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I "Innumerable Stars "
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I VJ" . . V - i Jr J-J I I In our previous articles we bare
N. RARE x
PIANO
piano whioh wej. are authorized to sell for
$200.00. ( ;; ;? : ;
This instrument was purchased for $375
. less than ten months ago, and does not show
' a days wear. :
Case, a beautiful figured oak, largest size
four pedals, etc., altogether a beautiful piano
and one of the rarest bargains we! have ever
come across. The instrument will be ou ex
hibition in our store after Wednesday for A
FEW DAYS ONLY. If not sold immediately
the piano will be shipped east.
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WOLOAMOT PLEADS GUILTY IN
UNITED STATES COXJBT.
MARIE WAEE TO BE DISCHARGED
WolgaBiofa Confession of Guilt Sur
prises Everybody in the Court
st Portland.
Judge Bellinger Tikes Plea Under Ad
visementDefense Despaired of Bat
tering Down the Terrible Mass of
Evidence.
PORTLAND, Dr. 3. Prolific in sur
rrises and sensations as have bren the
levelopmeuts of the land fraud cases
none were prepared for the elimaxei
of toilay. By far the most important,
both because of the unexpectedness and
because of the moral effect it is almost
certain to have on the jury, was the
request of Frank Woljramot, through
his attorney, for leave to withdraw his
plea of not guilty and to be allowed iz
plead aruilty of the crime of conspiracy
as charged. Judge Bellinger took the I
. - l. - .tI 1 , Aal '
equally untexpected was the request of
Prosecutor Henri that an order of ac
quittal be entered in the case of Marie
Ware, on the eround that the prosecu
tion does not believe that she, according
to the evidence, had been proven guilty
of aiding in the present conspiracy. Of i
hardly a less surprise was the announce-1
ment, not more than twenty minutes af-j
ter the government completed its case,
by the defense that it rested, and the '
case was ready ' for argument by the ,
counsel."-.' The defense only offered ex
Donations on behalf of two of their;
counsel and nothing for the defendants f
who for two weeks have listened to a.
chain of circumstances by which the:
Prosecution confidently expects to cou-j
vkt them of conspiracy to defraud the.
povernwent of ita public domain. Ap
parentlv they despaired of undertaking
to batter down the mass of evidence the!
Government had heaped aeainst them, f
thev to base their hnn on the argu-
ment to the jury, and if that fails on.
the reversal of iudgment at the hands
of the appellant in the tribunal, ftoi--,
gamot's confession -was the most sen-
sational incident of the day, and took;
place when the eoortf convened at the
afternoon sitting. , - . ? . j
Claude .Strahan, a new attorney -;
the ease, arose and stated: "I appear
for Prank Wolgamot ad wish to with-4
draw his plea of not guilty and substi
tute that of guilty." . I
"Mk Wolgamot," asked the courf,
"do you so desire?. .
"I da.-'? wa his answer. ' ,
"What is your plea!" asked the
eourt. . - ". -' ' V" . - f
" Gniltf. " . ; r-- , ', , ,
Following right upon the heela of
olgamot'a confession caine 'Henri's
announcement that the prosecution had
decided to abandon the case against
Miss Wore. Henri stnted to the court
bat he. would not. asktbe jury to re
turn a verdict in the case where he tim-
E have j had placed with us by a
private party, a beautiful TiDrierht
COMPANY
slf could not go to tfce jury room artd
vote for conviction lie stated that be
did not think the government had prov
ed beyond a reasonable doubt that Miss
Ware was connected with the present
case and therefore h asked an order
of acquittal. Following the motion to
acquit Miss Ware, Hall made a state
ment of the case to the jury His state
ment was simple, strong and coneise.
When Hall concluded, the court adjourned-
until Monday.
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A'BOLD ROBBERY
BURGLARS ENTER HOUSE OF
FARMER NEAR STAYTON AND
SECURE SUM OF MONEY
House of O. V. Myers, a Mile and a
Half from Stayton Scene, and Forty
Dollars is More or Less the Booty
' No Clues of Robber.
STAYTONyOr. JVc. 3. (Special to
the Ktatpnmitnl A bold roWerv oc-
cured at the farm residence of O. V.
Mvers, one and one-half miles north of
this city, on Thursday night. The fam
ily retired a usual, tut upon awaking
in the morning found that during the
night some one had entered the, house
and proceeded to search the rooms for
loose cash, and succeeded in carrying
off quite a little money, jurt how much
has not been learned, but it is reported
about $40 was taklen, which belonged to
one of the secret orders , of this city.
