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4 : . e Nv
sition in a presi-
dents cabinet, has Il
pure Scotch ances-
try and is proud of
it..
There is" he was
the other day quot.
ed as saying, ian
old Scotch proverb
to the effect that
'ance a bailie, aye Il
bailie,' meaning, of
course, that once II
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luck continues he
will soon be in com.
mand Of the army.
A native of New
Hampshire and but
forty-three years of'
age. General Woods
rise above his fell
low officers has been
as rapid and as me-
teoric as the rise in
the political world
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ble.'" LEO ToIsToI
Not long ago a party OF Americans
asked permission 20 see the great Rus
sian, who was i'll. promising that thev
would be content with a glimpse anil
would not trouble himswith talk. LeaI
was granted.
Tolstoi sat upon his balcony like
Buddhist IDOL" as he said, and til.
whole party of Americans filed, slowIy
and silently before him, taking their
gaze as they passed.
Il. One woman, however refused to be
bound by the contract. She shouted,
Leo Tolstoi, all your noble writings
have had a profound influence upon my
life. but the one which has taught me
the most is your Here she forgot
the name of the work.
The sick author leaned over the rail
of the balcony and whispered with a
smile. 'The Dead Souls?" Yes yes"
she replied. THAT book" said Tolstoi.
was written by Gogol, not by me-
Ex-Governor David r. Francis of
Missouri, who is nearly as prominent
through his connection with the Loui-
siana Purchase exposition as he once
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Freely Admitted

