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!-.;.',".' :r::i:'?v::-;--.V A Mystery T ;';i'-(.: of Two f rrrr ' ' ' "ir 4f f ; Continents H7 T irilliaLglGCir X l iiii wif, ; BURTON E. 1 STEVENSON T5 v I nenry nou ana I ' I I Company ' -OB, yes. sir.?" - Th coroner nodded. "Now, Mr. Bogers. tow long a time elapsed after Well, plainly, If he won this case ne wonld win something else besides. I think even the policeman in the comer saw It, for he turned away with a dis cretion rare in policemen and. pretend ed to stare out of the window. I don't know what my chief would have said. His lips were trembling so he could not speak-for the moment, anf just then there came a tap at the door, and the coroner's clerk looked in. "We're ready to begin, sir," he said. "Very well," cried Mr. Koyce. "I'll come at once. Goodby for "the . mo ment. Miss Holladay. I repeat, you ma- rely on me," and he hastened from . m as confidently as tnougu sne . rded him for the battle. In l told myself, she had bound ad and foot before casting him into the arena. , 1 . the ha! ste hie dov crowded . CH AFTER II. r-r m"! outer room was ifrom end 'to end and the at mosphere recked with unpleas ant dampness. Only behind the Utt:e. railing before the coroner's desk wa - "-ere breathing spacejand we sank lnt- -j-.tr seats at the table there with a s "i of relief. O :e never realizes how many news par there are in New York until one attends an important criminal case tli at brings Jheir people out In droves and swarms. The reporters took up mo l of the space n this small xooni. Pai -r and pencilsjw'ere everywhere in' eviiH-nce, and in one corner there was a n an with a camera stationed, de termined, I suppose, to get a photo graph of our client should she be called to the stand, since none could be ob tained in any other way. I saw Singleton, the district attor ney, come in and sit down near the coroner, and then the jury filed in from their room and took their seats. I examined them, man by man, with some little anxiety, but they all seemed Intelligent and fairly well to do. " Mr. Eoyce was looking over their names, and he checked them oft carefully as the clerk called the roll. Then he hand ed the list up to the coroner with a little nod. . ' . "Go ahead," he said. "They're all right I guess they look all right." "It's a good jury,'" replied the cor oner as he ook the paper. "Better than usual. Are you ready, Mr. Sin gleton 7' "Yes," said the district attorney. "Oh, wait a minute," he added, and be gOl Up CLUU fttUJtJ uy tt l "You're going to put Miss Holladay on the stand, I suppose" "And expose her to all this 7" And . our junior looked around the room. "Not If I can help It!" , "I don't see how you can help it. An alibi's the only thing that can save her from being bound over.'' "We'll cross tjiat bridge when we come to it," retorted Mr. Royce. "I think the case against her will soon die of inanition." "Oh. very well.". And Singleton abruptly went back to his desk, biting Ms mustache thoughtfully. He had . made something of a reputations since his election a year before, as a solver of abstruse criminal problems and had secured a conviction n two or three capital cases which had threat ened for a time to baffle the police. He , evidently scented something of the same kind here or he would have In trusted the casa to one of his ' as sistants. It might be added that, while his successes had made him Immensely popular with the multitude, there -had been about one or two of them a hint of unprofessional conduct, which had made his brethren of the bar look rather askance at him. He nodded to the coroner after a moment, the room was called to order and the first witness summonea. ' ' ' It was Rogers, the confidential clerk. I knew Rogers, ofcourse; had talked with him often in a business way and ' had the highest respect for hlca. He had been with Mr. Holladay much lon ger than I had been with Graham & ; "Boyce and had, as Mr. Graham had pointed out, an unimpeachable reputa tion. There were the usual preliminaries name, age, residence, and so on, Coro - ner Goldberg asking the questions. He was a really good cross examiner and soon came to the core of the matter. "What Is the position of your desk in Mr. Holladay's officer' he asked. "There is an outer office for the clerks; opening from that a smaller room, where my desk is placed. Open ing from my room was Mr. Holladay's ' private office." "Had Mr. Holladay's office