The burglar used matches quite freely
t aid his search, as auito a number of
burnt matches were found on the floor.
The money was taken from a secre
ts rv which etood in the sitting room,
but was managed so quietly that none
of the members of the family - were
aroused. ' - Constable mith was called
and examined the premises, but no clue
to the: identity of the robbers can be
found. - . ;-.
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BIG FIRE AT
WORLD'S FAIR
COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS VAL
UED AT $75,000 DESTROYED.
QUO VADI3' BUILDING BURNS
Conflagration Started by an Incendiary
Who Was Captured by Jef
ferson Guards.
A High Wind Was Blowing and the
Sparks Fell Upon the. Major Exhibit
Palaces, Threatening Them With. De
struction Japanese Building Burned
ST. LOUIS, Dee. 2. Fire tonight
broke out in the ' arttraction on the
World's Fair Pike known as "Quo
Vadis," and quickly spread to the
Japanese pavilion adjoining. A high
north wind was blowing and sparks
were carried over the exhibiton grounds
and in the vicinity of the major exhibit
palaces. . In addition to the loss of the
buildings,-the collection of oil paint
ings depicting the scenes in "Quo Vad
is" valued at $75,000, was burned.
They were painted by Jan Styka, a Pol
ish artist, ami brought to this country
under bond of $50,0001 While Jeffer
son guards were in the rear of "Here
after" on the Pike, opposite the build
ings on fire, they saw a light and poun
ded on the door for admission. After
considerable dvlay they were admitted
and found a pile of lighted newspapers
in the middle of the floor. They arres
ted the man that opened the door. He
gave the name Arthur V. Dunn, and
was arrested on the charge of "suspee
ted arson." When searched a hunting
case watch and eleven - ladies' hand
.bags were . found concealed on his per
son ; i '--
MITCHELL'S DEFENSE.
Senator Gives Excuse for Refusing to
Aid Land Fraud Case.
i .WASHINGTON", Dec. 2.- Regarding
tie statement tht he had refused to
gj to Portland at- the earnest and re
peated request of Special Prsecotir
IXeney, to testify I in the land fraud
trial, benator John H. Mitchell said to
day: ! - . ' -' V
"J was for four months prior to my
leaving for Washington cn November
13th, continuously in Oregon, and all of
the time, with the exception of a few.
days, U the city of Portland; further
more, it waa known to Joka II. nail, U.
8. District -Attorney, for snore than a
week before I left' PortUnJ, that I in
tended -to leave fo? Washington at the
time I did. There foro, if my testimony
was Regarded as Umportn there was
ampJe opportunity to secure ray attend
ance I v eubpoen-v or, even had it been
suggested to me that my testimony i
the case was uesire-1, A certainly wui
have postponed my starting tent, and
would have gladly gone on the witness
rtann tend given any . icsiimoay within
my knowledge bearing ou the case."
bricflv described that , glorious system
of which our earth forma a email, but
to us highly interesting and important
member, . In this article, we shall go
beyond ita boundaries, and enter the
boundless domain of sidereal space.
The reader, no. doubt, has often met
with the expression ' innumerable
stars." Looking at the sky with a
telescope of great magnifying power,
the epithet "innumerable" becomes li
terally true,, but the keenest naked eye
eannot - at one ' time see more than
S000..; i, '- -.-vj-- I
The fixed stars have been, divided
into- classes according to their magni
tude. There are 20 stars of-the first
magnitude, although thev ,are by ' no
means of the same brightness, Birlus,
the most brilliant of all, exceeding in
brightness many times the standard
first magnitude star Altalr. in the con
stellation Aquila, while Altair is con
siderably brighter than Pollnx in the
constellation Gemini, the last in the list
of the first magnitude stars. Ther. are;
about 60 stars of the second, 200 of the
third, etc. The stars of the first six
magnitudes are considered visible to the
unaided eye, and with, the seventh mag
nitude the telescope stars begins, whose
number increases immensely with the
magnifying . power of the telescope.
Knowing the angle under which the ra
dius of the earth is seen from the moon
or a planet, and which technically is
called its parallax,' the calculation , of
the distance of the moon or planet rom
us is an easy problem, but the xixed
stars are at such enormous distances
from us that there it no such parallax.
