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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-08
1T S ON L EG S.
GIRL ATTEMPTS HOLD-UP.
Maid Dressed In Mans Clothes ant
Armed With Gun Is Arrested.

GIRL ATTEMPTS HOLD-UP.
Maid Dressed In Mans Clothes and
Armed With Gun Is Arrested.
PARIS, March S.-As a man was
passing along the Rue Chaudron yes
terday he was suddenly stopped by a
timid-looking youth with long hair,
who presented revolver at him, with
the words: your money or your life"
The man promptly knocked the youth
down and seized the revolver When
the police took the young desperate
to the police station it was discovered
that the supposed youth was in reality
a girl of Is, named Blanche Larue, who
told an extraordinary story.
she is the daughter of a respectable
tradesman of Rouen, and only recently
left school. Her head had been turned
by reading the newspaper accounts of
the Apache crimes in Paris. Having
robbed her fathers till, she left home
and came to Paris last Thursday.
In the Montmartre quarter she wit
messed a street fight between two
hooligans, who fought with knives.
She followed the victor, and told him
she wished to be his companion.
At the hotel at which they stayed
quarrel took place, in consequence of
which the young hooligan locked her
in a room and went out.
The girl succeeded in liberating her
self, and exchanged her clothes for a
suit belonging to ner male companion,
whose revolver She also appropriated.
Thus equipped, she sailed forth in>o
the streets, where she ''neld up the
first person she met, with the results
above described.
Her father was at once telegraphed
for, and her hooligan companion has
been arrested.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-08
1T S ON L EG s.
COUNT MISSED HER REFUSAL.
Mrs. SprouIe Declares Carlo Puccini
Did Not Ask for Money.

NEW YORK, March S.-Had not
Count Carlo Puccini passed in mid
ocean missive addressed to him by
his former fiancee. he would not have
been subjected to the humiliation that
followed the marriage of his supposed
bride-to-be to another on the day be-
fore his arrival.
This developed today in a statement
made through her attorney by Mrs.
Sproule, who defends the count against
certain derogatory statements and de-
ciares she did not break the engage
ment because of any fault Of his, but
solely because she felt stronger at
tachement for the man she did marry.
The statement of the lawyer reads as
follows:
Although Mrs. Sproule is indisposed
to continue the unfortunate publicity
that the newspapers have recently
given to the circumstances of her
marriage in justice to Count Carlo
Puccini she deems it her duty to cor
rect the statements recently published
concerning his relations to that mat
ter.
Therefore she has directed me to
state it is not fact that prior to or
during her engagement to Count Puc-
cini or at any time that he made upon
her any demands or requests Of a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-08
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT STEVEN
SON WOULD GET CLERKSHIP
CAUSES MUCH COMMENT.
Tie Will No Longer Play the Political
Game-Now Assured a Job
for Life.

The announcement in the Evening
Statesman yesterday that George
Stevenson was to be appointed clerk Of
the new federal court district in this
state, came as a great surprise to the
politicians in general and it has oc-
,-casioned much comment in Walla Wal
Ia Only a few Of those who are on
ythe inside of al political deals were
aware of the fact that the former rail-
road man was to receive the plum. 1t
was generally conceded that DR.. w. H.
Hare of North Yakima was to get the
Job, but the wise ones have maintained
FOR a long time that the genial doctor
and politician was not on the slate.
The appointment of Stevenson means
that he is to retire from politics and
out the state by the press as the chief
of the railroad lobby.
Stevenson has been reviled and as
sailed, but me has always had a great
influence with legislators and men who
played the political game, is the way
the Tacoma News puts it, in printing
Hhe story of his probable appoint
anent. For years he has sat behind
tshe curtains and pulled the strings
that made legislators dance. He has
in turn been manager for senatorial
candidates. lobbyist for railroads and
an avenger for men with political
hatred and political scores to even. He
has made wounds and he has healed
them. He has been accused of ali sorts
of political crimes and enormities, but
he has never been forced to abdicate
his position as a premier manipula-
tor in Washington politics. He has
enemies in every corner and nook of
this state, but his friends are legion.
Enemy and friend alike yield him the
tribute of always keeping his word
'Tney say he has yet to break q
promise.
whatever else Inlay Do SAID OIL MIN
Mr.. Stevenson is the keenest and
ashrewedest of politicians. Before the
Legislature convened, he predicted to
lnis friends the passage of a railroad
commission bill. Foreseeing this, he
looked for a place to land. He will
1find it in the clerkship of the new dis
trict. Whether or not ne asked it OF
Sweeney, who managed Sweeney's SEN
satoriai fight is not known but certain
it is that the post has been promised
to him and it is almost certain that he
will get it. The position will be wortA
from $4,000 to $1,000 per year.
AS a lobbyist Stevenson's services
are valued at a much higher figure
Especially is this true, now that a rail-
xoad commission bill is to be created
He appears to have tired of the con
tinual warfare and it is assumed tina,
this is his reason for desiring and &C.
-cepting the clerkship.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-08
SPIRIT GARB TORN FROM HER.
Sensational Exposure Made Of Woman
Fakir In New York City.

