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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Examining COAST Fisheries
Statistical Agent Wilcox in
California.
rNDu5TRY GROWING IMPORTANT

An Elaborate and Accurate Report OF
the Status Of the Fishing Industry
to Be Obtained for the Commission.
San Francisco, Oct. 21.-William
A. Wilcox, Of Washington, D. c..
statistical agent of the United States
commission of fish and fisheries, has
arrived from Oregon and Washington
for the purpose of preparing statis-
tical report of the fishing industry on
this coast. He has been industriously
engaged in the pursuit of his investiga-
tions and inquiries in Oregon and
Washington several weeks, and will
devote the next month or two to the
work of gathering data concerning the
fish and fisheries of California.
Mr.. Wilcox says that for several
years past the fisheries of the we
coast of the United States had been
growing in Importance to such an ex-
tent that the United States fish com
mission had deemed it advisable and
highly important that an elaborate and
accurate report of the status of the fish
ing industry here be obtained, and he
mas Do6u sSub uoIO AO1 tuae Pui poSo
His report is calculated to prove OF
great benefit to the commercial fishing
industries of the coast for the reason
that it will show the need of more
hatcheries and more thorough stock.
ing of the streams and inland waters Of
the coast state
He says 1t is highly probable that
the United States fish commission will
decide to establish half dozen new
hatcheries in California before long
for the reason that the fishing industry
of the Pacific coast states, including
Alaska, has grown until it ranks next
to those of the New England and Mid
die Atlantic states in extent and i'm.
portance. while the value Of che fishery
products is greater than in the South
Atlantic, Gulf and Great Lakes states
combined.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
/. Prominent Medford Man

Medford, Or, Dot. ali. o. John
son, one of Medford's prominent and
well-to-do citizens, died at his house in
this city last night, after an illness of
a few days. Mr.. johnson came to Med
ford in 1888 from California. and had
a large amount of property in this city
and county. He was member Of the
A. q. II. w.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Protected the Miners,

Leadville, Colo, Oct. 21.-About
1876 miners from Missouri, to work the
Bisen mine, arrived this afternoon.
Over thousand people about the depot
ieered the newcomers. General
Brooks had large force Of troops on
hand to escort the men to the mine and
prevent an attack on them.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Freieht rrains ColIide,

A head-end collision of freight trains
occurred ON the Northeastern railroad,
near New Orleans. William Fulcher,
engineer, and his fireman, John Alex
anderia, colored, were killed.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Made Rich Haul,

San Francisco, OCT. 2r-Diamonds
to the value of $4,000 and gold coin
amounting to $3.50 were stolen from
the residence of Hermann Braundsch-
weigher, the liquor merchant, 1900
McAllister street, between the hours
of o'clock in the morning and at
night.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
An InfantfIe CROOK.

Dennis Myron, Of Chicago, is only
IL years old, but ne has been arrested
tence to the reform school as burglar.
He grew up in that unsavory neighbor-
hood known as Little HE'LL" and
about as soon as he wore trousers fell
into the oompanionship Of thieves and
toughs. He helped woman In shop.
lifting. and then took up thieving on
his own account.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
A Result Of the Cars visit.

London, OCT. 20.-The Daily News
has Berlin dispatch, which says that
batch of Alsatian recruits, who were
travelling on the railway, mutined and
wrecked the railroad carriage, shouting
"Viye la France" This is supposed to
indicate a revival of chauvinism since
tho czar's visit
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Terrell Makes a Claim.

United States Minister Terrell has
lodged with the Turkish government
claim for $4,000 indemnity on behalf
of Mrs. Lenz, mother of Frank Lenz,
the Pittsburg bicyclist who was MUIR
dered by Kurds while travelling
through Asiatic Turkey in 1895.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

LcDdon, Oct 20.-In an editorial on
the campaign in the United States, the
Times expresses the fear that the efforts
Of Ambassador Bayard in behalf Of
Palmer and Buck1 or, however we'll in
tendsd. will be less successful than
thsy deserve 70 Be.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Held up bx Women.

