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THE COKVAmS, GAZETTE, FRIDAY. JUNE 10, 1S92. MSOSIr IVKBT FttlDAT MORSIHO BY FBANS CONOVEK. SU8SORIPTION RATES or Year, Six Mouths, ." Three Months Single Copies. On rear (when not paid in advance)... .... $2 00 .... 1 ou 75 6c' ... M THE ELECTION. The excitement of last Monday's election is past and business in all its branches has resumed its nor mal condition. The returns from all of the precincts in Benton county are in and the official count lias been, completed. In anothei column we publish the officiaj table of the election returns which shows that the democrats have gained the victory as far as all of the county officers are concerned, with the exception of E. H. Belk nap, republican representative and B. W. Wilson, cleric, although it was a close race for the latter, who t the expiration of this new term will have filled the position of clerk of Benton county for thirty successive years. The cause of the republican defeat in this county is solely due to political treachery within the ranks of the republican party and the more complete or ganization of the democratic party. It only required a glance at the methods used by the democrats Jiere in Corvallis last Monday to be convinced as to what the results would be. The Australian ballot system we think lias come to stay although it may be necessary for. the next legislature to amend the law in some respects. Numerous mistakes were made in voting in nearly all of the precincts in this county, but as they were about equally divided among both the republican and democratic parties they will make no material differ ence in the results. The peoples party cut some figure in some of the precincts of this county. At Toledo the peoples party cast a larger vole than both the demo cratic and republican parties com bined. In this district, Fullerton, candidate for circuit judge, was elected over Pipes by a majority of over 300, and Condon, republi can candidate for prosecuting at torney, by a handsome majority. From the returns of the different counties the state is republican by about 9,000. Hermann, for con gress in the first district is elected by about 6,000 majority, and Ellis of the second district received about 3,500 majoritv. The re publicans have elected the entire state ticket with the exception o: Webster for attorney general, who is yet in doubt. As far as heard from the peoples party polled a vote of 7,473, and the prohibition ists, 1,1 oO. liie Jbairiiaven Herald says; "Henry Watterson makes four fitrong points against Cleveland's candidacy. He believes that the soldier element which was oppos ed to him before will be opposed to him agaiu in greater numbers; that the silver element which was opposed to him before would be hostile to him now; that he would lose a large following in New York state which he had before, and thai he could not be elected. These are all good points . and many Democrats besides George Hazzard and D. H. Gilman are of exactly the same opinion as Mr. Watterson." Simply because the editor of the Gazette did not see fit to enter in to a tirade of personal abuse against Judge Pipes as did the editor of the Times, on grounds that plainly showed the motive to be purely of a personal and mal icious nature, and in its efforts to . take all of the credit of Pipes' de feat upon itself, that' paper in its last issue attempted to lead the public to believe that the Oregon Pacific railroad company had eomething to do with the course the Gazette pursued during the campaign. He says, "not one ' little word was spoken in favor of Hon. J. C. Fullerton." As to the falsity of this statement, all that is necessary is to refer to the files of this paper. J. C. Fullerton's name " was kept as prominently before the public as many of the other republican candidates. As to the Oregon Pacific railroad com pany we state right here that' neither the company, any person connected with it or any one else lias had one word to say or even hinted at what policy the Gazette should pursue' against Judge Pipes, or for J. C. Fullerton. Any statement to the effect that the Gazette has been controlled or influenced in any way for the sup port of Judge Pipes, is false and utterly without foundation. The Corvallis. carriage and wagon factory is a success. Salem should go for more manufacturing concerns and get them. States men.. You are right the carriage factory will not only be a great institution for Corvallis but for entire state. The United States Official I n vestigration of Baking: Powders, Made under authority of Congress by the Chemical Division of the Dep't of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, and recently completed, Shows theRpyal Birig Pder to be a cream of tartar baking pow der of the highest quaH to all others in strength, leaven ing power, and general usefulness. The Royal Baking Powder is thus distinguished by the highest expert official authority the leading Baking Powder of the world BLAINE RESIGNS. Washington, June 4. The fol lowing correspondence explains itself: Department of Statu, iTU, ) 4 '92 Washington, D. O., June lo the President: I