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Vol. XX.-No.
CORVALLIS, OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7 1907.
By a F.IrYin&
MAYS AND JONES
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M. M. LONG'S
Mays Fined $lo,030 and Serve Fonr
Months in Jail Jouee Fined
$2,ooo and Serve Eight
Months in Jail Soren
son's Bail Forfeited.
Portland, May 4. Oregocian:
Shattered in health and weakened
mentally aDd physically, Franklin
Pierce Maya, ex-United States at
torney for Oregon and ez-etate
senator from Multnomah county
convicted last summer of conspira
cy in connection with the Blue
Mountain forest reeerve land frauds,
came before United States Judge
William H. Hunt in the Federal
court yesterday and was sentenced
to serve four montha in the county
jail and pay a fine of $lo,ooo. The
ordeal proved exceedingly trying
to Mays and he broke down and
wept when it was over.
When the bills of exception)
were finally disposed of Judge Hunt
announced that he was ready to
pass sentence opsn Mays and his
convicted codefeodants, Willard N.
Jones and George Soreoaon. Jones
was sentenced first. Judge Hunt
in imposing a jail sentence of eight
months and a $2,000 fine on the
former state legislator delivered a
stinging rebuke to the citiz ns in
general who have been guilty of
land frauds. Judge Hunt said that
the downfall of all of them was due
to avarice. Reputable men'fhad
found it easy to make money by
securing government lands by the
methods used by the defendants
"Men who did these things be
came soon careless in their meth
ode," said Judga Hunt. 'Qne man
made money easy and then others
would enter into the same business.
Their moral sense finally became
so blunted that they could not dis
tinguish right from wrong, then
men of splendid reputation and
good character were ruined and dis
graced for life."
While Judge Hunt was speaking
Jones stood motionless. He paled
a little under the scathing denun
ciation of the court, but did not
flinch or move a muscle when Judge
Hunt cloeed hia rebuke by saying:
"The sentence of the conrt is that
you be confined in the Multnomah
county jail for a period of eight
months and pay a fine of $2,ooo."
When asked by 'the court wheth
er he had anything to say before
sentence was passed upjn him,
Jones replied tht he had not, but
that his attorney, S. B. Houston,
would address the court in his be
half. Attorney Houston pleaded
for leniency for his client and call
ed Judge Hunt's attention to the
fact that Jones is already under
senteace in another case.
Mays, seated by his wife and
brother, was present in the court
room when sentence was imposed
upon Jones and it was pliin that
he was steeling himself to meet the
inevitable ordeal. Attorney Fen
ton, during the morning session,
had made a motion for a new trial
and had submitted the motion
without argument. Judge Hunt
took the matter under advisement
until two o'clock. As he calUd
upon MayB to come forward Judge
Hunt overruled the motion for the
new trial and announced that he
was ready to pass sentence.
Before this, Dr. W. T. William
son, who has attended May 8 for
nearly a year, was placed on the
stand and ' testified as to' the de
fendant's physical condition. ; Dr.
Williamson swore that on his last
examination of Mays he had found
him to be little stronger physically
than lie was last summer. He said
that Mays was suffering from pree
enility and would never be a well
man again onder any environment.
Before Judge Hunt passed sen
tence upon Mays, be said it was
hardly necessary for a physician
to testify that the defendant was a
sick man, for it easily could be
seen that such was the case. Mays,
while the court was passing sen
tence grasped the back of his chair
for support and when Judge Hunt
finished speaking, seemed upon the
verge of a collapse as he sank into
the chair. While Attorney Fenton
was pleadicgfor, a stay of execution
or the sentence until such time as
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Tennesseean of 101 to Wei En
glish Bride of loo, Whose Par
ents Would Not Consent
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.Other News.
St. Louis, April 2O. Announce?
ment was made yesterday that on
AnguBt 26 next, John B. Bundien,
who on- April 1 was 101 years of
age, will be united in marriage to
Miss Rose McGGuire, who is al
most 100 years of age, The wed
ding will take, place on Mr. Bun
d ren's estates near Tates ville, Ten p .
He has been visiting relatives in
St. Louis for several weeks and has
just returned to Tennessee.
The announcement reveals a ro
mance. . Hundreu and Miss Mc
Gulre were sweethearts in Tennes
see in their youth. Her parents,
of English descent, would not give
consent to their marriage and fin
ally returned to England, taking
their daughter aloog.Bundren went
to California and acquired consid
erable wealth. He never married.