Colonel Henry Spielman, of New
York city, a wealthy merchant and
clubman, was held up by two women
and robbed as he was leaving the
Union League Club in Chicago. The
assailants of the colonel secured his
gold watch and $40 in cash.. Being
pursued by her victim, one Of the
women tossed the watch into Custom
house place to avoid being caught with
evidence upon her.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Wreok on the Bir Four,

Cleveland. O.. Oct. 2o.-Twenty five
freight cars, with their contents, were
destroyed in wreck on the Big Four
near Wellington, O., last night. The
loss will reach 500, 600. The track
has been completely blookaded all day,
and trains are running around the
wreck over other roads.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
ADynamite Explosion,

A large quantity of dynamite in
magazine of the Dayton Coal 8 Iron
Company, at Dayton, Tenn, exploded,
wrecking many buildings and destroy
ing an electric light plant, putting out
all the lights The company store is
complete wreck. The debris was
blown a quarter of mile.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Rothschild viii Aid.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Oct. 19.-The
Rothschilds have granted a credit to
the Bank of Ecuador of el25, ,000.S
The banks ana the principal commercial
houses will resume business during the
euTIgnt week.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
The sherburne Robbers.

The Sherburne bankrobber confined
In the Martin county Jail, Minnesota,
has made statement to the sheriff,
which has been verified, giving his
name as Lew Kellihan, and his home
as Rock Rapids, Ia, where his parents
reside. He gives his age as 81, and
states that his brother who was killed
was but 1S years old. The reading Of
dime novels led to the commission Of
the crime.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Penalty swiftly Executed.

Miss Blanche Gray, young lady Of
fine family. of Atlanta, Ga, was going
from q friends house to her sister. .s,
when, a negro assaulted her. Two
hours later the negro was caught and
hanged by mob.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
The spanish Cruiser all Right.

London, Oct. 20.-A dispatch to the
Times from Madrid says the new 700
ten cruiser Princessa de Austrias, which
has been fixed in the mud for month
owing to an accident in the launch at
Carracea, yesterday foated off of its
own accord.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Porte,s Demand Refused,

The embassies of the powers have
sent an identical note to the porte re-
fusing it's demand that the right be ac-
corded Of searching foreign vessels in
Turkish waters for Armenians.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Crushed by . Rock.

Spokane, Oct. 20.-James Reed. q
farmer, whose place is about seven
miles from town, has been missing for
three or four days. Yesterday search
was instituted, and last night he was
found dead. He had been digging q
hole on his place to sink rock, which
interfered with farming operations,
when the rock fell in on top of him.
crushing him TO death. He was alone.
his family living in town.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Ram Aahore in = Fox.

The British steamer Palestrina,
Captain Harder, ballast-laden for Bal.
timore, ran ashore in thick fog near
st. Johns, N. F. She will probably
become a total wreck.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
T.rred the oueen,s statue.

London, Oct 20.-A special from
Bombay announces that bucket of tar
was poured over the statue of Queen
Victoria there during the night and
pair of old sandals tied around the
neck.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Reinforcements for the PhiIfppi

ReinfOrcements Tor the Phi1ipPines.
Madrid, Oct. 20.-Reinforcements of
8, 600 men, led by four generals, will
start for the Philippine islands No
vember IL, to take part in the cam.
paign against the insurgents there.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

Tampa, Fla, is banking on becoming
the metropolis Of the state. It has now
q population of 10000.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

Mrs. Pauline Olievieri, sack sewer,
met with terrible death in the Cali.
fofnia Italian Paste Company's works
in San Francisco. She was wound
around narrow upright shafting.
which was revolving with great veloc-
ity, and she struck against stanchion
every time she whirled around. The
clothes were wound up SO close to the
body that it had to be removed in an
almost nude condition. The right leg
and both arms were broken, and the
head had been crushed by the blows.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

A fan with little ear trumpet at
tached. is the latest device to aid the
deaf
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Inmates Were Cremated.

