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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
CORVALLIS TO THE FORE.

AT present everything indi-
Gates that Corvallis will soon
have in operation another rail-
road. Details will be found on
another page in this issue. The
road proposed will tap one of
the richest timber belts in this
section of the state and will ira
verse a most fertile agricultural
and dairying country.
1t appears the project on hand
is a splendid business enterprise.
With the timber back of it the
enterprise need not go begging
nor fear the outcome. No place
could be more favorable when
considered from the standpoint
of transportation facilities purely
than is Corvallis. The Southern
Pacific R. R. has this city as
terminus for the West Side di-
vision from Portland and the
Corvallis & Eastern passes
through the city on its course
east and west from Yaquina
Bay to Idanha in the Cascade
mountains.
From this it will be seen that
we have direct rail communica-
tion with, the great metropolis
of Oregon and also with va
quina Bay, and from either
place vessels carry lumber and
commodities to the markets Of
the world. This is good, but
it is not all by any means, when
considering transportation mat
ters. Should anything befall a
numbering industry with head :
quarters in Corvallis wherein
the railroads woo.d seek an ad-
vantage we have the Willamette
river which will act as a COVER
nor. Corvallis is practically
the head of navigation on the
Willamette and a numbering
enterprise bringing its output to
this city can make suitable terms
for transportation or else float
logs and lumber down the river.
Should capital see its way
clear to erect large mills in Cor
wallis it would be a splen id ching
for the city. as it would add just
SO much more to the pay roll.
The road if built, and it certainly
looks as though, it was a go, will
benefit the city immensely in the
way of property values. 1t will
do much for the property
through the section it traverses.
This is certain to result.
During the last few years this
city seems to have taken on new
life. Many good, substantial i'm
provments have been made in
various wars and places, both of
a public and private character.
In the way of city residences
the recent growth has been little
short of phenomenal, and it will
be hard to find a city of the size
of Corvallis with, more beautiful
homes than we possess. The
improvements in the business
section of the city are keeping
fully abreast of the times and
during the past twelve months
the aspect of this part of town
has undergone a change as sub
as it has been amazing.
Good, substantial and artistic
bricks has been and is yet the
slogan. |
To give some slight idea of
the character Of our private
citizens and business men it is
only necessary to add that the
committee having the work in
hand were only six days in secur-
ing subscriptions in excess of
$50, 900 for the new railroad.
When town and county have |
citizens no fear need
be felt for the future. Come to
Corvallis or any part of Benton I
and see for yourself all i
ye skeptics. Come, don't take
our word for it, but come. i
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19

WILL SELL MY LOTS IN NEWPORT,
Or, for spot cash, balance install.
nent and help PARTIES to build homes
lnereou, i desired. Address NJ. s.
Woodcock, Corvallis, o.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19

Preaching at the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning and evening.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-19
HOMES FOR SALE.

WILL SELL LOTS IN CORVALLIS,
Oregon, on instalment plan and as
st purchasers to build homes on them
II desired. Address First National
Bank, Corvallis, Or.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
BROWARD
MEASURES INTRODUCED INTO
 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
Several Aimed at the Internal Improve ment Trustees, the Governors Pet Body-Teachers Oppose
 Uniform Books.

Tallahassee. Fla. April 17.-(Special) Indicating that the drainage Ques- tion at issue and will be bobbing up all during the session and will prob ably be that upon which the next race for Governor will be pitched. two measures were introduced today in the House attacking the Governors drain- age policy.
 MT. Paris of Jacksonville introduced a bill that the internal improvement trustees should conclude the affairs of the body and the. board should be dis- solved.
 The trustees have existed since 1855. having in trust the lands patented to the State by the Federal Government and under action of the last Legisla- ture the trustees were created spe- cial drainage commission to prosecute the drainage of the Everglades
 In the Senate MT. Beard presented a measure to repeal the law. passed at the last session under authority of which the board was made a drainage commission.
 Yesterday the Governor vetoed a bill which had passed requiring the trustees to pay over to the State Treas urer the funds in the custody of the internal improvement trustees. The bill went back to the House and failed of the requisite two-thirds majority to make it pass over the veto.
 The county school superintendents are in session here and 8 lively debate was precipitated this afternoon over the question of State school book uni- formity. A majority voted against State uniformity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
MAY BE R. L. DIX
NEGRO SUSPECT IS CAPTURED IN
 ARIZONA.
SemersOn County Sheriff Advised That Man Fits DescriptiOn of PesneII,. Slayer Who Escaped the
 GallOwa

