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Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
OVERDOSE OF STRYcHNINE
Mistake in Medicine Causes the Death
of Prominent Detroit
Young woman.

NEW YORK. May 1s.-Miss Julia Will
liams, daughter Of Mrs. Julia Williams OF
Detroit, said to be a relative OF Senator
Hanna, died today at the Fifth Avenue
hotel Of an overdose Of strychnine, taken
in the form Of pills. She was % years Of
age.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER

Temperature ut Omaha Yesterday
For Nebraska-Shower and Thunder
storms Monday; Cooler. Tuesday showers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
RELICS At MOUNT VERNON
Historic Plate is Contributed to the COL
lection by Mrs. Mandsrson.
FAR-REAcHING TELEPHONE DECISION
FedeI ~ Rules that independent
Comp. ri. ,Hyt. Secure Use of
vaIuHb- n, ID switch
boar H.
tFrom a STAR corres. .nt.l


WASHINGTON, May 1s.-t1 pecial. AT
the meeting of the Board Of Regents OF
Mount Vernon last week a number Of in
terestlng relics Of the historic days oi
America we're presented by the vice regents
to the association and have been added to
the collection in the historic Washington
mansion. Among the most interesting oi
these, perhaps, was an old blue plate given
by Mrs. Charles F. Henderson, vice regent
from Nebraska. 1t appears that some
years ago, while journeylng through New
England, Senator and Mrs. Mandersor
hunted up an old maiden aunt Of theirs
who was famous for her collection Of ole
blue china. After the collection had beer
admired, and Just as they were about tC
resume their journey. the old lady sale
to Mrs. Manderson:
I'm going to give you this plate. 1t Il
an old one, and as l haven't any more o
the set I'd Just as soon part with 1t al
not"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
Picture of old Capitol.

An examination OF the plate showed on
the front, in blue under the enameling,
the picture of a building which resembled
very much the old structure used as the
capitol in Washington when the British
came here to burn 1t during the war of
1912. On the back appeared the words,
semi china" with the name Of an Eng
llsh maker, and also the inscription, THE
New Capitol OF the United States at Mount
Vernon"
Neither the senator nor Mrs. Manderson
had ever heard of a proposition to remove
the seat of government to Mount Vernon.
But one day Mr.. Gardiner G. Hubbard
happened to call at Senator Henderson $
residence in this city and was attracted
to the plate. He was asked II he knew
anything about the proposition to establish
the capitol at Washingtons home, and he
said that there was at one time such a
plan on foot, but 1t was abandoned because
II was deemed inadvisable for the Father
Of His Country to try to move the seat OF
government to his own estate. And, be-
sides, it was thought best that the terri
tory comprising the federal district should
not be confined to one state, for which rea"
son the Mount Vernon project was aban-
doned and the District Of Columbia Sc
lected.
Mrs. Henderson retained that plate among
her collection of bric-a-brac for a number
OF years and the other day, when trying to
think OF something suitable to present to
add to the collection of colonial relics, the
ex-senator suggested the plate. And the
suggestion was carried out by donating It,
but not without some sighs OF regret.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19
Resist the Bell Company.

An examiner In the patent once who
has had long years Of experience in cleo
trieal apparatus. speaking Of the decision
of Judge Dallas, said that undoubtedly from
this time on the Independent companies
would resist wherever possible the on
slaught OF the Bell people against them;
that the decision was of very great mo-
ment to the independent companies, as It
gave them the right to use multiple switch
boards for telephone exchanges upon which
patents we're about expiring or had ex-
pired. The examiner in question said that
the growing power of the independent tele-
phone companies throughout the United
States was looked upon by the Bell tele-
phone people as q menace TO their interests
and that from now on they would harrass
wherever possible the independent tele-
phone companies by dissuading subscribers
from using the independent companies
lines. As 8 matter Of fact. the examiner
stated, the independent telephone companies
have more exchanges and telephones in use
In the United States today than the Bell
companies and as they are backed by local
capital and local sentiment their advent
into nelds heretofore controlled exclusively
BY the Bell people is looked upon By the
latter with grave cOnosrn.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