There was a terrible casualty at the
house of J. T. Miller, of New What.
com, Wash. The farmer and his wife
were on visit to neighboring city
and left their three children in the
care of Frank Boise, of Tacoma. The
house took fire in some manner and
the three children and Mr.. Boise were
found dead in the ruins. Boise has q
wife and children in Tacoma.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Steamship "FaraIIon
Yaaui.a Bay.

Yaqui"s Bay.
Tie most popn a s..asi re ort on the North
Pscifc coast. No undertow-surf bathing abso-
1uteiy safe.
tor thss. wishing to combine hunting and
fishing with scquatie Sports, this r. sort has no
tqu'l. Deer. bear, elk cougar. brook trout and
In a few hours drive of the bay.
Reduced Rates to all points.
]. C. MAYO, EDWIN STONE,
TF. & PA. Manager
n. L. WALDEN, Agent, Albany.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

Leibnitz. the great German philoso-
pher, was almost equally great as q
chess player.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23
Trolley Car Accident.

In Hazelton. Pa, three men were
killed and a score more or less serious.
ly injured in trolley accident at the
Hazelton & Schuylkill railroad and the
Lehigh Traction Company. The dead
are: Jefferson Kiroh, telegraph op-
eartor; William Stapleton, Of Milton,
telegraph operator; David j. Will
Jams, OF Plymouth. Patrick Dowd, the
conductor, and Morris Ferry, boy,
are not expected to live.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-10-23

The game Of draughts made its ap.
pearance in Europe. it 10 said. about
400 years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
A BED ROOM BICYCLE
A New Machine Which Affords All tho
Pleasure of Racing
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun
Two machinsts Of Berkeley. Cal. have
perfected and patented a racing machine
by the use of which a bicyclist may reel
or centuries in hall bed room. or a
series of races may be held in a parIor
The machine affords every opportunity for
the scorcher to get in all his fine points
OF manipulation, and he is able to do all
the hard work and experience all the SEN
sations that he would on a circular track
or country road. OF course, a scorcher
doesn' care for scenery, but only for cen
turtles"
The racing machine, or bicycle track, as
the inventors call it, consists of a set of
three hardwood rollers secured in a frame
The rollers are four inches in diameter
and two and one-half feet long Two roll
ers are placed five and one-half inches
apart, and the third roller is placed hi
cycle length further ahead in the frame
The hind wheel of the bicycle rests on two
rollers set together and the fore wheel on
the first roller. The lower part of the tire
of the hind wheel sets about an inch be-
low the level of the upper surface of the
rollers. This prevents the bicycle from
slipping. The rollers are connected by a
strong rubber band.
The bicycle is placed on the rollers, the
bcyclist is held up until he has secured a
good start, and then he and his machine
are released, and he can pedal, away for
dear life, reeling off miles of revolutions
but not advancing an inch. The wheels
hold their position securely on the rollers,
and are subject to the same conditions as
they would be on an ordinary road. The
apparatus is exceedingly simple, but many
experiments had to be made before the
proper size and exact adjustment of the
rollers could be fixed. The track is sub
stantlally the same as that on which
horses race at record pace in theater.
In front of the rider is a dial, which is
connected with the rollers on which he is
riding. AS he pedals, the finger on the
dial revolres accurately, marking the dis
lance the rider has travelled. For racing
double machine is made. Two sets of
rollers are set in frame facing each
other, and the riders pedal head on to each
other. The machine has been tested by
bicyclist experts and under the auspices
Of bicycle clubs, and is said to be entirely
SucceSSful-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

