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About Albany weekly democrat. (Albany, Linn County, Or.) 1912-1913 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1912)
MONDAY FRANKLIN HOUSE DESTROYED BYF1RE Early Morning Blaze Destroys Old Building Occupied by Hart Cigar Store. ORIGIN OF FIRE IS MYSTERY TO OCCUPANTS OF PLACE Firemen Manage to Save Prop erty Adjoining After Hard Fight With Flames. I ''ire which broke out shortly after 1 o'clock this morning entirely de stroyed the Franklin House on First street between Maker and I. yon and gave the firemen a hard fight to pre v-nt the row nt' wooden shacks this side from burning. The (ire was dis covered about one o'clock by Jack Miller who had rooms in the struc ture and who barely escaped without being bunted, ami an alarm was sounded from box 'IS at the corner of First and Ibroadalbin streets. The lire department responded in ipiick lime and soon bad several streams of water on the blaze, several lines of hose from the engine and lines from tin- hydrants al the comers of First and Second streets on I. yon, doing effective work and enabling the firemen lo bring the lire under con trol in less than half an hour. The origin of the fire is a mystery, Jack Milb-r, an employee of the Franklin II ohm staling that there was no lire in the house. . The building occupied by the Franklin Mouse was owned by A UK us I K roeschel of this city who carried $JJ()0 insurance on the structure in one of the companies represented by I. U. Sehullz. The fixtures and contents of the building were owned by Jim Hart who con dueled the place and who was in Portland when the lire occurred. His loss will appiohualc $1200, which it is understood was c ivered by insur ance, although this could not be cor roborated owing to the absence of I lart from lite city. The lire broke out in the rear pari of the building, and fanned by a light breee lioin the Mulhwe-.t, was soon a roaring furnace from one end to the other. A hose from the hydrant al Second and I. yon slreels was run over the roof of the Wigwam stables and played upon t he blaze from the south side where the lire men were able to successfully com ha I the Mantes and keep Ihem from spreading lo the adjoining property. I tiller lines of hose attached to the engine at First and M out ginnery slreels threw streams upon ihe front of the building and (picnched the ll.tnies which were making fast head way on the wootlen shack iuttncdi ately west of the Franklin House which was occupied by a junk shop. This building was damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars, the entire east side of the roof and a por tion of the wall having been burned. This building was owned by lr. J. I '. Wallace and was c ivered by in Miranee, W hen the tire was d;se ivered I his morning, a large croud of men as sisted in removing ihe horses and ve hicles from the Wigwam stables own ed by I'. C. Anderson, this structure being in danger of burning for some time. No dilViculty was experienced in leading the horses from the barn and the animals and vehicles were soon pi. iced out of reach of (he tlames. Mr. Anderson staled this morning that he w:is grateful for (lie assist ance given him in removing his prop city. Another alarm was sounded at 12:20 o'clock this noon, the lire ha iug been fanned by a Mill' breee, was as s inning dangerous proportions again, and made it necessai lo call out the di pa 1 1 merit to protect the adjoining pi opertv. The Fianklin House was one of the oldest structures ot the city and when Albany was a xxel town was occupied by a saloon and a rooming house. Of late years, however, i( has bee-i con ducted by vaiious patties and has be come known as a disreputable j"ml. it being alleged ihal booe was dis pensed t here lively u hile women of incstionable character inhabited the rooms upstairs. Seveial of the employees of the place have been arrested during the past lew years, charged with the illicit sale ot intoxicating liquois. one of them being recently indicted on that cluige by the grand jury, on live Sepal ate counts. me of (he women who is alleged to have roomed al the place during ihe past iew months ,w Mrs. F Men ill, who a-sumed much notoriety lu re seveial months ago hen she ell need one Frank MctJuilUu. a logger lioiit Hoover, to lu t room in the v al ii'oiuta rooming house whete she is al li ged to haw robbed him of a watch and .' in tn.awx She xx a- nntMcd on complaint of Meijuillaii who charged her with robbing him. but when the eae was catlcd lor trial. Mcquillan tailed to show up The Met i ill woman i known to hae left town last evening on one ol the tiatns going south. Miss Zella M Savage of Salem was in Albany yesterday tMting friend- ami attending the Salem-Albany ball K.inie. GRAND PRAIRIE ORANGE HELD MEETING SATURDAY : Will Hereafter Meet Twice Each Month, One Meeting to Be Public for Discussion. The regular meeting of Grand I'rairie Grange No. 10 was held at the hall three miles southeast of this city Saturday evening and was at tended by a large and enthusiastic crowd. This grange is one of the strongest in