she-Women may gossip sometimes,
but they have better control Of their
tongues than men have.
He-You are right. Men have no coz
troll whatever of women's tongue :
Kansas City Journal. so. ~
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sdlu
II have just listened to very strong
speech might saga forceful speech;
but, as Bismarck once said, Force is
not always good argument
II know il, replied Mr. Gompers.
jumping to his feet, but what say is
not force. It's emphasis
Mr.. Gompers, who has just been re-
elected president of the American fed
GRAFTON. with the exception of an in
term of one year, has been president
of that body since its organization in
1887. Previous to that date he had
been president for five years of the
International body of trades unions
WHICH preceded the American fedora
ton. He is an Englishman by birth
and by trade a cigarmaker.
Senator Charles II. Dietrich of Ne
braska, recently indicted for alleged
bribery, was at breakfast the other
morning in Washington cafe with a
party of friends.
What time is it?" asked one of the
party. Apparently nobody had a
watch, and Il motion was made to call
waiter. Don't do that" said Sen
ator Dietrich. Then he reached down
In his coat pocket and logged out a
~ ;<,l- Al
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COW judge. The man
married seven wives
in three years. This
i lie himself admitted.
Why on earth the
judge asked him. did
yon Want to marry
so many z
" In, order. sir, lie
replied. TO find Il
~@aI 81
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When an Episco-
palian minister writes letter on any
day for which there is saint, he al
ways writes the name of the saint at
the close of the letter instead of the
date. Bishop Huntington learned al. of
these things quickly and began to prac-
tice them at once. The first time he had
occasion to write to his old friend DR..
Hale after joining the church he used
the regular method of closing the let
ter, placing ''St. Michael's day after
his signature. A reply from DR.. Hale
came, and after his name he had writ
ten in a full, round hand, Wash day."
Samuel Gompers, president of the
| 'oerican Federation of Labor, is noted
much for his ready wit as for devo-
Il to the interests of the wage Garner.
AT the meeting of the National Civic
federation in New York city last year,
at which Senator Hanna presided, Mr..
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N. Y. Bishop Hunt
ington, so the story
goes, was in his
youth a Unitarian,
but afterward went
over to the Episco-
palian flock. This,
however, appears to
have made no differ
ence in their friend
ship, as >the follow
ing indicates:
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Dietrich. you see. SENATOR DIETRICH
It's this way: have so many engage
ments that | am likely TO forget some
OF them. So when | start out in the,
morning give the alarm a few twists,
fix it to go off at ten minutes before
the time of my first engagement and
put il in my pocket. AT ten minutes
before should leave the senate the
clock goes off for few rings, and l
remember what have to do. Then /
set 1t for the next engagement, and so
on through the day"
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welt himself. President Kinley start
ed Wood on his upward career when
{ '}oo was physician to the White
House. and President Roosevelt has
continued the selevating process. As
an Indian fighter with General Miles.
Wood displayed such bravery that he
won the coveted, medal of honor. De.
spite; the general impression to the con-
trary. President Roosevelt and General
Wood are not friends of long stand
Ing. Il only met him after entered
the navy department" lin 1S9D, the
president writes in his book. 1.-THE
Rough Riders" "He combined in a
very high degree the qualities of entire
manliness with entire uprightness and
cleanliness of character He was by
nature soldier Of the highest type"
General Wood is now fighting the
Moros in the Philippines.
s Count Leo Tolstoi, intellectual car
of all the Russians" who has written
two short novels which are to be sold
for the benefit of the Kishineff Jews.
is by no means devoid of wit. Zone
day" he said recently, ga bigamist APP
reared before n Mos
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In Doubt.
Hes bald. believer
Eyes," eHa
What's the reason?" ~,
u can't say. | don't know whether
Father Time or his wife got at hinA
first. - Chicago Post.
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oiS hiNhi III hihS
cent alarm clock.
He looked at it and
said, Quarter past
o." slowed the clock
away and went on
eating.
For hea ven s
sake. Dietrich" said
one of his friends.
"do you always car
~ that alarm clock
In your pocket?'
Always" replied
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thought, Of course, they were. better
judges than l.
Soon after ] arrived homefthe tenor
called 10 s.,e me and told how he was
engaged. Mr.. Stanton and the others
heard him sing and asked the price.
Three hundred dollars. said be- We'll
give you $3.50 said they. All right
said he, and when they sent him the
contract he learned for the first time
that they had meant $3.50 performance
and not Il month, as he had understood.
OF course he signed instantly. He sang
here Just once. believe"
Speaking of the Alaskan boundary
award on his return from Europe not
long ago, Andrew Carnegie said: 81
hope the outcome of this will be that
the Anglo-Celtic races will get togeth-
er. Canada should merge-no, Canada
should annex the
ZwmasssA6 United States as
\ Scotland did Eng
land THEN, Then he smil-
ed and continued:
:; 6; ) :. !: !: !;
i ~ II got that of at a
55lf d moved. apparently.
ASpAfE y s cAhNE s'' by the troubles of
the billion dollar steel trust NO." he
said complacently on one occasion, 81
don't own any of the stock. own the
bonds" Schwabs and Morgans may
come and go in steel affairs, and there
may be cuts in the dividends Of Steel
common and preferred, but the canny
Scot will get his library money just
the same. n .
The indefahgable activity Of Edward
Everett Hale, writer, preacher and ora
tor, who passed his eighty-first birth
day last April, seems to defy the touch
of time, though he has outlived nearly
all the friends of his youth.
A good story is told Of DR.. Hale and
Bishop F. d. Huntington of Syracuse.
d rLI
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$500 Il month, hut told him no. Lat
er met Mr.. Stanton with Mr.. Dam
rosch and Mr. Seidl nj Berlin. They
told me they had engaged this same
man. and lNcame home kicking myself
for having let him go. because
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confirmation as major general by the
senate, has been a very fortunate Off
Ger. Anearmy surgeon with the rank
Of captain in 1898 Wood was u briga-
dier in February. 1901. and was APP
pointed major general only two years
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D. R. FRANCIS. man had been a
magistrate the honor of the place gilds
him ever after. So it seems to be with
me. for it is about ten years since ]
was governor of Missouri, but l am
still everywhere known, if at all, as
governor They don't even put the
'ex' in front of it. You see" he added,
II call Missouri my state, and it is my
home now, of course, but was born
in Kentucky"
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singers began back
in the time when
Mr.. Edmund G.
Stanton was direct
or of the Metropol-
itan.
Il was in Europe
TRYING 10 find a ten
or for my comic
o era company
said he. AT Nm
mich ! heard 4 man
sing He wanted
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Hbouf

\ RIGADIER GENERAL LEON
z ARD WOOD. who is much in
the public eye just now be-
cause of the opnosifjon 10 his
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Heinrich ,Conried, director of the
metropolitan Opera House, New York.
whose coming production of Wagner's
"Parsifal" has been condemned by
many OF New Works. most prominent
clergymen as sacrilegious recently told
an anecdote of how big salaries for
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10
REDUCED RATES.
To the Seaside and Mountain Re
s1rts for the Summer.

