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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
A MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.
! German Count Killed, Apparently
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German Count Killed, Apparently
by Accident.
San Francisco, Oct ia dispatch
from Monterey says that Count Bales
trem, an artist, was shot and killed
last night by man named Abiger,
who lived with him. Abiger has been
arrested. He says the shooting was
accidental. 1t is said that both men
are well known in Berlin.
Abiger is of good German family.
He says he was preparing to go hunt
ing just at dusk. and had playful
struggle with his friend for the gun.
The weapon was discharged, and a
load Of birdshot entered Won Balles-
trem's breast, killing him instantly.
The dead mans full name was
Count Wolfang Won Ballestrem, and
he came of prominent German fam
lily. He served in the German army,
and came to the Pacific coast about ten
years ago. He spent his money lavish.
ly, and 1t was soon gone. For time
he led preoarious existence, working
as housepalnter and bootblack, and
finally enlisting in the United States
army. where he served as a private.
Lately he said he had become recon-
ciled with his family, and that he was
receiving money from Germany. He
went to Monterey a few months ago
and lived with his friend Abiger.
The latter's story of the shooting is
believed by the police, but there are a
few discrepancies in it. He says the
shooting occurred at sundown. while
neighbors say they heard the shot after
o'clock. Won Ballestrem's clothes
were not powder burned, as they would
have been had the shot been fred at
close range.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
TERRIBLE SIBERIAN FLOODS.



Tacoma. Oct. 13-Reports from
Vladivostook. which arrived today
from Japan per steamer Tacoma, state
that last month the plains. bordering
on the Ussuri were the scene of terrible
floods. The rivers Siphoon, Nor.
Sauta Chasa and Imam were all out,
and the plain for hundreds of miles
was turned into lake, in some places
twenty six feet deep. The Siberian
railway was flooded for 1870 versts
from Imam, the lass station on the
road, and in many places washed away
and for some days telegrapbio COM
munication with Vladivostock was in
terrupted, both on the government and
private lines. The grain crops were
being gathered, and were stocked in
sheaves in the fields, and the winter
stock of hay was being housed. All
these were carried away, as were in
most cases the stock of the farmers, as
well as their houses.
News had been received of the
deaths Of over score of people, and it
was feared that in the more remote
districts the loss of human life would
be still greater. Rescue parties were
out in all directions. taking the farm.
ers and their families to places of
safety in the few boats to be found in
the district, and the governor general
at Vladivostock has dispatched a party
of soldiers, with two light draught
steam launches and four lifeboats, to
assist in the work. This party found
great difficulty in reaching the scene,
owing to the state Of the country.
As the settlers have lost their all,
even their stock of foodstuffs for the
winter, there is likely to be great dis
tress and famine in the region during
the coming winter.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
ASTONISHING sLAcKMAiL.
A Story That Rivals the Campbell Alb
duction Case.

ductfon Case.
San Francisco, Dot. 13-Such
story as Millionaire Campbell told and
proved against Oliver Winthrop comes
now from Charles Montgomery, pro-
prietor of the Brooklyn hotel, who is
man of means, position and high repu-
tation-just such story, save that the
kidnapper, to call him so, is declared
to have planned more wisely than
Winthrop, executed more skilfully,
reaped substantial reward for his
daring crime and gone scot free.
For more than year Mr.. Montgom-
cry has held his peace and kept his
pledge of secrecy, and no one but his
wife and his lawyer has known that
he was the victim of an astonishing
piece of villainy, and that he paid
large sum Of money-sald to be $l0,-
000-to his captors as the price OF his
liberty and personal security.
The Chronicle this morning pub
fishes sensational story to the effect
that year ago last July Mr.. Mont
gomery had been lured into q vacant
house in the most populous part OF the
city at midday. and mad been held a
prisoner and threatened with torture
and death, and had finally agreed to
pay his jailer the sum he demanded
within specified time after his re-
lease, had sworn not to betray the rob.
ber and had paid the money as he
promised.
In an interview upon the subject
~ e.
having given publicity to the story
earlier was that the kidnapper threat
ened to kill him if it ever became pub
lie, and both he and his wife believed
that he would keep his word.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
MRS. CASTLE IS GUILTY.
Her Solicitor Admits That She Stole
the Furs.