the state and had 04 members in good standing with more applications for membership coming in all the time, and the debt owed by the grange on the new hall recently con structed has been reduced to $1.10. It is hoped this sum will be paid by next year. It was decided at the meeting Sat urday night to meet semi-monthly hereafter and to make every other meeting open to the public for the discussion of political questions, and all town folks who think that they know everything and who ar,e alio in clined to look upon the farmer as a "hayseed" are invited to come out and get an "eye-opener.'' L. Maniiain, one of the promi nent members of the grange is re ported to be the champion ice-cream ealer of this county and his fellow grangers wish to challenge any other granger in the stale to an ice-cream eating contest, the loser lo pay for Ihe cream. The .IS measures which will ap pear upon' the ballot next November will be fully discussed by the grange during I be next few months. ('. L. Shaw and George Pennington were appointed to present the first two measures for the ballot, the first one being woman suffrage. After the meeting last Saturday evening th? members were treated to an ice-cream and cake lunch. The next meeting will be held August 2'llh. PROMINENT SALEM PEOPLE ATTEND BALL GAME HERE Mrs. West, wife of Governor Wesl, Secretary of State lieu Olcotl, Mis llutlitu and Mr. and Mrs. Frank I.ov ell spent Sunday in Albany, while here being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. ). I.ee. The parly came over from Sahm on Ihe base ball excursion and witnessed the game bct.vecn Sa lem and Albany yesterday. EUR BUG IS LATEST HOT WEATHER PEST Philadelphia. July 2). "llcware of Ihe ear bug" is the latest warning of ihe physicians at several of the city hospitals and many of the bugs have already driven patients to those in stitutions for treat men I. Annie No rn y of 15.1J Xaudaiu street is the lat est victim of Ihe new summer pest ami the surgeons at the Polyclinic hospital found the bug alive, snug gled close to the ear drum, slinging the sensitive organ as il pleased and causing the child excruciating pain. When an applicator was inserted the insect refused to budge and all attempts lo dislodge it were futile. Finally Dr. Lalerty, the house sur geon, thought of a practical method of holding an incandescent bulb close to the girl's ear for about 15 minutes, which made it so hot for the bug that it crawled out of its own accord. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE . The Japanese emperor is still in a critical condition and but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. The schooner C. T. Hill was wreck ed on a sand bar near Wheeler, Ore gon. A statement defending the adminis- I (ration on the contests settled at the j A 'hicago ci u vent ion was issued yes terday from ihe White I louse. 1 1 is ja voluminous document and has the lapptoval of the president and his of i ticial laiuilv. The republican members of the steel trust investigating com mi t tee will submit a minority report. I The hotel men of the state of llli- iiois have ileetared against the parcels po. The Tat't men of California are pre paring for a bitter tight against tiov ei uur Johnson at the state conven tion. i Judge F. U. Uilloii. republican noin 1 itiee lor goxcrnor of Ohio,, has with idiawu fro.,- the race. Inability to reconcile the x.irious faction of the hepubhean party is the reason asstgn , ed by the nominee. Six peisons were klled yesterday w lieu a pa-seuger train struck an au tomobile near Toledo. Ohio. lr H V. Coe- has been slated or ; ihe Oregon member of the credentials j committee tor the Pull Moose con J veniiou. I Mix Blanche Hatnmcl is visiting ! in 1 eb.mon at the home of Mis- Zetta i t'uderw ood. Mks H annuel started i for the Y.uhats on a aeation trip a ! lew days ago, but xx.i made ill by .eating some lish at Newport. and compelled to give up he trip. J. W. RANNELLS IS REPORTED DROWNED; Went North Several Days Ago To Make Arrangements For Outing at Wallapa Bay. I TELEGRAM ANNOUNCING THE DROWNING RECEIVED TODAY Mrs. Rannells and Judge E. P. Rannells Leave on Electric for North This Morning at 10:15. Mrs. J. W. Rannells, who resides at 217 Last Fourth street, received a telegram this morning at 10 o'clock from the Forest-Ilill Investment Company of Portland stating that they they had received word from Chet low, Washington, stating that her husband, John W. Rannells of this city had accidently been drowned ye-terday at that city in Willapa Bay. Xo authentic information corrob orating the news has been received at the Rannalls home so far but furth er news concerning the reported drowning is expected this evening. Mrs. J. W. Rannells and her hus band's brother. Judge K. P. Rannells of St. Louis, Missouri, who is visiting her, left on the Oregon l;,lectric im mediately upi m receipt of the tele gram this morning and word from them is expected some time tonight. .Miss Frances Rannells, a daughter, who has been spending, the past week at Newport, has been telegraphed for and will arrive in this city tonight. Mr. J. V. Rannells went to Wash ington a few days ago to make ar rangements lo lake his family lo Cheilow on Willapa Hay for a month's outing and the family, in cluding Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Rannells ' if St. Louis, M issouri, had expected to join him there next Thursday, xvhen all arrangements had been com pleted by Mr. Rannells. