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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
NOLONGER QUESTION
Business Is Improving in All
Sections of the Country.
TRADE REPORT Is FAVORABLE
Crops Will Be Large, Labor Troubles
Are Over, and Wages of Work
ingmen Are Advancing.

New York, June 17.-R. q. Dun &
Co. 8 Weekly Review of Trade will
say: 1t is no longer question whether
| business improves. Not for a long
time have our reports from all parts OF
the country been so uniformly favor.
able. The daily average of bank clear
ings in June is 24.8 per cent larger
than last year, though 11.4 per cent
less than in 1892. The most potent
influence has been receipts. of more fa-
vorable, advices regarding growing
crops. Labor troubles are getting out
OF the way, wages in many establish
ments are rising, and the iron industry
is now leading. There is general i'm
provement in manufactures. None
tary conditions also help. The time
draws near when a crop export will
bring gold hither,. and though foreign
operations in stocks have been insigniti-
cant this week, the effect Of the pre-
vious transactions have not been ex-
hausted. Diminished receipts of money
from the interior indicate better en-
ployment in business, and especially at
the West, and the volume of CONNER
cial loans steadily rises, and is now fair
for this season, even in good year.
Western receipts for two weeks of
June were 8, 1876, $50 bushels of wheat
against 3,001, 1882 last year, while At
lantic exports, flour included, were
only 2,364, 847 bushels against $780,
227 last year. The effect of the rise in
prices was seen in the official reports
Of May exports, showing decrease OF
1000, 900 bushels from Atlantic, but
an increase Of 2.00O.OO from Pacific
exports. The price was reduced 1-2c
in trading. Corn also declined about
lc, with better reports of growth.
The official statement of ID per cent
decrease III cotton acreage was found,
in view of the revised government es-
inmates for the year, to mean more
than 20,000,OO0 acres now growing
cotton, which much exceeds the best
unofficial estimates.
Cotton mills are doing we'll for the
season and numerous advances of 1-8
to 1-4c are still reported.
The output of pig iron in June was
but trifle larger than May 1-157, 1924
tons against 156, ,554 a month ago, and
174,O22 year ago. The advance in
prices continues. Bessemer pig reached
$12.40, and gray FORCES sos, at Pitts
burg, and changes in all iron products
show advances of 81 per cent this
month, and 1873 per cent from the low
est point in February. For this con-
industry, rise Of 26 per cent
in Bessemer iron seems large, but it
compared with 35 per cent in cotton,
50 per cent in wheat, 60 to 70 per cent
in leather, 80 per cent in refined oil,
and over 1000 per cent in hides. All
these products were at the lowest prices
ever known, and remarkable gains were
to be expected when any came, but
with each consumption has yet to
justify advances.
Failures for the week have been 24l
in the United States against 232 last
year, and 81 in Canada against 40 last
year.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20

Birmingham, Ala, June 1.-THE
employees of the Howard Harrison Iron
Co. at Bessemer, the largest iron pipe
manufacturing concern in the South,
have been given notice that on the 5th
an advance of 10 per cent in wages
would be made. More than 900 men
will be benefited.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
A dlai a Doctor of Laws.

Chicago, June II. - At the COM
mencement exercises of the Northwest
ern university, at the Auditorium last
night President Rogers announced that
the honorary degree of doctor of laws
was conferred upon Vice-Presiednt
Stevenson. There was storm of ap-
plause when the announcement was
made
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
EPIDEMIC OF HYORoPHoBIA.
Men, Cattle and Hogs Have Show
Signs Of the Dreaded Disease.

