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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30

The authorities at OAC have
taken up the matter in earnest
and Dr.. Withyt oinbe, IN behalf
of that institution, is bending all
his energies to the furtherance
and Ultimate success of the move
ment.
The convention is to be held
for the purpose of outlining and
adopting plans for the improve.
tnent of5our streets and the road:
of Benton county generally. Fol.
lowing is the program:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30

. FORENOON, 10 O'CLOCK.
Invocation. John Reeves
Address of Welcome..................
Mayor A. J. johnson
Address IF Welcome e......................
........,.............JJ udge V. E. Walters
Address of Welcome.......B w. johnson
President Benton County clti.
zens' League.
ResIenl Colonel w. II Moore
President National eIood Roads
Association
Music
Address Legislator ....................
.............Col. T. P. Rixey, Missouri
AFTERNOON 2. o'cLcex
Address-Our Ladies-Their Rela-
ton to the Good Roa,s Move
ment-...............se \. S. Mann
Jacksonville, Florida.
Vice President National Good
Roads Association.
Music
Address-Practieal Road Consfrue-
tion.............Hon. Wn1 Bfadbnin
Consulting Engineer National
Good Reads Assoeia ion
Music 49,. ...........
Five Minute Talls.........,,.,.... Delegates
Address....H Hon John crafb Mobile, Ala.
President Alabama Good Reads
Association.
Reports OF Cornmittees........................
EVENING o'clock.
Ad.iress-0rganization ...................
....Hon. Wellington E. Loucks
Organizer National Good Roads
Association.
Music
Stereopticon Lecture-The Roads OF
the World w. 81. Moore
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
Job Printing.

When you pay out
good money for
printing, be sure
and get good print
ing for the money!
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
A Great
Clubbing
Price! 8!

The GAZETTE has made a
special arrangement with
the publishers--of a number
of the leading magazines
and newspapers of the Unit
ed States, whereby we7s fare
offered cutll.rates on these
publications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
Observation-Disclosures
Now school Fund Is In Fair Way to
Lose Them.

The state of Kansas will probably
have to bring suit against Day county,
Oklahoma to collect $500 worth Of
bonds which the state school fund owns,
and which have been repudiated by the
county. There is about $1,000 interest in
default
In 1892 Day county issued a large
amount of warrants. In 1895 suit was
brought to collect the warrants, and
decided against the holders Of the war
rants. In 1896. supposedly by conspiracy,
the court house and al 1.-The records
were burned, all records of the suit THIS
being wiped cut. In 1899 another sdit
was brought, and this time 1t was decio.-
ed in favor of the warrant holders. IN
1900 the warrants were reduced 10 bonds.
The total amount of the issue was
about $4,000 and William Hunter, lean
commissioner for the State Agricultural
college, bought S. 100 worth Of the Agri-
cultural college fund. The county now
repudiates the bonds on the ground Of
fraud, and for the further reason that
the issue was in excess of the per eTIt
limit.
John Dawson, assistant attorney gen
eral, has just returned from Oklahoma
where he investigated the matter. He
thinks that the state can collect on the
old bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
HERE TONIGHT
Famous Democrat WIN Deliver Adj
dress Before Jemerson Club.

The Jefferson club of Topeka, a new
ly organized Democratic club. win to-
night formally launch the name of
Robert Blair of this city for the Demo-
cratic candidacy for governor.
John H. Atwood. the stalwart Demo-
cratic leader of LeavenWOrth, viii
speak He is noted orator in political
ranks and a great campaigner. He
VIII talk tonight about the issues of
Democracy and their relation to Kan
sas The boom being given to Mr..
Blair he VIII use as a special text
The meeting will be held at Odd Fell
lows hall, III West Sixth avenue. Spe-
eial accommo odatOns are being ar
ranged to handle the crowd and every
one will be welcomed.
The Jefferson club is in charge of
the meeting. The Democratic Flam-
beau club will attend the ratification
headed by the Sons of Veterans drum
corps and will parade the streets before
the hour of the meeting. The Han
cock club of North Topeka, another
local Democratic organization, viii also
come in a body.
H. c. Fraser. one of the Democrats
of this city in charge of the meeting,
said today: I'VE are planning a great
event. We are all in favor of Mr.. Blair.
John Atwood, the principal speaker Of
the evening. is a noted Kansan. He is
our national committeeman from KAN
sas. We look forward with an i'm
mense amount of pleasure to his
speech. All of the Democrats in To-
peka are interested and we expect to
have one of the best meetings in the
history Of the Democracy of this city"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Mrs. J. L. Taylor,
wife of J. L. Taylor, superintendent of
the county poor farm, took place We'd
nesday afternoon at the family home.
Short services were conducted by Rev.
H. K. Evans preparatory to the re-
noval of the body to Rossville where
it was inferred. Longer services were
held at Rossvilles Rev. Mr.. Wypert
officiating.
Mrs. Taylor. who died Monday, was
first taken i'll with grip during the first
of the year; later this developed into
Bright's disease which proved fatal.
Mrs. Taylor was born in Iowa coun-
ty, Iowa, September 10, 1859, her
maiden name being Ida May Cover.
In March of 1873 she was married to
Mr.. J. L. Taylor and soon afterward
they removed from Iowa to Kansas,
locating on a farm near RossvilIe. They
continued to live there until the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Taylor nine years
since as superintendent of the county
poor farm. Mrs. Taylor was a member
of the United Brethren church. She
is survived by her husband and two
children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
TOPEKA FARES WELL.
Most OF State Dry Goods Contracts
Secured by Local Firms.