The captain. suffering the greatest ag-
ony. succeeded In navigating his vessel
safely to the port Of castries. 81. Lucia,
with eighteen dead bodies lying on the
sleek and human limbs scattered about. A
sailor stood by constantly wiping the cap
lain's injured eyes.
II think the performance OF Roddam''
,aptain was most wonderful. and the more
20 when l saw his pitiful condition. / dc
aot understand how he kept up. yet whsr
he steamer arrived at St. Lucia ana med
cal assistance was procured this brav'
nan asked the doctors to attend 20 u
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-19

icos in the capital ever gathered here.
Important Telephone Decision.
The decision recently rendered by Judge
Dallas Of the United States circuit court
for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
denying a preliminary injunction in a suit
brought by the Western Electric company
OF Chicago (the manufacturing company for
the Bell Telephone company against the
Keystone Telephone company Of Philadel-
phia. wherein the former alleged that the
latter company was infringing upon patents
on switchboard apparatus owned by the
Western Electric company, promises to be
far reaching in character. Tho suit which
the Western Electric company instituted
against the Keystone people has been
watched very closely by the independent
telephone interests throughout the United
States and also by the patent oftlce people
here, as II was regarded as the commence
ment Of hostile operations on the part Of
the Bell telephone people against the inde-
pendent telephone companies throughout
the country. II was the first open and
direct attack which the Bell telephone peo-
pie undoubtedly contemplate making from
now on against the growing power Of the
| independent companies.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30
TRACY'S HORSES
ANIMALS LAST RODE BY OUTLAW
ON EXHIBITION AT SPOK ANE.
Family Fired on From Ambush
Near Pendleton-Immense
Profits of the Steel Trust
Pelee Aga in inErup-
tion-Other News.

Spokane, Aug 27-Harry Tracy's S
horses are the principal attraction
at the Occur d Alene theatre this
week. The two noted animals are
the property of E w Lockwood of
who m they were simply borrowed
by the OUTLAW, and this gentleman
has refused several fancy offers for
the animals. He has instead start
ed out to make something on his
own account, and has it is said
booked them as the star attract
ions at number of the principal
cities On the Coast, and will travel
later III the East with his curios-
tiles.
One of the pair is a grayish white
mare, used by the desperate as a
saddle horse. She is Of medium
size, weighing loco pounds and
having heart-shaped brand on
the lett shoulder, The other ami
NAL is a brown mare, triae heav-
ier than her companion and brand
ed &c K" On the left shoulder.
She was used as pack horse. Both
horses show the notorious despera-
do to have been a great judge of
horsefesh as they have ali the ear
marks of being good stock and es-
pecially do they give every evid-
ence of having all the staying
qualities which proved valuable to
Tracy in his long flight.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Pendleton, Aug 27-An attempt
to kill Jesse Baker was made at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon and
with it goes one of the peculiar
stories that has ever been brought
to the attention of the officials of
that state.
Mr. and Mrs Baker were riding
south on the Blue jacket road ae-
companied by their two children.
When they reached some thick
timb Der south of the Tin Roof cabin
about six or seven miles north of
Alba, Mrs Baker, who was sitting
at the left of her husband, noticed
a man wearing a brown sweater
and carrying "a gun jump up from
behind fallen tree less that 25
yards away. She was frightened
and endeavored her husband to
drive more rapidly. Almost inn
mediately two shots rang out sim
ultaneously and thereafter Mr. Ba-
ker needed no added stimulus to
cause him to move along as rapid
ly as his team could.
The two bullets passed through
the sides of the hack within a cir
Gle with diameter of three inches.
They passed just back of the head
of Mrs Baker, and just in front of
the face of Mr. Baker. Indicating
surely that the two bullets had
| been fred before the outfit had
passed the desperate many feet.
Mr. Baker kept ON his rapid way
to Alba and had gone but a short
way when he met William Bowls
by and w G Rinehart who were on
their way to PendIeton, which place
they reached Monday and gave out
the facts.
Mr. Baker is farmer, who re-
sides near W. ston, in the north
western partsof the county, and
with his family has tbeen enjoying
an outing at Hidaway springs.
They had been to Pendleton on
business and were on their way
back to complete their camping
out scheme. Mr. Baker has no on
emy that he knows of, and is at a
total loss to understand the cause
of the attempted killing.
The only plausible theory thus
far advanced is that drought in by
young man from Ukish, as fol-
lows: Ed Thresher a camptender
for large sheep outfit, brought a
sheepherder into Ukiah the other
day, paid him off, and let him
go. The sheepherder did not ex-
actly sane, and day or SO after
ward disappeared and has not been
since.
There lis scarcely a possibility
that the act was committed for the
purpose of robbery. Sheepherders
are always supplied with a gun Of
same kind, It may have been that
this man ordered Mr. Baker to stop
his team and that gentleman did
not hegr the command. Both bull
let's passed Just even with the
heads of the couple, and could
scarcely have passed through at the
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Boston, Mass, Aug 29-President
Roosevelt was up bright and early
this morning, and after eating a
hearty breakfast, was driven to the
depot where he boarded a special
train that had been provided for
for his entire tour through the
state of Maine. He will visit al
most every town of any conse-
quence in the state. Todsy is a
very busy one for the president, as
the program includes stops at Low
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Charleston, W Va, Aug 2S-Gov.
ernor White ordered the Second
Regiment Of troops to Thurmond.
New River strike today, The sit
uation is serious. Sheriff Daniel,
who is here today from Fayette
county, says he is powerless to sup
press disorder, and property and
life are in constant danger. Near
ly everybody refuses to act as Dep
uty sheriffs to assist in the evic-
ton of the striking miners, and
the sheriff nude a request for troops
Men concealed along the mountain
side fire at the guards and miners
going to work. and going to work,
and then disappear. Governor
White says he sends the troops to
protect life and property, but are
to settle the strike.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30
Just Look At Her.