any other door?" . "No, sir." "Could entrance be had by the win dows?" ' "The windows open on the street side of the building. We occupy a part of the eighth floor." , "The fire escapes" , : " "Are at the back of the. building thr nr none on the street side- nothing but a sheer wall." "So that any one entering or leavin; the private office must necessarily pass by your desk?" "Necessarily: yes, sir." "Could any one pass without your seeing him?" - - "No, sir; that would be quite tmpos- iwr ' xne coroner leaned back In Ms chair. There was one point settled. - "Now, Mr. Bogers," he said, "will you kindly tell us," in your own way and with as much detail as possible, exactly what happened at your office shortly before 5,o'clck yesterday aft ernoon?" - I could see that Bogers was deeply moved. His face was very white, he moistened his lips nervously from time to time, and his hands grasped con vtiIsIvpIv the arms of his chair. Plain ly the task before him was far from an agreeable one. "Well, sir," he began, "we had a very busy day yesterday and were at the office considerably later tnan usuai, but bv 5 o'clock we bad closed up work for the day, ana an tne otner clerfcs, with the exception of the office boy, had gone home. I had made some notes from Mr. . Holladay's dictation and had returned to , my desk to ar range them when the outer door open ed, and Mr. Holladay's daughter came in. She asked me whether her father was engaged, and upon-my saying no opened the inner door and entered his office. She remained, I should think, about ten minutes, then she came out again, walked rapidly past without ira-in at me and. I suDDOse, left the buildinz. I finished arranging my notes and then entered Mr. Holladay's office to ask if he had any' further in structions for me, and I found him lying forward on his desk with a knife sticking in his neck and the blood SDurtlhg out. I summoned aid, but he rliPd without regaining consciousness, I should say, he was practically dead when I found him. I felt rather than heard: the little stir which ran through the room. There was an indefinable horror in the story and in the conclusion to which it in evitably led. "Now, let us go back a moment," said the coroner as Rogers stopped and mopped his forehead feverishly. "I want the jury to understand your story thoroughly. Mr. Holladay had been dictating to you?" "Yes." f , "And was quite well?" "Yes; as well as usual. He'd been suffering with indigestion for some time past." . " . "Still he was able to attend to busi ness?" - ' "Oh, yes, sir. There was oothing at all serious in his illness." "You then left his office and returned to your own: How long had you been there before the outer door opened?" " "Not over five minutes." ."And who was It entered?" - ' "Miss Frances Holladay,' the daugh ter of my employer.' "You're auite sure? Yoa know her well?" x "Very well. I'vfr known her for many years. She often drove to the office In the evening to take her father home I; supposed that was what she came for yesterday." "You looked at her attentively?" T?nora hitohert imnatienuv in ais chair. ' . "I . glanced at her as I always do,' he said. "I didn't stare." "Rut vnn're auite sure it was Miss Holladay?" . "Absolutely sure, sir. Do you sup pose I'd make an assertion like that if I wasn't absolutely sure?" "No," said the coroner soothingly. "No, I don't suppose any such tMng, not for a moment, Mr.. Rogers, only I want the jury to see bow certain the Identification is.- Shall I proceed?" "Go ahead, sir," said Rogers. 'Til try to hold myself together" a little better, sir." - "I can' see what a strain this Is for you." said the coroner kindly, "and I'll spare you as much as I can. Now, after Miss Holladay entered the inner office, how long did she remain there?" "About ten minutes, should .say. Jot longer than that, certainly." "Did you .hear any sound of conver sation or any unusual noise of any kind?": "No, sir. It would have been a very CHESTNUT GROWERS TALK. Hiffli Qaality, IfoBwonay Cheatoat j, - Brrimgr Good. Price. For thirty years Mr. Lovett, a Penn sylvania farmer, has been an enthusi ast on the subject of chestnut culture. He now has about fifty acres planted to chestnuts, thirty acres in bearing and twenty acres in young trees and nursery rows. The bearing trees are mostly ten and twelve years A& (from the graft), and at the time of my visit these trees were heavily loaded with Immense nuts, a bushel or a- bushel