Men, Cattle and Hogs Have Shown
Signs of the Dreaded Disease.
Grand Island, Neb., June 1S.-In
the northwestern part of Adams county
in the vicinity of the farm of Fred
Ernst, hydrophobia in animals has
caused much loss of cattle, injury to
man and much anxiety. Two men
have been bitten, and compelled to go
to Wymore, where maidstone was ap-
piled, and over forty cattle belonging
to Ernst have been shot after signs OF
hydrophobia. A COW was bitten by a
mad dog. 1t died and was not buried,
being hauled to some of-the-way
place. The dogs in the neighborhood
consumed the carcass. About May it
was noticed other cattle showed symp-
toms of hydrophobia. Then it was
that Ernst's first bovine showed the
disease and was shot.
A war was commenced on the dogs
in the district. Only one dog is left,
and he will soon join his companions
Three hogs belonging to Ernst were
bitten. One of these had extensive
tusks, and Frank Ernst, son about "a
years old, was scratched by one Of the
tusks. As result he was obliged to
go to Wymore, where the poison was
extracted. A neighbor, while burying
a COW which he had shot, allowed some
of the animals saliva to touch a scratch
on his hand, and he went to Wymore
He remained there until he was thought
to be safe and returned home. He has
since shown signs of hydrophobia, and
serious consequences are feared.
Desperate efforts have been made to
clear the neighborhood of all animals
affected.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
The Armenian Reforms, !,

Constantinople, June 18.-Upon the
appointment of Said Pasha as grand
vizer the powers have granted the porte
further time to consider the Armenian
scheme of reforms. 1t is stated today
that Turkey has given a reply acceding
to the principle of European control,
but asking that the period of control
be limited and suggesting a three
years limit.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
After the Douelass Estate.

Rochester, N. Y, June 17.-Mrs.
Nathan Sprague, daughter of Frederick
Douglass, will commence suit against
Mrs. Douglass, his widow, her brother,
and Lewis Fl. Douglass, administrators
of the estate Mrs. Sprague says by
recent arrangement Mrs. Douglass is to
get about all the estate in sight.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
Victory for Congo State Forces.

Brussels, June 18.-The Congo State
forces have inflicted severe defeat on
the Dervishes, capturing their strong
hold at Egera, between the Nile and
the Upper Fuelle. The Belgian cap
tain, Christians, was killed. The
Dervishes have fled from the equatorial
province.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
Russia and Manchuria.

New York, June ia special to
the Herald from st. Petersburg says
there is the best authority for denying
the reported negotiations with China
for the cession of strip of Manchuria
to enable Russia to lay an extension of
the trans-Siberian railway. Russia has
recommended China to construct her
own lines, which could be laid so as to
join the Siberian route.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
Price o. southern Pig Iron.

Birmingham, June 18.-A further
advance of 80 cents per ton in the price
of Southern pig iron was made last
evening by the Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company, the largest iron producers
in the South, making an advance of
$1.6O.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
Seal Herd Less Numerous.

Washington, June II. - Captain
Hooper, in command of the cutter fleet
in Behring sea, has reported to the
treasury department. that his observa-
tions south of Unalaska convince him
that the seal herds moving north are
far less numerous than formerly. This
scarcity, it is believed, is entirely due
to the indiscriminate slaughter during
the last two or three years. While
patrolling the North Pacific Captain
Hooper boarded and searched a number
of sealers, both Canadian and Ameri-
can, but there was no evidence of un-
lawful killing, hence they were al
lowed to proceed. 1t is very probable
that the maximum catch of the North
American Commercial Company will
be materially reduced, even from last
year, when it reached only about 49,
900 skins.
South Dakota's DefauIting Treasurer.
Sioux Falls. s. D., June 14.-Attor-
ney-General Crawford and H. 81. Hor-
ner and R. w. Stewart, representing
w. w. Taylor, doubt the statement in
regard to the voluntary return of Tay-
lor. Taylor is to make all the restitu.
ton possible, leaving comparatively
little for the bondsmen to pay, and is
to stand trial. The state has given no
assurance, except that Taylor is merely
to be leniently treated if he returns and
makes no fight with the authorities.
He has been in Cuba, Mexico, Guiana,
Jamaica and Brazil, but is now in
northern cline.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
HEIRS OF DEAD MEN.
Three Families Claim the Estate o
David Henry in ColoraaO.

