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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
AMERICANS IN CUBA.

Large Industries Passing Into Hands
of Progressive Business Men.
The real estate and mines of Cuba,
as well as new manufacturing indus
tries, are going into American hands.
Some Spanish-speaking Americans,
American born, but naturalized Gu
bans, have told the writer that already
40 per cent of the Cuban land is owned
by Americans. This probably is an
overestimate, but the truth lies in that
direction. During the terrible war
owners Of large plantations Of from
5000 to 10000 acres were driven by the
butcher, Weyler, into the cities. Sup
plies arose to starvation prices, for
100000 people starved to death. Their
plantations were useless. Spaniards
burned their sugar plantations, de-
stroyed their buildings, and even cut
down their mango trees, leaving moth
ing to support life. Rich planters
get the necessities of life. Once the
war was over, they found themselves
prostrated, unable to get from under
mortgage The result has been that
vast tracts of the best land in Cuba
have been on the market for one-tenth
their value fifteen years ago. Ameri-
cans with capital have bought thou
sands of such plantations, as well as
smaller ones, in some instances SUBJ
dividing and selling te smaller invest
ors, in others turning by their own in
dustry a wilderness into fruitful fields.
plantation in Cuba, operated by capt.
talists from Boston. 1t shipped last
year 10000 bags of sugar of 32O
pounds each. A number of others are
measurably as prosperous. There are,
at present, no sugar refneries in Cuba.
All sugar is shipped out crude. But as
refined sugar costs much more in Cuba
because of shipment to the United
States and return, plus the price of re
fining, already plans are on foot for re-
fining plants there, where sugar cane
grows sixteen feet high, needs plant
ing but once in twelve years, and two
crops a year are cut. In Havana are
three SnOe factories, the HrSt ID CuDa,
where shoes are made by machinery fit
for man to wear-for a Cuban shoe
is an instrument of torture. In all Gu
ban cities are many factories for max
ing shoes by hand in Cuban fashion.
One of the preprietors of laese COM
planned to the writer that the Havana
factories were running his business,
and would that of all his fellow crafts
men. For the good of humanity, one
would say who had tried to wear a Gu
ban shoe, may they do so speedily!
The celebrated copper mines of San
tiago Province, one Of the richest
known, have recently passed into the
hands of an American syndicate.-Pn-
grim.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
All Have Their TOYS.

There isn't place in the world
where the children have no toys. Even
in Australia among the degraded and
animal-like bushmen, the children have
toy fire sticks which they rub to pro-
duce fame. In the Polynesian islands
the baby savages have toy blow guns.
Eskimo land is perfect Santa Claus
land of ivory and bone toys, many Of
which are made to move, so that the
little Eskimos have dogs harnessed to
sleds and little seals and whales and
canoes which are so carved that the
tiny man in them bobs back and forth
as if he were padding. and will even
throw harpoon.
But all savage children try to copy
new things. Now, in the very heart Of
Africa, travellers find the little negroes
playing with pieces of wood that they
have carved into imitation of the rifles
that they have seen the white men
carry. They even stick a ball Of cot
ton in the muzle end to initiate the
smoke
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
BILL BY ELklNS.
Its Object Is Regulation of Railroad
Freight Rates.

