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The Lamar register., 1902-03-19
Chicago skyscrapers Are Doomed.

Chicago. March 1.-THE steel frame
work in many of the big buildings in
the business district of Chicago is cor
roding. making them very dangerous.
1t is only question of few years
when the buildings will fall to the
ground" said General William Sooy-
Smith at the thrty-fifth annual dinner
of the Chicago Real Estate Board. He
added: THAT the steel frame work of
some of the skyscrapers is in the con.
ditiOn stated is nothing short of II pub
lie outrage. Steel frame work imbed-
ded in concrete will last 1000 years.
But the steel frame work in many of
the big buildings is left free to the
action of the air and gases which cir
culate through the tile and space
about the steel. The owners of these
structures have the steel painted with
oil. This oil will withstand the cor
roding process about three years. Then
begins the corroding of the steel. and
within Il few years your skyscrapers
will fall The speaker said that the
elevated road structures would not
Withstand the corrosion. He asserted
that within ten years they would he
dangerous and within twenty years on,
Of service.
The Lamar register., 1902-03-19
Drowned Near Seattle.

Seattle, Wash. March 13.-From
facts and circumstances actually veri-
fed, it appears that ID. ii. Tupper Of
Denver and Miss Roxey White, one of
Scattle's most Leautiful girls, were ac-
cidentally drowned in treachcrous Lake
Washington last Sunday. Reputable
persons saw Il man and Il woman in
boat, presumably Mr.. Tupper anu Miss
White, short time before the boat
was found capsizcd. All efforts, how
ever, to locate the bodies have failed.
This is not unusual in Lake Washing
ton drownings. as there is great depth
of water, swift currents and low tenn
perature. Dynamite was used to-day
without encouraging results.
The Lamar register., 1902-03-19
A RADICAL CHANGE
PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH EQUAL
SUFFRAGE IN THE SENATE.
Senator Penrose's Proposed Resolution
Would Require Constitutional
Changes.

Washington. March 13.-tSpecial to
the Denver NcwsD-The important
question of the election of United
States senators by the direct vote Of
the people will occupy the front Of the
stage in the Senate much earlier than
had been expected only II few days ago
by senators.
1t was learned tonight that Senator
Penrose of Pennsylvania Will Introduce
In the Senate tomorrow an amend
ment to the join resolution passed by
the House providing for the election of
senators by II direct vote of the people.
The amendment provides that each
state shall be- allowed two senators.
and further that additional senators
shall be chosen by popular vote NJ n m
Ito of one senator for each 100000 i'll
habitants. This would upset the whole
principle of the American Union. ms il
would give overwhelming prcponucr-
nnce TO the big states.
1t is understood that this amendment
will be supported by Senator Depew
and Senator IIonr. Some senators de
clare that popular election Is unconsti-
tutional, while some others make the
point that il is casicr to influence the
voters direct than to influence n lcgis-
lator. Senator IIawlcy is the chief cN
pOrcnt of this idea.
Tho Indications tonight however.
are that there Is II disposition to relax
rigidty of opinion in very influential
quarters and that much Is to be expect
ed from argument In so capable body
as the United States Senate.
The Pcnrose proposition Is looked
upon as an absurdity by most Of those
who have heard of it. The last sen
tcnce Of article > of the constitution
reads: NO state, without Its consent,
shall be deprived of its equal suffrage
in the Senate Before the Penrosc
plan could even be voted on AS n con
stitutionul amendment this section
would have la he amended, and the
suggestion 10 do so would inject n new
and vital question into American poll
tics. Nobody thinks that the senators
from the smaller states ever would
consent TO allow an amendment TO de
Erivc the states of equal representation
in the Senate to pass. or that the states
themselves ever would ratify II.
The Penrosc plan, II il could be car
ried out, would give New York sixteen
senators. Pennsylvania fourteen. I'LL
nois twelve. Ohio ten. Missouri eight
and Texas eight.
The Lamar register., 1902-03-19
Would Have Robbed the Bank.

Pueblo, Colo, March 1.-THE discov-
cry of n tunnel. said to be headed in
the direction of the new Minnequa
Bank in Bessemer, has led the people
of that suburb to believe that daring
plan of expert burglars to rob that in
stitution has been frustrated. The tun-
mel, it is thought. was started from un-
der n residence there. Only II few citi-
lens and the officers of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company know of the
discovery and it is thought that the
company will not place the matter in
the hands of the police until it has
made investigations along its own
lines
The Lamar register., 1902-03-19
For Harvard's Medical School.

