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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-04
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tsmptuously disregarded. Finding
that he could secure no capital, DO
rates and no cars, Mr., Sweet said
that be finally disposed of bis claims
to J. H. Judson for $4,000 and they
soon afterward passed into the
hands of the coal company.
But this did not end Sweets
troubles. He said that he secured
employment on the Rio Grande
Western railroad, but wrs discharg-
ed through the Influence of the coal
com pauy officials, who also exerted
pressure on New York bonding
company TO have his bond Cancelled.
He said that, while be was working
as agent and operator in the Office
Of the Pleasant Valley Coal compa-
ny at Cotton, Utah, he bad instruc-
tions to copy from the commercial
wires of the Western Union Tele-
graph company all messages affect
ing the interests Of the coal compa-
ny. The attention of the president
of the Western U ojon YVES called to
this practice and the wires were re.
moved from the Office.
State Senator George B. Whit
more told ofthe armed occupation
of George D. Halladay,s property
by Robert Kirker and other armed
men Mr.. Whitmore said he had
coal land of his own, but did not
work it, because the railroad COM
pany demanded So ton for haul
ing 1t to market.
= "They said" Mr.. Whitmore tes
tilted, "that they could sell me the
coal cheaper in Salt Lake,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-04
RogoWay's Second Hand Store.

Fresh Yaquina Bay oysters at
Zierolfs every Saturday. Leave
orders now.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-04

New line cloaks. suits, and
kirts. Rain coats and shirt waist S
ust received at Nolans.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-04
Notice to Creditors.

has been duly appointed the executor OF the es.
tate of Ann Compton, deceased, by the county
court of the state Of Oregon. for Benton county,
All persons having clsims against said estate
are notified to present the same duly verified as
by law required within six months from the
date hereor, to the undersigned at the office of E.
+. BrySon, In the city Of Corvallis, Oregon
JAMES J. FLETT,
Executor of the estate of Ann Compton, dec'sd
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-04

Buy your Thank nksgiving table
linens and napkins at Nola1s, long
range for selection. Special prices
this month.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-04

J., North Yakima, Wash, Dec. T.
Becoming desperate over the failure
of the Northern Pacific to place coal
on the siding here for the relief of
the people without fuel, a raid was
made oa coal tlaia this morning
as it was passing through the city,
When tbs train stopped score or
more of the people who had been
waiting in line tor three days for
their turn to get coal boarded the
coal cars and began to load the fuel
into their wagons, drawn up along
side of the track. 'Trainmen came
along to stop them, but after a
threat to bodily harm, the trainmen
left the men taking the coal. Of
fers were made to pay for it, but
there was no one on hand to receive
the price 5
Three trainloads of 100 cars
passed through during the day.
and late this afternoon only four
carloads were set in here. This was
done after the superintendent OF the
division had been notified that there
was movement on foot to hold up
the trains and rob them Of the fuel.
The situation is critical here.
There is no fuel at the City hall,
and many of the school districts are
out and will havs to close. Only
four carloads have been received
here eince Wednesday.
OWNER of Portland Real Estae
if you want to sell write me at
once. John B. Matthews, 722
Chamber of Commerce, Portla I'D
Oregon.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-04

CLOTHES CLEANED and pressed at
lowest prices one door south of mar
Bile shop on Main street,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-04

Economy fruit jars at Thatcher
& Johnson
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
An Important Arrival.

A woman teacher of court eti-
quette has arrived in New York. 1t
is her purpose to show American
girls how to meet royalty. She is
Irish, according to one of the New
York newspapers, but that seems
improbable. for no true Irish girl
woulC teach her American cousins
to meet royalty-and especially
British royalty - otherwise than
with concentrated scorn and a tip
tilted nose.
This imported teacher of court
etiquette rejoices in the name Of
Ethel Bury-Palliser, which is not
even plausible "Scotch-Irish." More
over, she is a great-granddaughter
of Mime. Michau, "who was dancing
mistress in the courts of Napoleon
/. King George ~ and King William
"" That ought TO establish her
hereditary authority on court eti-
quette, if it does not fix her race
definitely.
\ great-aunt of Miss Palliser
taught the present King of England
and other children of Queen Vic
toria ''how TO meet their parents
correctly" That is something which
American children ought to learn.
J Shall they treat their parents as
q social equals? Shall the latter be
permitted to be present while the
! heiress of the family is explaining
to a bouquet of her intimates whaG
la 'dreadfully lovely time" she had
at Bogside Farm during the season
/ Just closed?
If Miss Ethel Bury-Pallisters the
alleged Milesian apostle Of correct
department, succeeds in preparing
and enforcing a schedule of social
relationship between children and
their parents in this country, the
task of teaching children how tC
meet royalty, at the race track OF
at Monte Carlo, ought to be com
paratively easy.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
Got Advertised Wife
But Forgot Her Name
Aged Citizen DeVOteS Two Days to Diligent
Study of Marriage Certificate and Now He
Can't Be Trpped Up by His Friends.