freiSnt rates.
Washington, Dec. 31.-Senator S. B.
Elkins, of West Virginia, chairman of
the senate committee on interstate
commerce, is busily engaged in franz
ing bill for the purpose of carrying
out the views of the president in rela-
tion to the abolition of freight rebates.
The senator, in. discussing the subject
today, said among other things:
"There should be some power in this
country to declare what rates should be
on the railroads. The United States
supreme court has decided that the fix
ing of railroad rate is legislative
and not judicial power. So we can
not depend upon the interstate COM
merce commission to fix these rates,
and, in fact, no commission or other
court can be depended on for that i'm
portant function. What we can do is
to empower court to declare when a
rate is excessive and in that way send
the rate back to the railroad to be low
cred.
"I do not think we need fear that
the roads will attempt to evade the ex-
ecution of such instruction in good
faith, by attempting to come back
again with another rate, slightly low
cred, so as to result in no benefit. We
can depend upon public opinion as a
power to force them to accept this
method of regulating the rates in good
faith. If the lower rate they fix is not
low enough, it can again be declared
to be too high and would go back to
them.
"For several reasons think the in
the proper tribunal for the fixing of
rates by this method. 1t should be
done in circuit court of the United
States, and that court should be pre-
sided over by a justice of high char
acter, who ought to receive salary of
$40, 900, $4,000 or 5000 a year.
Such judge would, of course, be ap-
pointed for life, and would be in a po-
sition to fix these rates. He could de-
vote his entire thought to the questions
that would come to his attention.
''Just think what might happen il
these powers were placed in the hands
of commission, the members subject
to reappointment by the president,
with limited terms. Such proposal
would not meet the approval of the
conservative men,"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
The Busy Child.

The Busy Child.
| have SO many things to do,
[ don't know when I shall be through
To-day I had to watch the rain
Come sliding down the window pane.
And I was humming all the time,
Around my head a kind of rhyme.
And blowing softly on the glass
70 see the dimness come and pass.
[ made a picture with my breath,
Rubbed out to show the underneath.
| built city on the floor;
And then I went and was a War.
And l escaped from square to square
That's greenest on the carpet there.
Until at last 1 came to Us;
But it was very dangerous.
Because if 1 had stepped outside,
made believe I should have diedi
And now I have the boat to mend,
And all our supper to pretend.
l am so busy every day,
l haven't any time to play.
|--Pittsburg Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Mail Service in Bad Shape.

Chicago, Dec. 81. = As result of
storm conditions, trains on nearly every
railroad entering Chicago were one to
four hours behind schedule today
Great difficulty was experienced by
railroad officials on securing tele-
graphic reports of the movements of
trains. Wires were down in many
places. Points in the northwestern
states could be reached cnly by circuit
Gus routes. The mail service of the
entire middle west is in bad condition.
Transfer connections with a number of
outbound trains were missed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Santa Claus to World.

New York, Jan. 2. = The United
States played Santa Claus to the world,
according to reports secured from the
money order division of the New York
postofice. From December l to De-
cember "a, the night before Christmas,
no less than 334,Os4 international
money orders were forwarded to other
lands from this city, and these orders
called for $4,667 ,692. The remittances
were the largest in the history of the
postoffice. The figures show an unus-
ual distribution, too.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Moors Commit Outrage.

New York, Jaan. 2.-In garden of
a British subject, only one mile from
Tangier, bold murder has been COM
mitted by Moorish robbers, according
to the Herald correspondent of Tangier.
The Moors entered the garden and car
ried away four cows belonging to the
British owner, after numbering Span
lard working on the place. One of the
robbers was severely wounded by the
wife of the Spaniard. It is rumored
from Tetuan that the garrison there
has deserted and fled from the town.
Two months pay was due them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
VESSELS IN VERY BAD SHAPE
Russ Says They Would Not Be Able
to Reach the East.

~ nSdCn tl6 East
st. Petersburg, Dec 90 In an out
spoken article, in reply to recent
letter of Admiral Bierileff, which ap-
pealed to Russians not to criticise the
condition of the navy openly, the Russ
today declares the time is past for ST.
lence, in view of the fact that the stold
system of concealing facts is response
BILE for the loss of $50, 900, 900 roubles'
worth of warships and has covered us
with shame and grief. 1t would be
absurd to hide the defects that can still
be repaired in the ships which remain
at Cronstadt and Libau. We have al
ready criminally wasted enough time"
The Russ enumerates the defects in
the ships still in Russian waters, aver
ring that the speculiarities of structure
of several of the. vessels destined for
the Far East make the voyage danger
Gus, and the torpedo boats are in such
shocking condition that it is matter
of surprise that the authorities accepted
their delivery. Torpedo boats intend
ed to reinforce Vice Admiral Rojest-
vensky must clearly not be dispatched
with the numerous defects which have
been proved to exist in them
Given if Admiral Rojestvensky is a
clever leader and his $4,000 comrades
are heroic sailors, everyone knows that
we have imposed upon them an almost
superhuman task in consequence of our
not being furnished with true account
of the gravity of the events which have
occurred since the fatal night of Feb
| ruary 81
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Seven COnViCts at Folsom Make
Dash for Liberty.
THREE Are KILLED BY GUARDS
Four Are Fatally Wounded and One
Slightly-Two Guards Hurt by
Bullets of Comrades.