Topeka bidders Jared very well to-
day at the letting of the dry goods
contracts before the state board of
control. Some of the best and most
profitable items on the list will be fur
nished by Topeka stores during the
next six months.
A complete list of the bidders fol-
lows: NJ. B. Cohn. Ottawa; A. D.
Weaver, Lawrence; Mills Dry Goods
company, Topeka; Warren M. Crosby,
Topeka; JohnSOn-Larimer Wichita
Cox, johnson & Dimond, Wichita; W.
J. Calhoun, Fort Scott; Topeka Cash
Dry Goods company, Topeka; Robin
son, Marshall, Topeka; Otto A. Fisch-
er, Lawrence; Salina Mercantile COM
pany, Salina; Hettinger Bros, Kansas
City Mo-; H. D. Lee, Salina; J. J.
Pierson, Parsons; Palace Clothing
company Topeka; Western Woolen
Mill, Topeka; William Schick, Topeka.
The letting of the mattress contract
was postponed few days as the board
wished to investigate the matter fur
ther.
Among the important contracts Sc
cured by the Topeka firms are these:
Warren NJ. -Bedspreads, brown
cotton, bleached cotton, crash towels,
curtain netting, hickory shirting, un-
bleached table linen, bleached muslin,
linen napkins, silesia.
Mills Dry Goods company-Bedsprea
brown pepperilI, bleached cotton, in
grain carpets, mems drawers and shirts,
ducking, gingham, white handkerehiefs,
napkins, oilcloth.
Topeka Cash Dry Goods company
Calfskin boots, wonen's drawers ano
shirts.
Palace Clothing company-AFen's hose
boys suspenders.
Western Woolen Mills-Men's pants,
cashmere.
The letting of the dry goods contracts
will be completed this evening. To-
morrow the board viii let the contracts
for hardware, queensware and station
1 ery supplies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
5000 AGENTS QUIT.
That Number Left the Metropolitan in
One Year.

New York, Dec 14.-Haley Fiske, vice
president of the Metropolitan Life In
surance company, was the first witness
to testify before the Investigating COM
mittee today. When the committee ad-
journed yesterday Mr.. Fiske was read
ing a statement Of the lapses in the IL
dustrial department of his company s
business. Mr.. Fiske made further
statement on that subject
Mr.. F'iske asserted that 1apses cause
no serious loss to the insured as the
average amount paid on lapsed indus
trial policies in 1900 is only Y cents,
for which the insured received protec-
ton for ten to twelve weeks. The total
loss to company On lapses in 1900, Mr..
Fiske said, was S1,070,000; the number
Of policies cancelled was 575,392 and
the average loss to the company was
S1-S6 on a policy.
Charles +. Hughes, the committee ;
counsel, examined the method by which
the company arrived at these figures
Mr.. Fiske said that more than 5000
agents left the employ Of the MetrOpol-
tan company in 1904. Tt had about
II 900 agents in it's employ at the he
ginning and about the same number at
the end of the year
Mr. Hughes went into an exhaustive
examination of the items composing the
cost of getting new business in 1904 in
order to compare it with the losses estI-
mated on new business in that year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
THE CATTLEMEN.
II. @. Boiee Makes a Statement for
the state Journal of Their Side.