No telescope, no matter what its
magnifying power, has ever revealed
a visible disk of a fixed star. For this
reason, astronomers tried whether -the
immense radius of the earth's orbit,
amounting to 92000,000 miles, would
present a parallax, ca.red the annual
parallax of stars, in order- to enable
themselvee to find their distances. The
experiment has thus far proved suffi
ciently successful in the case of 36
stars. The distance of even the near
est fixed star, if expressed in miles, is
so immense as to become unmeaning,
and in order to bring these sidereal
distances within the power ef human
understanding, a new unit was chosen.
Light is transmitted through space at
a rate of 186,000 miles during a second
of time, and the space it would tra
verse within a v'ear is called a light
year. This light year Is the unit of
sidereal distances. It is certainly a
thrilling and awe-inspiring fact, that
the nearest fixed star is a little more
than three light years from us. This is
the first magnitude star, Alpha Cen
taury not visible in oar latitude. The
Pole star is about 5 Hght years from
us, so that were H now expunged out
of existence it would still shine to us
for 50 years to come. The reader can
easily imagine. what the vastness of
orbs must be which at such colossa'.
distances are still visible. Compared
with most of the fixed stars, our own
sun, despite its vastness. dwindles into
insignificance.
But it is not alone the size and dis
tance of those orba that fill us with
wonder and awe; 'but also the variety
they present as to color and their con
nection with other suns. Speaking of
double stats, we must distinguish be
tween such as are optically double;
that is, as are simply in line but any
distance from each other, and sueh as
are physically double, and under the
influence of each other's attraction.
The latter presents a trait which is
wanting in our own solar system, viz.-:
a sun with its Batellitea revolving an
other sun with its subordinated mem
bers. Of such binary systems, a they
are called, we know now at least 200.
But this is not all. Stars have been
separated by telesoones into more than
two stars, thus physically connected, so
that we hear of triple and multiple
stars. There is a star in the beautiful
winter constellation Orion, which con
sists of six suns revolving about esch
other a sextuple star. It is highly
probable that each of these six suns hss
its own planets revolving about- it,
whose inhabitants, if there are nch,
would enjoy the unspeakably grand
spectacle of six rising and six setting
suns. The complexity of such motions
baffles the human mind, and thus na
ture challenges the mathematicians.
Variable Stars.
It has been observed that some stars,
in course of revolving years, lost some
of their Jbrightness, and some even van
ished from view, and this brings us to
the subject of variable and temporary
stars. In some cases the fluctuations
were gradual and regular; in others
quite irregular. One of the most re
markable of the variable stars is in the
eonstelation Perseus, which, about 9
o'clock in the November evenings, may
be seen near the meridian, and between
the fine constellations of Andromeda
and Auriga. Thia variable Ur, Algol,
is the easternmost star in the handle of
Andromeda. It changes from the sec
ond to the fourth magnitude in the
short time of 3 hours; and back, again
in the same time; then it remains thus
for nearly three days, after which the
same changes recur. Another very re
markable variable star is in the constel
lation Cetus, and is called Mira, or the
Wonderful Star. It was the first vari
able star; known. Within a hundred
years it changes from the ninth to the
fourth and even" second magnitude. The
second in the list of first magnitude
stars is Eta Argusj not being visible
in this. country." Ia 142 it came next
to Sirius, but since 1865 it has' been of
the seventh magnitude. In 1572 a mag
nificent star suddenly burst forth in the
cirrumpolar constellation Cassiopeia,
which rivalled Venns itself in bril
liancy. Just as quickly as it had ap
peared it faded, away,, and has never
again been seen. This star is an ex
ample of a temporary star. It is not
known whether such temporary stars
are variable onea of long periods of in
visibility, nor has any. reliable theory
been established, ia regard to both
either variable and temporary stars.
' !: fttar Clusters.
Star clusters are group of stars
closely -packed "together. t The -most re
markable and familiar example of such
clusters is the Pleiades, of which seven
stars may be seen by a tolerably keen
eye- ' '.. ., . ' :-.::,: j
; Praesepe ia the -zodiacal constellation
Cancer, is another. cluster.- By means
of a small telescope, it looks like a faint
cloud, but viewed with a powerful tele
scope it presents one of the moat mag-j
aifieent objects in the heavens. - Star
clusters are always resolvable by tele
scope bat not V with those peculiar
clood-like objects known x by the name
e Nebulae, of which, at present. 8000
are known.' Only three of them are
visible to the naked eve. , What the
nebulae really consist of we do not
known with any degree of certainty.
