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vol. xxxi.;
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1894.
jNO. 32,
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TRANSPORTATION.
EAST AND SOUTH
VIA
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific Co.
EZPSE8S TRAINS RUN DAILY.
6:15PM Leave Portland Arrive S::
9 :06 p H Leave Salem Lett-e f. ::
10:15 am Arrive 8. Francisco Icnve 7 :(
) P M
Above trains slop at all stations from Port
land to Albany, also at Tangent. SheiWis, Hal
Bey, Harrisbnrg, Junction City, Irvin;;, Kii(!''i:i
and all stations from Roseburg to Ashland, in
clusive. ROSKBl'RQ MAIL, DAT1.Y
8:30 A M
11:17 A M
5:60 p H
Leave Portland Arrive I (an
Leave Salem Loave 1 : !0 v M
Arrive RoseburR Ijcave 7:.)am
Pullman Buffet Sleeper and sficond-Wuss
sleeping cars attached to all through trains.
WEST SIDE DIVISION.
BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS.
MAIL TRAIN DAILY (EXCKPT SUNDAY).
7:30a Ml Leave Portland Arrive 5:35 PM
12:15 pm Arrive Corvallis Leave J :00 pm
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains
of the Oregon Pacific railroad.
EXPRESS TRAIN DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY).
4:40pm Leave Portland Arrive. 8:25am
g7:2SPM Arrive McMinnville Iieave 1 5:r0AM
Through tickets to all points in the Eastern
states, Canada and Europe can be obtained at
lowest rate from W. VV. Skinner, arent, Salem.
K. KOEHLER, E. P. ROGERS,
Manager. A. G. V. & P., A.
Portland Oi
0. R. & N. Co.
E. McNEILL, Receiver.
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ERST
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General Passenger :eiit,
Portland, Or.
Oil PACIFIC Jipl
Cbas. Clark
Receiver
Connecting with Str. "HOMER" be-twet-rt
Yaiiuina and San Francisco.
f'tr. leaves San Francisco July 18th
and about every 10 days later.
Leaves Yaquina July 23rd. About
every 10 days later. Rights reserved
to change sailing dates without notice.
For freight and passenger rates ap
ply to any agent.
CHAS. J. HENDRTS, SON & CO..
Nos. 2 to 8 Market St.
San Francisco, Calif.
CHAS. CLARK, Receiver,
Corvallis. Oregon.
Farra & Wilson,
Physicians, Surgeons and
Accoucheurs.
Office nnstairs in Farra and Allen's
brick. Office hours from H to S A. M. and fnmi
1 to 2 and 7 to 8 P. M. Calls promptly attended
to at all hours, either day or night.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN,
HOMOEOPATHIST.
Diseases of women and children an.J
general practice.
Office over Allen & Wooward's drug
store.
Office hours S to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and
7 to 8 p. m. .
At residence Fifth street, near the
court house, after hours and on Sun
days. BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST.
Office upstairs over First National hank.
Strictly First-class Work Guaranteed.
Corvallis. Oregon.
F. M. JOHNSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Does a general practice In all the
courts. Also agent for all the first
. class insurance companies.
NOTARY PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW..
Office In Zeiroff 'building, onnodit
postoffice. r
M. O. WILKINS,
Stenographsr and Notary Public
Court reporting and referee sittings
made specialties, as well as type
writing and other . reporting.
Office, opposite postoffice, Corvallis, Or.
I CONFESSES 11 CRIME
The Youn? Man Who
Murdered Bagwell
In North Yakima, Tells
the Whole Story.
It Is a Recital of Cold-blooded Ue
pravity Seldom Kqiiakd Outside
of a Novel.
NORTH YAKIMA. Oct. '.). --Early
(,n the morning of tin? isth of .lime,
Tex" Bagwell, a leading gambler of
Central Washington and well known
in sporting eireles throughout the
northwest, was shot in lite back and
kided as in; was going hooie. Three
days wen; consumed in the coroner's
inquest without dcvclopii g ' anything
ly which guilt, might be fastened, but
SI. G. Wills, a local detective, has
been working on tin; case over since
and about, a month. ago Mrs. Brassard
or Harwell, who claimed to be the
wife of the murdered man. Frank
Lavorgno, Omar Harvey and L. D.
