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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
A Nebraska Man Has His Life Instantly
Crushed Out.
TIE TEMPLE LAW KNOCKED OUT.
Supreme Court Hands Down n Decision
In the Case of Maine Against the
Huntington Rosd-sIoux City Now n
TrsnscontiDentai Point Other Iowa
Matters of Interest.


COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Oct. A.
y. A. Goodell of Florence, Neb., an
employe Of the Omaha Water Works
company. while riding a bicycle on
Avene A was struck by a motor and
crushed beneath the wheels. killing
him Instantly. The accident occurred
on Avenue A, between Sixteenth and
Fifteenth streets. Motor No. SO, one
OF the company's large open cars, was
in charge OF Motoneer James Mcclure
and Conductor a. ID. Van Horn and
was coming east. When il was about
half way between Seventeenth and
Sixteenth streets a man riding a wheel
coming south on Sixteenth street
turned on to the venue and rode
eastward between the tracks ahead
OF the motor. Motoneer Mcclure at
once rang the gong and continued to
do so the car drew near the rider.
Noticing the man appeared to take
no notice Of the warning, Mcclure
leaned out Of the vestibule window
and shouted to the AS he did
SO the man either fell off or attempted
to Jump of and the wheel swerved
almost directly IN front Of the motor.
Mcclure at once shut of the power
and applied the brakes, nut the bump
er OF the car struck The man on the
head, knocking him down and under
the wheels. He was instantly killed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Heir. to . Thousand In ireland.

AMES. Ia, Oct. 13.-David Higgins
has Just been informed that his chill
through the death Of relatives of his
wife, who reside in Ireland. Higgins
has worked for years as a section hand
on the Northwestern railway to sup
port a lrge family. He married his
wife aginst the wishes of her parents.
and to her death she remained unfor-
given.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
UNION PACIFIC DIRECTORS.
Board Reelected. in mes II. Hyde TAX
Ing His Late Fathers Pin,

SALT LAKE, Utah. Oct. 1.-THE
second annual meeting OF the stock
holders OF the Union Pacific Railroad
company was held at the Office OF the
company yesterday and the same per-
sons were present as those who at
tended the special meeting of the
stockholders which was held at the
same place yesterday. The same
board OF directors was reelected, with
the exception that Mr.. James ii. Hyde
takes the place OF his father. Henry
b. Hyde, recently deceased, and who
has been president OF the Equitable
Life Assurance company.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Shot Dad by IighMnxmnn.

PUEBLO. Colo, Oct. 10.-Ex-City
Treasurer c. l., Funk was shot and
killed by a highwayman on FL Paso
avenue this morning when going to the
depot to take a train for Cripple Creek,
where he was engaged In mining. His
pocketbook was taken, but II con
tanned only a small amount of money.
Mr.. Funk was Ss years old and was
one OF the leading mining men of Pu-
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Scarlet Fever Mt Dakota city.

DAKOTA CITY. Neb., Oct. 14-Scar-
let fever in a mild form has broken
out in this city. At present there
are two cases in Postmaster Schi-
meals family, and the other in Mrs.
c. w. Cratchbield's family. Every
precaution is being used to keep the
dread disease from spreading. and
1t Is hoped that these cases will not
prove fatal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Equal sufrrnre state Convention.

MASON CITY. Oct. 1.-THE state
equal suffrage convention closed "a
three days meeting in this city. Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw, Of Philadelphia.
addressed a packed house at the con.
clusion of the convention. The re-
ports OF county presidents showed a
steady growth in sentiment favorable
to equal suffrage. and the observation
OF field workers was that the amend
ment would carry, II submitted to the
voters. The following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Z. III. Bel
den. Sioux City; vice president, Miss
Adelaide Ballard, Hull: recording Sec
rotary. Mrs. Clara Eichey, Des Moines:
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Ina l..
Taylor. Ruthven; treasurer. Mrs. N. j..
.Coggeshall, Des Moines; auditors. Mrs.
Eliza Hunter. nes Moines: Mrs. d. w.
Pitts, Sioux City; member national
executive committee. Mrs. J. d. Ro-
mans, D%cnison: members state execu-
tive committee. MRS. S. w. Whitney,
Waterloo; Mrs. Mary Emsley, Mason
City; Miss Alice Priest, Shenandoah.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
A bbing ARRAY.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Oct. 14.-Mike
Smith was arrested here charged with
stabbing a man named Clark. Smith
and Clark became embroiled and in
the Melee Smith drew a knife with
results before stated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
Bitten by Uts Dog.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Oct. IA
T. X. Wooster, bill clerk at the Bur-
lington & Missouri depot. was severely
bitten by his own dog as he returned
home. His left arm is considerably
lacerated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