which she omitted to tell where she
had moved.
Forgot Her Name.
UndaUnted. however. the man on the
hunt for wife began corresponding
with another young woman She was
Miss Marie BeneEcke. and or Saturday
she came out here. ready for the cere-
mony on Sunday Ben and the young
woman appeared before the Rev. Henry
Medd pastor of St PaUTs Methodist
Episcopal Church. and asked that the
knot be tied. in giving his age Ben
stack % forty-nlne.
What is the young wonan's name?''
asked the pastor
'She bridegroom stammcTcd. suffered.
and fiEally pronounced Il name that the
pastor could not repeat. The young wo-
man. however, came to his pescue and
told her name. The marriage certificate
then was made out and the clergyman
pronounced the couple man and Wife
The fact that Jenries did not know
his brides maiden name when he ap-
peared before tie pastor made interest
ing gossip IN the village. His friends
twitted him about it, and in tie last
two days he must have been asked a
thousand times. What was your wife's
Hama?"
'Ben's' memory is not as good now
as II was years ago, and he found diff
Guilty in answering the question. 3ut
he studied the marriage certificate dill
hls friends was able 70 trip him up on
The name.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
A Chicago Method.

From Chicago comes an instruc-
tive and interesting tale of the man
ner in which an earnest police cap
tain went 20 work in order to OBJ
tain promotion. He had no idea of
fulfilling the Washington test, which
calls for poHteness, cleanliness, and
agility. but he believed that by prov
ing his capacity as a thief-taller ad-
vancement would be forthcoming
without delay
Knowing that it was utterly inn
possible To capture a thief, robber.
or burglar without prior arrange
mentS for the capture, he decided
10 make straightforward business
undertaking OF the affair. A burglar
was procured, who agreed TO tackle
Il jewelry store, and later to per-
NIT the spoils to be returned as
proof of the police officials keen
ness and ability.
Everything took place as planned,
although the man whose store was
visited stated on the witness stand
that jewelry amounting to abouy
81, 400 did not reach him again. Thai
however, may have been the usual
Chicago commission for returns,
Otherwise the plot worked like a
charm, the police captain was pro-
NOTED, and it was left for police
politics to expose the plot and put
the promoted official on trial under
charges preferred by the chief.
This method cannot be conscien-
tiously recommended to Washing
ton policemen who wish more re-
sponsibility and pay. But the Chi
cago case is interesting as showing
that now and then, by unusual ar
rangement and contract, it is pos
sible in that city to recover stolen
property.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
Nine Miles of Conscience.

a Colorado man has been found
who believes in upholding the sane
tity of the Sabbath at the expense
of his bank account. In the East.
such an instance would not be look
ed upon as remarkable or exception
al, but "the wide-open West" as
some people delight in terming it,.
was supposed tc have stihed long
ago its last lingering scruple against
business or pleasure on the Lords
day.
This particular Colorado man
owns absolutely the Argentine Cen
tral railway. The name is mislead-
ing. 1t is not a South American
trunk line 1t is just nine miles long,
cost s45OO0O, and extends from Sill
YER Plume to Gray's Peak, on the
summit of Mt NfcClelland, where it
reaches an altitude of 1900 feet.
It viii be, seen that the operation
Of trunk systems and excursion
trains between the East and West
win not be interfered with by the
decision of Edward J. Wilcox not to
permit trains TO run on Sundays
over his road. Moreover, it is "a new
line, and the record of the first
months earnings arc but Just made
mp. He may 0r may not persist in
his determination TO opera-e lis
property for Only six days in the
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