Three Families Claim the Estate of
David Henry in COLORADO.
Greeley, Colo, June IA most
remarkaDl case was decided here to-
day. David Henry came to Greeley
IN 1870 and. invested in lands now
worth $40, 900. He married Mrs. Ca
lista Evans in 1888, and died in 1890,
mis- wife dying eight hours later. The
estate was entered for probate. The
case now decided was brought by the
neirs OF Susan Henry, who claim that
she was married to Henry in Missouri
III 1849, having two children by him,
and that the children, by the laws OF
Missouri, are entitled to one-half the
estate. During the progress of this
case there appeared the heirs of still
another wife, claiming marriage to
Henry in California in 1889. In an
swer, the Missouri heirs set forth that
the Californa wife was divorced in
1878, but in turn they set up the claim
that the Missouri common law marriage
did not hold in Colorado. On this
point Judge Boughton agreed, dismiss
ing the case Of the Missouri heirs The
conclusion of the matter will now be
compromise between the heirs of the
California and Colorado wives,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20

And a single application of cUTI-
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afford instant relief, permit rest
and sleep, and point to a speedy,
economical, and permanent cure of
the most distressing of itching,
burning, bleeding, scaly, and crusted
skin and scalp diseases, after ply
sicians, hospitals, and all else fail.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20

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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
Cuticura Remedies

Exert a peculiar, purifying action
on the skin, and through it upon
the blood. In the treatment of
distressing humors they are speedy,
permanent, and economical, and in
their action are pure, sweet, gentle,
and effective. Mothers and chill
dren are their warmeSt friends.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-10

by force and Mr.. Martin left and never
returned. Immediately following this
Mrs. Martin arranged a room in her
handsome residence and called II
heaven. She announced that she was
Christ. come again 20 earth. For sew
crai years following that time her in
nueuce in certain quarters was omni-
potent. A woman OF refinement, 81 as
tonishing will power constant reader
Of the most profound literature OF the
day, she succeeded in making her fol-
lowers believe she was Christ in fact
She announced she would never die.
neither should those who came to her
to seek eternal life. Those who Joined
this new church were not permitted
TO talk about Il 10 any one. The lead
ing member is Mrs. Brooks. sister Of
Mrs Martin. but eight or ten other
families Of wealth and culture became
members OF the Pcrfectlonsts. Sew
erai young people were among them.
Meetings were held on Wednesday and
sunday nights with the strictest Sc
crecy. All business and social affairs
gave way TO these meetings. II was
not long until serious troubles broke
out. There was a determined effort to
The result was disastrous In many
ways and two girls We're sent to a
Ranitarium, two homes were broken up,
and the neighborhood was a scene OF
excitement for weeks, One or two OF
the Perfectionists left Of their own ac-
cord. but they have never talked fur
Their than 10 say the scenes sometimes
witnessed when Mrs Martin. as God,
10 t,.
man words 20 describe No description
has ever been secured, but the very few
who escaped say that, though they live
a million years. they can never forget
their experiences They deny there was
anything like spirltualism or material
ization taught or practiced. About
three years ago, as learned from a de-
serter. Mrs. Martin began to issue mes
saRes, not as from God through her
but as God herself She was implicit
ly believed and worshiped as that
great Being. Those who followed her
teachings became careless in business
affairs. and at least one big failure is
traceable TO the influence OF this wom-
an. the wave of whose hand was to her
foolish followers as the edict OF the
Deity.
For year or TWO little mas been
heard OF the Perfectionists. Their
remains about the same.
Last Sunday a hearse and a number
of carriages containing the heavenly
ones drove up In front Of the Martin
house and n coffin was carried out.
That was the first intimation the neigh
bors had Of death In heaven" There
had beAC no Grape on the door. the
coffin had been slipped in, and the
death certificate had not been signed,
though the woman Christ had been
dead three days. on investigation
some Of the frlghtfully distressed Per-
fectlonists told with bloodless lips that
their God had died, proclaiming she
would rise In three days, They re-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-10

