SUICIDE AT HOLLEY. Mrs. T. A. Morris committed suicide at Holley yesterday, and her body was found last evening. Coroner Fortmiller was notified and, with Mrs. Morris' daughter, Tillie, who has been working at the Russ House for a couple yf.ars, went to the place by way of Halsey and a livery rig. An inquest was not found necessary, tho case being plain. With a little 22 calibre gun she had gone to a fruit house, and placing the gun against a table tripped it oif, sending the little bullet through her heart, completely through her body, where it was found in her clothes. Four years ago a son was drowned at Mabel, over which she had mourned al most continually, no doubt causing the act. She was 51 years of age, and leaves a husband, two daughters, the other being Mrs. Moran. and two sons at home. The funeral will be at Crawfordsville tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. THE ANNUAL DEBATES Arranged for by the Executive Committee The executive committee of the C. D. L. A. met last evening at the col lege with the president, Grover Birtch ett, of this city, in the chair. The other members were all present: Haynes Burgess vice president of Pa cific College, Willard Hayes secretary, of McMinnville; E. H. Montague treas urer, of Monmouth. The following subject was selected for the annual intercollegiate debate: Resolved that the U. S. should subsi dise her merchant marine. The first debate will be on February 27 as follows: Albany and Monmouth, at Albany, the latter taking the affirmative. Pacific Co'lege and McMinnville, with the former on the affirmative. The winners of the two debates will meet for the final debate on April 9 at a place to be selected, the winning team at Albany taking the affirmative of the same question. The Weather. Range of temperature 63-40. The river is down to 2 feet. Prediction : fair tonight and Sunday. A heavy fog all day yesterday, through the night and today has made things disagreeable. F, M. French local observer. l7li..lirELLIS, Physician and Surgeon Albany, Oregon Calls made in city and country. Phone Main 38. CITATION In ihe County Cmrt of cbe Stne of Oregon, ior Lino Cjuuj . lu i lie intuitu ul lUerBbaie of Livina S. Cu-IUj, nt-if-asetl. loE l.L. Hioiut i. A. Ctiilds an lie. . O i it . it e i . In tliv uauiri o1 Ilia a a e oi Oregon. You a'd m-run. c It) I dud required to appeal i i u-e (Jn. tv Cur oi toe State oi Or non, lu' too (J u if L.iio, at tbe cj'ii. iu-uj i.K.tMi, i Aiiiny,.in eaidma -u M ila tii-2i.il na. of Koveum i-.IOuo' & 1 ,cl'. it. urn alier- uoou 'i ui.i ii,.. i.Mu .iul ibfu- t.i-tiow cauob, i niiv I'iiu na :ty mm-i .unrder RhOul I il it. Ht .udJd i-V .11? t lUVd el- titlecl court authorizing una uiiecting the aduaiinifuriitor of Cue entitled estate to sell the real property of said estate : privale su e, said r,al property being jesuriood ioiioks, io-wh. Lota 3, 4, 5, 6. 13, '4, 15, 16, 17 and 18, in Block 7, in Hill's Addition ti the town of Soduville, in Linn County, Ore goo, as tbe Bame appears upou tbe maps acd plats of said, audiuou now on die and of record in tbe office of tbe C.uuty Recorder of f-aid countv. Lots numbered 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Blues 5 in Hill's aJditiou to ti.e town of tio davilie, in Linn County, Oregon, as tbe Bame is numbered and described on the maps and pints of said addition on file aodof record in r.be office ui ibeCoancv Recorder of said county. The Noith bait of ibe the Northeam quarter, tbe Soutbea t qoaner of the Northeast quarter and int-suiim lm f ul tbe Southeast quarter ol Seuiiuu 30, lu Township 13 South, Rin'e 8 West of tbe Willamette Meridian, and the Nor.t.enei quarter of the Northwest quirt-r o' Stcion I, in Township 14 Souu-, Ktnge 8 Weet of rhe Willamette Meridian, in Benton County, Orig in, containing 24 i acree. Witneap. the Hon. J. N. ) Duncan, Jadge nf the Ocnnty Court ol tbe SEAL - r State of Oregon, r the Conntv of Linn, wi h Ibe eal o' uirt court affixed, this the 23rd day ol Sep tember, A. D. 1908. J. W . MILLER, Clerk. By W. L. Marks. Deputy. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice is bnreb.