The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-03-07
SNAKES THERE.
THREE HUND RED OE THEM IN
BUNDLE AS BIG AS A BARREL.

/ Her Knee and lost Them
] Arm1ess man Held up
| Gamb1ers-Other
News. ..
| Bloomington, March A cold
weather snake story comes from
Harrodsburg, few miles south of
here, and the superintendent of the
Giant Stone Company, as well as a
number of others, say that it is
true. .s.-
While workmen were blasting
with heavy charge of dynamite
on the Monou switch running to
the stone quarry the explosion un-
earthed bundle of snakes as large
as a barrel. The reptiles were
woven about each other until they
formed compact mass. The bum
| die contained several varieties of
| snakes and the workmen found a
flew ground hogs in it. ~
/ Some of the blacksnakes were
eight feet in length, there were vi
pers three feet long, and copper
heads, housesnakes and rattlers
were in the bunch. The whole
colony of snakes were rolled over
the bluff in a solid body.
| Work was suspended for time
and a fire kindled about the snakes.
AS they came to life and started to
crawl away, the workmen killed
them with clubs. It is said that
there were nearly 800 reptiles in
the bunch.
+ Boston, March Gut Of pity for
a woman who had attempted to
kill herself through grief over the
loss of jewels and money, persons
whose names are not made known
igave the police information which
led to the arrest of Jacob Brenner
on the charge of larceny of the ar
! ticles. Mrs. Jacobvitch owned the
Jewels. She went shopping on Feb
ruary I6 and carried her diamonds,
valued at Sc 500, and $500 in money
in a bag which she had tied above
her knee. During the afternoon she
lost the bag, The police got nc
trace of the jewels and the adver-
tisement brought no response. Last
Thursday Mrs Jacobovitch tried to
kill herself. The newspapers prin-
| ted stories of this incident, which
came to the notice of certain per-
sons, who said they were moved
by pity of the woman and decided
not to shield Brenner, who had told
them be had found the jewels and
money in the street. Brenner gave
the jewels to the police and these
were identified by the owner. He
denied knowledge of the money.
Later the police got a suggestion
from unknown sources that Mrs
Brenrer be searched, and this was
done, $500 being recovered.
/ Butte, Mont, Mar. 3,-One of the
most unique methods of holding
up that could possibly be imagined
was perpetrated shortly before 2
o'clock this morning when G. Payne
an armless man, entered the gamb-
ling hall of the California Club, and
with a 44-calibre revolver between
his toes compelled the dealers at
i.one of the faro tables to give up $5
which the crippled man had lost
earlier in the evening. When Payne
stepped into the middle of the
room, and at the same time flour
fishing the weapon at the end of his
foot, gamblers and players scattered
in hurry. Policemen called to
the place found Payne with razor
batween the toes of one foot and a
big pistol between the toes of the
other. He was arrested without
difficulty and placed in Jail.
Washington, March 1.-The ses-
sion of the senate today was inter-
esting not alone by the official pro-
ceedings on the floor of the cham
ber incident to the last day of con-
gress, but by many occurrences
which were purely social in their
character, due to the fact that the
day marked the close Of many ca.
Ireers in the senate. Of the 80 sem
ators whose terms expired when the
presiding officers gavel fell at noon
13 failed to secure reelection either
through defeat or through their
own refusals to enter the contests
in their various states.
| Included 10 the number whose
loficial presence in the chamber