Joslyn were arrested on complaint of
Wills, charged with the crime.
Separate trials were demanded and
today the case against Lavorgno was
called. This developed a most sensa
tional seen", when Omar Harvey, 1!
yas of aire, ore of the defendants.
ohm.tarily went rpon the stand and
testiiied ili.it. made reckless by Honor,
ami C'liice.i!
il m the shadow of u
builibng. lie watched Bagv.eU aj
proaching and when his victim was a
few feet, away from Jam and uner
i.he full glare of tic electric light., he
raised a ride which h id previously
beeu handed him by Lavcrune ami
sent a bullet lliroiigh tin; heart, of the
misiispectiiig man. Harvey testiiied
that Lavergno had on several occa
sions approach":! hi;u with a view of"
inducing him lo kid Ilagwell, claiming
that he had been offered S'.i.OHU bv
Mrs. n.-'gwell's former husband to
commit, the ciime. and that half of
that amount should go lo llarVey if he
would do the killing. The witness re
peatedly refused, but on the night of
the murder, after Lnvorgiie had Idled
him with whisky, he led hii.i to Hie
'scene and placed the gun in his hands.
With the direct examination, com I
adjourned until morning.
The effort of the prosecut ion will
be dim-led to prove that. .Mrs. I'.ag
wed hired Laveigne to put Bagwell
out if the way.
THE SAYUES MURDER.
'Ruuco" Kelly Relieved to I'e
I'rin'cipal Actor.
tlKV
Fort'.and. Oct. !. Kelly has not yet.
made a confession as reported, but.
he has attempted to fasten tin crime
upon Garihornc. Chief Minto. how
ever, believes Garlboi-i.e innocent ami
the charge of mmder against h'm
has been v.ithdrawn. He is still held
as a witness. Kelly makes many con
llicting statements about Garthorne's
connection with the murder. Chief
Minto believes he has conclusive, evi
dence against Kelly, but, he will not
disclose the nature of the evidence.
NEW YORK'S THIRD TICKET.
New York, Oct. '.). The third ticket
party at a meeting this evening at
the ollices of E. M. Slicpard. divided
to nominate the following ticket:
Governor, Everett V. Wheeler. of
New York city; lieutenant govern r.
Daniel M. I.ockvood, of l'.ulTalo;
judge of the court, of appeals. Charles
I- lirown; of Orange county; Evere t
I'. AYheeler has announced his ac
ceptance of the nomination.
Mr. Shepard said Messrs. Rrown
and I.ockwood also accepted the nom
ination. BENTON COUNTY
Abstract : Company
COMPLETE PET OF ABSTRACTS OF
BENTON COUNTY.
Conveyancing and Peffectlng Titles a
Specially.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
J, B, fvsARKLEY fr CO,, Propria
Main Street, Corvallis.
JOS. H. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office ovt?r First National P.ank, Cor
vallis, Or. Will practice in all the
state ar.'l federal courts. Abstracting,
eolh-ctions. Notary public. Convey
ancing. i . . t i ii. XI 3 Til f
st'.cShei' Complain feji
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Removed to Corner Third and Wuhlnr
ton Street Portland, OR,
AX EXPLOSION OF DUST.
Another Fatal Mine Disaster Reported
from Washington.
Seattle. Oct. 0.
Post Intelligencer
AVash., says:
A. special to the
from Newcastle,
A dust explosion occurred in breast
No. .'!." of the fifth level east, of the
irogon Improvement company's mine
at '.i o'clock, with the result that one
miner is dead and twenty are severely
burned, two probably fatally. The
xplosioii occurred at an hour when
the second shift changed with tin;
thirl mil all the mirers being in the
gangways, accounts for the small fa
tality. The dead are, Geo. Fairish,
English, a;'wl 1!, driver: the two prob
ably fatally in hirer nre David J.
Lloyd, aired .'!0, Welchman, married;
Clias. Giles, colored. aged Hi.
Seriously injiued: Ceo. Dobson,
sim.de. aged 21: Thos. Fitts. single,
aired 2: Max. King, married, aged
h; David Fowell. aged lo; Moses
Htfrrold, colored; W. II. Hughes, col
ored; jack Paulson, single; Albert
Jcniii, single.