week. 1t is his to do with as he
sees fit. Therein he is ciTeumstanccd
differently srom some other West
orn railroad officials, who do as
they wish with property which
is not their own.
1t is too much 10 ask if Mr.. viii
cox makes his employees satisfied
and thankful on Sundays by paying
them as much for six days work as
he would if they were on duty every
day? That's a point worth consider
ing in connection with the Argen-
tine Central railway and its termi-
nus, as altitudinous as the ideals Of
its millionaire owner.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
INCREASE OF NATTcNAL WEALrH

The last generation has been remark
able for its development Of colossal
private fortunes. II is well within a
reasonable estimate 10 say that The
combined fortune OF six great capitaI-
lists OF today, fortunes which have been
the product Of the enterprise Of the last
thirty years. make a total Of SI,I0O.-
OO0,0o0. In 1870 it would have been
difficult to have discovered in this
country six private fortunes which
would have aggregated $3.50, 9O0, 0O0.
This simple fact is perhaps the most
striking Illustration which could be
given OF the extraordinary growth Of
wealth in the United States In a few
hands. It should not be forgotten,
however, that the wealth OF the eOun-
try has in the same time Increased
from $50 o00, coo 400 to S10f COO 000, ,09O and
the per capita wealth from ST79 TO
about Sl,z54.-Wau Street Journal.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
StOrk Failed to Arrive;
BajzekS Commit Suicide
Taunts of NeighborS Living in BLOCK of
Many Children" Were More Than the
Young Couple Could Endure

NEW YORK, Sept. 12-The light
hearted. hard toilins Bohemians who FIJI
the solid block Of tail tenements be
tween Sixtv-fourth and SiXty-flfth
streets and First avep se and the East
river call Il the Block Il Many Children
In an the crowded East Side. where
small. swarthy folk fairly pack the
streets from early mCri.ng until late at
night, lodging mir1ciI'- 1sly from under
trucks and trolley cars. there is nc block
with more. A long time ago. wilh such
las read the papers. race suicide became
"a tinc joke. something ,hat would draw
hearty laughter over the Iight wine
make the housewives merry as they
chartered on the stoopG and cause the
I fathers to glance knowingly an one an
other as they watcEco their bToods scat
tering over the streets Ike black ants
Bajzek Couple Arrives.
The Baizeks. stepan and Marie. went
20 live ga the Block Of Many Children
/ Gve years ago. Just after they were mar
+ ritd IN a little bohemian village near
|Pracue, and came here 10 make their
I fortunes. STEFAN. who was twenty
/ seven years old. WiFy, sturdy young
man with some skiIl as "a carpenter. got
steady WORK al his trade. Maria. sIeu-
der. black eyed and dark skinned. the
pretticst bride in ire block, knew how
Ito ron cigarettes swiftly and deftiy. So
I fast that the eye Wearied I'm following
Iher slender. rapid fingers as they twist
ed the thin papers and tiny rolls OF to-
Ibacco into neat cylinders. she made
imuch money, and her savings went viii
lstepan's into the bank against the com
I ing OF the babies
/ ON tho st0ops in summer evenings Ma
rle and S-epan sat and watched th'
Iswarming children with a tolerant smile
4 Undoubtedly these were hne children
weU grown and sturdy-but just wait.
/ That was for two years. In the thirS
/ year tongues began 10 wag In the block
It was a long time To wait for children
the neIgLbors said. and when new foll
came out or the old country and fOunl
( places IN the great warren, the splteIu
[ pointed the BalZeks ont tc them.
Ohio these would laugh Look al
/ these BSjzeks. if you VIII Marie Is
/ barren The saints have turned from
/ these people. Is il not "a fine jokcE'
/ There were other jokes made by IT,
I malicious and spiteful that found theu
{ way directly 70 StepaE and Marie. Th'
! couple hid their sadness as much as
( possible. diuging ha-k Jest for 5esJ, sulll
/ iug 10 conceal the bitterness that was
/ ia their hearts. They did not EeElec
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
). IN THE CIRCLE OF SOCIETY >"
O'Hand- Whitehead NuptialS
Pretty Noon Event To-day
XFourth Presbyterian Church Scene of Wedding at
Which Miss Ethel Ourand Becomes Bride
of Edmund W. Whitehead