Boston, March IA gift OF $3.50
600 from Mrs. Coils Z. Huntington, an
nounced to-day. more than completes
the sum OF S7G5, 900 required TO secure
the sum offered by John ID. Rockefel
Ter of New York for the enlargement
and endowment of the Harvard Med
ical school. Mrs. Huntington's sub
scriDtion is specifically for the erection
of building in memory of her late
husband. to be called the Coils i.
Huntington laboratory Of pathology
and bacteriology. With Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's gift and the pledge made by J. p.
Morgan last June to give three build
ing at n cost exceeding S1,OOO,OOO an
aggregate Of S2,S21 .225 will be avail
able for the use of the medical school
The Lamar register., 1902-03-19
BOSTON STRIKE SETTLED.
Men Conceded the Right to Handle
Only Freight they Approve.

Boston. March 13.-Through the
united efforts Of representatives of
the great mercantile bodies of the city,
seconded by the chief executives of
the city and state. in conference with
the recognized leaders Of organized Ia
Dor, the great strike OF freight han
dlers and kindred trades represented
in the Allied Freight Transportation
Council. was broken tonight Fully
10000 men, who have been idle for
four days, will 20 to work in the morn
ing
This result was attained ut confer
ence this evening at the office OF Gov
crnor Crane. The decision was at once
reported to the Allied Freight Trans
portatiOn Council mt n special meeting
tonight and unanimously indorscd.
The settlement was the result OF an
expressed determination of Governor
Crane and those representing the mer-
chants of Boston TO bring all possi-
BILE pressure to bear upon the New
York, New Haven X Hartford Rail
road Company 10 adopt the rules in
force upon the Boston Il Maine rail
road forbidding freight handlers to I'M
load teams except at their own option
and risk.
All of the old men for whom places
can be found will be taken back by
the railroads tomorrow. but owing to
the suddcnness with which the strike
was ended and the large number of
new men who have been Installed 1t is
likely that many OF the old employees
Will find no vacancies ready for them
tomorrow. Eventually. it is believed,
they all will regain their old positions.
The Lamar register., 1902-03-19
sians of War in the Orient.

London March 1T.-With reference TO
the Russo-Japanese war rumors, tne
ST. Petersburg correspondent OIL the
Zines says he is able to vouch that
Ne Siberian railway Is declining con
signments from merchants because the
resources of the line are fully occupied
in forwarding troops and war material
to NladivOstOck.
The Lamar register., 1902-03-19
Diagnosis of Cancer.

a young Belgian physician. DIR. Lud-
wig Feinberg. has made an important
discovery of independent animal or
ganisms in cancer growths. This dis
rovery, he says, means u diagnosis Of
lancer.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01
Rio Grande Excursion.

Annual convention National Live
Stock Association, Kansas City. Mo. 4,
Jan. 13 to 16, 1908. One fare plus 81
for round trip. Selling dates Jan. II
and 12, 1908 Continuous passage
eacli direction by depositing ticket
with joint agent and payment of %
cents return limit may be extended to
leave Kansas City up to and including
Jan. 81, 1903.
International Live Stock Exposition
at Chicago, Nov. 30 to Dec. 8, 1902
Rate of one fare plus So 90 to Chicago
and return. Dates of sale, Nov 30,
Dec. / and 2. Tickets to be good for
return leaving Chicago up to and in
cluding Dec. Sth. Continuous passage
each direction.
HOLIDAY RATES.
One fare for round trip between
stations III Colorado. Minimum SOC.
Tickets ON sale, December "a, % and
81, 1902 and January lst 1903. Final
return limit Jan. End, 1908. Contin-
uous passage each direction.
Holiday rates for teachers and stu
dents of educational institutions. not
residing at the place where the insti-
tutions are located, one fare OF the
round trip between stations in Colo
RADIO. Tickets sold on closing day of
school. day after, but not earlier than
Dec. 20 nor later than Dec. 22 in any
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01
Maine,s Xmas Tree Harvest.

Bangor, Me-, Dec. THE Christ
mas tree industry has got an early
start in Maine this year, and already
carloads and even vessel loads are
going forward to the large cities.
Only few years ago the tir tree was
looked upon as rather nuisance of nc
earthly use, in this state, because il
grew as rank as burdock, crowding out
better growths, save as it might be
considered an ornament to the land
scape. Now the fir, no longer des-
pissed, is a source of considerable in
come to hundreds. of Names rural
people, and to the transportation com
panies as we'll Last year more than
one million and half were sold, and
it is expected that this years crop
will net a profit of at least 800, 600.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01
Follow Growers Example.

