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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-04-03

houry w 1nSlOW COfDoJC was born al
Westborough, Mass, Feb. Is, 1927
and was the youngest son of family O.
eight, six of whom reached maturity
His parents were Elijah and Melinda
(Forbush) Corbett. Mr. Cor belts boy
hood was passed in Washington county
New York, Where, until he reached the
age of 13 years he received an ordinary
common school education. At that age
he began his business career in store
at Cambridge, remaining two years as
clerk and part of the time attending
Cambridge academy. He then went
home, and, after a short term at school,
secured clerkship at Salem, the ooun-
ty seat. After, "a year there heS went to
New York City and secured clerkship
in the dry goods store of Williams,
Bradford & Co, serving there seven
years. During this period he firmly
established himsslf in the confidence OF
his employers, SO that in October, 1850,
they furnished him the necessary cap
ital to ship general line of merchan-
disc to Portland. Oregon, by way of
Cape Horn on the bark Francis and
Louise. He arrived in Portland March
4, So years ago (185D. At that time
Portland contained about 400 inhabi-
tants and five small stores.
AS soon as Mr.. Corbett had gained a
good financial start he began to take a
prominent part in those enterprises
which he saw were needed to develop
the resources of the country. In num-
erous business, public, church and
charitable enterprises Mr. Corbett held
a prominent position. He was a
director of the Oregon Railway and
Navigation company, always casting his
influence in behalf of liberal manage
ment and to secure the lowest rates of
transportation possible with good and
xuick service.
He was largely instrumental in the
original board of trade, and for several
years was it's president, and was active
in the chamber of commerce. In all
the important measures of these bodies
Mr.. Corbett was foremost in counsel
and hearty Co o-operation. Mr.. Corbstt
was chairman of the committee of one
hundred, which took a prominent part
in municipal affairs during the hard
times of 1S93-95.
The Lewis and Clark centennial ex-
position was the last great creation of
Mr.. Corbett and was in many respects
his favorite enterprise. His heart and
soul were in it, and he gave to the
of it's affairs more time
and attention than to his own private
business. 1t was his purpose to make
the success of the exposition the round
ing out of his long business career, and
he would have succeeded if his life had
been spared.
Mr.. Corbett is justly entitled to the
honor of being the father of the expo
sition. Without his help and influence
the local company could never have
been financed, nor would the state have
been so generous in it's treatment of the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-04-03
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.

Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented i'm Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-04-03

The Fernie, B. c., coal strike has
been settled.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

an Extract of His Chicago Speech
That Touches Race Conditions.

a portion of Senator Hoar's speech
the other day before the Union League
Club of Chicago. that was overlooked
in the Geographic report East, touches
in interesting fashion on race condi-
tons in the south. Coming from a
Massachusetts man. highly honored by
the country, the following words have
unusual significance:
Il know how sensities our southern
friends are on this matter Of social
equality and companionship, and 1
think 1 might say fairly and properly
and that perhaps have a right to
say it-that it Is not wise for the peo-
pie of the north to undertake to deal
rashly or ever to judge hastily Of a
feeling SO deeply implanted in their
bosoms.
Time. the great reconciliation, will
reconcile them to that if in the nature
Of things and in the nature of man
they ought TO be reconciled to it. And
if in the nature Of things and in the ma
ture of man time does not reconcile
them, it Will be a sign that they ought
not to be r~econciled to it; and that
some other mode of life for them aus
be devised,
Now, my friends. having said what
/ thought to say On this question. per-
haps ] may be INDUCED in adding that.
although my life politically and per
sOnally has been a life Of almost on
slant strife with the leaders of the
southern people. yet as / grow older I
have learned not only to respect and
esteem, but to love the great qualities
which belong to my fellow-citiZens of
the southern states. They are q noble
race We may we'll take pattern from
them IN some of the great virtues which
make VI the strength as they make
the glories of the free state. Their
love of home: their chivalrous respect
for women: their courage; their deli
cate sense of honor: their constancy:
which can abide by an opinion or a
purpose or an interest for their states
through adversely and through pros
perity, through the years and through
the generations, are things by which
the people of the more mercurial north
may take a lesson. And there is an
other thing-covetousness. corruption,
the low temptation of money has not
yet found any place in our southern
politics.
Now my friends, we cannot afford
to live, We don't wish to live. and we
do not live, in a state of estrangement
from a people who possess these quail
tiles. They are trends of our, bone
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
BILL.
Senate Committee Concludes Con-
Measure.