- iiven that the un lr s'gnert ha rxvn dnlv a pointed by the County Cou-t nf Li m County, Oregon, admiuistratir of Hie estate of Aodie H. Andreya, Ute ol said county, deceased. All persons having claims against tbe estate of said deceased are requited to present tb same, wlib proper voucbart, to the nndereigued, at bis office in ihe city of Albany, in said countv, within six months 'r m the date ol this notice. Dated thl9th day nj Ontoher. 1908. F. M. P.EDFIELD. H E WI IT & M)X, Ad mloistra'or. Attorneys lor Administrator. I liURSDAY. IN THE OCEAN. Newport, Nov. 4. Messrs. Cumminge iind Bussard, of Albany, were return ing from the light house, when going around a point at Jump Off Joe, they drove their team into a deep hole of water. The horses and occupants of the wagon were completely submerged, Mr. Bussard was washed out in the deep water by a large wave, going un der, his hat was lost, but Mr. Bussard was rescued by bystanders, and he was very thankful that nothing worse hap pened. He did not seem to mind it and was soon himself again. Miss McKnight's Classes. Those persons desiring to study draw ing, china painting, water colors, de signs, metal work, tooled leather or stencilling with Miss Roma Jean Mc Knight of the Arts and Crafts Shop, Portland, are requested to notifv some member of the Albany College faculty during this week. Miss McKnight plans to be in Albany on Tuesday evening and all day Wed nesday. Her prices will be as follows, for a term of 12 lesson: Normal art class, depending upon the number en rolled, $5.00 to $10.00; China painting, $12.00; Metal work, $12.00; Stencilling, 6 lessons $5.00; Tooled leather, $7.50. A Divorce Suit. Salem Statesman. Late last evening the papers were filed in the case of H. L. Hopkins vs. Joyce P. Hopkins, in which the movincr party asks an absolute divorce from his wife on the ground of wilful desertion since the summer of 1907. None of the details of the family trouble are men tioned in the papers, the parties being socially prominent and well known es pecially in Salem, Albany and Eugene. Carey F. Martin appears aa attorney for Mr. Hopkins. ' inVenToff! A farmer was in J. W. Bendy 's shop, next door to the Democrat office, yes- terdav. having his shot gun with hin, when he started to unload it, but the gun got the start of him and unloaded itself with a bang, the contents plowing their way through the rear door oi tne shoD into a Dile of white paper. For tunately no one was around along the line of the shot, mo most ingntenea man was the farmer, who appreciated what might have happened, but did not. The Late Ben Hayden. The law office of the late Ben Hay den was on his farm at Eola, where he had a few books, including the code, from which he looked after business in the pioneer days. His forte was the trial of cases. It is said that when court time came he mounted one of his mules and started out on the circuit, then the custom, with S. W. Nesmith, Delazon Smith, Judge Kelsay. Strahan, Willsams, Boise, Bonham and others. Hayden had a wonderfull use of -invective in argument and was quicker than a cat at repartee. His dress was always careless, rough ly lhrown on, often ill buttoned. ; Rev. F. H. Geselbracht will be home from Chicago this week. I J. R. Cartwright. of Harrisburg, re turned from the Bay this noon. Dr. Charles Williams was elected mayor of McMinnville this week. Mr. and Mrs. Griffith, old friends of J. T. Wcntworth, are visiting at his home. ! Miss Mamie Stevens is visiting her , friend Mrs. Chester Stevenson, in North I Yakima. Eugene proposes to bring a party ' of lone hundred to tne apple tair on. depot j day, next Tuesday. - Prof. McMinn, of Salem, came up this noon from Salem to look after his- dancing class tonight. " I H. Hershb rg, of Independence, was in the city thirty-five minutes this noon on Albany street car business. . "Worth at trip to Albany to see," said a passenger this noon, upon getting oft the cars, pointing towards the horse car. Alfred Parsons, who has been at Rossland the past year, is expected home this evening to look after the store of Mr. Ewert, who has not been well lately. Mr. and Mrs' Bert Westbrook came up from Salem this noon on an Albany visit. Mr. Westbrook about two weeks ago sold his Roscburg Hotel to Mr. Lynch, of Portland, an.l is now looking for a new location. Fairmount, across tho Willamette wenc for Taft Gl to 51. There were four prohibition