Others were burr'"' nnd some were
knocked down by the force of the ex
plosion and more or less bruised. The
immediate, damage to the mine Is very
slight.
George Dohson. the man who is sup
posed to l. the indirect cause of the
explosion, is badly burned, and he has
ever since been semi-conscious and
unable to tell anything about how the
a.-c i d e 1 1 1 occ u r red .
THIS IS GOOD NEWS.
The Southern Pacific Has Made a Re
duction in Freight Kates.
Portland. Oct. 9. The Southern I'a
vilic railroad has made a reduction in
freight rates over its lilies in Oregon
and the new schedule goes into effect
tomorrow. It affects grain, flour, feed
and uiiilstuffs. The reduction varies
frr in 1' to per cent. From Canby
south to Halsey, including the Lclj
an n branch, the new rate is ll-2 cents
per Put pounds, where formerly it
ranged from 8 to II cents per "100
pounds. From Junction City, the rate
is i cents, against 13, and from Eu
gene. Pi cents, against 14 cents for
merly. From Eugene south to Ash
land, there is a reduction of 5 cents
per loo pounds.. On the Woodburn
Springlicld branch the rate is 1U cents
as far south as Krownsville. Former
ly it was 10 cents as far as North
Santiam; 11 cents to Lawson, and 12
cents to P.rownsville. From Coburg
it is y cents, and from Springfield 10
cents. Formerly these were 14 and
t." cents respectively. On what were
foi niorlyL'e narrow gauge lines the
new rate is U cents from all points
south of Vincents, a reduction of
about '.i cents.
McKINLEY ON THE MARCH.
Catching the Public Pulse and An
swering Its Feverish Throb.
Elroy. Wis.. Oct !. A distinguished
party of Wisconsin republicans came
with Gov. Mclvinley from West Super
ior. The governor has been nominat
ed for president in every state through
which he has passed and the cry was
taken up with increasing repetition at
every place lie stopped. At Merrill
Junction the presence of a number of
children gave the governor inspiration
uul looking over the array of bright
faces, he said:
"There is nothing like the public
school system in this country. Ii lies
it the foundation of our security and
liberty It was from the public
schools of the country that went forth
courage and patriotism and con
quered the mightiest rebellion in his
tory, and gave added lustre to the
flag which I see you carry here. These
nublie schools must be maintained.
Wo need more patriotism in this
country, a little more genuine Amer
icanism, a little more of that senti
ment which means that tli
;iat tljfiC people arc
ueir interests and
going to stand for the
for America."
.THE MARKETS GENERALLY'.
New York, Oct. y. Hops quiet.
Liverpool. Hops at London, Pacific
coast dull: demand poor; new crop.
2 10s 2' l.",s.
Wheat firm; demand poor; No. 2
red winter, 4s 4d; do. spring, 4s 7d.
San Francisco. Wheat; at most for
eign distributing centers there is
enough wheat to meet current wants
ind unless something unexpected
happens there is no likelihood of any
inciva.se iu demand; No. 1 shipping.
7Sc (?c SOe with 81 Vi for something
extra; milling grades. 82V6c (k 87c.
Walla Walla wheat C.7c for fair av
erage, o.)C fuj -c for .o. z, and 4uc (fi
."ftc for off grade.
Boston. The Wool market continues
quiet on both foreign and domestic.
There have been a few small lots of
foreign bought sis a kind of exiieri
ment, but prices are a little eacier
than hist wwk. As a general thing
manufacturers of goods anil yarn
spinners are running full time' to til)
orders to deliver the first of January.
They have generally a good stock of
wool to carry them through. Oregon,
eastern, average condition, Ocfgllc;
choice, 12c Cj 13c.
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
P.inghamton. N. Y., Oct. 9. Fully
sixty thousand visitors are in the city
today, the occasion being the corner
stone Inj-ing of the Home of the Com
mercial Travelers' association of
America. The commercial men from
all over the United States have gath
eied to participate in the ceremonies.
There are fully S.000 of them in
Binghamton today.
Col. Archie Baxter of Elmira deliv
ered the oration of the day, after
which Gov. Flower and Gov. Patti
son, of Pennsylvania made short
spiseches iu which each eulogized the
commercial travelers and said many
ploasaut things for the home.