the Furs.
New York, Oct. IA dispatch to
the World from London, concerning
the arrest of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter M.
Castle, of San Francisco, says their
solicitor frankly admitted to repre-
sentative of the World today Mrs.
Castles guilt ! Michael Abrahams,
their solicitor, is a criminal lawyer
of wide experience and great ability.
He declared today that II have had
her examined by some leading special
lists in mental diseases, and have no
doubt that the judge will admit her
symptoms are such as to warrant de-
Tense Of kleptomania. She suffers
from pains in the head, from complete
loss of memory and from other irregu-
larities. which, according to medical
science, are known to be frequently
associated with delusions. Her case
will be decided in a month or six
weeks. We shall apply for bail for
her again next Tuesday, and hope
she will be released on bonds we can
offer. The whole fact Of the matter
is, in short, that Mrs. Castle did take
these articles, but her husband is per-
fectly innocent of any knowledge what
ever of Ter doing so."
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16

Santa Fe, N. NJ. Oct 12.-The San
Antonio White Oaks stage was held
up today, forty miles east Of San An
tonic, in the Oscura mountains. The
United States mail sacks were cut open.
No passengers were on board. The
robbers took the horses, leaving the
driver to walk eight miles to the near
est station. The mail coach from the
White Oaks passing three hours later
is believed to have met the same fate.
It is believed the robbers are the same
men who attempted 30 hold mp the At
lantic q Pacific train west Of Albu,
querque.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16

Colon, Oct. 13-Thousands who had
gathered to attend the funeral of Julio
Muller, the son of Panama merchant,
were startled to see the supposed dead
man come to life 1t appears he had
taken anti pyrene to promote micturi-
tion, and the effect was that he was
pronounced dead. The appearance Of
the skin indicated poison, and the au-
thorities stopped the funeral for post.
mortem examination. When the coffin
was opened Muller was found to be
alive,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
A Rich piscov.rY Re ported.

Trail, B. c.. Oct. IA discovery
of free gold quartz has been made at
Waterloo, fifteen miles up the Colum.
bia from Trail. Specimens, said to
have been taken from the outcroppings,
are literally sprinkled with gold that
is visible to the naked eye. The second
payment of several thousand dollars
has been made on the Waterloo mines
by the Horn Spoon syndicate.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
A Terrible Fire.

Information from Guayaquil, Ecua.
dor, states that it is estimated 10000
people are deprived of their homes by
destructive fires, which occurred there.
The losses to foreign companies are
placed at over $2, 900, 900. The custom
house and its contents were destroyed,
among other buildings. It is estimated
the amount of the loss will reach as
high as e6.000,0 900. The insurance
amounts to $500, 900. Thousands Of
persons are left homeless by the coufla-
grafton. The fire Is believed 70 have
been inosndiary.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
Du Maurier is Dead.

George Du Maurier. artist, novelist,
and author Of ''Trilby," died in Lon
don. His end was painless. He
passed away surrounded by his friends.
For days he has been lowering between
life and death, at instervals conversing
with friends regarding his work. Upon
one occasion a friend at the dying
mans bedside referred to the success Of
"Trilby" as book and play, where
upon Du Maurier replied: Yes, it
has been successful. but popularity has
killed me at last. The immediate
cause Of his death is given as heart
trouble.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
Thousands Are Homeless.

Three-fourths of the city of Guaya.
qiul, Ecuador, has been reduced to
ashes by fire which ragged for twenty.
four hours. sweeping everything in its
path. Some estimate the financial loss
at upwards of $50, 100000. Many
lives were lost in the fire, and 35, 900
people are homeless. Two thousand
houses, including every bank in. the
city, of which there are five, were
burned. Ii is impossible from the
present food supply there to feed all
the victims, and the suffering will un.
doubtedly be great.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
A Young Lady Dies Of Fright.

Pocatello. Idaho, Oct. 1S.-This at
ternoon at Hams Fork, yhile John
Byers and Miss Beatrice Bowcutt, aged
16, were riding railroad velocipede,
dog ran across the track in front Of
them, throwing the car of and pre-
cipitating the occupants heavily to the
ground. Miss Bowcutt fell across the
track and died in few moments, pre-
sumably from fright. Neither Of the
two were struck by the car, and no
other cause for death can be given.
She was daughter Of John Bowcutt,
the section foreman at Hams Fork.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
The Borland,s Grew.