respect fully beg leave to submit my res ignation of the office of secretary of state of the United States, to which I was appointed by you on the 5th of March, 1S89. The con dition of public business in the de partment of state justifies my re-' questing that my resignation, may be accepted immediately. I have the honor to be, very respectfully. your obedient servant, James Q. Blaine. ACCEPTANCE BY THE PRESIDENT. A short time after the receipt ot the above at the White House, President Harrison sent the fol lowing to Mr. Blame: -; Executive Mansion, J one' 4, '92. To Secretary of State: Your letter of this date, tendering your resignation of the office of secre tary of state of the United States, has been received. The terms in which you state your desires are such as to leave me no choice but to accede to vour wish at once. Your resignation is therefore ac cepted. Very respectfully yours, Benjamin Harrison, To Hon. James G. Blaine. Washington, June 4. Blaine's letter of resignation was taken" to the White House by the private secretary, who placed it in the hands ot the president about 1 o'clock. Soon after reading it the President descended to the East room and had the usual Saturday afternoon reception. . lwo hun dred people were present, but none who as he shook the presi dent's hand, could have told from nis cool ana collected manner that anything unusual had hap pened. Indeed the president seemed to better advantage than usual, and made felicitous replies to greetings of visitors. After the reception the president returned to the library, addressed a letter to Blaine, accepting the resigna tion, and gave it to Private Sec retary Halford, with instructions to deliver it at once. Halford took it to Blaine's houoe, and placed it in his hands. This is the whole of the transaction. A representative of the Asso ciated Press called at Blaine's residence shortly after the cor respondence was made public, and asked him to supplement it with an explanation. Blaine smilingly but deliberately replied: "The correspondence explains itself, and I have not a word to add to it." The president was next called upon and asked if he was willing to say anything regarding the cor respondence. His response, though courteous, was equally em phatic. He said, ''Nothing what ever." The president and Blaine were seemingly in good spirits, and each declined to talk upon the event of the day or its effect turned the conversation to other topics, with marked composure. Blaine's appearance and manner were especially noticeable, as in dicative of a feeling of relief and satisfaction which made hiin buoy antly cheerful. Secretary Foster showed no ex citement over the news of Blaine's resignation, and declined ' posi tively to say anything at present regarding the political situation. Attorney General Miller and Sec retary Noble also declined to be interviewed on the subject. It is understood that the usual reti cence of officers of the govern ment is due to a suggestion from the president that he . preferred that federal officers avoid com ment on the subject Now it is asserted that there are no more than 12,000 legal voters in Multnomah county, and. that this election proves it. I hen there are no more than 60,000 inhabit ants in Multnomah county, and consolidated Portland hasn't much over 50,000. Oregonian. " DAY AFTER The Victory I say Sol, didn't AWFUL DESTRUCTION. Oil City, Pa., Jane 6. Death, disaster, fire, flood, wreck, each terrible in their meaning, does not half convey the scenes to be witnessed in the Pennsylvania oil regions to-day. The death list stands np into hun dreds, and tho monetary loss can be calcu lated by millions, Every available house and shed is a morgue, aud the charred and bloated bodies of innocent babes and strong men are piled together in a confused mass, and many will go down to an unrecoguizable grave. Aid for the wounded, which num ber hundreds is' urgently needed. . ' - Oil creek, running through the heart of the city, was a ragging torrent from th e heavy rains, and thousauds of people lined the banks yesterday watching the torbulent waters, about noon a green fluid was noticed on the surfaee of the flood, which rapidly grew in intensity. The smell of gas and oil was perceptible and suddenly- a mass of flames shot heavenward from the bed of the stream. The people Stampeded and started for the hills. Tba panic stricktn crowd shrieked madly in its efforts to es cape, as explosion after explosion followed in rapid succession from the burning oil and igniting oil tanks. Women and children were trampled under foot and crushed to death by the maddened and terrified crowd. Flames spread rapidly and in a few minutes the whole upper part of the city was a sea of fire, aided by the flood of oil riding on the surface of the overflowed creek. Men, women and children, who were run ning from their homes were caugbt by the flames and miserably perished before the eyes of hundreds who were powerless to save or help. Those who were not thus burnt were carried down the stream and drowned. The smoke hutg over the city in deadly pall, and for miles along the creek on either side is a