votes ttnj 8 socialist. Soap Creek exactly offs -it it 33 to 23 for Bryan. Thi? county w-nt over Tour hundred for Taft. Mr Shields, recer.t'y from luw-i, ha? been in the city locking for a p'nee it which to rem'iin while investigating af fairs here, liut has been unable to finr a satisfactory ont, and will roal-.eShedc his headquarters. J. R. Wilson, of Portland, not th former Albany man. has paid a wagei there by standing in a saloon window, handcuffed to a donkey, for six hours Two of a kind, for a man who will make such a wager is the worst kind ol one. Manager Dasent of the Commercia Club has had printed a lot of cards ot invitation to the apple fair and tlx Portland day at the apple and the de pot celebration. He would like tt have people come in and get a supply of them and mail them to their Port land friends. The ladies of the U. P. church las' evening gave the first of a series c social lunches in the new room in th basement, recently made and fitted up the prettiestone in the building. A large number of the members and at tendants enjoyed the choice lunch serv ed. It is intended to have them about once a month during the winter. LEBANON. The E. A. Mrs. J. C. Mayer and son Frank re turned home Saturday from a month's sta) at Hot Lake, Union county. The Misses Ina and Volana Smith re turned to Albany this morning, after a visit with Mrs. H. A. Loveall. Rev. Dr. White, of Albany, will de liver an illustrated lecture in the M. E. church in this city on Wednesday evening, Nov. 11th, on Methodist mis sions in Africa. An admission of 10 cents will be charged. ' Roy M. Tucker has resigned his posi tion in the Bank of California in Port land and has accepted a position in the First National Bank in this city. He came up from Portland Saturday even ing and began work in the bank in this city yesterday morning. News from Albany's Six Early Trains. Dr. Olive K. Beers, after a visit of several weeks at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. H. Bryant, left for Chicago to resume her work in the Eleanor As sociation's clubs, a splendid one for the betterment of the conditions of young women. The Association now has four club houses, run under a splendid regu lation, offering young women homes unaer tne rignc Kind ol influence. Miss 4LaW- ?oberton President of tendent, and Miss Flo Nutting, of this city, has accepted a position in the cen tral down town office, which she will have charge of. Mrs. Beers was ac- I companied to Hnod River by MisBMaud . Bryant, who has a position there. Mr. Clyde Laughead returned from a trip up the Springfield road. j Mr. R. C. Churchill, the candy manu- j facturer, wenc to Salem on a short bus-1 iness trip. Miss Vinnie Merry came down from Lebanon on a short visit at L. E. Moe's. A $110 clock for the new depot ar- rived, a fine thing. It will be placed directly opposite the ticket windows No indications yet of preparation for the C. & E. trains to land at the new depot. That is comethint; people are looking for, a genuine union depot, no crossing of the tracks to get to the trains anywhere. Foot Ball. The college first team yesterday af- ternoon defeated the high school team 34 to 0. They tried not to make so many, but couldn't help it. The goals came anyway, , rolled up against the players. A new student at the college, named Will Dunlap, is said to be a fine player. Willamette and Albany College will play at this city next Tuesday after noon, depot day, at 3 o'clock. Should Albany win it would give it the non conference championship. A Close Call for Wakefield. William Wakefield, of Eddyville, over on the Yaquina, had a lire experience yesterday. He was walking along the south jetty on his way to Waldport, when he slid down on a rock, and just then a big breaker rolled in, breaking over the place where he was sitting sweeping him into a pool. His head struck on the rocks and he became un cunscious and he lav in the water, with his head just out for sometime before being revived, when he crawled out on the beach, where he was found by some U. S. surveyors. Paul Strain a Bankrupt. Paul Strain, the Portland merchant who had the bout with the Albany city officials: several months afro, doing things his own way for awhile, has gone bankrupt, filing a voluntary peti