The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-05-28


grayish, close-clipped bsard making
him look few years younger. but
it showed more clearly the thin and
sharp.edged lips, which lend an air
of cunning to his face. He rested
one elbow on the table and kept
his mouth constantly covered with
his hand to the despair of an artist
who vainly endeavored to sketch
him.
The rapid progress Of the case
was surprise to the prosecution,
who had calculated that the cross-
examination would be long and to
As a consequence their expert Wit
nesses, the chemist and, doctors,
who will testify that the skin and
hair found in the sevensfoot grave
ON the Williams homestead, belong
/ to human beings and not to dogs "a,
Williams claims, were not on hand.
This disarranged the chain of evil
dence which the district attorney
had planned to present, and he was
forced to call such witnesses as he
had.
"The evidence will show" said
Mr.. Wilson, "that for a year or TIVE,
/ previous to their arrival in Oregon
William and Alma Neshitt knew
eadh other intimately in Nebraska.
By some means or other Williams
gained her entire trust and conf
dence aad persuaded her to ACCOM-
pany him to Oregen. Later on he
suggested to her that it would be y
wise plan to take up a homestead
in the valley south of the Dalles.
Later in the summer Of 1899, Alma
took up homestead"
| The story was then recited of the
coming Of Alma's mother to live
with her daughter, of the trip to
Portland of the two women and
Williams, of the return to Hood
River, and of the disappearance Of
the women and Williams into the
tinky blackness of a stormy night
on March 8, 1900.
/ THAT, gentlemen" said Mr.. vii.
SOD, twas the last time the women
were seen, dead or alive"
Jackson. Miss, May 25.-Fire in
Yazoo City today destroyed every
business house Of any Importance,
} together with large number of pri-
vate residences, the principal hotel
and the passenger station.
The FIRE started at $50 this morn
ing, and burned until 5 o'clock this
afternoon, destroying 200 buildings.
The burned district is three blocks
wide and 12 blocks long. The esti-
mates of the loss are between $2,-
600, 900 and So, 500, 600.
The water supply was in adequate
and efforts to stay the flames were
futile. A citizen named Chamblish
was killed by falling walls and May.
or Holmes was severely hurt, his
condition tonight reported as pre-
carious.
II In the afternoon the fire spread
to Latonia, a residence district,
where it destroyed some of the fin
est homes. The Yazoo county court
t house and the Kicks Memorial Ii
brary escaped destruction, and tbs
vaults of the banks and the postof
fee protected their treasures.
, Yazoo City is 40 miles distant from
: Jackson, and has G, 6,000inhsbitants
1 The total insurance is between
!, $8oo,ooo and 81, ,ooo,oo
i Seattle, WASH, May 22.-Georg'
Clafwha, Port Madison reserva
q ton Indian, who is thought to b.
O about So years of age, has private
:, cemetery on the reservation. No
Y that Chafwha has been q "gun'
t man, but that he is much related
r Chafwha has gathered all the rela
Q tives he can trace and adopted 9th
g ers for the purpose of burial, interr
d ing them in his private grounds.
d Last week the old Indian tear
O fully decided that the unkemp
:. condition of his cemetery was dis
y grace to him and his ancestry. 1
g could not disgrace poe t=ri,, hecaus
= the family is practically run out.
K Chafwha summoned all the In
dians on the reservation and gath
Is cred few from Rainbridge Island
70 which lies across Port Orchard an,
Agate Passage from the reservation
% To the braves he expressed a desir
a for a fence that would enclose hi
% cemetery, and the willing perform
l. ers spent two days erecting post
a and stretching wire netting.
le When the work of protecting hi
rs cemetery had been completed, oil
Is Chafwha took the assembled Indian
r. to whites house that he had Sc