To the Editor Of the State Journal:
The wholesale indictments of cattIemen
IN southwestern Kansas on the fence
question is considered BY their friends as
a great injustice to them, and, generally
speaking, the action VIII be condemned By
the people Of western Kansas.
While these counties are now reasona-
bly, prosperous, the action Of the grand
jury at Topeka viii have the reverse CT
feet, materially in5urins nearly every
one and doing nobody any good. The
best of the lands in that section can OnIy
be depended upon to raise rough feed, and
a large portion OF the lands are mere
sand hills Any Of these lands can be
hOmesteaded now Just as easy as If there
were no fencesii lin fact. have never known
the settlers from locating when and where
they pleased. venture the assertion that
these two counties would sign a petition
to have the fences remain just as they
are.
To remove the fences would work mucu
more OF a hardship on the small ranch
man than on the larger one. The fences
that are located there, with the view OF
keeping cattle from drifting or mixing,
are the result Of more than % years OF
adjustment between the residents, and as
suranees have been made repeatedly
by the representatives of the in
terror department, that as long as there
were not any complaints against the
fences that might be On government
removal, but that. should removal be
necessary in any case, 50 days notice
ten made from these representatives Of
the interior department have certainly
justified the very best aw-abiding eiti-
zens in allowing. their fences to remain.
even though on government lands, until
receiving notice to remove them, and as
these notices were not given, it is not "A
square DEAF to indict them. It has often
been the case where fences have been or
dered down that they were allowed to
stand or be rebuilt If the complaints
ceased or were withdrawn.
While there may be some crimes being
perpetrated in some parts of the range
country, it seems that large class Of
respectable citizens engaged there in the
cattle business are now having to suffer
an injustice, probably. owing to the ever
zeal of some officials in this wave of re-
form.
matters, will say enphaticaliy that my
conscience is perfectly clear. Respect
fully. II G. ROICE-
Kansas City, Mo-. Dec. z. 1906.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
BURIED S25,OOO.
Tower Falls Through a Four story
Building During a Fire.

New York, Dec. 14.-F'ire early today
destroyed the four story brick business
building a the corner of Fulton street
and Bedford avenue in Brooklyn, the
property of State Senator Charles Coop
er. entailing a loss Of 100000 on the
building and an additional loss to ten
ants of about $780, 900.
A most spectacular feature was pre-
sented when a tower had its supports
burned away and went crashing
through three floors sending up burst
of sparks and glowing embers and ad-
ding fresh fuel to the flames below.
The tower fell into the office of the
Brooklyn Trust company, burying a
safe that contained SIS, 900 in cash,
which it is believed will not be burned.
On the second floor of the building,
Senator Cooper had a store room in
which he had many valuable paintings,
bric-a-brac and other art treasures.
These suffered from the flames and to-
day the senator estimated his loss on
these at $500 Other tenants who
sustained losses were the Prudential
and John Hancock Life Insurance COM
panies, the American Harness company
and the London Harness company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
REVOLT SPREADS.
Two Russian Provinces in Hands
of Insurgents.
A Third Is Being Rapidly Over
run by Them.
BURN AS THEY GO.
Seize the Railway Stations and
Cut the Lines.
Mutiny Breaks Out on the
BattIeship Czarevitch.

St Petersburg, Wednesday night
Dec. 13, via Eydtkuhnen, East Prus-
sia, Dec. 1.-THE governments ad-
vices today from the Baltic province
forwarded part of the way from Riga
by courier are of the most alarming
character. Bands of thousands of
Lettish peasants are roaming the
country in the vicinity of Riga. putting
the torches to the houses on all the
estates and even threatening the town
of Riga itself. The districts of Riga
and Vendon are entirely in the hands
of the insurgents. The revolt is spread
ing to all parts of Courland. All rail-
way communication with Riga is cut.
The insurgents have seized a number
of stations on the three railroads lead
ing from that city and are advancing
against others.
According to the government infor-
nation all the sailors from the COM
have Joined the strike. The government
claims that the troops there are loyal
though inadequate.
The situation is also bad at Mitau,
where on December II the trops fired on
the rioters.
Mutiny on the Czarevitch.
Colombo, Ceylon, Dec. IA hundred
Russians on board the Russian battle
ship CzareYitch in the harbor here mutt
MED today. Military assistance was
asked for and sent and so Of the mutt
neers were taken ashore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
M JIMSEY MAY LOSE 1T.
Believed Consul General to Mexico
Must Speak Spanish.