A ntiIrminsham. tsIsns ARril ,17;.tspecial)- of rangers at Marco, Aria. announces that 2 negro suspect has been taken there believed to be Robert L.. Dix, the murderer m, who escaped from the Coun- " Jaii here just one month before he was to have been executed, last July
 The sheriff here has wired to the sergeant of the rangers that the de- scription given of the suspect fiiis that or the man wanted and informs him that there is @ reward of $1,600 for the the return of the prisoner. Pictures of mingham from Marco and if 1t should be Dix instructions will be forwaxded at once.
 Dix was convicted for the killing of Bert Pesnell. motorman on the electric cars here. A crowd of negroes were were returning from Traction Park, a monished them to be, quiet. One of the negroes stabbed the motorman to death and attempted to get away. The negro caught proved to be Dix and he declared that he did not stab the no- torman. He was convicted and sem fenced to be hanged.
 The negro was very prominent in negro fraternity circles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
CHARGE BAD FAITH
ANSWER IS FILED BY MRS. EDDY's
 ATTORNEYS.
AIIere that @Next Friends" Have Been Induced to Lend Their Name to
 Cause for Evil
 PurnOaea,

Concord. N. H.. April 1.-The charge that the suit for an accounting of the property of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy. filed March 1, was not brought in good faith by the so-called next friends" named in the suit is contained in the answer of the defendants In the action which was filed in the Merrimac Coun- ty Superior Court today. The defend ants charge that these next friends" have been induced to lend their names for use in the suit 'at the instigation and at the expense of certain evil minded persons not related in any way to said Mary Baker c. Eddy. or hay ing any interest in her or her estate"
 The answer of the defendants is a general denial of all the allegations made by the complainants in the orig lnal action. who sued as Mrs. Eddy's next friends"
 Today's proceedings furnished the latest chapter in the story of the liti- gation which already has become in- volved by the transfer on the part of Mrs Eddy of all her property, to three trustees, who have petitioned the court to be substituted as plaintiffs instead of the original parties and answer to this petition filed by the latter declaring that the deed of trust was illegal on account of the alleged incompetency of the grantor to create the trust.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
N. E. DECKER KILLED
ENGINEER MEETS DEATH IN A
 WRECK.
Train On Southern Railway Breaks In Two At Choccolocco and Dfsas- trous Results F'ollows-
 Two Injured.

Birmingham. April 17-(SpeciaL )-A Southern Railway freight train was wrecked today at Choccolocco, seventy four miles east of Birmingham. and N. T. Decker. engineer. who was learn ing the road, received injuries which caused his death four or five hours after the accident and J. M. Yount, flagman and E. D. Hudson, brake man, were seriously hurt.
 Decker was a man of family and lived in this city. He was for years an engineer on the Louisville and Nashville Railhoad and just two days ago went to the Southern Railway, where he was making his first trip, pulling a train when he met his death. Yount and Hudson will not die.
 The statement was made here that the train broke in two and the men were hurt in the crash that resulted.
 Decker was well known in Birming- ham and belonged to religious organi- zations here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
DAUGHTERS IN SESSION.
Memorial Portico at Centennial Hall
 Dedicated.

Memorial Portico at Centennial Hall fs
 Dedicated.
 Washington, April 17.-The feature of to- days proceedings of the continental con- gress of the Daughters of the American Revolution were the dedication of the memorial portico at the Memorial Conti- mental Hali. and the collection of contribu- tions to swell the continental hall building fund Tonight the delegates were given a reception at the library of congress.
 Practically the entire afternoon session was devoted to the announcements of the contributions to the building fund by the various state chapters. Great interest was taken in the proceedings and when unusual ly large contributions were made the dele gates cheered. Already the organization has accumulated fund of s250.ooo for this purpose and 1t is believed that with today's contributions there will be nearly enough to pay for the building.
 The National Society of the Children of the Amercan Revolution, a kindred organi- zation which is also holding its annual convention here will make it's annual pill grimage to the tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon tomorrow. The exercises of the day will be about the tree planted by the members of the society several years ago and a wreath will be placed on General Washington's tomb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
BILL BRrTTON TRIAL.
Evidence to Prove Him Implicated in
 Breathitt Murders.