NEW YORK, March S.-Culvert
Berwick, a native of Virginia, mas
caused a sensational exposure of a
materializing medium in the latter's
Lexington Avenue apartments. In the
midst of seance in a crowded room
the medium, a woman weighing 800
pounds, was dragged shrieking from
her cabinet ana tossed into the center
of the circle of dupes.
She fought like a trapped tigress.
Furniture was smashed. men knocked
down and glass broken, before the
woman and her husband were finally
subdued. Then three gas jets were
lighted and the medium was found
gasping in the center of the room, clad
in mass of gauze, coated with phos-
phorescent paint
Spiritual Garb.
Half ner spiritual garb and her
headpiece were in the possession of
Berwick.
According to the Virginian his moth
er, a resident Of this city, has lost
thousands of dollars in investments
made through the advice of the spirits,
and Berwick stated that he intended to
prosecute, criminally and civilly, the
mediums responsible for the loss.
The exposure was one of the most
sensational and complete ever made in
this city. Berwick's cousin, Harrison
Grindley, was with him at the seance
and struck a light while the fight was
going on in the cabinet Immediately
half a dozen or more confederates at
tackled the two interlopsrs.
They were floored in quick success
sion and after great effort the woman
was dragged into the light. About her
hung a mass of cheap cheese cloth,
literally smeared with the phosphore-
scent paint, while a remarkable look
ing headpiece had been torn away by
Berwick. 1t was found to consist of
the top of an old felt hat with the brim
cut off, around which had been wound
yards Of cheese cloth.
A piece of old silk had been cut ana
sewed to form mask for the face.
This was just transparent enough to
give the outline of the features be-
meath.
A tinkling music box which had been
wound up just before, played Peace
Abide With Thee" during the fight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-08

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, March s'-O''
John Owen Noxon, aged "a, formerly
a well-known pharmacist in Brooklyn
now living in retirement at Merloe"'
and. his wife, Mary Martha NoAon'
aged IS, VINO might have celepra''N
their golden wedding four years asO'
faced each other for the first time AZ
five months today when the suit -
Mrs. Noxon against Mrs. Mary Kein7
ington, widow of IS years and lo'
nine years housekeeper for DR.. NoAo"'
alleging alienation Of the affections y.
Noxon, was begun. Mrs. Noxon ash'~
~Ao'vov oolloees' Mxksu
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-08
Has a Stepmother,

A strapping lad of IL was registered
in one of the public schools of Phfla-
delphia. He readily gave the several
facts called for. but he did not know
whether his birthday fell on the 10th
of November or Of December.
The principal was surprised at this
display Of ignorance on the part of So
old a child, and he asked how it came
to pass that he hadn't learned the
date of his birth.
Il wasn't born" said the boy, II had
a stepmother."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-08
I.Ts ON Lees.

Pianos for rent. Judge Taylor, No.
3 N. Sixth Street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-08
1T S ON LEG s
IT'S ON LEGS.
MURDERER HIDES BEHIND LOG.
Erred Miller Of Brinnon Shot as He
Drives Near His Home,

BRINNON, March Sired Miller
was shot from ambush a quarter of a
mile from his ranch, which is six
miles from this place. about SIS
O'Clock Monday afternoon. His bo,,v
T"as found twenty-four hours later
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-08

Pruning trees, digging wells: also
repairing cisterns. ]. A. s.. $50. corner
Chestnut and Sprague.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03

conservative in this matter, as
other surrounding cities have
started similar agitation, closed
the contract and have been re-
ceiving the benefits of mountain
water several months, and all
while Corvallis has just been
talking about it. But it is said
where there is so much smoke
there must be fire underneath,
so if we are patient and hold our
breath long enough, perhaps "a
contract for drinkable water will
be made during the next genera
tion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
OF Interest to Mothers.