and a half to a tree. "All Paragons?". I asked him. "And how mnch ' do they bring in market during average years?" "Mostly Paragons. I've a very few Numbos and Ridgeleys, but I find that the Paragon is a more regular bearer and more desirable. The nuts net me "Is this the knifet" he asked. the denarture of the woman Derore you went back into the inner office?" "Vnt.mnni than tnree' or iout min utes. I thought perhaps Mr. Holladay was getting ready to accompany his dauehter. and I didn't wish to detain him." ' " "And you found him,-as you say, lying forward. across his desk with a knife in his throat and the blood spurt ing out. Did you recognize the knife ?V "Yes, sir. , It. was Ms knife a knife he kept lying on his desk to sharpen pencils with and erase and so on. "Sharp, was it?" "It had one long blade, very sharp, sir." The coroner nicked up a knife that was lying on the desk, before him. "Is this the knife?" he asked. . Bogers looked at it carefully. "That's the knife, sir," he said, and it was passed to the jury. When they had finished with- it, Mr. Boyce and I examined it. It was an ordinary one bladed erasing knife with ivory han dle. It was- open," the blade being about two inches and a half in length, and, as I soon convinced myself, very sharp Indeed. "Will you describe Mr. Holladay s position?" continued the coroner. "He was lying forward on tne aes, with his arms outstretched , and his head to one side." And there was a great deal ,of blood?" "Oh. a great deal! Some one appar ently had attempted to check it, for a little distance away there was a nana kerchlef soaked in blood." . ' The. coroner picked up a handker chief and handed it to the witness. "Is that the handkercMef ?" he asked. "Yes, sir,", said Bogers, after a mo- Is it a man's' or a woman's handker cMef?" "Oh, a woman's, undoubtedly !" The jury examined It, and so did we. It was a small square of- fine cambric, with no mark that I could see, soaked through and . through with . blood un questionably-a woman's handkercMef. Then Bogers told the rest of the story how he had summoned am ana in formed the police. "Now, Mr! Bogers," said the coroner, when be had finished, "there is one point more- Has there been anything" in, your' knowledge of Mr. Holladay or his business to suggest tne iaea or sui cide?" " The witness shook Ms head decid edly. 'Nothing whatever, sir," he Said pos itively. "His business was prospering. he was happy and contented why, he was planning forNa trip abroad with Ms "daughter." "Let us suppose for a moment," con tinued Goldberg, "that he did actually stab himself In his daughter's pres ence. What would you naturally ex- nectherto dor - "I should expect her to give the alarm to summon aid, replied Bog ers. "-. ' "fWtalnlv unauestionably." And OnMhere nodded to my chief. "I turn the witness over to you, Mr. Boyce, he said. . . "Now, Mr. Bogers," began our Junior imoresslyely, "yon know, of course. that this whole case" hinges at present on your identification of the woman who, presumably, was ; in Mr. iioiia An-a office when he was stabbed. I Girls Entertain. In a manner .which reflect; only the highest! credit upon themselves, toe young ; ladies ot Aloha , - hall entertained their friends of the college on the ev ening of January 20." This re CLASSIFIED ADVEBTlStMENTS ception, after a precedent! set 1 PABAGOH NUTS (BEDUCEJD SIZE). 87 per bushel on an. average. S6 or Then I've a new variety, navent named it yet, but the nuts are so supe rior that I readily sell them for $12 a bushel on the New York market This variety originated on my farm. I am now propagating it as fast as possible." How do you market the chestnut crop?" "Just sit still and the orders and Duy- ers come to me. The demand for chest nuts is steadily increasing because the country's population is growing. But the supply is rapidly decreasing. Why? Because the native chestnut trees are being sacrificed to supply lumber. And where are the trees to replace those eaten by sawmills? As regards Para gon or other large varieties, the supply is verv. very limited. The rew : at tempts that have been made to estab lish commercial orchards have not gen erally proved lastingly successful, usu ally because of faulty methods. And the foreign variety of nut is too inferior in flavor to deserve notice.' But," I inquired, "what has become of the acres and acres of grafted chest nut sprout land that so many farm pa pers: exploited a short time ago we