Va IL was a very quiet affair, wit
messed only by the brides brother,
Bardeu H0lbeFton. and C. Dixon, Of
Charlottesville The Rev. Claudius T.
Smith read the marriage service.
Some years ago DF. Ma shall came 20
America "a est1blish "a name for himself
ir his profession and TO prov ids 81 aGt-
allie home fGs kis Ensli7h sW@v -heirt-
whom ne hoped soon 10 make his wife.
They correspondea regularly, and once
two years ago. he went back for a visit
10 the girl Of his choice, She had grown
lovelier. and he had changed-had be-
come ericaniZed-but their love Tr-
mained unchanged, and the quiet wed
ding yesterday was the result or thls
visit
Miss Holberton wore for her wedding
gown an all-White costume ana a large
white picture hat, but she carried Us"
flowers or prayerbook She ls d ~ tlcai
English girl. with abundant aubuf y
hair. innocent blue eyes. and perfect
complexion. After the ceremony uT.
and Mrs Marshall took the trip down
the Potomac 70 Mt vernon, mrs. Mat
shall having no desire 20 travel alleI
her long Journey across the sea.
In a few days Dr. Marshall VIII take
. his charming bride 10 their home lu
charlottesville, where lh'y VIII 'ea'"''
Hauge sailed from New York today on
board thc Kaiser Wilhelm ii or the
North German IIovd line and VIII
spend the fan months ln Norway, with
rerhaps a. short visit 20 some Europ-
can cities with view of selecting el-
fects for their new Washington resi-
dence.
Or. and Mrs. J. G. simpson, OF Wash
ass. Il. :.
registered az tie New York Herald Of
| fee,
Mrs. c. O. Glover and her son. c. c.
/ Glover. jr., returned last week % West
ever, their suburban home, after two
months spent I'm the Adiroudacl,s. Mr..
Glover, jr.. viii leave Washington the
first II next week 60 enter Yale. lie
recently returned 20 his home from
Denver Col where lie "2a the guest
of Thomas r. Walsh.
George s. Wainwright, Of this city.
/ left last Saturday for a trip TO Europe.
( Most Of Mr.. WainWTights time VIII be
spent IN France and England, though
/ he Will visit Scotland art Ireland.
/ Mrs. Victor Clement Who occupies a
charming apartment a. the Connecticut
Ing I'm the southern part Of California,
| and does not expect To return 10 Wash
ington much before tEe nrst week IN
l November.
/ Max Pehrend, Of Philadelphia. spent
/ the past week H this c-,y with relatives
The many friends iE this city whc
have been concerned about the serious
I illness Of Leon y. ReiEe ersteiu. formerly
/ of this city. hut now - New York city
{ VIII be delighted 20 know that he Is
/ gradually recovering 2
/ NJ Afford S-Hlueer has returned from
/ his vacation spent az Chesapeake Beach,
Mrs. Percy Hughes and son. Percy
/ Hughes. jr.. are spending a few weeks
/ In Atlantic City.
/ Dr. Francis Bishop end son, Harry
! Bishop, Of I street. are V-akius short
visit 10 Boston and Philadelphia.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
The Hartman Expansion.