Thousands of little ones die every year
of Group. Most OF them could have been
saved by a few doses of Folsy's Honey
and Tar, and every family with children
should keep it i'll the house. 1t contains
no on;ates and is safe and sure. Mrs.
George Fl. Picket, San Francisco, Calf,
writes: my baby had dangerous at
tack of Group and we thought she would
choke to DEATH, but one dose of Foley's
Honey and Tar relieved her at once after
other remedies had failed. We are nev-
er minute without it in the house.
Sold by Graham & Wortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
E. W. s. Pratt r turned yester-
day from a trip to Blodgett.

day from a trip to Budget.
Miss Carrie Danneman left yes
terday for Independence. where she
will visit friends.
Mrs. Berchtold and son, Ches-
ter left for an indefinite stay in
Portland, yesterday.
Miss Isabel Whitby, a member
of the class of 'O4 of OAC, left
yesterday for Portland, where she
will euter business college.
Col. J. K. Phillips went down
to Newberg last Thursday, and
IS visiting at the home of his
daughter.
Pat" Cecil, former OAC stu
dent, now attending Armstrong;
Business Csllege in Portland, ar
rived in Corvallis, Sunday for a
visit.
Inc Alsea Grange Will hold a
lpuhlic installation on Jan. IA.
Supt. George Denman and Recorder
T. T. Vincent will deliver addresses
All grangers and friends in the
county are cordially invited.
The new cable at the free ferry
broke loose yesterday morning,
letting the ferry boat drift dowr
stream quite a way before it wa:
recovered.
Will Flemming who formerly
lived in this city, but uow work
ing at the jewelers. trade il
Salem, has been visiting hi
parents for several days, return
ing to business today.
\ Harold w lkins returned las
Thursday from 8 wetk's visit il
Portland. He reports that Johl
GauIt, an alumni of OAC, has or.
ganized Marine band of which b
is president. Elmer Wills, former
ly OF OAC, and Mr.. Nichols Q
this city, are also menb RS Of tn
F band.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
CoRREsPo oNDENTs
CORNER.
Monroe.

School commenced here Monday after
a weeks vacation.
Roy Dunn was up from Kings Valley
where he-has been going to school this
winter.
James Dunn returned recently from
Portland.
Oscar Dodge is home on visit. He
has been living at Lincoln operating
their Touring mill there.
VIM. Brabham, of Eugene, has been
visiting with relatives IN this vicinity.
Henry Dixon and wife, of Eugene,
have been visiting relatives the past few
days.
Miss Horton, of Corvallis, stopped in
town Saturday night. She is going to
teach the Mountain Home school, where
she has taught term or two before.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03


Corvallis is just as far now
from being supplied with noun
tain water as when the question
was first brought up. The spe-
cial committee recently appointed
to investigate the last offer OF
DR.. Farra, of the local company,
have recommended that the
proposition be turned down, and
if upheld by the city council,
which meets tonight, will leave
the field open for bidders once
more. Corvallis seems unusually
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office,

United States Land Office.
Oregon City, Or, December II, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the County Clerk of Ben
ton county, at Corvallis, Oregon, on January %,
1905, viz:
JAMES E. WEST,
H. E. No 1855, for the 81 swA, NEH swA SET
NW4, Sec "a, Tp 10 S, R W.
He names the following witnesses to prove
of said land, viz: Howard L. Bush, By FraHtz,
John Bottger, Wallace Frantz, all of Hoskins. Or.
GEO. w. BIBEE,
Receiver.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
The CORVALLIS GAZETTE
TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS,
HONOR THE FLAG.