On AID after June Ist, 1908, the South.
ern Pacific in connection with the Cor
Wallis & Eastern railroad will have on
sale round trip tickets from points on
their lines to Newport, Yaquina and De-
troit, at very low rates, good for return
until October 10, 1908.
Three day tickets to Newport and
Yaquina, good going Saturdays and re-
turning Mondays, are also on sale from
all Eastside points Portland to Eugene
inclusive, and from all Westside points
enabling people to visit their families
and spend Sunday at the seaside.
Season tickets from all Eastside
points Portland to Eugene inclusive, and
from all Westside points are also on sale
to Detroit at very low rates with stop
over privileges at Mill City or at any
point east enabling tourists to visit the
Santiam and Breitenbush as well as the
famous Breitenbush Hot Springs i'll the
Cascade mountains which can be reach
ed in one day
Season tickets will be good for return
from all points until October 10th. Three
day tickets will be good going on Satur-
days and returning Mondays ONLY.
Tickets from Portland and vicinity will
be good for return via the East or West
side at option of passenger. Tickets
from Eugene and vicinity will be good
going via the Lebanon Springfield
branch. if desired. Baggage on New
port tickets checked through to New
port; on Yaquina tickets to Yaquina
only.
s. P. trains connect with the C. & E.
at Albany and Corvallis, for Yaquina
and Newport. Trains on the G.. d E..
for Detroit leave Albany at Ia; m. en-
abling tourists to the Hot Springs to
reach there the same day.
Full information as to rates. time
tables, etc can be obtained on app1ica-
ton to Edwin Stone, manager G. & E.,
R R at Albany; w. E. Conan, G. P. A.
S P Co Portland or to any S P or G E
agent.
Rate from Corvallis to Newport 1915.
Rate from Corvallis to Yaquina $3.25.
Rate from Corvallis to Detroit, 1925.
Three days rate from Corvallis to va
quina or Newport, $3.50,
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ST. Louis, June 6.-Thousands
are homeless here today, and the
river is now at the 5.4-foot stage,
showing more than foot rise dur
ing ths past day. It. is now certain
that East St. Louis cannot escape
the coming food which will be
much worse than that of 1892. The
railway yards in the North End
and the bridge is now entirely SUBJ
merged and traffic is entirely sus-
pended. The water supply in East
st. Louis will be suspended this
evening. Many have abandoned
their homes and Happy Hollow
has been swept away by the terrific
flood. The damage assessed so far
shows 81 200, 900 loss to the rail-
ways alone.
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NORTH BEACH.
Excursion Steamer T. J, Potte
Goes Into Service June 27.


Those who are planning their vacation
this year will be interested in knowing
that the popular excursion steamer, the
T. ]. Potter-queen of river boats-goes
leave Portland every day from Tuesday
until Saturday inclusive. To see the
the beauties of the picturesque, and
mighty Columbia from the decks of the
Potter is treat never to be forgotten.
For speed and grace nothing in river or
lake service in the entire West equals
this side-whee1ed beauty. Five hours
from Portland, aud one from Astoria,
through the famous fishing waters of the
Columbia, past scores of salmon traps,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10
ARNOLD SHOWS HAVE ARRIVE
AND THE BIG TEN rs ARE
SIRE rCHED.
Flood Renders Thousands Home
less at St. Louis Smith, the
Negro Murderer Hanged
at Portland-Other
News,