A FLORIDA HURRICANE.
Pensneola, Fla.. Oct. 9. A hurricane
that has been in the gulf for some days
-truck this Section Sunday night. It
Increased in force as the morning ap
proached and all day yesterday raged
with terrible f-- ". Falling roofs made
it dangerous to appear on the stieets
and business was practically suspend
ed. Several barks dragged their an
!' and either went ashore or -vere
capsized.
THE A. P. A. ANSWERED.
This Man Contends It Is a Political
Party and Not Well Founded.
Walla Walla. Wash.. Oct. !). The
American Protective association of
this state, sent to John L. Sharpstcin,
the democratic candidate for supreme
judge, a copy of its platform with a
request for an immediate opinion upon
each section thereof. The form of the
letter indicated that the same kind of
a request had b" h sent to other can
didates. Mr. Sharpstcin tod ly an
swered to the effect that he does not
believe iu secret political organiza
tions of any kind; that any organiza
tion having a platform of principles
and supporting only persons subscrib
ing thereto, is a political party. He
believes in religious liberty; is op
posed to proscribing any person by
reason of their religious belief; says
that religion or the want thereof,
should not be considered as a quali
fication for public office: that he is
opposed to the diversion of public
money to any private purpose or to
the support of any private schools.
NEW DYNAMITE GUNS.
A P.attery of Them to Be Placed in
San Francisco Bay.
WASH INGTCoT Oct. !. The war
department is arranging fo begin at
once the construction of a battery of
dynamite guns in San Francisco har
bor similar to that iu place at Sandy
Hook with the exception tint it will
consist of three fifteen-inch guns in
stead ' of two lifteeii-inch and one
eight-inch gun.
PRETTY GOOD JOB.
Lea. veti worth. Wash., Oct. .
"Leather-Lip" George and another
gambler named Herb fought a deadly
duel in the Red Front saloon here at
.' o'clock this morning. They quar
relled over a woman. Nine shots were
fired and both nun are fatally
wounded. Both men. it is said, were
gun lighters, with records.
JAPAN M I "ST BE CAREFUL.
London. Oct. '.. Tic Associated
Press learns on the best utitltoriiy
that the European pov.v rs are acting
in harmony. They do not intend to
permit the autonomy of Corea to be
disturbed and will actively enforce
this decision should Japan attempt a
permanent occupation of the penin
sula. Bid FIRE IN TAC0MA
THE ST PAUL & TAUOMA LUMISEU
COMPANY SCOllCHKi).
Tliree-fom-tiis of lo!),0 Feet of
Finished Cellar and Fir Lum
ber Destroyed.
TACOMA. Oct. !. The St. Paul k
Taconci Lumber Co. sustained the
."lost serious loss by fire that any in
stitution has suite red in Taeoma
since it became a .city. The company's
large lumber dry house, the largest on
the coast, was burned down, destroy
ing over three-quarters of the 1S0.000
feet of furnished cedar and fir lumber
which it contained. The loss is 30.
oix). partially covered by insurance,
the company having ijy.",0i.M) insurance
on its mill and additions. The lire
was caused by a spark from the mill.
The dvpartinent had hard work in
getting the engines over the tide flats.-
THE WOOL SCHEDULE.
Washington, Oct. '.). Secretary Car
lisle today received from Acting At
torney General Maxwell an opinion
in which lie holds that the word
"wool" as used in the woolen schedule
of the new tariff act refers to the
hair of sheep only, and that the now
and lower duties on goods made of the
hair of oth"- animals w nt into effect
when the new bill became a law.
A JOINT DISCUSSION.
Omaha. Oct. Jl. John M. Thurston
for the republicans and Congressman
Bryan for the democrats are to en-,
gage in a series of debutes on the rel
ative claims and merits of their re
spective parties on silver. After a
lengthy correspondence Thurston to
day accepted Bryan's challenge and
mimed October Kith at Lincoln and
18th at Omaha.
POOR OLD CHINA.
Loudon, Oct. 9. A dispatch to the
Times from Yokohama repeats the re
port of the capture of Chee Foo and
adds that the Japanese have lauded
troops at Tarascada, near Port Ar
thur. A correspondent at Hong Kong
telegraphs under date of today: The
Chinese have closed Foo Chow in
preparation for a siege. A panic pre
vails at Pekin.