1t has been properly said that
the Republican party is entitled
to great credit in the matter of
raising the prestige and infiu-
ence Of the United States abroad
to a position in harmony with
its greatness and strength at
home. Eight years ago Ameri-
can ministers and consuls, Amer
ican merchants, missionaries and
travellers in all parts of the earth
did not receive the recognition
accorded to those of other great
nations. There was no apprccia-
ton of the real standing of the
United States. Our flag was lit
tie known. Our diplomatic
officers failed to receive the rec
ognition given to those of Eng
land, Germany and France, or
even Holland and Belgium. Our
merchants who encountered diff
culties for which they wer7 not
responsible received scant salts
faction from foreign officials be-
fore whom they protested, al
though they saw the merchants
of European countries every
where having their rights pro-
tected. Our missionaries, al
though supported by united
churches at home suffered indig-
mites abroad, while the mission
aries of European churches had
their lives and property safe
guarded on every hand. Our
travellers, wishing to study for
feign parts, never gained any
facilities from saying that they
were citizens of the United
States, while the travellers OF
European nations were treated
as if they were the special agents
of their respective governments.
AS a result of the policies fol
lowed abroad by President Nc.
Kinley and continued by Presi
dent Roosevelt, together with
the prestige gained from the
Spanish-American war and the
later attitude of our government
in the Philippines, the United
States is regarded in the remot
est portions Of the world a:
among the great nations of the
earth. Our ministers and con
suls stand in the front rank O:
foreign representatives, and mer
chants, missionaries, and travel
ers find themselves, whether il
the heart of Asia, Africa or Soutl
America, accorded every protec
ton, interest and facility that i
given to the most favored nation
A tidal wave of American pres
tige has swept over the seas
and back into the interior o
strange lands wherever our fla.
stands for that which is bes
] among the people.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
Spoiled Her Beauty.

Harriet Howard. of 2O9 w. 34th St.,
at one time had her beauty spoiled with
skin trouble. She writes: Il had Salt
Rheum or Eczema for years. but nothing
would cure it until used Bucklen's Ar.
MICA Salve." A quick and sure healer for
cuts, burns and sores. At 25c at Allen &
Weodwards drug store.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
HOW IS THIS?

An offer to make you come up
stairs and see us.
New Mainspring (none better),
$I.oo
Cleaning Ordinary watch),
$I.oo. Cannot be done better at
any price.
Room II, over First National
Bank.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
SIGNS OF FAILING VISION.

When your eyes tire in reading. when
you frown or partly close the eyes when
looking at an object; when things
swim" or become dim after being
looked at for some time; when the eyes
ache, smart, or water; or when you have
pain in the eyeball, orbit, temples or
forehead.
All the conditions are curab1e by prop
err glasses, such as we will furnish you
after q scientific examination.'
MATTHEWS, The Qptician,
Room II, over First National Bank.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
Notice OF Final Settlement

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has filed her final account as executrix of the
ceased, in the county court of Benton county,
Oregon, and Hon. Virgil E. Waters, judge. has
set the 7th day of January, 1905, at the hour OF
Court Room, Court House, Corvallis, as the
place for hearpg objec ito if any there be, TO
said report. MINNIE L. DENMAN,
Executrix Last Will and Testament Gustav
Hodes, Deceased.
Dated December Z, 1904
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed by the county court
of the state Of Oregon. for the county Of Ben
ton, administrator of the estate of B. B. Barnes,
against said estate are hereby required to
present the same properly verified, as by law
req uired, at the Office of j. F. Yates within
six months from the ate hereof.
Dated December "a, 1904.
FOREST R. BARNES,
Admir- of the Estate of B. B. Barnes, Decd.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03

The Eugene Register issued a
very creditable New Years
edition, Sunday.
Charley Shennofeld returned
SATURDAY. from weeks visit in
Portland.
Victor Moses returned yester-
day from the bay where he spent
Sunday.
Miss Matte Strong returned to
Portland Saturday to resume her
studies at St. Mary's Academy.
The Alsea school board held a
meeting last week and voted a
levy of five, mills for school pur-
poses in that district.
Capt. Apperson, of Oregon
City, a member of the Board of
Regents of=.OAC, arrived in Cor
Wallis yesterday on business,
! The Chief of Police arrested
five or six boys last Saturday
night for defacing property and
show windows by marking large
characters and figures with soap.
The boys thought they were
properly celebrating the entry OF
the new year, and were proceed
ing to mark 1905 on everything
! in reach. They were bound over
10 appear Monday morning, when
they were turned loose with a
good lecture.
A new rural telephone COM
pany has been organized over il
the Alsea country, and is knowr
as the Fall Creek company
They already have about twenty
subscribers and connection is tt
be made with the .Alsea rura
line, which has about SO phone:
It is understood that an effort
will be made to connect with
the Independent company o
this city, at an early date.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
Corvallis & Eastern Railroad
TIME CARD.