earthly love. or family assocla lions. or
business, or pleasure could induce their
return to the world. The woman
Christ refused audience to any one
save her worshipers. and Of them she
exacted the most rigid obedience They
neither bought nor sold. came or went.
without her counsel or advice Ii is not
believed that the real facts will come
out, at least for many years. Even
when away. and now that she is dead.
there is fear OF some sort that seals the
lips. Lovely, talented girls young men
OF brains and education, old and young.
the heads of families and the children.
all came under the Christ's" influence
in ways unknown. and ever that. ex-
cept in one case OF voluntary desertion
and several legally taken away. they
all worshiped this woman as the Christ
the God of heaven. on Wednesday
or Sunday night the little colony Will
meet TO name a successor. Mrs
Brooks. who will undoubtedly be
chosen, is almost equally as influential
with the worshipers as was her dead
sister and for a long time she had sat
at the right hand Of God" II is the
general belief that the Perfectionists
will die out in the course of years. but
for generations to come their influence
will be felt in certain families. No
money was collected, there was no com
monwealthing-only absolute obedience
TO the woman God"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-10

looked as II wheel had become be.
witched an had run away. n was
coming straight toward him. too. He
couldn't dodge It. either, He turned this
way ana that' and It headed right
straight at him. He was going too fast
70 Jump or and a collision followed
Just before they struck that haunted
"heei uncoiled itself. and then the boy
saw u was hoop snake. It's tail left its
mouth and struck the boys front tire.
me collision threw them in heap. The
"ihd all came out OF the tire, and Just
as the boy was wondering IL he was
aead or alive, and whether the snake
would nnish him next. he also saw that
the snake was securely fastened 10 the
tire' He also saw that the snake had
eolied itself about the wheel and filled
OUT the nattened tire. and do you know,
ne Just rode into town using that snake
as tire for his front wheel and II did
pretty well. too"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-10

manned rejoicing at the coming tri-
umph until the odor of decay drove
them to bury her.
The same physician that signed the
death certificate OF the children signed
that OF the dead woman. The return
said death resulted from exhaustion.
Neither the husband nor brother Of
Mrs. Martin was notified either Of the
death or the interment. They only
know OF II from hearsay. 1t is sup
posed the absolute belief in the god
ship OF the dead woman was so power
full that her death. which she declared
would never occur. has alarmed the
members. who all show great nervous
ness and seem incapable Of transacting
any business.
1t is supposed that Mrs John c.
Brooks, a sister OF Mrs. Martin, will
take the place OF Mrs. Martin and sit
on the throne. She claims that she
has come to be one with Christ and
she expects soon to be one with God.
visit to the only woman who ever
voluntarily left the Perfectionists.
woman OF culture and refinement, liv-
ing in an arlstocratic section, was Of
little avail. Said she
Mrs. Martin claimed to be Christ
and taught that all others might be-
come so. She had a wonderful control
over her worshlpers, though none was
allowed to touch her form. II was not
hypnotism unless in form higher than
ever known before, and her messages
were Of the highest, purest character.
She taught that all human beings
would eventually be as God. and she
was implicitly believed. The meetings
were like any other social gathering,
except that we talked only Of heavenly
things / have seen the light in the
room change until its richness could al
most be felt-a wondrous yellowish tint
that was almost palpable-and with 1t
came feeling Of life that was mex
pressible. have felt as II eternity had
come Into my being and that / should
live forever. Through II all Mrs. Mar
tin urged all to live a better life and
study the mysteries Of being like God.
! am told that when she died her fol-
lowers expected that in the next seven
ty-two hours she would come TO life
and bring the world 70 her feet For
three days they waited. when decay be-
came so insistent that burial was nee
essary. The Perfectionists were as
founded. not knowing what TO do"
Where she was buried and by whom
is simply conjecture. What ceremonies
were held above the woman or at her
grave no one knows. The principal
members say she is not dead. but gone
TO prepare new joys for them. The en-
tire membership did not at any time
exceed eighty. But the great majority
were from the most cultivated families.
Once under Mrs Martins influence. no
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-10
KILLED TIE MAN.
rhis woman May ns Acquitted by the
Jury.