were led to expect great things rrom such groves." ' "I'll tell you. The principle is wrong all wrong. It seemed all right to graft Paragon scions on sprouts from chestnut stumps and thus quickly se cure a grove of bearing trees, but in actual practice the idea hasn't worked ont wall for four reasons: First, the new trees have ah, Insufficient root sys tem, and the autumn winas on we heavy, bur laden tops are very likely to break the tree off at the stump; secona, there is much danger from fire, owing to the difficulty of keeping down the constant growth of underbrush; third. the weevil is right on hand in force. In fact, he and Ms ancestors have lived on the spot for centuries, and as a re suit the nuts have no chance to develop into commercial value, nor has the grower any chance to fight the weevil. owing to the difficulty of keeping out underbrush and the lack of cultivation, and that's the fourth reason no culti vation, for how can you cultivate an orchard that isn't in row?" W. B. A. in Farm Journal. r : .-11.,; years agu, is givcu uuuaiijr, ou is, looked upon as one of the prin cipal social events of the second term. - ' :-.-':. The guests assembled at 8 p. m.i and retired to the spacious diningroom, which was decorated for the "occasion. After a tew minutesof conversation the mer ry crowd was called to order and listened to a unique program. Miss Alice Edwards j made a fit (ing address on behalf of the club, which was followed by thr remainder of the evening's pro gram, consisting of a piano solo by Miss McDonald; Tecitatioti by Miss Belle Bonney; sonv Alph t Quartette: Diano duet by tne Misses Horner, and a : paper bs Miss Mabel Kennison. All ot these numbers were highly aDDreciited Miss Mc- o j 1 t Donald's and the Misses Horner's musical stunts were received with loud applause. Miss Ken nison's paper was fu'l of origin ality and especially well rendered. Miss Bonnev's recitation was ex ceptionally well given and was by far the star event 01 the even ing The remainder of the CLASSIFIED ADVXBTISSXXNTS: ' . Fifteen words or less, 25 cts for three I suocesBWe , insertions, or 60 cts per month; for all np to and including ten I additional words, cent a word for each - , insertion. -'V. ;y- Ud, 1 TT- n J - . ntr I- 1 ot per word for the first insertion, and 4 ct per word for each additional inser tion. Nothing inserted for less than 25 Lodge, society and cr-urcli notices, nther thar etrictlv news matter, will be ohwwd Vr. ATTORN FYS F. YATES, ATTOENEY-AT:LAW. Ofce First National Bank Building. Onhr pet of abstracts ip Bentoii County TJ. BTJYPON ATTOTWFY AT LAW. OfPpp ir Post Off! re Bnildinsr, Oorval- -ncvPTT TT WTLPON. ATTO'R.NFY--T aw Notary Titles. . Oopvevane-'ns- . PractW in all Statf atd Federal Prints Offipp it Bnrttr Building. AUCTIONEER A TCTTNE. LTVF STOCK ATTCTTON ppr. Corvallis. Or P. A. Klin Line, Vbove No. 1. P. O. addrpss. Box 11. Pavs highest prices for all kirda of live stork. Twntv Wars' "experience, fiaticfartinn imarsntped. WANTED WA iTTE f POO SUBSCRIBERS TO THE Oaztttb snrt Weekly Oreeonian at 2 55per year. BANKING. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Corvallis, Oregon, transacts a jreneral conservative banking business. Loans money on arproved semrity,- Drafts bonght and fold an1 money transferred to the principal cities of the United States, Europe and foreign countries. evening was spent m playing games. The climax of the entire affair was reacnea wnen me merry partv sat down to the elegant spread. Like ' the remainder of the reception, it was of the kind that has few equals in the curri culum of OAC social events. As the lighis dipped all of the guests filed out, each giving ex pression of praise to those who had the party in charge. The only fault of the evening was the absence of one of the cadets, who has recently become the possessor - ". i , -r or an an olive araD uniiorm. Being desfrous of showing this new wearing apparel, he spent 8. A. OATHEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN Veterinary Surgeon DR. E. E. JACKSON, VETEKLN AK x cated here. , Dr. Jackson is a post graduate ani thoroughly qualified in veterinary work. See him at Occi dental Hotel. lOltf PHYSICIANS the day in Portland and did not return. - If j- . and Surgeon. Rooms 14, Bank Build ing. Office Honrs : 10 to 12 a. m , 2 to t p. m. Residence: cor. 5th and Ad ams 8tB Telephone at office .and res idence Corvallis. Oregon. P iOJh MARBLE SHOP. ' El- :H ire&jnery