TIME CARD.
No. 2-For Yaquina:
Leaves Albany. ........ II AS p. m.
Leaves Corvallis. ....... i :4S p. m.
Arrives YaQuina ........ e 20 p. m.
No. Returning:
Leaves Yaquina. e :45 a. m.
Leaves Corvallis ....... 1:30 a. m.
Arrives Albany. .......... :15 p. m.
No. 3-For Albany-Detroit:
Leaves Corvallis. ........ 6 100 a. m.
Arrives at A tbany. ....... 6 40 a. m.
Leaves Albany for Detroit 80 a. m.
Arrives Detroit. ....a -. IL :02 p. m.
No. 4-From Detroit:
Leaves Detroit. ......... 12 :s5 p m
Arrives Albany. .. :15 p. m
Arrives Corvallis. Z :55 p. m.
Train No. 1 arrives in Albany in
time to connect with the s. P. south
bound train, as we'll as giving two or
three hours ia Albany before departure
of s. p. north bound train.
Train No. 2 connects with the S. P.
trains at Corvallis and Albany giving
direct service to Newport and adjacent
beaches.
Train 3 for Detroit via Albany leaves
| Corvallis at 6 a. m. and connects with
the S. P. Albany-Portland local train
| leaving Albany at Z a. m. Train No. 8
leaves Albany for Detroit at 80 a. m !.
ar irving there at noon, giving ample
time to reach the Breitenbush hot
spr ings the same day.
Train No connects at Albany with
the Portland Albany local, which arrives
here at 7:10, and runs to Corvallis leav-
ing Albany at 7:15 and arriving IN Cor
wallis at 7;55 p. m.
For further information apply to
EDWIN STONE,
II. Il. CRoN1sE, Managers
Agent, Corvallis.
THos. CocKRELI. Agent ALBANY.
4 a . +
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
,,.e,, FANION 80,

Imported Black Percheron viii
be in Corvallis. for service, after
January 1. For further informa-
ton address, T. K FAwcETT,
Bellfountain, Or.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
Bids for Wood for o. A, G.

For specifications for bids to furnish
the Oregon Agricultural College with
wood. for the College wear beginning
July 1, 1905, apply to I. H. Crawford,
Clerk and Purchasing Agent.
Corvallis, Oregon, Dec. IL, 1904.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-03
Mask Ball at Monroe.

The mask ball given here Fri
day night was without doubt the
best dance ever given in Monroe
The hall was nicely decorated
with fir boughs, paper trimmings
and bunting. The electric lights
were grand improvement over
the oil lamps formerly used, but
was not in as good working or
der as expected, the water being
too high to furnish the required
powet. A large number were
masked and a general good time
was reported by all. 1t was given
by ], D. Ward. February Ia.
he will give another dance.
Everybody is invited to attend.
The best of music and gooc
time will be assured to all,
Tickets SC cents for each dance
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-18
Is there anything
this lot you want f
Christmas?
5 Patterns Of China dinner sets,
Patterns Of SeIliporCelain Dinner S
800 Pieces Odd China.

Vases of all kinds, souger
china, toilet sets, hangl
lamps, .parlor lamps, Ii
lamps, bamboo book rae
music racks, whatnots & paI|
racks, stand baskets, wal
baskets, medicine cabine|
mahogany music cabine|
costumers in metal or wod
framed mirrors all sizes up
l8x4Oin, framed pictures, fro
ST to $l2, ladies' desks, rol
top desks.
I. Reading & bed side table
princess dressers, center table
china closets, book cases, COZ
bination cases, 300 odd chat !
upholstered, quartered Cd
and willow.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-18

Swing Rockers and Morris Chairs
Doll carriages in wood or iro
doll beds, cradles. extensid
tables, chairs, stands, & dishd
for the children, sleds for I'll
boys, sleds for the girls, oil
tionary stands, plaques, M
dallions, photograph frame
hand mirrors.