rhis woman May ns Acquitted by the
Jury.
Str and Mrs James Ish reside AZ $40
Georgia avenue Omaha They are
young and wealthy. About o'clock
the other evening u chappcll a sewing
machine agent. called al the house Mrs
ish shot four bullets into him The
woman held two rsvolvcrH and fred ten
shots She told the officers she was
compelled a shoot 10 protect her lie
and her baby About month ago Mrs
iuh bought 3 sewing machine from this
agent. but Il did not work -.EAt. and she
~ times 20 get II in order. Three or four
days ago while on one 81 these errands
he made a proposition 70 her, but she
dld not tell her husband. through fear
she says Chappoli was called again
hut ala not come until evening when
Mrs Ish saw him coming she called 70
her husband. who was IN his mothers
yard a few doors away. and Chappell
and Ish entered the house together
Chappeil. after some conversation. went
into the front bedroom whore the ma
chine was and Ish went down cellar aft
cr some kindllng. when In the room
with Mra 1sh. Chappcll repeated HIS
proposal. and on taking hold % Mrs, 1sh
che began 10 night him, nj the same time
calling for her husband Immediately
Chappeil drew from hts hip pocket re-
volver. but Mrs. 1sh snatehed Il from
him and fred every chamber al him.
Just at this moment Ish. who had heard
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-10

dead mans name. He Is well known in
Terre Haute, An examination by the
coroner 81 the bullet wound in the head
showed that the bullet entered the
temple on the right side an inch above
the eye and came out in the center Of
the head az the top OF the brain. a
sister 81 the dead man was found work
INK AZ the old Early house and identi-
ned the body as that Of her brother
Pickrrell Was married a week before 10
Miss Lizzie Baird AZ vermillion and on
saturday and sunday visited Mrs
Kaird In Tcrrc Haute Sunday night
be drove from the city IN company with
his wife when he left his home at
New Goshen 20 return 70 Terre HAute
d not known
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-10

Unlike most abnormal things Of that
character, II hid its light under a
bushel, and there was nothing that
limited even OF spreading their views
about Tn. new religion had its birth
eight or ten years ago. Mr.. Martin,
who was the husband OF Hannah Mar
tin. the leader OF the cult, says he first
heard OF II about 1880. when his wife
began talking TO him about starting "a
peculiar people" She preached a spe-
cial holiness. which led 10 a higher re-
ligious plane and new lines Of thought
ana knowledge. MIR. and Mrs Martin
could not agree. and for years they got
along indiferently. She sometimes
went 70 church. The only friction was
caused by her belief that she was rap
idly becoming as God. She developed
into firm believer in faith-curIng,
and when her two children were taken
violently III she refused 10 permit a
physician 10 see them. Mr.. Martin
insisted on calling one in. and as a sort
OF compromise Miss Julia Carpenter, a
woman with some reputation as a
chlld's physician. was called. Both the
children died Of diphtheria. The rela-
tons between husband and wife soon
became too strained for comfort. Mrs.
Martin had already started her church
and mission. Her health became very
precarious; her emaciation was great.
though she denied she suffered pain,
and her intellect seemed 70 grow in
brightness. one Of her disciples went
one day 10 take her TO a seRnce. or
meeting OF some sort. Mr. Martin for
babe her going. The disciple took her
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-10
MURDERED BY TRAMPS.
An Unknown Man Found with His Heat
Crushed Near Lincoln, III.

An Unknown Man Found with His Head
Crushed Near Lincoln. Ill
The other morning an Alton section
hand found an unconscious man lying
near the waterworks pump house, two
miles south OF Lincoln. The head Of the
man had been crushed with coupling
pin. The body was found beside the
smoldering embers OF fire about
which number of tramps had passed
the night, and though as yet unidenti-
fled he was doubtless one Of their num-
Der. pail OF beer had been in the
hands OF the crowd during the night.
and the almost empty pail was found
which was used in the assault The
body had been stripped Of all its cloth
ing except the shirt. while across the
railroad In field were found a hat,
pair of shoes, and trousers. but these
were not the size worn by the victim of
the murderous assault.