unusual noise to be audible. Mr." HoV laday's office has heavy walls and a double door which completely shut off all sounds from within." "Miss. Holladay then came out? "Yes, sir." And walked past you?' "Yes, sir; walked past me rapidly." "Did you not think that peculiar?" "Why, sir," she didn't often stop to speak to me. I was busy, ana so thought nothing particularly about it," "Did you notice her face? Did she seem perturbed?" - "Ncv sir; I didn't notice. I just glanced up and bowed. In fact," I didn't see her face at all, for she bad' lowered her veil." . - "Her veil!" repeated the coroner. "You hadn't mentioned that -she wore a veil." "No, sir; when she came Into the of fice she had lifted it up' over her hat brim you know how women do." "Yes so you saw her face distinctly when she entered?" . "Yes, sir." ' "But when she went out she had lowered her yeiL Was it a heavy one?" ' .' ' ' -; "Why sir," the witness hesitated, "just an'ordlnary veu, X should Bay." c "But still heavy, enough to- conceal jer (acer .- - - ".. - . (To be Continued.) SEWER NOTICE Corvallis. Or.. Jan. 20, 1S06. Kotico is hereby ?iven that the undersigned hav rn-eii a nnointed viewer bv the common council of the city of Corvallis to esiimnte the immnrtlonate shire of the cnet of the sewer to h ohstructed by the city of Corvallis nnder ;uid by virtue of Ordimtnce No 189 through thi middle of blocks numbered 11-15 and 16 . It tttid P . ITorv'K AflriirJmi tn thtTrUv of P.orval- lis to be assessed to the several owners of the nroDertv benefitted thereby. The district be ae- fitted by the said sewer Is all ot lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7. 8 Burt of block 14 'and all of blocks 15 and 16 in N. B., ani P. Avery's addition to the city of Corvallis. - ' 1 !. -ld viewers' will meet at the oTQoe ol tne Pitlire J-ifli of thfwMiv of ( "orvull'S on t?fe 6th rtny of February, liifM. at i tie hour of 7 o'clock P. M.. lor the purpose t-restiina'.irie the Tepl?c- ive tilmre of the cost to bd by the piop-rty owners in construetlng ml wwer, ana an per- seus Interested and owners of said property may appear before the viewers to oe heard in tne matter ot making said estimates. " UAlilVB DAVIS, ' W. CRAWFORD, W. S. IINYILLE. A Medley. According to an exchange,' Secretary Goodman of the Missouri Horticultural society in conjunction with other, au thorities announces that medals award ed at the St. Liouis exposition will not be ready for some time yet and will then be as follows: Every exnibitpr will be given a- certificate of award and a bronze medal for all bronze medal awards. Persons who were awarded silver medals will receive a bronze medal with the word ".Silver" stamped thereon, and winners or goia meaais will receive bronze medals with tne word "Gold" stamped thereon. ir any who "are entitled to gold or silver med als wish medals of these metals they can be secured by paying for them. Otherwise they will receive a bronze morifli stflmned to show the kind of medal to which they are entitled. H. E. Van Pelt, writing in the Jersey Bulletin, tells as follows of the value of linseed oil as a remedy for ailments of cows. After describing its successful use for a case of bloat during the St Louis demonstration he goes on to say There is no remedy of so much value about the cow barn as a good supply of raw linseed oil. and for us it cer tainly saved a great deal of trouble throughout the test. I cannot help but believe that without its speedy use on several occasions that are now pointed out by "off feed" the cows would have suffered very seriously. The writer has always thought that, whatever may be the ailment of the animal, the first thing to do is to make certain that the digestive tract is in proper working order before further treatment is re sorted to. In nine cases out of ten the feeder will find that, with cows on heavy feed the worst of the ailment is past when the digestion is made per fect, and I have never known d good dose of oil to harm any beast at any time. So if you wish to be on the safe side when you are giving your cows their best record have at hand in the barn a supply of raw linseed oil. MARBLE AND GRANITE MONTJ ments; cufbrngmade to order; clean ing and reparing done neatly : save agent's commission. Shop North Main St-.Frank Vanhoosen, Prop. g2tf MISCELLANY. Cured Lumbago. A. B. Carnon, Chicago, writes March 4. 