Omaha, Dec. Colonel John s.
Mosby, special land agent for the
government, who is to testify before
the federal grand jury here today with
regard to illegal fencing of public
lands in Western Nebraska, denies
having severely criticised tine Nebras-
ka senators. as stated in dispatches
from Chicago to Eastern papers. On
the day after his arrival here local
paper contradicted the report on
Mosby's authority. He also denies
saying that the president would use
cavalry to tear down fences. He was
asked what would be done if the cat
tlemen refused to remove their fences.
He replied that Grover Cleveland sent
company of cavalry to pull down
fences in California, and he supposed
the same thing might happen in Neb-
raska
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. John @. Macdonald
are entertaining their uncle, John
Rhoades of San Francisco, mining
man who is just returning from the
east. Mr.. Rhoades is the father of
Miss Lillian Rhoades, who will be re-
membered by the people OF Florence
as the clever little actress in the
Brownie company which appeared on
the local boards two seasons ago. 1t
may be of interest to her admirers
here that she is now filing thirty
weeks engagement in Portland, Oregon.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01
/. PartIy Personal .
Bert Kries WAS down from saIida

Bert Kries was down from Salida
yesterday.
Lee Champion is in Canon City
this afternoon.
-. G. and p G. McCreery were
down from Canon yesterday.
Tom Wetmore returned yesterday
from Boulder where he has been em-
ployed.
H. H. Keener. after spending a
week with his family. left today for
Sugar City.
Little Mildred Daniels has been
quite i'll for few days past bat is
much better today
Robert Milliken leaves for Dem
yer today where he will probably en-
bark in business.
Matt Lines entertained his broth
er Marshall yesterday who was down
from the district.
Mrs. W. P. Wilbar and children
returned last night from Pueblo where
they spent Thanksgiving.
Mrs. John Mowat who has been
sick for some time with typhoid few
or, is slowly improving.
John Stewart was up from Pueblo
this morning and went on to Canon
to give testimony in the case of Lloyd
vs.. Davie.
w. Fl. Fitten, local manager for
the Western Union, returned Saturday
night after having spent month S
vacation with friends in Nebraska.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01
Every House Quarantined.

Salt Lake City, Dec. 1.-The pre-
valence smallpox has created consid.
cradle alarm among tho residents OF
Murray and surrounding towns in the
central portion of this county. AT
South Cottonwood, one of the well
built-up districts of the county, prac-
tically every house is said to be under
quarantine. There are fully fifty
cases of the disease in the settlement.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01

F. P. Warner, Frank Stevens and
Charley Stevens left at noon for Colo
RADIO Springs. Some time ago Frank
Stevens secured Judgment against a
firm of Colorado Springs contractors
for damages for injuries he received
by falling from building on which
he was working. The defendants Sc
cured new trial which opens this
afternoon. f. P. Warner is one of
the attorneys and Charley Stevens
goes AS witness.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01

A mass meeting of the miners of
this county was held ii Rockvale last
night. They were addressed by Presi-
dent Sullivan of the State Federation
William Howells. president of the
United Mine Workers of district No
I5, and Senator +. A. Moore. The
miners decided to work for better
mine ventilation and the enforcement
of the eight hour amendment.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01

The councils of Canon City and
South Canon meet tonight to take ac-
tion OH the street railway. 1t is to
be hoped that they will not put a
sprag in the wheels of progress, but
lend their efforts to the work Mr..
Robinson is doing for this section of
the Arkansas valley.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01

Whispering Carrie" notorious
colored woman, was found last night
by B. A. Hackett in one of the agita-
tor rooms of the refinery yards, in a
maudlin condition owing to over in
diligence in the product of the brew
cry. The officers were notified and
Carrie is now confined in the woman $
ward of the city Jail.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01

case. Final limit date school re-
in any case. Such rate granted only
upon presentation of certificate of a
proper officer of the institution with
which applicant is connected, certify
ing to the fact that applicant is going
home for vacation and is regular stn.
dent or teacher.
State Teachers Assn. at Colorado
Springs, Dec. %, 23, and "a. 1902.
Tickets on sale Dec. 90 only. Final
limit Jan. 2, 1908
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01
local News.

