TWODROWNEDNEAR FATHER UNE WILL 5209,000 DAMAGES
RUFUS THOMPSON GETS
BIG INCOME FROM BEES
ALBANY AUTO TURNS OVER
IN CQRVALL1S LAST NIGHT
11.
BEN
John W. Rannells of Albany and
I. A. Lucas of California Sink
To Watery Graves.
LAUNCH STRUCK FISH-TRAP
AND CAPSIZED IN HARBOR
Rector of Albany Parrish Will
Attend Eucharistic Congress
At Vienna, Austria.
WILL LEAVE ALBANY AUG. 6
FOR THREE MONTHS TRIP
Two Women and Two Children During Absence of Father Lane
Are Saved by F. A. Lucas Parrish Will Be in uarge ot
of Portland. l-atner uilligan.
Details of Sunday Drowning at
Willapa Harbor, Wn.
Dead.
I. A. Lucas, 51, Lake County, Cal.
J. W. Rannells, 52, Albany, Ore.
Rescued.
Mrs. F. A. Lucas, Portland.
Mrs. H. C. Courter, Portland.
Loleta Courter, 9, Portland.
Kermit Courter, 7, Portland.
Hero.
F. A. Lucas, Portland.
South Bend, Wash., July 29. 1. A.
Lucas, 51, who lives in Lake county,
California, and J. V. Rannells, aged
52., 217 Kast Fourth street, Albany,
Or., verc drowned and five others had
miraculous escapes from death when
a launch in which 111 fy were riding
yesterday struck a submerged lis li -trap
piling in Hear fiver straits.
The rescue of two women and two
small children by V. A. Lucas, broth
er of one of the drowned men and une
of the owners of the townsile, w-as
as heroic as it was sensational.
When the bow of the launch or
dory struck the piling the latter was
shoved through the boat and extended
some distance above the gunwale.
There the boat was held fast in the
stream.
Kanuells and I. A. Lucas were seat
ed in the stern of the boat when it
struck and both were precipitated in
to the water, in the widest part of tile
straits, two miles south of the town of
Chctlow Harbor and away from any
available help. The two men began to
swim for a mud fiat 25(1 feet away.
When about 50 feet from the mud
Hats Rannells sank.
1. A. Lucas was a capital swimmer
and reached the mud fiats. His ap
parent intention was to hasten to the
mill at Chetlow Harbor, some three
miles away, by a circuitous route, and
bring back a rowboat. After leaving
the mud fiats there was a slough, the
high tide filling it to about ten feet
at that time. Lucas was hurrying
along, when he suddenly plunged over
a precipitous bank of the 'slough and
was drowned.
It is believed he was so exhausted
that he could not help himself, cloth
ed as he was in heavy clothing and
logger's shoes. Until bodies were re
covered at 4 o'clock this morning, the
tide, however, having washed Lucas'
body back into the main channel.
As soon as the launch struck, and
F. A. Lucas, a brother, took in the
situation, he stripped himself, except
a white shirt. He swam to the mud
fiats and waded in mud knee deep to
the shore, and then raced over the
sharp stones for three miles barefoot
ed and naked, sealing a hlutt ami
climbing through slashings to the
mill, where the rowboat was an
chored. It was then a pull of two miles back
to where the launch was pinioned
with its human freight. Steadily the
tide kept rising and each minute
brought the two women. Mrs. F. A.
Lucas and her sister. Mrs. H. C.
courter. and her two children. Loleta.
P, and Kermit. 7, of Portland, nearer
their doom.
As the water rose the women boost
ed the children a little higher up on
the bow of the boat and later upon
the nose of the launch. All the time
they kept their composure, the little
girl and boy praying that their uncle
might return in time.
In the distance, two miles away.,
they saw Lucas land safely upon the
wharf. The children waved to him.
and be was encouratrcd. Faster and
faster he rowed and faster and faster
the tide kept rising until it had sub
merged the women and children to
their necks, when, exhausted and
bleeding from his terrible race over
stones and through slashings. Lucas
reached the imperiled women and
children. They were safely taken off
and returned to Chetlow Harbor.
Lucas' feet, legs and body arc a
mass of cuts and bruises. The water
was dragged all night by men who
came from Chetlow Harbor and other
adjoining towns. Rannells had come
north to take charge ot some oi in:
work at the new townsite.
The bodies of J. W. Rannells of
this city and I. A. Lucas of Califor
nia, who were drowned Sunday in
Willapa Hay where the launch in
which they were crossing the bay
struck a fUli-trap and capsized, were
recovered early yesterday morning
and were brought to Portland.
The funeral service" ot J. W. Ran
nells will be held in Portland this af
ternoon and will be conducted by the
Rev. Henry II. Marsden oi St. Peters
F.piscopal church of this city. Rev.
Marsden left for Portland this morn-
The Rev. Father Arthur Lane, pas
tor of St. Mary's Catholic church of
this city and rector of the Albany par
ish, will leave this city on August bth
for Vienna, Austria, to attend the
Fucharistic Congress to be held there
from September 10th to 15th, inclu
sive. Father Lane will be the only
prelate from Oregon to attend the
congress, and will be the iersonal
representative of Archibshop Alexan
der Christie of Portland.
