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Vol . XX.-No. CORVALLIS, OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 10. 1907. T By a R Irvine n, r ' -w :1 PRA7V P.ARPFMTER te9Bf a riot ckU was turned 1 '? - - . : - ?v , We Are Now ared to Outfit The and The Boy Man Oui reciept of clothing this spring are nobby. Big assortment. Prices That Defy Competition Shoes P. B. Kerths" are up to date in style and the best wearers Our Line of Medium Priced Shoes Are from the bast factories in the country and are guaranteed shoes. Oar line of hats embrace the new styles. Oar prices are right and we ask inspection of the above lines. all5 all an MURDERS SIX PEOPLE WITH SHOTGUN IN SAN FRANCISCO. Police Distract Hia Attention, Seize . Him From Behind Spares . Girl, ike My Own" Other News. . Call and See I. H. MORRIS. Oregon Corvallis, This Man bou ght his Fishing Tackle of GUN HODES A , Complete Line of Spauld ing base ball goods at popu lar prices. 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Bush, aged 57, his wife and their young eoo.- , W. S. Bear; a carpenter, with rel atives in St. Louis and Denver. M. E. Zintou, a surveyor, recent ly from New York. Mrs. Lillian D. Carothere, an el derly woman, who boarded in the house. . ' : - Davis aDd his victims all reside in the house, which was conducted as a boarding house by the. Bush family. Davis', home was in Farmerville near Visalia, this" state, where he has a wife and six children. - He has been working here as a carpen ter since the fire. - f The shooting was done with a double-barrelled shotgun. Davis, who slept in the same room with young Bush and Beard, arose short ly alter 5 o'clock, and after arming himself with the gun, shot his two room-mates and then visited each room in turn, killing the occupants. He fancied that the people in the house had formed a plot to kill him and take his money. " The shots at tracted a large crowd and a rueh was made upon Davis as he was at tempting to reload his weapon and he was overpowered and turned over to the police, by whom be was tak en to the detention ward of the hoe pital. The bodies of the victims were fakes 'to the morgue: "" One lodger in the house escaped. She was a young girl of seventeen; Di vis pointed the gun at her and was prepared to shoot when he eaid she resembled his daughter, eo he spar ed her life." v;'- vV - After killing Bush and Bear, the maniao took a box of ehells from a shelf and walked down the hallway, where be met Mre. Lillian P. Carothere, an elderly woman, who bad heard the first, two ehota and bad come to her doorway to find out what was the matter. He shot her and with the remaining shell killed Mrp. Orson Bush. M. E. Vinton, a government sur veyor, who came here from New York, was killed as lie lay in bed. . Orson Bush, eenior, was a tally man in the employ " of the Dieck man Lumbering Company, and had got up rarly in order to prepare his coffee before going to the mill. He heard the shooting and rushed up staire, where he was met by Davis. The appearance of the hallway in dicates that Bush made a desperate fight for his life. His bony was fonnd as it had fallen in the head of the stairs.. Seventeen-year-old Annie Bush came ronniug into the hallway, and was met by Davis, his shotgun still clutched in his hands. She was too dazed to speak or move and could only stare at the murderer.- ": Davis pointed his gun fairly at her head, but as she stood mutely before him the madman faltered, bis hands trembled and when the girl found presence of mind to plead, "Don't kill me," the gun dropped from Davis' hands and he said: "I can't do it; you are a good girl: Besides, you look' like my own child, and I would see her face if I killed you." Picking up his sun, Davis then walked down to the , kitchen. He wandered aimlessly around the house until the turning of a key in the front door attracted1 his atten tion. He roBhed forward, prepared for another emergency. -'. ' . Officer Fred Staeghch - was walk ing on fierce street, between Fell and Oak, when he heard the sound of two shots. ; ' He rushed up Pierce street and opened the door , leading to flat No. 441. He was met by Davis, who pointed his shotgun full at the policeman's breast end told him that be too should die. The policeman mads bis escape and met Policeman Thomas E Bolger, and the iwo made a second attempt to capture Davis. They were uneuc- rcesBiui ana a wn. ' Corporal Ferguson and six offi cers responded in an automobile. Staeghch and J. Quislev. a flairnole