tion in the court at Portland yesterday His liabilities are $128,294.79 and his assets are placed at $90,000. The list of creditors is a long one including sev eral newspapers. A Year of Cement Walks. The cement walk crusade continues, and the year will close with the biggest record yet, the residence district being gradually covered. . A new walk is be ing put down along the property of S. E. . Young on Ferry street, it being nec essary to dig out all the maple trees, and one along the property of Mrs. Wood on Ellsworth street. Returned From Denver. Mrs'; Henrietta Brown returned this week from Denver, where she had been to attend the national convention of the W. C. T. U., a great gathering for a noble purpose. TheW.C. T. U. con tinues to do a splendid work for human ity, as was demonstrated by the fine reports of the convention. Mrs. Brown was pleased With Denver, a beautiful city. Cleaned Up W. D. Brown, who recently bought out Chris Schubel's fish market near the Russ House, has been busy clean ing up the place and putting it in good shape for business. He proposes to Keep a clean place and the best the market affords in his line. Doing The Valley. That burglar who robbed the store of Ohling & Taylor the other night, was evidently doing the valley. The next night the store of Abrams at Lin coln, eight miles the other side of Sa Vm, was robbed of $100 wo-th of cut lery and other things, evidently Ly the same man, some fellow who in probably ml laving in a supply of goods for .ome Portland establishment. HOTELS Jack Currie again, up from Portland Prof. E E. Daring of the Siletz. Ed. (jriltith and wife frjm Troy, N. Y. Henry Schulein, Burkay, N. D. . ri. r. rioiz, tseacn, N. u. B. T. George. Niagara. V. E. Shelton, Scio. A. D. Johnson, Portland. Chas. Brown, Santa Rosa, Calif. Alfred Ding Portland. Chas. A. Hoag, and wife, Adrian, Mich. P. A. Mosier, Corvallis. Hal E. Wood, Eugene. O. H. Champlin. Portland. Along ihe Tra'.K. This afternoon several men were ad ded and six men were at work, under the foremnn. on the street car line. The end rails were torn up at the St. unaries and tne ground was being pre pared for the ties and rails, which will be laid complete as far as possible, with a third rail for the horse car, so that there can be a service right along. It is intended to have an electric car running within thirty days. Married Mr. L. B. Leach and Miss Geneva Bond popular young people of Harris- bure, were married vesterdav after-! noon at the residence of and by Rev. S. . A. Douglas. Delva R. Lewis and Miss Nellie G. McRae, of Lyons, at the residence of and by Rev. J. J. Evans, onWedaesdry evening, Nov. 4." The Revival. At the Baptist church is increasing in interest and attendance. The Evan-! gelist preached a great sermon last ' evening and a number confessed faith in Christ, and three were baptized. utners are to 08 baptized tomgnc. f rot. Spear is haying a large hearing among tne cniiaren or tne city at tne 4 o ciock nervicen each afternoon. There will be ! special music this evening. Tha public is kindly invited to these service. The Vote. Taft has 301 electoral votes now, this including West Virginia, which was considered doubtful vesterdav. and ; Maryland by a few votes, Missouri is bry'll I has lOregVs" "plurl ality for Taft is increasing, and has passed the 25,000 mark, being approxi- mately SO, 000. FRIDAY. The O. A. C. has organized "a Glee Club. Miss Helene Robinson, of Portland, went to Eugene this afternoon. Commissioner Russell went to Har risburg this afternoon. Mrs. Kate McBride came up from Portland this forenoon to look after tbe new Parker boy. The fingers of France and Germany are itchint. The newspapers Beem to be doing their best to secure a fight. Mr. Omer Hendricson arrived this noon from Heppner to make the final settlement on tne estate of his father. M rs. Chas. Gray, who has been ill for several weeks, was taken to the hospi tal again yesterday evening seriously ill. The street car gang was increased this morning to eight and the foreman, and more will be added, pushing the work. Mrs. Mary McCoy, of Sweet Home, who has more road trouble than any one in the county, has been in the city this week. After a long trial C. W. Morse and A. H. Curtis, of New York, have been