The Mite Society OF the Christian
chruch will meet tonight at the resi- :
dence of A. M Williams on Green
street. Everybody invited
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01

There will be social tonight at
Peak avenue. given by the ladies of
st. Albans. Admission 10 censt.
All are invited.
The Florence daily tribune., 1902-12-01

Sunday excursions to Cripple Greek
and return every Sunday. $500 for
round trip. Train leaves 2 :35 p. m.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
A SHOCKING CRIME
MURDERED BY A HUNGARIAN
FEMALE FIEND.
Cuts She Body in Pieces and Depos-
its Them in a Deserted House
Salt Mines Discovered With
o. in Easy Access Of Port
land-Other News.

Vienna. July, pa shocking
murder by woman is reported
from Buda.Pcsth. A jeweler named
Erdeyi, SO years of age, called up
On Esther Petroff to demand pay
qnent of an installment due on
goods she bad purchased. The wo-
man who is 26 years old and Of
powerful physique, threw herself
upon the jewsler and after a des-
perate struggle threw him on bed
xhere she etrangled him with her
2zs,uds. Not content with this she
literally hacked him to pieces with
& large knife, and then, wrapping
Sta9 remains in shawl, placed them
IN ber child's perambulator and
coaveyea them outside the town,
finally dap08iting them in desert
ed Building after which she return :
ed do1ne. The murderess was ar
rested through the instrumentaiity
ecf & child three years of age, who
aad witnessed the crime from an
ca9posits window.
Foc;Iund, July 23.-The Portland
&fneniog Journal saya: J. I. Moore,
secretary Of the Board Of Trade,
has received report from friend
Of w3ot is supposed to be the most
wouderful salt deposit on the globe.
Just where they are located Mr..
Mo pre- refuses 10 state at present,
and ae f1as plans under way of Or
ganiziug I, com pany to gain contro!
rof them. They are tributary to
ksaa1lan3, however.
G|na = t. have been thorough
lY s:Za,aa. : and they cover space
Of Fz%30 acres. The salt has been
Gesto3 aud fcuud to be of the very
besa grade. Che land is described
as G3clng large marsh, containing
eight q wing springs, which are the
95uuEna Of the salt.
Tiki entire surface Of the ground
is uo7ered with fine table salt to the
eHaafb Of faur inches, whichis snowy
whIi7e ana perfectly pure in charac-
Ger. when the top layer, four inch
sas tht * is removed, water settles
,on FGha bard formation underneath.
Within 30 days thereafter another
garUst Of sait IS formed equally as
good as the first. Under the second
Mayer of.sa!t, which is three feet
&hick:, thin crust of clay Is en-
countered. When this is removed
fas1ztia&r body Of salt is exposed. It
lis r1i1s feet thick and following this
is Faclz salt, which is 13 feet in
NhicEH Hc@s.
In the early eos it is said that
,saF was packed aid hauled from
this marsh to I'll parts of the sur
soun6i'g country, which was used
for IL ing purposes. By actual
aest i taE t}c%l found that salt can
jbe shovc.ed into cars at cost of s.
per too. Salt is worth from $14 10
:$2S pr IN. The wealth of the
lmar>t2 cs.a thue be seen.
If uDe-ha L Of what is said Of it is
true ~ suar-h bids fair to rival in
wealth tha richest goId mine that
has var been discovered. Alad- !
din lamp, or any of the Arabian
Knight 81 IS wilt not approach it.
The pratuosars are not figuring their
prof ,t,. tsa basis of thousands of
doIlafs, ''rt their iridescent dreams
soar - .u,a .th8 millions,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26

weeks evaded capture since he es-
capped from prison, died on hearing
of his grandson's murde-ous career.
Since he commenced his bloody ca
reer it has been the constant effort
of the grand fathers wife, children
and grandchildren to keep this fact
from him, as Harry had been his
favorite, and in his enfeebled con-
dition the information might have
hastencd his end.
A daily newspaper told the story,
and caused his death of a broken
heart. The fact of Mr.. Severn's
death recalls to many minds the
outlaw as boy in Wisconsin, q
bright, promising youngster, and
his career of crime, which commence
ed in Colorado.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
Guardians SIle Of Real Estate