over these petty accounts, turn mechanical
ly and unocmplah ingly from one greasy
book to another. The work of these clerks
is as monotonous as veXing. One moment
1t is to sell a postage stamp, another to
register a letter, another to receive tele-
graphic dispatch, another to handle bank
book. The air is heavy with the smells of
an overcrowding public. All the quarter
leaving it ourselves, it may be curious to
read a strange sign which one may fire.
Quently see pasted up:
Telephone subscribers DESTROYS of hear
opera of SAY "Tnais' at their homes are
requested to make arrangements thereto
before such and such date"
The telephone in France is not yet a gov
eminent monopoly, like the telegraph and
the post, but every subpost Office has its
public-pay telephone, which it requires the
company to put in free of charge and all
profit going to the pest office department.
In return the telephone company takes
many privileges from the post Office de-
partment, and this announcing of its the
atrical and operate additions" on the SUBJ
post office walls is one Of them.
Along the footlights of the stage of the
Opera, the Opera Ccmique and, in fact, of
all the lyric theaters and important cafes
concerts of Paris there are placed long
rows of receiving telephones. Orchestra
and singers may thus be heard perfectly by
any subscriber to whom the service may be
turned on. You may lie in your bed drink
ing snerbet, and still hear Sibyl Sanderson
in "Thais" or Yvette Guilbert in Les
Vaches." 1t is only a question of paying a
good round sum for the luxury. And so,
while Jenny, the sewing girl, is banking
her siXty-hve cents in the SubpOst office,
the Count Of Monte Cristo may be stand
ing in LING behind her to order the Grand
Opera to be brought to his wife's boudolr.
The subpost offices of Paris are for the
rich and poor alike.
STERLING. uE,JTIG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
DRUGS FOR THE MILLION.
Interesting Scenes in the Wholesale
District of Gotham.

New York Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
There is one dingy spot in this great city
where the products of the entire globe are
brought together. 1t is the wholesale drug
district, and Gold street is its artery. Gold
street is narrow and busy and ili-paved
II leads from Fulton street into a network
Of dingy streets that are never crowded
save now and then with wagons. That
network of narrow, crooked, and seeming
ly decayed streets is one of the busiest in
town. 1t is here that the wholesale drug
trade centers. Spacious drug shops uptown
seem to contain enough medicines to Kill
and cure the whole town, but there is
scarce one of them that upon any unusual
demand for the commonest drug would not
have to draw upon the wholesale district.
You find in that downtown network Of
shabby streets almost everything in tho
materia medica in crude form or prepared.
Inc region is redolent of spicery and reek-
ing with opium and assafoetida. 1t has
samples in bales, pills by the barrel and
the cheap drugs by the ton. There are
be dealt out at retail by the drop 20 save
waste. There is the potable gold of the old
chemists, and there are essential oils at
fabulous prices per ounce.
The wholesale drug region seems to bring
together the ENDS of the earth. 1t does
bring together the agents of houses the
country ever. Every concern that distills
helpful agents from plants, or congresses
grinds quinine or refines crudties or pre-
pares standard drugs by special processes
must have an office in this maze. You
smell the gardens of Asia at one door, see
gums from Soudan at the next window and
buy dried plants from Australia-a<foss the
way The man on the fourth floor will sup
ply 100 barrels of epson salts. and his
netghbor owns half ton of cough drops
The freluenters of this strange region are
teamsters, messengers from the drug stores
uptown, clerks, drug manufacturers and
wholesalers, and persons of kindred occu-
pauons. The stranger to the trade occa-
sicnally strays in who finds dead and quiet
streets much ofthe time. The older houses
take pleasure in signs that threaten to fall
apart, and many of the signboards bear in
scrlpuons that convey nothing to the Law
mind. Noon time finds bit of unwonted
commotion in the streets, when men are
hurrying out to luncheon. There are mo-
ments, too, when a line of teams blocks the
narrow streets, encroaChes on the sidewalks
and explains the worn appearance of the
curbstones. There is scarce a new tall
building in all the region. Nightfall finds
shutters closed, lights out, and the streets
silent and deserted. All who doubt the
truth of the old saw about competition be-
ing the life of trade should take a peeD at
Gold street and its shabbier neighbors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
A Terrible Ride.