A year ago the $500. 000. 900 cloth
combine would have attracted consid-
cradle comment, but coming at this
late date 1t finds the public too familiar
with such Institutions to notice 1t.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

A broken heart must be worse than
h broken head. no nan being com
PEELED to carry the latter around with
HIM.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20
C.rt,scated I,,s-s.v.,

A 5-year-old boy Of Brentwood,
Wales, has received the Royal Humane
society's diploma for jumping into the
water and saving the life Of his baby
brother. He is believed to be the
youngest certiicated life-saver on rec
ord.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

The mar who knew Lincoln iati-
mately" will have a whole lot OF new
ones thought up by the time the Dewey
hurrah sobers down.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

These are the iays when no man can
safely go away from home without
carrying = FALL overcoa., a straw hat
and an umbrella.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

An axiom goes without saying.
Would that all earthly bores were
axioms.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

No nan is a hero to his valet. and
no man wants to be n valet to his
here.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

A man may forget the dollar he
borrowed. but he always remembers
the one he loaned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

A man isn't necessarily rich when
he is accused OF having more money
than brains.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

Some stump speakers branch out al
together too much.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

The man who IS satisfied with him
telf is usually disappointed with other
people.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

Under the terms OF his fathers will,
which have just been made pablo,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., has been cut
of with the portion OF n younger son
rs punishment for marrying Miss
Grace Wilson. According to Informal
ton given by q person who should
know the facts, this is the ultimate di-
vision Of the 500, 900 900 scheduled in
the v~est-pocket memorandum by which
the late Cornelius Vanderbilt always
knew how much he owned. To Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney. Reginald Vanderbilt and
Gladys Vanderbilt. his children, sl0,-
000. 600 each. There are large special
requests to relatives. to Yale, Column
bia and Vanderbilt Universities. to the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art and to
various charities. The remainder Of
the estate. subject to a life Interest
held by his widow. Is left to Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt. his second surviv-
ing SOL William X. Vanderbilt and
the widow OF Cornelius are trustees.
Porto Rico has IN unfinished rail-
way whose securities are held chiefly
by French and British citizens. A
scheme Is on foot to complete the line
by means OF American capital. Is
there not sufficient patriotism left over
from war times to insure the buying
out Of these foreign shareholders n
the sole American ownership OF what
will ultimately prove a valuable prop
erty? Porto Rico deserves encourage
ment. But what OF the foreign bond
holders Of our own railroads? All our
bonds are owned In England
and Holland.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

Good advice is easy to get and easy
% forget.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

The gossip delivers many a telling
blow. but they are always foul.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

Too much help has started many a
man on the road to ruin.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08

The rains that set III early Sunday
morning put quietus to the many
threshing machines that were busily en-
gagged over the country in shelling out
the grain that has been standing patient.
ly in the shocks for SO long. The rain
fell at intervals during Sunday and the
night following. Monday dawned bright
and clear but the south wind soon
brought the leaky rain clouds which
spilled large portion of their contents
over the country. Tuesday slight rains
occurred, which ceased before noon as
the barometer arose. Wednesday morn
ing, found the wind in the northeast
with plenty of fog in the air, and as the
old time Oregonian cast his weather eye,
up at the weather-cock on the the barn
roof and took look at the sky, he ut
tered a most pleasing grunt of satisfac-
tion and declared the rainy weather was
over. But we have heard this before,
we only hope it is true, but will advise
everyone to take their rubbers and UNI
brella along when they venture out of
doors.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08
THE USUAL PLURALITY.