Whence came that sprightly step,
faultless skin, rich, rosy complex
ion, smiling face. She looks good,
feels good. Here's her secret. She
uses DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Result, = all organs active, diges-
ton good, no headache, no chance
for "blues.' Try them yourself.
Only 25c at Graham & Wortham.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30
CORVALLIS, OREGON, AUGUST
angle they did without killing
either Mr. or Mrs Baker.

| Nv L AoA4dO IL s" mug "A
dispatch from the Island of Dom
mica, dated yesterday, August 2e
at 6 p m says: ..
Since I p IN today prolonged
noises in quick succession have
been heard from the southwark.
That is every indica ton that Mt
Pslee is violently erupting.
Efforts made to communicate by
cable direct with the island of Mar
tinque have proved unsuccessful.
The French Gable Company has no
cable working to that point and
the company's officials are unable
to say when communication with
Martinique. l
Butte, Mont, Aug. 27.-With
officers of the state penitentiary
upon his trail, assisted by blood
hounds, Convict Tom O'Brien who
last Friday made daring escape
from the state prison, has sent a
! communication to the Miner, plead
+ Jog for public statement of his
alleged crime and vowing the death
Of Under Sheriff Dave Morgan for
his alleged perjured testimony,
which the convict declares sent him
to prison and wrecked his home.
The document received by the Mi
ner bears the postmark of Anaconda.
The writer dates his communi-
cation from mountain in the sur
.. rounding hills of Anaconda, and
says he wrote his story behind a
rock dividing his time between his
winchester and his pen, The COM
municationis is literary freak and
no question exists as to its authen-
ITCHY, as the hand writing has been
fully identified by the warden of
the penitentiay and others acquain-
ted with the criminal. O'Brien
declares his sole objeel in escaping
from the prison is to kill Deputy
Sheriff Morgan, and after that is
accomplished he will surrender to
officers and tske the consequence.
sIu describing his escape from the
penitentiary, O'Brien, who is
graduated velirary surgeon and
trusty workman in the stables of
the prison says he gave the blood
hounds opium that they would be
unable to track him. He also fed
the warden's horse a week previous
80 that the animal would be in con-
dition for his escape. O'Brien, das-
he'd by the guards mounted on
favorite horse belonging to the war
den. ,~
Posees are now securing the coun-
try for ths fugitive, but with
the exception of the letter received
by the Miner and another by the
warden telling that official where
his b orse could be found, nothing
could be heard of the escaped con-
vict. O'Brien was sent up for rob-
cry in 1901.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Eugene, Ore, Aug 26-The first
of this seasons's crop of hops were
delivered here today by. Stephen
Smeed, of Watervllle. They were
of the early Fugle variety, and
were sold to F E Dunn at 25 cents
per pound. That is the highest
price paid here in years. There
are SO bales in the lot. .-.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30
UNCLE
TOM s
CABIN