From the Evening Times Buffalo n Y
Along one OF the dismal roads in western New
York a man and wife driving Us rapidly as
the darkness and inclement weather would permit
The rain beat down upon the rubber covering
and found its way into every crack and opening.
Tie occupants of the buggy were Dean Jones
and his wife OF Springyille, n. Y. Everybody is
familiar with the name. He is the wel-knOwn
starting judge, who has become famous for his
impartial and fair treatment OF Jockeys at the
post.
1t was about ten years ago when Mr.. and Mrs.
jones took that fateful ride that costing
her her life.
Mrs. Jones clothes were thoroughly soaked before
town was reached. There fire in their
hotel room and she became chilled 10 the bone
before the little blaze The attendant started
ed the atmosphere.
From that time Mrs. Jones was an III woman.
Her troube-wcll, 81 was about everything with
which human flesh be afflicted. She had a
strange, queer feeling in her head, that felt IL
vcral shot rolling around loose her BRAIN
Zen cannot describe the torture she suffered.
Local doctors told her she had water ON the brain
Times reporter called upon Mrs. Jones, who
said:
Ever since that terrible wettIns / received Nd
to year ago, / an invalid. j had terrible
neuralgia pains in the head, which often went
10 my feet and limbs. / WIS often I'm such a ter
rible state that had to a crutch to get around
or else slide chair before me TO about the
and never expected TO get we'll II was n blood
disease, / guess. One OF the doctors consulted
said had clothed blood in my head, and perhaps
L did He could not cure me, neither could sew
eral other doctors / tried. / also used many
patent medicines, but they did me No good
My complexion a perfect white. and my
ears were so transparent you could look through
them. My blood turning to water.
Look at me now-do / look sick Z"
The reporter was. forced to admit that he had
seldom seen more perfect embodiment Of health.
With IardOnable pride Mrs Jones said: 'Dr.
williams Pink Pills for Pale People did it.
Il can go anywhere now, while before 1 CON-
lnenced using Dr. Williams remedy 1 could not
move out Of the house.
For three years, would you believe It, ! did
not even go 10 church. i not always confined
10 my bed, but could not leave the house.
Whoever L 90 people say, Why, Mr.. Jones.
how well you are looking. How did IL happenT
and always tell them Pink Pills did it,
Il have not had the slightest touch Of my old
illness for the last six months and f,l as II /
never had been i'll In icy life"
Mr.. Jones said: You can readily Imagine how
highly We regard the remedy In this house where
we have had wife and mother restored perfect
health"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all dealers
or Will be sent post paid On receipt al price 80
cents box, or six boxes for S2.bo-thcy never
sold in bulk, by the 100 by addressing DIR.
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, y Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

one of them will disclose astonishing
variety of business transacted.
1t is always a stuffy corner store proper
ty transformed to meet the requirements
of the service. A counter, a cage and
wickets fence off all but small portion of
the room from the public, who are left
standing huddled together in an insufficient
common space around the wickets. There
is always crowd, and by reason of the
savings bank and pension departments of
the system, the majority of the crowd
seems to be of the high-smellng kind. All
the social world however, hustles together
under the dropping tricolor flag that deco
rates the doorway Posting private letters
is delicate matter, and many people like
to attend to it in their own persons.
The mere service of the telegraph brings
a great many people to the Paris subpost
offices. Here you cannot ring for boy.
The only messenger service is that organ
lied by the telegraph department for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
By Way of Chicago.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
The hens of China lead busy lives. When
rot engaged III Matching out a brood of
their own kind they are put to the addi-
tional and novel task of Matching fish eggs.
Chinese cheap labor collects the spawn of
fish from the waters edge, places it in
an empty eggshell. which is then hermeti-
cally sealed with wax, and places IL under
the unsuspecting setting hen. After some
days the eSgshell is removed and carefully
broken and the spawn, which has been
warmed into life, is emptied into a shallow
pool well warmed by the sun. Here the
minnows that soon develop are nurscd I'M
til strong enough to be turned into a lake
or stream.