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
as guardian Of the persons and estates of Sybii
G Walker and Aldwin Walker. minors will on
Wednesday, the 9th day Of August, 1902. at the
court house door, in the city of Corvallis, in
Benton county, Oregon. at the hour of 10 O clock
in the forenoon of said day offer for sale and
sell at public auction to the highest bidder for
cash, free of incumbranee all the right, title
and interest of said Sybil Walker and Aldwin
Walker, in and to that certain real property
bounded and described as follows, towit: Com
mencing at a point 12k chains east of the south
east corner of the northwest quarter of south
east quarter OF section 20 township II south of
range west of the Willamette meridian in the
county of Benton, anC state of Oregon; thence
east 25 chains, thence north 60 chains thence
west 25 chains, thence south 80 chains to place
Of beginning, conteining $50 acres more or less.
Said sale is made under and in pursuance of
license and order of sale granted by the county
court of the state of Oregon for Multn 0ma all
county on the 22nd day of July, 1902, in the
matter of the guardianship of said Sybil G
Walker and Aldwin R Walker, said minors,
Dated this July 26, 1902'
CORA Z. FORD,
Guardian OF the persons and estates Of Sybil G
Walker and AldWin R. Walker, minors
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
REDUCED RATES
To the Seaside and Mountain Resor

To the Seaside and Mountain Resorts.
Tickets are now on sale at all Southern
Pacific and Corvallis and Eastern r R
offices, through to Newport and Yaquina
at reduced rates. Southern Pacific trains
connect with the G & E at Albany and
Corvallis All tickets good for return
until Oct 10, 1902,
June 70, the G & E trains from
De roit began leaving there at $50 III.
meeting the Bay train at Albany, at
noon.
Passengers for Detroit. Breitenhush
and other mountain resorts can leave
Albany the same afternoon, reaching
Detroit in the evening. Tickets are on
sale from Albany to Detroit at $3 and
from Corvallis at $3.25 good for return
until ctober 10, with privilege to get on
any train returning at any point east of
Mills City.
The Southern Pacific Company have
now on sale round trip tickets from all
points on their lines in Oregon to either
Newport Or Yaquina with privilege to
return via either east or west divisions
in connection with the G & E.. Three
day Sunday excursion tickets good going
Saturday snd returning Monday are also
on sale at very low rates from all S P
ana G & E points.
Full information can be obtained as to
rates. time tables, etc by application to
any S P or G & E agent.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
VIRUS AS RAT POISON
Test Of a Disease Developed to Kill
Off the Pests.
Government Marine Hospital OMefai
Experiments with Culture of
Bacillus with Gratifyips
Success,

Since it became known that the bu-
bonic plague was spread by rats, the
question of means of destroying them
has assumed greater Importance. The
discovery of a perfect rat destroyer
would be of vast benefit to the pub
lie health, says the New York Sun.
N. j. Rosenau, director of the hy-
| gienic laboratory of the United
i States marine hospital service, has
recently investigated new meth od
for destroying rats by means of cul-
| lures OF a certain bacillus. This
method was developed by ]. Danyz.
The virus which he obtained, while
| far from being q certain means of
extermina ting rats in a particular
| place, may be used as one weapon in
the fight against them.
a culture of a bacillus isolated
from spontaneous epidemic among
harvest mice was selected, and grown
in bouillon to accustom it to an ex-
istence without oxygen. This was ac-
compiished by growing the culture in
TASKS as completely filed as possi-
BILE. The TASKS were placed in an
incubator until the culture developed,
and then kept at an ordinary tenn
perature until deposit formed and
the bouilion became prefectly clear.
From the TASKS the culture was
passed into a collodion sack, which
was kept for from a Gay to day and
a half in the abdominal cavity of a
rat, then kept anew in ordinary
bouillon and thence again in TASKS.
This series Of operations was repeat
ed several times, and at the fourth or
fifth repetition a decided increase in
virulence for mice was noted.
Mice were then renlaced in the ex-
periments by young rats month or
six weeks old. Next older rats were
used. Proceeding III this way the cul-
ture was specialized and Danyz final
ly succeeded in rendering it regular
ly virulent for grs..r rats, black rats
and white rats. whereas it was orig
inally only slightly virulent for the
gray rats and entirely ineffective for
the others.
DR.. Rosenau fed 115 rats with the
cultures during a course of various
experiments with the virus. OF these
only 46 died. The results seem to de-
pend largely upon the amount of
culture ingested. By starving the
rats for couple of days and then
giving them all they would eat very
positive result was obtained. Twen-
ty-seven rats so fed all died within
week. If the rats get only small
amount, however, not only is the ef-
feet uncertain, but the survivors be-
come immune and can feed upon the
cultures to their hearts content and
be none the worse for it.
It would seem that the virus is not
unlike the laying of a chemical poi
son, depending as it does upon the
amount ingested. But, while the
chemical poison has the advantage
of not producing an immunity, the
virus has the very decided advantage
of being, so far as IS known, harm
less for man and domestic animals.