A grand revisision of Har.
riet Beecher Stoves beautiful
story of the South.
Do not fail to bring the
children to see the sweetest
Eva. Funniest Lawyer Marks
Aunt Ophelia and most faith
full Uncle Tom.
!, Diminutive. Ponies, Trick
Donkies and Blood Hounds.
Clever specialties between
acts.
Grand free street parade at
noon.
Comfortable seats for all.
Gentlemanly ushers.
Prices so low all can attend
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Bluefeld, w Va, Aug 28-Strik'
ers today fred an the miners and
tipple men at Crane Greek coal
mines. Two guards and two strik-
ers were killed. Several were
wounded.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30
BUYING TIMBER
TWO DEALS In WHICH EASTERN
ERS PURCHASE A MILLION
WORTH.
Twenty Five Cents for Hops at
Eugene-Queer Phenomena
in Salt Lake-Fresh Water
Found There-Other
News.

Olympia, Aug 26-Special-The
Wayerhaueser Timber Company
today became owners of what is
virtually one.eight Of Thurston
county. A deed was filed in the
Office of the county auditor, trans.
ferring to T Weyerhaeuser all of
the timber lands owned by the
Norther Pacific in this county,
amounting to 81, 4,229.04 acres. The
desd showed revenue stamps to the
value of $449, showing the purchase
price to be $521.S63, representing
the largest transfer Of property ever
made III this county. The lands
were transferred in two parcels,
one for $4,000 ar d the other for
$476,863.14. The approximate es-
innate of Lincoln county is 6oo,-
600 acres, and with the prior hold.
ings of the Weyerhauesefs it gives
them ownership of more than one.
eighth of the county. They also
own now more than one-half of the
standing timber of the county.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Ogden, Aug 26-A flow of fresh
water in the Great Salt Lake is the
interesting spectacle afforded WIS.,
itors to the lake shore in the vicin-
ity of the Southern Pacific trestle
work. The company asting on the
suggestion of the Webber club COM
mittee, made at the time Of the
discussion of the feasibility of the
route across the lake some time
ago, started to bore an artesian
well about one mile from the east
shore.
At depth of about Zoo feet a
fine flow of pure spring water was
encountered The success of the
enterprise was practically certain.
as it has been discovered by those
who explored the lake that the
fresh water sources are as plenti-
full below the lakes bottom as they
are on the corresponding area
above, There are fresh water spring
bubbling up from the lakes bottom
in various places, and supply OF
fresh water might be had by wal
ling them up so as to prevent them
from mingling with the salt water.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Washington, Aug 26-The war
department today promulgated
the following executive letter to
Miles
''You will proceed about Sept
ember 16 to the Philippines to in
spect the United States army there
with reference to discipline, in
struction and supplies"
The order was signed by the
president and it is generally com
mented upen here as being a de-
sign to relieve the administration
of Miles presence during the Grand
Army encampment. Some en-
barassmenl is caused by the de-
clared intention of the veterans to
heap distinguished hoaors upon
Miles.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

ell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Dover,
Old Orchard, Portland, Lewiston,
and Augusta.
It is expected that the presid-
ent will make speeches at each of
these places.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Eugene, Or, Aug ga large
timber deal is, about to be com
pleted between A D Hyland, Low
ell, Lane county, and a party of
Eastern capitalists. Negotiations
have been pending for some time.
and they have now arrived at an
understanding. A representative
of the purchasers went out today
for the purpose of examining the
land and if it is found as represent
ed the sale is assured. The con-
sideration is $780, 900. Mr. Hyland
has been known as the timber king
of Lane county, during which time
he has been securing vast tracts
of the foest timber land in this
section. The basis of his negotiation
with the Eastern men is that they
will take his entire holdings at $40
per acre.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30
Welded THE WOMAN