The w, O. w, Carnival starts
Immediately after the big parade
today. The attractions are fur.
nished by the Carnival King, E.
J. Arnold who has the largest ag-
gregation of high class attractions
ever assembled, consisting of feats
and features that have never before
been seen or equalled. Mr.. Arnold
has spared neither money, time nor
patience to gather his fine company
of performers together. Kings of
the Roman rings, the De Garros;
the triple bar experts; the Victor
elias, introducing the hand to hand
and foot to foot balancing. These
gentlemen stand on the top line of
their profession. Prof. Howe and
his educated troupe of monkeys and
dogs are more than the dictionary
can find words to prai e. Then
comes the Loretto twins, vaude
vil1es displaying science, skill and
daring feats in the air captivating
the public with their thrilling and.
exciting acts in midair. Wallace's
glass blowers is a strong feature
of the Carnival. Tetsuwain Jap
anese troupe, magicians, contor-
tionists, jugglers, etc. The electric
theatre is not the snide affairs that
go to small towns, but an exhibi-
ton of modern electrical science,
all the latest foreign and trans
formation scenes including the trip
to the moon under the personal
of Thomas A. Edison
Dick Robinson with his troupe of
plantation singers and dance ar
fists make very pleasing part of
the show; the menagerie ef Mr..
moveable geological gar
dens is the finest on the Pacific
Coast. 1t consists Of rare and
animals from the jungles
Of every country, from the monkey
to the lion. The streets Of Cairo
with the sword fighters, Hindoo
and dancing girls. 9th
er attractions are. the slide for life,
the high diving coyotes; take ride
On the camels; the merry-go-round,
and the Ferris wheel. Something
doing every minute.
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Portland, Or, June 5.-George
Smith, the colored murderer of hia
white wife, was hanged by the neck
until he was dead in the yard of
the Multnomah county court house
this morning, says the Portland
Journal. Death followed almost
INSTANTLY upon the tripping of the
drop. the soul passing into eternity
without struggle.
The doomed man was brave and
cool to the last. Sheriff w. A..
story gave the signal that precipi-
tatrn Smith into another world, and
imm -diately upon the cutting down
Of the dead body work of removing
the -caffold bsgan, this being the
last l-gal hanging in Multnemah
county under the state law which
makes future execution of the death
penalty occur at the penitentiary.
Smiling and full Of life, exactly
at $50 o'clock, Smith mounted the
raised platform from which he was
to shortly drop to death. He nodded
brightly to several acquaintances
in the surging mob about the scaf-
fold. Almost eagerly he stepped to
the place beneath the rope, stand
ing erectly, like soldier at at
tention."
"Have you anything to say?"
asked Sheriff Story.
The doomed man hesitated a
moment, started, hesitated-then
walked firmly toward the edge of
the platform and grasped the rail-
ing. There was smile on his
face as he turned his head from
side to eide and looked down upon
the crowd.
Although not loud, his voice was
strong ard clear when he began to
speak. The words came slowly
and there was an interval between
them as though Smith fully rsaliz-
ed they were to be his last and in
tended to taste to the fullest the
pleasures of this final utterance.
There was not tremor nor trem-
fble, and ae he neared the end of
his remarks he stepped slowly
backward upon the trap. The final
word was uttered after he had
placed himself in position to receive
the straps.
"I amt got much to say" Smith
said, "but I will say just this
much" There was a pause, and
it appeared as though he searched
his mind for words appropriate to
express the warning he intended to
convey. Then Smith wento on.
aKeep out o. trouble and keep
away from this place. Trouble is
no good and this is no good place
: to be.
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Paris, June 6.-The colonial Of
fee received dispatch today from
the governor of Martinique to the
effect that Mount Pelee is again in
state of eruption.
Dense clouds of smoke are reach
ing far out to sea and gradually
settling to the surface. Ashes are
falling all over the island and in
such quantities that it is feared the
eruption is liable to break forth in
all the fury of the pent up craters.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

Helena, Mont, June 5.-Harry
Rowe, the 23.year-old son of James
Rowe, one of the Oldest and veal
thiest ranchers in this section. shot
himself through the heart late last
night with 44.calibre revolver
while standing on the Missouri riv-
er bridge at Fort Benton. He died
instantly. The suicide was the re-
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

We can save you money on your ve-
hicles. We buy in car lots direct from
the factory for spot cash. A. Wilhelm
& Sons, Monroe.
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suit. of an infatuation for, woman