Father Lane will go from this city
to Montreal, Canada, where he will
take the steamer to Liverpool. He
will then cross England by rail to
Dover, wher he will cross the Eng
lish Channel to France. After a short
visit in Paris, he will proceed to Vien
na by rail, stopping enroute for a
visit in Switzerland.
After the close of the congress he
expects to visit Rome for an audi
ence with the Holy Father, and to
visit scenes of interest in the history
of the church. lie also expects to vis
it Prague, the ancinet capital of llo
heiuia, and other European cities.
This is Father Lane's first visit to
Europe and he expects to be gone
about three months.
During his absence from Albany
the local parish will be in charge oi
liither .Michael Gilligan, assistant rec
tor. Father Lane is a native son of
Oregon, a grandson of General Jos
eph Lane, pioneer territorial governor
of Oregon and one of the state's first
United States senators.
Hammond Lumber Company
Wins In Suit Brought to
Condemn Power Site.
JURY RETURNS' A VERDICT
AFTER BEING OUTTWO HOURS
Lumber Company Represented
In Able Manner by Lawyers
Weatherford & Weatherford
The jury in the case of the Willam
ette Power Company vs. Hammond
Lumber Company which has been on
trial at Salem ior the past few days,
returned a verdict yesterday after
noon aiter being out but two hours in
favor ttf the Mammon Lumber Com
pany for damages of $200.1100. The
company had asked for ?250,0O0 danj
ages. All other issues in the case
aside from the value of the power
site were eliminated by the pleadings.
The Hammond Lumber Company
were represented by .the law linn of
Weatherford & Weatherford of this
city, through whose able efforts the
verdict was secured.
The Willamette Power Company
sought to have a number of power
sites along the Santiani river which
were being used by the lumber com
pany for logging purposes, condemn
ed, ami the case involved the question
of whether or not a logging stream
could be used for power purposes,
when the stream was not navigable
except for lloating logs to the mill.
Thief Fails to Appreciate Com
mercial Value of Platinum
and Leaves It in Drawer.
EIGHTEEN DOLLARS WORTH
OF GOLD IS MISSING
Th:it bee culture is an industry
which tniirht be profitably carried as a
side line by the farmers of I.hhi
county is indicated by the success
Kit tits Thompson of this city has at
taiued during the past six yjjars.
.Mr. Thompson has twenty-five col
onies at his home in this city and
forty at his farm two miles southeast
of town. Mis average net income
from the bees has been between $250
and ?.tP per annum.
A couple of young men and women
from Albany, while turning their car
riage at Second and Adams streets
last evening, were upset and the en
tire party spilled out in the street.
Bystanders hurried to their assistance
and the rig was soon righted without
any serious damage being done. From
the sundry and various drinkables
which were scattered over the street
when the carriage turned turtle, the
party had evidently come from a wet
town.- Corvallis (ia7ette-Times.
No Other Property Is Taken by
Thief Entrance Made by
Use of a Pass Key.
TRAGKLAYING CREW MAKES
NEW REGORD YESTERDAY
CONTRACT FOR NEW SCHOOL
. HOUSES GO TO SNELL
At a meeting of the local school
board held last evening the contract
for the erection of the new school
building was awarded to Councilman
K. D. Snell, the contract price for the
building, not including the healing
plant, being $7,285.01). The heating
plant will cost the school district
$"43.00, making the total cost of the
new building $8,228.00. The heating
contract was let to Mcl'hcrson of
Portland.
The new building will be erected
about half way between the Santiam
and the Salem road and south of Hob
liurkhart's residence. It will be a
four room structure and will be so
constructed that an addition can be
easily made, or the entire building re
moved in case the board funis it nec
essary to erect a larger and more sub
stantial building in that particular
section of the city.
According to the contract signed
last night, the work on the new
building will be commenced at once
and must be completed by the 15th of
October.
It seemed to be the concensus of
opinion among the members of the
board that it will only be a matter of
a short time beiore it will be neces
sary to erect a new school building
in the southwestern section of the
city.
Machine Places Four Miles of
Heavy Steel Rails in One
Day of Nine Hours.
The failure of a thief to recognize
the commercial value of platinum
saved Dr. H. A. Leininger of this city
the sum of ten dollars, when a burg
lar who had forced an entrance to the
ollice of the Albany dentist refused
to burden himself with a metal which
he evidently regarded as of but little
value.
The office of Dr. Leininger was
burglarized cither on the night of
July 28tll or early yesterday morning,
an entrance being made by the aid of
a pass key. The fact his otlice hail
been burglarized was not disclosed
until yesterday when the doctor dis
covered that some $18.00 worth of
gold phite had been taken front the
drawer oi his work bench. As far as
the doctor could ascertain no other
property was taken.
Although the platinum was in plain
sight and in the same drawer which
contained the gold, the thief left it
untouched.