WEDUEU lHE WUMAN
HIS WIFE ON HER DEATH BED
REQUESTED HIM TO
MARRY
Open Air Because Defendant Too
i Fat to Enter Door-Other
/ News.
i Owensberg, Ky.-Aug 11-Be-
cause the prisoner is too fat to en-
ter the court room doors, United
States Commissioner, Dudley Lind
say has telegraphed to Washington
for permission to hold court in the
open air.
The prisoner is Jane Woolsey, of
Litchfeld. arrested for making
moonshine whiskey. She was haul
ed to this city in d wagon, but she
could not be taken up the narrow
stairs leading to the court room.
She is five feet 5 inches high and
weighs 43O pounds.
Trempealeau, Wis, Aug 21-Wil-
liam Hafner, farmer bet a farm
hand that he could eat 30 roasted
ears of corn, in twentyfour hours
and is dead. ..-
Mr. Hafner had special liking
for green corn and for dinner yes
terday ate "A ears. He pursued
his regular occupations and at the
evening meal disposed of Is more
ears.
Mo bad results were noticed, and
Mr. Hafaer retired for the night in
his usual health and spirits. He
was. awakened in the night by an
intense craving fer corn, and pro-
ceeded to devour eleven more ears
of cold corn. This morning the
wife awoke to find her husband
dead by her side, having apparent
iy died in great agony.
Sharon, Pa, Aug, 21-George G
Mathers, wealthy real estate brok-
er of this city. and Miss Ella Stem.
OF Easton, were married yesterday
after a 72-hour acquaintance.
Mather's wife died four weeks ago.
On her deathbed she asked her
husband to marry a former ac-'
auaintance, Miss Ella Stem.
Mathers had no desire to do so,
but the death-bed request had a
compelling force, and this week he
lett for Easton. He met Miss
Stem, who was typewriter in
wholesale house. He proposed and
was accepted.
Belfast, Ireland, Aug 21-The
White Star Line steamer Cedric,
of 21 900 tons, the largest liner yet,
was successfully launched at Har-
land & VOLTS yards here today.
She is Too feet long, has rs feet
beam, and depth of 40 1-3 feet.
Her carrying capacity is 18, 4ooo
tons and she has accommodation
for 5000 passengers.
1t is expected that the Cedric
will be ready for service this au-
tumn.
The Oceanic of the same line is
7o4 feet long, 68 feet beam and has
depth of 40 feet.
Saratoga, Aug 21-The funeral
of Butch" Thompson, the veteran
book maker was held today, and
his pal tner, Leo Swatts was col
lecting the last bet be ever made.
Many prominent men and two
United States senators, three judges
and the majority of racing men at
tended the funeral.
The bet collected by Swatts was
made cd Tuesdoy, the day Thomp-
son died. It was on Herbert, the
winner of a handicap. Thompson
who has been in the habit of send
ing small commissions to the track
from the hospital where he was
patient, picked out Herbert as the
winner of the race, on Monday
when he knew that he had but a
few hours to live. He directed
that 81 900 be placed on the horse
at odds 10 to 8. Herbert won
easily, and Thompson made $500.
He died without knowing that his
horse won.
Thompson left an estate of $780,
900, mostly in personal property
1t will go to his relatives in Dem
mark.
Just Look At Her.
4 L Il Il -
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Salem, Aug 2s-secretary of
State Dunbar this morning an
nonnced his decision disallowing
the claim of MrsWaggoner for find
ing and returning Convict Merrill's
body. All the papers in the case
are set forth, and after a lengthy
review of the facts Mr. Dunbar con.
cludes as follows:
''In view Of the foregoing, after
due consideration, the claim is here
by disallowed for the reason that
from the facts and evidence offer
ed it does not appear that the
claimant rendered the service
claimed, or by her act in finding
and returning the body of Merrill
complied with the provisions of the
law or the offer Of reward, and is
therefore not entitled to the amount
or any part thereof"
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-30

Sacramento, Aug 27-Amid the
greatest confusion DR. George G
Pardeeof Alameda county, was this
morning nominated by republican
state convention. for governor on
the sixth ballot the third one of the
day, 1t was with the greatest diff
Guilty the chairman could announce
the result of the vote. Delegate s
were on their feet cheering. Above
all sounded the gavel vainly rap
ping for order. The enthusiasm
camo to and end finally when the
chairman announced the result.
Hayes moved the nomination OF
Pardee be made unamious. It was
seconded by Flint delegates and
adopted by the convention.
DR. Pardee was called to the
platform. He made brief speech
expressing qualification and pre-
dicted success at the polls.