desolate, charred aud blackened waste. The force of the exploding oil tanks WdS sufficiect to knock people aud horses down, aud falling buildings and fly- i . m.: i . i i i . . . . . t e tug uuruuig muuer auueu to me wora; ui destruction. Few spectators watching the flood when the explosion occurred can give a good idea of what happened. All agree to a terrible explosion, in which the whole air was filled with flames. This was followed by two other explosions. Three gasoline tanks exploded almost in stantaneously. The oil on the creek, blazed up and the gas in a car burst up iuto flames. Water and land and air were all literally ablaze. Men, women and children were prostrated, and men never arose. Some who did found themselves in a lake of flames.' . Eighteen miles of death and desolation, is the story in brief of the awful catastrophe which decimated the borders of oil creek from Titusville to this point. On both sides of the creek the flood aud fire left ruin and wreck and it will take days before the re Cord of death and destruction can be com pleted. The lire burued itself out this morning and the burning oil passed away. The creek and river, however, are rising, aud this place will he still further flooded. There is but little left along the creek which the fl xhI can damage, as the fire swept everything away. Itisiog water, however, interferes with the recovery of the bodies of. the victims. It is safe to say the loss in this city alone will reach 200. Many were swept away and will never be found. The loss will be over $1,000,000. Be tween 250 and 300 houses were .destroyed, besides hotels, works, manufactories, eta. Over 300 homeles people are being ' cared for. HORRIBLE DEATH SCENES. Titcsvuxk, Pa., June 6. Horrible was the scene which presented itself this morn ing when the sun rose over the eastern hills and exposed a mass- of oLickeued charred timbers of what was once the' homes' of prosperous mechanics and merchants. V ' Ruin was complete. Not a vestage of what was a few hours 'before a prosperous town remains to mark the enterprise of the citizens, many of whom lie beneath the wreck, an unrecognizable charred bones and flesh. ' v -: Terrible are the sights witnessed by the rescuers. Whole families are being found looked in each other's embrace, show ing that death visited tliem simultaneously, : ' The charred trunks and bloated bodies ) being taken to the higher ground and laid erne P?a.tea ! an. fore, M ander temporary sheds to protect them frome QUly glV them a little time. ELECTION. is Our's we do 'em up? the sun's rays, and the list is increasing rap. idly. It is now estimated that 500 persons were drowned or burned to death. : The monetary loss is from $1,000,000 to 92,000,000. The district covered by the flood and fire is about two miles square and includes rail roads, factories, refineries, dwellings, etc. The weather is growing warm and the charred flesh is beginning to pollute the air. " . The hre was caused by a spark from a locomotive. GOOD ROADS AS A GOSPEL. ' There is no subject of local interest which more vitally concerns the people of Illinois than that of good roads. It would be dif ficult to estimate the value of improved public highways to the farmers of the state. If would be so great that their actual cost would be insiguificaut by comparisonT" The present condition of the country roads is amazing when we consider the pro gress of civilization iu other directions. It is oidy in the matter of highways that the people of Illinois have made no advance from the pioueer period. If improvements in other respects had depended nn better thoroughfares we would still be struggling helplessly amid semi barbaric environments. As it is, the time has arrived when, the roads must be improved. The man who will suggest a method which is practical and is likely to be suc cessful can make it succeed by a determined and earnest advocacy of it. In order to accomplish his purpose it may be necessary for hiin to canvass the state aud make pub lic addresses on the subject. It may even be necessary for him to carry it into politics and if he is ambitious for office it is in this direction he will fiud his rewanl. What better platform could a candidate for gov ernor desire th;m oue which demauded bet ter country roads? Enough has been written and spoken on the point that good roads are desirable. What is now needed is for some one to pro pose a feasible plan for obtaining them. Statesmen should consider this subject. Chicago Herald.' , , . : There' were lots of scratched tickets voted last. Monday. - -, ' LcgginV Uncle ; Sam's vail pouches around is ; na small mat ter. The railroads get twenty-two millions per year for their part of it. , :.'.- ' d'i The mechanical applications of electricity, it is said, brings em ployment to five million persons, and the business is but'just in its infancy. , ::; ;-.