Folsom, CAL, Dec. 31.-A break that
was clever in plan and bold in execu-
tion took place at the penitentiary
here this afternoon. The guards obeyed
the standing orders of the warden to
shoot regardless of the danger to free
men, and as a result seven of nine
convicts, who had planned to get away,
were almost riddled with bullets,
three being now dead and three in a
critical condition.
The break was similar in general
plan to that of last July, but the fact
that it was made within the range OF
the guns of seven reliable guards, all
dead shots, and one of those within so
feet, makes it more bold and desperate.
The convicts who engaged in the
break were all employed on the rock
.crusher, where 325 of the most desper-
ate prisoners were at work. Captain
Murphy was acting as general overseer
about the rock crusher, and four other
attaches, L. Daley, M. Hogan, Charles
Taylor and Charles Jolly, were employ
ed as "pushers'' to keep the men at
work.
A large sledge hammer was thrown
into the crusher, causing the ponderous
machinery to come to a standstill
This attracted. Captain Murphy, Charles
Jolly and Taylor to the place immedi-
ately. Thereupon the desperate con-
victs rushed to seize Murphy, jolly and
Taylor. They succeeded only in catch
ing the two first mentioned. During
this time the scene of trouble was under
cover, and the guards on the outside
could not see the struggling men, al
though they soon had an intimation
that something was wrong. Five OF
the gang surrounded Captain Murphy
and two others had Jolly. The con-
victs had knives in position for imme.
dat execution, should the guards at.
tempt to free themselves. The convicts
were very bold as they approached
Guard Harris, who stood ready to act
according to the standing orders to
shoot regardless of consequences.
When within 40 feet of the outside
, guards, one of the convicts gave the
command: "Hand out your gun, or We
will stab Murphy to the heart
Instead of handing out his rife, Har
ris sent bullet into the fellows body
and he fell to the ground. In quick
succession Harris fired at each of the
remaining convicts, who were trying t.
shield themselves behind Murphy ano
Jolly.
In the meantime bullets from othe,
posts were flying thickly about, man,
of them striking the convicts.,
Captain Murphy was struck by on'
of them, slight wound being inflicted
in the leg, and jolly was struck in th'
neck, the bullet coming out through
the cheek and inicting very seriou
wound, though probably not critica
one. Two of the convicts, named
Campbell and Ford, intended joining
the others, but their courage faileo
them when the shooting began.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Dredges Stop Work.

Portland, Dec. 31.-All but two of
the river dredges operated by the Unit
ed States engineers in the Columbia
river and its tributaries are laid up for
lack of funds with which to carry on
operations. The W. S. Ladd, on the
lower river, will probably continue in
operation for month yet and then will
quit for the same reason. The dredge
Willowa, on the Snake, is also still in
operation, but the Columbia dipper
dredges, No. and No. 2, and the snag
boat are all out of commission, as the
engineers have not sufficient funds with
which to operate.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Will Make Lots of Money,

Portland, Dec. 29.-It was decided
yesterday that the offer from the gov
ernment to install two coin machines
in the government building at the fair
will be accepted, though the cost of
operation will fall on the management
of the exposition. The machines will
be run by electricity and an expert will
be sent from Washington to take charge.
All the workings of a large mint will
be shown in this exhibit, and the meth
DDS of making coins displayed. It is
expected to be one of the chief attrac-
tions of the government building.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Storm DESTROYS Jettx.