Cream, Cream, Cream
We Want Your Cream
Are Paying Top Prices
Bring Us Your Chickens and Eggs and Get the
CASH ON THE SPOT
Klock Produce Company
Fifth and Jackson Streets, Albany
Pecanse of criticism on the i;irt of
liis conj-rej-ation because lie played
billiards. Rev. Frank J. Milnes, pastor
of the IVeshyterian church of 1'en
(Ueton, has resigned and in his fare
well sermon, look for his subject.
"Progressive. Religion." He defended
the game of billiards.
The crew of 120 men now engaged
in laying the rails of the Oregon
Electric between Albany and Hngenc,
yesterday made a new record for lay
ing rails, when they laid four miles of
steel in nine hours, with the Robert's
track-laying machine.
The men are in charge of General
Foreman J. P. Xeilson and Foreman
T. R. Shay and have been doing fast
work on the Albany-Eugene link of
the line.
The rails have now been laid to a
point three and one-half miles this
side of Harrisburg and barring acci
dents will reach that city on Thurs
day evening, thus completing the first
20 miles of the track between here
and the city of Eugene.! The grade
has been completed to Eugene for
some time and the traeklaying can be
accomplished . without interruption.
There is one of the straightest
stretches of track in the state be
tween Albany and Harrisburg, 22
miles of this section being without a
curve.
J. O. Johnson Jr., superintendent
of construction on the Oregon .Elec
tric, stated to the Democrat this
morning that the work was proceed
ing rapidly and satisfactorily on the
Eugene link and that the rails would
reach Harrisburg Thursday evening.
FARMERS
For half ground salt
Go to
Murphy's Seed Store
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Ntft.. m'N "wry
'M ri oli tr.
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THE PLACE TO GET THE BEST
WE DEVELOP FILMS
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Mrs. Francis Arnold and son of
tis city left this morning for Scio
where they will visit for several days
at the home of Mrs. Arnold's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gill.
ing to conduct the services.
The news of the tra;;ic death of Mr.
Rannells was a shock to his many,
friends in this city and many were
loath to believe it, until the Portland
papers arrived here this morning con
taining the terrible details of the
drowning. Nfr. Kannells bad nearly
reached safety by swimming to a mud
Hat several hundred yards away and
when he sank was only fifty feet away
from the flats. It is presumed that
his clothing became soaked with the
water to such an extent that the ad
ditional weight pulled him under the
surface and that with his remaining
strength he was unable to nelp him
self further.
Miss Frances Rannells. a 17-ycar-old
daughter, who was at Newport when
the telegram announcing the death
of her father was received, returned
to Albany last evening, and with her
! aunt, Mrs. E. P. Rannells of St. Louis
I Missouri, and brother. Ted Rannell.
'age 21. left for Portland to attend
! the funeral services today.
The members ot tne tamily are
prostrated with grief over the death
of the father and brother, and his
untimely death was a great shock to
them, and to their nianv friends in
this city, whee heartfelt sympathy
is extended to the bereaved family.
The decea-cd left a wife and three
children. Mi-s Frances, aged 17: Ted.
aged 21: and Paul, aged 14. He al-o
left several brothers, one of whom.
Pudge F-. P. Rannells of St. I.ouis,
was spending the summer here in
Albany.
WOMAN FALLS IN LOVE WITH
MAN WHO RENTED HER FARM
The cause of Mrs. R. C. Wills' fre
quent visits to Shedds has been deter
mined by a few of her many Corvallis
friends since her marriage, July 24,
to Charles Eeazcr, of that place, a se
cret which has leaked out.
Mr. Eeazer recently rented Mrs.
Wills farm near Shedds. and during
the frequent visits of that lady to
oversee matters there, he made her
acquaintance, and has finally won her
heart and hand.- Mrs. Eeazer has a
wide circle of friends in this city who
will be surprised to learn of her re
cent marriage, but will wish hci suc
cess in the new venture.
It is said that the affair has been
kept very quiet and that not even
i the employees on the farm have yet
t i i. .t. t t... 4
itecome acquainted nun uic iill im.h
Mr. Eeazer is married. Corvallis
Times.
TheFia. SHOE CLEARING SALE
IS NOW ON
Our shoe business has been unusually
good this season and as a consequence
the summer shoe stock is getting ex
ceedingly low. We Do Not Intend to
Carry Any Summer Shoes Over
The following prices speak for themselves:
Ladies' White Shoes
This scrson's new, clean stock. Absolutely
no shop-worn or soiled shoes, especially good
lasts; 33 pairs of high shoes, regular $4 and $4.50
at $2.48
In his speech of acceptance Gov
ernor Wilson will advocate a tarift
for revenue oniy and one term f r
president
Fisher, Braden& Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
AND UNDERTAKERS
Undertaking Parlors, 3rd and
Broadalbin
LADY ATTENDANT
Both Phones
17 pairs of pumps and
oxfords, the new shapes
that have been so popular, regular $4 and $4.50
at $2.60
24 pairs of canvas pumps and colonials, extra
ordinarily attractive, regular $2.50 and $3.00
at $1.87
Men's Florsheim Oxfords
First quality leather throughout, in
tan, gun metal and patent leather
Regular $4.50 and
$5 at $1.85
THE
BIG
STORE
EST.
1866