The late Bob Ingersoll once said
''Pll believe there's hell when Mis-
souri, goes republican Because
the republicans failed to work this
miracle in the recent special cleo
ton for member of congress in
the eighth Missouri district to fill
the unexpired term Of Richard P.
Bland, the Aguinaldists are taking
It as an evidence that the country
at large is opposed to the retention
Of the Philippines. The reasoning g
fns either case is much of the same
order, and quite as conclusive. In
electing Judge Shackleford, the
democracy of the eighth district
has barely held the majority of
3,00Qvotes which it has averaged
at every election since 1874.
Bland carried the district in 1899,
by plurality of 1851 over Voshall,
and Shackleford's plurality over
Voshal is 5000.
In their efforts to put energy in
to republican voters and call out
The entire party vote, the republi-
can papers of Missouri declared
that the country would look to
them for an expression on the
question of .the Administrations
attitude toward the Philippines.
This was foolish, but it was proba-
bly, due to the fact that republi-
can voters of the eight district look
upon democratic success as fore.
gone conclusion, and voting a mere
matter of form, and nothing but
urging of a momentous issue would
call them to the polls. That they
failel to be impressed by the thun-
derings' of these journals is evil
denced by the light republican
vote as compared with that of
other years.
The staid old democrats of Mis-
souri, make voting the straight
party ticket part of their creed,
and will vote for hell and high
water if such a plank should hap
pen to be inserted in the next demo-
cratic platform.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08
Executors Sale of Real Estate.

Notice is hereby given that the ur lersigned exec
utor of the last will and testament of Elizabeth A
Beach, deccas ed pu suant to order of the County
Court for the State of Oregon, for Ben! county,
made on the 9th day of May 1899, and duly entered
in Probate Journal No. of said Court on page 203
ct seq, will Saturday, the 10th day of Sept mber,
1s99 between the hours of o'clock in the morning
and o'clock In the afternoon of IL ;zday, towlt: At
o'clock p. at the court house door in Corvallis,
Benton county, Oregon, offer for 2 at public
ton to the highest bidder for cash IN hand all the
terest that said estate of Elizabeth A. Beach, de-
ceased has in and to the following described real
property to-wit:
Commencing at the SW coeler of Lot No. z, Sec
tion 20, TIP ii S. R w, Willamette Mer., thence
north % degrees 20 minutes, west along the line of
the ell of the donation land claim of johnson MulkeY
Is rods, thence west 10 rods to the county road,
thence southerly following to the east side of the
county road 16 rods thence east 81 rods to the place
OF beeinning, in Berton county, Oregon.
Also the SW4 of the NE IA of Sec. 13, TIP IL s..
r w, Will Mer., in Benton county, Oregon, be-
longing to said estate subject to the approval and
confirmation of the County Court of Benton county,
Oregon to pay charges, expenses of admins
and claims against sa estate, and for distribution
of proceeds thereof. a 8: yment of such charges,
expenses and claims, under the provisions of the
will of said deceased.
Dated this 18th day of August, 1899, Corvallis, Or
WILLIAM BOGUE,
:. Executor last viii and Testament of Elizabeth A
Beach, deceased.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08

aid has solved the financial prob
lem connected with road improve
ment in the United States, care
should be taken that the roads we
build are not destroyed by narrow
tires.
County districts receiving fnan-
cial aid for road purposes out Of the
state treasury should do all in their
power to encourage she use of wide
tires. This has been accomplished
in some places by exempting all
wide tired vehicles from taxation.
SIN Webfoot Oregon, it would ap-
pear, the wide tire is even more
necessity than in the dryer Eastern
states"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08
WILLIAM r. DIXON.
One of The Founders of The City OF
Corvallis.