COMPET1T1 VE SHOOTING.
Chicago. Oct. 9. At the conclusion
of today's firing on Fort Sheridan
range Sergeant Heister of the second
cavalry, was leading in army carbine
competition, with a total score of 429.
This is with the Springfield rifle. Th"
highest score with the Krag-.Torgensou,
the new army weapon," was 370.
LIVELY DEMOCRATIC TIMES.
New York. Oct. 9. After one of the
liveliest times ever witnessed in this
city, the New York state democracy
this evening nominated the choice of
the ommittee of seventy. Col. Wri.
Strong, for mayor: John W. Goff. for
recorder and Henry R. Beckmaii for
justice of the superior couurt. .
GREAT STAKE WON.
Lexington, Ky., Oct 9. The Ken
ti ckj futurity, valurtl at $31,000, for
3-year-olds, worth $22,430 to the winner.-
Bensetta won in three straight
heats, time. 2:l(5y4. 2:lGyit 2:14. Fu
turity, Cclayo, Axonite, Nellie A.,
Lyric, Alkorau and Billy Tarks -also
started.
THREE FAST HEATS.
- Lexington. Ky., Oct. 8. Azote won
the Transylvania stake of $."00t Pi
three straight heats today, Tiui.
2)8 3-4; 2:0914; 2.oyi4. '
ICIDE IN
Georsre Herrall Shoots
Himself.
Business- Reverses and
Litigation the Cause.
X. X. Sleeves, Formerly of Salem
Arrested for Complicity in the
Murder of G. W. Sayres.
PORTLAND. Oct. 8. At G o'clock
this morning the dead body of George
Herrall, ot the farm of Herrall & Zim
merman, proprietors of the United
States Brewing company, was found
in a sitting posture on a bench in the
.yard back 'of his residence, at 402
Hater street by Andrew Zellman,
foreman of the United States brewery.
There was a bullet wound in the head.
Under the edge of the bench on which
the body was resting, a 32-calibre re
volver with one chamber empty was
found to tell the tale of his death.
Mr. Herrall went to Tacoina on the
special excursion train Saturday
morning, and returned on the tegular
train, which arrived here about 11
o'clock last night. He was seen by sev
eral parties on the train, and nothing
r.nustial was noticed in his actiouu.
John Gundol, of Guudel Bros. & Co,
soda works, was with him when the
train arrived and shortly afterward
left him on the street, Harrall saying
he was going home. tSo far as known
he was not seen alive after that time.
Coroner Cornelius was notified of
the finding of the body, and took
charge of the remains. The position
of the body and the circumstances,
with the finding of the revolver where
ic had been dropped, were such us to
leave no doubt that he had coiDiuiti;d
suicide.
Mr. Harrall was 01 years of age,
and a native of Germany. He had re
sided in this city a number of years,
and was widely-known. He has been
reputed wt Il-to-do, but has lost cou
siderable money in unsuccessful ven
tures tin; last few years, and was deep
ly involved in litigation, which had
been preying on his mind, of late, lie
went to Taeoma without informing
his family or business associates, who
wen; at a ;oss to account for his ab-sem-e
from home. He was a member
of different German secret societies,
and was also an Odd"Fellov.
LAWYER STEEVES ARRESTED.
Another arrest was effected this af
ternoon in connection with the assas
sination of George W. Sayres. It was
that of X. N. Stceves, the well-known
lawyer, and jointly with Bunco Kelly
and Bob Garthome, he is charged with
murder.
Mr. Steeves was taken before Chief
of Police Minto at 1:.'10 o'clock this af
ternoon, and after a short interview
was locked up in one of the strong
cells, without bail.
Chief Minto. for prudential reasons,
declined to disclose the nature of the
evidence against Steeves at the pres
ent time, but . intimated that he had
good reasons for holding him.
Bunco Kelly, Bob Gart borne and
Sailor Burns, who are believed to
know more about the actual commis
sion of the murder than any other per
sons, have as yet shown no signs of
weakening. They are subjected to in
terviews by tltr detectives and the
chief several times a day, but so far
they have divulged nothing to fasten
the crime on -either.