Captain Anderson and 90 other un.
fortunate men, composing the crew of
the ill-fated bark James A. Borland,
arrived in San Franciso on the Alaska
Packers Association steamer Afnogak,
which came in from Port Townsend.
The Borland went on the rocks while
trying to make the harbor at Tugidek
island, Alaska, September IL. The
vessel and cargo, consisting of 80, 900
cases of salmon, we're total loss, but
all the members of the crew escaped.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
An Oyerzealous PEARSON,

The Rev. Lang, an evangelist, who
had been holding revival at Seward.
o. T.. during one Of his sermons de-
olared that ali women who dance are
immoral A storm broke at onoe.
and Lang was chased to the Santa Fe
station by fifty enraged church MEM
hers. At the station he was beaten al
most to a jelly by two farmers and a
number Of women. Subsequently he
was rescued from a coat of tar and
feathers by train crew.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
Chicago Day Celebrated.

Chicago day, the anniversary of the
great fire twenty-five years ago, was
celebrated in that city chiefly as po-
litical holiday. Republicans and
Democrats celebrated separately, each
party having it's own big street parade,
as well as monster gathering indoors.
Practically every factory and store in
the city was closed. also the board of
trade and banks. From ealry morn
ing the streets were jammed with
cheering thousands, struggling to gain
some point of vantage.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
An Election Lynching.

The state election caused murder
and lynching at Mount Junction, Ga.
Gus Williams, Populist (negro), struck
a ticket out Of Democratic negro
voters hand. The Democratic negro
struck Williams for his insolence, and
Williams fred at his assailant, but
missed his aim and shot and instantly
killed Engineer Middleton, of the Gem
trail railway, who was an onlooker.
Bystanders took Williams and lynched
him and riddled his body with bullets
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
The Exclusion of American Meats.

Fort Worth, Tex, Oct. 1.-THE
press dispatch relative to rumor- that
Germany had decided to exclude
American canned goods was discussed
by the executive committee Of the
Livestock Exchange tonight. The mat
ter was referred to the meeting Of the
board tomorrow. It will declare along
the line of reciprocity, prohibition Of
Canadian cattle, expectation through
the United States and retaliation
against all foreign governments seek
ing to discriminate against the meat
product Of ths Unitetd States.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
Freight Thieves Captured.

Secret service agents of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway have arrested
in Chicago the members and stopped
the operations of the most skillful as
we'll as successful gang of freight-car
pilferers with whom the railroad de-
tectives of that city have had to deal
with in many years. 1t is known thus
far that five railroads have suffered
through the operations of the gang,
and it is believed not less than $40, 900
worth Of property has been stolen with
in the last six months.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
For the GOOD of Che Cow.

Instructor Winterhalter, of the agri-
cultural college at the university Of
California. is making comprehensive
dairy report which will cover practic-
ally the entire state The work is be-
ing done under the supervision of Pro-
fessor E, W. Hilgard, who is advocat-
ing the uss of the Babcock tester to dis
cover disease in COWS. Professor Hill.
gard says the report will show the
value of such tests and suggest methods
of recompensing the dairymen for the
loss of cattle.s
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
wanted the Road Sold.

Seattle, Oct. 12.-The attorney Of
the holders of receivers certificates to
the amount of $4,000 in the Seattle
Consolidated Street Railway Company
has made application to United States
Judge Hanford that the road be sold
so that the holders can get their money.
As there is provision that the prop.
erty must bring 100000, and no such
sum has 90 far been offered, it is q
question If any action to hurry matters
can be- taken by the court.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
Hog Cholera in ohio valley.

Cincinnati, Oot. 1.-THE reports
from the farmers in Ohio and Indiana
are alarming over the losses from hog
cholera. The corn crop is very large,
but the hogs are dying fast. The hog
cholera has prevailed for some weeks
and during the last week the losses
have not only increased in the infected
districts, but the disease is becoming
genearl throughout the Ohio valley.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
COURTS MUST SETTLE IT.
Election Boards Decision Concerning
Name of Gold Democratic Party.