Washington, Dec 14-Some doubt is
expressed whether Z. E AIcJimsey, of
the st. Joseph Gazette. viii be appoint
ed counsel general to Mexico, as an
n0unced last week 1t is claimed that
the Information of his appointment was
given out prematurely.
The information comes from a good
source that, while no objection can be
sustained to McJimsey on grounds of
fitness, the policy viii be to appoint
no one consul general to the sister re-
public who cannot speak the Spanish
language. This is new policy recent
ly put into practice, which has had no
bearing on the qualifications of previ-
Gus appointees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14

last year) with s.241, ,952 bushels. Mar
shall coming next with 6.1T3.8S
bushels. Nemaha third with $3.50, ,S54
bushels, washington fourth with g.
162, $40 bushels and Republic fifth
with 5.074, ,080 bushels.
The area devoted to corn this year
was 6.199.755 acres, an increase over
that Of 1904 Of 305.597 acres. or Al
per cent. The average yield per acre
for the entire state was 2S bushels
Sorghums for grain and forage
The nonsaccharine varieties of sor-
ghums have all increased in acreage,
while the sweet sorghums show a de-
crease; the combined value Of these is
S8,1O7,I35.
Hay and live stock=Tame and
prairie hays yielded well and IN quail
ity are probably above the average.
The returns indicate a larger supply Of
hogs than one year ago, and from no
quarter is disease reported among live
stock.
Kansas Crops and Products in 1908.
The values Of the years crops and
products are as follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
BURTONIN GOOD SPIRITS
Discusses Public Questions But sNot
for PubIication.''

Senator J. R. Burton was in Topeka
today visiting at the federal building.
As usual he declined to talk, saying
that he never makes any statements
now for the public.
He seemed to be in decidedly good
spirits for he chatted merrily with the
federal officers. He gossiped about the
statehood proposition of the southwest
and Senator Foraker's attitude con-
corning it.
Then he turned to the newspaper
men and saidz f1-azs $50 .4Roa't use
any of this. I'm not talking for pub
Hcation, you know"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
ANOTHER CLEAR DAY.
The Weather Is Perfect and the Tenn
perature Comfortable.

The weather conditions are much the
same that they were yesterday, the sky
is clear and while it was two degrees
cooler at z o'clock this morning than
it was at the same time the preceding
day, the temperature at noon today is
higher by two degrees than it was yes
terday The indications are that the
maximum temperature for today VIII
be several degrees higher than it was
wednesday. The wind is blowing from
the east at the noon hour at the rate
Of seven miles per hour ami IS not of
the chilling variety of yesterday. The
predictions for tomorrow indicate that
there will not be a noticeable change.
The hourly temperatures for today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
SPECIAL MESSAGE
From the President on Insurance Mat
ters Is Expected.

New York. Dec. 14.-The Times to-
day says: Information has reached
New York that President Roosevelt
will probably send a special message to
congress, asking for legislation de-
signed to cover Illicit transactions in
the insurance business. The message,
according to the present programme,
will deal only with insurance matters in
the District of Columbia, over which
dent, it is said, desires to set an object
lesson by recommending legislation for
the District OF Columbia, which may be
considered by the state Legislatures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
BONAPARTE MISSED.
At the Annual Meeting of the Civil
Service Reform League.

Milwaukee, Dec. 14-The twenty
fifth annual meeting of The National
Civil Service Reform league opened in
Milwaukee today. Much regret IS ex-
pressed at the absence Of Secretary Of
the Navy Bonaparte who waS to have
been the chief speaker.
The convention opened this forenoon
with a meeting of the council which
was followed by q luncheon to the
members of the council at the resi-
dence Of John A. Butler
The first public meeting was held
this afternoon when the subject OF
civil service reform IN the west was
treated in papers by several members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
ROGERS TO BUILD HOME
Standard Oil BIan VIII Invest $4,000
in a Charity.

New York, Dec. 14.-Son has been
broken in the Bronx for the erection
of a building for the use Of the Messiah
home for little children. The building
will be erected by Henry H. Rogers,
vice president CT the Standard Oil com
pany. The cost, it is said, Will be
SSG0,0O0.
Mrs. H. H. Rogers is president of the
Messiah home for little children and
devotes much time to the work. The
institution was founded MISS for the
temporary relief of working mothers
and the care of girls under II and boys
under 8. The last annual report show
ed that "A children were in the insti-
tuition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
INJURED IN WRECK.
Rock Island Train PIunges Into a
String of Box Cars.