convicted of bank wrecking. . Put them in stripes. ., Will and Stark have had work begun on the excavation for the new block. Figures are being secured on the brick and other work. J. W. Pixley, the organizer, former ly with headquarters at this city,, now at Eugene, was in the city today, on his way to the Alsea country. Real estate sales over the river: J . H. Scott to A Hilbert 1 acre, $1. HenJ ry Johnson to J. O. Brown, 40 acres rear Albany $2400. The Whitworth college students of Tacoma, passed through the city this noon for Eugene, where they will be done up tomorrow. about 20 to 0. The boy merchants at the depot have been given notice that no more seling will be albwed when the new depot is . occupied, in fact that they should atop j now. I Mr. Garrett Long, a prominent resi-1 dent of Corvallis died this week. I Amonz his children is Qr. O. E. Long, i of La Grande, Tenn , once captain of the Willamette foot ball squad. Mr. Geo. K. Wentworth, wife, daugh ter and grandson, of Port Costa, Calif., i are in the citv on a visit at the home of Mr. Wentworth's brother, J. T. Went worth. Mrs. J. V. Pipe yesterday afternoon entertained a company of lady friends in a pleasant way socially. Choice re freshments were served. There is talk of the organization of a new club for social as well as literary work. D. D. Olmstead, DD., (dirt doctor), of Salem, i3 in the city after A. L. Simpson, who will go with him tomor row to attend the convention of laun drvmen at Eugene. The Sun-'hine 'Giub met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. W. .M. Parker and ha ; ii bright time during the pleasant 'af:M-noun. It is an adjunct of the Degree of Honor, and smiles are the orner of the day, always greatly ap preciated when there is something good to eat to go with them. According to the Criterion Sam Gar land, the Lebanon lawjer, an e.itnu siastic supporter of Bryan, came. down to Albany election evening on his way to Portland to help celcbrnlo the ulec tion of 'Bryan with Milt Miller, but be fore the 8:18 train arrived heard enough to make it certain the trip wojld be useless. ma BAKING The:only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar, the officially approved ingredient for a whplesome, high-class powder STterel ireater deception In the sale of baking powders than ever before, j .'VlOKly observe lie label and be certain ol setting Royal. CONSUL GEN. MILLER 0F YOKOHAMA. Hon. Harry B. Miller, Consul General at Yokohama, Japan, one of the most efficient men in the foreign service, spent last night with his brother, Hon. F. J. Miller. Mr. Miller is making his headquarters at his former home in Eugene.ano is looking atter his orchard at Grants Pass. He will be in the Un ited States until March before return ing to his work at Yokohama, in the spring going to Washington for a con ference. Probably no man in the world under stands the relationship of the United States and Japan better than Mr. Miller. He declares it to be of the most friendly character, a relationship which will undoubtedly continue. Japan appreciates the value of the friendship of theU. S., and it is not as Hobson and the yellow journals have reported, looking for trouble. On tho contrary it is Beeking a closer business and social relationship between the two countries. The Japs are great entertainers, do ing things in their own way on a grand scale, and, while Mr. Miller was not at the reception to the American fleet he appreciates the gorgeous manner in which the Japs did things. - Mr. Miller reiorted Consul Fred Fisher, a former Albany boy, of Haibin, up in Manchuria, who was formerly under Mr. Miller, doing a splendid ser vice. He is in the line of promotion and will soon be given a change for better service. I . News from Six of Albany's 26 Passenger Trains. The Alcazar Company arrived on the early train and went out to Lebanon at 9:30, where they will play tonight. Mr. . George Paul, for several years editor or tne uorvallis tiazette, is the leading man, an actor of marked ability, and he is well supported, The Company will be in Albany Friday and Saturday of next week, when our people will have an opportunity of seeing The Devil pre sented for the first time, Mr. Paul ap pearing as the Devil. Rev. Jamison came down from