Election Boards Decision Concerning
Name of Gold Democratic Party.
New York, Oct. 12.-The board Of
elections, at meeting in Brooklyn to-
night, rendered a decision that the
party name of the national Democratic
party was substantially the same az
that of the regular organization, and
that as such, it was an infringement on
the rights to use the thereof by the reg
ular party. 1t was decided further that
certificates of nomination Of the ma
tional party were not party certificates
within the law. The board also in
dorsed the opinion of Corporation
Counsel Burr that there was sufficient
doubt in regard to the questions at is
sue to make it desirable that the mat
ter should be determined as soon az
possible by the courts.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
Loss BY FIRE.

Part of the Town of Great Darlington
Burned.
Great harrington, Mass, Oct. IA
This town was visited tonight by the
greatest confagration in its history. 1t
destroyed the major portion of the
business section. The fire started in
the Kennedy hotel, and spread rapidly
to adjoining buildings. The fire de-
partment responded promptly, but the
fire had gained such headway and the
heat was SO intense that they were
driven from the street, and could only
fight the flames from the rear. Aid
from Housantonio, Stockbridge and Lee
reached the city before midnight, and
the fire is now under control. A gale
blew all night. The loss win be heavy.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
women whisky sellers.

Guthrie, O. T., Oct. 13.-One hum
dred women are engaged in selling
whisky to the Usage, Otoe, Ponoha
and Creek Indians on the border Of
Oklahoma. Deputy marshals report it
is dangerous for an officer to appear in
that country alone. A party OF mar.
shals brought in dozen whisky SELL
ers from that country today, most Of
them Indians.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16

San Francisco, Oct. 14.-The late
coast storms have completely SUBJ
merged the wreck of the steamer CO.
lombia. compelling the five divers en-.
gagged in recovering material from her
hull to suspend operations indefinitely.
When the weather has moderated suffi-
cienlty, the wreck will be again exam
ined, and it will then be decided if an.
other attempt shall be made to release
what is still contained in the engine
and oiler-rooms.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
The Fate of Two Gamblers.

Fayettville, Ark, Oct. 13.-Much
excitement prevails in the Indian ter
ritory over the operation Of gamblers.
who are fleeing the Indians. The
quarterly payment Of the Usage tribe
was made Thursday, and hundreds of
gamblers were present with all kinds
of devices, from the she'll game to the
gold brick swindle. Two gamblers
fleeced crowd of full bloods. and
their victims became enraged and drove
them out of the settlement. The gam
blers were overtaken at Turkey creek
and killed. The names are not known.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
Crime of q Madman.

Albert Bray, aged 80, of Noblesville,
Ind, farmer and a very religious
man, cut the throats of his wife, g.
year-old son, Carl, 2-year:eld daughter,
Edna, and himself. The wife and chill
dren died without a struggle. Bray,
with gaping wound in his throat
lived for some hours without regaining
consciousness. Bray crushed the skulls
of his victims with an ak after he had
cut their throats
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
The game of checkers has been play
ed in Egypt since about 1000 B. G.

st. Louis, Oct 14.-In spite of the
fact that Miss Lillian Russell's father
is lying dead at his home, she appeared
in her usual role in the comic opera,
"An American Beauty" at the Gem
tury theater tonight She was not
notified of his death until this morn
ing. Her reasons for playing. as
given, are that she did not desire to de-
prive the sixty chorus girls Of nights
wages She said they could i'll afford
it, and she was willing to make the
sacrifice in their behalf.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
TIME CARD REDUCED.
Fastest Long Distance Train on the
Continent.

Denver, Oct. 14.-By the first Of
next month, the time to California
points from Denver will be reduced
from seventy-two hours by new equip
ment to be introduced by the Santa Fe.
On the two roads running south and to
the mining camps westward, material
changes in the schedule of trains will
consequently be made. The Santa Fe
will place its extra equipment in limit.
ed form in connection with changes to
be made by the Colorado Midland to
Leadville and points in the mountains.
The equipment is new and fresh from
the Pullman shops and is enthusi-
astically characterized as the finest
limited in the world. Average run
ming time of sixty miles per hour will
be made by the limited, and the claim
is made by the company that it will be
the fastest long distance train on the
continent.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16

Corning, Ia. was visited by the
most disastrous fire in its history.
Three hundretd thousand dollars worth
Of property was destroyed. An un-.
known man was generally pillaged by
robbers, who undoubtedly set the fire.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
Meeting in the PHILIPPINE.