Astoria, Or, Dec. 31.-Five thousand
feet of jetty superstructure was carried
away in an 80-mile-an-hour gale off
the mouth OF the river yesterday morn
ing, leaving only 500 feet of the outer
end remaining. To repair this work,
together with the portion that was
carried away by previous storms, will
take several months, SO that it is un-
likely that there will be any extension
of the jetty until late next summer, il
at all during the coming year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Neutrality of Dutch Ports.

The Hague, Dec. 31.-In connection
with rumors Of possible infringement
of the neutrality of ports in the Dutch
East Indies, it is officially pointed out
that the neutrality Of Sabang and other
ports will be maintained. Two Dutch
battleships, two cruisers and five small
er warships are now in those waters,
while two additional vessels are ready
at Nieuwe-Diep, Holland, to reinforce
them if necessary.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Burning Their Cotton.

Fort Gaines, Ga, Dec. 50. - The
farmers and merchants of this county
met today at Fort Gaines and decided
to burn their share of 100000 bales
of surplus cotton A starter was made
today when bonfire was made on the
streets. It is not yet determined where
it will stop. The farmers have decid-
ed to set the pace, and are moving de-
ter1ninedly. A large crowd paraded
with much spectacular ceremony. The
object is to show that the farmers are
ready to sacrifice a few bales for the
benefit of the masses.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Porter Is To Retire.

New York, Dec. 29.-The Herald
will say tomorrow: It has been def
nitely decided that General Horace
Porter, of New York, shall retire as
ambassador to France and he will have
his resignation in the hands of Presi-
dent Roosevelt before his Inauguration.
This announcement was received by the
Republican state leaders. General Por-
ter's successor to Paris will be George
Won Z. Meyer, the present ambassador
to Italy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Panic in Jute Mills.

New York, Dec .30.-Engineer Charles
J. Hebe was instantly killed, his as
sistant, Daniel Ferer, probably fatally
injured, and the lives of hundreds of
young women endangered today, when
the cylinder head of the great power
engine in the Chelsea jute mills in
Bro oklyn blew out. The noise of the
explosion threw into panic the 1900
young women at work in the building.
Many of them were badly bruised and
hurt in their efforts to escape.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Snow Is Ten Feet Seep.

La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 81, - A drop
in the temperature of 40 degrees fol-
lowed the blizzard which ceased at
midnight. Snow is drifted to the
height of eight and ten feet in the
streets, and large gang of men are en-
gagged in shoveling snow from the street
railway tracks, SO traffic can be re-
sumed. 4.szsas N,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
The siamese Twin Puzzle.

Here is a lot of fun which some of
our younger readers have perhaps
never tried on their friends. Look at
the picture and see if you can find
out way for the two boys to get
apart Two small girls who were tied
together in this manner rode home in
street car together, slept all night
over it and did not guess the riddle
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06

until after breakfast the next morn
ing. The antics which they cut up in
trying to get apart furnished fun not
only for themselves, but for whole
room full of people.
To make it really exciting, num-
Der of couples should be set going at
once and a prize offered to the pair
who first get apart. Such a wriggling
and twisting into all sorts Of absurd
positions as this will result in could
hardly be equaled by nest of beacon
strictors.
And the problem Is, after all, quite
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Big Dock for the Navy

Washington, Dec. 80. - The bureau
OF yards and docks, Navy department,
today awarded the contract for the
completion Of the drydock at the Mare
island navy yard to the Schofeld COM
pany, Of Philadelphia. The amount
of the contract is 81, 1856 900, and the
drydock is to be completed in 33
months. This drydock will be the
largest in the United States navy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Tried to Reach vladiyostok.