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rannells and family came to Albany a little over a year ago and the news of the unfor tunate accident, it true, will be re ceived with regret by the many friends of the family in this city. Mr. Rannells is a member of the Forrest Hill I u vestment c nnpany of Port land and recently had charge of the sale of a stock of shoes at Lebanon and was also engaged by the Tracy Clothing company at their recent sale. Mrs. K. P. Rannells who is visit ing here, when interviewed this after noon at the Rannells home by Ihe Democrat reporter; staled: "With the exception of the telegram which we received at ten o'clock this morn ing from the Forrest-Hill people, we have heard nothing more and no au thentic information corroborating the report has been received. My hu baud, K. P. Rannells, and Mrs. J. W. Rannells left for Portland via the Oregon Kleetrie immediately upon re ceipt of the telegram and will pro ceed to Chetloxv. Miss Frances Ran nells is at Xewport and we have telegraphed for her to take the train at noon which will bring her to Al bany this evening. We expect word from the north this evening." POPULAR LEBANON YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED TODAY At the court house at 10 o'clock Ibis morning occurred the marriage of Harry Klkitts and Mrs. 1"). Skeltou. both of Lebanon. The marriage cere mony was performed by County Judge Duncan and was witnessed by only one or two friends of the con tracting parties. The groom is a native Oregonian, having been born and raised at Leb-j anon and at one tininie was Captain of Troup A of that citv. Itoth the I bride and groom are well and favor ably known by the residents of Linn cotintv. There were sr Albanv 1'lks in at tendance at the funeral of the late Charles M. Witiant which was held j yesterday afternoon at Newport. The ! special train of six coaches were load- i ed to their capacity and arrived back here at 11 o'clock last night. Over I 5lH) people went to New port from ' Albany yesterday on the two trams. The picnic that was to have been held at Bryant's Park, on Tuesday afternoon, by the C. B. M. society of the Christian church has been postponed for the present. y v y v"1 v1 f A keg of kerosene with straw y y sticking out of the bunghole SN i was found in the rear part of the Franklin House this morning by Councilman Chambers which if V leads to the belief that the lire y at the Franklin House was of -V incendiary origin, everything y y pointing that way. y A number of demijohns which ' y had alo contained kerosene y were found and these with the y keg are being held. Mayor Gil V bert inspected the place this at- y ternoon in company with Omn- y y cilnun Chambers and it is pos- y y sible that an investigation as to y y the cause of the lire will be y y made. y y y i i1 i I I I i1 I f i1 i1 INQUIRIES HERE Relatives of Joseph M'Connell Write to County Clerk About $71,000 Estate. LETTERS RECALL FAMOUS WILL CASE ONCE TRIED HERE Son Contested Will at the Time and the Court Declared the Instrument Invalid. Nearly every two years the coun ty clerk's office at this city has been swamped with inquiries concerning the estate of Joseph M. M'Connell who died here September 9, 1893. These inquiries recall one of the most famous will contest cases in the his tory of the county which will be" re membered by many of the old resi dents of Albany and Linn county. Joseph M'Connell had made a pro vision in his will that a portion of the estate which was valued at $71,01X1, was to be left to his wife, Lucy A. M'Connell. Another portion was to be left to his only son, Reason M'Connell, with the proviso that should he die without issue, the prop erty would revert back to the heirs of Joseph M. O'Conuell. Another proviso in the will was to the effect that none of his son's rel atives should be permitted to live on any portion of the estate during the life of Reason M'Connell, the elder M'Connell evidently having a dis like for his son's wife and her people. Three days after the will had been admitted to probate, the son attacked the validity of the will and after one if the most noted contests in the his tory of the county, the will was de clared invalid and was set aside by the court. Lucy A. M'Connell, the widow of Joseph M. M'Connell, was then appointed administratrix of the ; estate and the property was settled i up, being equally divided between mother and son. The heirs of Joseph M'Connell must have mitten hold of the will in the past few years and unaware that I the will lias been set aside, t hoy con tinue to fire volley after volley of questions concerning the estate to the county clerk at this city. Two years ago the force of clerks were kept busy answering letters concerning