Washington. February 28.-The sem
ate committee on appropriations today
concluded it's consideration Of the gen.
eral deficiency appropriation bill. The
committee added as an amendment to
the deficiency bill the house bill making
provision for the conduct Of the busi-
ness of the department Of commerce
and labor. and appropriating s3O1.57o
for the same.
Other important amendments were
made as follows: A~ppropriating s946, 0S3
to pay the prize money claims Of Ad-
miral Dewey and the officers and men
under him at Manila: appropriatins
$50 900 for the payment of claims of
Confederate soldiers for horses taken
from them in violation of terms OF sur
render and barring all such claims un-
der the act of 1902. which are not fled
by March l. 1904.
There also ~isprovision for the pay
ment of q claim made by South Caro-
lima amounting to s47.245.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
EFFECT or TIE LOTTERY TICKET
DECISION.

The press Is divided in opinion as
to what will be the results Of the resent
decision of the federal supreme coz
in which 1t declared hat congress had
the right to exclude lottery tickets
from Interstate commerce. Some pa
pers contend mat the decision Will not
reach beyond lottery tickets; oth@rs
that 1t is a death blow TO interstate
traffic in trust made goods Congress
has declared lotteries to be Illegal and
has prohibited the transportation OF
their tickets from one state to another,
and the supreme court decides that
these tickets are articles CT commerce
and for this reason the law prohibiting
their transportation from che state to
another is valid and comes within The
constitutional provision giving o
gress jurisdiction over interstate COM
merce. Those who contend for the
broader results of this decision argue
that congress, having declared trusts
and ~monopolies to be illegal can pro-
hibit the transportation from one state
10 another of the goods made by these
Illegal c~2cerns: that the tWo cases are
enti,a:y analogous.
Nobody can tell what the supreme
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
GIRL FATALLY BURNED.
Clothes IEnited from Brush Heap-A
Northern Colony for Cumberland.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, N. c., February Is
Miss Lovely King, daughter Of Mr..
NJ. w. King, of Carver's Creek town.
ship. while experimenting the burning
of a brush heap on her fathers farm.
ignited her clothing and started in an
agony of fright and pain, running
across the field. Her father caught
her, and secured severe burns on the
arms and chest in an endeavor to save
her, but her injuries were sc terrible az
to cause her speedy death.
DR.. kuger, of Pennsylvania, is in
This city looking owe the lay of the
land" with a view to purchasing a
large tract for the establishment of a
large colony of northern farmers,
fruit-raiserS and dairymen. DR.. Hug
Ter is much pleased with what he has
seen here, and thinks we have q bright
future before us, with a system of in
tensive farming.
On Tuesday evening there will be
one OF the periodical pleasant recep-
supper, at Red Springs Female Semi
nary, and during the entertainment
Miss Ida Low will give one of her
charming r~ecitals.
Hon. G. s. Patterson, congressman
elect for the seventh district, was here
for a few hours yesterday, on his way
to Washington. City, to be present at
the close of the present session, and
use himself to the place and surround
ings OF which he will soon form a
mart.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
Raleigh n. c.. February "a