sultsof an infatuation for, a woman
OF the lower world, who was beside
the young man when he took his
life. Hnry Rowe had a bright fu-
ture before him. His fathers wealth
would soon have been at his dispo-
sal and good business was ready
for his hand. A year ago he met
Georgia Bryan, and from that mo
nent his fat was seal d, as he fell
desperately in love with her.
He plead-d with her to leave her
wayward lite and become his wife.
This she promised to do, it is said,
but later, decided TO remain as she
was. Last night Rowe went to
resort aud asked the Bryan wom4 II
TO go out with him. Together they
walk-d down to the river aud out
on the bridge. WHAT passed be-
tween them is not known, as the
woman refuses to speak. Shortly
after ward the sound of shot drew
an oficor TO the ecene and Rowe
was found dead with a bullet in
his heart. while the young woman
was couched in terror at his side
She, too, tried to commit suicide,
but was restrained. The young
mans parents were overcome by the
nature and surroundings OF their
sous death. The coroner's jury re-
turned verdict in accordance with
the above facts. The affair created
a decided sensation.
w 'shington, June 5.-General
Chatiee, commanding the dep rt-
meut of tbs E ,si, this morning for
warded t, the war department. the
following dispatch from Gainesville,
Gs, the scene of the recent to .nado:
Fifteen hundred people here are
dependent on charity. Two thou--,
and are seriously injured. I have
re quested 1000 rations aud medic,l
supplies to be sent from Fort NJ
Ph-rson. No further immediate
relief is necessary.
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Again the words came. SO. sly.
5Nodding to the right and left and
pointing with bis hand here and
land there into the crowd, Smith
said:
Il sea many faces here that I
| know, friends. [ see one there,
one here, aud here, and the best
thing ! can say to Ill OF you is 10
keep away from trouble.
"Tha1's all | kot 10 say"
S eth stepped backward upon
the trap, dropping his hands to his
sides.
"Good-bye!' This was said
while moving.
After be had taken his position
again upon the trap Smith looked
up AID smiled.
"God bless you ALL" he said.
Two deputies sprang forward
with straps and within less than
minute from tne time Smith had
finished speaking, his arms and legs
were securely bound and the black
cap had been adjusted.
Sheriff w. A. Story himself took
down the hangman's moose from
the beam above and settled the
deadly loop into its place about the
doomed mans throat. With sud-
dening tightening of the muscles
be pressed the great knot home be-
hind the ear, and then sprang
backward. waving his hands in the
air as a signal.
There was click, the flooring
gave way, and George Smith, liv-
ing being, shot through the plat
form and with siekening jerk be-
came distorted, senseless, lifeless
thing.
The neck had been broken by
the fall. Twelve minutes after the
length of the rope was reached the
human form was taken down, a
corpse.
The body was turned over to the
mother and sister of the dead.
Exactly 16 minutes elapsed from
the time Smith mounted the scat
fold until he was cut down.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

Vienna, June 5.-Dr. Valintin
made new worlds record for bal
loon ascensions yesterday by reach
ing the lofty altitude of %, 900 feet
in his balloon Jupiter. This means
a point was reached five miles
above the earth's surface. DR.. Va
lintin, when he had descended,
made the statement that at the al
titude he reached the air was 50
rare that he began bleeding at the
nose and ears. One peculiar hal
lucination was experienced which
was the fact that he believed hens
were cackling and roosters growing
toward the earth beneath him.
Looking toward the earth DR..
Valintin says it appeared to him
as one vast saucer, taking the con-
vexity of the sky as it appears
from the earth's surface.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

Oal6m, y uu6 6O.-OOV6IuOI Oudm.
berlain to-day issued a requisition
on the governor of the Cherokee
Nation, in Indian territory, for the
arrest aud delivery to the United
States agent the person Of M. D.
Landis, wanted in Coos county for
the murder of Jesse B. Eudailey,
May %. 1901.
Lands is under arrest at Collins
Vile, Cherokee Nation, awaiting
the agent of the United States.
Sheriff Stephen Caller of Coos
county is appointed agent to return
with the fugitive for trial.
After revelling in perfect Car
nival of murder, M. D. Lanais fled
from the scene of lis crimes about
two years ago.
The man was ostensibly engaged
in the business Of locating timber
lands. Hs had an ofdcein Empire
City and thither he lured his vic
Tins, mostly from California. At
the time of his flight from Coos
county Investigations were started
which led to the discovery that
about Il clients of the timber agents
we've missing. It was supposed that
many Of these had been murdered.
It was Lands practice to go
with a victim into the woods and
later return to town alone. He in
variably stated to inquirers that the
prospective purchaser had gone
back to California by water, having
taken steamer ON the coast.
One day some boys, playing In
the woods near Empire City, OBJ
served Landis in the act of cover
ing an excavation in the ground.
The lads thought he had buried
money and after his departure they
dug up the loose earth. They we're
Mortified to discover the remains Of
a man who had been slain with
knife. They raised an alarm. but
while coroner's jury was deliberat-
ing the criminal made his escape.
The chase for Lands was thorough
and extended over several counties,
but was unavailing at the time.