the estate and the inquiries finally ceased. Now during the past few days the heirs back cast have got on the job again and have opened up their fire of questions. AMUSED FRIENDS, NOW UNDER DOCTOR'S CARE Shelby ville. I ml.. July. 2. Celia Coers, age 19, jokingly made her eyes cross to amuse her friends, and the eyeballs refused to return to their proper position. The tlesh around the eyes became black and the girl suf fered great pain. A physician worked with her for four hours before the eyeballs were restored to their nat ural position. The girl has recovered, although she has some slight pains in the optic nerves. ALBANY PEOPLE SPEND SUNDAY IN MOUNTAINS NEAR LACOMB A party of Albany people, includ ing Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. V. S. Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Veal spent Sunday in the mountains along Crab tree creek and Roaring river! enjoying the shade and escaping the heat of the valley. The trip was made in the antos of T. L. Alexander and V. S. Richards, the partv returning home in the cool of the evening alter a most enjoyable trip. They stopped for dinner yes- i terday on Roaring river, spreading ! their lunch beneath the trees. I LOCAL PRINTER DRIVES AUTO 3400 MILES SINCE MARCH V. K. Churchill, the local printer, purchased his Buiek automobile last March and since that time has driven it on pleasure trips a distance of 34iXl miles, which is probably a record for cars tor pleasure purposes. lie has made six round trips to Portland and many trips to nearly' oery town of any si.e in the county. He is always busy during the day time ami has covered home of the -UXI miles in pleasure trips during the evening. Mr. and Mrs Ray Beeson of Port land arrixed in Albany Saturday even iug tor a short visit with friends. Mr. Beeson returned to ? metropolis last evening and Mrs. Beeson will re main here several days visiting friends and relatives. Both are former Albany young people. CARSON BIGBEE RETURNS ! FROM VANCOUVER, B. Cj Manager Brown Stated That the Youngster Had Ability to Make the Team. Carson Bigbee, the Albany boy who went to Vancouver, B. C, last Tues day to join the Vancouver team if the Northwestern League, returned home yesterday, having refused to sign a contract under the terms offered. Manager Brown, of Vancouver, want ed Bigbee to sign a contract so that he could hold him for next year, but wanted him to farm out for this sea son to some team in the Western Tri State League. Bigbee refused to do this. After watching Bigbee work out, Brown admitted he had the ability to make good on the Vancouver team, but refused to give him a try-out for the reason that he didn't want to break up the combinaiton of his in field, which is working satisfactorily. He was anxious to hold the lad for next year, however, and offered satis factory terms from a financial view point, but as he would not- give Big bee a try-out for the Northwestern League team, the lad decided not to sign up and returnee! home. Bigbee will play the remainder of the season with the Albany Athletics in his customary position at third base, and will resume his school wurl; this fall. He has one more year of high school work and then expects to enter the University of Oregon. As he didn't sign up with Vancouver, he still has an amateur standing for high school athltics during the next school year. COLLEGE WILL TREAT "BLUES" AS INSANITY Baltimore, July 29. Among the many unique f rms of mental dis order that will be made the subject for suggestive treatment in the new Phipps Psychriatric Clynic of Johns Hopkins hospital will be that mental affection known as the "blues." While in themselves the blues do not con stitute insanity, according to science, it has been acknowledged by brain specialists that, psychologically, they really are symptoms of approaching insanity in a mild form so mild as to be hardly noticeable. "Many per sons," said Dr. Adolf Meyer, who will direct the new clinic today, "are suf fering with a mild form of insanity, so slight as not to be noticed ex cept by those very close to the suf ferers. Oft times these relatives ex plain the disease to acquaintances, by saying that the victim has the 'blues.'" RESIDENT OF LINN 50 YEARS, HAS NEVER SEEN THE OCEAN Although he has been a resident of this county for more than fifty years. Tom Froman, a prosperous farmer and prominent granger, residing three miles southeast of Albany, has never seen the ocean and left this morning for Newport where he will spend sev eral days at the beach. Froman has a lifte ranch near Fro man station on the Albany-Lebanon branch of the Southern Pacific, which requires most of his time the year around and he seldom has a chance to get away for more than a day or so. and when the opportunity presented itself, he concluded to take a few days off and enjoy a brief outing at the beach. PERSONAL A. Sternberg returned last night from a business trip to Portland. Mrs. J. C. Ilanimcl of this city went to Portland this morning where she will visit friends tomorrow. While gone she will also inspect some china ware and furniture