Raleigh n. c.. February "a
Editor Messenger:-I h ave not | pr
SonaI acquaintance with YOU. l Simply
write to say TO you thu there are null
titudes in North Carolina who igree
with you as TO the verdict and jdes-
ment in the Bishop case. To think That
man with Il wife and children at home
can go around with wine ard whishey
passing for n single man, Seduce Y|ul e
unsuspeCting girls, go into the nome
of a poor man with the evident purpose
60 ruin his daughter. and shoot the rIin
in his own home. his castle" to only
get five ears in the ptnitentfHrv. and
probably be put at some light work
Is an advertisement for lynchIng Ia go
on; at least. it strikes me and nun
dreds OF others so. The waV to lohE at
1t is to put ourselves in Wilson'S pla.e;
that is the way 70 get at = right con-
cIusiOn of the matter.
Please excuse me for Ohtruding my
views in the matter. l hin some
times when newspaper men have the
courage to state facts they should be
Informed of what the public thinks of
thence my letter"
Our friend of Raleigh is right IN his
views that when newspaper men hive
the courage to state facts they should
be Informed of What the public thinks
of it." Were more of his done The
press would be encouraged 10 be more
pronounced in it's views and to more
severely denounce w~rong-dO.ng when
ever it occurs and by vhoms0Sver
done. AS a rule the people are rot
backward in criticising and abusing the
newspapers when they do not agree
with them, but are slow tt cQmrnend
when commemorate is deserved or to
back up the papers in their endeaVcrs
to expose and put down crime.
We return thanks to our friends for
the many words of approval of The
MesSenger's recent course.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

court would hold. One set Of Judges
might hold that the transportation OF
goods made by a concern declared to he
unlawful was on all fours with the
Transportation of tickets Of a lottery.
declared to be an unlawful concarn;
that there was no difference in prInci-
pile between the two and that such de-
icision III the trust made go DIS case
would follow the decision in the lottery
case as a natural consequence. And
again another set Of judges could fix
up an opinion to the contrary and show
a wide difference between the two
cases. 1t all depends on the judges
who are to make the latter decision.
The law of the land has been defined
to be the latest expression OF opillon
of the court of last resort in constituting
it. The fact that the federal supreme
court in the decision above referred to
expressly declared that its decision had
no reference to questions that might
come before it in the future has no
ibearing ON the question. Courts do not
generally decide questions Of law he
fore they are raised before them and
it was unnecessary for the count to
make this declaration to prevent it
being said it had already passed upon
the question of the right CT congtess
to prohibit the interstate transportation
of goods manufactured 10y a trust.
That question can o come up until
Nn1nurncc noccno cprnh i1U Whom
that is done then we will see what the
supreme court will say. Until then it
rs all guess work.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

The murder of Edwin L. Burdick in
Buffalo, y. Y, Thursday night was a
affair and is clouded in mys-
terry. According to the theory of the
police there is a woman in the case.
Isn't it wonderful IN Hhat a large NUM-
Der of these terrible murders wcmen
figure as the moving cause of the crime?
If the theory of the police is correct 1t
does not seem that it should be hard to
unravel the mystery. This view would
imply that the murdered man haC led
a dual life. If a woman did commit
this murder she was a fiend indeed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
FIRE AT HALIFAX
CONFEDERATION, Famed by a Fierce
Wind. Threatened the Whole Bus
iness Section of the City.

Halifax, n. S., February ga ire
mendous fire, famed by a fierce wind
threatened the business district of Hal
flax with destruction for several hours
today. Property t. the value of $780,
900 was destroyed and three of the fire
men were seriously injured by the COL
lapse of a ladder on which they we're
standing.
The conflagration started in the
starch room of the biscuit and con-
dictionary works Of Moir, Son & Co.,
opposite the city hall and public Ii
brary. The employees had just left the
building. A general alarm called ihe
entire fighting force of the city to the
central district. In add. ton the G All
sons were turned out as a fire fighting
brigade and patrol force. The loyal
engineers manning their own apparatus
prepared for the use of lInamit1 On
buildings should the fire have Deen
beyond control. Appeals for help were
also sent by the mayor to neighboring
places. The high wind drove the flares
east and north. All the buildings oppo-
posite the Noir building on Duke street
were consumed. The west end of tEe
city hall was next ignited. despite the
fire departments greatest efforts to
say this splendid building. A desperate
fight with the advancing lanes look
place at this point and the firemen o
out. The fire in the city han was on
fined to the upper story OF the west
end, where the public libary was sit
uated. The library was considet ably
damaged.
In the meantime the wind having
shifted the fire commenced to spread
south along Argyll street and before 1t
was finally checked all but two build
ings in his block were consumed.
Moir's immense factory covering at
most a block had become a rua1 ing
furnance and all approach was pre-
vented. This was on account CT falling
walls. A heavy fall of rain eccoinpan-
led the gale and this fact 10 doubt
prevented the outbreak of independent
fires.
The fire occurred in the very heart
of the city. At n time the danger
of a confia grafton was so great that the
royal engineers pulled down certain
buildings and this operation Was so
successful that four hours after the fire
started it was declared under control.
The insurance carried by the films
burned out amounts to S175 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