Madrid, OCT. I3 "A dispatch from
Manila says company of native SOL
diers at Mindacao, an island of the
Malay archipelago, the second largest
Of the Philippine islands. has mutined
and killed it's officials
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
Ivanhoe to the Rescue.

La Grande, Or, Oct. 12.-At En-
terprise, in Wallowa county, today, F.
s. Ivanhoe shot and seriously wounded
R. G. Gregg. Mr.. Ivanhoe is we'll
known attorney, and Mr.. Gregg is q
druggist. The report received by tele.
phone says that Mrs. J. w. Dalzell and
Gregg were having trouble over Mrs.
Dalzell's g son, and Mrs. Dalzell had as
saulted Gregg with an umbrella. In
attempting to disarm her, Gregg broke
the umbrella, and a scrimmage re-
suited. Mrs. Dalzell continued the as
sault, and, in protecting himself,
Gregg used considerable force. Just
at that time Ivanhoe appeared, and
seeing, as he supposed, man assault
ing a woman, took shot at the man.
The first time he missed, but the seo-
ond shot struck Gregg in the jaw, in
ficting a severe wound. TIE bullet
was recovered by physicians this after.
noon. Unless blood poisoning sets in.
no serious results are apprehended.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-16
AFTER SOME LIVELY FIRING
Horsethieves Captured By
Wallowa County Officers.
ONE OF FORMER SHOT IN HEAD
Druggist in Enterprise, Or, Attacked
By Woman With an Umbrellas, and
Shot by 3 Lawyer. But Not Fatally

Druggist in Enterprise, Or, Attacked
By Woman with an Umbrells, and
Shot by Lawyer. But Not Fatally
La Grande, Or, Oct. 12.-Particu-
lars Of battle between horsethieves
and deputy sheriffs in Wallowa county,
were received from Enterprise today.
A few days ago two men, George
and Henry Smith, passed through the
Imnaha with band of horses, sup
posed to have been stolen, and camped
on Corral creek. A day or so after
ward Warrant. was issued for their
arrest. It was feared they would re-
sist, and five men were sent out to
bring them in. The camp was easily
located, and Henry Smith was found
in it and captured by strategy. Four
officers went to the camp, leaving q
fifth in charge of the horses. The
officers carried no arms in sight, and
the horsethief did not suspect them,
so that when they asked to see his pis-
tol, he passed it over for inspection.
The pistol was then turned on him,
and he was compelled to hold up his
hands. He was then taken away from
the camp and left in charge Of an
officer.
Two Of the officers started out to find
the other brother, and one was left to
watch the camp. George Smith re-
turned to the camp and "got the drop"
on the officer, and held him up. He
suspected that something was wrong,
opd prooandol %o xvcorob %Ia nfy3oov ~,
the trail. After proceeding short dis
tance, he met the two officers who were
looking for him. The officers opened
fire. which was returned by Smith, but
none of the shots took effect. The off,
GERS then took refuge behind trees, and
Smith fred four shots at them, three
Of which hit the trees. The deputy
that Smith had prisoner, fell to the
ground as soon as the firing began, to
escape the stray bullets.
The shooting cooled the ardor of the
officers somewhat, and they turned
their efforts toward keeping the trees
between themselves and the horsethief.
While the horsethief was trying to get
another shot at the men behind the
trees, the officer that had been left
with the horses came up and shot the
horsethief in the head with shotgun.
He had heard the firing and came up
just in time to relieve his brother off,
,ers from an unpleasant position.
Henry Smith was brought to Enter
prise last night and lodged in Jail, but
George is too severely injured to be
moved, and was left in camp. A sur
geon left Enterprise for the camp this
morning, and until he returns the con-
tiition of ssse wounded man viii not Be
known. 1t is supposed the sight Of
both mems eyes is destroyed. Nickel
Stubblefeld did the effective shooting.