EhehuChCC 10 GEONo AfuRAhcAAGu Am
 Breathitt Murders.
 Lexington, Ky, April 17.-In the trial of Bill Britton, charged with the assassination of Jack Cockrill today, W. N. Cope, S. c. Bowling, Sidney Johnson and Logan Goss testified that they heard the shots that killed Cock Till and all saw Curt Jett, Bill Britton. Ebert Hargis. John Abner and John Smith about the court house at Jack son before and after the killing.
 Goss swore that on the day of the killing Ebert Hargis came to his farm where Goss was working in the hay field and took Britton to Jackson. tell ing the others to bring in the hay, as he wanted to use Britton in Jackson. That afternoon Cockrill was shot.
 William Spencer, ex-jailor of Breat- hit County. testified that the night Cocl1rill was shot he heard two men on horses pass the jail Both carried ri- fies. Smith in his confession yester- day swore that he and Abner after talk ing part in the killing left town in the way Spencer described and by the same route.
 No evidence has been introduced to show that Britton shot Cockrill but number of witnesses swore he guarded the court house door before, during and after the killing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
PLAN DEMONSTRATION.

Discharged Arsenal workmen to March
 Around House of Parliament.
 London. April 17.-Workmen recently dis charged from Woolwich arsenal are prepar- ing for demonstration April 22, in the form of a march on the house of parlia,- ment with badges and banners. to impress their grievances upon the government.
 War Secretary Haldanes scheme for re- ducing the military expenditures has rs- suited incidentally. in the loss of employ ment by several thousand skilled workers and they and their friends are stirring up an agitation in the press and parliament which is welcomed by the political oppo- nents of the administration.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
CONDITIONS IN CUBA.
Reported Bad. Both Politically and
 Commercially.

Reported bAus DVtH kOAsAhS AAo
 Commercially.
 New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
 News of a serious drouth in the in terior of Cuba, which was causing the loss of numbers of fine cattle. and a general stagnation of business occa- stoned by the unsettled political condi- tons of the Pearl of the Antilles was brought yesterday by Charles 5. Fay, general freight agent for the Southern Pacifio Railroad and Steamship lines at New Orleans. MT. Fay returned Saturday night from Havana, after hay ing made a trip over the island Tor the purpose of seelng what were It's
 He said that they were very bad, ana that little business from Cuba need be expected until 1t was certain what sort of a government the people were to have. Tt seems to me that there would be a revolution tomorrow in Ha- vana and all through the island, said MT, Fay, If the protectorate or the United States were removed. The peo- pie are unsettled and do not know what will be done with them or what to do. They are waiting upon the United States Government before they take any sort of step.
 There is no development to speak or and I do not anticipate there VIII De any freight movement from this port to Havana until the people know what Is to be their fate. The position of the United States Governor Is not to be envied, and 1t is clear that all which keeps the country from strife Is the presence of our troops.
 The drouth in the Interior is se- rious problem, and is causing great loss of cattle and stock. There Is no fam Inc, but the suffering in some quar- ters may be great. In the interior provinces there has been no rain since November in many places and the wa ter holes and wells have dried up. Al together the situation is not encourag- ing. either politically or commercial ly."
 MT. Fay stated furthermore that the tobacco and pineapple crops of the in- terior were ruined, the prospects for one of the finest tobacco yields of many years having been blighted by the lack of moisture. Thousands of acres of fine tobacco leaves wishered and went to powder under the fierce rays of the tropical sun. That DOT tion of the sugar crop which depended upon natural precipitation would also suffer, the young sprouts having been baked in the ground. The irrigated portion of the crop would withstand iAA AsAALtA h, good shape.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
DIR. REMsEN PRESIDENT.
Succeeds Prof. Aggaxiz As Head of
 Academy of Sciences