for the new Hotel Ilammel now under course of con struction here. J. I. Weathcrford, one of the at torneys representing the Hammond Lumber company in the power site case now on trial at Salem, returned to the Capital City this morning after spending Sunday at his home in this citv. W. B. Keith of Toledo is visiting at the home of his brother, A. E. Keith of the Hamilton store. Mr. Keith is very favoraMy impressed with Albany and expects to make this place his permanent home. On Thursday. August first. Mitts & Calavan will .open their new drug store at 2lM Main street. A new and complete stock of drugs has been in stalled and the new store is said to be one of the best equipped in the city. Mr. Mitts xv as formerly principal of the high school at Cauby and .xir. Calavan xvas at one time a student in Albany College. Five hundred and forty dollars worth of jewelry was auctioned off by L. V. Ross on the first day of his big auction sale. The entire stock will be closed out at prices below cost. When the auction started at 2:30 this afternoon a large crowd was in attendance and a large num ber of articles wore knocked down to the highest bidder. E Salem Senators Win the Second Contest of Championship Series Yesterday. CAPITAL CITY FANS COME TO ALBANY0N SPECIAL CARS Fight Between Local Players Delays Game While Local Police Clear Field. An enthusiastic crowd of over five h u n d red ba s eba II f a n s tilled the grandstand and bleachers at Athletic Park yesterday and witnessed the local nine lose the second game of the championship series by a score of P) to 8. The Salem rooters arrived in this city at 11 o'clock yesterday morning by special train, four hundred strong, all of them supplied with megaphones and other noise makers and at the game kept up a continuous bedlam of noie. Several hours before the game was called, hundreds of fans were clamor ing for admittance at the gates and when the gong sounded at J o'clock as a signal . to play the entire sec tion of bleachers and the grandstand were filled to their capacity while hundreds who were unable to get a seat, lined the fence around the in side of the park. The game was begun with Patter son on the mound for Albany, and he succeeded in shutting the visitors out for three innings, Albany securing the first two runs of the game in tlv: last of the third inning. The Capital City aggregation retaliated in the first of the f mrth inning xvtth four runs and the Athletics tied the scre in the same inning when they managed to secure two runs. In the fifth inning the visitors so cured three more runs and Albany f.vo. Xr:!:.-r tea-.i r-jrcl in the sixt'i and in the seventh Salem scored three runs and Albany two. Hughes of Portland then took the mound for Albany and allowed no more runs during the game, which ended with the score Salem 10. .-vlbany S. The batteries in' the contest yester day were Albany Patterson, Hughes, and Patterson. Salem Baker and Baker. The game was umpired im partially by "Chimmie" Richardson, formerly sporting editor of the Port land Journal, and his decisions were entirely satisfactory to everybody. A light which started in the fifth inning between Baker, the Capital City pitcher, and L. Bigbee of the Athletics, caused tire crowd on the bleachers to surge out on the diamond where it looked like there was going to be a free for all light. Local po lice officers cleared the field after sev eral minutes hard work and the game was resumed. After the close of the contest a fist fight took place outside the local diamond between two local men and one of the Salem fans, which result ed in the breaking of a linger for the Salem man and a severe drubbing for one of the local men. No ar rests were made. RECORD BOOK USED BY LOCAL WATER COMPANY INTERESTING In one of llic first record hooks used by the old water company there is ns follows: "This book contains the under cround part of the Albany Water Works located at Albany, Linn coun ty, Oregon. "J. 11. Foster and John A. Craw ford, proprietors and owners. "The first pipe was laid on Monday morning, the 10th dav of Mav, A. D. "The first tap was made for Tolm ' A. Crawford, at his residence on Cal- apooia street above 2nd street, on or about the 1st day oJunc, 1SS0. "The upper pump was started on the 2bth day of June, 1880. "Which is first water in the mains, the lower pump was started on the j JSth day ot July, 1880. i It may be interesting to know that I the pumps which were put in opcra ! tion when the plant first commenced, I are still in Rood working order. OREGON ELECTRIC COMPANY IS RELEASED FROM BOND The Oregon Klectric Raihvav com pany having lived up to the terms of its franchise for the use of certain local streets by having established railway communication between this city and Salem by July 1, the city council Saturday evening released the company from the bond it de posited to guarantee such services. rail I Schmidt, a former Albany man. passed through Albany this af ternoon cnrojjte to his home at Port land aiter a business trip to Spring field. He and Mrs. Schmidt will come to Albany later for a visit.