From California he returned to
Tennessee and bought his birth
place near Tatesville. He decided
to hold a reunion of old friends on
bis estate today and sent out num
erous invitations.
Not long ago he received a letter
from Miss McGuire, who is still
unmarried. .Correspondence fol
lowed and he renewed bis offer of
marriage and was accepted. The
date of the wedding and the. reun
ion of friends has been set lor An
goet 26, on the bride's birthday
anniversary, when she will be 100
years old sr. .-.iw-ik.,
' Bundren has long white hair and
a flbwingbite beard? "He does
not smoke or drink liquor and ap
parently is hale and hearty. In
June he will go to Preston, Lan
cashire, England, to escort his in
tended bride to his Tennessee es
tate for the wedding.
Plymouth, May 3. The British
steamer Weetgate today landed the
survivors of the Uritieh tank steam'
er Silver Lip. On May 1, while
crossing the Bay of Biscay, and
explosion of benzine in her cargo
burst opeD, setting fire to the ship.
The engineer .and four firemen
were killed, end four others of the
crew seriously burned. . The 48
survivors were rescued by the West
gate. The first explosion on the Silver
Lip damaged the1 sides of the ship
and tore up the deck amidships.
She soon became a mass of flames.
The fumes from the blazing oil
ana the dense smoke overcome sev
eral firemen. The fire spread from
tank to tenk, each advance of the
conflagration being marked by
deafening explosions. The - wreck
age from the ship and the eea a
round here were covered with blaz
ing oil. The sailors eventually
succeeded in launching the steel
life boats but many had to jump
overboard and swim in order to
reach them. Soon after the. West
gate picked up the survivors.
Pendleton, Or., May 4. It was
as if a thunderbolt had struck the
courtroom when the words of ac
quittal fell .from the'lips of. the
clerk as he read the verdict of the
jury in the caee of John P. , McMi
nus, tried for killing Rober) Estes.
McManus never denied the killing
but claimed it .was justified: b cause
he was being robbed. There were
no witnesses. , The homicide and
the evidence was ; circumstantial,
with the exception of statements
made by McManus himself:
The case went to the jury at 9 0'
clook last night, and it was the
opinion of the publio that murder
in the second degree was the least
that could be hoped for. At the
conclusion of the trial yesterday at
torneys for the accused man looked
hopeless, and no . greater surprise
was ever sprung by a jury in a Um
atilla county courtroom than when
the clerk in the ; hueh of a sym
pathetic roomful read' the acquittal;
As the clerk came to. the words
"not guilty," Mrs. McManus, who
was sitting tensely by the side of
her husband, quickly threw her
arms about his neck.. Colonel Ra
ley, attorney for the 'defendant,
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As you are now coming to market with the opportunity of
comparing values, we ask you to see our lines.
. We have' a broken line of Ladies . and hildrens Shoes,
which.we are closing out at remarkably lo w prices, on 2 t be
fore your size is gone.
Also some remnants in Dress Goods, Wash Goods, etc.
at bottom prices.
Our new Spring and Summer Stock is arriving and is ready
for your inspection. Make money by buying our lines, and save
money by getting ourprices.
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This Isn 't the Place
Where they give something for nothing
But, with every 50 cent can of Baking Powder, you
can get FREE the Finest Piece of Decorated Gbina,
you ever got in this city.
Come in and b convinced
T. A. Boulden
Grocer Store Corvallis,
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turned aside and wiped the tears
from his eyes. Spectators with bat
ed breath arose to tbeir feet, judge
aed bar eat in stupefied eilence and
many looked through misty eyes
upon the touching sceneaa husband
and wife embraced for several min
ute?. The judge was first to gala con
trol of himself arid rapped loudly
with his gavel, although there was
no noise to quiet, and announced
that the defendant was discharged.
Receiving congratulations of his
friends, the editor walked out of the
courtroom, a free man. A strong
jury tried the case, the I2 men,
with the exception of one, being
farmers and representing an aggre
gate wealth of $300,000.
On the first ballot the jury stood
sir for acquittal, four for man
slaughter, one for second degree
murder, and one blank. Seven bal
lots in all were taken, and the ver
dict agreed upon before convening
in court this morning.
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