Waterloo, Ia. Dec. -Southbound
mail train No. on the Rock Island
road ran into an open switch at Water
loo last night and plunged into a
string of loaded box cars. The mail
car baggage car and two passenger
coaches were wrecked. The seriously
injured were: Engineer Parking of
Burlington; Fireman Herbert of Bur
lington; A. H. Peterson, mail clerk of
burlington; Mrs. c. V. Farnum and
baby Of Sykeston, Iowa; E. Fairbin of
Minneapolis.
Many other passengers were badly
cut and bruised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
MISS ALICE TO WED.
Presidents Daughter VIII Marry Con
gresham Longworth in February.

Washington, Dec. 14.-FormaI an
nouncement is made by the president
and Mrs. Roosevelt of the engagement
of their daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt
to Nicholas Longworth. representative
in congress from the First district Of
Ohio. one of the Cincinnati districts.
Coupled with the announcement Of
the enga cement is the additional an
nouncement that the wedding viii be
about the middle of next February.
While definite arrangements for the
wedding have not been made, it is be-
Iieved that it viii take p-ace at the
White House.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
DROWNED IN BUNKS.
Four Persons Lose Their Lives bv
Sinking of Tow Boat.

Brownsville. Pa, Dec. -14.-Four
persons were drowned in the Mononga-
hela river today, as the result of the
passenger steamer Rose Hfte coIliding
with the. tow boat John F. Klein and
sinking in IA feet of water. All the
dead were employed on the steamer as
deck hands and were drowned while
they slept. The boat carried IA pas
safely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14

Chicago, Dec IA a. m. tempera-
lures: New. York. "a; Boston, %; Phil
adelphia, "a; Washington, "a; Chicago,
80; Minneapolis, u; Cincinnati. 20; st.
Louis. a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
CAN GET MONEY BACK.
That Is Paid for Liquor Shipped to
Iowa C. 0. d.

Des Moines. Ia. Dec. 14-It is Illegal to
ship liquor into Iowa c. o. d. and the pu~-
chasers can afterwards recover the mon
ey they paid for the liquor, according to
a, decision of the supreme court today.
The decision was in the case of John
Hamilton versus Schlitz Brewing Co of
AfiIwau aulxee, and the court holds that the
brewery must return 5000 paid for beer
shipped to Hamilton in Linn county, C. O..
d., the court holding this a violation of
the mulct law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
TO CALL 1T ARIZONA.
New BIedco's Name VIII Be Wiped
OF the Map.

Washington, Dec. 14-Immediately
upon the adjournment Of the house to-
day the Republican members met in
conference on the statehood measure
the plan being to endorse the policy Of
creating the state of Arizona out OF that
territory and New Mexico and the state
Of Oklahoma out of the territory Of that
rame and the Indian Territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
sale of IrYing Relics.

London, Dec. 1.-THE sale of the late
Sir Henry Irving's theatrical relics at
Christie's today attracted lively atten-
ton A Malaccan which had belonged
to Garrick was sold for s215. The
sword Irving wore as Richard III, went
for s155, and a hintIock pistol used in
the character Of Peter the Great was
knocked down at S155. Fifty small lots
netted IS, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
CALDWELL JURY STILL OUT.
No Decision Yet Though Body Has
Considered -Four Days.

Salina, Kan, Dec. 1.-THE jury in the
Caldwell murder case was still out at a
late hour this afternoon with no appear
ance of agreement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
TWO JURORS FOUND.
Farmers Find Favor With Both Sides
in Beef Trust Case.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-Two jurors were ac-
cepted by both sides in the beef trust
case today. Both men are farmers from
the interior of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
AFTER 20 YEARS
Earl of Aberdeen Is Again Lord Lieu
tenant of Ireland.

Dublin, Dec. 14.-After an interval
of 90 years. the Earl of Aberdeen was
today sworn in as lord lieutenant of
ireland for the second time. James
Brice was also sworn in as chief Sec
retary for Ireland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
Hazed TN He Fainted.

Annapolis, Md, Dee. "A searching
Investigation into the hazing of Midship-
man Kimbrough for the third class until
he tainted from exhaustion is being made
by the naval academy authorities.