The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25

framed up to find the women in
sane, and showed it from the begin
ming of the hearings. The refusal
to allow the prosecuting attorney
to question Witnesses and the ejec-
tlon of him from the hearing upon
several occasions, Mr.. Miller de-
clared sufficient reason for the court
refusing to accept the commissions
report.
Judge Frater declared that he
was satisfied with the commission;
that the case would be stricken
from the trial calendar and that the
women would be taken to Oregon.
The com mission reported as fol.
lows:
"As a result of its labor, the COM
mission Is unanimously of the opin-
ion that the subjects of this inves-
tigation were at the time of the
commission of the crime charged
against them, and are now, suffer-
ing fran a form of insanity COM
monty classified as paranoia, which
has Its origin in structural defects
of the nervous system.
Further, that because of this
disease, they were at the time of
the crime charged possessed of such
deranged mentality as to make
them unable to distinguish between
right and wrong, and therefore ir-
responsible criminally.
Further, that these individuals
belong to class of lunatics dang
erous to be at large, who persistent
ly follow their morbid inclinations,
regardless of law or ethics, and
should be placed under restraint in
an institution for the proper treat
ment for euch cases."
Hongkong, Sept. 21-The entire
feet of 900 fishing junks was lost
in the typhoon, this has increased
the mortality to 10000.
New Haven, Conn. Sept. 21.-
An estimated yearly loss of nearly
$75o ,ooo to the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Com
pany, as result of reducing its
passenger rate to 2 cents a mile
several months ago, already has
been turned into an actual gain in
gross receipts as compared with
other years, through an increased
volume of business. To addition to
the reduction of passenger ralea,
the tariff on coal to New Engla nd
points was also reduced to figure
which, on the old volume of coal
business to New England points
would have resulted in ayearly loss
of 81 50, ,oto to the railroad. Re-
ceipts to date indicate that not only
has this estimated loss been over
come, but that there will be an &C.
tual gain over other years.
Jeilico, Tenn, Sept. alt is ex-
pected that the injured will reach
25o. Some who were near the scene
at the time of the explosion declare
that the explosion was cau:ed by
Walter Reynolds, agent of the
brewery OF Cincinnati, who was
shooting spalrows with small rife
and sent a bullet in the car. Reyn.
olds body was torn to pieces. 9th.
Ere declare that the switching car
was allowed to bump another Cal
Portions Of human bodies are being
picked up every few minutes. The
railroad agent says that the explo.
sion was caused by one ofthree men
shooting at target nailed on car.
Another dispatch says that two
car loads Of dynamite standing on
a track near the depot of the Louis.
Vile and Nashville railroad ex.
ploded this morning carrying death
and destruction. The number Of
dead and injured is unknown, al
though quite a number of bodies
have already been recoveaed, but
many are supposed to be In tie fire
which is raging, for after the ex-
plosion the tanks of the Standard
oil company, close by, caught fire.
There are rumors that between &c
and 100 persons were killed or in
|jured. 1t is known that at least IL
are dead and over so injured.
| One hour after the explosion five
unidentified bodies had been recov'
cred. The train of which the two
dynamite cars were part had stop.
ped on a siding near the passenger
station to bs switched on a siding.
| A number of persons were at the
station awaiting the arrival OF g
passenger train and it was among
this crowd that the explosion found
most of its victims.
| Near to where the cars loaded
with dynamite stopped were The
big oil tanks of the Standard Oh
company. They caught fire imme
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