These fellows are in solitary confine
ment, and it is confidently expected
that one or the other will make a
dean breast, of the matter within the
next 21 or 4S hours, to help himself as
much as possible.
Primarily it was supposed that Gar
thorne would be the first to weaken,
and tell but he hangs to his secret, if
he has any, with more tenacity thau
he was given credit with having.
Bunco Kelly is the shrewdest one in
the lot, and if he is as deep in the plot
as the police think, they opine that he
will make an early request to become
a state witness. .
Chief Minto feels sure that one or
two of the men he now has in custody
have had a hand in the murder, and
that the guilty one cr onf s cannot es
cape. Regarding the complicity of the
others, as yet at large, the chief had
nothing to say. It is known though,
that several men are under surveil
lance, who, if they attempt to leave
the city, will at once be arrested.
A SOUND DECISION.
Los Angeles, Oct. 8. Judge Ross to
day render d an important decision
in the case of Lee Yung, a registered
Chinese who-went over the Mexican
lino for a few days and on his return
was arrested and taken before the
commissioner, who ordered him de
ported. Judge Ross holds that simply
because a registered -Chinese happens
to cross over into another country on
business or pleasure, he is not subject
to arrest and deportation under the
law.
TRAIN ROBBERS ARRESTED,.
Phoenix. Ariz., Oct. 8. Two more of
the bandits who robbed the Southern
Paeiiie train near Maricopa a week
ago have been captured. The leader,
Oscar Armstrong, alias Rogers, was
brought into Tacna last night by a
party of ranchmen. He denied his
name and all connection with the
crime: but admitted he was at Mari
copa the night of the hold-up. A man
named O'Brien, a suspect, was taken
yesterday at Casa Grande. . ,
GONE TO MISSOURI.
Portland, Oct. 8. Ex-Judge Junius
Rochester of Seattle, who was ar
rested here last Thursday for obtain-
i inz moaey under raise pretenses was
c-Uvised from jail today and took-the
,i lin for Missouri.- wb-ve hf vrll;
f it .j re h'-me with r!.-i?'.--i- Th
U C. I sit tie J up. , . ,
NOT BY CONQUEST.
Mexico Ambitious to Extend Her Ter
ritory, but Not by Force.
Washington, Oct. 8. Minister Rom
ero of Mexico says of the recent ie
ports that Mexico contemplated pur
chasing a new republic, taking in
Nicaragua, Salvador, Guatemala and
all the territory down to the Isthmus:
Certainly, Mexico would never inaug
urate such a policy against the wishes
of these governments. Possibly it
might come about at their request for
annexation to Mexico, but it will never
be by conquest
TWO LOADS OF SHOT.
TACOMA, AVash., Oct. 8. A special
to the Ledger from Blaine, Wash.,
says: Edward Holtzheimer, a farmer
living five miles south of this city,
was shot and seriously wounded" last
night by a masked assassin. The
shooting took place between the farm
house and barn. Holtzheimer was
carrying a bundle of clothing under
his left arm and it is to this fact he
owes his life. The assassin lay in
hiding behind a stump and as the
unsuspecting farmer passed, he raised
up and placed the muzzle of a double
barreled shotgun almost against his
victim's breast and pulled the trigger.
The charge of buckshot passed through
the bundle of clothing under the man's
arm. Holtzheimer grabbed the muzzle
of the gun, pushing the barrel down
ward, and he received the second
charge in the right leg above the
knee. The flesh was torn from the
bone for about six inches. Holtz
heimer says he believes the assassin
to be Andrew Miller, an uncle of his
wife. Miller was placed under arrest.
THE DECISIVE BATTLE.
WASHINGTON", Oct. 8. The crisis
of the Chinese-Japanese war is looked
for within the next few days or two
weeks by those most interested and
best informed in the contest The le
gations of the two countries are ex
pecting daily to hear that a decisive
battle has been fought. This is based
on the fact that the Japanese have
been gradually closing in around
Pekin and the invading army is com
pelled by force of circumstances to
strike their blow at once or not at
ill. The intense cold which comes
about the middle of October makes
this imperative. The Japanese troops
are wholly unprepared for the rigor
ous climate above Pekin which is due
within two weeks.