Judging by the history of past
development of the Hartman rail-
road system, there is every reason
10 anticipate confirmation Of the re
port that the Union Pacific has Sc
cured control of the Baltimore and
Ohio and Pennsylvania and Reading.
Mr.. Harriman's policy is expansion,
his resources are seemingly mlimit-
ed, and there is no apparent reason
in law why he should not control
these properties.
Control of the Baltimore and Ohio
by Pennsylvania was a violation of
the antitrust principle maintained
in the Northern Securities case The
Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylva-
mia are parallel and competing lines.
The Union Pacific is not parallel to
or competing with the Baltimore
and Ohio or the Reading The con-
solidation of Union Pacific, South
ern Pacific, Alton, baltimore and
Ohio, and Reading, places Mr.. Har-
riman not only in control of a com
plete transcontinental route, but in
domination of the greatest system
in the world. In mileage he Will sur
pass the Rock Island, and in value
his united properties viii over
shadow il.
Mr.. Hartman is the Jay Gould of
tion. But he is more than this. He
has the skill in manipulation and
the audacity in methods that made
GoulG great. but in addition he has
certain constructive organizing fac
ulties that marked the first two
great heads of the house of Wander
bilt. Hartman is a builder; Gould
was a wrecker.
There is no limit to which Harri-
man may not go with his railroad
expansion, unless that limit be set
by the law. The financial problem he
has solved. The holdin gcOmpany
method of finance is Harriman's
own. If he wants TO buy a new
railroad, he has the credit TO float
collateral trust bonds of one of the
big corporations he already con-
trolls. This method of expansion can
be carried on indefinitely without
weakening his control The invest
ing public puts up the money, but
leaves him in complete authority.
1t is all a mistake to assume that
Hartman owns control of his sys
tenn, or that Gould does of his. OF
that the Nanderbilts do of theirs
James j. Hill is the only man credit
ed with personally owning a major
ity of the stock of a great road, anC
it is doubtful if this is true. Ever
if it be true, he doesn't pretend Il
own the control of the bonds. The
great investing public owns tn,
roads; these giants Of finance are
trustees for their operation and
management.
Back of Hartman is commonly
supposed to stand the Standard Oi
interest. That interest is deep in the
Union Pacific system. Likewise IL i,
strong, if not actually dominating
in the Gould system. Thus it vii
presently have two transcontinenta
systems. II is very strong in tn,
Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania prop
critics. The great community of in
terest arrangement among the rail
road systems, in brief, extends anC
develops about in proportion a!
Standard Oil interests expand anC
amplify.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
LoNDOWs MANY CHURCHEs.

Within the narrow limits Of the city Of
London, with its mere handful of resi-
dents-only sufficient 10 people a small
provincial town-there are still so many
churches that YOU might worship in a
different one every Sunday Of the year
without putting foot inside them all.
Within the rural deanery of the east
city there are today no fewer than ten
churches. each OF which ministers TO a
population Of less than two hundred .
the aggregate number of parishfoners is
1.413. while the churches have accom-
modatiOn for 200, thus providing al
most two seats for every possible vyor-
shipper, including the infants IN arms.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18

NORTHPORT. i. J.. Sept 1S.-Happy
I'm the knowledge of his brides maiden
name. which he is able TO remember
now without studying the marriage
certificate. Ben Jeffries Of this village,
who married a Christian young lady
for whom he advertised. went about
among his friends all day introducing
ms bride. Although Ben when Ee led
the young woman. who is his second
wife TO the altar, acknowledged to only
forty-nine years. the parson who had
performed a former marriage ceremony
in which Ben participated as bride
groom three years ago. recalled that at
the former marriage Ben said he was
nfty-five
The fact that Jefries had made g mis-
take and counted backward IL telling
his age was not half so embarrassing,
however, as when he was unable 10 tell
the parson the raiden slame CT lis
bride. and as a result of this Incident
the village learned how Ben found fis
new wife.
Advertised for Wife.
Jeffries has lived here so long that
no one in the village can recall wAen
Ben d int live here. He owns a com
Portable home with several acres OF lard
surrounding il. and there are grand
fathers in the village who recall cow
Ben was regarded as . sccd catch De
fore they were married. EIt Bon lc-
fused to be caught until :hree years
ago. when he married His wife died
a year afterwarI, ard her jeath ~as =
great blow 10 him. Recently Zen de-
sided to marry again. ana ne went
about the task of finding wife N LIS
own way.
Several weeks ago he caused the fol
lowing advertisement 10 be inserted IN
a New York papa-:
WANTED. & Christian young lady for
wife. Address. 3. J., Northport
/. T.
Replies TO the advertisement came by
the score, but the first one Ben answer
cd was that OF Brooklyn girl, whose
/ letter made it appear that she would
I'LL the bill. II looked from the cores
/ pendence that passed. between ghe ad-
! vertiser and the young woman that
/ they surely would be married. but about
| ten days ago the young woman came
I out here. saw Ben ana his home, and
/ the apparently changed her mind. She
/ wrote him a letter. IN which she said
! she had changed heT address and In