1t seems we are not through with
the Cape Fear river pilotage night yet.
The matter is to come up in the house
of representatives tomorrow. Well, it
will surely be settled one way or an
other this week. We believe next Sat
.urday is the last day for which mem
.bers can draw pay, and you may be
sure there will not be many on hand
the following Monday when the houses
meet for the purpose OF allowing the
two presiding officers to sign bills.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
PROTEST AGAINST SHOOT.
Reasons Given by the Inter-Denomf-
national Council OF Women for
Christian and Patriotic Services.

Washington, February Ex-senator
Burrows. chairman of the committee
on privileges and elections today pre-
sented to the senate the protest of the
Observation-Disclosures Council of Wo-
men for Christian and Patriotic Ser
vice against the seating of Senator
elect Reed Smoot of Utah. Among
other reasons given for the protest is
an allegation 10 the effect that Smoot
Is q member of an oath-bound organ
lzation and that as such member he
a taken an oath whereby he agrees
to forfeit his life should he divulge the
same or fail to comply with its terms:
that by said oath he in the most solemn
swore to venge upon the gov
of the United States the death
OF Joseph and Hiram Smith, who years
ago at Carthage. ILL.,. were killed by a
mob, and, further, hat he has sworn
to likewise swear his children and
S~ranchlldren never to rest or give up
their fight for that vengeance until it
shall be an accomplished fact"
The PoIyEamy Charge Should Play
no Part.
Salt Lake, Utah, February PA
committee representing the Ministerial
Association and citizens who protested
against the seating OF Reed Smoot in
the United States senate have sent a
telegram to Senator Burrows, depre-
eating the charges Of polygamy filed
with the committee by Rev. ]. J.. Lei
Itch as tending to obscure the main
issue raised against Mr.. Smoot, that
Of his being an apostle of the Mormon
church. This action was taken after a
meeting at which the sentiment seems
y1y>o =, 0,,~ {Io+ 49, l---
should play no part in the fight against
Mr.. SmoOt.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1903.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE MEssEN-
GERS VIEWS.

1t is very gratifying to US to note the
general approval of the sentiments ex-
pressed by The Messenger IN an edito-
rial la it's issue of last Tuesday he@ded
Murder in the Second Degree. We
have had commentator from the press
of the state and from scores of men
OF thought and judgment. Some rave
written US letters on the subject. Two
of these We give below. The first is
from one of the leading citizens Of Pen
der county and the other is from a
gentleman in close touch with the
state administration.
Our friend Of Pender county avs:
Editor Messenger:
Permit me as a citizen of North Car
olina who loves justice to thank you
for the able and timely editorial which
appeared in The Messenger If oath ms
entitled Murder in the Second Degr-e"
The maudlin sentimentality which
actuated the general assembly Of 1893
to divide the crime of murirr into two
degrees no doubt pleased the promoters
Of that act. while it subjected all law
abiding persons to greater personal
peril by removing further from crirnl-
nails the probability of adequate pun
iShment-
Crime appears to me II be on the
increase in North Carolina AMI es-
pecially so that of murder. Lynchings
are multiplying because courts of
Justice do not afford relief ~ outraged
society. AS the law fails in giving the
protection to citizenship that is e.s7n-
tial, MISREPRESENTATION requires that he
who would avert the of
assassination should be a walking ar
senaI and as watchful and expert in de-
fence as an Indian.
81 hope you and others may hT:ng
about an influence which Wall result IN
the repeal of the 1898 law"
The letter from Raleigh approving
cur position as to the Bishop case IS as
follows.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