Succeeds Prof. AGgaziz As Head of
 Academy of Sciences.
 Washington, April 17.-At today s meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, the following officers were elected:
 Ira Remsen, president of Johns Hop kins University. to succeed Professor Alex Aggaziz; Charles D. Walcott sec retary of the Smithsonian Institution, vice president and Arnold Hague. sec retary, reelected.
 The following were selected as board of council: Alex Aggaziz of Harvard University; Robert s. Woodward presi- dent of the Carnegie Institute; George E.. Hale of California; Henry F. Os- borne, of New York; R. H. Chittenden. of Yale University and William H. welch, of Johns Hopkins, James de Ware of London; A. R. Forsythe of Cambridge University, England; David Hilbert. of Germany and John c. Kep- tryi, of Holland. were elected as the members.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
MRS. KoONCE MAY DIE.
Prominent Woman of Houston Count!
 in Atlanta HOanftaI

Cottonwood. April 17.-(Special. )-- News has reached here of the critical illness of Mrs. J. s. Koonce of Co., lumbia, who Is now at an infrmary In Atlanta.
 Mrs. Koonce recently went to At- lanta to receive treatment for blood poisoning. The attending physician in order to save her life amputated her left lower limb just below the knee z She was thought to be improving for several days after the operation, but yesterday word came from Atlanta that the previous operation had failed to check the poison and that another ann putation is necessary.
 Her immediate family have been summoned to her bedside and her life has been almost despaired of
 Mrs. Koonce Is a sister of MT. W. s. Wood of Cottonwood. and Is we'll known in Southeast Alabama and West Georgia She is 65 years old and the mother of two children.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
COMBINE INSTITUTIONS.
Plans to Merge Northern Presbyterian Tn
 OlOgical Seminaries.

Plans to Merge Northern Presbyterian The
 ological Seminaries.
 Cincinnati. Ohio. April IA merger in volving Presbyterian properties aggregating millions of dollars is to be brought up in the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States which will open its sessions May 1s in Columbus.
 The proposition is the construction of the Lane Theological Seminary. the Great Me- Cormick Theological Seminary in Chicago and the Western Theological Seminary in PittsburR The fact developed today in the choice of Robert Laidlaw by the Gin cinnati Presbytery as one of its lay dele gates to the general assembly.
 MT. Laidlaw is one of the trustees of the Lane Seminary and Dr. McKibbbin. presi- dent of the institution said that he nominat- ed Mir. Laidaw so that he could represent Lanes interests in the negotiations. The three seminarieS whose consolidation is urged. graduate each year the maority of the young ministers for Presbyterian pull pits about fifty new divnes being the total of their graduation classes.
 Serious doubt Is expressed over the suc cess of the proposition. there beinE str ong legal reasons against it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
7Uo More Members Of the
 Mette Family Are Poisoned.

Of those remaining in the house, three sons today were poisoned by eat ing oatmeal, which had been brought into the house since the father of the family died. It Is believed a plot ex- fists to poison the entire family. but so far no clue has been obtained to the person who placed the poison in the food.
 It is doubtful whether any of those who were poisoned today will recover
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18

Washington. April 17.--That seven- ty-fve per cent. of the present day sermons from the pulpit could be dis pensed with to the betterment of church attendance was the opinion ex- pressed by Mir. Butler of Pennsylvania, Conference of Church Clubs in annual session here, today.
 "The Church might stagger under the blow" he remarked, but its recov- cry would be rapid and lasting" The utterance was warmly applauded and was delivered during discussion Of one of the delegates of the National
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18

Chicago, April 17.--Three surviving members of the Mette family of this city. two of whose members recently died because of arsenical poisoning. were made critically i'll today by par taking of food fin which the police de- clare arsenic had been placed.
 Frank Mette, the father of the fam fly, died last Saturday and Mrs. Mary Mette. his wife, died April 6. Three other members of the family were also made i'll and are now in the hospital.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
Men Would Attend Church
 # Sermons Were Omitted.