Corvallis.
At 1:3O Wednesday morning, August
30th, at the home of his son, occurred the
death of VIM. F. Dixon, one of the old
est and most prominent of the Oregon
pioneers.
Mr.. Dixon's death was but the result
of age, and was unexpected in one sense;
yet to man over SS years OF age, a de-
voted christian, and one who had spent
a useful and worthy life, death is but a
welcome and ever expected usher ready
to come at any moment and lead him to
his reward. Mr.. Dixon was in his usual
health up to few hours preceding his
death, having repaired cart only few
days before, and was hoeing in the gar
den the day before he died.
Wm. F. Dixon was born in Maryland
and lived on the family homestead in
Wyoming county until he was % years
of age. Then he went to Indiana and
settled in Dearborn county. There he
married Miss Julia Round, and after q
residence Of six years, emigrated to
Clark county, Mo. With his wife and
three children he started in the spring of
1845 for Oregon. He arrived on the
banks of the Willamette at its junction
with Mary's river after an ox-team trip
across the plains of six months. Here
he found large sections of beautiful land
J1nnanunio6 law cir1Clo caftlor Tho
settler was ]. G. Avery and the land was
the virgin soil on which the thriving city
of Corvallis now stands. Mr.. Avery
then occupied a log cabin near the site of
the present residence of Mrs. Martha
Avery, and had arrived but few months
before. Mr.. Dixon pitched his tent on
the banks of the Willamette and at once
began the erection of log cabin on a
spot about where the Office of the Corval-
lis sawmill now stands. In this cabin he
spent the winter and the following spring
he filed a donation land claim. By
strange coincidence both he and Mr..
Avery selected the spot as the probable
site OF future city. An idea derived
perhaps from the belief that the
Junction of the Mary's river with the
willamette was the head of navigation.
In 1S4S Mr.. Dixon established ferry
across the Willamette on the site
of the present Corvallis ferry. In the
immediate vicinity he subsequently built
4 frame house where the family there
after resided. Mrs. Dixon was the first
white lady to reside in what is now Cor
Wallis and Cyrus Dixon, son, was the
first white child born on the site of the
future city.
Mr.. Dixon joined the rush to the gold
fields of California in 1849, but soon re-
turned and opened up tanning mill and
furniture e-making establishment at his
former webfoot home.
At the chartering, in 1856, of the Cor
wallis seminary by the territorial legisla-
ture, Mr.. Dixon became member of the
board of trustees and one of the incor-
porators. This seminary has since grown
into our prided and most valuable agri-
cultural college.
The county addition to Corvallis made
many years ago, the proceeds from the
sale of which were used toward erecting
the old Benton county court house, was
given by Mr.. Dixon and the late j. G.
Avery, and is an example of their public
spiritedness.
At,the time of his death, Mr.. Dixon
was aged 9S years, 6 months and days
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08
Letter List.

The following is the list of letters
remaining in the Corvallis postofice
for the week ending Sept. 2, 1899:
Baab, Miss Alvida Boon, Ethel
DAILY, Philip Forster, John
Fisher, Miss Matte Hiatt, Isaac
Higley, Mrs Lille NJ James. A. D.
Kohler, VIM, Mcdaniel, Maude
Murphy, Mrs. Mary Nois, Gussie
Pendleton, G. G. Smith, Mrs Mary E
TiIlotson, Mrs. c. L. Williamson, r. l..
Woodward, Mrs John Watts, Geo.
B. w. JOHNSON, P. M.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08
..s WIDE TIRES.


Among the many questions that
have of late years been brought be-
fore the; general public, there are
few more important or more deserv-
ing of careful consideration than
that of our public roads. With the
exception Of the roads in a few
states, where special tax is levied
for road building, the American
roads are not to be compared with
those ir,,. Europe. This difference
in, the condition of the roads leads
to:the. question of. the case and it
does not take the Intelligent OBJ
segyer long to- conclude that the
nasrow tire is responsible for the
wretched condition of American
roaHs. A leading authority, in dis
gushing the narrow-t tire evil, says:
.Next to water, the greatest ene-
myfof goods roads-yes, of all roads
id the narrow-tired wagon. Mar
roItires and water, acting together,
have given our county roads third
dimension. They are not only so
many miles long and SO many rods
wide, but they, are. deep-so deep,
alas, at times that travel over, or
rather, through them, is next to i'm
possible.
"a heayily loaded wagon always
leavag .is, TRACKS on. the highway,
and the depths of these tracks de-
pends upon up.9n the material of which
the road is built, the weight of the
load, and the width of the tires.
The rut formed by the passing
wagon ferns trough for the rain,
which instead of running off to the
side, as it should do, remains to
sink.into the roadway and soften it.
The'next wagon finding the ground
softer, digs its wheels deeper into
the surface, and so the work of de-
moralization and destruction con-
tinues.
"A.wide tire, on the other hand,
instead sh fotp3ing rut, VII roll
and hardeii the road surface. By
the use of wide tires, every loaded
wagon can be turned into an effect
i've roadroller and made to improve
the roadway instead of helping to
destroy it, All that is necessary to
make the-hest- road in. the world is
to make it solid and to give it
hard smooth surface. Nothing SO
much tends, to accomplish this as
the frequent use of road rollers.
Wide tires are road rollers, and
therefore roadmakers. Narrow tires
are roaddestroyers. If wide tires
could be adopted for general use,
every loaded wagon, which today
helps to cut up and destroy county
roads, woula become .an active fac
tor in their improvement.
"Now that the adoption of state
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08
DEATH OF MRS. KLINE.
Mrs. L. G. Kline, after Lingering Illness,
Passed Away Sunday Morning.