The old theory that they are stars so
densely crowded together as to present
that peculiar cloud-like appearance has
been exploded. It is an interesting
question whether the stars form a sys
tem. Judging by analogy from our own
system and the motions of the binary
stars, it is highly probable, if not ab
solutely certain, that the great law of
trravitationj prevails between the stars,
and is consequently universal. Quite a
number of j stara have been caught at
proper motion, and how can such a mo
tion be accounted for otherwise than
by supplying a mutual attraetionf
Thus the Idea of a central sun sug
gested itself to more than one astron
omer; nay J the celebrated German as
tronomer Madler actually announced
that the brightest star in the Pleiades
was this central sun around which not
alone our own sun. bat the visible uni
verse revojved. The idea is a very
pleasing one, but unfortunately it has
been altogether exploded bv later and
more thorough obserations.
The Constellations, j
Looking above us on clear November
evenings about 9 o'clock we see the!
heavens hive commenced to nut on !
their accustomed winter splendor, for
Orion, the j most magnificent of all the
winter ron$tllations, is ust coming into
view. -The; square of Pegasus is nw a
little past the meridian. 4'
South aid southwest of Pegasus Is
the zodiacal constellation Aquarius,!
which is represented by the figure of
a man pouring water from an urn. The
ancient Egyptians thought the setting;
of Aquarius caused the Nile to rise by.
the sinking of hie urn "in the water, j
Caprieornus, the Goat, is now on the
noint of setting. In a northerly direc
tion from -the Goat we see Aquila, the
Eagle, which contains that bright first
magnitude; star Altair, which lies in
the Milky (Way and mav be easily dis
tinguished; by reason of its being the
center of three stars about two de
grees apart in a straight line, bearing'
northwest and southeast.
If this straight line be . continued
about, thirty-five decrees in a north
west direction it will pass nearly
through Vega, a very bright star situat-j
ed in Lyra. East of the Eagle we see
that beautiful little constellation con-'
taining five. stars in the shape of a dia-j
mond, known as Delphinus, also called
Job's Coffin. Cepheus and Cassiopeia;
are now favorably situated for observa
tion, being on or near the meridian.
These constellations move elosely
around the North Star and may be seen
in our latitude at all hours of the night
when the sky is clear.
Southeast of Cassiopeia is Perseus.
East of Perseus is Auriga, containing
a very bright star of milky whiteness
known as Capella. To the aouthward
of Auriga we seen Taurus, which 'si
At- a 1 . 1 1 X - 1 1
now iae wronu sign aim imru constel
lation of the Zodiac; but which astro
nomy was first cultivated In. the East,
or more than four thousand years ago,
the vernal equinox took place, and . t he
year opened when the sun was in Taur
us; and the Bull for the period of two
thousand years was the prince and lead
er of the celestial host. The Rata sue-.
reeded. 'next and now the Fishes lead!
the year. j
Serpens' and Sagittarius, which last
monthwere on the point of setting,'
have now entirely disappeared from
our view. Thus do the very heavens
forcibly remind us of the endlesf
changes going on around us and the
neer ceaninsr flight of time. 1
NEW TCBK'S COAX BILL TWICE.
MORGAN GETS
RECOGNITION
ITALY SHOWS APPRECIATION OF
RETURN OF GREAT COPE
MORGAN HAD PURCHASED IT
Hing of ; Italy Confers Order- of - the
Great Cordon of the Saints &Lau-
rice and Lazarus. .
Cope Was Stolen from the Cathedral of '
Ascoli! in 1902 and the Italian Gov-!
eminent Olfered Reward for Return
to that Country.
ROME, Dec. 3. It is officially an
nounced f hat King Victor Emmanuel
conferred the great . cordon of he
Saints of Manriee and Lazarus on J. P.
Morgan' in recognition of Ital's grati
tude for the return by Morgan to the
Italian (JoTernment of the famous ("ope
stolen from the Cathedral of Ascoli in
1903 and subsequently purchased by
Morgan.
j MONMOUTH NOTES.
Bridtrell & Crayon, the grocers and
hardware men, are., building a large
warehouse just opposite their grocery
store, i - '
Dr. Nehva's new house Is growing
rapidly; It is now nmter roof and the
house when completed will be one of
the finest residences in the town. Hal
leek & Poole of this place,
builders.
Mr. Newman's new house is giving
the east end of town an air of prosper
ity. It lacks considerable of being com
pleted. : -
The protracted meetings at the Evan
gelical chorch are still In progress and
are well attended. The meetings are
being eondurted by the pastor, assisted
by Miss Bess E. Cornelius, a talented
contralto singer of Satem, who is de
lighting her" audiences with her - wr
in song.
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