BLOODHOUNDS IN USE
TO CHASE ESCAPED PRISONERS OX
M'NEIL'S ISLAXD.
A Ganjf of Smugglers Sa id to Be
Connected with the Puyallup
Murderer, Blanck.
TACOMA, Oct 8. McGrath's blood
hounds from Ellensburg have been
sent to McNeil's island to hunt Ben
nett and McCabe, two escaped prison
ers, who are sMll on the island. Dep
uties are still afttr Wade and Brooks,
the escaped smugglers. The marshal's
force thinks it has them located iu the
woods betwee.i Sdro and Blaine. The
marshals are now convinced there is
some connection between these smug
glers and Blanck, the slayer of
Jeffery at Meeker and Birdwell at So-,
attle, and certain clews are being
worked tin. It is settled beyond a
doubt that Blarck shot .Teffory. as the
woman who keens the lodging house
at Meeker went to Seattle today and
positively identified him as this man
who roomed at her house several uays
previous to the Meeker murder.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
Vow VnrL- Oct X There was con
ference of Tammany chieftains in the
Fr.jirtfx-ntli street wiifwam today. At
its conclusion Mayor Gilroy said:
"The sentiment or tnose present at
the meeting was that the paramount
thing was to achieve the success of
the state ticket."
Syracuse. N. Y' Oct 8. It is an
nounced today that Senator Hill will
open the campaign with a speech in
this city Thursday of this weeK.
MARKETS IMPROVING.
San Francisco, Oct 8. Wheat, a lit
tle steadier, though busHgess contin
ues of rather small voluine.80c for No.
1 shipping with tiVAc for choice lots;
milling grades S2yiS"2; Walla Wal
la wheat 071ijC for fair average; 55i?
Goc for No. 2 and 400,.jOc for off
grades.
New York. Hops, uull.
Liverpool. Hops at ljondon, Pacific
coast, steady; demand moderate; new
crop 2 10sffl2 13s.
Liverpool W heat, arm; aemaun
n tderate; winter 4s 2&d; spring 4s 5d.
AN OPERATION NECESSARY'.
Breslau, Oct S. The Schlisische
Zeitung publishes a dispatch from St
Petersburg ' which says a sudden
change for the worse has taken place
in the condition of the czar and the
minister of war has ordered prayers
for the preservation of the life of the
czar to be offered up in all the gar-
r'son and regimental churches. Faint
ing fits are reported to have super
vened and rendered an operation nec
essary. Court dignitaries and other
high Russian officials have hurriedly
started for Livadia.
THE "GENTLEMEN" WON.
Lowell. Mass.. Oct. 8 Today the
second inning in the cricket match
between the gentlemen of England and
the Massachusetts boys was played.
The match resulted iu favr of Lord
Hawkes' team by one inning and
nineteen runs.
THE MARKET KILLED.
Brooklyn. Oct 8 The Mollenhaucr
sugar refinery, employing 1.800 men,
will shut down todav indefinitely.
The. Mollenhauer people say there is
absolutely no market tor rennea sugar.
AGAIN ARRESTED.
TTn'.on. Or., Oct. 9.AL Turner, one
of the five who were arrested a few
d"S ago on a charge of cattle stealing
H 't who gave bail, was again ar-
nr todav on a chnrcre cf stealing
so and Js again Jn the county JalL
FROM THE BIG CITY
A LIVELY LETTER FROM OREGON'S
3fKTRU'M !S.
Another Murder Mystery Laud of Big
Red Apples Talk of Railroad
Buildiiiff.
Portland, Oct 8. Portland has an
other murder mystery, a citizen called
from his home at night and a few
days later found in the river with
ghastly wounds on his head, valuables
in his pockets showing that robbery
was not the motive of the crime.
About 9 o'clock in the evening of Sept.