the question. Why men do not go to church."
 It was voted to hold the 1908 con. ference in St. Louis, Mo-, at a date to be named later.
 Ballotting for officers resulted as follows:
 President. James A. wadsworth of St. Louis; first vice-president, Jacob w. Sparrow of Cincinnati; second vice-president, William H. Singleton. Washington. D. C.. third vice-presi- . dent, William N. Hawks, Atlanta. Ga: secretary treasurer, Charles F. Chase. New Britain. Conn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
TONE YOUR SYSTEM.
After the long strain of winter the vi- taiity becomes low the blood thin and the tissues worn. Dunyss Pure
 Malt Whiskey will restore viz
 talfty, enrich the blood, in-

taIty, emf1ch the blood, tn-
 vfgorate the brain and
 grow new tissues.
 Are you weary and run down7 Are you sick and depressed? Is your blood thin and poor from the long, cold win tsrf ,as D9 ySg take ,rt,d eold sasyf Do ter little exertionf Is your complexion bad? Do you feel that life is not worth living7 Nearly every one has some of these symptoms in spring, for winter, blood is ciogged with disease poisons. By spring every one is in @ more or less played-out condition. just right @ass ssGh sc tDsSd sS. rs and r1sa NGi s Yawning. physically and mentally best describes 1t. This Is especially true if you have had the Grip. pneumonia or other illness so common In winter. These are Natures demands for a tonic, stimulant. reviver.
 To carry you through the change able. trying disease-breeding weather of spring. and lay up energy and puna pftIsngth pnrs 1oF Mst nett Tnssr need vigorator. Body-builder. We receive thousands of unsolicited endorsements from grateful patients who have been cured and built up by Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey.
 No testimonial is published without the consent of the party giving same.
 Duny's Pure Malt Whiskey has been used for two generations. More used today than ever before. It is prescribed by thousands of leading doctors and used in nearly all hospitals whenever gentle tonic and stimulant is requir- ed. It brings into action every vital function and enables one to get from food all the nourishment 1t contains. It purif1es and enriches the blood; strengthens the circulation; improves the hearts action; steadies the nerves; hardens the muscles; clears the brain and carries health strength and vigor to every part of the body.
 Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is guar anteed absolutely pure. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
WORK OF RRn4THF.
Committee Is Feeding Four Hundred
 Thousand Daily

Shanghai. April 17-The famine rilief committee Is feeding 100000 persons and will continue to feed about that number until June. Grain is arriving daily.
 The estimated purchases for Aprif are S.160 tons of millet. 10000 bags of flour, $50 tons of potatoes and 5000 bushels of wheat fir planting. Thirty thousand men are employed on work providing by the relief commtttee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
Minnesota on Cruise.

Norfolk, Va, April 1.-The new battle ship Minnesota, sailed from the Norfolk navy yard today on an official shaking down cruise winch will extend to the New England coast. She will return in O few days and lay inside of Cape Henry until the morning of the opening of the James, town Exposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
MuenIeh Succeeds Walsh.

Hornell, N. Y, April 17-Supreme President Hynes of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association last night an- nounoed the appointment of William Muenich of Syracuse to succeed the late James M Walsh as Supreme Treas urer of the order.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
Chamberlain Recoxrru

London, April IT. Joseph Chamber. lain, ex-colonial secretary in ac- knowledging the receipt today of a telegram of sympathy, said:
 "I am promised complete restoration to health and hope speedily to resume public work"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
sEwANEE BANQUET.
Alumni of University of south to Meet
 Saturday Evening.

The committee in charge of the ban quet of the Montgomery Alumni Asso- citation of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn, announced last night that the banquet would be given at the High Life Cafe at o'clock Saturday night, April 20.
 The Association has forty members and 1t is expected that nearly all of them will attend.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-18
DEPUTIES ARRESTED.

Charged With Manslaughter in Allowing
 Negro to be Iynched-
 Marksville. La. April 17.-Charged with manslaughter for their alleged carelessness in allowing the negro. Charley Strauss to be lynched yesterday. Deputy sheriffs J. F. Keegan and J. J. Salmon were today brought here under arrest and placed under $700 bond each.
 Strauss was hanged to a tree in the woods near Eola, La, by crowd of masked men who met the deputies as the latter escorted the negro to jail.