Brownsville. Mrsi Shaw returned to Portland, ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gra ham, who will visit at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Mark Brownson. Mr. and Mrs. Porter, of Corvallis, went to Portland on a visit with Mrs. Porter's sisters, Mrs. Allie Rumbaugh Fields and MiBs Lida Rumbaugh, and brother Joe. Frank Clevenger, of Electron, left for home. He had been in Portland re ceiving surgical treatment for an in jured leg. Mrs. rj. Warner, a leading Linn county farmer, came down on the Springfield train. Were Iowa Neighbors. The next morning after the recent concert of the Four Great Musicians, Mr. G. A. Flood, who had not attended the concert, happened to meet MisB Grace Smith, one of the performers, whose real name is not Smith, that be ing her stage name, when it was dis covered that she was a former next block neighbor in Creston, Iowa, for t?n or twelve years during their boy hood and girlhood days. Miss Smith is the wife of a Chicago dentist For two or three years she has been with Dan iels Opera Co., recently accepting her present position. The Corvallis high school team went to Junction thie afternoon for a game. An Eldridge, N. Dak., man writes: "I am coming there to live as soon as I can sell here." BttntU lln KiiiJ Vim Haw Always Bought HfaaUr tf Pure P0TOEK MARRIED. BaltimoreOarlick. On Thursday evening, Nov. 5, at the -home of Mr. P. J. Baltimore, in Albany, . by Rev. S. A. Douglas.Mr. Velvin Balti more and Miss Bessie Uarlick. The gi oom is a yonng man of splendid characters native of Linn county, in the bicycle business opposite the Democrat oflice.and the bride a daughter of worthy Yamhill county people, is a bright and loveable young lady, both of whom -have manv friends whose best wishes they will have. Thntr Infh inaf nlrrhf fn Pn.llnnJ nn I their bridal trip, when they will begin nouse Keeping, naving their home ready , for them. WireKutchinson. Rev. Melville T. Wire and Mrs. Reno -Hutchinson were married at the Grace M. E. parsonage yesterday, Rev. Heppe officiacing. The groom is a former Albany young man, aon of Rev. M. C. Wire, and is now Btationed at The Dalles. The bride was the wife of Reno Hutchinson, a prominent Y. M. C. A. man, killed at Spokane two or thieo years ago. Re cently she has been the contralto singer in the Grace M. E. choir, said to be a beautiful young woman of fine char actor. At the Hotels. H. A. Brewer, Portland, once of this city. Rev. H. S. Shangle, Milton, a former Albany minister. Hugh Freeland of the Gold Creek mines, who stops at the St. Charles. 1. if. Jjeatherman, Unkland. W T. Peacock, Seattle. Grant Pirtle and Peter Bilher leading Brownsville men. , T. M. Barr, Salem. J. W. Ferguson,' E. H. Collis, Port land. '" A. F. ManuuviG, W. Straud, J. H. Lauterman, HvijQ.White, Salem, M. L. Hampu.tjt? Eugene. ., Eugene Geer advance agent of the Lee Willard Cd." 1 C. J. Wile, Rochester, N. Y. A Telephone Party. The telephone girls of the Pacific office last night held a social session with one of their members, Miss Verna Kelley, at her pleasant home, where they spent some time in a delightful manner, singing and keeping their voices in training, in games and samp ling a delicious lunch. Those present were: Misses Eva Milncr, Margaret Achcnbach, Belle Lindsey, Edith French Lou Parrish, Enid Burley, Lena Driver, Nina Littlo, Ima Curran and Mamie Cassidy. At the Gym. Tho Alco gym.is a busy place even ings, a well equipped place for oxercise. A hand ball court has been set out and basket ball will soon be going. Last evening Prof. Luck had a good class in exercise work. The club has at least one strong man, who last evening lifted nine men weighing over thirteen hun dred pounds, and 390 pounds with hia teeth. Pat Passed Through, Hon. Pat McArthur, secretary of the republican central committee, went to Eugene th-s afternoon to see the foot ball game tomorrow. He has been rest ing up after the strenuous work of the campaign, and was considerably elated over the closeness of his figures given before election to the actuul result. Sen. On Friday morning, Nov. 6, at 10 o'clock, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parker, a boy, weight i pounds. The mother and boy are doing well. The father is reported hilarious.