The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-16
Of blood. The body was brought to
Ashland today, and an inquest will
be held tomorrow.

Ashland today, and an inquest will
be held tomorrow.
A jolly party of young folks Of
Phoenix, consisting of Mr.. and Mrs
g. w. Woody, Misses Julia and
Frances O'Toole, Oscar Stinson
and Milton Anderson, left here
few days ago for camping excur-
sion in the mountains East of Ash.
land and camped at Taylor's place,
at Grizzly Prairie, with their friend,
James Daily, who keeps the ranch.
| Yesterday. Daily, Woody and
Stinson went hunting and were at,
Buck mountain, five miles from
camp, when the accident happened,
the three having separated accord
ing to agreement to circle around
and across the mountain in search
of game. Daily supposed his COM
panions far away when he says
buck jumped out of the brush and
he fired twice.
The first he knew of Woody's
presence was his outcry after the
second shot that he was hit. Eve
rything possible was done for the
wounded man and an suempt was
made to reach camp, ,ti- -uiters
having their horses nArr ny, but
Woody died in So minut.s from
loss of blood.
ALI parties to the affair are prom
inent residents of the county, and
the accident. is deeply deplored.
Woody leaves a young wife and the
party that returned here today
with his remains was indeed .sor-
rowful one. Daily accompanied
the party to Ashland.
Medford, Or, Sept. 12.-There
was display of gold nuggets at
the Medford bank yesterday, which
were taken out of the celebrated
Sterling mine, owned by Fl. E. AM
keny, about Is miles south of Med
ford. The value of the nuggets is
between So, 500 and $4,000. They
were all good-sizsd pieces and were
all picked up by hand during the
cleanup process. The largest mug
get weighed nearly $14O..
This represents but q very small
part Of the seasons cleanup Of this
mine. The bulk of gold from this
mine is made into bricks, which
weigh nearly $4,000 each, of which
several have been ssnt to the mint.
Minneapolis, Sept 12.-It is al
most impossible to estimate the
amount of damage done to the
Northwest by the rains of Friday
night and today. At Minneapolis
the fall up to the time it ceased
raining yesterday afternoon had
reached five inches and throughout
the Northwest according to reports
received by grain men, the fall was
almost as heavy. Millions of bush
els of wheat, which under ordinary
circumstances would have been
graded as high, is 60 reduced in
quality by the rains that it will sell
from 10 to IL cents less on the
bushel on account of the storm.
Minneapolis grain men say that
a large amount of the unthreshed
wheat will be reduced from first
grade milling grain to little better
than feed. Actual losses in quail
ty are reported and the loss in
quantity is big. In fact, the con-
ditions are such that unless there
is favorable change in the weather,
the mills in Minneapolis will be
facing a serious crisis.
Philadelphia, Sept. 13. Follow
ing closely upon the exposure of
gross Irregularities in the cigar de-
partment of the Eastern state PEN
itentiary came the announcement
tonight that illegal coinage of min
or silver pieces has been carried on
by convicts in the big institution.
No details of the counterfeiting
scheme can be learned from any of
the officials connected with the
prison, or from the government Of
fcers that have been assigned to
the case. The fact that such a
daring scheme has been carried out
in the penitentiary was made pub
lie by George Vaux, Jr., one of the
prison inspectors. who summoned
newspaper men to his home and
voluntarily made the disclosure.
He gaveout brief statement which
Is as follows:
s.Dr. w. ID. Robinson and Mr.,
Vaux, Jr., who ore at present the
visiting inspectors on duty at the
Eastern state penitentiary, made
the statement that it has come to
their official knowledge that within
short time an attempt has been
made hy cartaiu eonvicts now con.