After an illness of several months du-
ring which time her recovery bas ever
been dispaired of, Mrs. L. G. Kline pass
ed away at her home in this city last Sun
day morning at 80 o'clock. For thirty
five years Mrs. Kline has been a resi-
dent of Corvallis, respected and beloved
by all who knew her. In former years
she took an active part in social affairs,
but of late her failing health has not per-
nitted her to lead in these affairs.
However, her own beautiful home has
been the scene of many happy gather
ipgs, where all were delightfully."- eater
tained and accepted gladly an invitation
to return. A reception given by her
daughter, Pauline, retiring president
Of the order OF Rebekahs in Oregon, du-
ring the early summer to members of
that order, was the last soical function in
which Mrs. Kline took part. Mrs. Kline
had herself been member of the order
of Rebekahs for 43 years and it was un-
der their auspices that the funeral occurr-
ed yesterday.
Miss Adeline Hill was born in Golden,
Kurland Province, Russia, in 1882.
She was married to L. G. Kline at Gin
cinnatti, Ohio, March 9, 1856. The FAM
lily removed to Corvallis in 1864, aud Mr..
Kline entered the mercantile business
and soon became a leading merchant.
Having placed himself in afnuent Cir
cumstances he retired several years ago to
enjoy the fruits of persistent labor. Dur
ing all the years of their married life,
Mrs. Kline had ever been faithful help
meet, and the home she took SO much
pleasure in building is rendered desolate
by her absence. Mrs. Kline was kind
and courteous to all, and wherever the
voice of privation or want was raised,
hers was the hand of charity extended.
Her husband and three children sur
vive her: S. L. Kline, Corvallis; Moses
Kline, Portland, and Miss Pauline,
Kline, Corvallis.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rabbi -, of Portland, at the
Kline home, yesterday, in the presence
of large number friends of the depart
ed. A special train carried the funeral |
party to Albany and the interment oc-
CURED at the Jewish cemetery near that
city, at which time the beautiful funeral
service of the Rebekahs was performed.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08

There's always a hope while there's
One Minute Cough Cure. San attack
of pneumonia left my lungs in bad shape
and was near the first stages of con-
sumption. One Minute Cough Cure
completely cured LIE, writes Helen Nc
Henry, .Bismark, North Dakota. Gives
instant relief. Graham & Wells.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08

m pursuance of Decree and Order of Sale rem
dered in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon
the County of Benton, April 18th, 1899, in the
case of P, P Harris, plaintiff, VS.. G: a. Waggoner,
Wihelmina Waggoner, The First National Bank of
Corvallis located at Corvallis Oregon ct al defend
ans; which Decree is recorded pages thirty
to fortysi inclusive, in Book No 12 of the journal
of said court md which Decree recorded is hereby
referred to al made part of this notice, and under
said decree and the execution issued thereon and
now in my possession, will offer for sale and sell as
the law directs, at the front door of the county
court house of said county, in Corvallis, in said
county OH
TUESDAY, the 10Th Day ofSeptember, 1899,
at the hour of two o'clock, p. of said day, the
real property described in said decree, viz: Lots
Three and Ten in Block One; lots Three, Four Nine
and ren in Block Two; lots Four, Five, Six. Seven,
Eight and Nine in Block Six; lots Four, Five Six,
Seven. Eight and Nine il, Block Eight, all in N B.
Avery and r. Avery's Addition to the City of Cor
vaIs in Benton county, Oregon; to satisfy and pay
the several sums of money named in said decree to
said de ndant The First National Bank of Corvallis
and ag nst said defendant G. A. Waggoner
Dated at Corvallis, Oregon. this the 18th day of
August, A. D., 1899.
PETER RICHARD,
Sheriff of Benton county, Oregon.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-08
Nc. ice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned for the construction and
equipment of two sewers, each covering
eight blocks and streets to Ninth street
in the city of Corvallis and continuing
from Ninth street through the Agricul-
turai grounds to all the main buildings
of the college.
Bids for the city an,l college work to
be made separately. No bids will be re-
ceived after eight o'clock p. m. Septem-
Der 18th, 1899.
Plans and specifications can be seen at
the office of the police judge of the city
of Corvallis and at the Office of the sec
retary of the board of regents of the
state agricultural college, Corvallis, Ore
gon.
E. P. GREFFoz.
Police Judge OF the City of Corvallis,
JOHN ID. DAILY,
Secretary Board of Regents of State
Agricultural College.