-. One Italian vessel is said to have brought to this country 350 tons of bird seed, from Smyrna, Asia Minor, at one recent tliip ment. Canaries - must become tired to contemplate the enormous work of eating all that seed. Toe terrible affair, in Titusville. Pennsylvania, .which equalled th Johnstown disaster, with . the ad ded horror of . fire to water, will cast a gloom over the country as did the Johnstown flood. """ Such disasters are simply appalling. Already American genius has begun to improve on the antiquat ed methods. of tin plate manufac ture 1 in vogue : among Welsh makers. A Philadelphia company has in operation a machine which produces terne "plates : in a ' con linuous roll. iTheO'blarik I steel sheets are simply,; fed. into, a set x' rollers, an tJieycome trot at the other; end of the machine al' coated. polisrbedand .soklered.inio a continuous Bheet.i;-'i'his W how the", ?"Yankee ' -manafacturers-i are going to -give us cheaper tin and Attorney and Counselor at Law, " - COSVALU3,' : : OBEOOK. Legal business promptly attended to in any part oi tho State. Office in Postofflce Block. T. -A-. HALL, COSTRAt TOE FOB Brick, Sand and Stone A First-class Article furnished on hurt notice. Leave orders at Hamilton, Job & Co.'s Bank. & T. JEFnurrs, Kotary Public E. HOMUTK, Notary PubHo. JEFFREYS &HOLGATE, , ?rompr. and energetic attention riven to nrobate matters and collections. Office over First Natioual Bank. A. F. PETERSON, ARCHITECT AND BUILDER. Special attention given to job work, stair balding, tore and office fitting. Keeping on hand a choice line of room and picture mouldings, I am prepared to fill rders for ad sizes of picture frames wnh neatness and dispatch Satisfaction guaranteed. Give me a cal Office and shop two block southwest of publie ScbojL BUILDINGJTONE. To Contractors and Bnilders: Having taken exclusive control of my quar ries, 1 Hereby annonuce that i am now prepared to furnish BUILDING STONE of finest quality to all contractors and builders on short notice at greatly re duced prices. Also cemetary bases and ceiling. I make a specialty of furnishing stone blocks for piers. Thanking the public for their liberal pa tronage in the past I solicit a continuance of the same. A. G. MULKEY I employ good masons and am prepared to contract tor stone foundations aud base ments. THE PORTLAND SAVINGSBANK OW PORTLAND, OKEGON. Paid np capital Surplus and profits $260,000 . 60,000 Interest allowed on savings deposit as loiiows: On ordinary savings books On terra savings books. . . . On certificates of deposit: For three months... For six months . . .4 per cent per annnm . . .6 per cent per annum . . 4 per cent per annnm . . 6 per cent per annum Fur twelve months 6 per cent per annum vuanh. DKKOM, President. D. r. -HOMPSON, Vice President H.C. STJJATTON, Cashier. R. L. Taylor, PROPRIETOR Or THK Little Band Box Barber Shop, Corvallis, Oregon. iJilTShaving, liair-cutting, dressing, dying, and shampooing. . gio-sroniiEg OF ALL. THE LEADING BRANDS VICTOR, PARAGON, RAMBLER. PIKENIX, mi QUOIS, GENDRON, GIANT. MERRILL, GI ANTESS, LITTLE GIANT, ETC. Prices to Suit all Purses. Cuag. H. Honsos, Agent for Fred. T. MerriiL. BEE to SXmiHL lUmiM dust ctossf i tteb; Mm., tutu fret, teel aoihL 11 feMdn out). tnrnuKtd anal asajt bat ,. . J. ... tam BlM. DMiBf Jl j wguUtoty riposted juallstr. 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BICYCLES, TYPEWRITERS, j- SKAlt5, tit. mgion ior ine ieao- ingand best " (BICYCLES TTPFWBITERS ADD - yKATES manafac t tired in America, A foil stock cenetantly hand at all prices Irrm fionp. Write for cath dlsconats sad instsllment terms. - Bicycles ana lypewnier in ip . change. HBAKfH RTOTllCSs Salem, Ok., Spoxaxb akd Tacoma, wash. in no uii EACH YEAR. Massachusetts Law. You Cannot Loss a Collar laid into The MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSUBASCE CO. Because The Law Protects You ( M. S. Woodcock, Agent. FIRST NATL BANK, CORVALLIS, - - OKliCOjr. PLUMBING. - Work a Specialty. MONEY TO LOAN. Money to loan at 8 per cent interest on far-mug land in Ben toil county. Enquire ef J. K. Markley & Co. Office oyer tin post office, Corvallis, Oregon. THE CHITWOOD NURSERY. J. E. Wilson, proprietor of the Cliitwoml nursery, Chitwood, Oregon, has a fine dta i c 17 - l i r .-1 T" V u av ui imii mux viuaiucuMi avwo. w .t sreena Gr.iDe Vines. Shrubs, etc.. etc FU fjim Insect Pbsts. Address, J. E. WlLSOir, Chitwood, Oregon. SALARY $25 PER WEEK. WANTED! Good agents to sell our General Line of Merchandise Su peddling. The above aslary will be paid to "live" agents. Fer information address " Chicago General Supply Go. 173 west van isaren St. fNUBSCRIBE for THE COR- valli3 Gazette, the oldest pav KJ per in Benton co. One year, $3 T Blini vm. vsm mm imr wtwr I i!,r)VES THE HOUSEHOLD F560 - ' '. i B ' IKFMVE3 BOTHBSBYAWnCMlNU) JSL THAI IS VEIL UT)R5T0na. THEN WIRE 6AUZE OVEN DOOR? MUST 8. PR!!CtICilVE 0F6u0D M1MBS. ' M BEST OF COOKS PREFER THEM Tj ' fi3. THE 0U)-rA3HJCaiUllNlla IF YOU WANT TirE BCST Buy tho CHARTER OAK," " "With the "Wire Gauzo Orea Doorv For Sale by Fish & Mwpliy. Portland, Oregon. ' A. T. Armstrong. rtiB. Branch School-: Carrraf. Bus, Collkur, 8a)em. Oregefv, : u rJame cooraes of study, same rateH of luitk : Business. Shorthand, ' - Typrwritinf, Penmanship, and Engluk Department arm easien utroagDoat toe year, ewtmenis aaanftt. at say time. 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