it was not in terstate, because it was within one shippicg district. The same con signment was then shipped south on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois from Dolton in the low late from that point. This latter road carried tbe shipment. to Otter Creek Junction, w; er it was transferred to thej Evansville & Terre Haute road which took it too Evansville, Ind. It was then taken to Grand Junction, Tenn., over tbe Illinois Central, connecting with the Southern railroad at that point, and distributed through the South by tbe latter road. Ii is declared tbat by this condi tion tbe Standard Oil company was able to reach Grand Junction, Tenu., with its oil on a through rate of 13 cents for 100 pounds, whereas no "other shipper was able to take ad? vantage of the same privilege. The city of Grand junction is thus des ignated as the gateway to the south east for the Standard Oil company, giving it, it ia charged, a monopoly of the oil businesa in that section of the country. The witnesses questioned concern ing this matter were J. P. Saabrook an agent of the South railway, and L. D. Butts, of the auditing' depart ment of the Illinois Central road. - Continued on page 4,