~hamrnation and liberation, and cures
female weakness. 1t makes weak women
strong, sick women we'll.
cit is with pleasure / recommend DR.. Pierce's
medicine. - writes Mrs. Nora Upton. of Chopper
(Cropper Station). Shelby Co., Kentucky. "You
remember my case was one of female weakness
and weak lungs. / had no appetite and would
often spit blood was confined TO my bed almost
half Of the time and could hardly stand on nv
feet at times for the pains through my whole
body and system. My husband had to pay large
doctor bills for me. but since / have taken four
bottles of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, four of Favorite Prescription and t.rec
walls of Pleasant Pellets we haven't paid any
more doctor bills. 1t had been seven months
since / stopped using DR.. Pierce's medicines and
! have been enjoying good health all the time.
I can never praise these medicines too highly,
for I have received so much benefit. ! pray that
many who suffer as I did will take DIR. Pierce's
medicines. I am sure they will never fail to
cure when given a fair trial. Everybody tells
me ! look better than they ever saw me. I am
sure / feel better than l ever did before"
uFavorite Prescription " has the testi-
monyo of thousands of women to its COM
plete cure of womanly diseases. Do MOI
accept an unknown and improved SUBJ
stitute in its place.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a
ladies' laxative. No other medicine
equals them for g~entleness and thorough
ness.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
Letter to Jno. 6. Armstrong.
of Wilmington. N. c..

Dear Sir: The late president of the
Croton River Bank, at Brewsters, n.
Y, built the finest house III all hat
region, in 1884. and painted It with .ead
and oil at a cost of S400-the house
cost ?31. GOO.
In 1SS1-three years-he repaintei it
with Devoe at a cost of $50. In 1897
this paint was in good condition.
Lead and oil, $500, three years. De-
o $3.50, ten years.
Yours truly,
T. w. DEVICE & CO.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
Worse Than q Blow

from q hard fist is the buffet of cold
wind upon a pair of Improperly pro-
tected lungs. A few minute exposure
to cold may be the beginning of con-
sumption. Lose neither time nor cour-
age. FOrtify yourself against pulmOn-
airy troubles, including consumption.
with Aliens Lung BGt-aln. A few doses
will loosen the cough end enable you to
get rid of the phlCgn that produces St.
Cure soon follows
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

The publisher of The New York Even
ing Post has married a southern lady.
The Norfolk Landmark predicts that
she will some DAY read one of The
Posts editorials on the race question
and then there will be trouble in the
camp" Maybe The Post Will now
change it's views on this subject and
become less host e to the south.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

Since the adoption OF the new consti-
coming very anxious to buy land and
become freeholders. Many of them
are purchasing it is said, with
money furnished them from the north.
new franchise law viii be a good
thing for Virginia in this respect also.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
POSTAGE PREPAID.

THE DAILY MESSENGER by mail
one year $500; six months $500;
three months S1.5O; one month so
cents.
Served In the city at so cents q
m one week Is cents. SI.5O for
three months or 5000 n year.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER
(twO S-paGe papers). by mail one
year S1.OO; six months so cents, in
advance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

We are told that there are nc politics
in President Roosevelt's action on the
question in the south. Still his
presidents southern policy concerning
the nomination of negroes to office
VIII stand him IN good stead in the
fall of 1904 IF he is nominated" That
is a pretty big If"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

of our bone; flesh of our flesh: blood
of our blood, and whatever may be the
temporary error of any southern state,
!. for one, if | have a right to speak
for Massachusetts. say to her. "Entreat
me not leave thee nor to return from
following after thee. For where thou
goest l will 20 and where thou stayest.
I will stay also. And thy people shall
De my people. and thy God my Cod I"
washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03

How many people believe Senator
Tillman would vote to confirm the NOM
ination of a G as / cabinet officer?
We do not suppose, though, President
Roosevelt is going to give the people
an opportunity of having their curiosi-
ty gratified.