Shanghai, Jan. 2.-According to pri-
vate advices from Sasebo received here
today Commander Pelem, Of the Rus
sian torpedo boat destroyer Rastoropny
and another officer of that vessel have
been identified among those on board
the captured British steamer Nigretia.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
LITTLE STORIES
AND INCIDENTS
That VIII Interest and
Entertain Young
Readers.

easy of solution The center of one
Of the handkerchiefs has only to be
slipped under the loop made by the
other handkerchief where it is tied
about the wrist, and the loop thus
made carried over the hand.
Tie two of your friends together in
this way and follow the directions
given. You will soon catch the idea of
how to quickly separate them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Hurry Work on Black Sea Elect

sevastopol, Dec. 29.- The dockyard
laborers have been released from their
obligation as members of the reserves
in order that they may continue the
work on the vessels of the Black sea
feet, which is being pushed with great
energy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Children of the wilds.


Captain Jermann, of Rio De Janeiro,
who recently returned from a journey
into the rubber districts of east Bo-
hvia, almost in the heart Of Central
America, visited a town in the very
interior, SO far from civilization that
it required horseback ride of three
days to get to it. There he found two
schools for boys and one for the girls
Of the place, but only one teacher,
who was an old half-breed.
But" says Captain Jermann, 9tthe
children were just as good and well
behaved as if they were enjoying the
best educational chances in the world.
They were as polite as the most cul
tured people in the outside world, and
were eager to show me attentions,
without, however, pressing them upon
me. They never entered house. not
even shop, without knocking at the
door or the side and obtaining permis-
sion to come in. After this permis-
sion was given they always took off
their shoes, which they left outside"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06

A statesman often is good at repair
tee but the politician is generally quick
at figures.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06

"What shall get you for your birth
day?" asked a father of his 5-year-old
daughter, who was suffering from
toothache.
I'D like some teeth like mammals,
so can take 'em out when they ache"
replied the observing miss.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06

A miser is known by the money he
keeps.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
He Had a Coincidence.


Johnny" said the teacher, ''can you
tell me what a coincidence is?'
"Yes, ma'am," answered Johnny.
"We've got one at our house"
"Well, what is it?" asked the teach
er.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
A Grass Widow.

Little Margie-Mamma, the lady up
stairs is a widow, isn't she?
Mamma-Yes; that is, she's a grass
widow.
Little Margie-Why, mamma, did
her husband die of hay fever?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
Teeth that Would Not Ache,

Twins" was the prompt reply.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-28
ESSEX
Big hoe-Ths RailrOad-BIind TIGERS.
DunnsvIIle. Ya.. pec. 25. 19O5

DunnhNlle, va, Dec. 20, lJO0.
Though Mr.. Willie Lumpkin could not
find barrel large enough to scald that
$50 pound hog IN, yet he managed 70
scrape him clean and otherwise prepare
him. Mr. Lumpkin got twenty gallons
Oi lard from this hog.
There Is some interesting speculation
along the line Of what the real object OF
the railroad coming through this section
OF Eastern Virginia is hlr. Gould may
love us, but railroads are not built for
the special accommodation OF few peo-
pie cut OF from the rest OF the world.
II that road il built, Tappahannock will
not be its terminus, nor viii keedville, or
any other point along the water. There
may be gr ater plans ahead than some
OF Us have even conceived yet. 1t mat
trrs not to W., however. where it may
90, just 80 1t comes this way.
IL Is not prob. bic that speak -easys"
viii flourish la Essex Judge Wright
gave IA pointed warning to those who
might possibly try to carry on Illicit
liquor selling again, presuming upon his
lenency in placing small fine (SlOO) for
the first Ufiense. refer to the cases
wherein the accused plead guilty. The
next time they come before his honor,
there will be fear and trembling, for
there Is no maximum limit to the fine
that may be placed by the jury il the
case goes to trial, or that may be fixed
by the Judge il the offenders plead guilty.
They say that prohibition does not
prohibit, but few heavy fines will come
pretty near prohibiting country blind
tigers. This is no joke. Let the law be
carried out II one wants whiskey the
market is open elsewhere. He can get
what he want. Cut out the blind-tigers.