6th, Geo. W. Sayres, an old. man 73
years of age, living at Fulton Park,
told his wife he was going for a walk
with a, friend of his, known as "Bun
co" Kelly, and that was the last that
was seen of him until Friday last,
when his body was found in the river
below the steel' bridge On his head
were six ugly wounds, apparently in
flicted with a hatchet, while his face
was badly bruised and his right hand
terribly cut, probably while defending
himself. His gold watch and gold
scarf pin were still on his person. His
watch stepped at 10:50, about two
hovrs after he left home. This was
the time the body was thrown into
the river and not necessarily the time
of the murder. The police have ar
rested a sweet scented crowd, Joseph
("Bunco") Kelly, a notorious sail or
boarding house man and "shanghaler"
Bob Garthorne, recently released from
jail after serving a term for smug
gling, George Powers, a convict from
San Quentin, Paddy Lynch, a convict
from Salem, Thomas Carroll, a con
vict from Walla Walla, Thomas
Burns, a dissolute sailor and James
Mehan, a sea cook. The first two are
charged with murder and the others
are held as witnesses. Burns says
that last August Kelly offered to pay
him for killing Sayres. but that he
knows nothing about his death. The
police are satisfied they have their
hands on the right gang, but are at a.
loss to prove the murder or to find a
reaso-i for it. The present theory is
that it is connected with some smug
gling operations in some manner.
The eighteen hour bicycle race ter-'
initiated Saturday night in the expo
sition building and a new world's
record for eighteen hours has been es
tablished at 355 miles, being nine
miles more than the best previous
record. H. R. Hewitt, of the Portland
Athletic club, is the new champion.
Millard Lee was only one-quarter of a
lap behind and George Staver four
laps. Harrisburger also beat the rec
ord four miles. This race - was held
under the authority f the L. A. W.
and the record becomes official. Other
championship races will be held this
fall.
A session of the American Pomolog- -
ical society will be held In Sacramento
next January, and it is the intention
of the Oregon Horticultural society to
have an exhibit of apples there. Or- ,
chardists are requested to save their
best apples for this purpose, and If
tnts is uone mere is no uuuui mm
Oregon can beat anything shown by
any other state. Certainly If such
fruit as was exhibited at Milton last .
week to the members of the Oregon
Press association is sent to Sacra
mento there need be no fear of the
result The writer was present and
saw that magnificent display; hastily
gathered as it was. he never saw finer
apples and grapes iu his life. He was
astonished to learn that a country that
was once thought fit only for a stock
range, then to grow wheat, could pro
duce in abundance fruit that would
put the famous Willamette valley to
its best paces to keep up with tne
procession. If the legislature this
vear will give us a law that will eu-
able the horticultural board to do
practical work in exterminating fruit
pests, Oregon will soon lead the world
in fruit, both as to quality and quan
tity.
The level-headed men of Portland
realize that tlie future prosperity of
the city depends upon, the growth of
the tributary country" and its closer
connection with it They see that the
bringing of new sections into close
connection with the city by railroads
adds to its business and develops
those sections by giving them a mar
ket for what they can produce, mere
are two projects of this kind now on
foot One is to build a railroad into
the Yakima country through the
Klickitat pass, thus giving Central
Washington a direct outlet to Port
land, and the other is to construct a
line to the Nehalem valley by the way
of the Tualatin. The. Nehalem con
tains both coal and iron of fino qual
ity, has unrivaled timber and Is a
splendid agricultural region.' and its
connection with Portland by a rail
road would develop it and be of great
benefit to Portland. The early com
pletion of the Cascade locks and
the construction of the boat railway
at Celilo, to begin which congress has
made an appropriation, also promise
to do much for the future of Portland
and for the welfare of the state gen
erally. It is by such projects as
there, by the Nicaragua canal and by
utilizing more fully and variedly our
natural resources and the capabilities
of our soil, and by doing ourselves
what we have been accustomed to
pay others living at a distance for
doing for us, that we must look for a
return of prosperity. We have all
the materials at hand for working out
our own salvation. All wo have to do
is to use them intelligently and Indus
triously. P. P. B.
HOP INTELLIGENCE.
In the Meeker yards aboit 1,300
pickers are at work. They were laid
oft the first of the week to allow the
hops to get fully ripe. Most of these
pickers are whites, balance , Indians,
and they keep f ortj -one dry-kilns
going.
Phil. Nels has just' bougbt 400
bales in the vicinity of Alderton and
White river, paying 0c.
It is said that Mr. Merrill was of
fered" better than 7c for his hops over
in Polk county, Oregon.
Herman Klaber during the past
week has bought about 100 'bales,
mostly at 6c. but paid a shade better
than that for some rather fancy hops,
Puyallup Commerce, i :