1803, "Having been troubled with Lumbago, at different times and tried one nhveician alter another, then different ointments and liniments, gaye it up al together. So I tried ence more, ana got a battle of Ballard's Soow Liniment, which gave me almost instant rel.et. I can cheerfully recommend it, and will add m name to your list of sunerere. Sold by Graham & Wortham. STEAMER POMONA For Portland and way points, leaves Corvallis Monday, Wednesday and Fri day at 6 a.m. Albany 7 a. m. Fare to Portland, $1.75; round trip 3.00. H. A. Hoffman, Agr 103-10 Rev. Carlisle P. B. Martin, L. L. D Of Waverly, Texas, writes: "Of a If the cow begins to leave her feed ft troubieBOme collection of phlegm which without cause or .declines rapicuy m produces a cough and is very bard to dis milk flow, there is something wrong, lodge; but a small quantity of Ballard's and right then Is the time to get in tne Horebound Bymp win at once aunoage w t tn trn for twelve it. and the trouble is ill over. I know hours the beast will perhaps be beyond of no medicine that is equal to it, and it nours tne neasx wi v v is so pleasant to take. I can most cor dially recommend it to all persons need- recovery, wnen ai me ptuyci quart of oil would have cleaned ner out (so to speak) and started "her back to work in good shape. -If further, ail ments appear, you can rest assured that the oil has done no harm, but paved the way for further treatment . - l . . l 1 ing a remedy ior tnroat, or mng iruuoic Sold by Graham & Wortham. v. ;? mm m rmviau The Gazette i Sweet Peas For Easter. No time should be lost in sowing sweet peas to be satisfactorily in flow er for Easter. The seeds germinate in a few days after lowing. Care must be taken that the young plants are not neglected, as they grow very rapidly. I They should be handled as soon as pos sible after they nave started ana plac ed in their flowering quarters without delay. Sometimes sweet peas are grown in boxes six inches wide and as much deep and three or four feet long or any other convenient lengtn; gar dening. . Showy Winter Plant. When the brilliant, showy bracts of poinsettias are well expanded main tain as even a night temperature as possible. Sixty degrees la atyrat right. Discontinue feeding when the bracts are well expanded. Use great care Jn watering In order to maintain good -foliage. Selling Milk, Cream or Butter. The comparative profits of selling dairy products, as milk, cream or but ter, have been carefully figured out by the Maryland experiment station. It is found that cream is one of the most profitable forms of sale, since 20 per cent cream' can be sold at 50 cents a gallon, and even at this low price re turns 23 cents per pound for the but ter in the Htilk, besides leaving the skim milk for use on the farm. Of course cream ean usually be sold for than f,0 cents Der gallon. It also appears that milk shipping is ordinari ly more profitable than buttermaking. Thus 12 cents per gallon for 3 per cent milk is equal to 23 cents, per pound for the butter, while at 15 cents per gallon for 3 per cent milk the butter is sold at 32 cents per pound. In selling cream at 70 cents per gallon the price obtained is equal to 33 cents for the butter, but creameries never pay this amount for butter,, and no homemade butter brings any such price except for a very few gilt edge takes. ' . . - ' " - Estray Notice. 3-year-old red bull came to my premises in November. Owner pleafe call and pay i pasturage and price of this notice. Twelve- miles southwest of Corvallis. 9 16 William f ark Notice of Final Settlement. Notioftis hereby given that the undersigned administrator of the estate of B, B. Barnes, deceased, has filed in the Corrntr Court of Benton County, Oregon, his final account as administrator of said est te, and that Mon day, the 5th day of February, 1906, at the hour of ten o'clock A. M., has been fixed bf said Court as the time for hearing of ob jections to said report and the settlement thereof. K.F. BARNfiS, Administrator of the Etate of B. B. Barnes,. deceased. Dated January 2, 1906. Imperfect Digestion. ' Means lees nutrition and in conse-. quence less vitality. When the liver, fails to secret bile, the blood becomes loaded with bilious properties, the di gestion becomes impaired and the bowels constipated. Herbine will rectify this; it gives tone to the stomach, liver and kidneys, strengthens the appetite, clears and improves the complexion, in fuses new life and vigor to the whole system. 60' cents a bottle. Sold by Q rah am & Wortham.