climber, engaged Davis in conversa tion while Ferguson and Policeman Lewis got behind him and ninioned his arms. The murderer nut ud a teirifio battle, during which Fergu son was bitten on - the hand, but Davis was finally captured and re movea to tne detention hospital. ' When the police got the murder er to the detention hospital he was placed in a straight-jacket and put into a cell. He seemed to be dazed and had no realization of what he had done, and merely saidthat he had been worried. i Mr. Bush received a note last Sunday from Davis, which gave a premonition of the tragedy this morning. They were warned that the man might do them barm. This is the note: - "You have killed my sons and my nephews, but you haven't all of them vet. - You exnected to kill me jtonight. Perhaps I'll kill myself." Boise, Ida., May 7. A9 a pre cautionary measure, street speaking r preaching will be stopped in Joise during the trials of William D. Haywood and the other leaders Jaf the Western Federation of Min ers for the alleged murder of Frank pSteunenberg. It is feared that free- dom of speech in the street might ead to local agitation for or against the prisoners and possible disorder, and Mayor Hayoes has decided that it will be better to issue and en force a strict order covering tbe matter. - The city continues entirely quiet find there is not the slightest indi cation of possible disorder. The oc casional crank is the man feared rather than any concerted or sud denly aroused general movement. police and detectives watch the rail road and highways entering the city and it is the general belief that they will be able at all times to tul ly control the situation. . Beyond them is an experienced local militia dd troops of United States cavalry quartered at a. permanent post witn in the city limits, but there is not the slightest apprehension that their services will be required, nor has the militia been instructed to hold iteelf in readiness. In fact, the governor,- the mayor and the people of Boise decline to believe tnat un der any circumstances, tbe peace will be broken. : Judge Fremont Wood haB given no indication to either side as to what his decision may be in the matter oi the bill of particulars ask ed for by the defense and argued yesterday. Should this motion be granted, there will undoubtedly be considerable delay in the opening of the case as the defense would, it ie believed, ask for a postponement until they can secure other witnes ses. In the course of his argument yesterday. Clirence Darrow, couu eelforthe defense, intimated that delay would be asked for should the motion be granted. Lawyers not connected with the case are of the opinion that the motion for the bill will not be granted, however. The city is rapidly filling up. Witnesses aie arriving, many ol them from a long distance". The newspaper men and magazine wri ters, many of them, have ecgaged houses or flats for several months, tbe opinion being that the case will take three months to try. Pari?, May 7. Two well-known explorers, Dr. and Mrs. Bullock Workman, have , arived here from Russia. The doctor talks interest ingly of their recent effort to unveil the mystery of the Himalayas. "We camped," he said, . "at the highest attitude attained by man, 21,300 feet. This was in the unex plored Minkun range. From our camp on a snow . plain surrounded by seven towering peaks, we as cended to a height where I stopped to take a photograph as the mist was increasing while Mrs. Work man climbed to a peak. 23,000 feet above the level of the sea. "Only once was this record brok en, when I climbed theChopoLun ga glacier, 23,394 feet. During tbe laet five days of our climb, the at mosphere was so rare we were una ble to sleep. , "Avalanches in the . Alps were miniatures compared with those we saw in. the Himalayas. Some were half a mile wide and plunged down the precipitous slopes with a terri fic roar. I managed to make im portant scientific records." . The Workmans found a people of continued on page 4. What You See is Worth . Twice What You Read! As you are now coming to market with the opportunity of comparing values, we ask you to see our lines. We have a brokea lins of Ladte3 and hildrens Shoes, which we areclosing out at ramrkably bvtrjpricss. Jom 2 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 our"prices. Henkle & Davis. 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 Ghina, you ever got in this" city. v Come in and b convinced T. A. 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